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2016 Postmortem

JoePhilly

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6. YUP ... he and I talked a great deal in the primaries ...

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #5)

Tue Aug 23, 2016, 05:12 PM

Aug 2016

... but I never tried to push him in any direction.

He voted for Obama in 2012, but that was easy. This is his first "real" election.

The only things he knew about Hillary were the media driven lies. But he watched the convention. And he learned more about Hillary. And he felt "better" about voting for her.

And now as he's learned more ... and as he listens to the media spin every non-event into a "scandal", he;s getting pissed.

So I explained to him that THAT nonsense has been going on since before he was born (93). He sees it now.

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WAPost: the latest Clinton email story just is NOT a scandal [View all] pnwmom Aug 2016 OP

Funny when the details are released the whole story blows up in the face of the Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #1

"a few foundation donors wanted access, BUT DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET IT." Hortensis Aug 2016 #2

But that won't stop the broadcast media from trying to help Trump make it a scandal. n/t Tarheel_Dem Aug 2016 #3

TRump is supported by actual racists ... and that gets a pass. JoePhilly Aug 2016 #4

That's wonderful to hear about! I hope there are millions of other young people pnwmom Aug 2016 #5

YUP ... he and I talked a great deal in the primaries ... JoePhilly Aug 2016 #6

My Bernie-loving sons have come around, but not to the point where they're getting pnwmom Aug 2016 #7

agree ... get the votes no matter what ... JoePhilly Aug 2016 #9

Did he watch the back to back conventions? pnwmom Aug 2016 #11

Good to hear. LiberalFighter Aug 2016 #15

But, this doesn't involve emails, just the SoS's agenda Ghost Dog Aug 2016 #8

It wasn't just her job to work with representatives of foreign governments. pnwmom Aug 2016 #13

Media must appear "fair and balanced" so expect more bogus stuff oasis Aug 2016 #10

Yahoo headline was "FBI "found" 15,000 new e-mails" Iliyah Aug 2016 #12

Yahoo News is run by neocons and RW shills. forest444 Aug 2016 #14