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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo Bill Clinton tells Trump to run, and today, TRump meets with Kissinger, the Clinton pal.
Politics in the US has become the turf of a small group of elite players.
There's a stench in the air.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Clinton TOLD him to run...they had a phone call, a brief one and he tRump asked about his chances...facts mean nothing in the lying Bernie echo chamber
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)On Wed May 18, 2016, 09:48 AM an alert was sent on the following post:
Take this paranoid crap to GDP
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7839726
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"facts mean nothing in the lying Bernie echo chamber" - over-the-top imo.
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Xolodno
(6,390 posts)Are some of the GD-Pee'rs so desperate now they are no longer trying to skirt the rules but openly walking into the room and letting out a loud and stinky fart?
There not convincing anyone...other than for me to take a vacation from DU.
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)You need to start alerting the disparaging threads about Trump, not just Hills.
Yard duties never rest!
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)You seem to have completely missed the point of it.
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)That's the point I'm making in my comment.
Let me help. It's about you
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Trump isn't calling Sanders to ask about his chances.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)There's no way of knowing that unless one was on that call, but the OP states this as fact.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)Conspiracy Theories need to be kept in GD-P
panader0
(25,816 posts)liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)Covering All the Bases
No Stone Left Uncovered
Hedging One's Bet
etc
etc
etc
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)"Politics in the US has become the turf of a small group of elite players..."
It certainly seems as such if we choose such a small sample of evidence. It allows us to constructs the following fallacy and pretend it's valid.
Premise A is a B
Premise A is also a C
Conclusion Therefore, all Bs are Cs
Associative fallacies are common errors though, often brought on by shrill hysterics, bias and irrational thought.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)Lasted from FDR to around Reagan, pretty much. Been BFEE ever since.