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2016 Postmortem

Hoppy

(3,595 posts) Sat Oct 24, 2015, 11:58 PM Oct 2015

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So Hillary is ahead. As H.L. Mencken said, "Nobody ever went broke understimating the taste

of the American public."

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So Hillary is ahead. As H.L. Mencken said, "Nobody ever went broke understimating the taste (Original Post) Hoppy Oct 2015 OP

America: You're too STUPID to know who to vote for... brooklynite Oct 2015 #1

HAHAHAHA! MohRokTah Oct 2015 #16

LOL PatrickforO Oct 2015 #2

gee H.L. Mencken said the very same thing nt msongs Oct 2015 #3

that's probably why he was against representative democracy. nt aidbo Oct 2015 #4

Actually, it was "Nobody ever went broke COLGATE4 Oct 2015 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF Oct 2015 #6

We're going to quote pro-Nazi anti-Semites now? RandySF Oct 2015 #7

It says a lot about us as a society.... NCTraveler Oct 2015 #8

As Aesop said "the fox went hungry underestimating the taste of those grapes" oasis Oct 2015 #9

Sneaky edit there. You wrote "the intelligence of the American public" first. betsuni Oct 2015 #10

He's got the whole quote wrong anyway. cwydro Oct 2015 #11

Is this the part where we start attacking democratic voters? nt sufrommich Oct 2015 #12

Attacking Democratic voters' intelligence or taste MineralMan Oct 2015 #13

So Democratic voters are stupid mcar Oct 2015 #14

When I looked it up on the google internet tubes, it said, "taste." Hoppy Oct 2015 #15

A lot of American's have a taste for well financed politics-as-usual as displayed by Hillary. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #17

brooklynite

(94,561 posts)

1. America: You're too STUPID to know who to vote for...

Reply to Hoppy (Original post)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 12:01 AM

Oct 2015

A successful campaign message if ever I heard one.

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)

16. HAHAHAHA!

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 12:56 PM

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PatrickforO

(14,574 posts)

2. LOL

Reply to Hoppy (Original post)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 12:01 AM

Oct 2015

It'll turn around.

msongs

(67,405 posts)

3. gee H.L. Mencken said the very same thing nt

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 12:01 AM

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aidbo

(2,328 posts)

4. that's probably why he was against representative democracy. nt

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 12:03 AM

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COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)

5. Actually, it was "Nobody ever went broke

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 12:04 AM

Oct 2015

overestimating the stupidity of the American public".

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RandySF This message was self-deleted by its author.

RandySF

(58,823 posts)

7. We're going to quote pro-Nazi anti-Semites now?

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 12:07 AM

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NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

8. It says a lot about us as a society....

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 12:07 AM

Oct 2015

When the thought of electability is worthy of discussion when the other side is the republicans. It just amazes me that tens of millions will vote republican.

oasis

(49,386 posts)

9. As Aesop said "the fox went hungry underestimating the taste of those grapes"

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 12:07 AM

Oct 2015

betsuni

(25,519 posts)

10. Sneaky edit there. You wrote "the intelligence of the American public" first.

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 12:11 AM

Oct 2015

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

11. He's got the whole quote wrong anyway.

Reply to betsuni (Reply #10)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 10:02 AM

Oct 2015

Which kind of ruins whatever point he was trying to make lol.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)

12. Is this the part where we start attacking democratic voters? nt

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 10:04 AM

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MineralMan

(146,308 posts)

13. Attacking Democratic voters' intelligence or taste

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 10:33 AM

Oct 2015

is not a winning strategy, you should understand. Apparently, you do not.

A big fail is what this post is.

mcar

(42,331 posts)

14. So Democratic voters are stupid

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 10:34 AM

Oct 2015

As you know, the quote says "intelligence" not taste. Nice broad brush insult of democrats.

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)

15. When I looked it up on the google internet tubes, it said, "taste."

Reply to mcar (Reply #14)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 12:51 PM

Oct 2015

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

17. A lot of American's have a taste for well financed politics-as-usual as displayed by Hillary.

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Sun Oct 25, 2015, 01:00 PM

Oct 2015

A lot of us don't.

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