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LAS14's Journal
July 23, 2016

Kaine can converse with a thousand people...

... like Bill Clinton. Hillary looked so happy to hear him go at it. You could just tell that she was glad to have this gap in her skills filled so well.

July 21, 2016

What other ads is the HRC campaign showing in swing states this week?

I heard on NPR or CNN that the HRC campaign is showing many ads during the RNC. The one they mentioned specifically is that impressive "Role models." Is there anywhere that I can see the other ads being shown? I live in Massachusetts. I don't get to see many ads....

July 17, 2016

Reuters poll.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-idUSKCN0ZV2OA

Good to see. Isn't Reuters tracked by RCP? This came out on Friday.
July 16, 2016

Trump's graphic artists.

Does anyone know who was responsible for the great logo? Or what has happened to them? Any scuttlebut?

July 15, 2016

Why isn't Palin going to the convention?

Apart from living too far away?

July 14, 2016

We need some pithy, short answers.

In this whole Comey mess, I've been confident that Hillary didn't "lie." I've been confident she told what her understanding was at the time. The main reason is why would she? At first this was based on my trust in her as an honest, ethical person, even though I didn't understand the facts. As the facts became clearer I though, "Well, of course she didn't lie. Why would she risk lying about such trivia as buried letter "c's" in 2 or 3 e-mails, or the number of servers her techs used (still don't know if they were serial or simultaneous). Responsible journalists should immediately see that. You don't say someone "lied" when they told what they believed to be the truth.

Anyway. It's been hard for me, a firm supporter to get the facts. And when I get them, they are complicated and subtle. I can see the MSM reports causing fence-sitters to waver. We need a pithy response. Or some pithy responses.

Come on DUers. There are a lot of really clever people on this site. Can someone slice the Gordian knot of public perception?

I'm waiting for CorrectRecord.org to post something. Until a genius comes up with these pithy responses, I think the campaign is probably right to stay away from the topic.

Here are a couple of links that I found helpful in gathering the facts. But sure not helpful in telling me how to talk to fence-sitters.
http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/why-hillary-clinton-will-not-be-charged-for-lying-to-congress-even-though-she-did/

http://www.factcheck.org/2016/07/revisiting-clinton-and-classified-information/

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