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9. True, but no normal person counts primaries in that number. When a politician asserts

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 05:18 PM

Dec 2011

that he/she has won elections, most people think general elections, since if one loses a primary, then there's no real election win.

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Was I the only one who caught Michelle Bachmann claiming that she won 5 elections in 4 yrs? [View all] Liberal_Stalwart71 Dec 2011 OP

Perhaps you're the only one still listening to her. n/t Scuba Dec 2011 #1

True! LOL!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Dec 2011 #2

+1000 trotsky Dec 2011 #5

The only time you should be "baffled" by a Bachmann statement rocktivity Dec 2011 #3

She was the corndog queen of the county fair! jberryhill Dec 2011 #4

Just a thought -- Geoff R. Casavant Dec 2011 #6

She ran on secret ballots............ Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #8