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Agnosticsherbet

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5. I have noticed that DU doesn't reflect reality all that well.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #3)

Sun May 17, 2015, 03:10 PM

May 2015

We are a large group of individuals that share a near obsessive interest in politics.

Most people outside of DU are only vaguely aware of who is running right now. They will start waking up next January, I hope.

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Politics vs. Policy - Why They Have Little to Do with Each Other [View all] MineralMan May 2015 OP

I am the opposite of most voters, I guess. I get bored Agnosticsherbet May 2015 #1

I'm really not talking about DUers. MineralMan May 2015 #3

I have noticed that DU doesn't reflect reality all that well. Agnosticsherbet May 2015 #5

I understand what you're saying, but I think conditions in the country can change (for Nay May 2015 #2

I disagree. The worse things are, the more people want MineralMan May 2015 #4

Again, I don't have a whole lot of faith in the American voter and, if you pressed me, I Nay May 2015 #6

You watch. Hillary Clinton will agree with almost every issue MineralMan May 2015 #8

I truly don't know if she can make her mouth do that. This election will either be the Nay May 2015 #15

As I said, just watch. MineralMan May 2015 #16

Well this is novel, for the script nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #7

I have not the faintest idea what you are talking about. MineralMan May 2015 #9

That is ok, nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #10

spoken like a true journalist hfojvt May 2015 #11

In another generation real journalists spent a lot of time on policy nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #12

That's BS. I've been on the trail, and journalists beg for Exilednight May 2015 #17

And I have seen journalist nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #18

It's not. And the people who ask those questions are as much Exilednight May 2015 #20

I can only speak from my own experience nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #22

Not true. Some "reporters" use that as a excuse Exilednight May 2015 #23

I speak from my own experience nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #24

That's BS. Two things any journalist can count on Exilednight May 2015 #25

Well I did not say I use it as an excuse nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #27

Yours is the old way RobertEarl May 2015 #13

Is it, now? We shall see soon enough. MineralMan May 2015 #14

by design of the power structure PowerToThePeople May 2015 #19

You can UNREC all you like. MineralMan May 2015 #21

Amen! I call this manipulative propaganda tactic, "Third Way Blase," and we're seeing it often woo me with science May 2015 #28

You may be correct, but this time there sadoldgirl May 2015 #26

Politics is what politicians say to convince voters to vote for them. guillaumeb May 2015 #29