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AlbertCat

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20. Non-Americans don't get to decide our elections!

Reply to Gamecock Lefty (Reply #11)

Wed Oct 21, 2015, 11:57 AM

Oct 2015

Rupert Murdoch does.

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I just don't understand [View all] waldo.c Oct 2015 OP

Excellent post! nt ladjf Oct 2015 #1

Kickin' Faux pas Oct 2015 #2

I am with you. SamKnause Oct 2015 #3

The propaganda has been insidious, patient, and targeted. The tools available to them are Dustlawyer Oct 2015 #29

KNR n/t Hepburn Oct 2015 #4

Americans are not the sharpest tools in the shed world wide wally Oct 2015 #5

LOL, your "outsider's" opinion will be widely accepted on DU ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #6

However, if your post had been HRC-positive AlbertCat Oct 2015 #16

Yeah ... Ok. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #30

Because most Americans are profoundly stupid and apathetic to anything outside their ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2015 #7

Most accurate summation I've read about the dolts I'm surrounded by Populist_Prole Oct 2015 #8

LOL...nice try but fairly transparent snooper2 Oct 2015 #9

+1000 smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #10

The Good News Is . . . Gamecock Lefty Oct 2015 #11

Non-Americans don't get to decide our elections! AlbertCat Oct 2015 #20

Ha! Or at least have great influence over those who vote against their own financial interests SammyWinstonJack Oct 2015 #36

Most Americans don't vote ... surrealAmerican Oct 2015 #12

Americans are afraid. jalan48 Oct 2015 #13

Americans are afraid. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #18

Yes, name brand recognition when times are tough (or any time-marketing seems to be what it's about) jalan48 Oct 2015 #28

America is a nation of intentionally uninformed dolts. YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #14

Dubya was the triumph of anti-intellectualism! AlbertCat Oct 2015 #19

The job of the corporate media is to LibDemAlways Oct 2015 #22

Excellent post MissDeeds Oct 2015 #15

Thank you waldo.c for such clarity and welcome. glinda Oct 2015 #17

I am an American marym625 Oct 2015 #21

Both were. One by the Supreme Court, and the second by Rove and voting officials in Ohio. EndElectoral Oct 2015 #25

Yep. Exactly marym625 Oct 2015 #37

Hilary - Giulani were shoe-ins in 2008. Obama couldn't get elected. Don't buy into the nonsense. EndElectoral Oct 2015 #23

If you knew anything about Americans, you'd probably know they don't like foreigners telling them frizzled Oct 2015 #24

Thank you. Do you know what time Dancing With the Stars comes on? jtuck004 Oct 2015 #26

K&R G_j Oct 2015 #27

This OP belongs in GD-P. Discussions about the primaries belong there. yardwork Oct 2015 #31

look to the flyover states for an explanation of U.S. politics. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2015 #32

American voters are highly susceptible to media and political manipulation. raindaddy Oct 2015 #33

Change comes bottom up, not top down Blue_Adept Oct 2015 #34

So..... AlbertCat Oct 2015 #38

Nope Blue_Adept Oct 2015 #39

Billary? LannyDeVaney Oct 2015 #35

First we criticize Obama for wanting to negotiate with the GOP. Now we bash Hillary for calling the kelliekat44 Oct 2015 #40

Locking GP6971 Oct 2015 #41