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angrychair

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12. Name calling is great for headlines and Twitter wars

Tue Jun 21, 2016, 02:08 PM

Jun 2016

But we should expect more from people asking to run our country.
A far to significant portion of press time lately has been allocated to Twitter wars and verbal jabs in the press. This is ridiculous.
We have serious issues and I don't think it is to much to ask that the person I vote to run the most powerful nation on Earth not get in Twitter or newswire name-calling fights like a bunch of pre-teen adolescents.

We continually fail at learning the lesson that we don't get the government we want, we get the government we deserve.
Until we learn that lesson, this is the government we will get.

(Government, not specific president or specific member of Congress or candidate but government)

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Clinton: "Trump has written a lot of books about business. They all seem to end at chapter 11" [View all] kpete Jun 2016 OP

I loved that line unapatriciated Jun 2016 #1

I did too RockaFowler Jun 2016 #2

it was excellent niyad Jun 2016 #4

LOL! Awesomely good line... DonViejo Jun 2016 #3

I would like to see her start campaigning on the things she will do to move this country forward. peace13 Jun 2016 #5

She said she's going to go into her own economic policies further in another speech tomorrow auntpurl Jun 2016 #7

Her focus on the issues is neither denied nor even minimized by a well-placed bazinga. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #10

Except for the fact that the press latches on to the non substance attacks. peace13 Jun 2016 #19

Which doesn't make it her fault that they aren't reporting her issues justiceischeap Jun 2016 #21

Look a person can have a different opinion! Enough! peace13 Jun 2016 #22

I believe she did just that in her economy speech. leftofcool Jun 2016 #13

No, you focus on all things, not just issues padfun Jun 2016 #30

Well I think Warren's tongue lashings should suffice. peace13 Jun 2016 #34

Plus ... It's not difficult to figure out what this speech/these "zingers" are designed to do ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #41

Oh please treestar Jun 2016 #54

Here's hoping she starts providing more than jokes about Trump. arcane1 Jun 2016 #6

She said she's going to go into her own economic policies further in another speech tomorrow auntpurl Jun 2016 #8

Good n/t arcane1 Jun 2016 #18

the speech was full of more than jokes OKNancy Jun 2016 #9

I read the "highlights" linked to in the OP n/t arcane1 Jun 2016 #17

It's difficult to hear when we refuse to listen. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #11

You can't "listen" to a NYT article. arcane1 Jun 2016 #15

Name calling is great for headlines and Twitter wars angrychair Jun 2016 #12

It's a good sound bite. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #16

Huh? peace13 Jun 2016 #23

I did. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #40

Much of that degrades the office IMO. peace13 Jun 2016 #43

Certainly abraham lincoln didnt tweet Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #44

It's not so much the mechanism but the content. nt peace13 Jun 2016 #45

Well with regards to twitter, it kind of is. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #58

He did file for Chapter 11, however. closeupready Jun 2016 #46

Never!!!!! 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #42

Oooooo Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #14

Snap! 6chars Jun 2016 #25

great sound bite Wolverine23 Jun 2016 #20

Best line of the campaign so far... TreasonousBastard Jun 2016 #24

Yes, it is Cosmocat Jun 2016 #37

Trump is a coward and a bully and a bigot -- and this is how you treat them obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #26

They are epically trolling him. nt msanthrope Jun 2016 #29

exactly obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #56

I agree padfun Jun 2016 #31

You are absolutely correct. 63splitwindow Jun 2016 #32

Ok, I'm going to use that one! TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2016 #27

Me, too Cosmocat Jun 2016 #38

Ha ha! Hillary is owning Trumpenfuror! Initech Jun 2016 #28

I heard a comedian use that line a few weeks ago. Marie Marie Jun 2016 #33

I'm sure credit was given! peace13 Jun 2016 #35

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #48

Have.. peace13 Jun 2016 #49

Should be a viral joke by Fall. louis-t Jun 2016 #36

Great line. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #39

Her speech writers have a sense of humor. DrBulldog Jun 2016 #47

You need to spend more time with her. L. Coyote Jun 2016 #51

Hillary has always had a terrific sense of humor obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #57

I laughed when I read that line on Facebook a month and a half ago. n/t OnlinePoker Jun 2016 #50

[Rimshot} Gman Jun 2016 #52

I LOL'd treestar Jun 2016 #53

The Hillary Comedy Hour bravenak Jun 2016 #55

BURN!!! Odin2005 Jun 2016 #59