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n2doc

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4. They want people to tell them what they want to hear

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Aug 11, 2016, 03:02 PM

Aug 2016

To cater to their biases. To 'live that fantasy'. All pols do this to some extent, it is just that Trump has pushed that way past previous limits to cater to the worst elements of the RW in this country.

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"I'm so sick of politiicans lying to me" [View all] kpete Aug 2016 OP

Ignorance will kill us all... kentuck Aug 2016 #1

I listened to the Diane Rehm show earlier today. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2016 #2

It's weird, but many people develop a "model" of the world and contrary evidence... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #3

They want people to tell them what they want to hear n2doc Aug 2016 #4