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Hillary Clinton

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Walk away

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2. That's what happens when the easily led find a messiah.....
Wed Feb 3, 2016, 07:55 AM
Feb 2016

they actually believe the illusion. It's painful to watch but, at the same time, fascinating. Sometimes it's relatively harmless (Sarah Palin). Some cases are disastrous (Adolph Hitler). But their followers are always completely blinded to reality if it doesn't reinforce their delusions.

The Trump/Sanders phenomena will go down in political history as a cautionary tale for both political parties and (hopefully) an irresponsible media.

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