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Hillary Clinton

pandr32

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13. You touched on something I don't get either

Reply to Satch59 (Reply #11)

Sun Feb 21, 2016, 01:03 PM

Feb 2016

"...can't for the life of me understand where his supporters are finding inspiration or passion."
Listening to him speak you can see where he is using the exact same speech he has been giving for so many years and that he has only switched out his reference from "millionaires" to "billionaires" because, like Austin Powers found out--times have changed.
You can also see where he has rather awkwardly inserted more contemporary references to minorities, women, LGBT etc. because his campaign requires it or he stands no chance without attempting to include those groups.

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You touched on something I don't get either pandr32 Feb 2016 #13

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