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2016 Postmortem

Herman4747

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13. "Yet her supporters refuse to believe things..."

Reply to pinebox (Reply #3)

Fri May 27, 2016, 10:17 AM

May 2016

...despite evidence to the contrary."

This continues to absolutely mystify me.

The closest thing I can recall parallel to this is the peculiar cognitive dissonance Republicans had toward George W. Bush after all the lies he told, one right after the other.

But Bush is a Republican -- I would expect and hope that enlightened Democrats would be far different. Alas.

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Andrea Mitchell: "I Don't See How This Report Is Anything But DEVASTATING... [View all] CorporatistNation May 2016 OP

If you lie really fast and really hard Fairgo May 2016 #1

She mentions senior official John Bentel... Alex4Martinez May 2016 #2

But it's really about nothing! pinebox May 2016 #3

"Yet her supporters refuse to believe things..." Herman4747 May 2016 #13

Well darling, you know how right-wing blinders tend to pervert reality. Scientific May 2016 #4

Did you watch the clip? MSNBC? Alex4Martinez May 2016 #7

Or it could be the words used by HRC aren't supported by the IG report Press Virginia May 2016 #10

Reality Means Nothing To SOME People... Somebody LIED To These Reporters And To US! CorporatistNation May 2016 #14

Andrea represents the values and the thinking of 'seniors' HereSince1628 May 2016 #5

A revealing update report from the Associated Press (AP) A Snip: KoKo May 2016 #6

Remember when Andrea Mitchell was "Mrs. Greenspan" and progressives hated her? brooklynite May 2016 #8

All still active. A person isn't loved because you find a point of agreement nor TheKentuckian May 2016 #11

ABSOLUTELY! That IS The More Significant Aspect Of This Report... Hillary Betrayed Andrea Mitchell.. CorporatistNation May 2016 #15

Andrea's greatest wish. nt Jitter65 May 2016 #9

When did she smarten up? Andrea has been enabling Hillary's lies about this for years. leveymg May 2016 #12