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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: All of those attendees at Sanders rallies probably [View all]MineralMan
(146,286 posts)44. The education system tries.
Not all students do, though. Sadly, that has always been true, for one reason or another.
We used to have Civics classes. Most of the students in mine paid virtually no attention in them. Same with math.
A few of us did, even though we didn't know, either, what use the knowledge would be to us in our lives. We learned the stuff, though, and discovered later why it had been taught.
I don't necessarily blame the education system. It tries to teach, but it's difficult to teach the unwilling to learn.
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I kept saying; Justin Bieber draws big crowds too. It's never meant he's everyone's favorite.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#1
I disagree, Mineralman. There was massive fraud this time around. There are 2.5 million
roguevalley
Jun 2016
#9
Cognitive dissonance is when your beliefs don't jibe with your observations
AgingAmerican
Jun 2016
#25
The results are the results, she has the votes and the delegates, more than half of
Thinkingabout
Jun 2016
#3
In Oregon he had maybe 40,000 total at rallies and got 320,000 votes in our closed primary.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2016
#11
Or they weren't enough to make up for the flipped voter registrations, or the purged voters,
cui bono
Jun 2016
#19
It's pretty amazing that so many continue the "what election fraud?" ruse in the face of such
GoneFishin
Jun 2016
#21