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2016 Postmortem

Hortensis

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1. Perhaps, but don't forget that people who don't know

Reply to ChairmanAgnostic (Original post)

Sun Sep 25, 2016, 02:52 PM

Sep 2016

what to think about real issues will have an opinion on this. The spiteful people won't be affected, but his campaign's quashing of this reveals their belief that it would repel those they are hoping to woo or keep. Of course.

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The beauty of the Flowers invite [View all] ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2016 OP

Perhaps, but don't forget that people who don't know Hortensis Sep 2016 #1

Exactly. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #24

He's not that manipulative. unblock Sep 2016 #2

He's manipulative enough to hog the headlines though. bettyellen Sep 2016 #3

Only in the way Ebola was manipulative unblock Sep 2016 #5

LOL, it's nice to see his lies have gone from taboo to mention to "everyone knows" bettyellen Sep 2016 #6

Now if only we can progress from "everybody knows" to "everybody cares".... unblock Sep 2016 #7

If they'd actually spend a few minutes on the lies and issues of non- transparency bettyellen Sep 2016 #17

His tweet about inviting Flowers was purely vindictive and Arkansas Granny Sep 2016 #13

I think you are right.. zenabby Sep 2016 #14

I Don't Think He Deserves Any Credit DarthDem Sep 2016 #4

Except he is a master of setting the tone and picking the issue ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2016 #9

Some Master DarthDem Sep 2016 #15

To you. NOT to the anti-lakewobegone crew that loves him. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2016 #16

Guess What? DarthDem Sep 2016 #21

I truly hope you are correct. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2016 #22

It doesn't help him to be associated with Flowers. MoonRiver Sep 2016 #8

Everyone has had a mostly negative reaction to it. Agschmid Sep 2016 #10

Trump won the GOP nomination by being outwardly bigoted and jingoistic. He's debating LuvLoogie Sep 2016 #11

And he's just alienated even more women voters. I think the beauty was in the way Cuban trolled him. pnwmom Sep 2016 #12

Chess, poker, and Russian roulette all mixed into one. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2016 #18

We need to stop thinking that winning the news cycle is the same thing stopbush Sep 2016 #19

It shows how utterly tacky and hostile to women he is BainsBane Sep 2016 #20

My uncle had a pet pig. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2016 #23

Bullshit...you guys make Trump out to be well smart and he is not Demsrule86 Sep 2016 #25

Yep. stopbush Sep 2016 #26