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2016 Postmortem

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)

7. you can't fake authenticity.

Reply to Bonobo (Original post)

Sun Sep 13, 2015, 01:16 AM

Sep 2015

you can't script sponteneity.

you can't manufacture empathy.

its either there or it is not. and after a bazillion years of running for president, if it was there, basic probability tells us we would have seen it by now.

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Hillary's very real authenticity problem... It is getting worse. [View all] Bonobo Sep 2015 OP

Good read. 840high Sep 2015 #1

" But if her campaign doesn�t believe she has a problem, trouble awaits." It's not like there rhett o rick Sep 2015 #2

I think she could address it. Jim Lane Sep 2015 #3

My point is that in her career, she has been able to do what you suggest. rhett o rick Sep 2015 #22

You raise an interesting question Jim Lane Sep 2015 #31

Not really apples to apples. A Republican is inauthentic if they pretend they aren't wedded to the TheKentuckian Sep 2015 #33

Why is Hillary untrustworthy? Answer: Canada DrBulldog Sep 2015 #4

Yea..She�s imperfect..evolving etc.. busterbrown Sep 2015 #10

Un F'n Real lobodons Sep 2015 #5

Amen..n/t busterbrown Sep 2015 #9

Not that it's even relevant, but your hyperbolic assertion is ludicrous RufusTFirefly Sep 2015 #11

that guy sucked 6chars Sep 2015 #26

Yes, he did RufusTFirefly Sep 2015 #27

Al Gore? 6chars Sep 2015 #29

Mebbe so RufusTFirefly Sep 2015 #30

Better than the clown car? Yes. awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #13

Yes, she is. nt Bonobo Sep 2015 #15

She's the most qualified sentient being to ever aspire to ANY job, in this Universe or any other! Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #17

Jeb Bush More Trustworthy Than Hillary Clinton? Yallow Sep 2015 #6

you can't fake authenticity. restorefreedom Sep 2015 #7

But you can try. You really can organize billionaire donors while hawking finance reform HereSince1628 Sep 2015 #21

its the Second part of your comment restorefreedom Sep 2015 #24

She says what she needs to at the time, depending on what issue is hot mindwalker_i Sep 2015 #8

It's all about being genuine. Jester Messiah Sep 2015 #12

Her campaign is all about marketing a product... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #14

Regardless of her faults, she is more authentic for civil rights akbacchus_BC Sep 2015 #16

The MSM has brainwashed you Phantomaz Sep 2015 #18

Fake as shit. Bonobo Sep 2015 #19

You'll find that the MSM has little importance on DU... sibelian Sep 2015 #20

Hillary Clinton is as natural as nylon. cherokeeprogressive Sep 2015 #23

If you have to make an effort to be authentic, you aren't authentic. And announcing that you Autumn Sep 2015 #25

Sure, that's her problem <rolls eyes> Android3.14 Sep 2015 #28

Bernie's got the kryptonite. L0oniX Sep 2015 #32