2016 Postmortem

merrily

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70. It's the enthusiasm gap everyone has been talking about. The reason I was surprised

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 02:40 AM

Oct 2015

was that Gingrich got caught.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/3hwa7h/hillarys_campaign_is_aggressively_buying_fb_likes/

Something like two million twitter followers, too, more than anyone, supposedly.

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/3gla1e/hillary_clinton_under_fire_for_buying_2_million/

These are things Maddow and Slate are never going to report.

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William Pitt stated: [View all] marym625 Oct 2015 OP

thank you grasswire Oct 2015 #1

me too! marym625 Oct 2015 #5

+1 BeanMusical Oct 2015 #68

Me too, but like so many other great DUers, he has a far bigger audience on the New Media. sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #117

yep. marym625 Oct 2015 #118

Wish I'd been around when he posted here. senz Oct 2015 #38

Yes, I disagree with her on those issues, but Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #2

yes, she was marym625 Oct 2015 #8

What she and her handlers know are that there are many many and I mean "many" people glinda Oct 2015 #20

Getting to the reality is hard. n/t Admiral Loinpresser Oct 2015 #30

Absolutely marym625 Oct 2015 #44

They've made great strides in robotics, recently... erronis Oct 2015 #96

Bawhahaha! marym625 Oct 2015 #100

For some it was "time taken". I listened again to some of the debate today and glinda Oct 2015 #108

you mean how long she took after being told to shush? marym625 Oct 2015 #112

Yes. Cooper cut others off sometimes before they even finished their sentences. glinda Oct 2015 #119

yep marym625 Oct 2015 #120

oh bloody mary but was she managed! delrem Oct 2015 #47

that they did! Hammered! marym625 Oct 2015 #52

Who? tritsofme Oct 2015 #3

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Doesn't he have a new book coming out soon? tritsofme Oct 2015 #22

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Well you're the one that called him a nobody. tritsofme Oct 2015 #28

Post removed Post removed Oct 2015 #56

+1000 BeanMusical Oct 2015 #76

I highly recommend this post. nt FlatBaroque Oct 2015 #83

Say what you will about me, but that's not a very nice thing to say tritsofme Oct 2015 #86

^5 SammyWinstonJack Oct 2015 #95

But, but .. she 'looked so presidential' .. at that podium squarely in the middle 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #4

HEE HEE! marym625 Oct 2015 #9

Even NPR, which leans (collapses?) toward Hillary, didn't sound that convincing... Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #87

Someone should have told them that you do not have to be jwirr Oct 2015 #97

Mrs. Wall Street was nicely coiffured Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2015 #102

It was a cordial, great debate, but back on planet earth, William Pitt is probably JDPriestly Oct 2015 #6

well said marym625 Oct 2015 #10

Speaking of hearts 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #14

^This^ zentrum Oct 2015 #58

He took control and led to harmony. Presidential in other words. jwirr Oct 2015 #99

I too miss Will Pitt olddots Oct 2015 #7

yep. great loss to DU marym625 Oct 2015 #12

Me too. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #33

We've lost a number of great independent thinkers, run off by those that fear rhett o rick Oct 2015 #90

He was in no way a critical thinker mythology Oct 2015 #94

Dose of reality Sheepshank Oct 2015 #116

personally... chillfactor Oct 2015 #11

Hey, Pitt... Gloria Oct 2015 #13

Man, I miss him here. in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #16

Absolutely! marym625 Oct 2015 #17

indeed. I really miss Will. hifiguy Oct 2015 #89

"Talented bullshit artist..." Erm, but not a quitter alcibiades_mystery Oct 2015 #18

Absolutely not a quitter marym625 Oct 2015 #37

unfortunately. nt m-lekktor Oct 2015 #82

I disagree with this lovemydog Oct 2015 #19

As much as I respect you, I completely agree with Mr. Pitt marym625 Oct 2015 #24

Thanks marym625. lovemydog Oct 2015 #60

Thank you marym625 Oct 2015 #63

that's what happens when they get what they deserve Skittles Oct 2015 #57

Well, I still like you Skittles. lovemydog Oct 2015 #64

+1 BeanMusical Oct 2015 #78

Will got played I watched that poll get R B Garr Oct 2015 #21

They're all gonna swear it's election fraud when the votes come in alcibiades_mystery Oct 2015 #25

Exactly, very well said R B Garr Oct 2015 #27

Yes, here in Cuckoo Land we believe Admiral Loinpresser Oct 2015 #34

Wall Street First Yallow Oct 2015 #41

+1,000 n/t Admiral Loinpresser Oct 2015 #45

Oh god, this didn't even occur to me. tritsofme Oct 2015 #36

Watching you projecting so much is amusing. BeanMusical Oct 2015 #81

Now THAT'S pretty damn interesting Number23 Oct 2015 #103

Where did he state that at? Thanks for providing a link. uppityperson Oct 2015 #23

Yep, People's Eyes Are Just Beginning To Open Up! ChiciB1 Oct 2015 #29

+100 marym625 Oct 2015 #32

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #31

Thank you, Enthusiast! marym625 Oct 2015 #39

Thanks, marym and thanks to Will Pitt. senz Oct 2015 #35

last I checked the MSNBC poll, marym625 Oct 2015 #40

Yes, good example of corporation vs. people. senz Oct 2015 #46

Ah! marym625 Oct 2015 #51

care to post a link? sheshe2 Oct 2015 #53

That gap-- zentrum Oct 2015 #59

I haven't seen a single poll showing she won. marym625 Oct 2015 #62

Yup. The media is zentrum Oct 2015 #71

I'm not! marym625 Oct 2015 #74

I am. zentrum Oct 2015 #92

well,,there is that. marym625 Oct 2015 #105

Of course they are going for Clinton aikanae Oct 2015 #42

Yes, he introduced himself - and his issues -- to a wider audience. senz Oct 2015 #48

I agree they all did well at staying away from personal attacks marym625 Oct 2015 #49

k&r thanks for posting - hey to Will. AtomicKitten Oct 2015 #43

Thanks AK! marym625 Oct 2015 #50

Thanks William Pitt, Hillary was good, and you are correct. There is this about O'Malley Todays_Illusion Oct 2015 #54

I like O'Malley marym625 Oct 2015 #55

"stealth lefty libertarians" FSogol Oct 2015 #84

Still 83% now. But Hillary can hire lots of clicks. merrily Oct 2015 #61

I'm sure that's why they wanted to have the link marym625 Oct 2015 #65

It's true of any click poll. But, maybe--I hope--she won't, given she got caught buying facebook merrily Oct 2015 #67

oh my! marym625 Oct 2015 #69

It's the enthusiasm gap everyone has been talking about. The reason I was surprised merrily Oct 2015 #70

sadly, that's true marym625 Oct 2015 #73

That is why I resist knee jerk, mindless source shaming. Well, it may not be mindless. merrily Oct 2015 #75

+10000 marym625 Oct 2015 #79

What kind of question is, "She said she was sorry for her Iraq War vote. Why isn't that enough?" merrily Oct 2015 #66

+ a bazillion marym625 Oct 2015 #72

When I heard about that, I tried to imagine being the spouse or parent of someone who died because merrily Oct 2015 #77

I have family that went and suffered greatly. marym625 Oct 2015 #80

Who the hell is that? nt. LexVegas Oct 2015 #85

William Pitt was *much* more forgiving about Kerry voting for the Iraq War Resolution: Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #88

And all the others. And that makes me believe that Hillary will be more reluctant to go to war kelliekat44 Oct 2015 #93

Scarlet Letter colsohlibgal Oct 2015 #91

couldn't agree more marym625 Oct 2015 #101

... SidDithers Oct 2015 #98

I had to turn the sound off for some seconds to catch my breath delrem Oct 2015 #104

yeah, I watched at a bar Bernie debate party, marym625 Oct 2015 #106

Imagine if Xi Jinping said something like that about how he schooled the USA. delrem Oct 2015 #107

she is a determinant to our safety. marym625 Oct 2015 #111

Hillary=WRONG. AzDar Oct 2015 #109

and that is right! marym625 Oct 2015 #113

"enjoy watching one of the consummate bullshit artists of our time do her thing." retrowire Oct 2015 #110

if you're asking me marym625 Oct 2015 #114

Oh, no worries, I'm only asking hillary supporters to figure it out. retrowire Oct 2015 #115