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merrily

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23. I forgot to mention:
Thu Oct 15, 2015, 08:16 AM
Oct 2015

At least one study has shown that people believe most what they read or hear first--and get this: a later retraction or correction serves only to reinforce the original impression. Plus, the most people were likely to tune in and focus on what was being said about the debates was, of course, immediately before and after the debates, when they got to hear CNN's biased panel extolling Hillary's debate skills beforehand and declaring her the winner immediately afterward.

If the findings of that study were correct, then saying the next day, "Gee, we may have been wrong," only serves to reinforce "Hillary won hands down."

During the first couple of years Obama was in office, I noticed how many times a monthly report came out, only to be corrected a few days later with a less optimistic one. That violates my diner rule. http://www.democraticunderground.com/128037667

But, your government would never do a thing like that to mess with you mind.

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With Clinton You Get A Corrupt Manipulator Cherry Picked By The Biggest Corporations billhicks76 Oct 2015 #1
^^^ This ^^^ cantbeserious Oct 2015 #8
They swarm like bees. Metric System Oct 2015 #2
Interesting simile. sulphurdunn Oct 2015 #3
You know, "they." 99Forever Oct 2015 #14
Oh, yea sulphurdunn Oct 2015 #26
Hello? The network did not become pro-Hillary in the aftermath of the debate. The pre and post game merrily Oct 2015 #4
I read somewhere, yesterday, that some Hillary supporters believe that the only reason djean111 Oct 2015 #6
Projection. Honi soit qui mal y pense. merrily Oct 2015 #11
When I got home from work last night, LWolf Oct 2015 #7
The agenda is to take the country further right. Always. Hopefully, without making the agends so merrily Oct 2015 #10
Yes. LWolf Oct 2015 #13
I forgot to mention: merrily Oct 2015 #23
I don't think it's a pull to the right, but a grab from the top demwing Oct 2015 #15
I think the agenda you described is, and has long been, a rightist agenda. We don't disagree; we merrily Oct 2015 #17
Agreed. In the end, labels have little meaning demwing Oct 2015 #19
Funny you should put it that way. Someone recently posted in your Populist Group about meaningless merrily Oct 2015 #22
It's her group too... demwing Oct 2015 #25
Conspiracy everywhere... Agschmid Oct 2015 #5
So, as a true Bernie supporter, you were fine with the analysis team merrily Oct 2015 #12
I couldn't personally care less. Agschmid Oct 2015 #16
Mercifully, elections are not all about you and only you.You may not vote based on pre and post merrily Oct 2015 #18
Thanks for giving me the breakdown of what I wrote. Agschmid Oct 2015 #24
Of course, it's CNN. Vinca Oct 2015 #9
Simple answer: gregcrawford Oct 2015 #20
I get it SmittynMo Oct 2015 #21
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