2016 Postmortem

xocet

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33. It is not up to my interpretation. Haters gonna hate, right? Or is that an ignorant phrase?

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 04:16 PM

Nov 2015

It is an ignorant phrase because it paints all disagreements even minor ones as being based on emotion instead of examining what may well be worthwhile differences of opinion where a consensus could possibly be reached if an attempt is made.

Hillary is a fine politician who made a disastrous choice when she had a chance to stand up. There is no doubt that she is the best qualified candidate for the presidency in terms of her extraordinarily broad, political career and experience.

But shouldn't politicians at least try to stand up for what is right? For all we know, if Hillary would have stood up against the Iraq war, she would likely have been elected president in 2008.

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Hillary is most accurate on climate science!! [View all] Adrahil Nov 2015 OP

Bernie was dinged for saying global warming could make the earth uninhabitable.... When in reality peacebird Nov 2015 #1

true. But.... Adrahil Nov 2015 #2

I guess they don't take off points for being proFracking or supporting the extractive fuel industry peacebird Nov 2015 #6

Technically, there are no parts of the Earth that are uninhabitable now; given the right technology Xipe Totec Nov 2015 #10

What Bernie meant was uninhabitable for humans which is different Xipe Totec Nov 2015 #3

Bernie's statement was imprecise. msrizzo Nov 2015 #4

How would you have said it precisely? nt Xipe Totec Nov 2015 #11

There is a lot of imprecision in science Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #14

The problem with overstating it, is that he overstated it nt. BootinUp Nov 2015 #5

Was Hillary imprecise when she described ducking sniper fire at the airport? Or just lying? peacebird Nov 2015 #7

Its not a question that anyone but Hillary haters care about. nt BootinUp Nov 2015 #8

Like that Iraq war vote she cast...? n/t xocet Nov 2015 #17

Hillary explained it more than once. Read her own words. I personally, have never BootinUp Nov 2015 #18

The people who voted for the war are the ones (in addition to Bush et al) who are xocet Nov 2015 #19

I don't find that argument compelling. BootinUp Nov 2015 #22

Which part of "the people who voted for the war and Bush" equates with blaming "the Democrats"? xocet Nov 2015 #23

Enough. nt BootinUp Nov 2015 #24

That clearly indicates that you cannot defend your position against a simple argument. xocet Nov 2015 #25

Take it however you want. Stop highjacking threads. BootinUp Nov 2015 #26

It is not up to my interpretation. Haters gonna hate, right? Or is that an ignorant phrase? xocet Nov 2015 #33

She did. Based on the information she had she voted to send BootinUp Nov 2015 #35

No one cares that she lied about coming under sniper fire for an event she knew was filmed? peacebird Nov 2015 #20

No. No one cares about that. nt BootinUp Nov 2015 #21

Maybe she meant she was ducking snipes Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #9

I doubt that was all he was dinged for hootinholler Nov 2015 #16

She deserves credit for making accurate statements Kentonio Nov 2015 #12

An interesting graphic: Buzz Clik Nov 2015 #13

i feel compelled to point out restorefreedom Nov 2015 #30

What exactly is an "establishment candidate"? Buzz Clik Nov 2015 #32

the ones the msm and the corporate world like restorefreedom Nov 2015 #34

Yes. Adrahil Nov 2015 #36

It would be interested to do a mean separation (or its equivalent) on the scores Buzz Clik Nov 2015 #38

Good to know. Thanks! (nt) NurseJackie Nov 2015 #15

One of the 'scientists' gave Bush 100! I wonder how he scored Bernie? immoderate Nov 2015 #27

yes, i shared an observation in #13 that is similar. nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #31

I call a wee bit of bullshit! TM99 Nov 2015 #28

some have called bernie an alarmist restorefreedom Nov 2015 #29

Well she ceratainly sonofspy777 Nov 2015 #37

I saw the article. I got a kick out of this line (iirc) .... Persondem Nov 2015 #39