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That's the problem with people on both sides of the fence. Everything has to devolve into argument of name calling. I was simply pointing out that your statement that the Republicans were inept doesn't bear out in the statistical results of the last election. Further, I'd like to point out that Obama ridiculed Mitt Romney in 2012 for suggesting that the Russians were a threat. Since then Crimea and this latest "hacking" issue. But nowhere do I see Obama saying, "I was mistaken". Even so, at worst, the Russians didn't create the DNC email scandals, they simply exposed them. And no, I'm not a Bernie or Hillary voter. I'm reasonably liberal in my social politics, but conservative in my fiscal politics. I don't think Trump will be as detrimental to our State of the Union as many fear. I didn't vote for Obama, but I didn't hope for his failure, and I don't hope for Trump's failure either.

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ZZZZZZ.....was someone talking? SSHHHHH, Wonkette doesn't allow comments.

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I love reminiscing.

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they don't call us sly for nothing.

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much like a child would rather have mommy read a story to them, than read it themselves. i would rather let becca hit me with the highlights, than watch another debate. it makes my soul sick to see the next leader of the free world, and most powerful human on the planet, reduced to a shit flinging monkey.

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Sorry to be a little ranty. I tend to get worked up about this...

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No no no no rant on, rant on. Knowledge really *is* power, dove. I'm all for a good, informative rant.

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Haha

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Oh, I don't know. I think it must suck more to be Hillary now.

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Buh bye?

You say goodbye and I say hello...The Beatles.

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Ineptitude eh? The GOP won the White House, kept both houses of Congress, picked up state legislative seats, and Governor seats. But no, the Democrats are not inept, yet they ran a presidential candidate that couldn't even beat the flawed candidacy of Donald J. Trump.

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You're forgetting a couple of things - Hillary won the popular vote by 2.8 million and it's becoming glaringly obvious to everyone except the FBI (because they were too busy having conniptions over Hillary's e-mail server) that Russia was directly fucking around with the US election. You should keep up with the news, sonny Jim.

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Typical response, insult rather than present a fully cogent argument. Yes, Hillary won the popular vote, however she and her election team knew the rules and how the electoral college works (hint: it's been around for awhile). She simply failed to campaign accordingly. You also failed to address the massive losses in other legislative races. Oh, the Russian connection? The Russians were not in the booth with the voters telling them which levers to pull. And it is pretty rich of the you to complain about election interference when Obama actively worked against the election of Netanyahu in Israel, and Hillary accepted $millions in foreign contributions. Lastly, Wikileaks (and maybe the Russians) simply released her and DNC emails.. They didn't write all the incriminating material.. Hillary did that to herself.

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How about this - why are you trying to start an argument over a two-month-old comment? Are you a Bernie dead-ender? If that's your beef get over it, Bernie has.

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Oh hell no. I too teach at a university, and both "I feel" and "I believe" are VERBOTEN for my students. Automatic rewrite and a repeat of my lecture. If there is no evidence and logic to back up a claim, the claim should not be made. If there is, make the claim, present the evidence, and dazzle me with your logic. It's an intellectual copout. "I feel X." "Well, no, because evidence." "Well, that's just how I feel." It's wanting to make a claim without being held accountable for it. That is very much NOT okay in adult society. Your instructor(s) ought to be seriously re-educated. "Feelings" and "beliefs" have no place in academia or debate. Who cares about opinions and moral convictions? That's how we got the "I don't wanna bake for the gay" idiots, because of feelings, beliefs, opinions and moral convictions.

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