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Pressie
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Message 91 of 892 (793034)
10-19-2016 8:31 AM
Reply to: Message 90 by ThinAirDesigns
10-19-2016 7:43 AM


Re: Rigged
ThinAirdesigns writes:
Damn Democrats also rigged it in a great many states so that not only the Independents couldn't vote in their primaries, but also the Republicans. Don't forget that little bit of last minute surprise, behind the scenes, not covered by the media shenanigans.
I'm not too sure what you mean. Is your argument that Republicans couldn't vote in the Republican Primaries because Democrats stopped them from voting and then Democrats voted in the Republican Primaries instead of Republicans?
Yet, Mr Trump won the Republican Primaries even after he accused those primaries as being rigged.
You and Mr Trump really don't make any sense. Please explain.
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Pressie
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Message 145 of 892 (793203)
10-24-2016 6:19 AM


My concern with the whole thing is that, during the Republican primaries, it turned out that the polls were underestimating the vote Trump would get by around 5 to 10% in a lot of states. Maybe the same thing is happening now?
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Pressie
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Message 147 of 892 (793205)
10-24-2016 7:59 AM
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10-24-2016 7:44 AM


AZPaul3 writes:
In that case Trump is on track to lose the election by one of the biggest margins in US history.
I'm not too sure why you wrote that. Your comment doesn't make any sense.
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Pressie
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Message 186 of 892 (793285)
10-25-2016 5:54 AM
Reply to: Message 153 by Diomedes
10-24-2016 9:44 AM


I sincerely hope you're right, Diomedes.
I watched one of her speaches at some rally at a college campus somehere in New Hampshire last night. She was talking about her fighting for the rights of women, equal marriage, pro-choice, dignified retirement, etc. etc etc.
One thing she failed to mention were men. Heterosexual men. Maybe she should start pointing out that having equality in everything also is to the advantage of white, heterosexual men?
Maybe her lack of pointing that out is why she's loosing heterosexual white men? Just mention them, Hillary.
Maybe she should also start pointing out that she's fighting that equal rights for everyone is also advantageous for heterosexual, white men, too.

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Pressie
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Message 318 of 892 (794029)
11-09-2016 4:17 AM


What a sad day for America and also for the rest of the world. One good thing about it, though, is that Trump is not openly a fundamentalist religious fanatic.
I think some of the lessons which could be learned from all of this are:
1. Polling certainly is not an exact science such as the natural sciences.
2. Pollsters can't really always be trusted to reflect reality. Their methods seem to be inefficient.
3. Some people tell untruths about who they intend to vote for.
4. Some people forget who they voted for a few minutes after leaving the polling stations.
5. Some people are too scared to admit who they are going to vote for.
6. Some people are too scared to admit who they voted for when confronted by pollsters at the exists.
As a sideline, the LA Times/USC Tracking polls 'predicted' a narrow national Trump victory quite a few months ago. They were quite right this time, but a few elections ago they were way out.

  
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Message 326 of 892 (794041)
11-09-2016 6:30 AM


I see that Hillary is starting to overtake Donald in the popular vote with those results coming in from California. Maybe Americans should consider dropping those delegates for a more fair result. I mean, in my lifetime two candidates got elected as Presidents of the USA (Bush the Second the first time and now Donald) with a minority in popular votes. That's not very democratic.
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Pressie
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Message 329 of 892 (794045)
11-09-2016 7:16 AM
Reply to: Message 328 by RAZD
11-09-2016 7:06 AM


Re: My reactions.
Yes, RAZD. Some people tend to be overly dramatic.

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Pressie
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Message 424 of 892 (794400)
11-15-2016 6:30 AM
Reply to: Message 421 by kjsimons
11-14-2016 10:23 AM


Re: This too shall pass
qskjsimons writes:
But this is one of most needed parts!
Yip. When I was 20, I didn't have anything wrong with me. And I paid and a I paid and I paid every month. For 30 years. That's why I took out health insurance at a young age.
When I turn 80, everything will be wrong... I won't be able to pay.
That's when the health insurance (which I paid for) is supposed to kick in. Just do my teeth when an have a tooth ache. Just do my heart when I get a heart attack. Pay it all.
They don't. So, people don't take out health insurance. That's about it.
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