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39. They were fertile soil....

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #28)

Wed Mar 21, 2018, 05:21 PM

Mar 2018

Confirmation bias is very strong.

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I will never get over how many Americans were tricked into hating [View all] Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 OP

No one ever got conned who didn't want to be conned . . . hatrack Mar 2018 #1

Ahh yes Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #2

My thinking Johonny Mar 2018 #24

Yes. That's just the kind of weakness they're data mining Hortensis Mar 2018 #32

Not true. There are many in the wobbly middle. Wishy-washy low-info voters. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #75

well, I don't think CA & Russian trolls could have been as successful as they were at hlthe2b Mar 2018 #3

on 30 years of beating up on both Clintons. Hamlette Mar 2018 #68

That old repeat a lie often enough and people believe Hortensis Mar 2018 #74

That's a lovely pic of her. Aristus Mar 2018 #4

It's a two sided disaster...We lost (or hopefully just delayed) a better future for everyone we love Lucinda Mar 2018 #29

calamitous loss Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2018 #43

agree. barbtries Mar 2018 #5

Of course Comey had something personal against her! Tatiana Mar 2018 #6

The new book about this, Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #20

While I do sign on to the premise DFW Mar 2018 #64

Nobody was tricked. Haters gonna hate. Girard442 Mar 2018 #7

there is a reason ads and propganda studies have been shown to work well in forming opinions. BoneyardDem Mar 2018 #11

Oh I know a few who took the easy way out and believed the news presented to them. Ignorance won. bettyellen Mar 2018 #18

They believed because they wanted to. Girard442 Mar 2018 #63

They wanted to believe that gov is corrupt, that the status quo is horrible.... bettyellen Mar 2018 #67

Wrong. Many wobbly middle voters did not hate or become haters. Stayed home or voted on low info. nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #76

Yes They Are Me. Mar 2018 #77

"I wish we could dedicate more space to her here, especially her quotes." We could. But we daren't. NurseJackie Mar 2018 #8

What 'truth?' leftstreet Mar 2018 #12

Those are obviously truthful and accurate things... NurseJackie Mar 2018 #14

Yep. the truth about what happened, is so darn tough to look at, we cant even talk about it Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #21

We shouldn't forget that . . . peggysue2 Mar 2018 #9

thank you Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2018 #46

Thank you for these words of historic truth. Makes me cry, though. northoftheborder Mar 2018 #52

Thank You! maddiemom Mar 2018 #80

You're all welcome . . . peggysue2 Mar 2018 #82

40 years of power hungry dipshits preaching hate on AM radio 24/7 convinced them. Initech Mar 2018 #10

My favorite Democratic nominee Awsi Dooger Mar 2018 #13

Very true. Snackshack Mar 2018 #15

I like her, too, Blecht Mar 2018 #16

I like how you say that, because TODAY millions of new voters have been sold a LIE Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #27

I will never get over it. Today, almost a year and a half after the election lunamagica Mar 2018 #17

Rec! Stinky The Clown Mar 2018 #19

Yikes, yee have big ones Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #25

She worked for this country FOR FREE for almost 20 years before serving in the Senate and as SOS Lucinda Mar 2018 #22

But, but, but she wouldnt bake COOKIES Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #23

Yep. Stone the witch! Lucinda Mar 2018 #30

We were never tricked. ehrnst Mar 2018 #26

If they werent tricked then they were predisposed to believe total bullshit and be Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #28

They were fertile soil.... ehrnst Mar 2018 #39

I like her, too pandr32 Mar 2018 #31

And knows more about working our system to benefit us than any 5 people at any level Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #85

my sister asked her female relatives KT2000 Mar 2018 #33

Sounds typical. Thanks for responding. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #35

Rush Limbaugh started it all FakeNoose Mar 2018 #65

Weak men hate strong women...weak women follow those men. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #34

And the same weak men hate POC because they fear they cant compete with them Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #36

OMG NOOOOOOOOOO!! Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #37

kicking... TheFrenchRazor Mar 2018 #38

Nicest pic I've ever seen of her CanonRay Mar 2018 #40

I've never seen this photo before. No wonder Bill was speechless when she first spoke to him eleny Mar 2018 #45

History will be kind to her mcar Mar 2018 #41

She has been a courageous truth teller all along warning against vast rightwing conspiracy wishstar Mar 2018 #42

I wasnt MFM008 Mar 2018 #44

Love that picture of Hillary. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #47

I had not seen it in a while or ever maybe, no wonder Bill noticed her. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #48

Ha! sheshe2 Mar 2018 #49

when you see what high marks and approval Hillary had as she exited the Secretary of State role to blake2012 Mar 2018 #50

Yep. All of that happened. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #51

The media has written Hillary's high poll numbers as Secretary of State out of the history books. StevieM Mar 2018 #71

Off the fellowship lunasun Mar 2018 #78

If Robert Mueller had still been FBI director none of this would have happened JI7 Mar 2018 #53

Absolutely Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #54

Many weren't "tricked" at all. brer cat Mar 2018 #55

This is a beautiful photo of Hillary! Thanks for posting it. n/t Niagara Mar 2018 #56

K&R Gothmog Mar 2018 #57

They LIED their Damn HEADS OFF and Cha Mar 2018 #58

ImWithHer for the rest of my days on this planet. oasis Mar 2018 #59

K & R SunSeeker Mar 2018 #60

Some asshole campaigned on Make America Hate Again IronLionZion Mar 2018 #61

plenty of DUers too Skittles Mar 2018 #62

And the gaslighting ("Where? I didn't see any of that") betsuni Mar 2018 #70

oh don't even get me started Skittles Mar 2018 #73

I didn't always support her candidacy, but I ALWAYS liked her DFW Mar 2018 #66

Why were some infected and others immune -- it's fascinating. betsuni Mar 2018 #69

The stories were so ridiculous you had to ooky Mar 2018 #72

The hate was already there Scalded Nun Mar 2018 #79

I think Comey was blackmailed into re-opening the investigation NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #81

Makes you want to slap Jason Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #83

Another big lie.... LakeArenal Mar 2018 #84

Yes, they show no respect, none, for someone with true values. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #86

I've been watching it happen for 20 years now. Nitram Mar 2018 #87

Me too. Remarkable how easy it is to believe stuff, certain people, if that stuff is about Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #88

excellent smackdown heaven05 Mar 2018 #89