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2016 Postmortem

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10. You do realize that the parties are more polarized than ever right?

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 08:19 PM

Dec 2016

This utterly unsupported contention that any Democrat is just a shade better than any Republican needs to die.

Here's some of those annoying facts that should hopefully help you not say something so blatantly and obviously wrong in the future:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/hillary-clinton-was-liberal-hillary-clinton-is-liberal/

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A plurality voted for us, not an outright majority. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #5

'we need to be open to different approaches to communication.' elleng Dec 2016 #2

Thanks for posting that link. n/t. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #6

You're welcome, Ken. elleng Dec 2016 #7

Real Republicans beat Republican light every time. Onyrleft Dec 2016 #3

You do realize that the parties are more polarized than ever right? mythology Dec 2016 #10

Its both the message and messenger. J_William_Ryan Dec 2016 #4

some people want to win elections Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #8

Good fucking post! TransitJohn Dec 2016 #9