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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: 'Member Obama in 2008? [View all]

Buckeye_Democrat

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17. He lost some appeal to me with that appointment.
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 09:16 PM
Dec 2016

Sorry for not making that more clear, especially since I've been mostly addressing the opinions of Americans in general throughout this thread.

Was it enough to make me consider Obama "unfavorable" overall? Most certainly not.

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'Member Obama in 2008? [View all] Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 OP
2008 was a different time than 2016. 2008 was far more favorable for democrats JI7 Dec 2016 #1
Running against Trump is about as favorable as someone can get. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #2
look at the people elected to congress. establishment complaints were mostly JI7 Dec 2016 #4
How is it you can't understand that there is a difference BainsBane Dec 2016 #3
And they ignore feingolds loss JI7 Dec 2016 #5
Clinton beat Trump on "making wise trade policy decisions" in that same poll. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #7
I agree that many Americans are stupid and gullible. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #6
fdr was before civil rights JI7 Dec 2016 #8
And Obama was elected after civil rights. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #9
in a different environment but with same groups that supported Clinton JI7 Dec 2016 #10
He also remained just as "favorable" in the 2016 CNN exit polls as he did in 2012. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #13
Obama is a unique rate politician and there is nobody else like him JI7 Dec 2016 #14
Yeah, because the opinions of voters who think Obama is a Muslim BainsBane Dec 2016 #16
He lost some appeal to me with that appointment. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #17
Because you equate the 2008 and 16 elections as though they were comparable BainsBane Dec 2016 #15
She talked about campaign finance reform. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #18
Trump didn't win. Trump fixed the central vote counting machines with Putin's help UCmeNdc Dec 2016 #11
I sincerely hope that's the case and it's proven to be true. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #12
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