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hoolstoptheheels

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This, of course, is the problem across the political spectrum.


What's Trump's greatest talent, really? He's an entertainer. A "reality" TV host. His boogeymen, the evil MSM, were his greatest boosters in 2015 and 2016, simply by not being able to take their eyes off him.

Warren isn't the talented entertainer he is - she's a wonk. She has a solution for every problem - and they all work perfectly on the chalkboard in a classroom in an ivy covered building. It's exciting, especially to a large chunk of that dem primary voting base. She does it differently, but she still builds excitement in her fan base.

And in today's world, with everybody walking around with a mini-TV 24 hours a day, we want to be entertained. It's not just a dem problem. The repubs have sacrificed much of what we'd recently have called their core, most fundamental values to stand with a guy who entertains them at pep rallies.

I think the Netflix movie "The Great Hack" should be required viewing for all Americans. It is about Cambridge Analytica, and I suspect Trumpies might get defensive and tune it out (although it's not just about Trump by a longshot; more about Brexit, but maybe the most chilling story is how they used people's love for being entertained to essentially fix the election in Trinidad and Tobago). Especially all those who rely mostly on social media feeds for their news.

(In response to this post by Hoodafan)

Posted: 10/16/2019 at 08:57AM



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I'm afraid Warren will get the nomination -- GoochlandHoo 10/16/2019 07:13AM
  Oh you should be scared all right. -- southdenverhoo 10/16/2019 7:41PM
  Good point about driving the vote. ** -- GoochlandHoo 10/16/2019 09:00AM
  I'm afraid of that too, but there's still a ways to go in this. -- hoolstoptheheels 10/16/2019 08:23AM
  Unelectable in Indiana ** -- MasterRusty 10/16/2019 7:13PM
  Klobuchar -- DanTheFan 10/16/2019 08:30AM
  Plugs appears to be finished ** -- Tuckahokie 10/16/2019 08:02AM
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  Who is Plugs? ** -- 111Balz 10/16/2019 08:03AM
  It's Limbaugh's nickname for Joe. ** -- SchmHoo 10/16/2019 08:50AM
  Hunter's dad ** -- Tuckahokie 10/16/2019 08:05AM
  Good one! -- southdenverhoo 10/16/2019 08:22AM

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