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"jmfbahciv" <See.above@aol.com> wrote in message 
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> Stephen Sprunk wrote:
>> On 16-Mar-16 22:40, JimP. wrote:
>>> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
>>>>> I simply don't understand them.  Voting is easy.
>>>>>
>>>>> The pundits tell us all sorts of reasons, but that's their own
>>>>> ideas, which are b/s, not the non-voters' reasons, which
>>>>> generally seem to be nothing but apathy and laziness.
>>>>
>>>> A lot of people don't bother to vote because they don't think it
>>>> will make a difference.  If my choice is between Hillary and Trump
>>>> I may skip this one, although I'm also thinking about a write-in.
>>>> OTOH that _is_ the appeal of Trump to his supporters.  They feel he
>>>> isn't just another "me too" candidate.
>>>
>>> Trump is a rabble rouser, on the type/style of Lenin and Goebbles.
>>> Why he hasn't been called on it I find odd.
>>
>> There has been lots of media coverage of Trump rallies where he has
>> supporters swear oaths to him (rather than the country) while giving
>> Nazi salutes, where he incites his supporters to assault any ethnic or
>> religious minorities that show up, etc.  Except on Faux News, of course;
>> they love him.
>>
>>> I watched part of some babble last Sunday morning with Chris Wallace
>>> and Karl Rove talking. They did their best to blame Bernie ...
>>
>> Did you really expect better from Faux News, i.e. the GOP's propaganda
>> machine?
>
> All the news people love Trump since he gives them
> lots of headlines and they don't have to work so much.

And gives them lots to talk about with his silly shit.

> If the debates had had substance, Trump wouldn't be ahead.

BULLSHIT. His outrageous stuff would have had just
as much impact on the voters who bother to vote. 

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