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Re: Qbasic

From	jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: Qbasic
Date	2016-03-17 13:17 +0000
Organization	"Have EDDT, will travel"
Message-ID	<PM00052E3E2C3E66DB@aca2d627.ipt.aol.com> (permalink)

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

/BAH

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Re: Qbasic jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-03-17 13:17 +0000
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