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2016 Postmortem

oberliner

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15. Here is a link

Reply to Garrett78 (Reply #14)

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 01:08 AM

Dec 2016

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2016/12/trump-remains-unpopular-voters-prefer-obama-on-scotus-pick.html

About halfway down:

-14% of Trump supporters think Hillary Clinton is connected to a child sex ring run out of a Washington DC pizzeria. Another 32% aren't sure one way or another, much as the North Carolinian who went to Washington to check it out last weekend said was the case for him. Only 54% of Trump voters expressly say they don't think #Pizzagate is real.

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It can't be overstated that tens of millions exist within an alternate reality. [View all] Garrett78 Dec 2016 OP

A couple more excerpts: Garrett78 Dec 2016 #1

CNN and MSNBC would feed into it as well oberliner Dec 2016 #5

The line between fake news and mainstream news certainly does get blurred. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #7

Indeed oberliner Dec 2016 #10

Democrats needs to start citing these facts on a regular basis. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #18

A president-elect J_William_Ryan Dec 2016 #2

More like an alternate nightmare democratisphere Dec 2016 #3

Not for those who exist in that space. For them, it's reality. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #6

Interestingly 33 percent of Jill Stein voters do not think CA votes should be included oberliner Dec 2016 #12

propaganda of fox lies works well, especially when it ramps up to 90% fake news spammed to emails. Sunlei Dec 2016 #4

Couple that with the online bubble-filtering that's been amplifying the alternate reality. JudyM Dec 2016 #8

That could be said for billions of people. Rex Dec 2016 #9

14% of Trump supporters think Hillary Clinton is connected to a child sex ring run oberliner Dec 2016 #11

Words fail me. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #14

Here is a link oberliner Dec 2016 #15

A massive percentage of the American public is clinically insane. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #16

Lee Atwater to the Nth power. nt. andym Dec 2016 #13

Kick yardwork Dec 2016 #17