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2016 Postmortem

BSdetect

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9. He can bamboozle the dickheads who voted for him.

Reply to Nasty Jack (Original post)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 01:36 PM

Dec 2016

A few denials, a few fact free claims and voila, he's the champion of the underdogs.

Avoid press conferences, favor Fucked News and he's immune to critics.

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Trump inherits great President Obama economy [View all] Nasty Jack Dec 2016 OP

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His Repub buddies in Congress know... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #5

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