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To: zax who wrote (893615)	10/14/2015 2:56:01 PM
From: Sdgla	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575624

To: zax who wrote (893615)	10/14/2015 2:56:47 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 1575624

but many republicans will. Vote for Hillary? LOL!! Surely you jest?

To: zax who wrote (893615)	10/14/2015 2:58:59 PM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Recommended By TimF Respond to of 1575624

The Two Most Glaring Mistruths by Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders During the Debate BY CHRIS ENLOE (2 HOURS AGO) \| ELECTIONS, POLITICS Getty - Joe Raedle When it’s time for presidential candidates to take the debate stage, fact checkers go into overdrive. During the first Democrat debate of the 2016 presidential election cycle Tuesday night, fact checkers were quick to point out two blaring distortions – one from Hillary Clinton and another from Bernie Sanders. Hillary Clinton’s lie:Speaking of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Clinton said: “I did say, I hoped it would be the gold standard.” However, that is simply not the truth, according to the Associated Press. Clinton has never said she “hoped” the TPP would become a “gold standard,” she touted it as being the gold standard as many as 45 separate times. Tuesday night, when confronted by debate moderator Anderson Cooper on her flip-flopped position, Clinton claimed that when she reviewed the deal last week, it didn’t meet her “standards.” While this could be the truth, it doesn’t erase the fact that she endorsed the deal time and time again. Bernie Sanders’ lie:Speaking of income inequality, Sanders said: “Almost all the new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent.” This too, is a completely fabricated notion by Sanders, who has made this statement the focal point of his campaign. According to the Associated Press, Sanders is citing outdated data. The AP notes that in the five years between 2009 and 2014, the top 1% of American income earners seized 58% of income growth. 58% is not equal to 100%, 90%, 80%, et cetera, therefore nowhere close to “almost all.” The AP added: “In just the first three years of the recovery, from 2009 through 2012, the richest 1 percent did capture 91 percent of the growth in income. But part of that occurred because of impending tax increases on the wealthiest Americans that took effect in 2013. Many companies paid out greater bonuses to their highest-paid employees in 2012 before the higher tax rates took effect. Those bonuses then fell back in 2013. And in 2014, the bottom 99 percent finally saw their incomes rise 3.3 percent, the biggest gain in 15 years.” Clinton’s flip-floppery was a big topic Tuesday night, despite Clinton’s effort to deflect and change the discussion to Sanders’ flop on gun control. While Clinton likes to think of herself as someone who “evolves” on issues for progress, instead of political clout as Cooper pointed out, Clinton has changed her views on at least 20 major issues.

To: zax who wrote (893615)	10/14/2015 3:08:24 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 1575624

So two D warmongers are better than than two R warmongers? You've abandoned pursuit of peace to go with the meme of "centrism", i.e. greater of two evils as long as the president has a D affixed to his/her name. Bernays has been proven to be a genius. “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.” “Men (people) are rarely aware of the real reasons which motivate their actions.”