• @danc4498@lemmy.world
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      1821 days ago

      You remember 2016? This is exactly how that year went. All these headlines while Trump’s polling numbers are completely unaffected. It’s 2016 all over again.

      • Flying Squid
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        121 days ago

        Sorry… you think 2016 happened because people heard Trump’s name more than Clinton’s a few days before the election?

        Please do show some evidence to back that up.

      • Flying Squid
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        -1420 days ago

        As I have said to others, please show evidence that Trump won in 2016 because people heard his name more than Clinton’s a few days before the election.

        • Bakkoda
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          519 days ago

          You just made up a straw man. Did someone say Trump won because of this? All they said was any publicity seems to be good publicity for this shit bag.

          • Flying Squid
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            -719 days ago

            I’m not sure what else “the more headlines he gets, the more votes he gets” is supposed to mean other than Trump will win again because of this.

            • Bakkoda
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              519 days ago

              That’s concerning. It means you are so biased against the conversation you can’t see a simple difference of opinion as anything but a total counterpoint to your position.

              More votes. That’s it. Maybe one more, maybe a few thousand. Not winning, not running away with anything. Just a few more votes.

              • Flying Squid
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                -419 days ago

                Or, you know, I did not know what else that meant.

                Why do people always think that I’m lying about what I say when I say it?

                • Bakkoda
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                  619 days ago

                  It’s basic comprehension and reasoning. No one’s said anything about lying either. Maybe just kind of take a little break, come back and reread. I misread shit all the time.

                  • Flying Squid
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                    19 days ago

                    Okay? That’s exactly why I said I didn’t know what else it meant.

                    So yeah, you are suggesting I’m lying when you say that this is some sort of not being able to see a difference of opinion as anything but a total counterpoint to my position since, according to you, my position was incorrect, so we weren’t even discussing the same thing.

                    Much like my posts aren’t lies, they also are not universal truths.

    • @blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works
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      921 days ago

      I wish you were right. Unfortunately, there are a bunch of idiot voters out there who just fill in the box next to the name they hear more.

      • Flying Squid
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        I would like some evidence to support this please. Especially this close to an election.

        I can tell you from personal experience that it sure as fuck didn’t work for Meg Whitman.

          • Flying Squid
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            -121 days ago

            I could see it working for two candidates people have never heard of. Beyond that, I doubt it.

            To go back to Meg Whitman, she totally inundated California. Every other radio and TV ad was about her. There were posters every place the campaign could think to stick them whether or not it was legal. By election day, everyone was so sick of her that she did not even come close.