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djean111

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2. It is the weekend, and Third Way thread invasions seem to diminish on the weekends. :-)
Sat Oct 25, 2014, 08:29 AM
Oct 2014

Slogging through a Warren thread yesterday that had about half of the replies shrilly about how Hillary had a 67% FAVORABILITY RATING SO WE SHOULD ALL STFU AND STOP CALLING WARREN A LIAR!!!!!!! -I was reminded of the American Idol mentality some seem to have. Sometimes a wanna-be idol has a fan base that pushes them though to victory, sometimes people who are just voting for the heck of it, maybe voting against other contestants more then voting FOR a singer - sometimes it is very shocking to fans when their idol wins - and no one buys their CD because they just don't like the music.
The music is what counts, not who won. Those who get caught up in the personality thing don't seem to understand that Warren is, for some, a symbol of what could be a start of Progressive thinking at the top. There are others who would do just as well. It is not about a personality cult. So continuously attacking Warren does not accomplish what they think it does, IMO. I predict that we will see more links to ridiculous shit about Warren and Indians right here at DU, from Third Wayers, than there will be at Freeperland.

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