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BootinUp

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Wed Nov 18, 2015, 06:43 PM Nov 2015

Mainstream Media’s Latest Hillary Gaffe

Mainstream Media’s Latest Hillary Gaffe
James Carville


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I almost had a heart attack when I read the headline “Clinton’s Debate Performance Leaves Trail of Fodder for Political Adversaries.”

I said to myself, “Oh my God! What did she say?”

Then I found out that the major gaffe she committed was saying she went to college in the 60’s.

Are these people serious? Admitting that you went to college is somehow a considered a political gaffe?

For those of you who need a little history recap, The Washington Post probably did as much as anybody to prevent Al Gore from winning the 2000 election by more than a half million votes with a pack of stupid, made-up stories about Gore’s alleged exaggerations. As I’m sure some of you are aware, they were also the strongest supporters of the greatest foreign policy disaster in modern America history, that being President George W. Bush’s war in Iraq.

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Mainstream Media’s Latest Hillary Gaffe (Original Post) BootinUp Nov 2015 OP
Oh james Carville....Nevermind Armstead Nov 2015 #1
I think Hillary was a stronger supporter of that illegal war. marym625 Nov 2015 #2
James Carville wearing his PUMA sneakers in solidarity FlatBaroque Nov 2015 #3
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