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oberliner

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24. Much more accurate

Reply to Octafish (Reply #20)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 02:51 PM

Sep 2015

Notice how he uses the phrase "at the moment" with respect to not having a functioning democracy - very different from saying it's dead (a permanent, not "at the moment" kind of state).

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The headline is a lie oberliner Sep 2015 #14

Wow... Ok Then... It's Implied... WillyT Sep 2015 #15

But the headline is: "Jimmy Carter Says Democracy Is Dead:" oberliner Sep 2015 #17

I agree. Sometimes we write headlines as if we are really understanding the inner thoughts erronis Sep 2015 #33

And Sometimes The Writer Doesn't Even Write The Headline... The Editors Do... WillyT Sep 2015 #35

I neglected to follow the trail of the errant headline. Thanks, Willy T. erronis Sep 2015 #38

the phrase "democracy is dead" in the op restorefreedom Sep 2015 #42

Understood oberliner Sep 2015 #43

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Much more accurate oberliner Sep 2015 #24

I love Jimmy Carter. bvar22 Sep 2015 #16

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K&R... spanone Sep 2015 #23

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