Anyone else watch the Democratic Town Hall?

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26 Jan 2016, 9:52 am

I've been surprised I haven't heard more about this.

So if Bernie somehow wins, his policies would obviously be very helpful for autistic people. Universal health care and $15/hour minimum wage would help people at the start of their careers and people who are struggling. Free community college would be really helpful for younger autistic people. The people who go to college while they are maturing their social skills seem to do MUCH better, holistically. Having more infrastructure jobs would give people more career options. From experience, I can tell you that it's not so bad to have a factory type job where people leave you alone and you have a repetitive task to do all day.

I thought Bernie did really well, O'Malley did well, and Hillary was shockingly,h out of control bad with her answers. It seemed like she was yelling at everyone who asked her a question, even if she was agreeing with them. And she kept mentioning Obama and Bill Clinton. It looked to me like she knew she was losing.

This morning all the news stations are raving about how well she did. I'm just wondering, am I nuts? Did she really do well and I'm not seeing it?



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26 Jan 2016, 10:05 am

Sorry I don't watch socialist snoozefests featuring hunchbacks and wicked witches.



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26 Jan 2016, 10:07 am

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No I don't watch tax hike bragging socialist snoozefests featuring hunchbacks and wicked witches.


That makes me think you watched it because that was a pretty accurate assessment. :wink:



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26 Jan 2016, 10:52 am

X-Files was on. One has to have priorities :D

Ironically in relation to the other thread you started, eugenics was the main plot line in last nights episode.


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26 Jan 2016, 1:41 pm

I watched it, it really didn't look like Hillary was yelling, although I call bs on her history of fighting racial and income inequality. That and she tries to de-emphasize her Iraq War vote by saying it was just one vote and that she had made several good decision over the years. That one bad call cost us big and she looks as bad as anyone else when she tries to sweep that decision under the rug.


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26 Jan 2016, 10:31 pm

I thought the moderator was a little easier on Hillary Clinton. But I guess with what Sanders is trying to do he should probably have to explain how he plans to do it. I would probably vote for a moderate republican over any of the democrats. I don't like Hillary and Bernie's ideas are kind of far-fetched.



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27 Jan 2016, 11:15 am

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X-Files was on. One has to have priorities :D

Ironically in relation to the other thread you started, eugenics was the main plot line in last nights episode.


Yeah... :( We're still waiting to catch up on that. We had to go to a funeral yesterday. My husband and I were embarrassingly obsessed with the X Files in the 90s. If we'd had our son when we were young instead of recently his name would probably be Fox. :oops:

It bothers me that Bernie isn't doing a better job of answering the tax question. I saw a breakdown online that was pretty clear. Hold on, lemme find it.

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It gets up to half only for household incomes over $10 million. There are no changes at all under household incomes under $250K/year and the ones over that are either conservative or beneficial. So I'm not sure why he doesn't just say this. Yeah the insurance savings is a good point too, but this is more clear, I think.

I wonder if his message will change after this secret Obama message today. And I wonder if Biden will jump in after Clinton is indicted. It all seems like it could change at the drop of a hat.



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27 Jan 2016, 11:45 am

I missed it, they've made these all very difficult to watch. There was supposed to be another debate before New Hampshire but DNC isn't sanctioning it. These debates are mostly uninteresting since the media or the other candidates won't actually challenge Hillary.



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27 Jan 2016, 11:54 am

Screw that complicated Sanders trash, go with the Trump plan!! ! LESS BRACKETS, EVERYONE GETS LOWER TAXES UNDER IT, NO LOOPHOLES!! ! :twisted: :cheers: :afro: :bounce: :smurf: :compress: :hail:



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27 Jan 2016, 11:55 am

SocOfAutism wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
X-Files was on. One has to have priorities :D

Ironically in relation to the other thread you started, eugenics was the main plot line in last nights episode.


Yeah... :( We're still waiting to catch up on that. We had to go to a funeral yesterday. My husband and I were embarrassingly obsessed with the X Files in the 90s. If we'd had our son when we were young instead of recently his name would probably be Fox. :oops:

It bothers me that Bernie isn't doing a better job of answering the tax question. I saw a breakdown online that was pretty clear. Hold on, lemme find it.

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It gets up to half only for household incomes over $10 million. There are no changes at all under household incomes under $250K/year and the ones over that are either conservative or beneficial. So I'm not sure why he doesn't just say this. Yeah the insurance savings is a good point too, but this is more clear, I think.

I wonder if his message will change after this secret Obama message today. And I wonder if Biden will jump in after Clinton is indicted. It all seems like it could change at the drop of a hat.


Clinton won't be indicted. The person who claimed she would is Tom Delay, a Texas Republican. His claim is all hearsay at that. He claim to have friends in the FBI who have information. It's hardly a credible source.



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27 Jan 2016, 12:01 pm

Hillary should no doubt be indicted, it is a question of how politically independent the FBI and DOJ really are which is probably not very. Justice is not blind in this country, some people are above the law...



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27 Jan 2016, 12:07 pm

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Hillary should no doubt be indicted, it is a question of how politically independent the FBI and DOJ really are which is probably not very. Justice is not blind in this country, some people are above the law...


I'd say it's more of a question of how partisan news outlets are. The only news outlets actually accusing Hillary of a crime here are on the far right.



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27 Jan 2016, 12:10 pm

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Hillary should no doubt be indicted, it is a question of how politically independent the FBI and DOJ really are which is probably not very. Justice is not blind in this country, some people are above the law...


I'd say it's more of a question of how partisan news outlets are. The only news outlets actually accusing Hillary of a crime here are on the far right.


it has been reported plenty of places, you can look at the law itself and what Hillary did

what they did to General Petraeus, Hillary is very guilty whether you admit it or not



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27 Jan 2016, 12:14 pm

Jacoby wrote:
Lukeda420 wrote:
Jacoby wrote:
Hillary should no doubt be indicted, it is a question of how politically independent the FBI and DOJ really are which is probably not very. Justice is not blind in this country, some people are above the law...


I'd say it's more of a question of how partisan news outlets are. The only news outlets actually accusing Hillary of a crime here are on the far right.


it has been reported plenty of places, you can look at the law itself and what Hillary did

what they did to General Petraeus, Hillary is very guilty whether you admit it or not


I asked you before, if you know a legitimate news source that says that. If you know of one please point me to it, I'd love to see it.



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28 Jan 2016, 1:43 am

I'd love to see Hillary go away too, but only for something legitimate. I concur with Lukeda420, the only sources that take this indictment seriously are far-right sites.


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29 Jan 2016, 11:44 am

Lukeda420 wrote:
Jacoby wrote:
Lukeda420 wrote:
Jacoby wrote:
Hillary should no doubt be indicted, it is a question of how politically independent the FBI and DOJ really are which is probably not very. Justice is not blind in this country, some people are above the law...


I'd say it's more of a question of how partisan news outlets are. The only news outlets actually accusing Hillary of a crime here are on the far right.


it has been reported plenty of places, you can look at the law itself and what Hillary did

what they did to General Petraeus, Hillary is very guilty whether you admit it or not


I asked you before, if you know a legitimate news source that says that. If you know of one please point me to it, I'd love to see it.


plenty have said it, it's been all around for months now even tho some would rather ignore it

here's an MSNBC segment for you



I think it's too late for Biden to jump into the race really, at that point I think they'd need someone like Bloomberg with his billions on that short of notice

betting the farm on Hillary is going to get Trump elected