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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: When you bury your head in the sand you leave your ass exposed to get kicked [View all]NoGoodNamesLeft
(2,056 posts)18. Bernie moreso than GW, but yes, they are.
Whoever is the more charismatic speaker of two candidates is going to appeal more to the voters that don't follow politics as closely and vote based on who they "like" best. This is why it matters so much. Speakers who relate and connect and can get people to stop and listen are the ONLY candidates who Democrats should nominate.
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When you bury your head in the sand you leave your ass exposed to get kicked [View all]
NoGoodNamesLeft
Jan 2017
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Charisma has nothing to do with positions or how nice you are or are not
NoGoodNamesLeft
Jan 2017
#21
Not at all...you're just probably assuming charisma can only be positive
NoGoodNamesLeft
Jan 2017
#22
Nothing like the media take over or Comney interference ever happened before .
bettyellen
Jan 2017
#28
Russia meddling in and of itself isn't the issue, because that is what they do
NoGoodNamesLeft
Jan 2017
#30