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How is a publication 'eminently admired' when it gets

Posted on: October 6, 2016 at 11:37:11 CT

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endorsements HORRIBLY wrong when they decide to issue one?

Read the endorsement of LBJ and why they selected him over Goldwater. Now explain how they got it so HORRIBLY wrong that anyone would place credence in this one?

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3rd time in 160yrs The Atlantic endorses a candidate - Webbster MU - 10/6 10:10:41

lol. a liberal rag endorses something. - RHAYWORTH MU - 10/6 11:20:36

The Atlantic was sold to neo-cons just prior to Iraq war - Knucklehead MU - 10/6 11:23:44

The owner of the Atlantic gave to Hillary in 2008 - Spanky KU - 10/6 13:44:31

no, it's not even close. - RHAYWORTH MU - 10/6 11:44:29

Who? BTW any pub that didn't endorse Reagan has no - JoplinTiger07 MU - 10/6 11:18:06

that's it the election is over - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 10/6 11:14:35

The Atlantic is where I go for all of my political news.(nm) - DHighlander KC - 10/6 10:54:17

that seems so important - FootballRefugee MU

- 10/6 10:30:19

Abraham Lincoln started the Civil War - TheShoe STL - 10/6 10:25:16

LBJ gave me my first full time job - mu7176grad MU - 10/6 10:23:34

no kidding, man. webbster's proud of that. It's a - 90Tiger MU - 10/6 10:39:13

So a Beltway rag subsidizes gross corruption and the further - Mizzou Lou KC - 10/6 10:22:28

You'd think that deplorable human being would be 20 pts - hefeweizen MU

- 10/6 10:21:25

that may be the worst track record in history. Did they end - 90Tiger MU - 10/6 10:20:43

LBJ???? - Spanky KU - 10/6 10:17:22

Explanation - if you would read it,-is that LBJ was a BETTER - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 10:28:48

Like saying Leopold was better than Loeb - mu7176grad MU - 10/6 11:05:28

if you're defending LBJ and HRC and Lincoln, you're - 90Tiger MU - 10/6 10:39:42

I am doing none of those things(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 10:46:56

of course you are (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 10/6 10:49:09

I can't help you. Sorry.(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 10:53:22

RE: Explanation - if you would read it,-is that LBJ was a BETTER - FootballRefugee MU

- 10/6 10:38:42

And they were VERY wrong! - Spanky KU - 10/6 10:35:21

Not the point of the post - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 10:39:46

"eminently admired" doesn't imply "always correct", rask (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 10/6 10:49:43

Of course now. No one said it did - but one thing I gather - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 10:55:14

What I notice is when you're wrong, you lash out and - 90Tiger MU - 10/6 11:08:14

Where was I proven wrong here? - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 11:12:59

actually it is the point of the post - FootballRefugee MU

- 10/6 10:47:10

No not at all - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 11:05:20

keep telling yourself that - FootballRefugee MU

- 10/6 11:10:45

You can stop digging anytime.(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 11:13:30

And it was HORRIBLY wrong with LBJ - Spanky KU - 10/6 10:43:03

Don't think we heard you first two times you posted that(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 11:06:32

Apparently you didn't (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 10/6 11:08:52

The Atlantic on Trump - this is aces - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 10:30:05

no record of public service is a positive. - 90Tiger MU - 10/6 10:36:42

RE: no record of public service is a positive. - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 10:52:43

I"m not excited. Political office should never be a career. - 90Tiger MU - 10/6 10:54:16

Six posts in one thread ? - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 11:01:05

Call it whatever you want, rask, it don't make it so. - 90Tiger MU - 10/6 11:13:17

RE: Call it whatever you want, rask, it don't make it so. - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 11:15:38

that some make it a career doesn't even argue my point - 90Tiger MU - 10/6 11:41:56

No sorry. You lose here. "Intended" by whom? - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 13:30:33

the context here is the United States, rask (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 10/6 13:53:16

how do you know it was "never intended?" - mizzou alum 93 MU - 10/6 11:43:09

They missed HORRIBLY with LBJ! - Spanky KU - 10/6 10:36:09

How many times do you need to say that? - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 11:02:06

You keep responding about how significant their - Spanky KU - 10/6 11:07:13

ONCE I said pub is eminently admired,. Once - and you miss - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 11:22:27

How is a publication 'eminently admired' when it gets - Spanky KU - 10/6 11:37:11

Settle down honey. It is not that big of a deal - raskolnikov MU - 10/6 13:28:57

I don't frankly care that you hold the rag in high esteem - Spanky KU - 10/6 13:36:46

Yea and Lincoln too - El-ahrairah KC - 10/6 10:19:45

Goldwater may have been our last shot - El-ahrairah KC - 10/6 10:12:48

We have no way of knowing any of that information.(nm) - markymarksthirdnipple STL - 10/6 11:16:53

he drew massive crowds as well. (nm) - mizzou alum 93 MU - 10/6 10:16:25

He woulda prevented nam - El-ahrairah KC - 10/6 10:17:52

debatable. - mizzou alum 93 MU - 10/6 10:20:38