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DominicCobb

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#1056602
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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The truth is, ammo or not, Trump would not have gone any easier on Sanders. There really is no way of knowing for sure, there’s evidence on both sides. I could just as easily claim that if Sanders never ran Clinton would have beaten Trump, and I think there’s a good case for that.

I should reiterate that I voted for Sanders in the primary. But I don’t all the “WOULD’VE WON” shit gets us anywhere at all.

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#1056582
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Jeebus said:

Because this would’ve happened;

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/14/14908272/trump-greenberg-democrats-neolib

That’s just one state, and one issue.

At the end of the day, I don’t think anyone can say definitively one way or another. I was pretty certain before the general that Sanders wouldn’t stand much of a chance as a self-described socialist. I’ll admit now, seeing how the election became anything but the ordinary policy debating and more of an all out war on character, that Bernie certainly would have a better chance than I initially thought. But I still don’t think you can underestimate the “goddam commie socialist” factor that many would have expressed, regardless of his positions on trade, labor, and the like.

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#1056517
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'97 vs. '04 (and '11) - Your preference?
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CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

But then WHY did he make the change. Most of the changes are stupid, yes, but there is a discernible question to the answer why for most of them, at least when viewed through the GL outlook.

I have a hard time rationalizing most of his changes.

Let me put the “no” this way. If all the “alert my stardestroyer” crap had been added after 97, people here would call it a PT change because the PT has a bunch of unnecessary ships leaving and landing shots. But it isn’t really a PT change, is it? It might be coming from the same place in Lucas’s head but that doesn’t mean causation.

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#1056390
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'97 vs. '04 (and '11) - Your preference?
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CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

DominicCobb said:

TV’s Frink said:

So, one quick shot throughout three movies? That barely registers even if you count it.

Is the PT stuff in 04 and 11 really that much more, though?

No. Nooooooooooooo!

Oh, wait…

I don’t really consider that a PT thing. It’s just the same word. The situation and intonation are completely different.