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« on: September 07, 2017, 10:55:30 AM »

Question: Which individual is 100% responsible for Hillary Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential election?

A: Jill Stein
B: Gary Johnson
C: James Comey
D: Vladimir Putin
E: Hillary Clinton
F: Joe Biden
G: Bernie Sanders

Correct Answer: E. Hillary Clinton
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« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2017, 11:00:11 AM »

No one human being ever bears 100% of the responsibility for anything, period. That's not how history works.
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« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2017, 11:46:09 AM »

No one human being ever bears 100% of the responsibility for anything, period. That's not how history works.
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« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2017, 11:51:00 AM »

Question: Which individual's jokes are 100% unoriginal and uninspired?

A: Amy Schumer
B: Adam Sandler
C: Chelsea Handler
D: Wulfric
E: Jerry Seinfeld
F: Dane Cook
G: Will Ferrell

Correct Answer: D. Wulfric
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« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2017, 11:56:42 AM »

What is Wulfric angry about now?

A: Planned Parenthood
B: Bernie Sanders
C: Socialism
D: Single Payer Healthcare
E: Hillary Clinton

Correct Answer: E


Who was a sanctimonious "moderate" in 2016?

A: Hillary Clinton
B: Donald Trump
C: Gary Johnson
D: Wulfric

Correct answer: D
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« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2017, 12:00:31 PM »

Answer:

Nobody. Maybe Obama shouldn't have egged on Donald Trump. Maybe Hillary Clinton should have concentrated on protecting states that she needed to win instead of widening the map. Maybe she should have campaigned for Democratic candidates for the Senate. Maybe the media were slow to warn people of the folly of voting for Trump.

But let us remember: America got the perfect storm in which impatience with economic distress met a demagogue more adept at casting blame than offering solutions. We have an educational system that has failed to teach any moral values, and thus no ability to judge the amorality of a political monster. We have put economic gain ahead of morality, and we get a President who makes much the same appeals as televangelists selling their Gospel of Wealth.  

So turn this on the other side. Who would be most to blame had Trump lost?

A. Mitt Romney
B. Mitt Romney
C. Mitt Romney
D. All of the above

We should have heeded Mitt Romney. He told us what Donald Trump was like, and everything that he said about Donald Trump has proved true.
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« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2017, 12:12:40 PM »

Is Wulfric an idiot?

a) Yes
b) Yes
c) Yes
d) Yes
e) Other answer so this doesn't get deleted for personal attack
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« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2017, 12:34:13 PM »

Question: Which individual is 100% responsible for Hillary Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential election?

A: Jill Stein
B: Gary Johnson
C: James Comey
D: Vladimir Putin
E: Hillary Clinton
F: Joe Biden
G: Bernie Sanders

Correct Answer: E. Hillary Clinton

I have a question for you. If 1 out of 100 people that voted for Trump had voted for Clinton instead, she would have won the electoral college. Now given this, had that have happened, would you say that E. Hillary Clinton would be 100% responsible for her victory?
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« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2017, 12:46:33 PM »

Question: Which individual is 100% responsible for Hillary Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential election?

A: Jill Stein
B: Gary Johnson
C: James Comey
D: Vladimir Putin
E: Hillary Clinton
F: Joe Biden
G: Bernie Sanders

Correct Answer: E. Hillary Clinton

I have a question for you. If 1 out of 100 people that voted for Trump had voted for Clinton instead, she would have won the electoral college. Now given this, had that have happened, would you say that E. Hillary Clinton would be 100% responsible for her victory?

No. Many factors go into a victory, but only the losing candidate is responsible for a loss.
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« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2017, 12:56:10 PM »

Question: Which individual is 100% responsible for Hillary Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential election?

A: Jill Stein
B: Gary Johnson
C: James Comey
D: Vladimir Putin
E: Hillary Clinton
F: Joe Biden
G: Bernie Sanders

Correct Answer: E. Hillary Clinton

I have a question for you. If 1 out of 100 people that voted for Trump had voted for Clinton instead, she would have won the electoral college. Now given this, had that have happened, would you say that E. Hillary Clinton would be 100% responsible for her victory?

No. Many factors go into a victory, but only the losing candidate is responsible for a loss.

There is a huge difference between taking responsibility and being responsible.
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« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2017, 12:57:09 PM »

Well that is at least consistent, if a bit illogical.

If, by your own admission, many factors that are at least partially outside of Clinton's control would be responsible for converting 1% of Trump voters...then it is the lack of those many factors (whatever they are) that resulted in their non-conversion, i.e. Clinton's actual loss.

So it can't be the case that she's 100% responsible for her loss. Because she didn't have complete control over the factors that could have led to her victory. Smiley
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« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2017, 01:03:47 PM »

Question: Which individual's jokes are 100% unoriginal and uninspired?

A: Amy Schumer
B: Adam Sandler
C: Chelsea Handler
D: Wulfric
E: Jerry Seinfeld
F: Dane Cook
G: Will Ferrell

Correct Answer: D. Wulfric

Actually, I'm pretty sure Adam Sandler is worse.
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« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2017, 02:21:08 PM »

No one human being ever bears 100% of the responsibility for anything, period. That's not how history works.
Ugh I hate the fact that this is true.
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« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2017, 02:39:56 PM »

Many factors go into a victory, but only the losing candidate is responsible for a loss.
How can the opposite not be true? All the factors, including the candidate's faults, are responsible (to various extents). It's kind of like the argument "Hillary's popular vote win came entirely from California", like yes and no, you could also contribute her win to New York and Massachusetts or any combination of the states she won, they all helped put her over the top.
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« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2017, 03:12:08 PM »

While I agree that complaining about people in your book is a bad look, how can anyone deny that there is a long list of factors that deterministically contribute to someone losing an election, not all of which are under said candidates control?
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« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2017, 03:18:50 PM »

If I gave out that test and you answered E, i would mark you wrong.
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« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2017, 03:20:01 PM »

If I gave out that test and you answered E, i would mark you wrong.

Assuming that only the choices I gave in the OP are provided, which is the correct answer?
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« Reply #17 on: September 07, 2017, 03:22:26 PM »

If I gave out that test and you answered E, i would mark you wrong.

Assuming that only the choices I gave in the OP are provided, which is the correct answer?

Its needs an answer H. None of the above.
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« Reply #18 on: September 07, 2017, 04:37:28 PM »

If I gave out that test and you answered E, i would mark you wrong.

Assuming that only the choices I gave in the OP are provided, which is the correct answer?

Its needs an answer H. None of the above.

That doesn't answer his question. What's the answer?
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« Reply #19 on: September 07, 2017, 04:58:23 PM »

If I gave out that test and you answered E, i would mark you wrong.

Assuming that only the choices I gave in the OP are provided, which is the correct answer?

Its needs an answer H. None of the above.

That doesn't answer his question. What's the answer?

The question asks who was 100% responsible, so there is no correct answer, because no one was 100% responsible.
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« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2017, 06:33:56 PM »

What crazy Scantron sheet has seven options instead of five?
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Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon
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« Reply #21 on: September 07, 2017, 06:38:00 PM »

What crazy Scantron sheet has seven options instead of five?

On a real standardized test, a sixth answer would typically be indicated by shading in both A and B, and a seventh answer would typically be indicated by shading in both A and C. But I decided to just use F and G to keep the OP as simple as possible.
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« Reply #22 on: September 08, 2017, 03:49:56 PM »

Lamest test ever.  I hope I get extra credit for doodling in the margins.
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« Reply #23 on: September 08, 2017, 04:17:53 PM »
« Edited: September 08, 2017, 04:25:19 PM by Solid4096 »

Correct answer to your question is actually A.



If Jill Stein did not run:

Clinton: 278
Trump: 260
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Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon
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« Reply #24 on: September 11, 2017, 09:09:03 PM »

Most Stein voters would have just stayed home if Stein wasn't on the ballot.
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