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MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
1. Remrmber during the '92 campaign when...
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 06:36 AM
Aug 2016

...Bush the first had no idea about the supermarket check out scanners? Talk about out of touch!

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Orrex

(63,212 posts)
2. Guiliani also had no idea how much a gallon of milk cost at the time
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 07:09 AM
Aug 2016

I can't remember the figure that he gave when asked, but it was about half of the real price.

Orrex

(63,212 posts)
6. Are you trying for an "in touch with the people" vibe while running for office?
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 07:47 AM
Aug 2016

If not, then don't worry about it. Guiliani was being called out for being out of touch with the realities facing his constituency.

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NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
8. In Connecticut, two time loser Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 08:55 AM
Aug 2016

did not know what the minimum wage was when she ran for office the first time. The polls were competitive at the time of the first debate. After she didn't know, her numbers started fading and she ended up losing by over 10 points, despite spending somewhere around $50 million of her own money.

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
3. All the peasants now run to their right wing hate radio for the answers
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 07:36 AM
Aug 2016

Trying to use common sense on them is futile.

2naSalit

(86,612 posts)
10. And when he
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 10:31 AM
Aug 2016

insulted one person for claiming that home-made (from a small-town bakery, actually) cookies came from an economart gas station.

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