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NBachers

(17,149 posts)
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:04 AM Apr 2015

Looks like "substance" is the catch-word of the day.

As in, "Yes it was a cute video but it didn't have any ?wait for it? "substance."

She has no "substance" in her roll-out video.

How can I vote for a candidate who has no . . . "substance?"

Any other frequent catch-words that were bandied about today?

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Looks like "substance" is the catch-word of the day. (Original Post) NBachers Apr 2015 OP
Pointing "Right" hrmjustin Apr 2015 #1
Yes, and I think you were the recipient of pretty much every "pointing right" comment I read. NBachers Apr 2015 #2
Yes I got a few comments today. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #4
Sounds like 'substance' abuse. House of Roberts Apr 2015 #3
I don't know why, but I'm finding it easier to laugh at all this than to get upset. NBachers Apr 2015 #5
Substance I saw: okasha Apr 2015 #6
I'm not trying to be funny or cute when I say that this is a good, substantial reply. NBachers Apr 2015 #7
The "no substance" crowd okasha Apr 2015 #8
They're too busy "looking deeply into" ... NanceGreggs Apr 2015 #10
+1000 OKNancy Apr 2015 #11
+1000 leftofcool Apr 2015 #12
I am willing to get on with the campaign. It is hard to feel sorry for some Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #9

NBachers

(17,149 posts)
2. Yes, and I think you were the recipient of pretty much every "pointing right" comment I read.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:08 AM
Apr 2015

It's all about slings and arrows.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
6. Substance I saw:
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:22 AM
Apr 2015

Support for equal marriage
Support for better education
Support for working mothers and their children
Support for a racially, culturally and linguistically diverse society
Support for small/family business
Support for comfortable retirement

Pretty good substance for just a couple minutes.

NBachers

(17,149 posts)
7. I'm not trying to be funny or cute when I say that this is a good, substantial reply.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:27 AM
Apr 2015

I guess the "no substance" crowd didn't bother to look too deeply into it, did they?

okasha

(11,573 posts)
8. The "no substance" crowd
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:30 AM
Apr 2015

knew they'd hate it before they even saw it. They have special powers that way.

NanceGreggs

(27,820 posts)
10. They're too busy "looking deeply into" ...
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 02:21 AM
Apr 2015

... her campaign logo.

Apparently it is too simple, too complex, too corporate, too insincere, too pandering, too red/blue, too blue/red, too bold, too timid, too obscure, and way too obvious - and yet, it is simultaneously fraught with secretive and nefarious symbols that represent all that is unholy.

And yet the people who engage in such intense armchair psychoanalysis (of a logo, fer chri'ssake!) wonder why they are viewed as having nothing of "substance" to add to serious political discussion.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
9. I am willing to get on with the campaign. It is hard to feel sorry for some
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 01:17 AM
Apr 2015

which claim to want someone else, I don't think Hillary is the "anointed" one, but she is so very qualified. Do you think it is a little jealously because I have not seen another candidate with her qualifications? Maybe.

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