[Ads-l] QOTY candidate?

[Laurence Horn]

> On Sep 3, 2016, at 1:53 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Taken literally, of course, there's nothing illogical or amusing about what
> she said.
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> Context is all.
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Right--normally, voters will tend to infer candidates' positions on issues from the words they say (unless there's other evidence to go on, but with a non-politician it's a bit difficult to figure out what evidence to invoke).

LH
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> On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
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>> Trump spokesperson Katrina Pierson on her candidate (last week on CNN):
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>> “He hasn’t changed his position on immigration. He’s changed the words
>> that he is saying.”
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>> Here's a vine loop of her saying it, and getting laughed at by her fellow
>> panelists:
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>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_actualGOP_status_768840728814481408&d=CwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=2EvWGY-8k8-uAe_912amZQC8K8k9TF_3GqaSFzf_3HI&s=jBDBjy0kdYe5Pt_BNugidrZDSUUDczgn8CdOZdeJKjE&e= 
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>> LH
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