We Need to Reckon With the Story What Happened Tells

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2. If she had gotten those votes

She would have been flamed by Brogressives for not winning by a landslide, and that the Democratic Party "failed."

You know they would have been criticizing every single cabinet nominee that Bernie didn't personally approve of, as "corporatist!" and talking about primarying her from day one. And they would have been whining that "there are all these investigations now, and that means she can't be as effective as who we wanted! He would have been respected, and there would have been NOTHING that they would have hung over his head!"

Except there would have.