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2016 Postmortem

Kingofalldems

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41. Sure did. Try again.

Reply to TDBroke (Reply #40)

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 12:44 PM

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In this election there was no ambiguity where trump stood or what the republican agenda was [View all] still_one Nov 2016 OP

A hell of a lot more Obama voters... sfwriter Nov 2016 #1

NO! Their actions elected trump period. The damage that will be done in the next four years will still_one Nov 2016 #4

"Growth will return in the Spring"... n/t lapfog_1 Nov 2016 #27

Isn't that ironic GummyBearz Nov 2016 #32

Good question. NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #5

Start by not calling the people whos votes you need "stupid" (nt) jack_krass Nov 2016 #15

What else do you call them? NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #16

Enigmatic. Voting is about a compromise between choice jack_krass Dec 2016 #42

No, I dont think our candidate was the problem. NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #43

I'm trying to think of another more appropriate term DFW Nov 2016 #26

That is the point Cosmocat Nov 2016 #28

I'm skeptical of this gollygee Nov 2016 #35

Exactly. NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #2

Or didn't vote at all. Yavin4 Nov 2016 #19

Exactly. n/t NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #20

K&R etherealtruth Nov 2016 #3

Yes. sheshe2 Nov 2016 #6

Spent the best part of the last three weeks Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #7

The economy is doing very well oberliner Nov 2016 #8

Kind of miss leading stats. Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #13

Hillary spent a lot of time and money in Ohio and Pennsylvania oberliner Nov 2016 #23

We did not offer any Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #25

Workforce skills and job training oberliner Nov 2016 #30

I teach economics TDBroke Nov 2016 #14

This Calculating Nov 2016 #22

We can blame everybody TDBroke Nov 2016 #29

Unemployment is very low right now. Kingofalldems Nov 2016 #38

You didn't read TDBroke Nov 2016 #40

Sure did. Try again. Kingofalldems Nov 2016 #41

On what planet? Kilgore Nov 2016 #33

No, it wasn't Cosmocat Nov 2016 #36

Clinton lost and was responsible for losing. David__77 Nov 2016 #9

No. The self-identifed progressives WHO REFUSED to vote for Hillary, voted for trump by their still_one Nov 2016 #11

And, still, Clinton was responsible for losing. David__77 Nov 2016 #12

Ag, yes, Hillary is solely responsible. NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #17

Sanders lost too. David__77 Nov 2016 #18

Well, there is a large contingent of people ... NanceGreggs Nov 2016 #21

Voters are responsible for Trump. End of story. andym Nov 2016 #10

YEP! Cosmocat Nov 2016 #34

K&R betsuni Nov 2016 #24

K&R mcar Nov 2016 #31

You can tell who they are, too. yallerdawg Nov 2016 #37

People wanted a BIG CHANGE. astral Nov 2016 #39