2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Things I Blame For Hillary Clintons Loss, Ranked (Huff Po) [View all]FourScore
(9,704 posts)And for the most part they have full on support from other commenters -
Rye Haze · Boston, Massachusetts
So Bernie and his supporters -- who were right all along -- he was stonger against Trump than she was in the states where it mattered, are now the bad guys? And Hillary's supporters, wrong all the way, are still the good guys, after losing to Trump and losing god knows what of the country? Pardon me for being one of those people who are "pissed off" at this notion.
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Kevin Coolidge
You forgot "tone deaf and blind followers who want to blame everything except the terrible candidate and her incredible hubris".
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JJ Martinez · Administrative Supervisor at Veterans Health Care System of New Jersey
2. Bernie Sanders. I stop reading after that... not worth my time.
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Dan Grueber · Kent State University
The fact that the Democratic party isn't even mentioned for nominating Hillary in the first place makes me laugh.
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Bob Ziegelaar
Silly analysis. After losing to Obama Clinton's time had come and gone. It was time for new faces and a break with the Clinton's business as usual model. Besides, Americans are tired of clan politics, Bush or Cinton.
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Tony Manglnl · Newark, Delaware
Hillare has too many issues. The party proped up their weakest candidate and thought america would turn a blind eye to her negatives
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Yerch McYerchikins · Lewis & Clark College
They say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. The author, and those that think like the author, are still in denial. That's unfortunate.
What they seem to be missing is that Barack Obama had intrinsic challenges to his election in the form of racism, just as Hillary had to deal with misogyny. He had a strong primary challenger in 2008. Plus, he ran against an established senator and war hero and a successful business person and beat them. Soundly. The idea that it was just misogyny, Bernie, protest votes, etc. is hogwash.
Hillary lost because she was an atrocio...See More
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Then FINALLY a brave supporter of the article gets ranked in 9th place with 181 likes, but gets hammered by responses:
Andy Schreiber · CEO (chief executive officer) at Pure Vitamin Club
I agree with your assessment wholeheartedly!! And to the Bernie or busters and Jillniks who are pissed off, too bad! Bernie did IMMEASURABLE damage to Hillary, and by extension, to the country and to everything that liberals and progressives actually stand for, by paving the way for the abomination we now face with a lying, huckster fascist in power. The only thing I would add is what I firmly believe was actual election tampering and fraud in key swing states. Given Hillary's rather sizable lead in the popular vote, and razor thin loss in WI, MI, and PA, plus all of the other circumstantial evidence, something was definitely amiss there. Max Weiss, you really nailed this. Thank you!
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Then a response about voter fraud, and, finally, this 11th ranked comment is outranked by a response:
Andrew Baker · New York Academy of Art
Sanders has escaped without receiving nearly as much criticism as he deserves. He ran an opposition campaign for the nomination of the incumbent party--the political stupidity of that is inexcusable, but nobody likes to talk about it.
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Marie Smith · Ewha Womans University
This was an election, not a coronation! HRC was not the President-in-Waiting to be ushered into the oval office once Obama's term is up, no matter how much people wanted it to be so. Why on earth shouldn't she have to earn the support of the voters over someone else?
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Looks like all but two commenters in the top 11 comments disagree with the writer! But I'm sure they are all just Bernie Bros. Or Russia. Or something.