2016 Postmortem

InAbLuEsTaTe

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20. It didn't help that Panetta's campaign strategy was to take blue collar workers for granted and basically ignore them, especially in the midwest.

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Mon Dec 12, 2016, 07:30 AM

Dec 2016

We need a new strategy.

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Anyone but Hillary [View all] sheshe2 Dec 2016 OP

After a Chinese jet rams an American fighter, he can invade Iran and declare martial law at home. NBachers Dec 2016 #1

Oh yes NBachers. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #2

I stopped LittleGirl Dec 2016 #6

I agree. Crying is a waste of time. cwydro Dec 2016 #24

well, I hope they don't mind cussing LittleGirl Dec 2016 #25

Trust me I can focus. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #85

Oh, but Hillary would totally have done WW3 by now because WARMONGER. betsuni Dec 2016 #3

K&R ffr Dec 2016 #4

It didn't help that Panetta's campaign strategy was to take blue collar workers for granted and basically ignore them, especially in the midwest. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #20

This is a false, totally bullshit claim EffieBlack Dec 2016 #57

Nailed it. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #78

No, actually saying this makes me feel like shit knowing that we could of won - despite other negative factors, no question - but lost to the worst racist Nazi candidate Rethugs have ever put up... InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #94

Yikes! sheshe2 Dec 2016 #97

BoBs, no shows, and third party purists turn my stomach. lapucelle Dec 2016 #113

+1000 sheshe2 Dec 2016 #115

Exactly - not ONE campaign stop in Wisconsin after the primaries? Yurovsky Dec 2016 #127

Thank you Yurovsky! You said it WAY better than I... I'm seething that we're stuck with that racist pig as the Fuhrer-Elect... SO easily avoidable!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #128

+1000 stonecutter357 Dec 2016 #101

Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #58

So, just about everyone admits that there was something going on and Clinton should have won.... George II Dec 2016 #62

All I'm saying is if Hillary spent MORE time defending the "Blue Wall," and talking to working-class people, especially those in the rust belt, Hillary would've, could've, should've won... InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #93

The weekend before the election Clinton was projected to get about 340+ Electoral Votes.... George II Dec 2016 #96

I was on the ground in PA for two months and had friends who had been in Ohio lapucelle Dec 2016 #121

Panetta? lapucelle Dec 2016 #103

Yes, thank you... I got the name wrong. Of course, yes, I meant Podesta. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #104

Both parties aren't the same, they never were. herding cats Dec 2016 #5

Good report, herding cats. brer cat Dec 2016 #23

Excellent post CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #35

That's pretty much my experience radical noodle Dec 2016 #98

Agreed-both parties are not the same Gothmog Dec 2016 #111

KnR Hekate Dec 2016 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #8

Enjoy your brief stay revmclaren Dec 2016 #12

Oh Mirt..... revmclaren Dec 2016 #13

;) sheshe2 Dec 2016 #91

? BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #14

Just one of the many Trolls that have wandered in lately revmclaren Dec 2016 #15

I was on a jury for it BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #16

Ha! sheshe2 Dec 2016 #92

Clairification? sheshe2 Dec 2016 #87

It took just about all day for that to finally happen BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #100

. baldguy Dec 2016 #18

K&R Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2016 #9

Time to come together. tecelote Dec 2016 #10

Yes, we need to unite in opposition to Donny Tiny Hands. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #11

Except there are still a lot of attacks kcr Dec 2016 #28

+1 Martin Eden Dec 2016 #82

No kidding Stargazer09 Dec 2016 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author bowens43 Dec 2016 #19

As long as we keep treading water, we'll get nowhere. Vinca Dec 2016 #21

i hope it gets shut down on Jan. 21 0rganism Dec 2016 #60

Amen, sheshe2. Paladin Dec 2016 #22

Um, they're not here. zipplewrath Dec 2016 #26

If that's the case, then there's no problem. kcr Dec 2016 #29

Yup zipplewrath Dec 2016 #32

No melman Dec 2016 #36

the concern is that there's an implication that they are here. nt JCanete Dec 2016 #54

+1 progressoid Dec 2016 #52

Nope. There are 2 posters here that I know of who admitted they wrote in Bernie for President. seaglass Dec 2016 #61

Cool story, fella. LanternWaste Dec 2016 #106

Message deleted by author. pangaia Dec 2016 #27

I have been so sad. littlemissmartypants Dec 2016 #30

Say it loud and proud! NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #31

It's called reality zipplewrath Dec 2016 #33

Yes, I did mean the DLC NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #47

keep on losing zipplewrath Dec 2016 #49

I don't "have to admit" NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #55

"Keep on losing"? In case you didn't notice the election results on November 8.... George II Dec 2016 #69

Check out state houses zipplewrath Dec 2016 #73

You do realize that Hillary isn't going to run again, right? Ken Burch Dec 2016 #41

Okay I'll reply to the non-sequitur NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #48

You do realize that leopards don't change their spots, right? Cary Dec 2016 #79

Gurl. bravenak Dec 2016 #34

Hey they told us. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #70

Well, pants suites right? what about emails? no? .... ummm speeches? well dammit! /sarcasm uponit7771 Dec 2016 #37

She's under FBI investigation... liquid diamond Dec 2016 #38

Yeap, fuck the FBI... fuck em uponit7771 Dec 2016 #45

Yep. they're the ones who should be investigated. Especially Comey . . . for treason. brush Dec 2016 #77

(failed joke self-deleted.) Ken Burch Dec 2016 #40

They said some shit like that, she was scuritnized for even the smallest shit uponit7771 Dec 2016 #46

Wasn't meaning it like that. Just enjoying the inadvertent visual Ken Burch Dec 2016 #64

hmmm sheshe2 Dec 2016 #88

I was thinking "Pant Suites" could be the name of a chain of mall stores. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #90

Her voice!!!111 mcar Dec 2016 #63

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #66

Most of us aren't "Anyone but Hillary" Ken Burch Dec 2016 #39

Well, first of all, you were for her so this is not about you. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #43

So go over there zipplewrath Dec 2016 #50

Lecturing? sheshe2 Dec 2016 #56

Nah zipplewrath Dec 2016 #72

why would you feel the need to suggest where I am allowed to post? sheshe2 Dec 2016 #89

You must be good at yoga zipplewrath Dec 2016 #114

Because, duh, that would be hard. Why do the hard thing when closeupready Dec 2016 #117

Some people here attacked her till July and never really supported her. n/t pnwmom Dec 2016 #129

You are taking this so personally JustAnotherGen Dec 2016 #51

+1 La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #122

The JPR people are still going strong Gothmog Dec 2016 #112

Plump's anti china strategy zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #42

Yup. nt sheshe2 Dec 2016 #44

imagine Trump handling the Cuban Missile Crisis Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #59

Who was an anybody but Hillary person? Somebody genuinely on the left preferred Republicans to JCanete Dec 2016 #53

That should make some of the return posters happy. AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #65

We are now captives of a military junta. There's good reason that he's filling all these cabinet & Tarheel_Dem Dec 2016 #67

So many voters used this excuse. HassleCat Dec 2016 #68

That clown is running his buisness out of the WH come 01/20/17. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #71

Yes to much Hillary hate treestar Dec 2016 #74

No LyndaG Dec 2016 #75

But, but, but ... NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #76

Anyone but Hillary sheshe2 Dec 2016 #81

"Cabinet is full of know white leaders". Nooooooo not whites. Say it aint so. Now were dooomed :( jack_krass Dec 2016 #107

Lewandowski was right! jaxind Dec 2016 #80

Terrifying! sheshe2 Dec 2016 #116

The electorate is just so ignorant and filled with hatred bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #83

But, but, but....Ben Ghazi.... CincyDem Dec 2016 #84

I don't know who is worse out of the 2 IronLionZion Dec 2016 #86

Oh, but her VOICE!!1 She either screams or whispers! Sad!! VOX Dec 2016 #95

We need a new "Miss me yet" meme... Beartracks Dec 2016 #99

Great Idea! sheshe2 Dec 2016 #105

Jill Stein can kiss my ass. nt oasis Dec 2016 #102

"(The DNC) cheating Bernie out of the GE (which he would have won)" Hows that working? jack_krass Dec 2016 #108

This election was DemonGoddess Dec 2016 #109

The people who opposed Clinton will get proof that she is far better than Trump Gothmog Dec 2016 #110

Sadly far to late. ;( sheshe2 Dec 2016 #118

I Was Thinking The Same About The 'Bernie Or Bust' PPL... Corey_Baker08 Dec 2016 #119

Please add... sheshe2 Dec 2016 #120

Done, There Is Just So Much Its Hard To Add It All... Corey_Baker08 Dec 2016 #123

Hey Corey... sheshe2 Dec 2016 #124

Thank-You Corey_Baker08 Dec 2016 #125

Hillary got the most votes... sfwriter Dec 2016 #126