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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I am so SICK AND FUCKING TIRED of everyone armchair quarterbacking Hillary!!!! [View all]LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)37. HILLARY WAS NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT. THE ESTABLISHMENT WENT AFTER HER FOR 25 YEARS
Holy. fucking. shit.
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I am so SICK AND FUCKING TIRED of everyone armchair quarterbacking Hillary!!!! [View all]
Stonepounder
Dec 2016
OP
We - more accurately, the Democratic party - are making a huge mistake
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2016
#8
We're making a bigger mistake by pretending the fine tooth comb is what we need
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#36
Well said and an excellent idea... which is why it prolly won't ever happen, sorry to say.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#39
No question Hillary shuda known better, esply in light of the Rethug's history. Hillary all but admitted as much in her apologizing 4 havin had a private server & explicitly callin it a "mistake".
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#41
She could not have known that they would publicly re-open the closed investigation
pnwmom
Dec 2016
#60
Like the saying goes... those who fail to study history are bound to repeat it. Plain and simple.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#42
And what fomented the loss of Indys, X-Over Reps and Millennials? HRC selecting Kaine over Sanders
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2016
#72
Precisely! Hillary was FAR superior to the Fuhrer-Elect, but also FAR from the perfect candidate... we must be realistic in evaluating what went wrong if we want to avoid a repeat in 2020.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#44
Outside of Comey, Voter suppression and Russia there are no metrics to back up those claims, its jus
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#49
She was supposed to bend over for Putin, because there are motherfuckers who pretend
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#35
HILLARY WAS NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT. THE ESTABLISHMENT WENT AFTER HER FOR 25 YEARS
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#37
Absolutely correct....Hillary did nothing wrong...it was a hacked, stolen, and fraudulent election.
Sancho
Dec 2016
#38
Please explain how gerrymandering affected the outcome of the presidential election.
hughee99
Dec 2016
#64