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ecstatic

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32. The election was stolen
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 03:09 AM
Jul 2017

For months, Pres. Obama insisted that Trump could never win. I was really really worried but I eventually calmed down because I trusted Obama's judgment of Americans. When you consider that plus the pre and post election polls, the popular vote, Trump's behavior, and what we now know about hacking, Trump stole it. Period.

And yet customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #1
Get help from Russia, gerrymandering, fueling the fears of the ignorant, just to lunamagica Jul 2017 #2
gerrymandering D_Master81 Jul 2017 #3
My mistake. Sorry lunamagica Jul 2017 #8
Yes, in a way it does. LisaM Jul 2017 #31
Gerrymandering customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #4
You are right about gerrymandering, sorry. As for the rest, did you see today's poll in which lunamagica Jul 2017 #7
I can understand that, at least a bit customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #11
I get your point. But I doubt that's the reason for them. I think that to them an education upens up lunamagica Jul 2017 #13
They're mad about the protests when certain conservatives speak at universites. betsuni Jul 2017 #22
Bigotry. Putin. Oppression/suppression of vote. FBI. Eom pirateshipdude Jul 2017 #10
As I said upthread customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #12
Russia?!?!? Or is the left still in denial??!? YCHDT Jul 2017 #15
Or is it those posing as "the left" ... NanceGreggs Jul 2017 #30
Russia?!?!? Or is the left still in denial??!? YCHDT Jul 2017 #14
Tell me how people customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #16
I know 2 who were ... what else ?! You do realize the " no one was swayed " meme is easily YCHDT Jul 2017 #19
My theory customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #34
But Pizzagate was concocted from conversations about pizza. betsuni Jul 2017 #21
Good point customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #35
yeah conspired with the Russians. triron Jul 2017 #20
His party had been working on gerrymandering for at least a decade, and large-scale pnwmom Jul 2017 #28
Ugh, again customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #33
Did you watch the Senate hearings? You must have missed Clint Watts pnwmom Jul 2017 #37
I don't think people were really paying attention leftstreet Jul 2017 #5
Agreed. lib-ruhl Jul 2017 #6
One candidate was man. One candidate was woman. pirateshipdude Jul 2017 #9
One aspect that isn't given much attention MichMan Jul 2017 #17
I didn't. I'm well aware of how the pendulum swings. NYResister Jul 2017 #18
yep. JHan Jul 2017 #27
i was aware of it so knew it would not be easy for any democrat just based on this JI7 Jul 2017 #36
One candidate lied every minute... BootinUp Jul 2017 #23
And FAUX and other RW media bdjhawk Jul 2017 #26
I wonder if one of the reasons people don't vote is because the length of the election. betsuni Jul 2017 #24
I'm sure that plays a part in it. NYResister Jul 2017 #25
Here is an interesting opinion peice that discusses the limits of identity politics ability to win CentralMass Jul 2017 #29
The election was stolen ecstatic Jul 2017 #32
but they didn't talk about those things. they kept referring to Clinton as establishment and Deeply JI7 Jul 2017 #38
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