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In reply to the discussion: Not my first choice, but I voted for her. [View all]radius777
(3,635 posts)20. Bill was simply echoing the consensus
regarding the 2000 and 2004 elections.
Gore and Kerry, both of whom I supported in the primaries, are good guys, but they let alot of 'attack memes' go unanswered. You can't do that in this day and age.
Bill (and Obama) obviously was a far more charismatic and tough politician, which in many ways is a natural talent, but I think if Gore and Kerry (and Hillary) fought harder and had better campaign teams, they could've won, as all of those losses were very close.
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Perfection was required in 2016 for the first time in American politics.
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2017
#57
She was my first choice. In the end, this was the FBI's election. Comey dominated it from
StevieM
Aug 2017
#19