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11. Fair point.

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 24, 2017, 03:15 PM

Sep 2017

What I was trying to emphasize was that the elements within the sole control of the candidate accounted for very little of the reasons she lost.

That conclusion requires the assumption that the game is fair, which it most definitely is not.

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Bill Clinton's pollster doesn't think much of the race Hillary Clinton ran [View all] Baconator Sep 2017 OP

Nope, he lost me at identity politics joeybee12 Sep 2017 #1

Yet Another Man Weighs In Me. Sep 2017 #2

Men arent allowed to have opinions on Hillary Clintons campaign? n/t EL34x4 Sep 2017 #9

Let Me Put It This Way Me. Sep 2017 #13

Not when it involves "identify politics," no obamanut2012 Sep 2017 #18

Media bias explains probably 90% of why we lost unblock Sep 2017 #3

You nailed it- they need to be called to the carpet for the games they played- bettyellen Sep 2017 #4

I wouldn't go that high, but it was significant. GoCubsGo Sep 2017 #5

Fair point. unblock Sep 2017 #11

Exactly, she was lied about, attacked and degraded R B Garr Sep 2017 #6

Of COURSE he doesn't. Passed over in 2016 in favor of others, he's applying for big jobs Hortensis Sep 2017 #7

I Commend Your Very Last Sentence Me. Sep 2017 #14

Everybody's got an opinion. Had she won, everyone would be talking about the awful campaign run politicaljunkie41910 Sep 2017 #8

One thing that I have seen. Blue_true Sep 2017 #10

He was advisor to the Gore and Kerry campaigns frazzled Sep 2017 #12

Identity politics again? ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #15

Ouch. Autumn Sep 2017 #16

Manisplaining about "Identity Politics" obamanut2012 Sep 2017 #17