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Baconator

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61. I don't think anyone who is looking at it objectively...

Wed Nov 29, 2017, 02:05 PM

Nov 2017

... would suggest that Comey and his letter didn't have some effect on the polls.

My point is that her lead was so fragile that any moderate bump in road (which almost always happens) was enough to derail the whole thing.

A better strategy or a stronger candidate would have had enough buffer to take a hit like that against the most disliked candidate in the modern era. Except that his opponent was the second most disliked.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/08/31/poll-clinton-trump-most-unfavorable-candidates-ever/89644296/

Also, you contradict yourself in your own post... An unbreakable lead does not equal 18%. Those aren't even Russian Roullete odds.

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McCain To Hillary Clinton: Youve Got To Move On - HuffPo via Yahoo [View all] Baconator Nov 2017 OP

Will history record McCain as an enabler in America's destruction? dalton99a Nov 2017 #1

Well he did give the world Sarah Palin crazycatlady Nov 2017 #23

We should be worried about the continued HATCHET JOB against Hillary. WHY THIS THREAD trueblue2007 Nov 2017 #40

Exactly!!!! Wiseman32218 Nov 2017 #41

well johnny, imagine if Obama had won with the help of the russians? would you have just moved on? spanone Nov 2017 #2

Moreover, imagine if the FBI had targeted McCain with their lies and allowed him to portrayed StevieM Nov 2017 #6

I can be cold so i'll say it malaise Nov 2017 #21

👁👃🏽👁 spanone Nov 2017 #22

The rules are now changed Sen McCain delisen Nov 2017 #3

Did anyone tell him to shut up in public? xmas74 Nov 2017 #4

Thanks Sen. McCain ... LenaBaby61 Nov 2017 #5

The guy who was hornswoggled into thinking Sarah Palin had credibilty as a VP candidate? LisaM Nov 2017 #7

Thats a particularly nasty comment doesn't have anything to do ismnotwasm Nov 2017 #8

He never gave the same advice to Palin lame54 Nov 2017 #9

+1 dalton99a Nov 2017 #10

+ 2 VOX Nov 2017 #38

+3 treestar Nov 2017 #51

+1,000,000 InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2017 #53

Do we need a book review from someone who hasn't read the book? Orsino Nov 2017 #11

"The hardest thing to do is to just shut up." Buns_of_Fire Nov 2017 #12

Move On Where? Me. Nov 2017 #13

Hey McCain - Take your own fucking advice! Scoopster Nov 2017 #14

So the "little lady" is supposed to keep quiet when the media, the Hillary haters, the republicans, still_one Nov 2017 #15

Hillary can be and will be attacked everywhere, including here. And we cant do shit about it. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #27

My point Eliot is that Hillary has every right to speak out, especially when others continue to still_one Nov 2017 #30

Agree completely. McCain should know better too. He knows Hillary was Putin's worst Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #31

No John McCain isn't a traitor, and I hope he does the right thing like he did with the ACA repeal still_one Nov 2017 #33

The effects of the tax bill and the perception that dumbshit was successful; the harm Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #34

"... the 'attacks' Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., leveled at her ..." left-of-center2012 Nov 2017 #16

No, not always. I remember Jesse Jacksons concession speech in 1988 stevenleser Nov 2017 #45

"There was a lot of demagoguery used against Hillary" left-of-center2012 Nov 2017 #54

No, its not. nt stevenleser Nov 2017 #57

I know of two people who wouldn't have voted for her if it weren't for Bernie's plea. nt Snotcicles Nov 2017 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author MrsCoffee Nov 2017 #64

That's really funny. rogue emissary Nov 2017 #17

it's stunningly hypocritical. JHan Nov 2017 #35

I was not aware McCain won the popular vote in 2008 standingtall Nov 2017 #18

The whole Russia/treason thing is unique to Clinton R B Garr Nov 2017 #19

Hillary Clinton doesn't need McCain's approval NastyRiffraff Nov 2017 #20

She won edhopper Nov 2017 #24

That's just patently false... Baconator Nov 2017 #25

What? edhopper Nov 2017 #28

That's not what you said... Baconator Nov 2017 #58

You can't rewrite history. MrsCoffee Nov 2017 #60

I don't think anyone who is looking at it objectively... Baconator Nov 2017 #61

An 18% chance of losing the electoral college. MrsCoffee Nov 2017 #62

I don't think you understand what 18% means... Baconator Nov 2017 #65

I don't think you understand thin margin. MrsCoffee Nov 2017 #66

Ohhh... if only everything had gone perfectly... Baconator Nov 2017 #67

Calls to "move on" are hilarious given that there is currently an investigation JHan Nov 2017 #26

He's absolutely correct. nt woolldog Nov 2017 #29

Move on, Hillary! earthside Nov 2017 #36

A lot of us want her to stick around long after Trump is gone...maybe even behind bars. sadiegirl Nov 2017 #47

,,, lapucelle Nov 2017 #32

seriously tho. JHan Nov 2017 #37

exactly. Mc5planes is treestar Nov 2017 #52

Does he mean "move on" like Al Gore had to "move on" after HIS election was stolen? no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #39

He hadn't stopped Christmas from coming! It came! ucrdem Nov 2017 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author Jakes Progress Nov 2017 #43

mccain told her to shut up. Yet she persisted. Jakes Progress Nov 2017 #44

Jeez.... Dorian Gray Nov 2017 #46

tell that to Trump eShirl Nov 2017 #48

Irony Alert: McCain isn't taking his own advice, by virtue of speaking WinkyDink Nov 2017 #49

It's not the same in that treestar Nov 2017 #50

A nice little bit of mansplaining. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #55

Shut up and move on while Trump destroys the country? ecstatic Nov 2017 #56

A man who has 6 books to his name, says a woman should STFU mercuryblues Nov 2017 #63