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2016 Postmortem

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3. your candidate is losing because he's less popular among actual voters than my primary choice

Reply to CorporatistNation (Original post)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 09:45 PM

Apr 2016

Last edited Thu Apr 28, 2016, 05:48 AM - Edit history (1)

...you should recognize that much of that 'pumping' from the media was a feathering of the unknown Sanders and a steady drumbeat of negative news about Hillary Clinton.

Harping about the system at this point is just sour grapes, despite the weak disclaimer about 'whoever wins.'

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Exclusive: Half of Americans think presidential nominating system 'rigged' - poll [View all] CorporatistNation Apr 2016 OP

online survey. ok nt msongs Apr 2016 #1

And the other half PowerToThePeople Apr 2016 #2

your candidate is losing because he's less popular among actual voters than my primary choice bigtree Apr 2016 #3

Hey Tree... Let's See What Happens With That Investigation... Should Be Entertaining... ! CorporatistNation Apr 2016 #4

THANKS To Brentspeak for This Very Illuminating Post! Exactly WHAT I'm Talking About And What CorporatistNation Apr 2016 #5

K&R Dragonfli Apr 2016 #6