2016 Postmortem

Dont call me Shirley

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76. Gore WON the 2000 election. The supreme court jesters took it away from Gore gave it to Bush!

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Democratic Underground was founded after the stolen election in 2000 [View all] J_J_ May 2016 OP

Elections are stolen for economic reasons, not ideological. lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #1

they arent really stolen so much as they are reddread May 2016 #12

Uh, "Hillary supporters" have more years involved with elections that just the one in 2000. tonyt53 May 2016 #2

And yet, it was still election fraud that cost him the election Scootaloo May 2016 #4

Election fraud and Ralph Nader n/t SFnomad May 2016 #18

I thnk the USSC and the 300,000 conservadems nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #31

I don't believe your premise ... so I have no answer for you SFnomad May 2016 #36

But my premise has evidence nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #37

I have NEVER seen anyone say 300K conservadems voted for Dubya SFnomad May 2016 #38

It is not my job to convince you nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #40

You still have provided NO EVIDENCE of your claim for 300K conservadems voting for Dubya SFnomad May 2016 #42

Well, Eko May 2016 #48

Bless your heart, how'd you know I like sweet tea? SFnomad May 2016 #49

Uh, Eko May 2016 #50

Ooops ... sorry about that. I though your reply seemed a bit strange. I didn't notice the name SFnomad May 2016 #54

No problem, Eko May 2016 #58

I don't know ... ending hunger, world peace ... that's so Miss America-ish SFnomad May 2016 #61

Bam!!!! Eko May 2016 #64

I thought you were holding me Eko May 2016 #44

You too nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #45

You took away my glory and fame. Eko May 2016 #47

That's from the exit polling data, which found that about 12% QC May 2016 #43

Exactly. I just dn't bother nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #46

Waste of time. Rex Jun 2016 #105

Waste of time by now. The Nader meme is what authoritarians want the history books to remember. Rex Jun 2016 #104

True. It won't do to acknowledge that conservadems have fucked us all over QC Jun 2016 #106

Bingo. Rex Jun 2016 #107

and SCOTUS WhiteTara May 2016 #73

Nope. Not Ralph Nader Scootaloo May 2016 #87

If Nader hadn't siphoned votes away from Gore, the Republicans wouldn't have been able to get away SFnomad May 2016 #89

Except he didn't siphon votes away from Gore Scootaloo May 2016 #90

I never said that all of Nader's voters would have gone to Gore .. but nice strawman SFnomad May 2016 #92

I never said you SAID it. But it's what your argument relies on nontheless Scootaloo May 2016 #93

It's clear you're not reading what I'm saying ... so there is little point in having a conversation SFnomad May 2016 #94

Congrats on using a CIA weaponized term. merrily May 2016 #52

+1 n/t. okieinpain May 2016 #71

Gore WON the 2000 election. The supreme court jesters took it away from Gore gave it to Bush! Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #76

Well not quite Buzz cook May 2016 #80

Can you provide a citation to the Sanders legal team challenging a state's results? Tarc May 2016 #3

I warned everyone here that Sanders was not going to fight election fraud J_J_ May 2016 #5

So that would be a...no. Ok. Tarc May 2016 #6

Perhaps Sanders isn't always right and doesn't know everything J_J_ May 2016 #10

I think people with legal expertise are more qualified to judge such matters Tarc May 2016 #25

No one disputes GulfCoast66 May 2016 #91

Bernie has filed multiple suits during this campaign, and threatened several more. Sheepshank May 2016 #21

too little too late J_J_ May 2016 #27

just pointing out the absurdity of your OP and your follow up posts Sheepshank May 2016 #35

The only fraud in this election are the wild promises sanders has made to his followers. The_Casual_Observer May 2016 #7

Ha! Wild? Like the kind of things they already do for their citizens in first world countries. valerief May 2016 #53

Which were ideas born in America to begin with! I'll post another round of.... Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #78

Back then gollygee May 2016 #8

Hired posters ? If we referred to Sanders supporters as "hired posters", our posts would be Trust Buster May 2016 #9

It is a well known fact that David Brock has hired bulleting board mercenaries NorthCarolina May 2016 #13

This is a lie oberliner May 2016 #56

Hillary camp admitted to hiring posters J_J_ May 2016 #14

No they haven't. oberliner May 2016 #57

Brock issued a press release about hiring online trolls. It's no secret. merrily May 2016 #55

No he didn't oberliner May 2016 #59

I don't know if online harassment was the term used, but did you expect him to phrase merrily May 2016 #63

Here's the press release oberliner May 2016 #66

Again, how did you expect him to phrase it? Who should I believe, Brock, or my own lying eyes? merrily May 2016 #68

Do you have evidence that there are people posting on DU who are paid by Brock to do so? oberliner May 2016 #69

As we ALL know, this kind of thing, by its nature, is incapable of any evidence merrily May 2016 #72

OK oberliner May 2016 #77

Because no one would hire posters for the largest Democratic site on the net? merrily May 2016 #79

They mention Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and Instagram oberliner May 2016 #82

Twitter, facebook and instagram, yes. But, I don't merrily May 2016 #83

You might be right about all this oberliner May 2016 #84

Something else. When I was new here, I did not jump immediately into posting merrily May 2016 #85

. merrily May 2016 #65

US Uncut is an anti-Hillary site (to put it mildly) oberliner May 2016 #67

Point of that post is, I didn't invent the term "online trolls" for the Brock hires. merrily May 2016 #70

Another 'Hillary Supporters are either Dumb, Crooked, or Trolls' thread. onehandle May 2016 #11

Yes, but they claim they are not intolerant bullies. What's worse, their next thread will probably Trust Buster May 2016 #16

Why are elections only stolen when Bernie loses? Renew Deal May 2016 #15

Bernie lost the election. It was not stolen from him. JoePhilly May 2016 #17

And yet it was stolen from Al Gore, who won the nomination. This means that election security Bluenorthwest May 2016 #30

Election security matters to every Hillary supporter. JoePhilly May 2016 #39

you're knowledge on the topic is quite limited. wyldwolf May 2016 #19

14 more days of this nonsense. Sanders LOST fair and square nt geek tragedy May 2016 #20

I call it what it was-a coup. I''m one of the real DU reality-based community that loves the truth. bobthedrummer May 2016 #22

The Clinton supporters are on average pretty conservative and authoritarian Doctor_J May 2016 #23

Internet conspiracy theories =/= election fraud nt firebrand80 May 2016 #24

Another poster using a CIA weaponized term. merrily May 2016 #60

Unlike the sanctioned 'RW conspiracy theory' felix_numinous May 2016 #86

Confirmation bias is a real thing nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #98

They do not want to realize it..."it's a conspiracy" bkkyosemite May 2016 #26

Results... Major Nikon May 2016 #28

This works off the assumption that the Admins have any intent of today's DU being the DU of 2000. MadDAsHell May 2016 #29

No, no one who lives in the reality-based community thinks there's been massive and systemic geek tragedy May 2016 #32

"most progressive issues aren't actually relevant or important to the Admins" Dem2 May 2016 #75

Damn, another boo-hoo Sanders is losing post. Eom MyNameGoesHere May 2016 #33

2000 told me voting was a waste of time nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #34

oh bless your heart themaguffin May 2016 #41

I think that is the only sensible response to this post. GoCubsGo May 2016 #81

Likely the latter. Everything is offshored. nt valerief May 2016 #51

I joined in 2001 Carolina May 2016 #62

The Bushes bought our party Hydra Jun 2016 #100

Here we go with the condescension and contempt again Dem2 May 2016 #74

Election fraud has happened. Turin_C3PO May 2016 #88

Please don't make light of the 2000 election. I mean that sincerely. tandem5 May 2016 #95

Election fraud. Now brought to you by Democrats. AtomicKitten May 2016 #96

16 more days of this kind of vile smear being directed at Democrats. nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #97

the truth is tough to hear sometimes AtomicKitten Jun 2016 #99

The claims that Clinton engaged in election fraud are false and completely geek tragedy Jun 2016 #102

much has been caught on video AtomicKitten Jun 2016 #109

and the DU will become defunct by the end of 2016 if it becomes a heavily censored ladjf Jun 2016 #101

And now Bernie ... NanceGreggs Jun 2016 #103

Yeah, it was also founded to escape the droning right wing propaganda flooding the media. JTFrog Jun 2016 #108

Yeah, I was there at the time - see my handle? robbedvoter Jun 2016 #110