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2016 Postmortem

DCBob

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42. The angry howling Repubs are a lost cause..

Reply to hellofromreddit (Reply #24)

Fri Jun 3, 2016, 10:33 AM

Jun 2016

But there are a ton of moderate Rs and independents who are wavering and this speech could bring them in.

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Hillary's speech yesterday was spot on. How do I know? [View all] DCBob Jun 2016 OP

And some nutty people here are hating it also. Nt Logical Jun 2016 #1

Yeah, that is unfortunate. DCBob Jun 2016 #2

The "Two Irrelevants" Baobab Jun 2016 #40

Lets say i am a "never trump" supporter, and that means hillary! Logical Jun 2016 #44

Great! DCBob Jun 2016 #45

only 2 groups that were critical beachbum bob Jun 2016 #3

"only 2 groups that were critical" DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #4

Mastercard? Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #39

So... the right, and the left? Jester Messiah Jun 2016 #5

actually the extreme left beachbum bob Jun 2016 #6

"Extreme" Jester Messiah Jun 2016 #8

Where are you walking? grossproffit Jun 2016 #22

Not into the booth to vote for Hillary. n/t Jester Messiah Jun 2016 #41

I too engage in self-validating allegations LanternWaste Jun 2016 #36

Indeed.. telling. DCBob Jun 2016 #7

a lot of Sanders supporters were supportive. these are the ones who haven't lost perspective geek tragedy Jun 2016 #33

It was an absolute trouncing. auntpurl Jun 2016 #9

I wish I had Aerows Jun 2016 #12

Ok. Move to the UK, then. auntpurl Jun 2016 #13

+1 Problem solved. grossproffit Jun 2016 #23

...how do you know... indeed HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #10

Do you support President Obama's view of foreign policy and terrorism? DCBob Jun 2016 #14

So you embrace her war hawk positions? HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #18

You didnt answer my question.. DCBob Jun 2016 #31

..not when she embraces war hawk positions... HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #34

We as her supporters can push back on whatever we want.. DCBob Jun 2016 #43

So, fight the GOP by becoming just like them? Baobab Jun 2016 #46

What an absurd comment. DCBob Jun 2016 #47

I guess it depends on where your moral compass points Aerows Jun 2016 #11

Do you support President Obama's view of foreign policy? DCBob Jun 2016 #15

There are some important differences hellofromreddit Jun 2016 #25

You can attempt to warp reality Aerows Jun 2016 #30

And you also know by the way Bernie and his supporters responded! nt Jitter65 Jun 2016 #16

Indeed. They cant stand it when she's right. DCBob Jun 2016 #17

what ARE they saying in re: the speech? hlthe2b Jun 2016 #19

Don't know about RW radio, but here's some press reaction auntpurl Jun 2016 #20

thanks for that.... hlthe2b Jun 2016 #21

Of course they did criticize her regarding her accomplishments as SOS. DCBob Jun 2016 #32

Twisting the nipples of a bunch of already-angry republicans is not an accomplishment. hellofromreddit Jun 2016 #24

That speech was not aimed at Trump's rabid minions auntpurl Jun 2016 #26

I was responding to OP's argument. Yours is a different one. hellofromreddit Jun 2016 #27

"No sense in not picking up Bernie voters" auntpurl Jun 2016 #28

Will crossover republicans count for more than that? BoB folks are mostly new democrats. hellofromreddit Jun 2016 #29

I think at this point LoverOfLiberty Jun 2016 #35

The angry howling Repubs are a lost cause.. DCBob Jun 2016 #42

Yup, noticed the same on the "comedy channel" aka FAUX last night Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #37

She eviscerated him. It will haunt him the rest of the campaign. nt BootinUp Jun 2016 #38