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2016 Postmortem

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Fast Walker 52

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Wed Nov 16, 2016, 01:46 PM Nov 2016

The single biggest thing that killed Hillary was the email scandal [View all]

I think it was bogus, most Dems do too.

But MANY people really think she broke the law and got off by being an elite in the government (never mind Trump's own corruption).

Nonetheless, maybe it was a huge mistake for Bernie to blow it off early on in the primaries.

If he'd taken it seriously, perhaps he could've won, or gotten her to have a better explanation for it.

Granted, I think there were so many factors against her, and I think she was royally screwed no matter what-- the election was rigged. But it is ironic that Bernie shot down the one thing that could've helped him and maybe helped us win.

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You are correct, most Dems think it was bullshit CanonRay Nov 2016 #1
Bernie didn't blow it off in whole. NCTraveler Nov 2016 #2
he didn't capitalize on it as much as he could have Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #3
I believe he did. NCTraveler Nov 2016 #6
CAPITALIZE on it???? LisaM Nov 2016 #7
I agree it was to his credit, I just thought it was ironic Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #9
The media did the same thing to her that they did to Gore in 2000 and we got the same result Va Lefty Nov 2016 #4
and the same thing they did to Kerry as well DemonGoddess Nov 2016 #5
agree totally Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #8
What I can't wrap my head around is 53% of white women voted for trump Va Lefty Nov 2016 #11
They are the same women who voted for Bush and McCain and Romney LisaM Nov 2016 #12
If that's true, it's only, only, only ... lake loon Nov 2016 #15
conservatism is a strong drug, apparently Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #17
Since she WON by a million votes and still counting, the biggest thing was the Electoral College Hekate Nov 2016 #10
I agree ... And Comey made it worse MyNameIsKhan Nov 2016 #13
It was the media. False equivalence. They utterly failed. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2016 #14
So true. lake loon Nov 2016 #16
unless they actually WANTED Trump Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #18
if not the various talking heads, certainly those who own the media. Of course they wanted Trump. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2016 #19
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