2016 Postmortem

malokvale77

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61. It would help a lot if...

Sat Aug 22, 2015, 06:12 PM

Aug 2015

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HRC supporters would quit conflating a private email account with a private server, and a fake scandal with a FBI investigation.

conflate - transitive verb
1 a : to bring together : fuse
b : confuse
2: to combine (as two readings of a text) into a composite whole

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With the FBI Investigating Clinton's Emails, Bernie Sanders Should Be the Democratic Frontrunner [View all] 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 OP

There's H.A. Goodman again. Are we sure he isn't working for the Sanders campaign? Metric System Aug 2015 #1

I don't think Bernie needs to hire journalists to state the obvious 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #3

I just looked over his articles... riversedge Aug 2015 #7

Sure do praise up Sanders--and diss Hillary. left-of-center2012 Aug 2015 #13

More likely working for the GOP. Like some folks indirectly are at DU. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #69

Who are the "some folks" at DU? JDPriestly Aug 2015 #81

Take a deep breath........there are agents provocateur at DU. We all know that, was my point. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #87

"Fabricated or real"? So even a completely fake scandal should be enough to doom HRC? pnwmom Aug 2015 #2

LOL... cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #6

They accused President Obama of having communist connections. pnwmom Aug 2015 #9

and how did that work out for them? frylock Aug 2015 #30

It didn't work. Partly because Obama didn't label himself a socialist, pnwmom Aug 2015 #34

By all appearances, Sanders is building a new coalition.. frylock Aug 2015 #40

He should be okay pnwmom Aug 2015 #42

reward a lie by dumping her. brilliant. nt seabeyond Aug 2015 #14

What lie? Hillary is not under FBI investigation? BeanMusical Aug 2015 #21

They have said she isn't a target of the investigation. pnwmom Aug 2015 #43

NO, she is NOT. The FBI is looking into her sever security. riversedge Aug 2015 #58

Because there is nothing else that Hillary can be attacked with? Motown_Johnny Aug 2015 #27

GOP doesn't need a Sanders scandal lobodons Aug 2015 #29

vermont is conservative wendylaroux Aug 2015 #50

Fact is he is not the Democratic Frontrunner, maybe there are reasons why he isn't. Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #4

They want to reserve the status quo left-of-center2012 Aug 2015 #12

Status quo as in no advances and nothing accomplished, I got, no they want someone they Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #16

"...they want someone they know will work." BeanMusical Aug 2015 #22

Ann Richards was a trailblazer Aerows Aug 2015 #74

Yes Ann Richards won in Texas, it has been said by many Hillary can not win, time will tell. Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #88

I have massive respect Aerows Aug 2015 #93

Maybe Hillary and the other politicians share the same Donors who would not like to see a politician Dustlawyer Aug 2015 #36

It would be more reasonable Bernie has not worked with others. Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #45

The fact that Bernie has not worked with others is what voters like about him. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #83

Is this a contest of the campaign decisions? I don't think it is. This are the same Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #89

Probably because Congress is full of crooks John Poet Aug 2015 #90

Are you calling Bernie a crook? Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #91

I am a Bernie fan, however, pennylane100 Aug 2015 #5

Yes, they are both good people. And Bernie Sanders never attacks Hillary. pnwmom Aug 2015 #10

Says a person AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #18

Lol, so true. BeanMusical Aug 2015 #25

Not true. You have me confused with someone else. n/t pnwmom Aug 2015 #44

It's late Aerows Aug 2015 #76

Go ahead, see what you find. And get hidden for calling out another DUer. n/t pnwmom Aug 2015 #80

You know Aerows Aug 2015 #94

Neither am I. You might want to reread this thread and figure out who initiated this. pnwmom Aug 2015 #95

If I mention that Aerows Aug 2015 #96

Bingo. n/t Aerows Aug 2015 #75

+1 840high Aug 2015 #79

I partially agree 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #11

Well said..... KoKo Aug 2015 #19

That is true too. I don't think she is actually in that much trouble, but it looks bad for her. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #85

I agree. I expect some new laws to be drawn up to fix the rules about e-mail accounts. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #84

H.A.Goodman,the Unskewed Polls guy of 2016.nt sufrommich Aug 2015 #8

Get back to me after Hillary starts campaigning in the Fall.....which was always the plan brooklynite Aug 2015 #15

She started campaigning April 12th AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #20

No, she launched her campaign in April... brooklynite Aug 2015 #24

So she will wait til Bernie catches up to her? AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #33

Labor Day is in two weeks...and Bernie's still about 28 points behind. brooklynite Aug 2015 #35

Labor day is in the SUMMER AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #39

It can change in a hurry short circuit Aug 2015 #54

I think the Huffpo/Pollster chart is excellent... brooklynite Aug 2015 #60

She has been campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #86

She started campaigning for President in 2001. Fuddnik Aug 2015 #28

Or was it ........ left-of-center2012 Aug 2015 #55

You don't introduce new products in August frylock Aug 2015 #32

Kicked off on April 12th short circuit Aug 2015 #53

She will be dogged by this forever. SoapBox Aug 2015 #17

It is a little early for this, Motown_Johnny Aug 2015 #23

Colin Powell used private email too.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #26

That implies Hillary supporters would be defecting Gman Aug 2015 #31

You wish 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #38

Sanders has a problem with non-whites Gman Aug 2015 #57

We'll see what we will see. 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #65

For all the chatter and horse race handicapping going on Gman Aug 2015 #66

+10 ~nt~ 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #68

Have you seen this graph? Motown_Johnny Aug 2015 #46

Really not enough to amount to a hill of beans Gman Aug 2015 #56

Yet he's not. And she hasn't even started campaigning yet. SonderWoman Aug 2015 #37

That's just silly. Hillary's been campaigning since at least 2008. nt 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #41

"Fabricated or real, the scandal exists" DanTex Aug 2015 #47

That's a mighty broad brush you're slinging around there Tex. 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #48

The fringe left/right paints itself, with statements like H.A. Goodman's. DanTex Aug 2015 #49

The subject and entire context of the article was about Hillary's electability 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #52

Vote for Hillary: She's currently not under FBI Investigation tularetom Aug 2015 #51

Lol! beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #59

It would help a lot if... malokvale77 Aug 2015 #61

And yet he's still polling significantly behind her mythology Aug 2015 #62

Yeah, I want Bernie to win, but Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #64

Although about 40% said in the lastest Quinnipiac poll said they do not know enough about him ... slipslidingaway Aug 2015 #73

Should be...the magic words GitRDun Aug 2015 #63

Bernie's making headway, steadily, surely. He knows what's up 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #70

Hope so... GitRDun Aug 2015 #71

agreed. nt 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #72

Wow! Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2015 #67

Why Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Aug 2015 #77

I like your logic and consistency 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #78

clearly some people in the party are scrambling to find a popular alternative to Hillary, right now. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #82

LOL - nice one nt 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #92