2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If you think Bernie can win the general election [View all]CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)and was the subject of many Republican attacks herself while she resided in the white house. That doesn't even consider the fact that the Republicans have been trying to tear her down from the moment it became clear that she might run for President again. Thirteen Congressional investigations consisting of 32 Congressional hearings over a three year period costing over $20 Million of taxpayer money. And that doesn't include the hundreds of appearances of Republican politicians cable news channels saying anything and everything they could think of the take Hillary down.
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If the GOP had gone after Bernie Sanders with that kind of vengeance he would be just a oily sport on the GOP freeway.
They haven't gone after Bernie yet because they don't view him as a viable threat. And if you haven't noticed, given how the GOP operates, that is an insult to Bernie.