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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is Bill Maher blaming Bernie supporters for Clinton's loss?
When Clinton actually won more votes than Trump by a large margin?
If anything he should blame the electoral college and the corrupt system for hijacking the election and handing it to the loser (Trump).
milestogo
(16,829 posts)If you are referring to his friday night show, you should watch it before commenting.
nycbos
(6,033 posts)They are overwhelmingly white men. Leftists like to think of themselves as fighting for "underprivileged" people. But they aren't able to notice the crowds are Sanders events were whiter than the crowd at University of Vermont hockey games.
But it was pure misogyny. The left has a huge problem with misogyny. It is not unique to the right.
applegrove
(118,022 posts)and Russian trolls. They should have been all in for the Democratic candidate.
And Jill Stein can take a slow boat to nowhere.
LenaBaby61
(6,965 posts)Or, she can take that slow boat BACK to russia, so she can share a big bowl of Gulag Stew with her buddy and tRumputin blackmailer vlad putin
LyndaG
(683 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I know it's a topic of byzantine complexity that is really hard to understand, but there is a difference between a primary and a general election.
gyroscope
(1,443 posts)but Hillary Clinton did not lose the general election. it was hijacked by the electoral college.
the political elites in this country decide the elections not the voters. So why don't he tell the electoral college to go fuck themselves instead of insulting voters for exercising their free choice??
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)And also because it is his show, and he can say whatever the fuck he wants.
gyroscope
(1,443 posts)doesn't mean he's right.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)And hitler was a carbon-based life form, just like Bill Maher!
StevieM
(10,499 posts)was the ultimate hijacker of this election.
Response to StevieM (Reply #18)
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obnoxiousdrunk
(2,906 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)And gave specific examples of their tweets or speeches where Hillary was said to be worse than Drumph. Not a single word was spoken about Bernie or his supporters.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,111 posts)The only Bernie Sanders supporters who might qualify were the BoBs who didn't accept Bernie's endorsement of Hillary. Maher didn't mention them.
By the time I got this far down the thread I was having an alt moment.
Why do people comment on shit they haven't seen?