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MineralMan

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28. Yes, I'm pretty sure he does.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Dec 21, 2017, 10:14 AM

Dec 2017

The election was lost in just three states, all of which had enough Stein voters to have elected Hillary. Setting up disputes among Democrats and progressives was just enough to do the trick.

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Does Richard Painter have a point here? [View all] SHRED Dec 2017 OP

Yes. nt scarletwoman Dec 2017 #1

Absolutely. K&R. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2017 #2

Only may be partially true. Painter knows damn well triron Dec 2017 #3

I agree JonLP24 Dec 2017 #44

Unfortunately, yes onecaliberal Dec 2017 #4

Yes. old guy Dec 2017 #5

Im starting to wonder if Nader BootinUp Dec 2017 #6

Ive thought about that as well BannonsLiver Dec 2017 #8

Doubt it. Jill Stein, however... maddiemom Dec 2017 #12

The point isn't that Nader, or Sanders, or Stein, or Hillary..worked with Putin knowingly LiberalLovinLug Dec 2017 #49

The Russians seem to excel at RandomAccess Dec 2017 #7

Yep. One of the oldest strategies in the world: divide and conquer. calimary Dec 2017 #9

Thanks, SURKOV: Leghorn21 Dec 2017 #14

Operation Chaos 2016 n/t musette_sf Dec 2017 #10

Absotively posilutely Stinky The Clown Dec 2017 #11

When Dems overreact they leave space for the bots among us to incorporate the "outrage" flamingdem Dec 2017 #13

Definitely. SergeStorms Dec 2017 #15

yes Skittles Dec 2017 #16

We remaining souls at DU know he's right. Our uncivil war was hell. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2017 #17

Yup SHRED Dec 2017 #18

spot on... spanone Dec 2017 #19

Getting Dems to fight among themselves was just one more tactic to get Trump elected. jg10003 Dec 2017 #20

Uh ... no ... mr_lebowski Dec 2017 #21

Forcing Franken out prevented Al. voters from saying "they are all the same". Maybe Jones jg10003 Dec 2017 #23

he certainly played it differently when it was him under the fake accusations robbedvoter Dec 2017 #26

All that needed to happen for the Dems to not ask him to resign Ghost Owl Dec 2017 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author herding cats Dec 2017 #22

YES YES YES, AND , and while the Franken thing was to distract against Roy Moore and Trump a bit , JI7 Dec 2017 #24

Yes, but... robbedvoter Dec 2017 #25

What's a Bernie Bro? progressoid Dec 2017 #39

I don't think "Bernie bros" is helpful JonLP24 Dec 2017 #43

A core problem is, so many Americans are so damn gullible often taking things at face value. I like RKP5637 Dec 2017 #27

Yes, I'm pretty sure he does. MineralMan Dec 2017 #28

The dems are weak. They have been for a very long time, now. CrispyQ Dec 2017 #29

We saw it right here on DU. Hoyt Dec 2017 #30

Yes! peggysue2 Dec 2017 #31

That was a large part... Sancho Dec 2017 #32

This is nothing new. Democrats always eat each other. Never stick with each like Republicans Thrill Dec 2017 #33

Sorry but you are factually wrong about being in the minority. Caliman73 Dec 2017 #38

Of course he's right. Everyone played a part for Russia... Stein and Bernie NightWatcher Dec 2017 #34

Yes. highplainsdem Dec 2017 #35

That's nothing new, although there wasn't a lot of discussion when first revealed Blue_Tires Dec 2017 #36

Yes and we need to wise up to their tactics jimlup Dec 2017 #37

he has a point, barbtries Dec 2017 #40

Spot on. sarcasmo Dec 2017 #41

Ask him. L. Coyote Dec 2017 #42

Good point. And apparently, but sadly, true. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #45

Seems pretty spot on. /nt bitterross Dec 2017 #46

So Gillibrand zentrum Dec 2017 #47