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Tarheel_Dem

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12. Hindsight is always 20/20, but given that Trump was running around the country telling his....

Reply to GusBob (Reply #8)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 02:39 PM

Feb 2018

knuckle-dragging sycophants that the election was "rigged", and Mitch McConnell threatening Obama that he would co-sign & amplify that message if Obama made that claim publicly, I'm giving the former POTUS the benefit of the doubt here. Since Obama had endorsed and campaigned for Hillary, Mitch McConnell made it nearly impossible for him to make an announcement of such magnitude, and not have it look political. It was a classic Catch 22.

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THANK YOU President Obama For Trying To WARN US About This..... [View all] LovingA2andMI Feb 2018 OP

. dalton99a Feb 2018 #1

YES....THIS!!! LovingA2andMI Feb 2018 #9

Let's put blame where it needs to be placed. Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #2

What about Comey? Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #4

The Gang of Eight Meeting Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #7

The polling showed very clearly that Comeys final revelation turned the tide, didnt it? Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #10

The Firday Comey Letter Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #13

Assuming, of course, the machines were not hacked Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #15

Watched a kid mess up a Diebold machine Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #16

Sighting siting sting citing sitting Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #17

Nuf said. Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #18

And that might be the scariest thing of all, as in Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #19

Bingo!!! The Repugs Were Willing Participants With The Russians.... global1 Feb 2018 #11

Er, um the words "ultimately failed to exact a heavy toll on the Kremlin GusBob Feb 2018 #3

You seem to be hung up on "informing the public". Any evidence that would've changed the outcome? Tarheel_Dem Feb 2018 #5

I dunno. Thread title indicates he tried to warn us GusBob Feb 2018 #8

Hindsight is always 20/20, but given that Trump was running around the country telling his.... Tarheel_Dem Feb 2018 #12

Yes "the political ramifications" GusBob Feb 2018 #14

If The Stories (Linked Above -- READ UP)... LovingA2andMI Feb 2018 #6