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Maggiemayhem

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69. After the last debate, I was pretty skeptical

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:40 PM

Dec 2018

I switched back and forth to all the network polls and at first Clinton was winning by a landslide and suddenly Trump polls started making huge gains. Someone posted a graphic that showed the increase in traffic was coming from St Petersburg Russia. It was then I knew. I warned friends not take election for granted. Everyone was sure Hillary had won and she should have. She was robbed.

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Many of us here said it from Election Night [View all] malaise Dec 2018 OP

Well. We may have said it but... CincyDem Dec 2018 #1

Sadly true! nt Codeine Dec 2018 #48

Are you referring to the Election Night Hack? Maggiemayhem Dec 2018 #56

I am. CincyDem Dec 2018 #58

As Malcolm Nance says, coincidence takes a lot of planning. SunSeeker Dec 2018 #59

True. Ohiogal Dec 2018 #2

Yep - I never expected him to win malaise Dec 2018 #3

All of us NEVER expected that asshole to win apkhgp Dec 2018 #24

The debates were enough for me samplegirl Dec 2018 #37

After the last debate, I was pretty skeptical Maggiemayhem Dec 2018 #69

There are so many "hims" to lock up. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #4

That's what happens when Republicans nominate Mystery Meat for president dalton99a Dec 2018 #5

This Ferrets are Cool Dec 2018 #6

+1,000 malaise Dec 2018 #8

Mystery Meat! Hilarious!!! I'm rolling on the floor! DemocracyMouse Dec 2018 #25

I think Russia had their hand in THAT process too Baltimike Dec 2018 #33

Before the election he said it was rigged, fixed. He told the truth for once Hassler Dec 2018 #7

He said if he lost it would have been fixed malaise Dec 2018 #9

If I recall, many dems and DUers called him a liar hughee99 Dec 2018 #50

I knew he was a con artist from way back, but nobody listened to me. rickyhall Dec 2018 #10

Rubes don't listen. maxsolomon Dec 2018 #55

When DU went down on election night, it felt like a coup was happening. tinrobot Dec 2018 #11

Yes malaise Dec 2018 #27

Yes Baltimike Dec 2018 #44

Yep, sure did. kydo Dec 2018 #12

"Don Dirty Deeds"....all knew he stole it... HipChick Dec 2018 #13

But the R senators all said it's too early to tell anything ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #14

At about 10 PM on election night, Hillary Clinton was ahead or very close.... George II Dec 2018 #15

I have maintained since that night that Michigan was stolen. llmart Dec 2018 #18

Look @ my sig line from that night Botany Dec 2018 #16

Yep malaise Dec 2018 #28

Indeed. That's EXACTLY what it was. calimary Dec 2018 #30

Important: SENATE stolen too. Judges need to go EndGOPPropaganda Dec 2018 #17

The next day my wife told me, "We just woke up in Russia" Generic Brad Dec 2018 #19

She was right malaise Dec 2018 #68

We said it once we could get back on the site. AllyCat Dec 2018 #20

We knew. Mira Dec 2018 #21

Hell I suspected strongly by late summer, 2016. triron Dec 2018 #22

I had a horrible gut feeling he would somehow pull it off. StarryNite Dec 2018 #26

My sister in Miami is the only one of our entire family malaise Dec 2018 #39

It was just that sick gut feeling StarryNite Dec 2018 #65

My family too...we had a big fight about it.. HipChick Dec 2018 #73

That sounds like me- I did not think it could happen malaise Dec 2018 #74

I knew he'd win. MontanaMama Dec 2018 #36

My head was telling me Hillary would win, but my gut was telling me something else. LeftInTX Dec 2018 #70

It was an illegitimate election and Trumpski is . . . peggysue2 Dec 2018 #23

Well? That "win" of his was NOT legitimate! calimary Dec 2018 #32

No, the win wasn't legitimate, the primary was . . . peggysue2 Dec 2018 #35

Goddamn right he did Blue Owl Dec 2018 #29

The only good coming from his election is the exposure Elwood P Dowd Dec 2018 #31

+1,000 malaise Dec 2018 #40

Truth will out. nt Baltimike Dec 2018 #34

I had a sick feeling in my stomach about that SCOTUS vacancy from the beginning. Neema Dec 2018 #38

They were all in this together malaise Dec 2018 #41

Exactly. nt SunSeeker Dec 2018 #60

I remember when he accepted the POTUS win that night LittleGirl Dec 2018 #42

Still want a statistician to calculate the odds of Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2018 #43

I want details of how they stole it malaise Dec 2018 #52

It was about 45..Hillary's were about 55 LeftInTX Dec 2018 #71

Could you please explain? She was ahead in Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2018 #72

On Nov 4th, Nate Silver gave the odds 64/35. LeftInTX Dec 2018 #75

Per Nate HRC chance of winning: MI 78.9% WI 83.5% PA 77% Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2018 #77

Here is Nate Silver's post mortem: LeftInTX Dec 2018 #76

donald trump DID NOT win The Liberal Lion Dec 2018 #45

+1,000 malaise Dec 2018 #46

I didn't know it for sure. But I wondered about it online, since it made no sense... Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #47

As soon as the incoming FL results came in I had a horrible feeling there was something wrong BSdetect Dec 2018 #49

Yes we did. ananda Dec 2018 #51

K&R Scurrilous Dec 2018 #53

Damn right ailsagirl Dec 2018 #54

kick Baltimike Dec 2018 #57

Wasn't DU hacked on election night? Grasswire2 Dec 2018 #61

It was election night n/t musicblind Dec 2018 #62

It was during the day too. nt Baltimike Dec 2018 #63

Election night malaise Dec 2018 #66

and..the planing started back in 2014 or earlier. INdemo Dec 2018 #64

Yup Sunsky Dec 2018 #67