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iemanja

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108. The voters chose Clinton
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 07:10 PM
Dec 2024

Not the DNC. I know anti-democratic elements argued that the candidate with the fewest votes should be entitled to the nomination because he was a white male, but that is not how democracy works. Your so called evidence says absolutely nothing about the votes. In fact, it says the DNC deal made no difference in the primaries. The DNC does not control voters. Sanders also lost in 2020. Was that the DNC’s fault too? A candidate has to be able to get his supporters to the polls. Bernie fell short in that regard.

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Old news. Very old news. brush Dec 2024 #1
Yes it is SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #4
such as yourself. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #25
And others too SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #26
I suggest you reply to those posts then and not amplify the division by... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #29
What divisive is the lie about the DNC SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #31
I keep hearing from "progressives"... Happy Hoosier Dec 2024 #43
It was about patriarchy and whiteness iemanja Dec 2024 #115
Why are you bringing this up? Emile Dec 2024 #2
Because I saw it SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #5
Would not those threads be the appropriate place for your post, then? MineralMan Dec 2024 #8
Why SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #10
Oh, I'm not offended at all. MineralMan Dec 2024 #13
I'm not the one re-visiting SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #15
I'm just going to let you carry on with your carrying on... MineralMan Dec 2024 #17
Sorry if trying to stand up for the truth bothers you SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #18
LOL! MineralMan Dec 2024 #19
Have a nice day! SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #22
The OP Is Correct ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #67
Must have really bothered you. Seriously Emile Dec 2024 #9
People pushing the myth SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #11
Well if what you say if true, go to those posts Emile Dec 2024 #14
Why not? SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #16
Did I say you lied? I just see no reason to start Emile Dec 2024 #23
My agenda is to stand up for the truth SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #24
Take your argument there. Emile Dec 2024 #27
I'll take my argument SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #28
That's a good question. H2O Man Dec 2024 #95
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2024 #169
Because posters keep saying it on here obamanut2012 Dec 2024 #34
Water over the dam, gab13by13 Dec 2024 #3
Everyone is entitled to their opinion SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #6
Who is pushing that. I've not seen it. MineralMan Dec 2024 #7
Again SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #12
There's been a lot of crap flying around here the past few days. It's like someone in authority said... Hekate Dec 2024 #20
There is definitely an uptick in the familiar crap flying. Nixie Dec 2024 #36
Getting a head start on polarizing Democrats to suppress the vote in the next election. betsuni Dec 2024 #82
There has been a flurry on here and Reddit saying that obamanut2012 Dec 2024 #35
Sanders ran in the 2016 Democratic Primary MichMan Dec 2024 #38
I am saying that he did not and could not win that primary. MineralMan Dec 2024 #39
Clearly he didn't get enough delegates in 2016 MichMan Dec 2024 #40
Yes, he did change it, temporarily, reverting back to an independent MineralMan Dec 2024 #41
I like Elizabeth Warren's quote when asked about this very subject. egduj Dec 2024 #21
Pretty straightforward really. nt redqueen Dec 2024 #164
I suspect folks at DNC level put their fingers on the scale to some degree fairly regularly. Nature of POLITICS. dutch777 Dec 2024 #30
Evidence? SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #32
The poster said they "suspect." Do we have to prove our hunches now? leftstreet Dec 2024 #42
And Trump supporters "suspect" the 2020 election was stolen SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #44
Yet you haven't proven your own assertion leftstreet Dec 2024 #47
First, I never claimed that SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #49
My mistake. Indeed you claimed you only saw 2. n/t leftstreet Dec 2024 #50
Hunches mean nothing without evidence iemanja Dec 2024 #160
Of course they did. H2O Man Dec 2024 #97
It was pushed by the Fraud Tulsi Gabbard and others JI7 Dec 2024 #33
History means something and makes a difference ThePartyThatListens Dec 2024 #37
History has an evidentiary basis iemanja Dec 2024 #102
That's exactly the way I remember it. intheflow Dec 2024 #45
That resentment only spread, which resulted in what happened last month ThePartyThatListens Dec 2024 #110
Donna Brazile documented it. Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #46
I have no doubt SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #48
Controlling the Party apparatus before the nomination qualifies. Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #51
Not really SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #53
Ridiculous Cirsium Dec 2024 #73
From the results of the election SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #75
oh Cirsium Dec 2024 #86
If there was any actual cheating SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #90
Thumb on the scale Cirsium Dec 2024 #142
Exactly what did they do SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #143
Coordinated Cirsium Dec 2024 #145
What did they coordinate? SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #146
OK enough Cirsium Dec 2024 #152
No it hasn't SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #153
Bye Cirsium Dec 2024 #154
Have nice day SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #155
Clinton won 3.7 million more popular votes than Sanders iemanja Dec 2024 #141
Not my argument Cirsium Dec 2024 #144
She did not cheat iemanja Dec 2024 #147
Russian? Cirsium Dec 2024 #150
That is not what Brazile said iemanja Dec 2024 #159
Amazing Cirsium Dec 2024 #165
who needs to earn ballots when you have superdelegates? cadoman Dec 2024 #78
Super delegates are undemocratic SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #80
The super delegates did not determine the election iemanja Dec 2024 #122
The super delegates did not determine the election iemanja Dec 2024 #123
superdelegates absolutely had an effect cadoman Dec 2024 #132
You have cultivated selective memory iemanja Dec 2024 #139
The media piled on Hillary after she lost in 2016. StevieM Dec 2024 #59
it had enough impact to cause this: Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign as DNC chair as email scandal rocks Democrats Celerity Dec 2024 #61
The voters chose Clinton iemanja Dec 2024 #108
they thoroughly rejected BS Skittles Dec 2024 #138
They did. The DNC favors their anointed candidates. Voltaire2 Dec 2024 #52
Yes the DNC did favor Clinton SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #54
Yes well, the DNC is both in charge of organizing and funding primaries and candidates and 'favoring' their candidate. Voltaire2 Dec 2024 #63
Yes they should SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #65
There we go Cirsium Dec 2024 #89
Robbing a bank is a crime SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #91
No Cirsium Dec 2024 #112
Maybe it was FDR SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #118
That's it Cirsium Dec 2024 #130
you are engaged in semantic gaslighting cadoman Dec 2024 #133
No SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #134
Without question. H2O Man Dec 2024 #99
Second point I'd like to make: intheflow Dec 2024 #55
Sorry but Sanders SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #58
He registered as a Democrat in 2019 to primary. intheflow Dec 2024 #69
Yes he's done that before SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #71
He caucuses with Democrats and that's enough. His state voters prefer he remain an Independent Autumn Dec 2024 #72
No argument there SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #77
Because he's told them FDR/LBJ aren't liberal democrats but "democratic socialists" which are the true roots betsuni Dec 2024 #84
Because it was weaponized against him in 2015-16. intheflow Dec 2024 #104
Well that is unfortunate SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #106
Oh, just seeing you're a ralative noob. intheflow Dec 2024 #114
Sorry that happened to you SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #116
Banned? AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2024 #136
Voters chose the nominee iemanja Dec 2024 #111
Bernie chooses not to register as a Democrat iemanja Dec 2024 #120
Don't want to rehash this TheFarseer Dec 2024 #56
I didn't know anyone was still spreading it? Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #57
There is a probelm with that Cirsium Dec 2024 #60
What actions did they do SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #62
In post 53 you acknowledged that the DNC gave "an edge" to Clinton. egduj Dec 2024 #64
Giving an edge SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #66
It is literally that. DontBelieveEastisEas Dec 2024 #167
No it's not SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #168
That is not how this works Cirsium Dec 2024 #70
No SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #74
Give it up Cirsium Dec 2024 #85
Please SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #88
Of course it does Cirsium Dec 2024 #94
Have you ever worked in a campaign? SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #98
Many Cirsium Dec 2024 #105
Thanks for your honesty. SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #107
" action was taken by the DNC that swayed the outcome in favor of Clinton" DontBelieveEastisEas Dec 2024 #156
How? SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #157
There is a lot. I found some stuff. DontBelieveEastisEas Dec 2024 #161
Was anything actually acted upon? SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #162
Scheduled debates on weekends? DontBelieveEastisEas Dec 2024 #170
Debates have always been scheduled on weekends SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #171
Stop it. Lunabell Dec 2024 #68
Yes, it's the basis of the myth "the establishment" hate the anti-establishment and rig elections to stop them. betsuni Dec 2024 #76
This is simply a means to stir up infighting amongst us. SnoopDog Dec 2024 #79
Yep, very divisive. It's like someone has an agenda. Emile Dec 2024 #81
I haven't seen anything about that recently until your post. Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #83
Post removed Post removed Dec 2024 #87
Yes he won several primaries SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #93
I'm not seeing that stated here ornotna Dec 2024 #92
Try reading the responses to this thread iemanja Dec 2024 #121
Everyone? ornotna Dec 2024 #124
Since you apparantly refuse to read the thread iemanja Dec 2024 #125
Oh, you got me figured out ornotna Dec 2024 #127
Post removed Post removed Dec 2024 #96
Some people who come here Andy823 Dec 2024 #100
Some yes SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #101
Got your message ornotna Dec 2024 #103
Not old news SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #109
And they are all over this thread. iemanja Dec 2024 #113
They wouldn't be if someone hadn't started this divisive thread. Emile Dec 2024 #119
I saw the claim just yesterday iemanja Dec 2024 #126
Now you are seeing it again, thanks to this divisive thread! Emile Dec 2024 #129
They are forced to rehash decade old conspiracy theories? AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2024 #137
No... thank YOU! Thank you VERY much. Oopsie Daisy Dec 2024 #117
"I hate that this even needs to be brought up," but Imma do it anyway. Alpeduez21 Dec 2024 #128
Easily debunked by Kurt Eichenwald (Newsweek -- The Myths Democrats Swallowed That Cost Them betsuni Dec 2024 #131
Here's a link SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #135
Thanks. Voters don't count, evidently, and the majority wanted Sanders (he lost 30% support by 2020, not a betsuni Dec 2024 #158
Agree about this particular issue Meowmee Dec 2024 #140
Agreed, the DNC as a whole did not "take any action" to sway the 2016 Dem nomination Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #148
Post removed Post removed Dec 2024 #149
Yes. Facts are facts SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #163
No. It is not a myth. n/t xocetaceans Dec 2024 #151
Sanders isn't a Democrat. I am disappointed that the DNC did little or nothing to stop him Jose Garcia Dec 2024 #166
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