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In reply to the discussion: The rhetoric around "only Hillary can win!" is bad enough. [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)In 2008, immediately after the primary results, there were a number of Clinton supporters who apparently felt she had been 'robbed" by Obama, that the game was rigged as anti-woman, or that "you only voted for him because he's black,' you know, the usual smears. After he chose Biden as his running mate rather than Clinton, they went kinda genuine apeshit, and a clump of them formed a political action committee - "People United Means Action," or as it was called colloquially, "Party Unity My Ass." it was a straight-up anti-obama movement, with Clinton used simply as a front. They also heaved into the republican race, supporting McCain, and I've heard claims that they were instrumental in getting Palin on that ticket (if so, thanks PUMAS, that was amazing.)