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Proud Liberal Dem

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38. If everybody is so "concerned" about Trump beating Hillary

Wed May 4, 2016, 11:51 AM

May 2016

then maybe Bernie should pull up his tent or at least start trying to unify the party by encouraging his supporters to support Hillary in the general and stop attacking Hillary like the nomination is still winnable for him? He seriously still seems to believe that the nomination is within reach for him when it is clearly not. Any left-leaning independents supporting Bernie better think long and hard about burying their hatred of Clinton for the sake of avoiding a Trump Presidency for the next 4-8 years. Like it or not, Hillary is who she is and she isn't going to dramatically change her tune between now and November but there is no reality where a Clinton Presidency is going to be the same (or worse) than a Trump Presidency. No reality at all. Maybe it won't be the reality that Bernie supporters want but for anybody who ever wondered if it can get worse than George W. Bush, it CAN get worse. MUCH WORSE.

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The Trump nightmare is real. Clinton could lose this. [View all] LuckyTheDog May 2016 OP

Dukakis lost because people could not see him as Prez material. Hoyt May 2016 #1

Dirty tricks had nothing to do with it. Octafish May 2016 #2

That was as low as was Horton. I think the photo in the tank tanked him as well. Hoyt May 2016 #4

You echo what may Bush supporters said. Octafish May 2016 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author LonePirate May 2016 #5

Exactly. He didn't know how to campaign & project strength. Sound familiar? Bucky May 2016 #16

If Hillary wins, it will be by the thinnest of margins. BillZBubb May 2016 #3

Depends on the Indeoendents. LonePirate May 2016 #7

Trump does better among Independents than Clinton. Bucky May 2016 #17

Check. On both points. dchill May 2016 #29

What a lame argument sharp_stick May 2016 #6

When you describe Dukakis, you're kind of dessribing Clinton too Bucky May 2016 #19

Disagree. FLPanhandle May 2016 #8

Probably will. LuckyTheDog May 2016 #11

I hope you're right. I think you're over confident. Bucky May 2016 #21

He has appeal to remarkalby uninformed people, and there are millions of them, but his main Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #32

I live in a deep red conservative area FLPanhandle May 2016 #36

"the perfect GOP primary candidate and the worst GE candidate" Bucky May 2016 #40

No he couldn't. leftofcool May 2016 #9

Please, no snark here, watch this Van Jones video Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #33

Unlikely cali May 2016 #10

Well argued. Bucky May 2016 #23

I said my piece months ago nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #12

+1 Bucky May 2016 #24

Hmm it would be a fun skit nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #25

Yes he could win. More likely he won't. emulatorloo May 2016 #14

He's a boob and a jerk. dchill May 2016 #30

"W" was elected TWICE... mackdaddy May 2016 #15

Now she's talking about "Hill and Bill" in the White House mikehiggins May 2016 #18

Everyone under 45 will need a chaperone when meeting with Bill. closeupready May 2016 #20

Reality show well within the new media rules nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #27

AS bad as W was.... Adrahil May 2016 #22

W was elected ZERO times. dchill May 2016 #31

No could about it. Will. KPN May 2016 #26

Dukakis was relatively unknown. That is what can happen when an unknown BootinUp May 2016 #28

Hopefully, she won't do any stupid and pandering photo ops ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #34

Thirty states are controlled by Republican Governors, and they control who counts the vote. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #35

Wish DU would look at threads like this and ban all of the right wing trolls Democat May 2016 #37

If everybody is so "concerned" about Trump beating Hillary Proud Liberal Dem May 2016 #38

It is all up to the Indies and which way they trend. I meet Purveyor May 2016 #39

Clinton or Sanders had better campaign as if they could lose this. Complacency can be fatal. pampango May 2016 #41

Anything could happen & swing enuf indies or non voters to go trump Person 2713 May 2016 #42