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Showing Original Post only (View all)Hillary asking for volunteers in Wisconsin [View all]
http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/hillary-clinton-strikes-back-wisconsin-recount/291/In hindsight, perhaps none of this should have come as a surprise. If Hillary Clinton had begun crying foul on election night, before she had any evidence of what many of instinctively knew could not be legitimate vote totals in states such as Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, the people in the middle would have laughed her off the stage. Major media outlets would have branded her a sore loser. And even if she had later been able to produce proof that the election was stolen from her, it would have been difficult to reverse the public sentiment that she didnt like that she lost.
So instead she stepped back and allowed public sentiment to come to her. Its allowed her to initially take the position of only getting on board with the recounts because they were happening anyway and she wanted to make sure they were fair. It set up Donald Trump to be the first one to cry foul, as he reacted immaturely to the recount effort, making him the one who now appears unreasonable in the eyes of those in the middle.
Two days ago, Hillary Clintons campaign took what seemed to be the first salvo in pushing back against Donald Trumps recount tantrum, as her Deputy Communications Director lashed out at him as being small and sad for pushing so much dishonest propaganda. And now Hillary is asking her own supporters to sign up directly with her to help with the Wisconsin recount, no longer even bothering to steer them through Jill Stein. Because Hillary played it cool in the beginning and allowed the evidence and sentiment to build, she can be aggressive now without anyone being able to accuse her of simply not liking the result.
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I recall some on DU saying in early voting (b4 DU was hacked) that their votes were turning to Trump
C Moon
Dec 2016
#25
Curious now what evidence there is? Exit polls pick trump, computer scientist said 'hack unlikley'
jmg257
Dec 2016
#2
You're really gonna push that meme, aren't you? I look forward to your career at DU.
Hekate
Dec 2016
#13
You really have "issues," don't you? Did you vote for Hillary in the GE or are you just potshotting
Hekate
Dec 2016
#22