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LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)
96. Ultimately, the ones responsible were the ones who cast votes
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 06:41 PM
Jul 2017

At the end of the day, the American people knew that there was a Russian effort to topple her. And they still voted for the Groper.

It is what it is.

And she still got 3 million more votes... Johonny Jul 2017 #1
+1 YCHDT Jul 2017 #78
Preach it ! JHan Jul 2017 #2
Amen brother! gilligan Jul 2017 #53
K & R Maven Jul 2017 #3
+1 La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #4
Hillary is the strongest woman public figure in my lifetime... maddiemom Jul 2017 #124
Obvious to us...but the Dems endlessly analyze how they need to change their message. Amaryllis Jul 2017 #5
Makes me CRAZY Brainstormy Jul 2017 #32
THREE MILLION! Check out a crowd shot of 3,000,000 people in one place. maddiemom Jul 2017 #121
1000+ (nt) ehrnst Jul 2017 #87
dems can't message shit if they're going to ignore talk radio certainot Jul 2017 #115
Exactly! mdbl Jul 2017 #153
It's not necessarily true Democrats BlueMTexpat Jul 2017 #138
+++++++ NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #155
Remember the never ending crescendo of Hillary Hate around Democratic Underground last year? NBachers Jul 2017 #6
and being dumb enough to fall for fake russian news that a lot of those groups were inundated with La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #9
They spawned their own hate site when kicked off here. Yeah they were trying to suppress bettyellen Jul 2017 #13
I am not going to forget that it was ALLOWED. murielm99 Jul 2017 #20
Yes, the hair-trigger alert squads and the kicking-people-out-of-group'ers ran amok. NBachers Jul 2017 #36
They must feel an awful kind of funking stupid, for what they fell for MiddleClass Jul 2017 #42
Yes after 14 years Chevy Jul 2017 #76
I noticed you don't have a star. murielm99 Jul 2017 #77
Before last election Chevy Jul 2017 #79
I dropped my star prior to the election, but this week is the first week I'm back at DU KitSileya Jul 2017 #144
Thinking back - kinda hard for forget. calimary Jul 2017 #100
Some good DUers are still in FFR limbo mcar Jul 2017 #110
I am STILL BlueMTexpat Jul 2017 #140
You're so right! We had our vote in the primaries. maddiemom Jul 2017 #123
I voted for Hillary the first time, murielm99 Jul 2017 #128
Ironic. I also voted for Hillary in the primary against Obama (I didn't know much about him then). maddiemom Jul 2017 #131
The misogyny in so many posts was ugly and deep. (nt) ehrnst Jul 2017 #88
Funny to see those loons still insisting it's really Hillary/DNC that colluded with Russia. betsuni Jul 2017 #98
LOL! maddiemom Jul 2017 #125
I left for several months because of the behavior. xmas74 Jul 2017 #114
+1. Eom pirateshipdude Jul 2017 #133
Wait since Trump had help from Russia that makes Hillary a good candidate? Egnever Jul 2017 #157
Yet some alt-left idiots characterize her as a "sub-par candidate". LexVegas Jul 2017 #7
just because she would have/could have beaten trump in a fair election.... tomp Jul 2017 #94
Agreed -- she wasn't a good canidate obamanut2012 Jul 2017 #105
Wherever you tread tomp you can't let go of the CDS Edina Jul 2017 #118
The best weapon the Republicans have... maddiemom Jul 2017 #129
CDS? tomp Jul 2017 #150
WOW ... BlueMTexpat Jul 2017 #141
Define bias. tomp Jul 2017 #151
+ 1000 LiberalLovinLug Jul 2017 #159
Sham "elections" have consequences ck4829 Jul 2017 #8
Hillary is the queen of the hill. Zoonart Jul 2017 #10
I will never forget this The Polack MSgt Jul 2017 #112
+ a million or so! eom BlueMTexpat Jul 2017 #142
Amen! KitSileya Jul 2017 #145
Yes! Beautiful analysis! maddiemom Jul 2017 #127
And it's not the first conspiracy attack the Clintons have been subjected to. Baitball Blogger Jul 2017 #11
yup. and only us 'neoliberal corporatists' were smart enough not to fall for this La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #14
In all fairness, I think progressives, in general, agreed with her comments regarding Baitball Blogger Jul 2017 #58
in fairness, i am not a neoliberal corporatist, just was accused of being one by people La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #59
LOL! Baitball Blogger Jul 2017 #60
I Don't Have Any More Of Those To Give To Me. Jul 2017 #12
Agree! ananda Jul 2017 #15
Sanders? murielm99 Jul 2017 #22
Post removed Post removed Jul 2017 #80
And yet he has criticized Democrats murielm99 Jul 2017 #83
Bullshit INdemo Jul 2017 #92
Some Folks Need To Place Blame SoCalMusicLover Jul 2017 #101
I am not particularly religious, but amen, you go girl MiddleClass Jul 2017 #16
a lot of people on the left demanded that she apologize and take personal responsiblity La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #18
Remember that? I was like yes take personal responsibility MiddleClass Jul 2017 #25
I'm with you 100pc, gal. Hillary is tougher than all the Alice11111 Jul 2017 #30
Great post Gothmog Jul 2017 #17
She is the tough hombre. She scares the white collar criminals, delisen Jul 2017 #19
Agree with everything, except that I would say she's the tough mujer lunamagica Jul 2017 #69
Thank you. "tough mujer" it is. delisen Jul 2017 #152
k andr + several gazillion niyad Jul 2017 #21
Suggest here that she should still be considered presidential material- watch the replies you get. NBachers Jul 2017 #23
Post removed Post removed Jul 2017 #27
Amazing how powerful misogyny is BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2017 #63
And more than that... Orsino Jul 2017 #24
lot of leaders provided them cover by implying her message was flawed, she was flawed La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #28
The implication being that her various opponents weren't flawed... Orsino Jul 2017 #33
Yeah, I had arguments about that too. Brainwashed Alice11111 Jul 2017 #35
So true, and I will never get over it! MoonRiver Jul 2017 #26
I will never get over it either. I can't and I wont lunamagica Jul 2017 #73
A pretty comprehensive list, thank you. I hope others will add more. Hekate Jul 2017 #29
And when you look at who perpetrated it, I have to believe that the fact that Squinch Jul 2017 #31
BRAVA! My sentiments, exactly. Paladin Jul 2017 #34
K&R sheshe2 Jul 2017 #37
Yes - we remember like it was yesterday. yallerdawg Jul 2017 #62
Resist sheshe2 Jul 2017 #64
Post removed Post removed Jul 2017 #38
... La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #39
I always miss the hilarious hate posts lol JHan Jul 2017 #72
Did you post RT and Fox articles in 2016? Salivate over every word spoken by Joe DiGenova? emulatorloo Jul 2017 #43
also, the young turks and intercept. nt La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #46
I am still seeing people here murielm99 Jul 2017 #143
Someone doesn't like this thread IronLionZion Jul 2017 #40
look at the post above you La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #41
Apparently most DU'ers don't like to be gaslighted so the poor fellow was deleted. emulatorloo Jul 2017 #47
Yes. also, i believe Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand are frontrunners for 2020 La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #48
Yes, have already seen attempts to smear them @ Reddit. emulatorloo Jul 2017 #50
Both Sides Doncha Know? Me. Jul 2017 #51
Right there with you GulfCoast66 Jul 2017 #56
This thread is getting me riled up (in a good way!) LisaM Jul 2017 #44
me too. sick of it. La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #49
Right on. Kath2 Jul 2017 #147
+ 1000000000! workinclasszero Jul 2017 #45
Yes. Thank-you. Right on. Eom pirateshipdude Jul 2017 #52
how long ago did she claim that there was barbtries Jul 2017 #54
Overwhelming Great Post! thbobby Jul 2017 #55
co-signed Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #57
She spoke out. She tried to warn us. And you ignored and mocked her. lapucelle Jul 2017 #61
She positively took him apart in all three debates. Bleacher Creature Jul 2017 #65
I love it when posts like this get the trolls to exploid...then they get removed. :D C Moon Jul 2017 #66
She was a MARVELOUS candidate. But people wanted absolute PERFECTION from her lunamagica Jul 2017 #67
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Jul 2017 #68
Vast right wing conspiracy BadgerMom Jul 2017 #70
Also aided by Breitbart and Infowars. Initech Jul 2017 #99
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2017 #71
Oh hell yeah!!! Chevy Jul 2017 #74
FAKE ELECTION!!!!!! W T F Jul 2017 #75
+1, am I the only one pissed more now there's solid proof ?!? To some degree I wanted King Con YCHDT Jul 2017 #116
Kicking again for the hell of it. Indeed, fck all the ratfckers, just fck them. Hekate Jul 2017 #81
Post removed Post removed Jul 2017 #82
..... La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #84
... NanceGreggs Jul 2017 #85
Great post. The election was stolen by the opposition/Russians. AnotherMother4Peace Jul 2017 #86
My only complaint about this post is GoCubsGo Jul 2017 #89
Ha ha! Fair point. La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #90
Thank You UtahLib Jul 2017 #91
YES! betsuni Jul 2017 #93
Yes, this--all of it ismnotwasm Jul 2017 #95
Ultimately, the ones responsible were the ones who cast votes LittleBlue Jul 2017 #96
K&R and Tweeted yuiyoshida Jul 2017 #97
K & R Wiseman32218 Jul 2017 #102
And it likely took down a Democratic Senate as well. LonePirate Jul 2017 #103
This obamanut2012 Jul 2017 #104
It's crazy to think that someone else couldn't have beat Donald Trump... Baconator Jul 2017 #106
Lol sure La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #111
What a deep thought... Baconator Jul 2017 #119
every campaign makes errors. JHan Jul 2017 #130
I personally don't think anyone would have done better than Hillary lunamagica Jul 2017 #132
I stand corrected... Baconator Jul 2017 #149
Internal polling? really? which part? Please tell me, because I don't see it lunamagica Jul 2017 #160
Going down the line... Baconator Jul 2017 #162
Come on...three million votes means she motivated people and she was the right candidate lunamagica Jul 2017 #163
It's tough to say since we had such a weak primary... Baconator Jul 2017 #164
You go!!!! nt jrthin Jul 2017 #107
All the thumbs up Starry Messenger Jul 2017 #108
You said it so well mcar Jul 2017 #109
She isn't "down". KentuckyWoman Jul 2017 #113
Yes You Are 100 Percent Correct Edina Jul 2017 #117
If I had it my way... nolabear Jul 2017 #120
+all of it. Everything. moda253 Jul 2017 #122
Trump and Russia stole the election from Clinton Gothmog Jul 2017 #126
the comment I read that sticks out BainsBane Jul 2017 #134
"far too many put their own egos above the lives" pirateshipdude Jul 2017 #135
The worst is that BainsBane Jul 2017 #136
Progressive. That is the real insult. Eom pirateshipdude Jul 2017 #137
Please add an enormous BlueMTexpat Jul 2017 #139
Well written! JustAnotherGen Jul 2017 #146
They were players. Kath2 Jul 2017 #148
Where's the Dirt? dlk Jul 2017 #154
I don't feel sorry for Hillary... I feel sorry for America world wide wally Jul 2017 #156
Yess it was our loss. An enormous loss lunamagica Jul 2017 #161
Amen triron Jul 2017 #158
K&R Gothmog Jul 2017 #165
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