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In reply to the discussion: Brazile: 'Proof' that Clinton rigged nomination process broke my heart [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,164 posts)All part of the 'perfect storm'.
I can even try and empathize with the Democratic party establishment. Hillary was so far ahead in the polls it seemed inconceivable that anyone else would come close. Add to that this funding black hole (how does that happen?) where it would seem almost prudent to have our future Presidential nominee work together with the DNC to coordinate efforts better.
And if she would have won by a landslide in the primary, and Bernie had never even been a factor, then all of this would be moot.
But she did not win by a landslide, at least not "going away". It was only her early SD pledges, and her early wins in States when Sanders was being ignored by the MSM, and where it was still assumed Hilary would be not only nominated, but become the President, when she pulled ahead with an insurmountable lead. It was almost festive atmosphere in those first States to go out and give Hillary a big boost and send her on her way towards the inevitable. And lets be honest, there was also a fever in the air to soon have the first American female President. Many did not even contemplate that there could be another choice that might be more attractive. But, like Sarah Silverman said, she was a Hillary supporter, but something better came along.
Who knows if Sanders would have won if he had gotten fair treatment from the DNC and DWS all along. And had been respected more by the MSM. In hindsight, he would have had a better shot at beating Trump if you believe the polls. And if that happened then the coat tail effects would have brought more Democrats along with him. We'd probably have the Senate. And of course we'd have Garland instead of Gorsuch.
Of course I'd have taken Hillary over Trump. But it seems like a lot of things came together at the wrong time to hurt Hillary, especially fake scandal stories where the GOP had an extra 8 years to build hatred against her, with help from RW media and greater social media access, and apparently with Russia's help. I sometimes think its too bad she did not win against Obama in that primary. (And Obama winning this one) I'm sure she'd have still gotten a barrage of faux outrage and invented scandals to deal with, but no one anticipated the power and depth and scope of the blanket of misinformation and subsequent rage that had now been boiling against her for decades, and how much more ingrained the profile of her as a corrupt, insider, elitist was nailed down in these last eight years.