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7. work with the things you can control. Dems should have been a hell of a lot more aggressive

Reply to demosincebirth (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 19, 2017, 09:35 PM

Jul 2017

on fighting Republican voter suppression and purges.

If they had made as much noise about it after the 2000 election as they have after this one, there not only would be no Trump now, there probably wouldn't be a Republican Party.

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Every decision she made was put under a microscope during the primaries ismnotwasm Jul 2017 #1

And they love themselves some hawkishness forgotmylogin Jul 2017 #26

nonsense. drray23 Jul 2017 #2

Republicans were going to criticize and hate her in any case. yurbud Jul 2017 #15

Not just republicans. A certain segment of the left, or so-called left, were too. KitSileya Jul 2017 #19

+1000 (nt) ehrnst Jul 2017 #22

That is pure BS. She got three million more votes than Dump. Our system gave Dump the presidency demosincebirth Jul 2017 #3

Yes! DavidDvorkin Jul 2017 #4

work with the things you can control. Dems should have been a hell of a lot more aggressive yurbud Jul 2017 #7

Dems should have been SO much more aggressive in telling SCOTUS not to gut the voter rights act ehrnst Jul 2017 #33

it doesn't hurt to figure out what she "won" because of and "in spite of" yurbud Jul 2017 #9

Doesn't hurt to look at a variety of journalistic sources for studies on that ehrnst Jul 2017 #37

That's what this means." Igel Jul 2017 #11

thank-you still_one Jul 2017 #20

It's been pretty much shown that she would have taken the White House had ehrnst Jul 2017 #5

she could have widened the gap to make it unstealable yurbud Jul 2017 #6

But of course. ehrnst Jul 2017 #8

Putin & every other leader doesn't give a rat's ass about our domestic policy--Hillary was a threat yurbud Jul 2017 #16

Um... I was replying to your post about why she was a good candidate despite the sliver of votes in ehrnst Jul 2017 #21

You mentioned her keeping Putin up at night. yurbud Jul 2017 #23

Yes, which was a reason that the Kremlin tried so hard to scuttle her getting to the White House. ehrnst Jul 2017 #27

I'm a staunch, die-hard Hillary supporter... yallerdawg Jul 2017 #18

It made you doubt Hillary? I was not a fan of hers, but that whole email business had zero impact yurbud Jul 2017 #24

What Comey announced, out of the blue, 11 days before the election? yallerdawg Jul 2017 #28

I believe that you are being asked to confirm that there was ehrnst Jul 2017 #29

While proven wrong and disgustingly reprehensible now... yallerdawg Jul 2017 #30

Typo corrected! ehrnst Jul 2017 #31

I do! yallerdawg Jul 2017 #32

ERMEGERD! ehrnst Jul 2017 #34

*YAWN* Today's "X - cost Hillary the election" shitfest. Aristus Jul 2017 #10

+ a million or so! eom BlueMTexpat Jul 2017 #12

BS. Some combo of Stupid /non engaged/ racist fucks cost her the the election. Le Gaucher Jul 2017 #14

You know, it takes a lot of I don't know what to call someone too hawkish when Trump Solly Mack Jul 2017 #13

Total b.s. brer cat Jul 2017 #17

I don't trust anything Trump says about anything. But people who take candidates at their word yurbud Jul 2017 #35

A friend of my husband voted for chump because a Russian friend of his said Hillary wanted wars kimbutgar Jul 2017 #25

Now I've Heard It All (Until Tomorrow And Another Anti-Hillary Thread Pops Up) Me. Jul 2017 #36

Christ on a cracker. Is there no end to our own willingness to cut off our own legs? This is Squinch Jul 2017 #38