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2016 Postmortem

Punkingal

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11. I don't think they know what to do when they have real competition.

Reply to CoffeeCat (Reply #10)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:52 PM

Feb 2016

They get angry, they flail around, and their true colors begin to show...by that I mean elitism, and a sense of entitlement. No different from George HW Bush, who felt his was his turn in 1988. He had no vision, it was just his turn to maintain the status quo.

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Why can't Bill Clinton stop race baiting? [View all] Joe the Revelator Feb 2016 OP

He likes to hear himself talk. Punkingal Feb 2016 #1

He's either seriously racially tone deaf, or he REALLY hates Obama. Joe the Revelator Feb 2016 #2

Another possibility loyalsister Feb 2016 #5

Wondering if subconsciously he wants her to fail. Jackilope Feb 2016 #7

Lotsa passive-aggression comes out when Bill campaigns for Hill. Divernan Feb 2016 #12

i think he hates Obama. i think she does, too. Punkingal Feb 2016 #8

I think that's the glaring reality that the establishment Democrats CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #20

So many failed 2008 Clinton campaign CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #10

I don't think they know what to do when they have real competition. Punkingal Feb 2016 #11

That's exactly right. Spot-on analysis! CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #19

Uh oh, he's pointing his finger too. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #3

Because of THIS - he has nothing else to go on.... Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #4

thats a keeper! nt restorefreedom Feb 2016 #15

I think he is rogue Z_California Feb 2016 #6

He tried that in 08 and 'almost' ruined his reputation. Joe the Revelator Feb 2016 #17

I don't think he wants to share the White House with Hillary as an equal. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #9

I think in his mind, he wants to be the only democratic President of his generation. Joe the Revelator Feb 2016 #16

I suspect he was trying to appeal to blacks by saying that we're all the same femmedem Feb 2016 #13

He learned his trade at the knee of george wallace SwampG8r Feb 2016 #14

He really should stop dressing like Mr. Rogers Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #18