2016 Postmortem

Dr Hobbitstein

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19. Exactly.

Tue Jun 7, 2016, 10:15 AM

Jun 2016

They do these things way ahead of time. So they can thoroughly spell check, fact check, and make sure things look proper WELL before they go live. There are those who will see a conspiracy everywhere they look, however.

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Hillary camp prepared for AP announcement like she knew it was coming [View all] J_J_ Jun 2016 OP

You bet she knew it was coming. Dirty Tricks Inc.! yourpaljoey Jun 2016 #1

here from the urban dictionary lol wendylaroux Jun 2016 #4

whoa! yourpaljoey Jun 2016 #10

Oops! The ad was created on 6/4/16....very embarrassing for all involved. reformist2 Jun 2016 #62

There were posters here who were claiming that she had enough super delegates privately committed morningfog Jun 2016 #2

Come on....She didnt want this jzodda Jun 2016 #3

Really? Think some more. JudyM Jun 2016 #18

What's there to think about? jzodda Jun 2016 #22

. JudyM Jun 2016 #24

Oh, you can go bye-bye right now. Fuddnik Jun 2016 #30

"More"? n/t lumberjack_jeff Jun 2016 #55

Then why did she do it? To explain a loss??? Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #31

Oh, of course the campaign oked this TDale313 Jun 2016 #46

Get serious. No of course they didn't go to the AP. The AP went to them. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #48

It gives her perfect cover for her loss... None of her voters thought it was necessary to vote... JudyM Jun 2016 #51

She knew how this past weekend was going to end. Everybody not in a bubble did. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #5

Campaigns are designed to respond quickly. I think you're reading too much into it. Trust Buster Jun 2016 #6

Uh huh. So she has all these huge media backers and she didn't know. So it's "secret" from her. JudyM Jun 2016 #20

Pssst....we all knew it was coming....in March. nt LexVegas Jun 2016 #7

Yes we did! NurseJackie Jun 2016 #15

There were tons of reports over the weekend it could happen because of PR and VI. I knew. bettyellen Jun 2016 #27

People are acting like this is a close race. Its puzzling. nt LexVegas Jun 2016 #29

Lol Dem2 Jun 2016 #8

Of course she knew it. Most of us here knew it, too. randome Jun 2016 #9

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And once again she does not speak out against it. peace13 Jun 2016 #25

She actually had a perfect response.... apcalc Jun 2016 #37

But her sycophants swore up and down on numerous DU threads yesterday she knew nothing about it. avaistheone1 Jun 2016 #34

9 days, but no one's forcing you to stay that long nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #63

...timing... HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #12

The AP probably did make the graphic 2 days ago. Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2016 #13

CNN posted a bunch of premature obituaries a few years ago Renew Deal Jun 2016 #16

Exactly. Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2016 #19

It's a screenshot of this tweet, Dr: joshcryer Jun 2016 #35

Ahh, I see that now. I thought it was just the graphic from the orignal tweet, Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2016 #54

I worked at a magazine and forget the name of it but yeah they had a list of people who's obits they bettyellen Jun 2016 #32

They need to use a different photo. One with him as Darth Vader. LiberalFighter Jun 2016 #49

It's a screenshot of a tweet. joshcryer Jun 2016 #26

I know ... I was wondering what the OP was trying to demonstrate, there ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #45

The URL is 100% real. joshcryer Jun 2016 #47

Yes, I see that now. Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2016 #56

Why shouldn't they celebrate victory? Renew Deal Jun 2016 #14

Do you know Sanders was left in the dark. Do you know anything but dissing our Democratic candidate? seabeyond Jun 2016 #17

Wow! peace13 Jun 2016 #21

She didn't do it. AP did it. apcalc Jun 2016 #39

Mmmhmmm. peace13 Jun 2016 #44

Heh heh, Clinton's graphic people fucking with you all. joshcryer Jun 2016 #23

This is like watching a Fellini film on acid. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #28

Like how the fuck are they going to get this image 2 days before it happened? joshcryer Jun 2016 #33

This board would bring William of Ockham to tears. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #40

I think Clinton generally doesn't multiply lies beyond necessity. Vattel Jun 2016 #58

Wait, her campaign was prepared for something that was bound to happen? Conspiracy!!! CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #36

^^^ This ^^^ Proud Public Servant Jun 2016 #52

Obviously rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #38

Conspiracy! hrmjustin Jun 2016 #41

Well Chris Matthew let the cat UglyGreed Jun 2016 #42

Of course she knew it since March like the rest MyNameGoesHere Jun 2016 #43

People need to stop acting like this was a close race. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #50

Am I the only one that noticed the absurdly bogus graphic showing Sanders with an enormous lead onenote Jun 2016 #53

sure...more lies and conspiracy baloney Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #57

Everyone knew it was coming. JoePhilly Jun 2016 #59

CHEATER. AmBlue Jun 2016 #60

BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! MohRokTah Jun 2016 #61

Of course she knew it was coming gollygee Jun 2016 #64