2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wow - the concern trolls were right. [View all]JTFrog
(14,274 posts)She just didn't get the hold out votes.
She won the primary. But that wasn't good enough for Bernie or the BoBers. They had to continue to tear her down after it was clear she had won. He wouldn't concede. They wouldn't cross the divide. They dragged the negative droning on and on leaving the fight to the rest of us for a long time. Even after he got on board, the BoBers fed right into the right wing attacks on emails, transcripts, establishment bullshit. As if anyone is more establishment than a white male lifetime politician.
She won the popular vote but the Republicans have gamed the system to the point that even that doesn't matter.
Sure she was a flawed candidate. ALL candidates are. There is no such thing as a perfect candidate who will do and say everything you want.
Ted Kennedy did the same thing to Carter. History shows that and history will show Bernie's part in this. No amount of cognitive dissonance will erase it.
I'm not even going to get into the misogyny within our own party. Folks can deny it exists, but many of us have been fighting it for years. Even right here at a supposed liberal utopia.