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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Played like a drum [View all]R B Garr
(17,518 posts)3. Wrong. Bernie knowingly and intentionally ran a divisive campaign. He is divisive
to this day. He has divided Democrats, and he did so knowingly to push his unproven smears to gain a personal advantage over a Democrat.
And his economic message obviously didn't resonate. As you can see, a BILLIONAIRE garnered more votes in crucial states where he smeared Hillary and Democrats by association. So those 70,000-something people who decided this election went with the BILLIONAIRE. Now the BILLIONAIRE has literally humiliated Bernie's crossovers by doing the exact thing they "claim" to be against. You all got played, big league.
Bernie handed Donald Trump the playbook on how to divide and conquer Democrats. Now look what we have.
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Nah, if not for Crosscheck Hillary's black vote would have been even higher than 92%
brush
Dec 2016
#9
Wrong. Bernie knowingly and intentionally ran a divisive campaign. He is divisive
R B Garr
Dec 2016
#3
Yes his supporters were drooling over the Wikileaks and Guccifer crap and could not see ahead to Nov
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#4
She won Dems almost two to one. He has GOPErs crossing over to vote for him...
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#18
I think there are many people trying to forment dissent among us and we need to ask them
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#28
True, I'm still unpacking the loss. Have not shed a tear yet such is the shock and anger....
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#32
i never thought I'd describe something as a national embarrassment but there he is!
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#34
True, it is absolutely not all the Bernie supporters. Most of them got it in the end. But,
R B Garr
Dec 2016
#13
BULLSHIT!! Bernie fille stadiums with PROGRESSIVES who wanted CHANGE in a CHANGE year!
RBInMaine
Dec 2016
#8
Well you got your CHANGE. That's the kind of mindless bullshit that fed the media feeding frenzy....
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#11
It's not bullshit that Bernie was very divisive. That is consistent with his decades-long
R B Garr
Dec 2016
#14
I don't agree with all your points but you do raise issues many don't want to admit to..
JHan
Dec 2016
#15
The Shelby County v. Holder decision of 2013 made voter suppression much easier.
Garrett78
Dec 2016
#29