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What utter nonsense. 

And look where that got us. She won because she was given every advantage having the leadership of the Democratic National Committee behind her. Bernie was the insurgent, and between the Clinton name and wanting to get the first woman President elected, the DNC did everything it could to tilt things in her direction.

Or maybe they disagreed with her policies? Face it, Hillary was a deeply flawed candidate. She was unable to bring the democratic party together. It’s not Bernie supporters’ fault she lost. Nor is it Trump supporters, or 3rd party supporters, or non-voters. It’s that fault of the Hillary Clinton campaign that Hillary

No. You don’t win an election simply because you are the only adult in the room. You have to earn your vote. Hillary failed to acknowledge that and took what’s left of the Democratic base for granted. Clintonian “New Democrat” politics screwed the middle and those working-class white folks that were a huge part of

Just to help with the pile on. She is the most famous female in the US going into the primary and it was Sanders who? And he is a self-described socialist That he could close the gap that much should have told everyone how weak Clinton is when she is getting all of the institutional support.

Oh bullshit. No one is owed a vote its their responsibility to ask for a vote. Hillary Clinton did not lose because Bernie Bros stayed home she lost because the UAW second shift worker in Janesville Wiscon stayed home despite voting for Obama twice. No, he did not go vote for Trump either he just stayed home.

Fair enough. All I’m saying is if maybe Hillary had embraced Sander’s platform more (seeing as how 43% of primary voters preferred it) instead of interpreting her win as “I was right, Bernie was wrong”, we wouldn’t be in this mess. Shouting at “Bernie bros” now is completely counterproductive to ending our current

Aaaaaand point proven. Thanks for that.

The biggest ‘what if’ in my head wishes wonders how things would have gone if the Democrats had a vigorous primary with newer voices competing for the nomination and voters not being overshadowed by a huge number of superdelegates.

“Yeah, You’re a piece of shit bernie bro.”

She was too flawed for the precious “purists” voting their bullshit conscience and 3rd party crap in the face of fascism.

Oh? You have to disagree? Well, I fucking stand corrected. Even though you can read that Democratic turnout is reported as being comparatively lower for her in any one of the following articles:

A man who campaigned on the premise of destroying The Affordable Care Act won the presidency and you think the issue was that Democrats weren’t far enough left? Think.

Nearly every year, the Democratic candidate gets more votes than any candidate ever. Stop using this bit. It’s true, but in context it means nothing. Our population goes up by several million people every year which means millions of more eligible voters every year. It would be an upset if the candidate DIDN’T get

Just relocating goal posts now, I guess. Hillary being technically out of a job doesn’t preclude her from vocalizing her support/stance for any number of issues. 65 million people just pulled a lever for her, but - mission accomplished, or something? Job well done? Go hit the links?

Your extremely well qualified and viable candidate ended up being neither. Instead of a vigorous selection and primary process, Clinton was annointed by the the powers-that-be in the DNC. Bernie probably would have had a better chance against Trump during a change election. Hell, we would probably be taking about

yes, because the three million-strong Women’s March on Washington operated on a platform of “the NoDAPL water protectors should listen to the workers; everyone’s voice needs to be heard,” “continually bombing people in the Middle East is good foreign policy,” and “let’s raise the federal minimum wage to $12, $15 is

Before Wisconsin went to Trump in 2016, the last Republican it voted for was Reagan in 1984. HRC didn’t step foot in the state ONCE during the general election.

Factoring in the universal presumption that HRC would be the nominee (as far back as 2008) and that Sanders came from relative obscurity to actually leapfrog Hilly in progressive stature in a matter of a few months blunts the “blowout”characterization a tad. That Bernie continues to make headlines and garner support

I think that is a false equivalency. She was too flawed for the precious “purists” voting their bullshit conscience and 3rd party crap in the face of fascism.