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Cataloguing How Clinton Lost: Ignoring Sanders people's labor, data, and insights
The Washington Examiner ^ | December 20, 2016 | T. Becket Adams

Posted on 12/23/2016 3:04:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

A thousand explanations have emerged since Election Day of how Hillary Clinton lost.

The Russians and the FBI, two popular culprits, may have contributed in their own way to her defeat, but Clinton's own campaign deserves tons of blame.

Since Election Day, remarkable reports have come out, alleging jaw-dropping errors by Clinton's team. We're trying to keep a running tally.

The latest in the growing list of Clinton's reported campaign mistakes involves her chief primary rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and his supporters.

Here's the gist: Clinton's campaign reportedly ignored advice and counsel from Sanders' people during the general election, despite that the senator's primary victories in places like Michigan and Wisconsin — victories which suggested team Sanders knew a thing or two about rural and working-class voters....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; blamegame; democrats; feelthebern; hillary; hillary2016; sanders; trump

1 posted on 12/23/2016 3:04:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They were relying on vote fraud and cheating, not strategy.


2 posted on 12/23/2016 3:07:55 PM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The “Campaign”, the Russians, the FBI and the “Dog who ate her homework” all have very little to do with the outcome other than helping to accentuate how terrible a person Hillary is.

She lost because of what she is and what she does. Period.

BTW, has anyone given that dog some syrup of ipecac?


3 posted on 12/23/2016 3:13:26 PM PST by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Funny... Thing is. I didn’t know anything about Sander’s effort to help Clinton. I wonder who actually did know.

I think it was just normal human hubris and stupidity that lost Clinton the election. She came across as malevolent, greedy, money-driven, vastly corrupt, unable to control her team and had enormous management problems (see the State Dept opinions of her) and without any understanding the moral values of The Deplorables.


4 posted on 12/23/2016 3:19:10 PM PST by Bodega (we are developing less and less common sense...world wide)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

Fraud and cheating ARE Democrat strategies.


5 posted on 12/23/2016 3:21:08 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: All

Here is how Clinton lost:

During the campaign, Trump made visits to 2-3 states almost every single day...He made multiple appearances at rallies and the attendances was amazing...Most all was everyday, normal American citizens...

Hillary made maybe 1-2 appearances a week...She was lethargic and her “rallies” consisted mainly of big donors and elites...
She spent most all of the campaign behind closed doors...

That says enough...


6 posted on 12/23/2016 3:26:12 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: JBW1949

Would she have survived even a week at Trump’s pace? Or would she have gotten “pneumonia” again by day four?


7 posted on 12/23/2016 3:59:04 PM PST by KarlInOhio (" T'was the witch of November come stealin' " And who could the stealing Witch of November be? Hmm?)
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To: KarlInOhio

No way she could pace Trump...She’s sick...


8 posted on 12/23/2016 4:01:45 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am already tired of hearing how Hillary “lost.”

IT DID NOT MATTER WHO THE DIMS NOMINATED! Trump and his Deplorables would have kicked their butt!

Because we are kick-ass people.

Of course the strategy would have been modified to fit the opponent.


9 posted on 12/23/2016 4:10:20 PM PST by Disestablishmentarian
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am already tired of hearing how Hillary “lost.”

IT DID NOT MATTER WHO THE DIMS NOMINATED! Trump and his Deplorables would have kicked their butt!

Because we are kick-ass people.

Of course the strategy would have been modified to fit the opponent.


10 posted on 12/23/2016 4:10:26 PM PST by Disestablishmentarian
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To: JBW1949

I’m only four years younger than Trump and was amazed at his stamina. Constantly putting on rallies and giving speeches. He is a very hard worker, and hasn’t let up since being elected.


11 posted on 12/23/2016 4:10:54 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Some even juicier stuff coming in our “How Trump Won,” out Jan 18 in e-book form, Feb, in hardcover.


12 posted on 12/23/2016 4:19:33 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Disestablishmentarian

True for all except Joe Bite-me. I think he could have beaten Trump in the midwest by acting old Stupid Joe.


13 posted on 12/23/2016 4:21:21 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LS

Trump would have used different tactics if he were facing Biden, as I’m sure you would agree.

Gone from the repertoire would be all the “Lock her up” stuff, and the other necessary attacks on his opponent as a criminal and liar. On the other hand, he would have done even better with blacks, as just one example that occurs to me. And in place of the prosecutorial stuff, Trump would have unerringly zeroed in on Biden’s intrinsic weaknesses.

Hillary was so badly flawed, but she was strong in ways Biden could never approach. Battle hardened. Almost inoculated by so many scandals in the past that her supporters tuned it all out. She is an evil demon, true, but highly formidable. Impossible to take down in cross examination in Congress, for example. Almost immune from being caught telling lies because every word a lie. Amazing really.

And, aside from “Deplorables” she did not make the mistakes Biden would make. She fainted, of course, and Trump caught her with the “You’d be in jail” line; but, think about how he would have carved up Biden. Biden was never a powerful vote-getter anyway, outside of DE.

Last thought: Hillary had a core group of believers that have been waiting for decades to make her POTUS. Not equal to Trump, but a true hard-core following. Biden has none of that.


14 posted on 12/23/2016 7:15:57 PM PST by Disestablishmentarian
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The hubris of entitlement and personal laziness....


15 posted on 12/24/2016 3:53:33 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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