2016 Postmortem

JCanete

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13. But this was the media's doing, the same way that Clinton is tied to her emails. It is selective

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 03:32 PM

Dec 2016

amplification of something over all others, like the vast majority of Sanders supporters for instance, in an effort to smear. If you are going to help a message like that stick, you should remind yourself how it got there.

And Sanders would have almost certainly pulled out of the race had the DNC signaled any effort to incorporate some of his messaging into the democratic platform, and had Clinton done the same with her own campaign. These are things that happened anyway, but the stubborn refusal of the establishment to lower the drawbridge cost them. If Bernie wasn't going to prosecute this thing at least to that point, then his campaign would have been worthless and faded away into history, and the DNC would have smugly carried on vindicated that those were not the voices they needed to give credence to.

Yes, the DNC is still working tirelessly to retire him, but his political career is not over. His message is only taking more hold.

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CNN: Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2016 OP

Casting constant blame is a form of denial. jalan48 Dec 2016 #1

Tweetstorm from former (?) DUer Peter Daou: yallerdawg Dec 2016 #2

Transcripts she should have released Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #4

You really want to start all over again? yallerdawg Dec 2016 #5

Nope Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #6

"Hillary made mistakes too." yallerdawg Dec 2016 #8

Why would you even think about going there? NCTraveler Dec 2016 #21

I thought we were talking about things that cost her votes? Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author NCTraveler Dec 2016 #28

PUMAs Forever!!!! n/t RazBerryBeret Dec 2016 #26

Berners and Bernie aren't delivering much heat. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #3

3 months after he lost the primaries metroins Dec 2016 #7

July 12, *at least* a month too late. DanTex Dec 2016 #9

4 months after the primary was effectively over...nt SidDithers Dec 2016 #10

Bernie will forever be tied to his BOBs, and that will impact how people view him NoGoodNamesLeft Dec 2016 #11

But this was the media's doing, the same way that Clinton is tied to her emails. It is selective JCanete Dec 2016 #13

I honestly didn't see it that much in the media NoGoodNamesLeft Dec 2016 #14

You didn't see any of the media postings here about Bernie Bros? over and over? JCanete Dec 2016 #15

I can only speak for myself and I wasn't here during the primary NoGoodNamesLeft Dec 2016 #19

Too little, too late. n/t Lil Missy Dec 2016 #12

Yes, months after it was clear he wouldn't win. Maven Dec 2016 #16

Long after he lost. Classy. nt LexVegas Dec 2016 #17

Trump's crying call was: Bernie was right about Hillary......... Little Star Dec 2016 #18

Yep. nt LexVegas Dec 2016 #23

By then some on the left sounded EXACTLY like the right for all things Hillary ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #20

Bernie and his Bros helped give us Trump, and some Bros were not good people. Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #22

So you didn't want an endorsement anyway then because he wasn't a D! Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #27

Bernie can not harm what was stolen, and Russia stole this LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #25

Five weeks later than Clinton endorsed Obama, and even then, Sanders still did nothing to LongtimeAZDem Dec 2016 #29

What did HDSam Dec 2016 #30

She won the Democratic nomination and became the candidate running against Trump LongtimeAZDem Dec 2016 #31

Yes, it wasn't good enough HDSam Dec 2016 #33

I do not doubt you have absolutely no idea just how mind-mindbogglingly selfish that sounds LongtimeAZDem Dec 2016 #34

And I do not doubt you have absolutely no idea just how mindboggingly ridiculous HDSam Dec 2016 #35

What I want is irrelevant; by not rallying around Clinton, Sanders supporters helped elect Trump LongtimeAZDem Dec 2016 #45

Bernie probably campaigned harder for Hillary than Hillary jfern Dec 2016 #32

OH HE DID NOT. President Obama, Michelle, Elizabeth Warren etc campaigned harder than Bernie trueblue2007 Dec 2016 #37

No, he spent most of the time writing the book that he published just after the election. pnwmom Dec 2016 #39

He campaigned a lot for someone who didn't have that many events herself jfern Dec 2016 #40

Hillary campaigned very hard, both for herself and down-ticket, pnwmom Dec 2016 #41

Oh what horseshit... SidDithers Dec 2016 #42

Bernie Didn't Cost Us the Election kebob Dec 2016 #36

Thanks for reminding us that he waited till mid-July to endorse Hillary, pnwmom Dec 2016 #38

With that attitude you wonder why some Bernie Bros didn't vote Clinton? Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #43

Wrong. What happened in June was the final primaries occurred. pnwmom Dec 2016 #44