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2016 Postmortem

La Lioness Priyanka

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2. we still fail at this. we constantly think HRC was a weak candidate

Reply to HassleCat (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 21, 2016, 03:47 PM

Dec 2016

instead of thinking Trump is extraordinarily good at what he does, it makes me worry that we dont have the skills/ability to fight him over the next 4 years.

i had the same issues with Democrats in regard to Dubya. Easy to blame Gore and Kerry, but not enough people credited Dubya's team with being brilliant at manipulating bigotry

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Like a different perspective on what happened? [View all] FightingIrish Dec 2016 OP

He is very good at what he does. HassleCat Dec 2016 #1

we still fail at this. we constantly think HRC was a weak candidate La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #2

The delegitimizing of the media is a significant problem, giving even more power to the false news. JudyM Dec 2016 #3

I read a few of his essays. Very good. Thanks for the link Arazi Dec 2016 #4

Bookmarking to read on my phone LeftInTX Dec 2016 #5