2016 Postmortem

JHan

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6. We also know the Right amplifies the flaws of our candidates every election cycle.

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 03:02 PM

Dec 2016

It was our job to do exactly what they do with their candidates - our candidate was light years ahead and superior to Trump in every metric - we needed to solidly defend and vote as a block.

We had a responsibility to focus on the strengths of our candidate.

Instead, I saw a lot of hand wringing and limp-wristed endorsements in a year where her opponent was Trump. Sometimes I think we need a kick up our rears to be reminded of what our priorities should be during elections.

(None of this absolves the Clinton Campaign or the DNC or our leadership in general of their failures and hubris btw)

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Timid Liberals Blew the Election by Flinching at Hillary Clinton's Email Server [View all] DonViejo Dec 2016 OP

Or as said in another thread Ohioblue22 Dec 2016 #1

The buck stops with the candidate. (nt) YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #2

Well really, she didn't do herself any favors shawn703 Dec 2016 #3

Maybe Hillary's staff were intimidated by her and were afraid to speak up... I think that could be a legitimate explanation. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #4

We also know the Right amplifies the flaws of our candidates every election cycle. JHan Dec 2016 #6

Trump was never considered a serious candidate. Exilednight Dec 2016 #9

There's a lot of truth in that statement. Exilednight Dec 2016 #10

The private email server was a disaster Kotya Dec 2016 #11

This one didn't benld74 Dec 2016 #5

+1, conservatives would've been like "yeah... fuck you... now what?!" uponit7771 Dec 2016 #7

That's exactly what Trump did with his tax returns. Kotya Dec 2016 #12

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author uponit7771 Dec 2016 #8

If not for the server, the GOPRussian propaganda machine would have conjured up something else. baldguy Dec 2016 #14

One big nothing burger, again. Lil Missy Dec 2016 #15

Mother Jones should quit pretending to be a liberal site jfern Dec 2016 #16

and we've let the GOP get away with it........... Takket Dec 2016 #17