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2016 Postmortem

Exilednight

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9. Trump was never considered a serious candidate.

Reply to JHan (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 03:32 PM

Dec 2016

Sure, he didn't have a clean background, but he didn't have decades of political pundits beating him down either.

Experience is great, but it's also harmful.

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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