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Nixie

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31. There were other people applying influence, though. Hillary

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #30)

Wed Jul 5, 2023, 03:53 PM

Jul 2023

had to run against the far left and the right. So those people who undermined her also get a big buck stop. When you try to influence people against our nominee then this is the result. She warned us about the Supreme Court. No one else seemed to care about that. Now look at the damage.

Politics are sure different than when Truman ran for office. I’m sure George Washington and Abraham Lincoln also ran different campaigns.

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Hillary Clinton called it in 2016 [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 OP

'But her e-mails..." Aristus Jul 2023 #1

Post removed Post removed Jul 2023 #9

Hello! n/t GP6971 Jul 2023 #11

Third party and Trump voters have definitely entered the FO stage of FAFO. lapucelle Jul 2023 #2

RBG also warned voters. lapucelle Jul 2023 #3

Unfortunately, RBG didn't retire during Obama's presidency DeeDeeNY Jul 2023 #7

She could have done that and we'd still be facing a 5-4 Republican Supreme Court. W_HAMILTON Jul 2023 #8

It's astounding inthewind21 Jul 2023 #22

Ask Merrick Garland how that worked out for him MiniMe Jul 2023 #10

we controlled the Senate in the 113th Congress (2013-2015) Celerity Jul 2023 #12

Mitch still managed to stop Merrick MiniMe Jul 2023 #13

No, Garland was stopped because the Rethugs took back the Senate on January 3, 2015 Celerity Jul 2023 #14

Too Bad So Many Were Smearing Cha Jul 2023 #4

Yep republianmushroom Jul 2023 #5

yes, she did. And too many didn't listen. brer cat Jul 2023 #6

and yet not enough people voted for her to win the GE. SYFROYH Jul 2023 #15

Unfortunately her campaign failed to persuade voters in critical swing states. Voltaire2 Jul 2023 #16

I saw a quote from Bernie's wife saying it didn't matter who Nixie Jul 2023 #18

The buck stops here. Voltaire2 Jul 2023 #21

That somebody was Bernie's wife. Undermining our nominee Nixie Jul 2023 #25

Actually it was Harry Truman, a person who ran a successful campaign for president. Voltaire2 Jul 2023 #30

There were other people applying influence, though. Hillary Nixie Jul 2023 #31

Hillary failed? inthewind21 Jul 2023 #23

As if white swing state Trump voters were voting rationally for policy and Hillary just betsuni Jul 2023 #28

Also failed: Dukakis, Mondale, Carter, Gore, Kerry, Humphrey, Stevenson, McGovern. Voltaire2 Jul 2023 #29

Not Electing Hillary Clinton Was Our Biggest Mistake LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #17

This is exactly spot on. Nixie Jul 2023 #19

Hopefully more people have grown up and not believe an election is about one person. betsuni Jul 2023 #20

Campaigning in those swing states was so important n/t leftstreet Jul 2023 #24

So was fully supporting our nominee instead of undermining her. Nixie Jul 2023 #26

Here's the ACTUAL HRC tweet... WarGamer Jul 2023 #27