• TwoGems@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    A Hillary win would have saved the Supreme Court. Now we are on precarious ground. There was no disadvantage in her winning

    Letā€™s face it - had she won, things would be way better than they are, and we wouldnā€™t be in the constant fascist danger we are now.

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      8 months ago

      Yep, you can blame the Dems and Clinton herself 100% for that one, given that we know Bernie would have won. She is directly responsible for things being as bad as they are.

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        8 months ago

        given that we know Bernie would have won

        You donā€™t know that at all. You didnā€™t see the playbook against him.

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          True, but to pretend the Democrats didnā€™t actively sabotage their most popular candidate in favor of the ā€œsafeā€ choiceā€¦ twiceā€¦ is a stretch.

          I voted for Biden. Will vote again.

          Voted for Hilary, too.

          Not because I wanted to. Democrats donā€™t seem to want to do much beyond maintain the status quo, at least at the presidential level.

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            Bernie was not their most popular candidate. This is an internet Fable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries#Graphical_summary_of_polling

            It makes my head spin that people think Bernie lost because he couldnā€™t overcome the most standard political maneuverings of the Democrats, and yet he would somehow overcome the political maneuverings of the Republican party which plays far dirtier than the Democratic party does. Does everyone forget the Bush Campaign spreading rumors that John McCainā€™s adopted Bangladeshi daughter was actually an illegitimate Black child from an affair? Or how about when they turned John Kerryā€™s service in Vietnam into a something he only did for fame?