Reply #69: The real reasoning is that they want Obama destroyed.

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Hillary is playing scorched earth, and they are OK with it. Its just that its tacky to admit supporting a loosing candidate's bid to destroy the unofficial nominee, so they are all parroting this easily debunked "extremely close" myth (or a number of equally delusional ones) instead. The sad thing is that Hillary is probably hurting herself more than Obama at this point anyway.

In any case, I like to point out the falacious reasoning when I see it, lest it take hold in people who aren't willfully ignoring reality. Luckily I'm not the only one doing it.