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In reply to the discussion: Do you want Bernie supporters to vote for Democrats in November? [View all]karynnj
(59,503 posts)AT this point, the Mueller investigation is not complete and Mueller has been incredibly disciplined. What you are likely referring to is that the Russian troll farm targeted Hillary Clinton in both the primary and the general election. You are being very hypocritical in terms of demanding valid analyses. The number of voters in the close states lost that were swayed to either not vote for Clinton or to vote for Trump because of the trolls has not been estimated by anyone. Instead, it has been done essentially by a wave of hands - (ie the margin was small, many people got those messages, therefore it COULD (which morphs to did) have made the difference.
Mueller has no need to PROVE the trolls worked -- just that Russia authorized that effort. If he can additionally prove that the Trump campaign knew of that effort and did not alert the FBI -- they colluded with Russia. This is true whether of not the effort shifted a single vote.
What I was speaking of in reference to 2008 and any earlier contest were the attacks from Sanders himself. Sanders' attacks were the valid attacks any Democrat would have made on Clinton. O'Malley actually raised most of them before Sanders did. NONE of them were out of bounds and they did go to real differences between HRC and Sanders. As I said, the Republicans have often repeated primary campaign attacks.
Not to mention, cut the idiotic "make yourself better" nonsense. I supported Clinton in the general election and would have preferred a different choice in the primaries. I was not a fan of either Sanders or Clinton.