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In reply to the discussion: Can we put it to rest that Hillary was a "bad candidate" [View all]MrsCoffee
(5,812 posts)269. She wasn't the one that was weak. The idiots believing all the propaganda, the misogynists,
and the whining purists were weak. Period.
They should have sucked it up, done their homework and voted responsibly.
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I would argue that - on their records - either Al Gore or John Kerry were at least equal
karynnj
Jul 2018
#207
Witness the calm and wits with which she handled the marathon congressional grilling.
maddiemom
Jul 2018
#137
"How can you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be
betsuni
Jul 2018
#318
I realize he has a long history in public life. I just don't think it was quite as public as
StevieM
Jul 2018
#320
Correct. She would have beaten a much weaker candidate (Trump) were it not for Russia
Tom Rinaldo
Jul 2018
#9
What Presidential candidate can you recall in the past 3 decades who had any charisma and brains
politicaljunkie41910
Jul 2018
#166
You can be the most qualified person in the world for a job but you have to get the job to do it.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2018
#168
2016 was weird in its celebration of the angry white man- he was coddled and worshipped and got high
bettyellen
Jul 2018
#183
They were triggered by the combo of the black President potentially being succeeded by a female
stevenleser
Jul 2018
#284
Yet you've admitted that nearly 66,000,000 of us put her over the top by 3m+ votes.
MadDAsHell
Jul 2018
#173
She ran a good enough campaign to win a decisive victory had it not been for Comey's intervention.
StevieM
Jul 2018
#360
Her appearance there was cancelled- do you know why? No one talks about that...
bettyellen
Jul 2018
#98
And the first thing Trump did after Comey reopened the investigation was CANCEL an appearance
StevieM
Jul 2018
#135
She spent more money in advertising, and had larger ground operations, in WI and MI than Obama did
StevieM
Jul 2018
#295
Well if you're not running to win the votes of voters, why are you running?
MadDAsHell
Jul 2018
#147
the argument seems to be any candidate that lost is by definition a bad candidate.
unblock
Jul 2018
#35
Getting a smaller % of the female vote than President Obama's didn't help...
MadDAsHell
Jul 2018
#362
I'm not suggesting that at all. But am suggesting that a 1%er doesn't need us peons defending her.
MadDAsHell
Jul 2018
#373
Discuss the Russian ATTACK on us all you wish. It should be shouted from the hills.
bitterross
Jul 2018
#265
Millions of People LOVE Hillary! She's in 2nd Place in this 2020 Presidential POll
Cha
Jul 2018
#266
I put it to rest two years ago, and generally ignore those who say otherwise...nt
Wounded Bear
Jul 2018
#12
If you eliminate Comey and the FBI from the election she would have won in a landslide. (eom)
StevieM
Jul 2018
#129
Great candidate unfortunately dragging thirty years of wingnut mythology behind her.
Orsino
Jul 2018
#19
As long as we can put it to rest that it was the "radical left" that cause the loss
pecosbob
Jul 2018
#23
I worked hard for Hillary, after I voted for Bernie in the primary (PA, btw).
maddiemom
Jul 2018
#140
I don't agree at all. If you take out Comey from the race, from start to finish, then you eliminate
StevieM
Jul 2018
#154
If it weren't the server, they'd have found something else to blow out of proportion
EffieBlack
Jul 2018
#367
Yes, agree she was a great candidate however she had some campaign issues and she would admit it.
honest.abe
Jul 2018
#38
Hindsight, clearly it was a poor decision but I think I understand why she did it.
honest.abe
Jul 2018
#83
the fact that it's not a real scandal should is a clue to why this wouldn't have worked.
unblock
Jul 2018
#101
This statement isn't even close to reality, there are GOP Senators with private email accounts
uponit7771
Jul 2018
#118
Does anyone disagree with that here? I don't know that I've seen any argument to the contrary.
KPN
Jul 2018
#53
She was a troubled candidate, but only because the right waged a 25 year smear campaign against her.
Afromania
Jul 2018
#54
I have always loved and respected Hillary. Never understood the meanness toward her.
byronius
Jul 2018
#59
It was always a convenient go to line for some in M$M who didn't want to acknowledge what a
iluvtennis
Jul 2018
#70
The "third term" jinx -- it's very rare that the same party wins 3 presidential terms in a row
progree
Jul 2018
#81
And, she was right about the VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY, and we let them drown her out.
Crutchez_CuiBono
Jul 2018
#108
ah! but if she had gotten 90% of the votes they could not have swayed the election..
drray23
Jul 2018
#103
Putin is a BAD MAN. He hates Clinton for objecting to ethnic cleansing in Serbia
McCamy Taylor
Jul 2018
#114
It was never a question for me. I never entertained the possibility that she was.
ancianita
Jul 2018
#119
I actually don't like to focus too much on Putin and Russia, or the popular vote win.
StevieM
Jul 2018
#143
I think it is hard to have "it" when confronted with the things she is faced with.
StevieM
Jul 2018
#158
I voted for her a month early & she would have been a solid President but she hasn't been popular
Quixote1818
Jul 2018
#144
Just to be clear, the post you are responding to was extremely positive toward Hillary
Quixote1818
Jul 2018
#322
It's pretty well known polls showed she was not that popular (posters main point)
Quixote1818
Jul 2018
#337
How embarrassing that liberal elites are doing so well in the 2020 Presidential Poll!
betsuni
Jul 2018
#333
From now on Hillary's popularity will increase, she'll poll better and better.
betsuni
Jul 2018
#342
Can we put this issue to bed either way until we get the 2018 election over with? Please?
marble falls
Jul 2018
#185
I disagree strongly. This election is not about Trump/Clinton/Sanders/Stein. This election is ...
marble falls
Jul 2018
#190
Thats stupid. Do you think getting rid of Trump will whip Mike Pence and the GOP into line...
marble falls
Jul 2018
#217
She wasn't the one that was weak. The idiots believing all the propaganda, the misogynists,
MrsCoffee
Jul 2018
#269
If Bernie had been the nominee, the Russians would have stood down, Trump would have behaved,
EffieBlack
Jul 2018
#275
Joe Scarborough was an early and vocal proponent of the "bad candidate" narrative.
lapucelle
Jul 2018
#248
To be fair, we don't have the whole picture yet. And we won't for a long while.
Act_of_Reparation
Jul 2018
#276
In that order. Comey was by far the most important factor IMO. He repeatedly damaged her with
StevieM
Jul 2018
#297
Have there been any "bad" Democratic Presidential candidates in the past 50 years?
jalan48
Jul 2018
#302
I really liked Kerry and thought he was the right person for the times. It was hard to see him
jalan48
Jul 2018
#313
I remember the extremely long lines at polls even after dark and thinking, "Uh oh."
betsuni
Jul 2018
#315
Funny how there was a shortage of polling places in predominantly Democratic districts.
jalan48
Jul 2018
#319
People have a tendency to want to focus on just one thing as the cause of something
MichMan
Jul 2018
#352