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In reply to the discussion: Kurt Eichenwald - The Myths Democrats Swallowed That Cost Them the Presidential Election [View all]Response to WhiteTara (Original post)
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Kurt Eichenwald - The Myths Democrats Swallowed That Cost Them the Presidential Election [View all]
WhiteTara
Dec 2018
OP
If Gore had won his home state of TN both states would have been irrelevant.
former9thward
Dec 2018
#210
People making a decision to vote for one person over another is not "stealing" an election.
former9thward
Dec 2018
#232
How is it that you know plenty of Sanders voters, and in particular those who voted for Stein?
CentralMass
Jan 2019
#238
Paul Krugman warned in September 2016 that the same thing was happening to HRC.
lapucelle
Dec 2018
#159
As has been pointed out, and the date is in the OP, this was written in Nov 2016
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2018
#181
Look at the date: Eichenwald wrote it in November 2016. Think back, then look around.
Hekate
Dec 2018
#34
I see it as pointing out what seems to happening again. Diviseness is being spread by Social Media
SharonAnn
Dec 2018
#73
I was stone cold Hillary in 2008 and was pissed when she lost and was not chosen as the VP nominee.
Blue_true
Dec 2018
#124
The russians shouldnt have been able to talk dems out of voting for dems but they did
Fullduplexxx
Dec 2018
#8
This thread talks about people who DON'T go out and vote for the Dem when push comes to shove.
Chemisse
Dec 2018
#128
That "Third Way" was actually resurrected by Sanders himself in an email to his followers....
George II
Dec 2018
#209
Would not surprise me if the references are an early attempt to smear Harris and Biden.
Blue_true
Dec 2018
#222
You're probably right, but since that term has become the negative rallying cry....
George II
Dec 2018
#223
re: "couldn't see how voting Green or Libertarian could almost certainly make Trump the president"
thesquanderer
Dec 2018
#41
But, if you don't Trump as President, why risk getting him doing a meaningless vote.
Blue_true
Dec 2018
#122
Apparently it worked in Wisconsin, where Jillsie won by more than the margin by which Hillary lost
Hekate
Dec 2018
#198
Well, they don't have Hillary to kick around any more, so what is their excuse now???????
northoftheborder
Dec 2018
#12
They're still kicking Hillary around, in an amazing turn of events (sarcasm). They & the GOP will...
Hekate
Dec 2018
#37
Why do you have two animations of violence against little girls in your posts, Hassin? Just curious.
Hekate
Dec 2018
#38
He has exhibited some really bizarre behavior and tells a lot of lies for a "journalist"
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2018
#217
A poster characterized it as "tentacle porn". It goes without saying that rape porn is disgusting.
lapucelle
Dec 2018
#177
Isn't googling images akin to what the writer in question is accused of doing? N/T
lapucelle
Dec 2018
#176
Because I have no expertise on the variations of tentacle porn, I'll take your word on its subsets.
lapucelle
Dec 2018
#182
Perhaps the writer in question was doing similar research at the time in question. N/T
lapucelle
Dec 2018
#185
Curious thing about uncited links... for all we know, it could be Ben Shapiro and Fox News. N/T
lapucelle
Dec 2018
#199
Researching hit pieces. (I think we've already established who researches tentacle porn.) N/T
lapucelle
Dec 2018
#205
You are selectively editing here ... the author continues 'because they WANTED a Trump Presidency'.
mr_lebowski
Dec 2018
#58
And maybe the Stein/Johnson, etc. voters WANTED a Stein/Johnson, etc. presidency.
SMC22307
Dec 2018
#96
I'm just saying your particular subject-line quote, and ensuing post, left out important context
mr_lebowski
Dec 2018
#98
And let's not forget jill's presence at the famous Putin dinner with Michael Flynn, etc.
judy
Dec 2018
#28
It seems pretty relevant today. The discord at DU is coming from other quarters, not Eichenwald...
Hekate
Dec 2018
#42
Eichenwald is lumping all liberals together. It is a certain kind of liberal that voted for
Nitram
Dec 2018
#39
Ture. I overlooked that. I should have written "Democrat" rather than "liberal."
Nitram
Dec 2018
#192
So many STILL believe these myths and new ones will be created if either Bernie decides not to
seaglass
Dec 2018
#44
He wrote this a week after the election. Lots of anger mixed with some self-pity.
EleanorR
Dec 2018
#48
What crap - NOTHING Democrats did or didn't do mattered. PUTIN saw to that.
50 Shades Of Blue
Dec 2018
#55
Massive amounts of US-generated voter suppression techniques, the New Jim Crow Laws, Citizens United
Hekate
Dec 2018
#118
He needs to consider the large amounts of anti Clinton stuff pushed by Russians and media
lancelyons
Dec 2018
#57
It's the voters fault! Will this be an effective campaign strategy in 2020? Stay tuned....
jalan48
Dec 2018
#59
Eichenwald says 5 million Dems didn't vote for Hillary and that's what made the difference
FakeNoose
Dec 2018
#84
I have a cousin, the only close blood relative on my mom's side I still see every few years..
mountain grammy
Dec 2018
#112
I would add what at the end was another false win -- Hillary would win by a landslide
karynnj
Dec 2018
#97
I don't know of any Bernie Sanders supporters who voted for Trump. But if there were any ...
marble falls
Dec 2018
#125
Sanders voters voted for Hillary in the general by a 2 to 1 margin over Hillary voters in 2008 who
CentralMass
Dec 2018
#224
You shifted the terms of the argument presented in order to express what you felt
lapucelle
Jan 2019
#237
The same guy who was cyber attacked so badly it nearly killed him is talking "conspiracy theories".
Baltimike
Dec 2018
#174