2016 Postmortem

CorkySt.Clair

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26. Remember he was at like 2 percent when he entered.

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 12:32 PM

Jun 2016

Sanders devotees love to bloviate about how far Bernie has come since he entered. The DNC was right to view his campaign at that stage as rather meaningless given his standing in the polls. The devotees want it both ways. They want him praised for making a race of it, but they also are upset the DNC didn't take him seriously enough to view him as a threat to the nomination which was obviously a miscalculation on the DNC's part.

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I just saw this on twitter democrattotheend Jun 2016 #1

If she gets Warren on the ticket, I will vote for Warren Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #29

Nope, nothing to see here folks... Else You Are Mad Jun 2016 #2

These were leaked by "Guccifer 2.0" pantsonfire Jun 2016 #3

you might have wanted to post this bit in the OP. niyad Jun 2016 #5

Good point, I'll add an update...n/t pantsonfire Jun 2016 #8

even when there is an indication that editing is in order? niyad Jun 2016 #9

Yeah, you're correct. n/t pantsonfire Jun 2016 #10

Remember though... Else You Are Mad Jun 2016 #6

Well, DWS just admitted they were hacked a year ago Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #36

Nice to know voters count FreakinDJ Jun 2016 #4

Sure, who didn't know since 2008? 2banon Jun 2016 #7

Sanders had recently entered the race. The DNC thinking that HRC would be the nominee at that point TwilightZone Jun 2016 #11

But Else You Are Mad Jun 2016 #13

Assuming she's going to be the nominee and "doing things" behind the scenes are two different things TwilightZone Jun 2016 #23

Oh I agree. Else You Are Mad Jun 2016 #28

No, it doesn't. A) it's to the DNC, not from. B) on the date of the memo, she was the only candidate TwilightZone Jun 2016 #32

He formally entered the race one day before... pantsonfire Jun 2016 #14

Which confirms my point. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #24

They don't understand context. CorkySt.Clair Jun 2016 #22

Sanders' campaign was officially launched on the very date of the memo. randome Jun 2016 #12

The day after actually...not devastating, just pointing out what we've known all along.. pantsonfire Jun 2016 #17

How do you 'pick' the only candidate running at the time? randome Jun 2016 #18

Remember he was at like 2 percent when he entered. CorkySt.Clair Jun 2016 #26

But what trumps even that is that the memo isn't from the DNC, after all. randome Jun 2016 #31

Thanks for the update. CorkySt.Clair Jun 2016 #34

A super popular democratic politician workinclasszero Jun 2016 #15

It just shows that the DNC helped one candidate throughout the process... pantsonfire Jun 2016 #20

Bernie wasn't any kind of democrat until a few months ago workinclasszero Jun 2016 #30

This does not appear to be an internal DNC document, Blue Meany Jun 2016 #16

Good catch. And another conspiracy theory bites the dust. randome Jun 2016 #19

So more baseless slurs against Democrats then? CorkySt.Clair Jun 2016 #37

This was sent to the DNC. It doesn't say who sent it or who wrote it. onenote Jun 2016 #21

IT'S A CONSPIRACY! nt onehandle Jun 2016 #25

Fantastic plan that DWS had to put a woman in the WH!! Sancho Jun 2016 #27

Notice that there is no mention of election fraud to ensure her winning? tonyt53 Jun 2016 #33

Almost a month AFTER Sanders (informally) announced his candidacy? Triana Jun 2016 #35

I call bullshit MattP Jun 2016 #38