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2016 Postmortem

yellowcanine

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10. I am not sure he did.

Reply to democrattotheend (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 12:31 PM

Nov 2016

With all of the fake news stories floating about I am skeptical.

First of all, I do not believe she needed to be pushed.
She very likely had more information on the votes which were possibly still out than Obama did.
Her campaign did the calculations and knew when to pull the plug.

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Why did President Obama push Clinton to concede? [View all] democrattotheend Nov 2016 OP

Probably because he knew that we lost FBaggins Nov 2016 #1

Sadly, I'm afraid you're right. InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2016 #6

In my secret heart I am hoping the Commander in Chief knows more about Russian hacking rzemanfl Nov 2016 #2

That's between Hillary and Obama. Lil Missy Nov 2016 #3

Because it does not matter. quaker bill Nov 2016 #4

After all the crap trump brought on by saying he might not, maybe Obama thought it be better jmg257 Nov 2016 #5

My dream ... is ... Obama is calling to light voter suppression and the ability to hack US elections uponit7771 Nov 2016 #7

Because she lost Bob41213 Nov 2016 #8

Pure speculation, but Obama Exilednight Nov 2016 #9

That occurred to me, but I don't think that's it democrattotheend Nov 2016 #12

That's a double edged sword. Exilednight Nov 2016 #13

I am not sure he did. yellowcanine Nov 2016 #10

It almost does sound like fake news LeftInTX Nov 2016 #11