2016 Postmortem

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3. The DNC betrayed millions of Democratic voters by rigging the primary. The damage their actions

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 03:12 PM

Nov 2016

have done to the reputation and trust of the Democratic party may takes years to resolve as many of those millions have left and may never come back.

Commentary: DNC betrayed Bernie Sanders and the rest of America

By Dahleen Glanton - July 25 2016

Bernie Sanders' supporters have a right to be angry.

The leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee apparently confirmed what they have said all along — that the political system was rigged against their candidate in favor of Hillary Clinton.

Top Democrats essentially dismissed Sanders as a viable candidate during the primaries, attempted to undermine him with voters and even took steps to derail his campaign, according to hacked emails that were recently made public by WikiLeaks.

In doing so, Democrats tarnished the electoral process and alienated a large constituency of voters that they will need to help lift Clinton to victory in November.

In other words, the Democrats created a mess. And they are turning to Sanders — the very one they betrayed — to come in and clean it up....

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-dnc-sanders-glanton-talk-20160725-column.html

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I'm reminded of "A Christmas Story" with regard to the recent election. [View all] MineralMan Nov 2016 OP

They know their blame and it is their shame bravenak Nov 2016 #1

Well, if there is suffering as a result, MineralMan Nov 2016 #2

I want to see how they react to the real shit trump will pull bravenak Nov 2016 #6

By that time, they may not even remember. MineralMan Nov 2016 #8

I know that's right. bravenak Nov 2016 #10

I've been working on legislative elections MineralMan Nov 2016 #11

Yep bravenak Nov 2016 #12

Our state legislatures are the training grounds of our Congress. MineralMan Nov 2016 #13

The DNC betrayed millions of Democratic voters by rigging the primary. The damage their actions think Nov 2016 #3

I see. Did you think I was talking about you? MineralMan Nov 2016 #4

I voted for Hillary and helped convince a few others to do the same here in Florida. think Nov 2016 #5

You don't have to justify yourself. MineralMan Nov 2016 #7

Sanders was knee deep in voter information theft. NCTraveler Nov 2016 #14

The DNC & NGP VAN RECOMMENDED Josh Uretsky who was guy who screwed up. think Nov 2016 #15

Its the fault of the DNC!!! NCTraveler Nov 2016 #16

The facts speak for themselves. Cheers.. think Nov 2016 #17

I think it's a metaphor for the election too. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #9

Plenty of blame to go around. However... TwilightZone Nov 2016 #18