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Actually I don't think the primaries were that fixed. I think Hillary won somewhat fair and square. There were some shenanigans caused by Debbie Wasserman Schultz. But I don't think that was enough for Bernie to win.
So since she won "somewhat fair and square" you are acknowledging that he lost "somewhat not fair and square".
I do agree with you that it was the voters that allowed it to happen.
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A "cleaning of the swamp". You can not fix what is wrong unless you are willing to honestly address it and yes, place blame.
Well I place the blame squarely on the Democratic voters in the primaries. They voted for Hillary Clinton over Bernie to be there candidate. Shifting it only to the DNC heads is shifting the real responsibility for the loss in this election cycle. That's where the blame lies.
Of course. Maybe the country doesn't want what Bernie had to sell either. So maybe it's the whole platform of the left side of the aisle that is to blame for the loss in this election cycle. Honestly at this moment I can't say that's for certain. So I'll sit back and watch for the next two years while the Republicans get to govern in an almost complete (sure the dems in the house in senate will try to filibuster thing) fashion.
By the way. What is the "cleaning of the swamp" from your perspective?
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Don't forget the DNC machine rigged it so the Super Delegates pledged 95% support for Hillary before the primaries even started.
You can place all on a rigged primary if you so choose. But to me this is a shirking responsibility. The whole Democratic Party is to blame including it's voters.
If Bernie won with 4 million votes and then if superdelegates voted with Hillary. You'd have a case to legitimately argue your point. But he didn't.
So let's just except that the majority of voters of the party chose the wrong person. Let's take responsibility, own it, and move on.
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