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2016 Postmortem

duffyduff

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17. I don't think I will EVER recover from it.

Reply to ismnotwasm (Reply #16)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:57 AM

Dec 2016

It all has to do with the media peddling his candidacy 24/7, and this is the ONLY reason this idiot even made it past Iowa.

The terrifying thing is this man was literally a manufactured candidate who did NOT have a serious candidacy. Now we are going to pay dearly for the media malfeasance.

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NPR: How Trump Waged an Under the Radar Ground Game [View all] LeftInTX Dec 2016 OP

So they DID have the app underpants Dec 2016 #1

They learned well, and had the ground game ready. We should do the same. TreasonousBastard Dec 2016 #2

Yep, and we didn't see it LeftInTX Dec 2016 #3

We had a ground game, just not in the right places Amishman Dec 2016 #5

He didn't have a ground game. duffyduff Dec 2016 #13

He didn't, but the people behind him did. TreasonousBastard Dec 2016 #18

NPR is a right leaning source now...and has been for a little while LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #4

very true rurallib Dec 2016 #10

Heard that, laughed. ucrdem Dec 2016 #6

Clinton played for a blowout instead of a narrow win geek tragedy Dec 2016 #7

They also threw a massive amount of cash into ads in the last week or two. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #8

Now THIS is very interesting ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #9

Well they'd like us to think that. ucrdem Dec 2016 #12

The article is just bullshit. duffyduff Dec 2016 #14

That was my conclusion also. ucrdem Dec 2016 #15

I just can't get over Trump being nominated at all ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #16

I don't think I will EVER recover from it. duffyduff Dec 2016 #17

He didn't HAVE a "ground game." duffyduff Dec 2016 #11