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2016 Postmortem

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Fast Walker 52

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Thu Dec 15, 2016, 08:15 AM Dec 2016

Without any one of 3 things Hillary Clinton would have won the presidency [View all]

1) Russian hacking and airing of Democratic and Clinton Foundation dirty laundry

2) GOP voter suppression of the African American vote after much of VRA was overturned

3) the October surprise Comey letter

I think she could have won with only two of these occurring-- for instance just the voter suppression and the Comey letter-- but all three were just too much.

There were other things baked in the cake that went against her-- media hostility to her and GOP desperation, but these 3 things were extra things thrown at her, that obviously killed support and I think all together, doomed her.

That's my overall take on this election.

Yes, there were some things she could've have done better and maybe we could've won with a different candidate, but fuck, I think ultimately this election was stolen by sleazy, immoral and treasonous means.

And she still won the popular vote, of course.

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