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2016 Postmortem

inwiththenew

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17. In all fairness I think he put more blame where it belongs, with the media

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Fri Dec 16, 2016, 04:40 PM

Dec 2016

Yes, the Russians hacked and released but it wasn't Russia who reported every little thing no matter how trivial as if it was a major smoking gun all day everyday. The wall to wall coverage about the hacks was far more damaging than anything in them.

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Well it is gonna be President Trump [View all] Botany Dec 2016 OP

So I take it that it was a non-event? This is just unbelievable... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2016 #1

It's not unbelievable. LisaM Dec 2016 #3

I must say, right or wrong, as much as I respect Obama, I just had to turn it off. pangaia Dec 2016 #2

What happened? I was at the post office meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #4

thats what he said. russians meddled but it had no outcome effect. ugh nt msongs Dec 2016 #6

He said they meddled and manipulated the press as well as acted to undermine bettyellen Dec 2016 #18

He stated that Russia did not affect any of the actual voting mechanism. He was affirming the 24601 Dec 2016 #8

I can't imagine Sam Irvin, Senate Chair of the Watergate Committee talking like this about Nixon. jalan48 Dec 2016 #5

What in the Christ is going on in this country??!! meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #7

Bernie talked about Establishment Politics when he ran and took a lot of shit for it. jalan48 Dec 2016 #9

No, just not all of us believe in insipid conspiracy theories that go against all the evidence mythology Dec 2016 #15

I weep for our children. libtodeath Dec 2016 #10

It will be interesting to see how history views this. unitedwethrive Dec 2016 #11

If we do have a history it will be like this: Botany Dec 2016 #14

By doing what? Claim it was rigged, and look like sour grapes to the vast dionysus Dec 2016 #12

It seems to me, it's as if he wants to get as far away as fast as he can from the whitehouse. nt Snotcicles Dec 2016 #13

How was he supposed to save it? What was expected of him to do? nt jmg257 Dec 2016 #16

In all fairness I think he put more blame where it belongs, with the media inwiththenew Dec 2016 #17

Of course it's gonna be President Trump. Anyone with a brain knew that the minute the networks Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #19

He, like the rest of the Democratic Party, knows the GOP is going to screw it up. duffyduff Dec 2016 #20