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2016 Postmortem

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7. Also don't forget that it is difficult for one pantry to hold the oval office for more ...

Reply to metroins (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 7, 2017, 07:07 PM

Jan 2017

than two terms. It's called the third term curse.

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Flawed: Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good If Youre A Female Presidential Candidate [View all] synergie Jan 2017 OP

I honestly think being a woman metroins Jan 2017 #1

A lot of that overall hatred and quite a bit of Trumpism is rooted in misogyny. synergie Jan 2017 #2

+1000 sheshe2 Jan 2017 #4

So true! boston bean Jan 2017 #12

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #14

I don't believe that. People who voted for Trump would have voted for Palin. Exilednight Jan 2017 #28

Of course you don't. nt JTFrog Jan 2017 #35

if you think misogyny had nothing to do with it, you are really in la-la land. 30 years of niyad Jan 2017 #5

Also don't forget that it is difficult for one pantry to hold the oval office for more ... spin Jan 2017 #7

How do you define "Trumpism" brer cat Jan 2017 #8

Of course you do. nt JTFrog Jan 2017 #34

Thank you for this, synergie.. will Cha Jan 2017 #3

Great read. sheshe2 Jan 2017 #6

Still makes me furious mcar Jan 2017 #9

Fantastic OP, synergie! brer cat Jan 2017 #10

ANY losing candidate goes through that same nonsense karynnj Jan 2017 #11

I think you're missing the point here, which was that this was happening throughout synergie Jan 2017 #16

I guess you missed the intra party attacks in 2000, 2004 and 200 karynnj Jan 2017 #21

Once again, I wonder if you read the post. synergie Jan 2017 #24

What you ignore is that even when she was SoS, there were congressional and Foia requests for her karynnj Jan 2017 #25

The question has never been answered honestly... Yurovsky Jan 2017 #26

So you STILL have not read the post, as you attack her to illustrate how it's not about synergie Jan 2017 #27

Look, I know you LOVE the piece, which incidentally you posted more than you are allowed to karynnj Jan 2017 #29

Wow, you "know" a lot of things that you can't support, don't you? synergie Jan 2017 #31

Talk about unsupported statements! That describes this karynnj Jan 2017 #32

I think we need to elect a woman as VP before we'll elect one president crazycatlady Jan 2017 #13

She was held to a much higher standard than any other candidate in Presidential history. Tatiana Jan 2017 #15

Exactly right. 100% oasis Jan 2017 #17

As the father of two daughters, I am so disappointed with this election Gothmog Jan 2017 #18

K&R! betsuni Jan 2017 #19

So, Clinton was "flawed." WTF does that make Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #20

The media could not have fluffed up the email scandal treestar Jan 2017 #22

That's a crock of excrement meow2u3 Jan 2017 #23

People just sat back and watched bogus investigation after investigation Rex Jan 2017 #30

Well said.... Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #33