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2016 Postmortem

rainy

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8. It's the fault of money in politics

Reply to Onlooker (Original post)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 06:00 AM

Dec 2016

If politicians weren't puppets of those who give them money they could actually represent us and they could be bold knowing we had their backs. But we don't matter because they need big doners to stay in office.

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It's Obama's fault [View all] Onlooker Dec 2016 OP

Any postmortem without the mention of Comey, voter suppression and Russia being MAJOR factors is uponit7771 Dec 2016 #1

ITA. In the end, the Republicans are always the establishment. StevieM Dec 2016 #6

he didn't destroy anything. many white people could not accept a black president and voted for the JI7 Dec 2016 #2

OMG. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #3

A "Thanks, Obama" gif come to life. betsuni Dec 2016 #4

Barack Obama has been a great president and he had good job approval numbers on Election Day. StevieM Dec 2016 #5

... or not putting him on notice that he's being investigated himself for fuckng with this election uponit7771 Dec 2016 #7

It's the fault of money in politics rainy Dec 2016 #8

There's definitely that. I always thought that Obama was extremely honest when NWCorona Dec 2016 #10

Is this satire? To say that it's Obama's fault while forgiving Hillary and even Bernie NWCorona Dec 2016 #9

Obama told us 'America is Greater Than It's Ever Been!' Dems to Win Dec 2016 #11