2016 Postmortem

shawn703

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3. Well really, she didn't do herself any favors

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 02:26 PM

Dec 2016

She already knew she was a long time target of the right wing and that they were going to throw anything and everything they could at her. Why would anyone with an eye toward the presidency want to provide more ammunition by using a private email server which on its surface is going to look bad? This required her core supporters to defend her actions rather than allow them to simply dismiss the accusations as just more of the usual right-wing garbage. Same deal with the paid speeches and secret transcripts. She didn't stop to think that wouldn't play well with the general public? Really, I can't blame Hillary for any of that - she had staff who should have been responsible for protecting her image, which would have also included protecting her from needless self-inflicted damage.

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Timid Liberals Blew the Election by Flinching at Hillary Clinton's Email Server [View all] DonViejo Dec 2016 OP

Or as said in another thread Ohioblue22 Dec 2016 #1

The buck stops with the candidate. (nt) YoungDemCA Dec 2016 #2

Well really, she didn't do herself any favors shawn703 Dec 2016 #3

Maybe Hillary's staff were intimidated by her and were afraid to speak up... I think that could be a legitimate explanation. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #4

We also know the Right amplifies the flaws of our candidates every election cycle. JHan Dec 2016 #6

Trump was never considered a serious candidate. Exilednight Dec 2016 #9

There's a lot of truth in that statement. Exilednight Dec 2016 #10

The private email server was a disaster Kotya Dec 2016 #11

This one didn't benld74 Dec 2016 #5

+1, conservatives would've been like "yeah... fuck you... now what?!" uponit7771 Dec 2016 #7

That's exactly what Trump did with his tax returns. Kotya Dec 2016 #12

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author uponit7771 Dec 2016 #8

If not for the server, the GOPRussian propaganda machine would have conjured up something else. baldguy Dec 2016 #14

One big nothing burger, again. Lil Missy Dec 2016 #15

Mother Jones should quit pretending to be a liberal site jfern Dec 2016 #16

and we've let the GOP get away with it........... Takket Dec 2016 #17