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2016 Postmortem

uponit7771

(93,096 posts) Mon Dec 26, 2016, 09:58 PM Dec 2016

If this election was free and fair then of course someone else could've won it [View all]

... But for those of us who do NOT believe this election was free and fair the supposition that someone else could've won sound like

- victim blaming
- FUD meme
- asinine, backward Trump voter type thinking

Where am I off here?

Thx in advance

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If this election was free and fair then of course someone else could've won it [View all] uponit7771 Dec 2016 OP

"Eeees OK," says Vladimir. tenorly Dec 2016 #1

Someone said Russia and Comey and Voter suppression was nothing new in response to free... uponit7771 Dec 2016 #2

It's amazing how quickly the abnormal can get normalized, even among smart people. tenorly Dec 2016 #3

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #6

If it had been free and fair it could be audited and recounted... Orsino Dec 2016 #4

exactly. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #5

yes uponit7771 Dec 2016 #7

There's the issue that there is no evidence that the actual voting wasn't free mythology Dec 2016 #8

Yes there is, Nate silver not only calculated the 1.2% effect of voter suppression but also the uponit7771 Dec 2016 #9

yet Democrats have failed time and time again to make voter suppression and voter machines a major JCanete Dec 2016 #10

Unnnn, I think in every state they've fought... if you're talking about a campaign issue then uponit7771 Dec 2016 #11

yes, that's what I mean. Fighting at the state level is by itself, likely to be a losing battle. JCanete Dec 2016 #12

+1, I think some of the consensus now is to do some scale tipping ourselves in the most moral uponit7771 Dec 2016 #13

I think that sounds pretty sensible. Places where it has a provable outcome are probably a smart JCanete Dec 2016 #14

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #15