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Obama Admits Hillary "Lost Badly" By Failing To "Make An Argument" That Inspired People To "Show Up"
Zero Hedge ^ | 12/19/16 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 12/19/2016 6:52:21 AM PST by Enlightened1

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41 posted on 12/19/2016 8:01:05 AM PST by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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To: taterjay
Hillary had not the stamina to go everywhere she needed to and could not justify the trips because she would have no crowd.

In the final weeks of the campaign, Donald Trump was holding multiple rallies on a daily basis, and in the final days, aggressively campaigned in places like Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Hillary, on the other hand, held a campaign event, then took a few days off, held another event, took a few days off, and so on. She also all but ignored battleground states that she arrogantly assumed she would easily win.

42 posted on 12/19/2016 8:01:31 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Alberta's Child; GreenHornet; Enlightened1
I think this "she almost won it" meme is a comforting delusion for Clinton dead-enders. Technically, yes, they were close in terms of raw vote totals- because of some tactical missteps by the Trump campaign. This ignores that the same logic could be used in states Clinton narrowly won, Maine, Minn., NH, which could have bolstered Teump's electoral landslide.

She didn't even break 50 percent in Va. , despite having Kaine on the ticket, her bag-man enfranchising 60k felons, and Trump pulling out of the state a month before the election. She was the worst Dem. nominee since Mondale, and, IMO, it's not even a close contest.

43 posted on 12/19/2016 8:07:26 AM PST by OddLane
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To: txhurl

I cannot imagine a Hillary presidency. I think I would rather have obama for another 8 years. Both are evil.

However, I think her evil was much deeper. I think she would have made us going into deep depression and would have confiscated the guns. Russia appeared to be preparing for war if she was elected.


44 posted on 12/19/2016 8:09:48 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: bestrongbpositive

You got that right! The pollsters had them convinced the win was a done deal. Now that they’re recovering from the shock of losing to the Orange Mango [I love Trump, so this doesn’t reflect my feelings; it’s just one of the names the Bitter Losers have for him], they’re looking for scapegoats. May their search yield plentiful results!


45 posted on 12/19/2016 8:11:42 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Enlightened1

The only Hillary ads I ever saw were hit jobs on Donald Trump. From all of her ads, I have no idea what her positions on any issue were. A lot of Americans must have noticed the same thing.


46 posted on 12/19/2016 8:21:00 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Jane Long

That might have been what salvaged her pathetic electoral showing. Imagine her showing up and having the few that attended leave in the middle of her speeches repeatedly. Even the LSM would have to notice that.


47 posted on 12/19/2016 8:23:38 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Enlightened1

“There are some things that we know are a challenge for Democrats — structural problems,” he said. “Also, honesty. It’s something we’re going to have to work harder on faking if we want to win elections.”


48 posted on 12/19/2016 8:25:10 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: dp0622

LOL...I think you’ve just about ‘covered’ it/her :-)


49 posted on 12/19/2016 8:25:52 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Great point. Her ‘no show’ is what garnered her the votes she did get. Out of sight, (her hideousness) out of mind.


50 posted on 12/19/2016 8:27:25 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow!)
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To: Enlightened1

The media couldn’t get her selected like they did for Obama after 8 years of 100% failure people wise up.


51 posted on 12/19/2016 8:28:29 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: txhurl

I’ve noticed recent footage of Comey shows him beaming and glowing, he’s happy.


Yeah, ever since he found out Hillary can’t pay her murderers for hire any more!


52 posted on 12/19/2016 8:29:12 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Enlightened1

She ran on the same issues BJ ran on in the 1992 and 1996 election.

She ran on the same issues Obama ran on in the 2008 and 2012 election.

That represents 16 years with few resolutions under 2 two-term Dem presidents.

Then the media narrative became that she was winning in a landslide. The media repeated that so much that they and their candidate began to believe it. They were defeated by their own grand delusion.


53 posted on 12/19/2016 8:37:57 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: Enlightened1

He is chopping her up into little pieces.


54 posted on 12/19/2016 9:01:15 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Enlightened1

Hillary Clinton lost because she thought she was entitled to the election. Because she was entitled, she didn’t find it necessary to actually work to get elected. She depended on massive amounts of negative ads, and actual campaigning was left to her media lapdogs. During the 100 days leading up to the election, Clinton had 54 rallies, compared to Trump’s 129. That left her with plenty of time for resting on her laurels, fundraising with the Hollyweirds and Wall Streeters, and occasionally eating waffles with a handful of people here and there.

When actual human contact was needed on the ground she called upon Bill, Sanders, Warren, Chelsea, Gore and the 0bamas.

The last several days, she recruited dubious “stars” go with her to attract a crowd, and even this fizzled. At a FREE Jennifer Lopez concert given on Clinton’s behalf in MIAMI only 8,000 people bothered to show up.


55 posted on 12/19/2016 9:12:17 AM PST by euram
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To: Jane Long

The media covered the PIAPS unfairly by leading her on to think she had a lock on the White Mosque. Her issue is with the Famestream Media echo chamber


56 posted on 12/19/2016 9:17:50 AM PST by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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😂😂😂. So true!
57 posted on 12/19/2016 9:21:58 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow!)
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To: Enlightened1

I actually contend the opposite is true. The Polls were a major factor of why people didn’t show up for the democrats. The premise is this: The one leading in the polls for most of the campaign usually has lower turnout because the voters think their vote won’t matter because that candidate has already won the election and why should they vote. The one, usually the underdog, against a widely unpopular incumbent has more incentive for the voters to turnout. Not all candidates fall into the category of an underdog. There has to be an ability to win. In the case of someone like Dole, he had no chance to win. Romney on the other had had a chance to win but for some unknown reason bowed out of active campaigning during October which cost him the election. Hitlary kind of did a Romney for her entire election when the polls were in her favor. It was noted that there was a cycle of Trump going lower into the polls whenever a scandal broke out. Hitlary, did no active campaigning at that time rather she let the scandal play out in the media. This major mistake cost her with legitimate voters that she may have swayed her direction. Her absence from the campaign trail proved to tax the Lamestrem media.

This is a hypothesis at this time but this scenario is how Trump won this election.


58 posted on 12/19/2016 9:44:06 AM PST by zaxtres
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To: Enlightened1

Here is a tip for the Muslim pig in the white hut; he did more to deliver the presidency to Trump than any force in the country. His preaching of hate for Americans simply did not sell well. Naturally this psychopathic little weasel bears no responsibility for anything negative; this has been his trained response, his message framed in hatred for whites, his hatred of European success, and so goes this Muslim pig’s philosophy.


59 posted on 12/19/2016 10:24:34 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
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To: greenishness
I like the fact that Obams was personally insulted by blacks not turning out to vote for Cankles. 😊
60 posted on 12/19/2016 10:30:51 AM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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