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Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 (1955) by AnimalMuppet on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:07PM (#25084445)
Biden also said at least once that he might not accept the result of the election if he lost. (Sorry, don't have a reference handy, but I saw it.) I believe that his point was that he would also have to look at fraud. And he said it much less often than Trump did. Still it was rather scary to have both sides saying it.
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Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 (1955) by SideburnsOfDoom on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:18PM (#25084632)
I believe that what you're thinking of was that Biden was counseled not to concede early (1)

Which is not the same thing. And given the way it turned out with late-counted postal votes, quite wise.

1) https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/hillary-clint...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clinton-idUS...

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Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 (1955) by lisper on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:16PM (#25084585)
> Sorry, don't have a reference handy

Res ipsa loquitur.

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Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 (1955) by macintux on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:22PM (#25084697)
Clinton said, rather injudiciously, that Biden shouldn’t concede. What she probably meant was that the mail-in ballots have historically favored the Democratic Party, and are in most cases counted after Election Day.

Neither side should concede until the ballots are sufficiently evident. We’ve reached that point.

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Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 (1955) by deanCommie on Friday November 13, 2020 @03:52PM (#25087338)
> Sorry, don't have a reference handy, but I saw it.

The unfortunate refrain of too many people repeating falsehoods online and in person these days.

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