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Re:The divide between political parties is smaller than we t... by mikeyouse on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @11:03PM (#26022433)
Read the actual question that they “tipped” to Hillary - it was literally about lead poisoning in water at a debate in Flint, Michigan.

And read the timeline here:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Democratic_Party_presid...

Bernie never had an edge; he lost 4 of the first 5 contests and finished with nearly 4 million fewer votes. It’s no secret the party apparatus preferred Hillary - to their great detriment given what happened in the general - but it absolutely ahistorical to insist that Bernie was somehow cheated out of anything.

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Re:The divide between political parties is smaller than we t... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday February 04, 2021 @12:51AM (#26023017)
Hmm. It appears that my memory is faulty.
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Re:The divide between political parties is smaller than we t... by 8note on Thursday February 04, 2021 @03:14AM (#26023640)
It's just right wing propaganda taking its effect.

You remember that the democrats stole the election from Bernie because the GOP wanted democrats to not be excited about voting for hilary, so they spread the message as much as they could

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Re:The divide between political parties is smaller than we t... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday February 04, 2021 @11:30AM (#26026860)
I don't think it's that simple. I think it was at least as much left-wing propaganda that "Bernie is winning!"
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