Let's lay off the defeatist threads about an election that's now history

[groundloop]

In my most humble opinion we need to quit complaining about this or that demographic who voted 13% for 45*, or who voted third party, blah blah blah. HILLARY WON THE FUCKING VOTE BY OVER 3 MILLION !!!! We got screwed by a system which was set up to placate slave states and which needs to go away. We got screwed by Putin, Assange and Comey who did just enough to sway fence-sitters in a few key states.

And we're getting screwed again by repub congress critters who are about to hand a huge gift to the wealthy. What we have no power over is the results of an election that took place over a year ago, but we sure the hell can get on the phone, keyboard, and smart-phone and make sure any Congressman or Senator is going to feel the heat for supporting the repub give-away to the rich.

[MikeydaDog]

1. Unless it is gearing up for the same or worse in 2020. Then it matters and must be discussed.

[wasupaloopa]

2. Don't tell me how to deal with the 2016 election cycle.

I will tell the story until I die. We never learn!

We just move on then repeat the same stupid shit

[DangerousUrNot]

3. I think it is a valid point to discuss

But we must recognize that it wasn’t the sole reason for Hillary losing. I too hate this infighting so when discussing the issue, we need to concentrate on remedies instead of finger pointing. I feel like they were serious issues that mattered to people who went the Bernie or bust route so let’s find out what those issues are and try to fix it. If we can set up a protocol for situations like the last election, it’ll be one less thing to worry about. We already have our hands full with backward ass, bible thumping, hypocritical republicans.

[Martin Eden]

4. We can't ignore the last election if we are to learn from it

The important thing is for discussions of 2016 to be focused on understanding what happened so that mistakes can be corrected going forward.

[johnp3907]

5. Yeah, forgetting history is a good stratagy.

[diane in sf]

6. The Repugs stole the 2016 election in three swing states, similar to their strategy in 2000

And 2004. Until the Democrats get serious about addressing the various election scams (Crosscheck and similar programs, gerrymandering, privately owned hackable voting machines, media consolidation, not providing adequate polling places and machines in Democratic areas, unlimited dark money a la Citizens United, etc. I don't hold out much hope for real election results.

[hedda_foil]

7. THANK you. I just put two who started those threads on ignore.

[left-of-center2012]

8. Like a dog gnawing on a bone ...

Some can't and won't stop stirring the pot about 2016,
except now they've switched to how when they're talking about 2016
it really means 2018, 2020.

This 'family feud' will only hurt us ...