Who should have been our nominee in 2016?

[el_bryanto]

Just curious to see where we are at. Full disclosure - I supported Bernie Sanders in the Primaries, but voted for Hillary Clinton in the General (of course).

Bryant

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	Hillary Clinton
	10 (40%)
	Bernie Sanders
	8 (32%)
	We should have had a third nominee.
	3 (12%)
	I supported Trump (also my brain doesn't work properly).
	0 (0%)
	Why did you post this bullshit poll?
	4 (16%)
	I like to vote!
	0 (0%)
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[Lithos]

1. Meh

Wasn't the candidate it was *how* the campaign was run.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

2. Agree 100% n/t

[WhiteTara]

3. Please. I'm so tired of this. Please

bash our candidate somewhere else. Yes, we had a flawed candidate. She was a woman not a white man. Yes, she ran a losing campaign after being set to standards that were not set for any white male candidate. Yes, this country is racist, sexist, xenophobic; and this election (if it wasn't hacked) is a true sign of the hatred that abounds for "other", especially FEMALE other in this country and around the world. Our country is nothing special; just a bunch of hate filled white men with lots of power.

[el_bryanto]

8. what's the difference between criticizing and bashing?

Or do you just think anybody who supported Bernie Sanders in the primary should go somewhere else?

Bryant

[WhiteTara]

10. No. I don't think that you should go somewhere else

we have been on this board a long time. But your candidate has taken over our/my party so you have that. Take your small victory and allow others to mourn an incredible loss. Please.

[NCTraveler]

4. As of now, a bunch of bullshit is tied 8 to 8.

Bernie Sanders 8
Why did you post this bullshit poll? 8

[el_bryanto]

7. That's been pretty consistent.

What are you going to do? You can't criticize Hillary Clinton or praise Bernie Sanders without certain assumptions being made.

Bryant

[NCTraveler]

9. I can and have criticized Clinton and praised Sanders on this board.

Yes, people make assumptions. That is a part of life.

I see the two piles of bullshit are still running head to head in your poll. A poll that includes exactly one democrat listed.

[JimBeard]

5. I really don't think it would have mattered who we had.

Look at how the bullying Trump eliminated all the Republicans with his bullying. Quality people just don't know how to respond to that. This was a very crooked campaign by Trump. He will not have a Honeymoon period.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. the person who won 4 million more votes than the other person

[asuhornets]

11. Hillary was an excellent candidiate..She had to go up against Comey, Trump, the MEDIA, and...

Sanders supporters who refused to vote for her because she was not perfect. Hillary should have been our candidate..and she was.

[andym]

12. Given that we lost, we obviously should have run someone else

because a lot of people are going to suffer after the GOP and Trump get through with this country. And I really hoped Hillary Clinton would win in a landslide-- I feel so badly for her and the nation.

IMHO, the safest potential candidate who probably would have dispatched Trump in an instant was Joe Biden. Losing the Supreme Court for a generation will enshrine citizens united and probably gerrymandering to the great detriment of the country, so in retrospect I'm all for picking the safest possible candidate who would have stacked up well against Trump. As for Bernie Sanders, he was a more risky candidate to run, but if he could have turned around the conversation in this country from "me, me, me" to the idea of promoting the common good, he could have won and had tremendous historical influence.

[SidDithers]

13. Susan Sarandon and Killer Mike...nt

Sid

[ucrdem]

14. LOL, at least we dodged that bullet.

The moral of President T is that the VRWC would have arranged for a ham sandwich to win if they had to. Come to think of it, they did.

[UCmeNdc]

15. This post is a waste of time. it is done. Over.

Unless you have an idea on how to fix the United States ability to accurately recount the vote then why waste our time?

[ucrdem]

16. There was one candidate who was ready to keep the Obama recovery roaring.

But she isn't Bill or Barack and needed all hands on deck to put her over. She didn't get it. That's on us I guess.

[KamaAina]

17. Joe Biden would have taken the Rust Belt.

No way the vulgar talking yam takes WI, MI and especially PA if he's the nominee. Pity the DNC elites who were wedded to HRC pressured him not to run.

[Dem2]

18. Trash thread