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markpkessinger

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17. In addition . . .
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 06:53 PM
Wednesday

. . . in a campaign season where populist sentiment was running high, and Trump was barnstorming across the country with one huge rally after another, Hillary opted to confine most of her appearances to small groups of well-heeled donors, which didn't exactly dispel fears by some voters that she was an elitist.

I've never bought the notion that Bernie hurt Hillary. I was a Bernie supporter in the primary, but like approximately 87% of Bernie supporters, I gave full support to Hillary during the general election. And as for that 13% who didn't vote for her, I can tell you this: many of those folks wouldn't even have been voting Democratic at all but for Bernie.

When Bernie brought up the issue of her speeches to Wall Street banks, rather than try to get out in front of the issue, Hillary stonewalled . . . which left her wide open for the Wikileaks dump that happened a few weeks before the general election.

I believe Hillary would have made an excellent president. But she ran a TERRIBLE campaign! Her mistakes were unforced, and were entirely of her own making!

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