After DNC leaks, will any of the countless pundits who chastised Sanders supporters for calling the process "rigged" go back and recant?
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Replying to @mtracey
There are gradations of "rigged." Few reputable people ever argued that outright fraud and/or theft was the sole reason Sanders lost.
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Replying to @mtracey
Reputable proponents of the "rigged" charge always pointed to systemic/structural factors that made it exceedingly hard for Sanders to win.
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One of those factors was the institutional bias toward Hillary among the party apparatus, which we now have incontrovertible proof of.
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Replying to @mtracey
There was always a bad faith, strawman-type misreading by pro-Hillary pundits about what Sanders supporters meant when they said "rigged!"
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Replying to @mtracey
So are those scolding pundits going to modify their positions in the face of new evidence? Or stay as recalcitrant as ever? YOU DECIDE...
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Replying to @mtracey
Getting the support of the entire institutional party, along with state party affiliates, is a *massive* structural advantage in primaries.
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Conversely, I don't think many Clinton supporters would deny the institutional bias toward her among the party apparatus.
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Replying to @ichbinilya @mtracey
Why shouldn't there be one? And how does that equal "rigged"?
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"Rigged" is a shorthand descriptor for the notion that the decks are stacked, which was true.
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Replying to @mtracey
I suppose we could quibble about whether "rigged" is an honest and accurate word to use. The word I hear more often is "stolen."
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Replying to @ichbinilya @mtracey
If you read the MANY reports about election fraud...that's where stolen comes into play. http://bit.ly/democracylost
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