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yourout

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4. It was always going to be an uphill battle.

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Sat Apr 5, 2025, 08:13 PM

Apr 5

You might be able to overcome misogyny or racism but to overcome both was going to be very difficult.

You would like to hope that now that we're in the 21st century it wouldn't be that way but it is.

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Kamala Harris Left 'Speechless' by Trump's Shocking Victory [View all] ificandream Apr 5 OP

are these direct quotes from Harris or just book peddler garbage made up crap nt msongs Apr 5 #1

I couldn't tell you. It was what was in the story on the DB site. ificandream Apr 5 #3

I'm sure there are a lot of raw feelings. Raven123 Apr 5 #2

It was always going to be an uphill battle. yourout Apr 5 #4

Johnathan Allen and Amie Parnes recycle this crap every four years lapucelle Apr 5 #5

thanks for that stillcool Apr 5 #6

They do seem to have a lock on that, don't they? :) ificandream Apr 5 #15

They sure do Lapucelle. I wouldn't dignify them as "journalists. They are a bunch of hacks. JohnSJ Apr 6 #19

Why the hell wasn't there even one recount? All this money flooded into their campaigns Tumbulu Apr 5 #7

Even just a couple states ... Blue_playwright Apr 5 #13

But her campaign spent all that money and then some, from what has been reported. LisaL Apr 5 #14

In my lifetime, only one losing candidate has ever demanded a recount where the results were greater than 0.1% Polybius Apr 6 #16

I felt the same way. greatauntoftriplets Apr 5 #8

Two respected Journalists DENVERPOPS Apr 5 #10

This is a load of Trump ass-kissing bullshit Prairie Gates Apr 5 #9

+100,000,000 oasis Apr 5 #11

How does this kiss Trump's ass? iemanja Apr 7 #21

Saw the book online and read the sample provided because the authors weren't familiar. Ugh. betsuni Apr 7 #23

As far as I can tell, this is nonsense. LisaL Apr 5 #12

Parnes and Allen are the same hacks that wrote the anti-Hillary book, and their arrogance and hyperbole "why she lost" JohnSJ Apr 6 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author JohnSJ Apr 6 #18

What misteps? iemanja Apr 7 #20

Her "misstep" was being a woman of color TexasBushwhacker Apr 7 #22

Locking. Lasher Apr 8 #24