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Originally Posted by Adder
No, it will be fought on the grounds that it's bullshit, that Bernie was given as good a chance as anyone else (which one could argue he didn't deserve as a non-Democrat) and that the "screwing" amounted to being given far more debate opportunities than is typical.
Otherwise, what you've got is that individual party staffers preferred the Democrat in the race and expected her to prevail. Shocking.
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If you have to defend what was done to Bernie on the grounds that wasn't a real Democrat, wouldn't it be wiser to refrain from replying? Really. That's not a strong angle.
Bernie was a legitimate candidate running on a platform more traditionally Democratic (read: Pre-Clinton triangulation) than Hillary. Staffers didn't prefer a Democrat over an independent. They were in the bag for the Clintons, and they preferred the success of the Clinton machine to a truly fair nomination process.
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