Blaine Coleman
2 min readFeb 19, 2020

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Bernie held 40 rallies for Hillary? I must’ve missed those; maybe the crowds weren’t as large or those rallies you claim he held weren’t actually advertised?

Obama was called a socialist- yes he was yet he never claimed to be one. Republicans will say whatever they can in an attempt to gain or remain in power. They began investigating Hillary years before she ever held an elected position, yet after 31 taxpayer funded investigations they found nothing, even after the White Water “scandal” or the “murder” they claimed she was behind while Bill was in Office. To say nothing of the Benghazi, “pizza gate” or “the emails, the emails” fake investigations.

Bernie hasn’t changed his positions in 30 years- but did he ever get a proposal of his own passed in 30 years? Three, that I’m aware of and two were for renaming post offices, the third for another renaming of another place; not exactly the resume most would applaud.

Medicare for All isn’t his idea- just his new name for the idea of “universal healthcare” that goes back to at least Teddy Roosevelt if not earlier (the “Founding Fathers” actually set up a limited version of that, so- 240 years ago?) And Hillary, while First Lady, wrote an entire, detailed “Healthcare for All” in 1992, while Bernie was in Congress- shouldn’t that task have fallen to him as an elected Congressman?

Hillary can’t win? I think millions more voters would disagree with you on that. The EC gave tRump the Presidency, not the popular vote. And I’m so tired of that same old trope Bernie’s supporters roll out over and over- that Hillary’s supporters blame Bernie and no one or no thing else for her loss in the general; that’s nothing more than hyperbole. We don’t blame her loss on Bernie or his supporters although a good case can be made that she lost the EC due directly to actions of his supporters costing her three key states:

Castella Semaphore
@Semaphore1842 Aug 23, 2017
If they all voted, its 2.3x the margin in WI, 4.5x in MI, and 2.6x in PA. At 54% turnout, 1.2x, 2.4x, 1.4x — enough to flip all three states

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Blaine Coleman
Blaine Coleman

Written by Blaine Coleman

Rel. Studies, Creative Writing… Social liberal/fiscal conservative, occasional writer- profile pic- 6-yr-old coal minor 1910-flow with the Tao, all will be well

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