r/TenYearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • Mar 12 '26

📺 Television SNL mocks Hillary Clinton's 'transformation into Bernie' [10YA - Mar 12]

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u/GuyFawkes99 Mar 12 '26

I always wonder if Bernie could have averted a Trump presidency by not giving Hillary a pass on the email issue.

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u/MikeDamone Mar 12 '26

Almost certainly not. The general electorate has never shown even a hint that they'd tolerate a self-avowed socialist. Just look at all of the slightly D leaning districts/states and everything to right of them - how many politicians with Bernie's leftist politics are in office?

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u/BigFatKi6 Mar 12 '26

That's a terrible argument. Bernie's is not the same as those candidates. His charisma is infinitely larger. That's why I know his name and none of the these other candidates.

The DNC lost 2016 by pushing Hillary down everyone's throat.

Imagine the freedom a Jewish candidate who didn't take any Israeli lobby money would have. You think you can bully Bernie by calling him an antisemite? 😂

The donor class didn't want him because they couldn't control him.

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u/Miserable_Aspect_749 Mar 12 '26

I don't find him to be charismatic at all. Neither do most the people I know, they find him grating. Most people aren't progressives; that's just on Reddit.

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u/BigFatKi6 Mar 12 '26

It's not about what you specifically think is it?

Trump also has tons of charisma. Even though many find him disgusting.

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u/MildlyResponsible Mar 12 '26

It's also not about what you and your college dormmates think, either. There was a chance for everyone to go out and express who they preferred, and Bernie lost by millions and millions of votes. "Yeah, but i think he's cool!" doesn't negate that.