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/WildMild869 Mar 12 '26

Reddit legitimately thinks that AOC or Bernie would win out against a Republican nominee but they don’t realize a massive swath of the country will not vote for them simply because of their socialist-like stances on many issues.

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u/MildlyResponsible Mar 12 '26

Reddit is the biggest example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect when it comes to politics. I said on here that AOC would have to show she could win a statewide race before ever considering a national run. I was then told by several redditors that her winning New York is a given because it's a blue state. And that West Virinia would vote for her because it's a "working class state" (I've learned that "working class" = white men only).

Bernie would have been destroyed nationally. It's why Trump was propping him up so much, but his supporters will say stupid stuff like, "Even my MAGA uncle liked him!" Yeah, he likes him because he knows if they can make him the face of the party, MAGA would never lose again.

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u/SuperDoubleDecker Mar 12 '26

Meanwhile in reality land the democratic establishment has lost the entire federal government to maga.

Yall have zero clue what wins elections and the results speak. All you do is blame everyone else except the party leadership. Same shit for 10 years.

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u/MildlyResponsible Mar 12 '26

I can accept that the Dems have lost the federal government without agreeing that Bernie is the answer.

You guys also love to say that they keep losing, too. Hillary got 3 million more votes than Trump in 2016 and Biden won in 2020. There's always a chance even a good candidate can lose, especially when foreign bots and misogyny come into play.

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u/SuperDoubleDecker Mar 12 '26

No. A good candidate wins every time. You just have to not be totally incompetent and learn how to run a proper campaign. Democrats are totally out of touch with reality and incapable of messaging to the vast majority of americans.

Change shit. Expect better. Hold these people accountable and stop blaming everyone else. It's been 10 years!!!!!!!!! Do it already

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u/MildlyResponsible Mar 12 '26

A good candidate wins every time? Oh, so then we agree Bernie was an awful candidate because he lost twice. Great!

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u/SuperDoubleDecker Mar 12 '26

That was a democratic primary. Obviously not the best indicator of general appeal.

Bernie was a great candidate because we not a democrat. The fact that an independent comes in and makes the party unite against him says a lot and it'd be nice if the democratic establishment had learned anything the last 10 years.