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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No, it isn't. They did the same with Obama, because at the time it was supposedly Hillary's turn.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

This strikes me as something written by someone who doesn't clearly remember 2008. After Obama got the nod, Democrats largely cleared the field for him. They didn't spend months talking about how they didn't know who he was, or saying that they couldn't endorse him.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

AFTER Obama got the nomination.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

Exactly. This dude got the nomination and they're still not endorsing him.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's fair.

I'm thinking before that point. They did everything could to tank his candidacy in the primaries but the voters overwhelmingly rejected Hillary.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Uh, were you around in 2008? That's definitely not what happened. If anything that's what happened to Bernie. Are you confusing Bernie with Obama?

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I was referring to the primaries, not the general. There was definitely a sense that it was Hillary's turn and they did their best to keep Obama's popularity from developing into a legitimate candidacy.

Not that it mattered. Obama was another smooth-talking son of a bitch, just like the rest of them.