... was a sign that everything was rigged against Bernie.

Because it's more than likely they were.

The claims of poll-rigging date back to just after 2004, and that's not a firm limit. It's just when I first saw them here because that's when I joined.

Once the idea that any defeat must be the result of poll-rigging, the suspicion that your candidate will be defeated by the all-powerful PTB because of poll-rigging becomes a kind of safety valve to temper hope and alleviate that nagging feeling that if you lose it's because you're not actually in the majority. And then if you do lose, well, there's the excuse, just as predicted.

It's the distrust that's the initial problem that can be exploited, and furthering the distrust exploiting the problem is the goal.

all it would take is a handful of judas goats, stroking egos, hammering the wedges.

Would love to have a counter on a profile to track if they might be. If something suggests they might be an interloper I might give them some slack. But if they did it several times I won't remember. A counter of some sort would help a lot.

What if Bernie had won the nomination? What would the Russians have done then?
What would have happened to DU then?

And what would have happened to DU, now, today, with allegations that Russia backed his campaign?

Naval gazing questions I know, but for future elections perhaps important

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