Thread by @frodofied

Oh, @donlemon.

I thought you were smarter and more sophisticated than to buy into misogynistic tropes like "Hillary Clinton was the most unpopular..."

I understand that by being a member of one of the groups who most need Clinton to always have been hated you are biased.

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I know that it would be easier for people in your profession if what you said were actually true, but it is false. And saying this lie out loud is irresponsible and, for the record, completely unnecessary.

Don't even know where to begin here, because your database is flawed

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LET us bypass the fact that from the time she stepped into the national spotlight her relationship with the national media has been slanted at best, and that she has rarely been treated fairly let alone accurately.

So, there is that.

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Bypassing all of that is difficult to do because so much of what happened then actually contributed to your current confusion, but really, we need only examine the last ten to fifteen years to both disprove and explain your errancy.

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Fast forward (or rewind) to 2008 and the "most unpopular" Hillary Clinton was embroiled in the most watched, hard fought, and, in the end the closest, major party nomination fight in American political history.

Clinton barely lost in 2008.

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And I mean barely. They were virtually tied, and by some tabulations she surpassed Obama in the popular vote. And the momentum was hers as the primary pushed forward with Clinton winning the majority of the last 15 contests.

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When looking at 2008 and its outcome it's important to remember the single most important factor in that loss: the old party men.

At that point Hillary Clinton had probably raised more money for more Democrats than any other living person.

If Dems needed her she was there.
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So, Clinton was deeply hurt when old friends, led by Ted Kennedy, suddenly abandoned her and publicly endorsed Obama. Clinton knew that many of those men resented her husband's ascent to power, but she had worked hard to do so much for so many that she hoped they'd forget.

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But they didn't. For Clinton it stung. Though such endorsements seem unimporant from the outside, and rarely carry real electoral heft, from the inside they are vital because they are a key barometer of institutional support.

It was difficult not to take personally.

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