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In reply to the discussion: Why do I feel like Hillary is being forced on me? [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)had nothing to do with me during the primary anyway.
As stated in my Reply 29, even as brilliant a political analyst as Bill Clinton said Obama's stand on the Iraq War was pivotal. He did not say it quite so nicely, but he said it. An anti war stand is generally recognized--after Vietnam, anyway, as more liberal than cheerleading for a war.
Besides, no one has ever proven the meme that DU does not reflect Democrats in general. I know a lot of you keep posting that, and you probably believe it, but that does not make it so. However, for purposes of this discussion that failure to prove is also irrelevant. For purposes of this discussion, I will assume, not only that something like that is provable, but also that it has actually been proven. Still doesn't matter because DU had nothing to do with me during the primary or with my post 209.
Again, the point is that voters of all parties perceived Obama to be running to the left of Hillary in 2008 and he won the primary and the general.