It's never their fault, is it. Did Comey do the pay-for-play? No. Did he set up a private server to avoid FOIA? No. Is he a fake, a congenital liar, and an unlikeable bitch? No.
Presidential candidates have a long history of blaming forces outside their control for their losses. In 2004, John Kerry linked his defeat to a videotape of Osama bin Laden that appeared days before the election, stoking fears about terrorism. In 2012, Mitt Romney told donors he had lost because President Obama had vowed to bestow "gifts" on Democratic special interests groups, namely African-Americans, Hispanics and young people.
actually true. The "Free Shit" crowd votes themselves goodies
Mrs. Clinton's contention appears to be more rooted in reality ‐ and hard data. An internal campaign memo with polling data said that "there is no question that a week from Election Day, Secretary Clinton was poised for a historic win," but that, in the end, "late-breaking developments in the race proved one hurdle too many for us to overcome."
Still, Mrs. Clinton’s instinct to shun any personal responsibility angered some Democrats. Several donors on the call, while deeply bitter about Mr. Comey's actions, said they believed that Mrs. Clinton and her campaign had suffered avoidable missteps that handed the election to an unacceptable opponent. They pointed to the campaign's lack of a compelling message for white working-class voters and to decisions years ago by Mrs. Clinton to use a private email address at the State Department and to accept millions of dollars for speeches to Wall Street.
"There is a special place in hell for Clinton staff, allegedly including Cheryl Mills, that okayed the email server setup," Jim Manley, a Democratic strategist and former senior aide to Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, wrote on Sidewire, a social media site, referring to a longtime aide and lawyer to Mrs. Clinton.