2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumAll those swastikas and Confederate stars and bars....
TOTALLY about Wall Street, the TPP, healthcare and income inequality.
Not in the least about a wall of bigotry and hate that has been lurking for eight years for validation in the form of Trump...
I don't know that there existed a progressive candidate that could have countered that successfully in the areas of the rural midwest.
Even if they were white and stood up to pee.
jalan48
(13,860 posts)The Republicans ran a change candidate, the Democrats went with establishment. Michael Moore tried to warn us but what I saw on here was a whole lot of "Concern Troll" talk.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)And those on the left that bought all the GOP smears were telling women and POC who were voting for Hillary, that we weren't really seeing what was wrong, and needed to listen to the candidate that was speaking - quite consciously - to white men, and young people who had no idea what Hillary accomplished.
beaglelover
(3,466 posts)The utter defeat still hurts like hell though.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)hatrack
(59,584 posts)Waving proudly above Michigan and Wisconsin and Ohio.
Well, after watching the chaos of week 1, all I can say to the Trump-voting motherfuckers is you sure Trumped that Bitch and you must all be so proud.
Now what?