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In reply to the discussion: No More F*cking Around. We elected you. Start acting like it (what I want to see today from Dems) [View all]TiberiusB
(490 posts)That's an exhausting narrative that ignores reality, much as the "blame Nader" spin did 21 years ago.
A multitude of factors doomed Hillary's campaign.
Her sky high negatives, deserved or not, were a political reality and an uphill battle.
Deep rooted misogyny and a racist backlash after the Obama years.
The foolish decision to host an email server in her home. It shouldn't have become the centerpiece of the smear campaign to drag her down, thanks media, but there's no denying that slip may have cost her the election, or, more accurately Comey and his compromised allegiances did. Her numbers TANKED after he announced, against precedent, the second unwarranted investigation. That re-ignited the flames of mistrust that have dogged her for decades.
Taking high priced speaking gigs at Goldman Sachs was DUMB. Ignore whether they were legitimate or not, the optics were awful, and the response utterly predictable. The Clinton name, her history, and her gender were all liabilities in the eyes of millions, and in a system rigged to favor white conservative men, any mistake gets amplified a 1,000 fold.
The campaign was convinced they had the election in the bag and stumbled in key electoral states and with their ground game.
The party let Trump...TRUMP...co-opt the populist Bernie rhetoric and claim to be a champion of the common man. That's why he managed to snare 10% of the anti-establishment Bernie crowd.
Sarandon, and people like her, while they certainly didn't help, likely didn't tilt the scales in any meaningful way.
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