2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Eichenwald: The Myths that Cost Democrats the Election [View all]duffyduff
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ALL OF IT. Not Hillary Clinton, not the Democrats, not the Republicans, not dirty tricksters like Roger Stone, not Putin, not Comey and the FBI, not Wikileaks, not third-party candidates.
The media OWNS this disaster. It is unprecedented in the history of the United States that basically ONE individual, Jeff Zucker, used a NEWS network to openly promote a candidate who did NOT run a serious candidacy and pimped that man 24/7, for months on end, undermining the voters' right to an informed choice. The conflict of interest was NEVER disclosed in the primaries, where this could have been prevented.
It just boggles the mind what happened. I don't think I will EVER recover from this. I recovered from 2000 fairly quickly even though pissed, but this just takes the cake because DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IN THE HELL HE IS DOING. That is because he was a joke candidate who ran promoting his brand. That is until Zucker used him for ratings and ad revenue knowing Trump was a ratings and ad revenue winner when he had his reality TV shows. Zucker, a real sociopath if there ever was one, didn't care that promoting Trump would create a vicious, messianic CULT.