2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Lost Because ... [View all]King_Klonopin
(1,339 posts)1) The stupid electoral college system.
2) Voter suppression.
3) Democratic and Independent voters who never learn that laziness and apathy
loses elections.
4) A media intent on having a "horse race" -- refusing to shoot down the crap about
BenGhazi, emails, Comey, etc. and refusing to expose the evil of Trump.
5) To use the analogy of a football game, she was the better team (candidate) on paper,
but it was a bad match-up because he was the master of invective and personal attacks
and she was placed in a no-win situation regarding combating this negativity: If she did
not fight back, it would be construed and spun as a sign of weakness; and if she fought
back, any positive message she had would be overshadowed, she would be painted as the
"bitch', Trump would get a free pass, and he would win in the end because nastiness is an
offensive scheme which he excels at and one which she is hamstrung from defending.
Of all the Republican candidates who ran in the primary, Trump was the only one
who was a bad match-up and who had a chance to beat her.
6) She won more votes, by a lot. She was more qualified, by a lot. More people want her
to be POTUS. It is frustrating on a grand scale.
Michael Moore's "Trumpland" special was consoling, in a way. It put some things in
perspective, sadly. I'm still depressed....