2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How Bernie's campaign contributed to Trump's win. [View all]synergie
(1,901 posts)Her approvals and the votes she garnered, at historic levels, are pretty good for a woman who was savaged by both sides, had a foreign campaign against her, the media against her, the FBI against her and 20 years of lies that infected people who actually agreed with her policies but were too lazy and too brainwashed to bother researching.
People love HRC, her approval numbers when she's not being targeted kind of show that, it's why she's got a two decade history of being voted the most admired woman in the world. Those who were not bright enough to do their homework, who mouthed RW smears fed to them online by foreign actors and who were led astray by a man who wasn't even a Dem and did an anemic job backing her when he finally admitted he lost, are the ones who were deluded.
Actual dems and liberals were well aware that HRC is a pretty remarkable woman who had actual achievements to back her up rather than arrogant nonsense and vague gestures, it's why so many millions voted FOR her, despite all the despicable things said about her and done to her by those who seemed to forget what Democrats actually stood for, as they did the RW's work for them. Those who "despised" her were too arrogant to realize that the things they were saying were literally RW talking points, and no real Dem actually thought she sided with wall street over main street, since most real dems are aware that's a pretty silly line to draw. Those who were busy "despising" her for various things, like her gender and other things put out there by RT, and RW outlets forgot about reality and facts, and that her record actually shows she's accomplished more for "main street" than her opponents.
The voters, the ones who put their brains to work over their need to be "pure" were the ones who delivered a pretty hefty margin. She won by millions and lost states in narrow razor thin margins where purists were too busy being arrogant to understand the threat in this election, no matter how often they were told. They were too busy putting their purity over the uppity woman with the actual skills to do the job, the most qualified candidate in history.
Let's not pretend that this was about the woman and not about the despicable arrogance of those too busy despising her rather than doing their homework or voting with their head.