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Post by Value Buy on Apr 7, 2017 9:59:35 GMT -5
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Post by sesfw on Apr 7, 2017 11:33:05 GMT -5
The reason I didn't vote for her was the Supreme Court nominations.
Has anyone told her that yet?
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 7, 2017 11:51:42 GMT -5
Is she still alive? I thought maybe she'd died and her spirit had gone to possess Pres. Trump.
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Post by Opti on Apr 7, 2017 12:00:27 GMT -5
I read a better article on this. I do think Comey's announcement 10 days before the election put the nail in her election hopes. And absolutely misogyny played a role. Did she hurt her own chances? Of course. Putting a number on the basket of deplorables was a serious error.
Trump made so many errors he should have never been elected according to usual politics. But the Hillary hate and shit stirring against her was so great his mistakes were forgiven and ignored by his supporters. MO.
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Post by Rob Base 2.0 on Apr 7, 2017 12:22:06 GMT -5
I concur. It's like if your team won the Super Bowl and the losing team keeps complaining about the refs (when there were other factors too......and maybe the other teams dumb actions (basement server, etc) caused the refs to notice) Let them keep complaining. It will keep them in their losing streak.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2017 12:57:27 GMT -5
I read a better article on this. I do think Comey's announcement 10 days before the election put the nail in her election hopes. And absolutely misogyny played a role. Did she hurt her own chances? Of course. Putting a number on the basket of deplorables was a serious error.
Trump made so many errors he should have never been elected according to usual politics. But the Hillary hate and shit stirring against her was so great his mistakes were forgiven and ignored by his supporters. MO. It wasn't a usual politics type of election. Some people are happy about that. Some are not.
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Post by Value Buy on Apr 7, 2017 13:20:22 GMT -5
I concur. It's like if your team won the Super Bowl and the losing team keeps complaining about the refs (when there were other factors too......and maybe the other teams dumb actions (basement server, etc) caused the refs to notice) Let them keep complaining. It will keep them in their losing streak. I care because it always comes as an attack against the winner. He won. Get over it. Explain why you never campaigned in a state you needed to win the Presidency (Wisconsin)and why it was always Hollywood and glamour people who ran your rallies promoting their selves at her expense. If they were not her opening act, the group was always Grandmas who numbered in the hundreds at her rallies. She never had the backing of the American voter, especially in the mid section of the country. Just admit it, and move on.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 22:02:28 GMT -5
Just once, I'd like to hear her say:
...or something like that.
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Post by Opti on Apr 9, 2017 0:12:25 GMT -5
I concur. It's like if your team won the Super Bowl and the losing team keeps complaining about the refs (when there were other factors too......and maybe the other teams dumb actions (basement server, etc) caused the refs to notice) Let them keep complaining. It will keep them in their losing streak. I care because it always comes as an attack against the winner. He won. Get over it. Explain why you never campaigned in a state you needed to win the Presidency (Wisconsin)and why it was always Hollywood and glamour people who ran your rallies promoting their selves at her expense. If they were not her opening act, the group was always Grandmas who numbered in the hundreds at her rallies. She never had the backing of the American voter, especially in the mid section of the country. Just admit it, and move on. Bottom line, you can't be in charge of other people's actions or wants. So, perhaps you can do what you want others to do - stop talking about it. She has the right to talk about it as long as she wants to. It was her life that was impacted 24x7, not yours.
Trump won because of the electoral college, that's the truth of it. Clinton won more American voters over than Trump did by sheer numbers, so perhaps you all can come to terms with that. So yeah, she had the backing of American voters, they just weren't in the right distribution to win the electoral college.
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Post by Opti on Apr 9, 2017 0:34:49 GMT -5
Just once, I'd like to hear her say: ...or something like that. If we are into wishful thinking, I'd like Kushner and Ivanka to apologize for convincing Trump he should win.
And I'm sick of the logic of the above post. There were lots of alternatives in the Republican party alone. But not enough voters went with non Trump options. Too many were sold by the marketing, the word salad, and the simple fact Trump was not Obama. I blame the people who chose him, not those who didn't vote for other candidates.
And no one seems to know really what the breakdown of voters was. Found an article on how the author could not find any evidence on how many Democrats might have voted for Trump.
www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/17/1612077/-What-Percentage-of-Total-Democrats-Voted-for-Trump
What I didn’t find was an answer to my simple question. What percentage of registered democrats of all types voted for Trump? I tried various wording in the search box with the same basic results.
Commentor Dr A W Niloc wrote- we see that, while Trump was second worst to John McCain and Sarah Palin in popular vote percentage (46.2% to 45.7%), Trump-Pence actually managed 645,429 votes fewer than John McCain and Sarah Palin in 2008.
Bottom line: Trump got fewer votes than he was dealt, just by being the Republican nominee. Put another way, the very few Democrats who voted for The Donald didn't outweigh the number of die-hard Republicans who refused to do so.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 9, 2017 10:33:23 GMT -5
It is a shame she won't take the fall for the loss because blaming external sources is going to keep the Democrats from really figuring out what is wrong with their current philosophies.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 9, 2017 11:04:19 GMT -5
It is a shame she won't take the fall for the loss because blaming external sources is going to keep the Democrats from really figuring out what is wrong with their current philosophies. You think that's the worst of it. She's going to run again in 2020. I'd stake a snow leopard pelt on it.
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Apr 9, 2017 11:20:17 GMT -5
Just once, I'd like to hear her say: ...or something like that. If we are into wishful thinking, I'd like Kushner and Ivanka to apologize for convincing Trump he should win.
And I'm sick of the logic of the above post. There were lots of alternatives in the Republican party alone. But not enough voters went with non Trump options. Too many were sold by the marketing, the word salad, and the simple fact Trump was not Obama. I blame the people who chose him, not those who didn't vote for other candidates.
I'd like the whole Trump cabal to apologize for using the office to get even richer. And I'd like Trump to resign rather than wait til he's told he'll be impeached if he doesn't. I'd like every Trump supporter to admit they were fools. Every misstep, every mistake made by this mis-administration is on the Trump voter.
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Apr 9, 2017 11:21:53 GMT -5
Just once, I'd like to hear her say: ...or something like that. She should say no such thing. It wasn't her running that caused so many to run to the racist, misogynist, Islamaphobic. That is on them and it is just silly to blame her for people voting stupidly.
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Post by zibazinski on Apr 9, 2017 11:56:25 GMT -5
It is a shame she won't take the fall for the loss because blaming external sources is going to keep the Democrats from really figuring out what is wrong with their current philosophies. You think that's the worst of it. She's going to run again in 2020. I'd stake a snow leopard pelt on it. Mercy no
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2017 11:56:54 GMT -5
Just once, I'd like to hear her say: ...or something like that. She should say no such thing. It wasn't her running that caused so many to run to the racist, misogynist, Islamaphobic. That is on them and it is just silly to blame her for people voting stupidly. another fine example of They Still Don't Get It.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 9, 2017 12:28:08 GMT -5
It is a shame she won't take the fall for the loss because blaming external sources is going to keep the Democrats from really figuring out what is wrong with their current philosophies. You think that's the worst of it. She's going to run again in 2020. I'd stake a snow leopard pelt on it. I would take that bet. She will not run again.
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Post by alabamagal on Apr 9, 2017 14:39:24 GMT -5
You think that's the worst of it. She's going to run again in 2020. I'd stake a snow leopard pelt on it. I would take that bet. She will not run again. I saw something recently where people are trying to promote Chelsea. An even worse idea.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 9, 2017 15:53:44 GMT -5
Losing to Trump was probably the most humiliating moment of her life. I suspect she would take 100 Monicas before losing to Trump again.
Plus, I think enough people in the Democratic party know that even if it wasn't her "fault" she is tainted and can't run again. It is rare for an official party Presidential candidate to run again against the same guy in the next general. Is Nixon the only person in modern politics to get the nomination twice? And he waited 8 years.
As far as Chelsea, if she is ever a candidate it won't be for a long time. Elizabeth Warren was flaunting her name, but she will lose in the general, so I hope that doesn't happen. Caroline Kennedy's name was batted around, but I am not sure she is even remotely interested. I think the next person will be a fresh name - like Obama was. No family baggage, or heavy record weighing them down.
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 9, 2017 15:55:56 GMT -5
Losing to Trump was probably the most humiliating moment of her life. I suspect she would take 100 Monicas before losing to Trump again. Plus, I think enough people in the Democratic party know that even if it wasn't her "fault" she is tainted and can't run again. It is rare for an official party Presidential candidate to run again against the same guy in the next general. Is Nixon the only person in modern politics to get the nomination twice? And he waited 8 years. As far as Chelsea, if she is ever a candidate it won't be for a long time. Elizabeth Warren was flaunting her name, but she will lose in the general, so I hope that doesn't happen. Caroline Kennedy's name was batted around, but I am not sure she is even remotely interested. I think the next person will be a fresh name - like Obama was. No family baggage, or heavy record weighing them down. There is almost always baggage. That's why so few run for office.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 9, 2017 16:06:26 GMT -5
Besides being black, what was Obama's baggage? (Well, and besides having zero foreign policy experience.?)
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 9, 2017 16:11:12 GMT -5
Besides being black, what was Obama's baggage? (Well, and besides having zero foreign policy experience.?) He was born in Kenya. Was not a citizen of the U.S. Had a cocaine-infused gay relationship with Larry Sinclair. Sat at the feet of Saul Alinsky to learn how to be a troublesome community organizer. Oh-and Michelle had a big caboose and bad hair.
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Post by sesfw on Apr 9, 2017 16:53:22 GMT -5
I'd like every Trump supporter to admit they were fools
GG ....... I am NOT a fool. I would have been one had I allowed hillary to have anything to do with the Supreme Court nominations.
Especially thinking of two people she COULD have nominated ......... hubby bill and obama
I remember how suddenly she dropped out of the 2008 race ..... my thought is obama promised her the 2016 nomination if she let him have the 2008. No facts, just a gut feeling
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 9, 2017 17:18:34 GMT -5
Besides being black, what was Obama's baggage? (Well, and besides having zero foreign policy experience.?) He was born in Kenya. Was not a citizen of the U.S. Had a cocaine-infused gay relationship with Larry Sinclair. Sat at the feet of Saul Alinsky to learn how to be a troublesome community organizer. Oh-and Michelle had a big caboose and bad hair. Ya, but..... those are all made up. Hillary walking the line on ethics and her desired state of the union are well documented.
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 9, 2017 17:23:38 GMT -5
He was born in Kenya. Was not a citizen of the U.S. Had a cocaine-infused gay relationship with Larry Sinclair. Sat at the feet of Saul Alinsky to learn how to be a troublesome community organizer. Oh-and Michelle had a big caboose and bad hair. Ya, but..... those are all made up. Hillary walking the line on ethics and her desired state of the union are well documented. They may be made up but a poster or two here pushed the lies and many folks outside of these boards believed the rumors. Facebook showed me that. Other social sites had the fake info too which people fell for lock, stock, and barrel.
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Post by sesfw on Apr 9, 2017 17:38:46 GMT -5
He was born in Kenya. Was not a citizen of the U.S.
obama could have been born on the moon ......... His mother was a natural born US citizen, therefore he is also
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2017 19:01:04 GMT -5
Just once, I'd like to hear her say: ...or something like that. If we are into wishful thinking, I'd like Kushner and Ivanka to apologize for convincing Trump he should win.
And I'm sick of the logic of the above post. There were lots of alternatives in the Republican party alone. But not enough voters went with non Trump options. Too many were sold by the marketing, the word salad, and the simple fact Trump was not Obama. I blame the people who chose him, not those who didn't vote for other candidates.
And no one seems to know really what the breakdown of voters was. Found an article on how the author could not find any evidence on how many Democrats might have voted for Trump.
www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/17/1612077/-What-Percentage-of-Total-Democrats-Voted-for-Trump
What I didn’t find was an answer to my simple question. What percentage of registered democrats of all types voted for Trump? I tried various wording in the search box with the same basic results.
Commentor Dr A W Niloc wrote- we see that, while Trump was second worst to John McCain and Sarah Palin in popular vote percentage (46.2% to 45.7%), Trump-Pence actually managed 645,429 votes fewer than John McCain and Sarah Palin in 2008.
Bottom line: Trump got fewer votes than he was dealt, just by being the Republican nominee. Put another way, the very few Democrats who voted for The Donald didn't outweigh the number of die-hard Republicans who refused to do so.
While I agree that there were several Republican options... many were all worse than Trump with their religious nuttery. If, for example, had Ted Cruz won, he still would have beaten Hillary, but then we'd have a religious nutjob in the White House, and his picks for the Supreme Court would make guys like Gorsuch and Scalia look like bleeding heart liberals in comparison. And the rest (the non religious-whackaloons) were just woefully unelectable (look at the dismal failure of Jeb, who quit after only getting 3% of the vote in South Carolina) The "anyone but Hillary" backlash was too much to overcome. She only got the numbers that she did get because of the "Anyone but Trump crowd. This election was never about voting FOR a candidate. This was the first election in US history where it was loathing of the other option that made the decision. As lousy as Obama was as a President, at least his win was because people (mistakenly) WANTED him. Same with Bush II. He wasn't picked because his opponent was loathed. They victorious majority wanted him too. I don't know a single IRL person that WANTED either of them (Hillary or Donald)... but of those that did vote for one or the other, they held their noses and picked the one they loathed the least.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2017 19:13:01 GMT -5
Just once, I'd like to hear her say: ...or something like that. She should say no such thing. It wasn't her running that caused so many to run to the racist, misogynist, Islamaphobic. That is on them and it is just silly to blame her for people voting stupidly. You have no clue just how badly that a large percentage of people dislike and distrust and loathe Hillary... do you? ETA: For the record, I don't blame her for people voting stupidly. I blame her for being an option, and pushing people to stupidly vote against her by voting for another bad option INSTEAD OF her... sort of a "well we can't have a good one, but at least we can NOT have her" stupid vote.
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Post by zibazinski on Apr 9, 2017 19:25:03 GMT -5
I would take that bet. She will not run again. I saw something recently where people are trying to promote Chelsea. An even worse idea. Can you imagine the tainted blood on both sides of that family in her? I'm shocked anyone married her no matter how much money she has. Now she's produced a child. Probably a Damian in the making.
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