Saying that 3rd party voters ruined Hillary’s chances is like saying Trump voters ruined Hillary’s chances. It’s Hillary’s election to lose, not the people who don’t think she should be president.
It may sound familiar, but at least this time we have proof that the primaries were rigged.
Some people wanted to maintain their purity intact, and in so doing handed the world over to Trump. Bernie made that possible. Fuck him.
Nah. Hillary made it possible, by getting in the way of what the people overwhelmingly wanted and conspiring with the DNC so she could have her face on the 10 dollar bill or some shit.
The same red state dems who continually put up middle of the road, milquetoast candidates like Jim Barksdale? The Red state dems are even MORE in bed with the democratic elite than people like Sanders, in blue states, are.
The fact that the RNC jumped through hoops to keep Trump out, and that Hillary burned lots of favors to stay in seems to be proof of that.
I’m not surprised. The DNC and the RNC can look at this as a wakeup call. The bullshit they peddled remains on the shelf. Whether they heed it or not is on their heads. The people will shop elsewhere if not.
They’re getting everything they want. Trump can do the racist populist shit that gets them whatever they want passed by Pence, who’s on the misogynist bent.
While both of those keep the base happy, they’re getting every deregulationist dream enacted. EPA run by the oil industry, national parks being stripmined, all checks and balances under control.
What does the RNC have to be worried about? Long-term game is irrelevant if they can fuck the next twenty years up for the Dems.
“The People” who voted Trump and not at all won’t shop elsewhere. They don’t give a fuck because they believe all politicians are equally corrupt and don’t see any difference between Trump now and potential-evil-Hilldawg.
This fantasy that populists know what’s good for them (now or later) is incredibly dangerous.
Um, you do realize that up until about a mere 100 hours ago most pixels were being spilled over the soul searching the Republican Party would have to do to stay relevant, etc. This doesn’t change any just because Trump won. All the problems they had in the run-up to the election are still there, just temporarily papered over under the win. The splits will appear again as soon as governing actually starts. Unless things go super swimmingly well for everyone the next 4 years, the same problems will plague Republicans that plagued them in the primaries this time around.
I would be very surprised if there aren’t Republicans right now speculating on who they might run in 2020 as a contingency plan.
I realize that the GOP shifted effortlessly behind Trump and immediately ignored everything for the sake of unison. I also know the few that spoke out against him immediately got branded RINO.
They still rallied behind trump instead of rubio, cruz or whatsernuts, probably in large part that the GOP hated Trump, so apparently they have some ability to choose. Perhaps they’ll even learn to use latches or push button for food someday
