it isn't that black and white
Look, this is a repeat story for them and this dumb ass country.
We got W because they pitched an 8 year hissy fit over Bill, and he is a white male.
People tend to look at BHO and make the secondary amplifier the cause. YES, the Rs used racism as a tool to gin up the opposition/slander of BHO, but it was tool of convenience, and it worked so well because their party is a comfy home for the people that it strikes home strongest with.
However, the primary sin is that he was a democrat.
Same thing was/would have been the case with Hillary. We had/would have had the bigotry factor on steroids, but her primary sin was being a democrat.
The day before 45 came down that eslalator, he was just another NYC liberal as far as repubilcans were concerned. I live in a conservative area, I have them for inlaws, and they had nothing but contempt for him before he became the republican nominee - they all would have walked over broken glass to vote for him over Hillary.
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