2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary just clinched one vote!
Mine!
You know what I find deplorable?
John McCain nominating Palin as his VP.
McCain saying he knew how to get Bin Laden, but he wouldn't tell until his election and the media never calling him out on his unpatriotic behavior.
The majority of Republican leaders getting together on Obama's inauguration night and vowing to make him a one term President. Deplorable at any time in history, completely unacceptable when the Country was in its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and the media let it slide.
Questioning Obama's place of birth, fringe at first, but then the vast majority of Republicans jumped on the band wagon. An immoral position that should have been left to the fringe nuts, when seventy percent of Republicans support it, then I am fine with 50% of them being labeled deplorable. Seems like Hillary gave 20% of them a pass.
Republicans blocking funding of the Government based upon the debt. A debt they ran up, thus causing more harm.
Republicans blocking confirmation hearings, across the board, and then finally a SC Justice.
A Republican nominee that is racist, ignorant, and completely unqualified to hold the office of the President of the United States. The Republican voters could have stopped him, and didn't, the elected Republicans could have stopped him, and didn't.
Republicans making comments that Obama is the worst President ever, when in fact the worst President ever to be elected to two terms was his predecessor. There is no logical person who could look at the state of the Country in September 2016 as compared to 2008 and say things were better in 2008.
So, if they are offended by Hillary's comments, good! Their hatred and ignorance has and continues to offend me.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Are their best features. I agree with your post, we do not need Trump as president.
LakeArenal
(29,534 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(50,271 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)All that you say is so true. As a teacher who struggled for many years to teach critical thinking, I would say I won over quite a few on the borderline, but had a near zero success rate with those thoroughly indoctrinated by parents who, in many cases were abusive, mostly mainly mentally. Why would any voter believe that a candidate has a "secret plan?" If worth a vote as a true patriot, they'd reveal and stop the carnage. This claim is as old as politics. Does anyone really vote based on that nonsense? I doubt it...just one more excuse to elect the charlatan who appeals to their other prejudices.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)I wasn't that excited voting FOR her rather AGAINST tRump. I am elated she went after that group and will happily vote for her.