The conspiracy theory-based campaign of Donald Trump and the GOP
I woke up with the thought that basically almost every criticism of Hillary from the right boils down to some conspiracy theory where they assume ill intent on her part, or that there is some greater involvement of her than there is any evidence for, or where we just don't have the complete set of facts. The email scandal, pay-for-play with her foundation, Benghazi, Libya, Syria, stealing the election from Bernie. The list goes on. Basically EVERY criticism of Hillary by the right is base don some conspiracy theory, some wikileaks email blown out of proportion, etc. A long string of Hillary conspiracy theories, as fun as they may be for conservatives, is not a good basis for winning the presidency.
And there's also a reason why none of this has really stuck to her-- because the evidence is not there.
Whereas with Trump, all the problems with him are out right out there in front of us, on video, or twitter. His own words are not a conspiracy!
To some extent, the GOP in 2012 ran a campaign based on silly lies, like taking Obama's line about "you didn't build this" out of context, or that he didn't call Benghazi an terrorist attack. But with joining forces of Breitbart and Alex Jones, the GOP has gone full crazy conspiracy theory. Which is why they really can't be reasoned with at all, anymore, and why they are losing.
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