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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders' Ugly Campaigning Is Bad for Democrats -- and Great for Trump [View all]peggysue2
(12,575 posts)We've seen this picture show before. The meaty portion of the article is here:
Its not even the boy who cried wolf quality of hearing so many similar denunciations in a row, though it is increasingly tough to take any one hit piece seriously. Its the implication that these errors are unilaterally disqualifying and should outweigh any good the candidates might do. There is no acknowledgment, after 2016, of just how dangerous that attitude might be or of what other forces might be arrayed against the candidates in question.
It's up to Democrats as individual voters to acknowledge and reject the garbage spewed as critical analysis--the 'scandalous' what you should know about Candidate X. Without thorough and thoughtful research into what is being implied, we can all fall prey to these tactics to diminish, tarnish and wound otherwise good, solid candidates.
We've seen this picture show before. It was a rotten movie on the first round. We cannot afford being fooled once again.