We just fucking cannibalize each other fucking ourselves over and over.

[-misanthroptimist]

27. If, in 2006, someone had said...

..."A black candidate can't win the 2008 Presidential Election" not many would have taken issue with that. Remember the "Bradley Effect?" Hell, I remember (I think it was) Chris Rock using "when a black man is President" as a joke sometime within a few years of 2006. It was unthinkable to most. (Yes, Obama is an extraordinary man, but we have to admit that the Great Recession gave him a big assist.)

Whatever caused HRC to lose, it must be remembered that she lost to the biggest ass-clown in American history. I laughed when he came down the escalator to announce his candidacy. And I wasn't alone. He was unelectable: "Grab 'em by the...". Yet, he won.

Electability is a matter of the times and whims of any given electorate. Under the right circumstances, you or I could be elected President. Yes, it would have to be pretty damned unusual circumstances (at least in my case), but no one can say it's impossible -just highly, highly unlikely.