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In reply to the discussion: HRC/Democrats Lost Due to WRONG Message [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,835 posts)We're fighting against people who see ANY Democrat as the enemy because we stand up for the people they hate.
Could HRC have won in a landslide? Of course she could have. All she had to so was denounce a woman's right to choose, call all Muslims terrorists, advocate building a wall to keep immigrants out, agree that "illegals" are stealing American jobs, commit to overturning laws that give LBGTers equal rights, admit that those on welfare and food stamps are "lazy moochers", and vow to make "America great again" by ridding the country of every non-white, non-Fundie-Christian who refuses to believe that Adam and Eve kept dinosaurs as house pets.
Those who think that ANY Democrat could win over the STUPID are deluding themselves. The STUPID always vote Republican - the only exception being when a Republican has fucked things up so badly (think Dubya), even those heathen Democrats look good by comparison.
It's a well-worn pattern: Repub fucks up, Dem is elected to clean up the mess, voters go back to electing a Repub in the hope that THIS TIME, the Repub won't fuck up yet again.
The stupid don't see Democrats as being the better people with the better ideals - they see us as being the better cleaning crew every so many years, a necessary evil to be tolerated for the sake of being able to elect a Repub once the place looks tidy enough to survive another trashing.