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In reply to the discussion: I am tired of hearing how Hillary blew it [View all]KPN
(17,380 posts)Hey, I'm only pointing out what I have observed over my 46 years of being a loyal Democratic Party member and voter. Despite all of the things that were unscrupulous, we could have and should have won this election if we had only won the votes of former Democrats and Independents. We did not -- because they were not inspired or because they voted against the "system" -- much like what happened on the GOP side by the way. It was a populist election and Democrats failed to appeal to the people who made the difference in this year's election -- 80,000 people in MI, WI and PA.
Relentlessly holding to the notion that we had the most qualified candidate in the face of those conditions is a recipe for future disappointment if not just plain silly. It strikes me that she lost in part because she WAS the most highly qualified person -- in a system that more and more voters (if not most) view as 100% corrupt and self-serving. That's the reality that we faced this year ... and we, the voters in the Democratic Party primary, made the wrong choice this year. It's on us. Nobody else.
That's the way I see it. Are we going to learn anything from this election? I really wonder given some of what I read here at DU.