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In reply to the discussion: Why are people still losing their minds over Hillary? [View all]That Guy 888
(1,214 posts)That's no comparison. McCain lost to Obama, a great politician and excellent campaigner. Hillary Clinton (and the rest of the Gop candidates) lost to Trump. They lost to a man who was caught on camera bragging about sexually assaulting women. They lost to someone who has little to no basic knowledge of America. Our party seems to specialize in (to paraphrase Lincoln)wringing spectacular defeats from the jaws of victory.
Gore had Nader to blame - despite the fact that the Democratic Party accepted massive election fraud in the form of voter suppression. People in the Democratic Party are still pushing the idea that Gore (and triangulation) isn't responsible for his loss. The Same people tried to make Jill Stein the Ralph Nader of 2016 . If Gore is still involved in inside Democratic Party politics, I must have missed it.
Kerry ran a bad campaign. He thought that the Gop wouldn't dishonor his service. If you don't know your opponent, you're doomed to failure. Conservatives have zero respect for Democrats, we need politicians that realize that instead of thinking that there are records of service or accomplishments that conservatives will respect. If John Kerry is running a pack to try and maintain his level of influence inside the party, I must have missed it.
Hillary Clinton currently has a Senate seat???
If Gore and Kerry are visibly trying to influence party politics I would say NO!!!!! to that too. We don't need people who not only lose elections, but refuse to learn from their mistakes planning future election strategy. As per David Faris' article:"I will never say anything other than positive things about my campaign. Because I love the people that led it, worked in it."