Maybe Clinton Wasn't to Blame for Trump's Victory

[JHan]

58. 'Kay, I don't mind revisiting this....

I point out the email story was blown out of proportion, I provide context about media coverage, your response to me is that her email server was a self inflected wound, which doesn't refute my point about how the story was covered . You recognize that politicians make mistakes, yet I don't see why mentioning it was a self inflicted wound is any kind of point to make. It doesn't really refute or expand on anything I said or any point in the article itself.

The article is short, it succinctly describes the Trump phenomena which saw him beat a host of supposedly talented republican rivals. His politics exploited resentment and fear in a very obvious way unseen in politics in recent memory. This gave life to anti establishment arguments and antagonized opposition to him which while polarizing, energized his base. Fear/cultural anxiety dominated his rhetoric and pulled people in. It worked for him to denigrate the entire system which disarmed politicians who made working within the system their life's work. He was able to tap into a zeitgeist of last year, aided by rat fucking and , as I mentioned, inexcusable journalistic failures.

The issue here I think is that you're determined to paint Clinton as a horrible candidate and dismiss out of hand any other factors, circumstances, double standards, or influences impacting the election itself or how the candidate was perceived. I don't get dogmatic thinking so I can't help you there..