I don't know if I'm a devil or an angel around here right now.

[KPN]

129. H, the Democratic Party did not fail me, nor do I think that.

As I said, I've done well.

If you can't see or appreciate where the party has come up short over the past 35 years, you either weren't here, weren't paying attention or really didn't care (complacency). I'll just keep it short and say neo-liberalism -- which I suspect in itself will garner your protest. If you can't understand why many Democrats, former Democrats or Independents weren't inspired by Hillary, I would simply say that you can't relate to them and perhaps lack a well developed sense of observation and empathy. (By the way, I voted for Hillary in the general, though I supported and voted for Bernie in the primary.)

I agree, racial anxiety is probably the biggest driver of support for Trump. I'm not sure anyone here has ever really contested that -- I certainly have not. Big difference though between biggest and all. But you obviously see things through your own set of what seems to be somewhat limited lenses ... as your remark about "only recently" waking up "to the fact that this never was an Ozzie and Harriet nation" so aptly demonstrates. Many of us have been awake for at least 30-35 years.

As for negativism, yeah, I am negative about the comments I see posted in this particular thread. As I said, at the outset, there seems to be a lot of hate here. That's troubling to me, especially from Democrats.

As for the rest, I'll just pass on that. Peace Hortensis!