2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I just read why 64 Bernie NV delegates had their credentials stripped--and I shed a tear or two [View all]emsimon33
(3,128 posts)Those states will not vote Democratic in my lifetime.
Second, Hillary, the DNC, and state Democratic Parties may be using Rovian tricks to win the nomination but the masters and inventors of these tricks are the Republicans. Novice vs master. Hmmmm... . Does not bode well in the GE.
When and where the votes can't be stolen, she loses 30% to 70/20% to 80%. What that tells me is that a majority of Democrats simply do not want her for president.
While scare tactics work on the conservative mind (and I am beginning to suspect that this may be in play with many of her supporters), fear is not a guaranteed motivator for most Democrats.
She is on record for wanting to change Social Security and cut Medicare. Other candidates are not. The youth will either riot or bide their time rather than vote for her.
I am beginning to suspect that Trump ran to be the Boogie man that would drive voters to Hillary. It simply may not work. His base is much more committed and larger than the few that actually support her.
Can it get more frustrating? Why Hillary, the DNC, and the state parties are so desperate, I believe, is that their corporate masters and corporations, etc. are looking out from their gilded mansions and they see the peasants with the pitchforks and scythes. They need a bit more time to completely destroy our democratic republic and beggar and enslave the 99% of us.
However, the scales are falling from more and more eyes. The tipping point may have past and using these tactics to deny the will of the people will have such serious consequences that the 60s will look idyllic.