Banty, on 14 November 2016 - 10:58 AM, said:
That does not mean the Dem party is dead.
They put up the wrong candidate. They (poss. mostly Debbie WS, but I read somewhere that Obama weighed in) put up a candidate that had major baggage, and was going to be polarizing in any case, up, to get that First Woman President.
They rationalized that she was sooo tough and all the baggage had been gone through before. They rationalized that the email thing would blow over. They rationalized that, objectively factually, the American voter would be convinced - heh.
I don't know if Bernie would have been the right candidate - my choice was Joe Biden. But there you have it - all three of them old. Nothing against old per se but for all their stupidity it was the GOP that had a bench of young up and comers.
This RIGHT here is a part of the problem. Obama and DWS didn't appoint or annoit HRC, 13 million members of the Democratic base did. Period. Biden chose not to run. Bernie ran (and I think did some damage toward the end for no purpose, but water under the bridge) and lost, in part due to crappy organizing before Super Tuesday.
I said a day or two ago, if you spent time between the end of the primary and the election bemoaning the party's choice, you own a part of the failure. Biden flamed out badly in two earlier runs, suddenly he is a man on white horse? Maybe Bernie would have "inspired" enough more voters, maybe his being an Atheist/Jewish Socialist would have cause him to crash and burn. Maybe not having lady parts is all it takes. We don't know now, and will never be sure. I'm pretty sure if the press spent the last two weeks covering Trump comments and Trump Foundation issues instead of fake emails things would be different.
Oh yeah, Obama's fault. Never pick members of the other party to head any security or investigative agency. I know bipartisan appointments used to be a thing. That was then.
Trump delenda est.
GOP delenda est.
Resist!