People say she ran a bad campaign. I don't think she did. I think she did the best she could under the circumstances. Any flaws or issues with it are something the Democratic Party collectively owns, not her specifically. Dems should have had a better plan from the start. They should've also been listening to the working class all this time, instead of worrying about their own pockets or continuing to play softball with the other side while pretending it wasn't rapidly turning fascist.
And then there's the problem of Citizens United, a ruling mysteriously passed the year after Obama first took office. Imagine what an endless flow of money can do for a campaign, especially for a political side that historically favors a select few having an endless flow of money. You think some well-meaning folks might get trashed to the point where nobody wants to vote for them?
And on that note, I'm not getting the voters off the hook either. Voting is a right, and one's civic duty. And it's also the voter's responsibility to be informed. Which I realize can be hard to do with the misinformation machine that exists (thanks to CU), but many have managed anyway. I can understanding wanting to try the new guy because the status quo doesn't seem great. But... actively sabotaging the other candidate because one thinks their loved ones' lives will be better under the guy who let nearly a million Americans die due to negligence? Actually believing the economy would be saved by the guy who somehow managed to bankrupt six casinos? That is pure ignorance, and there is no excuse for that.
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People say she ran a bad campaign. I don't think she did. I think she did the best she could under the circumstances. Any flaws or issues with it are something the Democratic Party collectively owns, not her specifically. Dems should have had a better plan from the start. They should've also been listening to the working class all this time, instead of worrying about their own pockets or continuing to play softball with the other side while pretending it wasn't rapidly turning fascist.
And then there's the problem of Citizens United, a ruling mysteriously passed the year after Obama first took office. Imagine what an endless flow of money can do for a campaign, especially for a political side that historically favors a select few having an endless flow of money. You think some well-meaning folks might get trashed to the point where nobody wants to vote for them?
And on that note, I'm not getting the voters off the hook either. Voting is a right, and one's civic duty. And it's also the voter's responsibility to be informed. Which I realize can be hard to do with the misinformation machine that exists (thanks to CU), but many have managed anyway. I can understanding wanting to try the new guy because the status quo doesn't seem great. But... actively sabotaging the other candidate because one thinks their loved ones' lives will be better under the guy who let nearly a million Americans die due to negligence? Actually believing the economy would be saved by the guy who somehow managed to bankrupt six casinos? That is pure ignorance, and there is no excuse for that.