re: #165 Decatur Deb

To be fair to the little naifs, the margin was so close that almost any identifiable negative tossed the electoral college. We really had to work at it to blow this one.

I understand your point, but there were certainly other things going on in this election that were not in previous elections and they had as much to do with it as what you see as not working.

A few: Russians, fake news, the media following the TV star for ratings, and what I think was a biggie, the first woman coming just after the first Black president that was slimed and resisted and made to look bad, and she was running as a continuation of his policies, the emails, the emails, the emails and the FBI, our citizens (those you talked about upthread) being really really ignorant and evil.

It was a steeper hill in my opinion and looking back on all the dynamics it was maybe like a super cell storm. A lot of bad hot air running into the cold, plenty of moisture hitting a dry atmosphere…and we all got into the vortex and torn up.

Really, who could have prepared for all of that?