(June 27, 2016 at 5:58 am)MrNoMorePropaganda Wrote: But the point is Donald will manage to convince people to vote for him over Hilary even though we both know Donald, like Hilary, will say anything to get elected. You saw the Brexit result; sometimes people get so fed up they just say: "Fuck it".
No, the point is that when you spew vitriol in the past you'll have to answer for it. Clinton's team no doubt has video of each ugly sentiment Trump has shopped out to the public, will hammer him with those clips.
Google the term "hostages to fortune". That might help you understand the point here.
(June 27, 2016 at 5:58 am)MrNoMorePropaganda Wrote: At this point, Hilary isn't even saying anything to appeal to disaffected Bernie voters, who she needs on her side if she wants to have any hope of winning. Donald is lying, obviously, but he's at least trying to sound appealing now. I won't forgive him for his racism but what I am saying is Hilary is running an awful campaign herself. If she continues to allienate large portions of the Democratic vote she will lose the election.
This, I think, is a foreigner's misreading of American politics in play. Firstly, Clinton is playing to the Democrat base, not alienating them. Secondly, you're entirely ignoring the fact that Trump, in the "fight" he's put up for the center, has issued such extreme statements on so many issues that he's alienated women, blacks, Latinos, and gays. Discounting the overlap between those groups he's still kept his base pissed-off white men.
That's not how you win an election in America.
