2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDonald Trump Can’t Merely Be Defeated—He and His Deplorables Must Be Crushed
Lesser of two evils? Hogwash. Theres only one evil in this race, and its the guy who makes white supremacists delirious. We must crush them.
DEAN OBEIDALLAH
11.02.16 1:00 AM ET
Its not enough for Donald Trump to just lose this election. He must get crushed. Why? Simple, we need to send a message to Trumpas well as to the rest of our nationthat his sexism, bigotry, and racism have no place in America. And perhaps more importantly this would send a powerful message to Trumps white supremacist and anti-Semitic fans that we will not sit by as Trump mainstreams their hate.
Those are the stakes. Yet stunningly a Washington Post poll released Tuesday finds that enthusiasm among Hillary Clinton supporters is dropping given FBI directors James Comeys irresponsibly timed letter about emails found on Huma Abedins computer.
Trump and the hate mongers of his base want you to lose enthusiasm. They hope good people sit home and let hate triumph. We cant allow that.
Lets be blunt: Trump has served up the most vile, despicable garbage we have seen from a major party presidential nominee ever. And thats not just my view but also people who have been active in politics for decades, such as Ralph Nader and Barney Frank, who shared that exact sentiment while guests on my SiriusXM radio show.
Theres no moral equivalence between what Clinton has doneor even allegedly doneregarding emails and Trumps hate-filled fear mongering. Just on Sunday Trump claimed that Clinton would allow 650 million immigrants to pour into our country. That is an absolute lie as noted by the nonpartisan Politifact. But the idea of keeping America a white majority country is red meat for Trumps xenophobic base.
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Adrahil
(13,340 posts)BSdetect
(8,989 posts)Any result will fan their hatred.
Close result? It was rigged.
Crushing defeat? It was rigged.
You can't win with them.
The Bush people and all the other semi normal repugs will have to stand up and defy their party remnants to make us escape from this horror.
I am not hopeful that they will see things that way.
CanadaexPat
(496 posts)It's been allowed expression because there is no competition in those districts, no need for a moderate Rep candidate to win over some Dems. Those districts are now an albatross around the neck of the Rep party.