2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDear, you should be dating Richie...He's such a nice boy..
He's a straight A student.. He's class president.. He sings in the church choir. He has a job after school...etc etc,,,
How many of us women of a certain age heard this in our youth??
But WE wanted to (and often DID) date the bad-boy who cut class..smoked...drank.. etc..
and many ended up marrying that guy (to their later chagrin)..
Americans crave zest..excitement..the invitation to be naughty..
If our two choices had been TWO exciting guys...one with good ideas and the other with stupid ideas..guess which one most would have chosen??? Bernie
Given a choice between goofball know-nothing big mouth Trump and stern Grannie who is super smart, but a bit "entitled".. too many chose goofball..
People prefer candy over spinach..even though spinach is better for you
greatauntoftriplets
(175,695 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)and we know they turned out
greatauntoftriplets
(175,695 posts)Except for some of the (expletive deleted) over at JPR whose main driving force seems to be hated of Democrats.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)The margins were close in many cases, where enthusiasm could have made the difference.
"Hold your nose & vote against the icky guy" is not very inspiring..
Here's hoping we can find someone young & inspiring...who grew up understanding computers.. we are going to need it after a few years of Trump
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Hekate
(90,189 posts)Please don't say she lost or that she cost the Democrats the White House. She won.