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Oct 8 2019 01:34pm
Quote (djman72 @ Oct 8 2019 03:23pm)
That's an interesting take. I'll be honest in saying i've never heard the 2016 election outcome spun like that.

I don't agree with you, but that's one hell of a take.


It's okay, Biden will lose to Trump in 2020 and I'll be proven wrong for the millionth time.
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Oct 8 2019 01:39pm
I have nightmares about the possibility that the Dems will pull the same thing they pulled in 2016. They might just nominate Hillary again. They cheated last time to get Hillary nominated (ask Bernie), they might just do it again.

Hillary has been making lots of noise lately... around the internet.


/e It might also explain the idiotic 24 Dems trying for the nomination. They all make each other look so bad, that the voters (possibly) start to think they should have just stuck with Hillary the last time. And poof, in 2020 they get (possibly) another chance.

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Quote (Ghot @ Oct 8 2019 03:39pm)
I have nightmares about the possibility that the Dems will pull the same thing they pulled in 2016. They might just nominate Hillary again. They cheated last time to get Hillary nominated (ask Bernie), they might just do it again.

Hillary has been making lots of noise lately... around the internet.


Just fap to her and get it over with.
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Oct 8 2019 02:02pm
Quote (djman72 @ Oct 8 2019 01:49pm)
You gotta let go, man. She was the worst candidate in the modern presidential era and that's why she lost.


The race was insanely close such that virtually anything would have tipped it in her favor. The closest thing to election day was Comey, but yes, she should have had it in the bag even despite that.

She was a terrible candidate and it took everything under the sun magically lining up for Trump to eek out a 70k margin in a few key states to win.
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Oct 8 2019 03:04pm
Quote (IceMage @ 8 Oct 2019 20:37)
Elizabeth Warren is neck and neck with Biden as the front runner, and if Bernie drops out, she'll receive a higher percentage of votes from his supporters than Biden will. She's most definitely not neoliberal. Trump represents the tax cutting, deregulation cutting, sloppy trade conflicting, immigration smearing fake populism. Warren represents a more genuine populism.

Also, it's not even necessary for Democrats to move. Hillary lost in a fluke of FBI and Russian interference. I understand Trump supporters want the Democrats to move closer to their own positions, the Democrats said the same thing post-2012 about Republicans. Wishful thinking.


Quote (IceMage @ 8 Oct 2019 21:01)
That just helps my argument. She had decades of baggage, was the most hated politician in America outside of Trump, and she still barely lost. Democrats don't need to change at all.



Those are interesting arguments, and they make sense. I still disagree with your conclusion that the Dems will win if they just dont change, for the following reasons:

  • First, the Dems had an unprecedented 2-to-1 fundraising advantage in 2016. They wont in 2020. Trump has a lot more time to collect money while the Dem candidates are still busy with their primary. He delivered massive tax cuts that corporate america loved, and despite all the apocalyptic predictions, the world has not ended under his watch. Some Democratic donors from Wall Street have already hinted that they might sit out this election if Warren (or Bernie) become the nominee, or might even support Trump over them. Furthermore, the Dems will have to waste a lot of their money during a cutthroat primary while Trump can balloon his war chest.
  • Second, the Democrats are no longer where they were in 2016. They have already moved substantially to the left since then, and there's no real way back if you ask me. Imho, their positions in 2016 were just about as liberal as you can position yourself while still being feasible in America. Since then, they have adopted an agenda of tax hikes, oppression olympics, open borders, kicking 180m+ americans off their current healthcare plans, taxpayer funded late-term abortions, reparations for slavery, and so on and on.
  • Third, in 2016, cultural, intellectual, political and media elites were backing one candidate over the other to an unprecedented degree, and they still couldnt pull it off. Since then, the influence of these elites on Trump's base and swing voters surely hasnt increased.
  • Fourth, in 2016, the Trump campaign was a chaotic, improvised trainwreck from start to finish. This time around, he will have much more time to plan it out and his campaign will be run a lot more professionally.


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Oct 8 2019 03:15pm
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Those are interesting arguments, and they make sense. I still disagree with your conclusion that the Dems will win if they just dont change, for the following reasons:

  • First, the Dems had an unprecedented 2-to-1 fundraising advantage in 2016. They wont in 2020. Trump has a lot more time to collect money while the Dem candidates are still busy with their primary. He delivered massive tax cuts that corporate america loved, and despite all the apocalyptic predictions, the world has not ended under his watch. Some Democratic donors from Wall Street have already hinted that they might sit out this election if Warren (or Bernie) become the nominee, or might even support Trump over them. Furthermore, the Dems will have to waste a lot of their money during a cutthroat primary while Trump can balloon his war chest.
  • Second, the Democrats are no longer where they were in 2016. They have already moved substantially to the left since then, and there's no real way back if you ask me. Imho, their positions in 2016 were just about as liberal as you can position yourself while still being feasible in America. Since then, they have adopted an agenda of tax hikes, oppression olympics, open borders, kicking 180m+ americans off their current healthcare plans, taxpayer funded late-term abortions, reparations for slavery, and so on and on.
  • Third, in 2016, cultural, intellectual, political and media elites were backing one candidate over the other to an unprecedented degree, and they still couldnt pull it off. Since then, the influence of these elites on Trump's base and swing voters surely hasnt increased.
  • Fourth, in 2016, the Trump campaign was a chaotic, improvised trainwreck from start to finish. This time around, he will have much more time to plan it out and his campaign will be run a lot more professionally.


I don't trust Trump to run his campaign efficiently no matter how much time he's given to plan. Trump thrives in chaos, when things get calm and people start thinking Trump sinks like a stone.
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Oct 8 2019 03:45pm
Quote (Thor123422 @ 8 Oct 2019 23:15)
I don't trust Trump to run his campaign efficiently no matter how much time he's given to plan. Trump thrives in chaos, when things get calm and people start thinking Trump sinks like a stone.


The people running his campaign will be more professional. Trump himself thrives in chaos, yes, and he will find ways to create chaos, as he always does. But the baseline professionality and efficiency of his campaign will nonetheless be a lot higher than in 2016.
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Oct 8 2019 03:56pm
Quote (Thor123422 @ Oct 8 2019 05:15pm)
I don't trust Trump to run his campaign efficiently no matter how much time he's given to plan. Trump thrives in chaos, when things get calm and people start thinking Trump sinks like a stone.


Does your opinion ever resemble reality?

He was written off as a joke and ended up winning the presidency even though the mainstream media was against him and he ran against a household name who had both the money and institutional backing. If that's not efficiency, i don't know what is.
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Oct 8 2019 03:56pm
Quote (Skinned @ Oct 8 2019 03:41pm)
Just fap to her and get it over with.


Lol
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Oct 8 2019 04:12pm
Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 8 2019 04:56pm)
Does your opinion ever resemble reality?

He was written off as a joke and ended up winning the presidency even though the mainstream media was against him and he ran against a household name who had both the money and institutional backing. If that's not efficiency, i don't know what is.


Then apparently you don't know what is.
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