What does it say about a Democratic candidate who has
- a few former heads of the CIA, and Noam Chomsky supporting her;
- and major Republican supporters of major Republicans supporting her because they can't support their party's candidate;
- and Democratic supporters both liberal and moderate and everywhere in between;
And still can’t put this away?
So much of the writing here blames the media, and the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy," that dumped much money and mud on her over the last 25 years. The meme is that “any other candidate with that much money and mud thrown at her over that many years would be that unpopular.”
You ignore the fact that all this money and mud over the last 25 years HAPPENED. It is IRRELEVANT to speculate what WOULD have happened to other politicians had they been subjected to the same treatment. They were NOT. She WAS. That's why she is the worst possible candidate the Dems could be running.
Joe Biden, for example, has been a Senator or VP since he was 30. He's been in the spotlight for decades, and even had to drop out of the 1988 primaries because of a plagiarism scandal. Still, his approval ratings are at 50%.
What you are saying is like this:
"Our opponents were penalized for 'roughing the passer.'
Over and over again.
From the first quarter, and on.
Our QB was hit illegally, dozens of times, and now can't throw.
But you can't blame our QB for performing badly, or for insisting on staying on the field and in the game, even though our QB was hobbled and can't throw.
Because any other QB who had been hit like that would not be able to throw either."
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It MATTERS that our QB is hobbled and can't throw!!!
It doesn’t matter what would have, or could have happened to someone else. This happened to our Quarterback, and so our QB needed to be replaced by someone who can throw. But that did not happen. Our QB was (is) seriously damaged. By selfishly insisting on staying in the game, our QB has jeopardized our chances to win!!!!!
Why are people so blinded by party loyalty that we can't see the world for what it is?
Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and even Bernie, would be up by 30 points over Trump. But our QB can't throw, and so the game remains close.
I anticipate the replies:
“Bernie lost. Get over it.”
“You just don’t like her because she’s a woman and you’re a man.”
“If any other politician had been subjected to 25 years of money and mud thrown at her….”
This is not about Bernie, or Elizabeth Warren, or Joe Biden. Tim Kaine would trounce Trump if he were at the top of the ticket. So would any of these other woman Senators: Barbara Boxer, or Dianne Feinstein, or Heidi Heitkamp, or Kirsten Gillebrand, or Tammy Baldwin, or Amy Klobuchar. Hillary is not trouncing Trump. Almost anyone else would.
Why would any of these people win? Because they have NOT had 25 years of money and mud thrown at them. Sure, they probably all have some skeletons in their closets. Everyone does.
But they can throw.
Unfortunately, we can no longer make any substitutions. All we can do is hope to run out the clock….