I thought the same as well. Around March 15th after Bernie lost big, I didn't see a plausible path for him to get the nomination (I was one of the early jumpers, although I did vote for him in my Primary the next month), so I started looking into Gary and Jill. Couldn't find much on Gary, just good things (lol) but Jill only matched some idea, her other things and the lack of Green Party structure frustrate me (If Bernie doesn't have enough folks in Congress to back him, why the hell would Jill have it?). I didn't "trust" Hillary; I bought into the narrative but I decided to vote for her in the GE. That's when I started looking deeply into her records and even comparing it to Sanders at time. I came to realize that she's not all that bad, although I can respect that other folks feel very, very differently. I made my own opinion and I eventually decided that I was no longer voting for the "lesser of two evils" but the better candidate that can achieve more of what I want than Donald ever could. It also help that her detractors, well the main ones are always like "lock her up!" "she's a bitch/*****" "war criminals" and the "establishment" argument. If they're trying to convince me not to vote for her, they're failing rather miserably. I listen to reason not negative rhetoric.
This was a good read, I appreciate you sharing your story with me. I'm glad we're on the same path. And the bolded portion is so, so important. Hillary is so respected on the bipartisan level, more than some people could even imagine.
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Republicans had *months* to call out Trump's offensive behavior. And they stood by him. Changing now is cowardice. Vote for Democrats.
Not to play the devil's advocate, but the RNC clearly preferred Ted Cruz. The people made Trump, not the fellow republicans. They mostly looked ashamed of him until it became clear he was a GOP phenomenon.
Not to play the devil's advocate, but the RNC clearly preferred Ted Cruz. The people made Trump, not the fellow republicans. They mostly looked ashamed of him until it became clear he was a GOP phenomenon.
No.
They legitimized him in 2012 even after the racist birther ****.
It was ugly.
I remember.
MSNBC tore into Trump and the RNC on election night for the racist dog whistling that was going in back then.
Watch this video starting from 13:00 to 13:30
Mitt Romney and co disowned him in 2016 but it was too late. They had already given him credibility in 2012.
The next ten red states to turn blue on 538 could be
1. Arizona - Clinton 48.6%
2. Alaska - Clinton 29.1%
3. Georgia - Clinton 27.1%
4. Missouri - Clinton 19%
5. Montana - Clinton 16%
6. South Dakota - Clinton 15.9%
7. South Carolina - Clinton 13.9%
8. Texas - Clinton 13.7%
9. Indiana - Clinton 11.5%
10. Kansas - Clinton 10.2%