10-22-2016, 09:17 PM
(10-22-2016, 05:09 PM)Bronsin Wrote: Trump will lose this election for a couple of reasons.You got that much right.
First, he never got out of the mud-slinging phase. At some point you have to focus on what you are going to do for the voters to make their lives better, and try to convince people on the fence and the other side that you may be a viable alternative. He has done none of that.
Quote:Second, he picked the wrong running mate. To be fair, this may have been forced on him as the GOP may have removed him and inserted their own candidate causing a huge firestorm in the party and alienating the whole Republican voter base. He should have chosen Ben Carson IMHO. He is well respected by BOTH black and white communities, and would have went a long way towards unifying the party and bringing more voters to the cause.
Maybe so, but then the GOP would have had TWO candidates with no experience in government, and only this one campaign in politics. That's fine if we want a team to "shake things up," but it guarantees incompetence in office. And it is for sure that Trump's VP made no difference to his campaign at all. Trump can't be controlled and doesn't take advice. I don't think Carson would have been any better at making excuses for him than Pence has been doing.
Quote:Hillary will win, and then I will get to laugh when she tries to explain how bad of a system she inherited even though she has been in the White House for 16 of the last 24 years, creating this huge crap sandwich and it will be pure joy watching her eat every bite of it.WWIII and/or Civil War will be on us very soon, and she will have no one else to blame. Her campaign has been pure garbage as well. Calling half of the voters "deplorable" smacks of the total arrogance of someone who feels like she has the presidency in the bag, and doesn't need to convince them to vote for her or even try to reason with her side.
The bad system she inherited was the Republican obstruction machine. They are responsible for all the things that are wrong with America. Actually, Hillary's husband and other New Democrats were also complicit in this error regime, but the Democrats also pushed and administered some good policies on many occasions. The Republicans-- practically never, in 35 years. Total bankruptcy.
Quote:The amazing part is that in my lifetime, I will have sat through 3 of the shittiest presidents to ever disgrace the Oval Office, and I didn't vote for any of them. I'm getting old enough that I don't even give a damn what kind of hellhole the younger generations want to make for themselves, because they will have to live in it.
Interesting that, according to my horoscope scoring system, all 3 are among the most electable candidates ever. They had to be, in this media-dominant country. They have not been the best presidents, however. But Obama and Bill Clinton were adequate, while Dubya was horrid. The millennials have a chance to exert their voting power over other generations in the mid-20s. They may take the opportunity to move the nation to the left = forward. On the other hand, their tendency to hate the whole system and lack moderation in temperament may tempt them to support a Trump-like maverick in 2024 that screws up the system for real and leads us to civil war. Especially if the Democrats stay in power for 8 more years, as I am predicting now.