These are such incredibly stupid points to make.
Like being told you're the better Catholic by the Pope.
Someone from MSNBC could have written this. You are essentially shouting "Racism!" and "Rigged System!" as excuses for why Hillary Clinton lost.
No, I'm not, but I can see why you'd want to believe it. In fact, I was going to be disappointed either way, but the system as it sits is built so that the actual will of most of the citizens can be and has been thwarted. I don't believe that's a great way to instill respect for our institutions. Mostly, historically, it hasn't been an issue. Lately it's cropped up a bit.
It is technically correct that, if the popular vote determined the president, then Hillary Clinton would be president. That's absolutely true. The problem with this response, however, is that it's not the only, or even the most important, explanation(s) of why Hillary Clinton lost.
It's exactly why she lost, but I don't care that
she lost. I'm not the least bit disappointed by
her disappointment. I care that the system allowed it.
You think Bernie Sanders would have lost the electoral vote?
I think it would have been an interesting election cycle, but I don't know. I suspect he might have.
Furthermore, you also aren't taking into account that the democrats have been wiped out on every level. Republicans control the house, the senate, and the majority of state governments. Is the electoral college responsible for that?
Of course not. Have I stated that it is or lamented that larger fact? I don't believe you'll quote me doing so.
And tell me this: is racism responsible for the fact that former Obama voters voted for Trump?
Who said that's what happened? The last time I looked at the numbers it was more about Hillary not galvanizing her base the way Obama did, though she still did well enough to win, except for the system in play, again. Again, outside of my complaint about the system, one I'd have felt the same about had Trump been on the losing side while carrying the popular vote, I don't really have a horse in the race.
Is racism responsible for the fact that 1 in 10 Bernie Sanders primary voters ended up voting for Trump in the general election?
If true, I can't say but I'd suggest gender a more likely culprit there. Bernie was an old white guy about as opposed to Trump as you could imagine. Only the irrational could switch from Trump or Bernie to the other.
Is racism responsible for the fact that Donald Trump flipped the Rust Belt states red?
The margins were so close it's not really that dramatic. And it's telling that he won while losing the popular vote when we note, as you only just did, how dominant the Republican party was otherwise.
The simple fact is that Hillary Clinton was a deeply unpopular candidate who rigged the primaries against a candidate who not only was popular, but also populist. Furthermore, she ran a mostly policy-free, right-wing campaign.
I think they were both horrible candidates, but you've avoided the actual role race played in potentially winning (after a fashion) the White House for Trump. By insisting on putting the focus on Hillary you avoid Trump's racial history, rhetoric, and the way undeniably racist elements rallied to him. That may well have been the difference in a few places where the margins were all.
You have to look at trends. What do you think those numbers would have been 20 years ago? What do you think they'll be 20 years from now?
In 20 years if the Republican party doesn't start coming up with ideas the country will be essentially socialist. The Millennials are being won by that at a 2 to 1 rate, the last time I saw figures.
I agree that a white ethnostate alone wouldn't solve the problem. A nationalist socialist white ethnostate would.
No, and for the reasons given prior and unaddressed by anything in this post.
