senorgrand wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2019 5:31 pm
I think there were enough "swing" voters who swung to Trump becausd they were so sick of Hillary. I doubt many would say now that they voted for Trump, but the very fact that he's our President shows that they must have voted for him.
Trump is sitting in the White House because of the 4 million swing voters and registered democrats who voted for Obama, and chose to stay home and not vote in 2016. Trump didn't win so much as Hillary lost.
Hillary was a piss poor candidate, and in some ways she really was "crooked Hillary" (although not in any of the ways Trump was thinking when he slapped that label on her). I saw 2016 as a repudiation of Hillary because she is such a flaming moderate (or at times, conservative). So she really didn't inspire.
Of course after the election we found out all the crooked (immoral, but not illegal) things she did with/to the Democratic Party. I wasn't crazy about Hillary, but I sure the hell couldn't vote for Trump. Election day felt like a Soul-ectomy session.
Trump clearly is a racist, but he claims he isn't. Rumor has it, being called a racist REALLY gets under his skin. I read he went on a 15 minute full on, lose his shit, rant about being called a racist...Run with it!!!
As a candidate, I would put out a #RacistTrump on Twitter from time to time. But what I would do a LOT of, is running commercials through a PAC highlighting his racism and use the words "Racist Trump" as often as I can to solidify him as a racist in the minds of the voters.
America seemed to respond to his racism, and so did he. We found a weak spot in the armor, I would exploit it immediately, constantly, and persistently. But I would do so in a way that doesn't directly tie to any one candidate. The Republicans gave us PAC's and Citizen United...New rules, new playing field. So let's play by those rules, and use Republican tactics that THEY developed with those PAC's...And let's see what its like when Trump is on the receiving end. He's a man child, and a pussy deep down. I think he will lose his shit.
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