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2016 Postmortem

JCanete

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2. Self funding and grassroots funding are so not the same thing. Granted, the

Reply to portlander23 (Original post)

Mon Jan 9, 2017, 11:43 AM

Jan 2017

rich "outsider" narrative is something that people buy into over and over. Trump won because his imbecility was not pointed out by the media. Gore was made into a buffoon for saying he had a part in advancing the internet, and Dean for screaming on stage...but Trump was entirely untouched.

So yeah, he did just Tourettes his way into the Presidency by saying whatever it was he thought people wanted to hear, but most of what he said was actually pro-establishment...everything he wants is pro-establishment. The media would have elevated itself to mediocre had it just pointed that obvious fact out for people, but then, as part of the establishment, why would it?

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Trumps Win: Americas Failures of Representation and Prospects for Democracy [View all] portlander23 Jan 2017 OP

Presenting Trump and Sanders as 2 sides of same coin delisen Jan 2017 #1

Self funding and grassroots funding are so not the same thing. Granted, the JCanete Jan 2017 #2

I've set a new rule for myself which is certain to lower my blood pressure Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #3