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misterhighwasted

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8. I'm not so sure it can be done with the current conditions we have today.
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 09:39 AM
Mar 2015

With the media what they are, and the divide in the parties today, I am just not so sure we can replicate the win of Bill Clinton against a sitting POTUS.
It was Bill's upset win that brought about a shift in how the Right approached their elections.
They were far more undermining, hard core, and organized from the bottom up.
From gerrymandering to voter purge, and with talk radio & media working its way to the fore with bias, the Right has managed to orchestrate a divide in this country that is not going away anytime soon.

When all they now need is a POTUS to complete the trifecta, and many Dem voters we need simply beat down to where voting isn't the privilege worth bothering with like it was back in the Clinton day of the 90's, I do not have an answer as to how we beat them back.

Tough slog. Even since Obama was elected, the Right has been busy dividing even further, and undermining the ability of those who would likely vote Dem.

Much has changed and not in the favor of Dems, since Bill Clinton's out-of-nowhere election.

Those who set out, following Clinton's upset election, to move the odds in their favor have done so with little challenge or prosecution.

When money rules, this is the result.

IMO.
Thanks

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We need another Clinton. [View all] Atman Mar 2015 OP
Like much of modern America, even our politicos are Brands(tm). morningfog Mar 2015 #1
I agree on all points but one ... Scuba Mar 2015 #2
Just curious what the context of this photo is. What was the event that they gathered? misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #6
Here you go. Octafish Mar 2015 #7
Thanks. Good Read. Appears it was a gathering of Southern Governors misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #11
In the late '70's Wallace had a change of heart and renounced his past support of segregation and Erose999 Mar 2015 #17
Wallace must have had quite the "come to jesus meeting" to turn a 180. misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #18
He had a "come to Jesus moment " when they got the right to vote./NT DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #20
Perhaps Hillary might have a come to Jeezus moment of her own regarding Wall St. and the winds of Erose999 Mar 2015 #21
Nixon tasked E Howard Hunt to plant pro-DEM literature in his would-be assassin's apartment. Octafish Mar 2015 #19
That plan was never carried out, though. hifiguy Mar 2015 #22
Subterranean History... Octafish Mar 2015 #23
We just need someone with the right plans. mmonk Mar 2015 #3
It's like the party is still getting over the Obama/Clinton earthquake BeyondGeography Mar 2015 #4
New blood would be a plus. "New ideas"... Smarmie Doofus Mar 2015 #5
I'm not so sure it can be done with the current conditions we have today. misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #8
We have a weak bench. cali Mar 2015 #9
Yes we do. Serious problem. Considering the worst of the Bench appointees arrived via the misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #13
By the time Bill was elected the right had defined him and pilloried him. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #10
As with Obama, Clinton didn't come out of nowhere brooklynite Mar 2015 #12
And he was just a really likeable guy. Rather genuine and kinda fun. misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #14
Doesn't really matter...the CIA picks the president anyway. Atman Mar 2015 #16
We have one now. Orsino Mar 2015 #15
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