I have no words of wisdom. I think we should all be working as hard as we can to unify our party and beat him. But reading DU, makes that very unlikely. So much hate and negativity here, it's like people are doing the Republicans work for them.
Then there is the media, Sanders and Clinton get about a quarter of the air time compared to Trump. If he sneezes, they run to cover it. They never question him, even when they know he is lying, it's like they are afraid to "offend" their viewers. He brings in the ratings, and that's what counts.
One of my neighbor loves Trump. Why? "Because he isn't boring, and none of these politicians will get you what your really want, anyway, might as well have some fun" Also "he has a hot wife." Try arguing with that guy...nothing works.
I don't know what has happened to society in general. I can understand politics may be boring. I can understand people are tired of broken promises. But I can't see how they think America is as bad, or even worse, as it was before 2008.
Nor can I understand how someone like Trump who spews so much hate and bigotry, has such great appeal, it's like we are seeing the worst of us, come out. And it's sad. People are so impressed with him. They want to be like him. If you are rich and nasty and vicious, and want to step on people, you are a success. I think of Mike Bloomberg, who is far richer, and more successful then Trump, but he wasn't a "promoter", he didn't sell himself, just his ideas.
So I come here, looking for hope that we have a chance of beating this creep. And I get more depressed reading all the nastiness and division, I see here. Hope it will change, but who knows. Seems doubtful.
So I guess it's a combination of many things, if Trump wins. The one thing, and the only thing I do know for certain, is that I will try and work hard for Democratic party, and I'm voting blue, come November.
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