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In reply to the discussion: Why do Hillary haters almost invariably deny Russian influence in the election? [View all]lapucelle
(18,235 posts)I was barraged with all sorts of campaign advice from all sorts of people to send up from my very, very lowly spot in the chain. There was even one critic who would begin with, "the next time you see Hillary, tell her...." As if.
Mistakes were were certainly made (as they always are), but the "bad campaign" / "flawed candidate" memes not only overlook the bigger picture, but also serve to remove the truly bad actors from their responsibility in putting Trump in the White House.
What would have helped more, a campaign stop in WI or publicity and outrage over the Republican appointed Director of the Board of Elections refusal to locate early voting locations near the universities, spending more of the ad budget on AA businesses or a concerted, national effort to insure that certain populations were not deprived of their franchise? The Republican's rallies were televised at length daily, while the Democrat's town halls and policy speeches were routinely ignored, all in the service of ratings and revenue.
The truth of the matter is that it took a coalition of the Republicans, the Tea Party, the Trumpsters, the BoBs, the Steiners, the FBI, the Russians, a continued and casual acceptance of a gender-based double standard, and a self-serving media to deny Mrs. Clinton an electoral college victory, but they still couldn't touch her popular vote mandate.
Biden knows better, and he shouldn't be pandering to media revisionism.