2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Was Shoved Down Our Throats - Now We May Have To Accept President Trump [View all]Cal33
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was rooting for Elizabeth. When I became sure that she wasn't running, I started
reading up on Bernie, and became impressed. His political views were very similar
to mine -- his and those of Elizabeth. For me, he was a natural to switch to.
Well, within a short time after entering the presidential race, Bernie began to make
rapid progress, very rapid indeed, for an almost total unknown. The main stream
media rarely ever mentioned a word about him. They avoided him like the
plague. And the Republicans didn't attack him either. Their reason is simple
to see. Why should they give him publicity? Making him known to more people
was the last thing on their minds. He was already dangerous enough. In fact,
they did the opposite, they tried to suppress him wherever possible. The DNC
did the same thing. Example: Just look at DWS's scheduling of the Dem. Primary
Presidential Debates.
Does this give you another point of view to really think about re why they attack
only Hillary, and not Bernie? Hillary became a known entity when she became
First Lady in 1993. Whether or not the Republicans liked it, there was nothing they
could do about it -- she has been a worldwide known figure since then. She also has
extremely heavy political baggage to tote around. Bernie does not. It would have
been quite stupid of the Republicans to give him more publicity, since his political
views are more different from theirs than Hillary's. To them he is more dangerous
than Hillary - should he win. So they kept quiet about him, and still do.
And they are right. If the Republicans had given him all the publicity by attacking
him, Bernie would have been way ahead of Hillary months ago. Just look at the
massive turnout of people whichever town he visits to make speeches. Can you
imagine what would have happened, if Bernie had been frequently seen on TV
over the past year?