2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How do you reshape the Democratic Party? Start with winning the nomination. [View all]DirkGently
(12,151 posts)Hard to understand how people become so partisan they literally think nothing but "winning" matters. What matters is getting the right things done. That's why we have these discussions about "platforms" and "integrity" and "principles."
Trump's a perfect example of this backward thinking. It's hard to tell what he really thinks, because he just plays to the crowd. Used to be a Democrat. Used to support a woman's right to choose. Sometimes wants to ban Muslims; sometimes isn't so sure.
If he were right, and could elected simply by making whatever noises people want to hear, we'd elect that kind of person every time. An indecipherable concoction of crowd-pleasing chants and slogans, with no predictable policy behind it. Policy would therefore be a random crapshoot of whatever the most successful strategist really thought, which no one would know beforehand because it would all be about, "winning."
It's not all about "winning." That kind of winning is for the Trumps and Charlie Sheens of the world.
Nobody thinks that.
We are supposed to be smarter.