2016 Postmortem

NewJeffCT

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15. I'm sure most of them will...

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 10:39 AM

Oct 2016

Most will use the first 3 excuses below interchangeably - a few will throw in the last item as well:
1) Trump is not a true Republican
2) Trump is not a true conservative
3) The (mythical) liberal Media was unfair to Trump
4) Trump was a friend of the Clintons and planted by them to make Republicans and conservatives look bad.

which gives you their usual corollary of: "If only we nominated a pure (or true) conservative, America would fall in love with him and we'd win in a landslide." (not that it's true - Republicans always have to moderate to appeal to the mainstream because conservative ideas are poisonous for the General Election)

A few of them will say that Trump had too much baggage to win

Even fewer will say that the party itself needs to change and be friendlier to women and non-whites, and to reject racism, sexism and xenophobia.

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NY Daily News/Front Page [View all] misterhighwasted Oct 2016 OP

k and r...nt Stuart G Oct 2016 #1

YEP!! Madam45for2923 Oct 2016 #2

Trump & GOP must be crushed to prevent Trump 2.0 / Ivanka & to commit GOP to meaningful reform. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #3

YES. Definitely! I want that to happen SO much!!! calimary Oct 2016 #6

Righteous! Hillary leads our society forward..stronger together. misterhighwasted Oct 2016 #9

Yes, likely no sense and the GOP schisms either by ejecting Ts or mainline leaving. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #13

I'm sure most of them will... NewJeffCT Oct 2016 #15

<3. Preach! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2016 #26

It is time Saviolo Oct 2016 #14

It's worth reading! FailureToCommunicate Oct 2016 #4

That's really great! PatrickforO Oct 2016 #5

They couldn't/didn't do it yesterday BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #7

I misread it left-of-center2012 Oct 2016 #8

Lol..or that too. misterhighwasted Oct 2016 #10

Now that he's cut ties with Christie, Christie may have that arranged. nt okaawhatever Oct 2016 #22

LOL! montana_hazeleyes Oct 2016 #27

I am just scared that the goalposts will be moved after this and if she doesn't get 60% of DLCWIdem Oct 2016 #11

Yes that right there n/t humbled_opinion Oct 2016 #12

I agree with the sentiment... malthaussen Oct 2016 #16

Always been the people's paper. Tabloid... yeah a bit. zonkers Oct 2016 #17

Wow! It almost makes me want to subscribe! LAS14 Oct 2016 #18

YES!!!! Tarheel_Dem Oct 2016 #19

Works for me. sheshe2 Oct 2016 #20

Isn't the Daily News pretty conservative, normally? n/t ColesCountyDem Oct 2016 #21

Problem with statements like that is that people will say this is why Hillary won. nt okaawhatever Oct 2016 #23

#DeportTrump Not Sure Oct 2016 #24

K&R! DemonGoddess Oct 2016 #25

K & R Coyotl Oct 2016 #28