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Showing Original Post only (View all)Sanders Will Win, Despite Rigged Debate Schedules, Skewed Polls, and Clinton's 'Inevitability' [View all]
H. A. Goodman
Posted: 12/11/2015 1:00 pm EST
The American political establishment is trying desperately to shift public opinion towards the belief that voters will elect a person they don't trust and don't like. It's not a conspiracy, however, it's simply the same dynamics that allowed Enron to seduce financial markets before its epic collapse. BusinessWeek wrote a glowing cover story on Enron in February of 2001, stating "Enron's success has not gone unnoticed, but it has a few advantages that competitors would be hard pressed to match." Ten months after this glowing review of Enron's prominence within the energy field, it went bankrupt.
The same dynamics are at play with Hillary Clinton and poll numbers, as well as Clinton's "inevitability." Conventional logic is often rooted in a herd mentality, wrapped in a cloak of groupthink, and justified by doublespeak. It's the reason that television gravitates away from honest individuals and towards anyone who will sell commercials. According to a Philly.com article by Will Bunch, More Americans support Bernie than The Donald -- but he gets 1/23 the TV coverage.
To certain people, Hillary Clinton is definitely going to win, simply because of poll numbers. However, people forget that in December of 2007, Gallup reported Clinton Maintains Large Lead Over Obama Nationally. Of course, in American society today, looking back only eight years is ancient history.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/bernie-sanders-will-become-president_b_8780730.html
Posted: 12/11/2015 1:00 pm EST
The American political establishment is trying desperately to shift public opinion towards the belief that voters will elect a person they don't trust and don't like. It's not a conspiracy, however, it's simply the same dynamics that allowed Enron to seduce financial markets before its epic collapse. BusinessWeek wrote a glowing cover story on Enron in February of 2001, stating "Enron's success has not gone unnoticed, but it has a few advantages that competitors would be hard pressed to match." Ten months after this glowing review of Enron's prominence within the energy field, it went bankrupt.
The same dynamics are at play with Hillary Clinton and poll numbers, as well as Clinton's "inevitability." Conventional logic is often rooted in a herd mentality, wrapped in a cloak of groupthink, and justified by doublespeak. It's the reason that television gravitates away from honest individuals and towards anyone who will sell commercials. According to a Philly.com article by Will Bunch, More Americans support Bernie than The Donald -- but he gets 1/23 the TV coverage.
To certain people, Hillary Clinton is definitely going to win, simply because of poll numbers. However, people forget that in December of 2007, Gallup reported Clinton Maintains Large Lead Over Obama Nationally. Of course, in American society today, looking back only eight years is ancient history.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/bernie-sanders-will-become-president_b_8780730.html
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Sanders Will Win, Despite Rigged Debate Schedules, Skewed Polls, and Clinton's 'Inevitability' [View all]
Skinner
Dec 2015
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Or he's covering all his bases just in case. I suspect that a lot of Clinton supporters view
totodeinhere
Dec 2015
#52
There is an important force in politics that all of us that mock HA Goodman's writing forget about.
FSogol
Dec 2015
#3
Yeah, I support Sanders, but I think Goodman's glasses are too rose-colored
thesquanderer
Dec 2015
#7
The author should have picked a photograph that doesn't make Sanders look grumpy. nt
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2015
#31
I am sure the Sanders campaign could provide one or two if given enough time.
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2015
#34