2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillarian Outrage on full display: "Oh Noes! Bernie's courting Trump supporters" [View all]CoffeeCat
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Hillary had been playing cheap-shot, school-yard games with Trump.
The problem was, Clinton's engagement with Trump was a campaign strategy that she erroneously believed would score some points for her campaign
During the last debate, she ignored Sanders and O'Malley while pivoting all of her debate answers back to Trump, arguing with him in absentia. Clinton figured this would demean Sanders/O'Malley and make herself appear as the crowned Democratic nominee, sparing with the eventual Republican nominee.
All of this would have worked until Sanders totally outsmarted her. God, I love it!!!
In a brilliant move, Bernie Sanders announces that he would seek to win over Trump supporters who feel disaffected and disgusted by our current system that has failed the middle class.
In one fell swoop, Sanders made both Clinton and Trump look infantile. Furthermore, Sanders positioned himself a uniter with broad appeal and a serious strategist focused on bringing the country together.
Meanwhile, over at the junior high playground--Trump and Clinton appear petty and frankly, ridiculous.
The faux outrage from the Clinton camp is massive damage control in motion. Sanders turned Hillary's Trump tactics around--to make the Clinton camp look third-rate--while Sanders comes out looking like a real Presidential candidate with broad appeal.
The "racist" malarkey is a desperate ploy to spin Bernie's campaign gold into something it's not. Sanders played brilliant offense, and now Clinton is on the defensive and the more they squeal, "Bernie is appealing to racists" the sadder and more pathetic they look.
HA! Bernie you are brilliant!!! I love you more everyday!!