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Re: B2 this election showed the US is not ready to elect a woman. It's awful to say, but anyone at this moment can tell their daughter that

Posted by MDH (aka MDH) May 9 '17, 07:29

you can be anything you want to be, except for President. Maybe in 30 years, but not now.

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Meh -- I think many women could win. - Will Hunting May 9, 07:35 12
- For the life of me I will never understand the move away from the "he screwed the little guys" angle to "personal disgust" in the latter days. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 07:37 11
  - Overconfidence and a lacking of dissenting voices in the war room would be my guess. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 07:47 9
    - They ran a winning campaign. The director of the FBI flipped the outcome. -- nm - David May 9, 08:46 1
      - They struggled with voter motivation of their own voting pool. That's not a winning campaign even if the outcome had gone in her favour. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 9, 09:05
    - Maybe if Bernie Sanders had decided to actually support the nominee that might have helped to? -- nm - MDH May 9, 07:54
    - Or, they felt simply, "LOOK AT THIS GUY!?!?!?!!!!" - Will Hunting May 9, 07:52 1
      - "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy" from SNL with Lovitz as Dukasis and Carvey as the original George Bush. -- nm - Beaker May 9, 08:07
    - yeah, like they did not really take him seriously until it was too late. -- nm - groiny May 9, 07:51 3
      - Voters knew what Trump was and chose him anyway. -- nm* - ty97 May 9, 08:24
      - personally, i think they gave the public too much credit. - Andie May 9, 07:58 1
        
        that could very well also be part of it. -- nm - groiny May 9, 08:00
  - They reached the point that with his tape, he was so completely defenseless they went for the "SERIOUSLY?!??!" angle. - Will Hunting May 9, 07:40
Perfect. My daughter will be eligible in 33.5 years. -- nm - volnelk May 9, 07:32

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