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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThere is a one word explanation for Bernie's popularity.
...EXPOSURE...
Just imagine if he had started campaigning four to six months sooner.
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There is a one word explanation for Bernie's popularity. (Original Post)
Snotcicles
Jan 2016
OP
The media blacks out messages and personalities which contradict GOP ideology.
closeupready
Jan 2016
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Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)1. Funny, I was thinking the same thing about Hillary's decline.
The more people see her, the worse she does.
Exposure
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)3. It's one of those things that, ACCENTUATES. eom
sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)2. Just imagine if the media had covered him as much as Trump.
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)4. Oh man oh man. nt
closeupready
(29,503 posts)5. The media blacks out messages and personalities which contradict GOP ideology.
I think that's just about indisputable. In fact, it's become such an axiomatic truth, that it's become a joke.
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)6. Yep, even to the point where it harms their business. eom
closeupready
(29,503 posts)7. "Hubris" is the term, I think.
Cheers.
Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)8. Spot on
Just look at all those millennials. Isn't that the demographic they want?
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)9. No, I think the real one word explanation is "HONESTY"
eom
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)10. Yep his honesty is being exposed. nt
JudyM
(29,280 posts)11. I like "justice"
Z_California
(650 posts)12. I was thinking INTEGRITY
EXPOSURE to INTEGRITY that is so unquestionable and rare in a national level candidate that it can be very exciting, even to people who have dropped out of our democracy.
Even if you disagree with him on some of the issues, you can trust him to do the right thing when the time comes. He's proven that.