2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBlaming Hillary for birtherism is smarter than we realized. Don't fall for it.
By blaming Hillary, he might sound ridiculous, but he is probably banking on dredging up some of the wounds some of Obama's 2008 supporters felt during the 2008 primaries to dampen our support for her. He's trying to weaken the impact of the president's kick ass speech on Wednesday and the kickass speech Michelle is giving right now. He wants to dredge up all the racially charged controversies from the 2008 primaries to dampen black voters' (and others') enthusiasm for Hillary. Please, don't fall for it. Don't get dragged into refighting the 2008 primaries. Don't let them suck us in.
Chico Man
(3,001 posts)To be so calculating and cold, to have the ability to manipulate with three sentences. He is truly a scary soul.
emulatorloo
(44,182 posts)From the mind of Bannon straight to Trumps lips
emulatorloo
(44,182 posts)call for them. Like Romney's 47% remarks were
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)Once again, he knows how to keep his racist base on his side, but nobody who doesn't already support him will buy it.
Hell, even the cable news shows have been calling him out on it.
BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)Talk about a very unserious assertion. "I'm a Barack Obama supporter, but because Donald Trump lied about something Hillary Clinton did 8 years ago, I'm voting for Trump now?"
democrattotheend
(11,607 posts)But he hopes they will stay home, vote 3rd party, or just be less enthusiastic and work less hard to get her elected
BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)Because "Trump lied about something Clinton did 8 years ago, so I'm going to stay home and let him become President" is somehow even MORE ridiculous.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)If the POTUS is all in for Hillary, Rump got nothing.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Stop pumping him up with imagined brilliance. He's a fucking moron.
farmbo
(3,122 posts)... You are NOT sufficiently stupid or naive as to fall for Trumps's ham-fisted lies.
AmericanMan1958
(520 posts)nor mine.
But I just caught the end of a surrogate for Trump, telling a story about some low level volunteer for the Hillary campaign started it in Iowa back in 2008.
Sounded desperate to me, but for their low information voters that is all they need, a thread of hope to hang on to for hates sake.
Keep a ear out and don't take their bait.
wishstar
(5,271 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,879 posts)Being a maggot accomplish this:
. He wants to dredge up all the racially charged controversies from the 2008 primaries to dampen black voters' (and others') enthusiasm for Hillary.
Rep Jeffries said it well - he's a racial arsonist.
We aren't stupid. We know he hates our guts, we know we hate his - he revved us up.
We know who started this racist inbred maggot brother shit and it wasn't Clinton.