21st September 2016, 9:47 PM
While there is less of a center than ever, I don't think a Democrat could win in the general election without appealing to moderates, considering the growing numbers of unenrolled people in this country and the Republican Party's larger loyal voting base (see: off-year elections).
And such. Seriously, how is Hillary corrupt? What is your proof? Just because she takes money from businesses, banks, etc. she is not corrupt. There is some inherent unfairness in the system, sure, as people with more money get more access due to their having that money, but I don't think it's right to call the whole system corrupt because of that. The Clinton Foundation "scandal" is a non-scandal for exactly this reason, there is zero evidence anyone actually got actual policy changes from Hillary because of giving the Clinton Foundation money. All the evidence I have seen goes in the opposite direction, in fact. And meanwhile the other candidate is not only corrupt, him and his top supporters publicly brag about his corruption. One of these things is not like the other... but even beyond anything relating to Trump, calling Hillary corrupt is not right when there is no proof it's true!
Quote:es, the predicted winner has gone down to nearly a coin flip.While on 538 this is true, the site is actually something of an outlier within the major election prediction sites -- none of the others show Trump's chance of winning nearly as high as they do. It is true that things have narrowed significantly over the past couple of weeks, and while there are multiple reasons for this I do think the press has a role, but there is good reason to believe that this trend has stopped -- I don't think Trump is still gaining in the most recent polling, and some polls have shown good numbers for Hillary recently. The press also has turned to a much more critical line on Trump recently, thanks to his lies about Hillary starting the Obama birth certificate thing, the Trump Foundation scandal, etc. I'm sure none of that will have any effect on his diehard supporters, but it should help at the edges.
Quote: Can you honestly say that Trump's attacks on Bernie would be so devastating that he'd actually do WORSE than Hillary right now?Yes. Hillary has a larger core support base than Bernie does, after all. Higher floor. And there were serious attack lines against Bernie that surely would have been used in a general. Hillary has those too of course, but he was hardly someone who nobody could have made effective attack ads against if they wanted...
Quote: I also want to be very clear. When I say Hillary is corrupt, I'm not picturing her sitting in an evil lair plotting her own success at the expense of everyone else. I'm picturing what actual corruption looks like. Innocent idealistic morals slowly being eroded away all in the name of that real change you still want to bring, but you've kinda lost the way without even realizing it. That's what I mean by corruption.Corrupt is Donald Trump paying off Pam Bondi and others to not charge him after he commits criminal offenses. He has repeatedly bragged about how he gives people money and then expects things from them in return, and this is an example of that in action. And he hasn't stopped there! Trump has even committed criminal, and probably also corrupt, acts when he used other peoples' money (in his foundation) to pay off legal settlements, money he supposedly "donated himself" to people who won money on his TV shows, and more.etc.
And such. Seriously, how is Hillary corrupt? What is your proof? Just because she takes money from businesses, banks, etc. she is not corrupt. There is some inherent unfairness in the system, sure, as people with more money get more access due to their having that money, but I don't think it's right to call the whole system corrupt because of that. The Clinton Foundation "scandal" is a non-scandal for exactly this reason, there is zero evidence anyone actually got actual policy changes from Hillary because of giving the Clinton Foundation money. All the evidence I have seen goes in the opposite direction, in fact. And meanwhile the other candidate is not only corrupt, him and his top supporters publicly brag about his corruption. One of these things is not like the other... but even beyond anything relating to Trump, calling Hillary corrupt is not right when there is no proof it's true!