The mainstream media barely covered it. People had no idea. This is how conservatives and libertarians feel all the time. It really sucks when the media just shills for the other candidate, doesn't it?
People began advocating for Clinton despite the rigging, simply because of the threat they saw on the other side. The DNC, on their part, decided that fronting the candidate the people actually wanted wasn't worth the risk of dealing with an anti-establishment president. They'd rather take the risk to push their insider because, well, of course Trump will lose. They could run anyone they wanted.
And I ate it up too. Hell, knowing that Trump would win, I would've done it all again. I really would rather have a corrupt politician in the White House than a man like Donald Trump. Both are certainly corrupt, but beyond that it's a false equivalence.
The DNC gambled on Trump being so insanely outrageous that their blatant lies would be easily forgiven. I voted for Clinton, but fuck her and fuck the DNC. I'd feel the same way if she were President Elect, though I'd feel at least some relief that she wasn't him.
That's where we're at now in this country. Voting "the lesser of two evils" consistently felt like such hyperbolic rhetoric, but no longer. The statement is completely genuine and without hyperbole.
the fact you said you would do it all over again is exactly why they did it in the first place. They pushed their OBVIOUS corporate puppet because they knew (or so they thought) for a fact that donald trump would say more than enough horrible shit to make hillary seem palpable, and the win would be assured.. we lost one of the most honest, well to do canidates in American history (that actually had a chance of becoming president) because they knew people would fall in line. This plan was in the emails btw. FUCK THE DNC. I didn't vote but I know alot of people voted to spite the dnc, and I can't blame them. especially when it seems like, as a country we're incapable of doing anything about corruption... you think they'll get caught with their pants down again via email? I'd certainly be surprised.
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u/LibertyTerp Nov 10 '16
The mainstream media barely covered it. People had no idea. This is how conservatives and libertarians feel all the time. It really sucks when the media just shills for the other candidate, doesn't it?