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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Speaking of fucking morons, this is the stupidest thing ever. This helps Trump? It helps a politician to report that he's corrupt without multiple sources? Imagine saying this about a Democrat and thinking that it would help. (Maybe a baseless report about email abuse?) O'Donnell's report makes it more likely that absolutely no one will want to vote for Trump. Anyone with the sense of cultural grievance who is going to feel sorry for Trump because of this is already wearing a MAGA hat and a t-shirt that says, Trump-Pence 2020 Make Liberals Cry Again.
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Do you really think you'll get away with suggesting that the only thing rendering O'Donnell's claim worthy of retraction is a lack of additional sources? O'Donnell isn't retracting because he's only got one source.
O'Donnell's report will be seen by Blue Wall voters as more proof that there's a dirty President being attacked by an even dirtier media. It pushes voters on the fence (and there are a lot) closer to concluding, "both sides are crooked." Once a person is in that mindset, the incumbent's natural advantage turns the vote in his favor.
It's not a sense of cultural grievance with Blue Wall swing voters. That's your arrogance - your belief you know what people are thinking, which is only correct about 50% of the time - leading you to that pompous belief. That's also you confusing Trumpkins with Blue Wall moderates. Those are two very different camps.
A lot of Blue Wall voters are disgusted with both sides. I assume the Blue Wall is a lot like PA and NJ, where I spend most of my time. There are a lot of similarities between the regions. Moderates in these parts are sick of Trump. But they're just as sick of the Resistance. And they really hate the media (right and left). It's not grievance. They truly Do Not Like Either Side.
And they laugh at people like you who profess to know what they're thinking or why they vote as they do. You're really fucking clueless. Your argument against Biden proves it. And you clearly have some issue with maths. Your view - that Ds should run strident progressives - is a recipe for a giant Electoral College loss coupled with a giant Popular Vote win. If you're hoping to spur a constitutional convention where we throw out the Electoral College, this may be a clever long term plan. If you want to win this election, it's a terrible idea.
ETA: Trump is an openly lying liar. There is a perverse honesty in that. The people in the media who shade things are not openly lying. They are trying to hide the ball, to convince you that what they are saying is credible. That’s more of a sneak then a liar. People really dislike sneaks. Your calculation is that sneaks can amass huge amounts of voters against a liar. I don’t think that’s likely. I think most people look at such a scenario and throw their hands up in disgust.
