Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

cite please? With Hil there was a limited number of outrages. She killed Vince Foster, and Whitewater, then years off until Benghazi and then the emails. But I remember entire weeks where we only had to reflect on those outrages, nothing new at all.

Also, while you are at it, find a cite where someone retracted she killed VF, or that WW was fine, or that she acted properly with Benghazi or the emails?

I reacted to a specific thing that Sebby said, that Lawrence O'Donnell's report about Trump having Russian co-signers "is the crap that's going to get Trump re-elected." I object to this notion that people are going to vote for Trump instead of a Democrat because they think he is treated unfairly by the news media. Has Sebastian ever suggested that a Democrat who is treated by the news media benefits from it? No. The kind of person who will pull the lever for a Republican because the candidate has been treated unfairly by the media is the sort of person who is looking for an excuse to vote for a conservative, not a true swing voter. It's Lucy and the football.

It doesn't mean there aren't swing voters. There's a separate conversation about whether what Democrats should assume that everyone is going to vote, and do their best to persuade the people who are on the fence, or whether what matters is motivating the people who are already inclined to vote Democratic. (Note that Trump is not trying to persuade anyone. He constantly plays to motivate his base.)