I think anything that implies the election was lost bc of some perceived lack of focus, or infighting on the team, or any other inside-baseball look-backerey, without asking why the same standards didn’t apply to Trump (who had WAY more campaign infighting and upheaval) is just criticism for the sake of it. I mean,…

Men get pass after pass, women are scrutinized.

When people say Hillary has “baggage” they really mean a “vagina.” Everything bad Hillary did, Trump did 10x worst. None of the Trump supporters cared about Trumps issues because he’s a man and it showed initiative, and power, and gumption, and blah blah blah. Who care’s that he screwed over black people, small…

I have had a few go rounds with this person and you nailed him. Thumbs up.

Yassss to this. This is how I knew misogyny played such a huge role. My Mom asked me how this could happen and couldn’t believe so many of her friends voted for Trump. I told her that I don’t think people — this includes women — realize just how sexist they really are. I know a lot of those rust belt Democrats who…

Except that’s not true. Bernie won the swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin. Hillary carried Ohio, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania. Should more attention have been paid to those Michigan and Wisconsin upsets? Absolutely. But let’s stop pretending she only won the South. Those southern states…

And her “lack of a message” is inseparable from the issue of Russia and misogyny.

That’s my fear too. Even when Trump goes away, his 63 million voters will still be there. I don’t see how our nation survives this many batshit crazy, ignorant assholes.

This is the book I want to read. Call it “I Just Don’t Like Her For Some Reason,” and the last chapter should just be the words Institutionalized Sexism over and over.

Sadly, the fact Trump’s ideas were idiotic didn’t get in the way of the fact that they were clear and simple.

It doesn’t because THEY would have voted for Elizabeth Warren (who isn’t running & has no desire to & faced the same type of sexism in her senate election).

We were absolutely not allowed to be thrilled at the possibility of a female president. Any mention of it and we were just voting with our vaginas.

The article also points this out, and I agree. I hate all this “this is why Hillary lost” garbage. If one of a million factors had gone the other way, we’d all be congratulating ourselves for picking the winning candidate and wondering what the hell the repubs were thinking running Trump. Almost anything you can…

Slate ran a piece last week - Our Panel of Frustrated Republican Voters on Trump’s First 100 Days - and while there were criticisms and even some regrets, one woman (about my age and living in the same area, but worlds apart) said:

PREACH!

I know. How fucking dare the most qualified candidate run. And how fucking dare her colleagues think that now isn’t the best time to run. And how dare women get excited that this is first chance that they could actually have a president that is a woman after centuries of men, especially when countries that we see as…

And she wasn’t the inevitable candidate, there were several people who ran against her in the primary and she beat them all. We tend to forget that because most of the other Democratic primary candidates were, well, forgettable.

“Hillary had a lot of good policies, but messaging...”

But...that’s not really why a lot of people voted for her? I think it’s so sexist that people keep pushing this. I voted for her because she had such a long and successful career and had a lot of the same values I did. Abortion access and gun control are two of my biggest issues for example and she has a strong…

So I think a) you need a clear, defined message, and a simple one. And b) you need someone who—and I hate to say this—but you need someone that doesn’t have as much history and baggage that they cart with them onto the campaign trail.