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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson
I guess I wasn't including Ron Paul fans when I said "we were all laughing at Perot." Also, lol.
But man, remember when R's thought Bill Clinton was underqualified because he was merely a state governor?
Oh man so much to unpack in that. For one, it was a double dogwhistle. It appealed to the idea that Clinton was dumb because he was a southerner, and the fact that he was supposed to be a liberal/hippy type so obviously he was stupid, nevermind the fact that he had already been Governor. But you saw the same criticism, even moreso, come out on Obama when he was called a "community organizer" regardless of the fact that he was a freakin' United States Senator, one of the highest positions you can achieve in government. This time it was a double dogwhistle again--the liberal/hippy idea was repeated, but now replace being a southern hick with being black and you get the idea. But then you look at Sarah Palin, the precursor in many ways to Trump, and you wonder how many in the Republican party even believe their own B.S. about our candidates being "underqualified."
And now with Trump it has been boiled down so much that a lot of conservatives admitted the real reason why they would vote Republican no matter the nominee: the Supreme Court. Again they've outsmarted us, realizing that the Supreme Court, voting rights, and redistricting efforts are far more important than almost anything else right now. They're focused on those issues while we're largely chasing our own tails. We need to start thinking about how to seriously win elections, and soon, because we're rapidly approaching an inflection point where the elections just won't give us a chance any more, regardless of our overwhelming popularity.