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Soundwave on 21 December 2016
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Mr Puggsly said:
Soundwave said:

Trump is unique because he has a "show business" personality that is kind of already synonmous with a kinda tacky/cheesy aura. So when he says tasteless, crude, etc. things, he's able to spin out of it.

However stuff like that has a tendancy to eventually come and bite one in the ass. 

I don't feel like he won that election more than Hilary lost it. She didn't campaign hard enough in the midwest and had no clear messaging. Also she allowed the Clinton name to be crapped on constantly, but never pushed back by reminding people Bill Clinton is the last president under which America had great economic prosperity and created more jobs than any modern president in history (even from 92-96 before the internet boom was a big thing, he created a ton of jobs). 

She didn't talk about the economy enough period. 

I agree with your assessment of Trump. People already knew he had a crude personality prior to the election. I loved his appearances on Howard Stern years ago.

I didnt bother watching debate 2 and 3 because it was evident Hillary's more focused on attacking Trump personally with racism and sexism. So naturally Trump had to push the narrative shes dishonest which many believe.

Bill Clinton seemed to hurt and help her. He's considered a great president so people want her for that. But she also pushed the narrative Trump is a sexual deviant, kinda like Bill was accused of. People are genuinely turned off to thought of Bill and Hillary being an actual loving couple. So maybe she was reluctant to take advantage of Bill.

We should all be able to agree she did not focus on the economy enough and she pandered to Benrnie supporters.

She didn't really pander to Bernie supporters though, Bernie (like him or not) was all about the economy and how it impacts poor/middle class people. 

She didn't really have much of an economic message, which always surprised me because she's the only one in the race who actually had a front row seat of seeing a president actually run a very successful economy day to day. Why her campaign didn't emphasize that more I have no idea. 

The top 4 presidents in modern history for jobs are all Democrats ... Clinton, Carter, LBJ, and Kennedy (who obviously did not get a full term). I'd be willing to bet most people don't know this though, why Democrats don't focus on things like this is beyond me. Clinton got suckered into the "well you can't vote for someone as despicable as Trump" and didn't bother to play enough offence.