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Originally Posted by ilnjscb
No I'll give you that, she was a "sure thing" and he was a "joke". But there is a very strong irrational resentment to her candidacy within the democrat party.
To a certain extent, though, the media has always been on the democrat's side. I don't think that is going to change. I think they'll be in the tank for her, fair or not.
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I don't think it's irrational. It wouldn't have mattered this year if it were Hillary or some other candidate.
The people are looking for someone not embedded in the Washington establishment.
Hillary is deeply, deeply ingrained in it. It's her whole life.
Sanders is seen (rightly or wrongly) as NOT being a part of that system.
People are looking for someone not a part of that system of corruption. Both Trump and Sanders fit that bill. They are seen as outsiders to Washington D.C.
Any other time in the past and both Trump and Sanders would have never made it past the first week.
But NOW...the people have much more information than at any time in history at their fingertips.
Combine that with almost 20 trillion in debt, endless wars, the govt. spying on everyone to a heightened degree, bailouts that saved the banks...while those same banks foreclosed on people's homes, etc. , etc. and you end up with a "perfect storm".