tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post6013624165858501521..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: How the Future VotedThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-65453153992494397222016-11-10T07:03:35.060-08:002016-11-10T07:03:35.060-08:00I wonder if Gerry Butts or anybody else is noticin...I wonder if Gerry Butts or anybody else is noticing how easily support can be lost if you disillusion your base. Probably not. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-87679880259438507852016-11-10T05:13:44.752-08:002016-11-10T05:13:44.752-08:00That is pretty close to what the map would have lo...That is pretty close to what the map would have looked like if Clinton had pulled the same numbers Obama did in '08 & '12. Trump received fewer votes than either '08 McCain or '12 Romney, and Clinton lost <b>10%</b> of the the Obama turnout.<br /><br />If the Democrats are looking for somewhere to lay the blame, they need to start by looking in the mirror - all the Dems had to do was show up... they didn't, they lost.<br /><br /><a href="http://i.imgur.com/TOGIbcP.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/TOGIbcP.jpg</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-76049601654943763632016-11-09T23:08:11.516-08:002016-11-09T23:08:11.516-08:00Yes, it did A..non, but not on the same seismic sc...<br />Yes, it did A..non, but not on the same seismic scale as the changes underway that confront today's youth. We viewed our future with confidence and a certain eagerness, a sense of opportunity and promise. I've not been jesting when I write that the worst we had to deal with was the prospect of nuclear annihilation. That, we took in stride.<br /><br />The perils that face young people today are far more pernicious and malevolent. I am reluctant to judge them by their elders' experience.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-82320437308917353532016-11-09T21:20:54.425-08:002016-11-09T21:20:54.425-08:00Not sure about you, Mound, but my view of the worl...Not sure about you, Mound, but my view of the world changed quite significantly since I was 25, not to mention 18.<br />In any case, this map might have some applicability to a future leader of the caliber of Sanders, not the the cabal fronted by Clinton.<br />A..nonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com