tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post9130242382162668454..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Hillary Explains Why She LostStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-73694415314745266252017-06-02T09:07:46.568-07:002017-06-02T09:07:46.568-07:00Hillary lost because a) so many of us do not trust...Hillary lost because a) so many of us do not trust her, and b) so many of the rest of us just don't like her.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-40193127964475030232017-06-02T05:52:09.349-07:002017-06-02T05:52:09.349-07:00It might be a good list, but it obviously doesn...It might be a good list, but it obviously doesn't belong in public.<br /><br />The "need to explain" is a human weakness, to believe in patterns that may or may not be there.<br /><br />I'm partial towards the masochistic rationalization: "Hillary needed to lose because America regularly needs 2 solid years of single party rule to show how bad they really are."<br /><br />If America is required to choose between prudence or winning, America will always prefer winning. Prudence is about preparing for an unknowable future, winning is about feeling good about ourselves now, at any cost.<br /><br />Or I think of this quote:<br />"There is nothing so blinding as success. ... Success has the vicious consequence that it seems to breed almost inevitably the conviction that it will necessarily continue. Success is a poor guide to wise policy. Failure at least often leads to reflection; success seldom does." - Immanuel Wallerstein, The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World<br /><br />For the Democrats now "reflection" is possible, but it is easier to just wait for Republicans to fail, and feast on the spoils of losing.<br /><br />That is Clinton and Obama can take in their $400k Wall Street speeches, and soon their taxes will be lowered, so why complain?<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-66399856069123350802017-06-02T05:45:16.955-07:002017-06-02T05:45:16.955-07:00Hillary lost because people know she's rotten ...Hillary lost because people know she's rotten to the core.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-82103941852025095692017-06-02T05:30:40.437-07:002017-06-02T05:30:40.437-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.com