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2016 Postmortem

BumRushDaShow

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3. He provided a "last hurrah" for that subset of voters

Reply to JustinL (Original post)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 07:56 AM

Dec 2016

who wanted their eurocentric worldviews to once more be considered "universal". And their hopes and dreams rode on a man whose maternal parent and paternal grandparents were off the boat from western Europe.

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"Why Did Some White Obama Voters Go for Trump?" by Jamelle Bouie [View all] JustinL Dec 2016 OP

i always said 2008 and 2012 could easily have been much uglier if Obama did not have McCain and JI7 Dec 2016 #1

yes... Obama really lucked out on his opponents. Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #4

Obama beat McCain and Palin in 2008. That's when the white nationalism began. yardwork Dec 2016 #6

yeah but at least mccain himself spoke against it JI7 Dec 2016 #7

Misogyny, Islamophobia, homophobia, Or their brains got pulverized pnwmom Dec 2016 #2

He provided a "last hurrah" for that subset of voters BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #3

K&Fuckin'R Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2016 #5