Right now, Democrats across the country are wondering why the people who came out in record numbers to vote and support Barack Obama did not turn out and vote for Hillary Clinton. They are wondering why, against such a beatable opponent in Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton could not ignite the same enthusiasm and excitement that President Obama did both in 2008 and 2012.
Here’s your simple answer: Hillary Clinton is not Barack Obama.
The things that people enjoyed and respected about Barack Obama, like his charisma, trustworthiness, and overall personality, can simply not be said about Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were two of the worst candidates that this country has ever presented its voters. The Democrats had a chance this election to take the Oval Office for another four years, and they flat out failed because of how bad their candidate was.
Now, in the aftermath of this results, it will be easy for the Democrat leadership to point fingers at what caused this embarrassing loss. They will blame the Russian hackers and WikiLeaks, third-party voters, but they will never blame the person who is at fault: Hillary Clinton.
The things that people dislike about Hillary Clinton, from the incident in Benghazi to the clear and blatant collusion from the DNC in giving her questions in the primary debate, President Obama never had to deal with at all. Obama was able to thrive in elections because he was someone that inspired people to get out, vote, and support his message. The Clintons, along with many pollsters, believed that the Obama votes would merely transfer to Hillary Clinton. However, the problem for Democrats is that it doesn’t work like that. You and your party are not given anything. People’s voices and opinions do not just transfer from one member of the party to the next. She is not entitled to those votes. The people’s votes are earned, not transferred.
Another scapegoat that I have seen is Democrats blaming the result on is people who voted third-party. Hillary supporters were calling a vote for a third party an execution of “white privilege.” This idea goes back to my initial point where Clinton and her supporters thought they were simply entitled to the Obama voters and were offended when people executed their right to vote and voiced their opinion for whichever candidate they pleased.
Democrats blaming third parties for their own party’s inability to excite a liberal base and beat such an easy opponent is a flat out lame excuse in an attempt to hide just how bad your party’s candidate was. There was a video where Clinton said, “Why am I not 50 points ahead, you might ask?"
Really? You or your supporters don’t realize why?
Our country faces a massive divide at this very moment, and the way supporters from whichever party or candidate react will dictate how our nation moves on from this election. It is not a time for us to be divided, but to come together with our disagreements, and remember we are all still members of the same team. It’s our time now to put this behind us and come together as one as the people of the United States of America.
