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Dinosaurs Never See The Meteor

The Democratic Party needs to fire Donna Brazile , and replace Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi . Pandering to rich people who are less odious than their more conservative counterparts is not going to win elections; listening to the needs and concerns of the working class will.

The Obligatory Post-2016 Election Post

Before I get into the nitty-gritty, I just want to highlight a few things (that I may or may not elaborate on in this post): Anyone who claims that Hillary Clinton lost due to factors outside of her and/or her campaign's control is suffering from denial.  Anyone who claims that Donald Trump's only supporters are/were racists and sexist deplorable people were not paying attention. Anyone who claims that Barack Obama was either (A) the worst president ever; or (B) completely without fault in this election is wrong. However you may feel about the electoral process (the primaries, the debates, the electoral college, campaign finance reform), you need to know one thing: nothing will change until the people push... hard ...for change. Okay, with that out of the way, let's start! Trump won. Clinton lost. That's the bottom line. But what happened? One theory is this: Clinton used the Democratic Primary rules to screw Bernie Sanders out, Trump rode a wave of frus