Posted on 08/30/2018 4:35:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Editor’s note: There are many reasons why I enjoy, and appreciate, the thoughts and commentary from Mr. Bill O’Shaughnessy, chairman of Whitney Radio and WVOX 1460 AM radio. First, he is one of the lone survivors of bi-partisanship, and of telling it like it is regardless of political party.
“Mr. O,” as we like to call him, is a supporter of both President Donald Trump and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He endorsed former County Executive Rob Astorino over New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson is 2013, and then endorsed George Latimer over Astorino in 2017.
Mr. O is also unafraid to come out in “deep blue” Westchester County and try to explain why Trump won over Hillary Clinton. We listed his top 72 reasons in 2016 after Trump’s election. In 2017, he increased his list to 84.
Now, O’Shaughnessy gives us his top 104 reasons why Trump won in 2016, and the reasons why he could win again in 2020.
The 104 Real Reasons Why Trump Won & Hillary Lost
It wasn’t the Russians. Here are the real reasons:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Barrack Obama; Barbara Boxer; Anthony Weiner; Elizabeth Warren; one-sided anti-Trump punditry from the commentariat and media; Rachel Maddow; Joe Biden didn’t run; Rupert Murdoch; NATO; Chuck Schumer; Obamacare; Rush Hudson Limbaugh III; Rahm Emanuel; the FBI; Valerie Jarrett; Planned Parenthood; Eric Holder; Melania Trump; Fox News; political “correctness;” the abortion culture; Bernie Sanders;
The ubiquitous Donald Trump “Make America Great Again” hat; Middle East policy (or lack thereof); Rhona Graff; an overreaching, out-of-control federal government; the New York Times; Brexit; Amy Schumer; Obama national security advisors John Brennan, James Clapper and Michael Hayden attacking Trump and trying to assist Hilary; Chris Hayes; Urban chaos and rioting; Colin Kaepernick; Bill Clinton, Inc.; The Clinton Foundation; Mark Simone; open borders; George Will; Roe v Wade; Lanny Davis; a sluggish economy; David Corn of Mother Jones; fake news; CNN; MSNBC; the Times & Washington Post; The New Yorker; New York Magazine; Sidney Blumenthal; know-it-all pollsters and pundits; Harry Reid; the U.N.; Joe Conason; Mr. and Mrs. Khan; Nancy Pelosi; Whoopi Goldberg; the battle cry “Make America Great Again;” Hillary’s private email server; State Sen. Jeff Klein; Jennifer Granholm;
The Clinton lifestyle, surrounded by Secret Service for life; the V.A.; Barrack Obama’s hip, “street rap” campaign rhetoric; Sarah Silverman; a sense of disconnect from government; Michelle Obama; too many on the public tit; Donna Brazile; government waste and fraud; Jared Kushner; local, state and federal bureaucrats; Cher; The View; David Brooks; a confusing and weak foreign policy; Iran, Syria, North Korea, etc.
Joe Scarborough; Bill O’Shaughnessy; pensions choking local government; the thought of Bill Clinton careening around the White House again; lack of support for “Made in the USA;” the Supreme Court… Going forward: Jeanine Pirro; Obama’s lack of support for Israel; Gary Johnson; the NY Post; Steve Bannon; disrespect of Bibi Netanyahu; Ann Coulter; Martha’s Vineyard vacations; lack of support for our military, law enforcement and veterans; Huma Abedin; ISIS; Mika Brzezinski; Common Core;
Obama whispering to Medvedev “Tell Vlad I’ll have more flexibility after the election;” WVOX; Kellyanne Conway; the America First movement; the political and cultural establishments; Miley Cyrus; Larry Kudlow; deteriorating downtowns; an impressive Mike Pence; anti-Catholic mindset; the Deep State; Hillary’s walk in the woods; Joy Behar; the one-sided and vitriolic coverage by the Daily News and other papers; a deteriorating infrastructure; the sluggish recovery from the recession; Al Sharpton; Henry Kissinger; Ivanka Trump; lack of respect for the national anthem;
The arrogance of the elite and “educated;” Lawrence O’Donnell; Ruth Bader Ginsberg; NEWSMAX; the plight of the poor; concern over Nino Scalia’s successor; incarceration rates for African-American males; Terry McAuliffe; Rudy Giuliani; the “basket of deplorables;” Chelsea’s salary and $10 million apartment; Black Lives Matter; Bill Weld; Frank Bruni, a wonderful writer, who went out of his way to tell us how evil Trump is;
The Clinton Foundation’s foreign entanglements; NFL’s take-a-knee problem; Donny Deutch; every cop, fireman, tradesman, plumber, butcher, truck driver, landscaper, green grocer, fishmonger, heavy equipment operator, subway conductor, baker, sausage maker, school crossing guard, garage mechanic, bartender and taxi driver in America; Hillary and Bill’s speaking fees; Hillary Rodham Clinton herself; Benghazi; Chris Ruddy; Chelsea Handler; Mario Cuomo, who wasn’t around to instruct, to inspire, to enlighten; the genius and smarts of Donald J. Trump; and Trump was very “real” and accessible.
Chris Cuomo said, “The Democrats lost because they were talking about transgender bathrooms… and Trump was talking about jobs.”
It wasn’t the Russians’ fault that Hillary lost and Donald Trump won.
You can’t lose when you have covfefe. It’s unstoppable!
BTT
Tiger’s Blood.
Nothing like a nice hot cup of covfefe to go with a generous slice of schadenfreude pie.
She was secretive about lots - from her thesis to her Goldman Sach Speeches.
She refused to come clean about anything - from Bimbo-gate to Email-gate to the Dead Ambassador, she never came clean.
Her campaigning was horrible, her venues miserable, she was preachy and screechy and kept falling down during the campaign with LOTS OF EXCUSES.
Yeah, she lost, but if she had not done half of the above SHE WOULD BE PRESIDENT. IS THERE ANY DOUBT ABOUT IT?
Nothing like a nice hot cup of covfefe to go with a generous slice of schadenfreude pie.
Heh, Trump sets a pretty nice table!
Only a perfect storm of unlikely challenges elected Trump. I listed them all, or at least the reasons advanced by Hillary or by one of her minions:
102. Hillary being a capitalist elected Trump.
101. The media not doing enough to promote Hillary’s agenda elected Trump.
100. A fake Hillary sex tape (no, I don’t want to imagine that either) elected Trump.
99. The NRA elected Trump.
98. Hillary’s inability to get by the macho atmosphere dominating the election elected Trump.
97. Misogynist sexual predators in the media elected Trump.
96. Hillary being too honest elected Trump.
95. Russian journalists and bloggers posting controversial information and nearly $5,000 worth of ads elected Trump.
94. Requiring voter ID in Wisconsin elected Trump.
93. American voters finding her insufferable because of Hillary’s confidence in her own Christian virtues, which represent America’s exceptional virtue, elected Trump.
92. Hillary’s very bad luck elected Trump.
91. A culture of grievance, victimhood, and scapegoating among hillbillies elected Trump.
90. Hillary’s beauty regime taking 600 hours away from the campaign elected Trump.
89. The press relentlessly beating Hillary up and obsessively focusing on her alleged faults elected Trump.
88. Debate questioners not asking the questions Hillary wanted elected Trump.
87. The Democrat Party having no data and no money for Hillary elected Trump.
86. TV executives failing to give Hillary enough airtime elected Trump.
85. Barack Obama failing to make a speech in favor of Hillary elected Trump.
84. Low information voters elected Trump.
73. The cultural, political, and economic game that’s being played to keep women in their place elected Trump.
82. White women voting against Hillary because their fathers, husbands, boyfriends, and male employers told them not to vote for “the girl” elected Trump.
81. Anthony Weiner, who brought the dumb story about Hillary’s dumb emails back into the news, elected Trump.
80. Matt Lauer and NBC launching a pointless ambush against Hillary and soft-peddling her opponent elected Trump.
79. An unfair election with secret reasons we may never know about elected Trump.
78. Hillary not being meaner and nastier elected Trump.
77. Sexism from Bernie Sanders and his voters elected Trump.
76. The American people not liking Hillary enough, without reason, elected Trump.
75. Innuendo and character attacks by Bernie Sanders elected Trump.
74. White identity politics from whites who felt threatened by black identity politics elected Trump.
73. Bernie Sanders voters not showing up elected Trump.
72. A bunch of black swans converging on Hillary in the final 12 days of the election elected Trump.
71. Wikileaks elected Trump.
70. Twitter memes elected Trump.
69. Astrological influences elected Trump.
68. Blatant sexism and unconscious sexism elected Trump.
67. People voting against Hillary because Obama is black elected Trump.
66. Traditionalist attitudes toward women elected Trump.
65. White voters afraid of losing White Privilege elected Trump.
64. Democrats doing a poor job of controlling the narrative elected Trump.
63. A thousand Russian agents working every day elected Trump.
62. Content farms in Macedonia elected Trump.
61. The TV networks keeping Hillary off the air elected Trump.
60. The vast right-wing conspiracy elected Trump.
59. Infowars elected Trump.
58. Google elected Trump.
57. Steve Bannon elected Trump.
56. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker elected Trump.
55. Nate Silver elected Trump.
54. Citizens United elected Trump.
53. The DNC being a mess and in poor shape elected Trump.
52. Bad polling numbers elected Trump.
51. Obama winning two terms elected Trump.
50. People wanting change elected Trump.
49. The New York Times, cable news, and television executives elected Trump.
48. According to Hillary, “Eight of the top 10 political documentaries on Netflix were screeds against President Obama and me” - Netflix elected Trump.
47. Democrats not making the right documentaries elected Trump.
46. The Democrat Party and the Republican Party elected Trump.
45. Concerns that Hillary Clinton was involved with a child sex trafficking operation elected Trump.
44. Concern about Hillary Clinton being a lizard elected Trump.
43. High expectations that Hillary would win elected Trump.
42. Voter suppression elected Trump.
41. FBI Director Comey announcing a criminal investigation into Hillary’s felonies just over a week before the election, when he had little reason to think there was anything there, elected Trump.
40. The Russians ransacking Hillary’s computer files and strategically leaking the truth elected Trump.
39. Misogyny elected Trump.
38. Gary Johnson and Jill Stein voters elected Trump.
37. Advocacy press on the right elected Trump.
36. Facebook elected Trump.
35. Old, out-of-touch democrats with a flawed message that alienated young voters elected Trump.
34. White nationalists elected Trump.
33. Hatred of Hillary Clinton at the FBI (how could anyone hate a lovable woman like Hillary?) elected Trump.
32. FBI investigation elected Trump.
31. Black voters not liking Hillary elected Trump.
30. Fewer than 100,000 deplorable voters spread across a handful of states elected Trump.
29. People hating Hillary because she is so professional, so polished, such a wonderful lawyer, so brilliant, so good, so righteous, and so much better than us elected Trump.
28. The lack of energy among Hillary supporters and expectations of Hillary being the inevitable winner, because it was her turn, elected Trump.
27. Robby Mook selecting the wrong travel stops for Hillary and spending heavily in the wrong states elected Trump.
26. Hillary’s campaign team failing to hone her message and get voters to the polls elected Trump.
25. Bill Clinton’s appearance of an inappropriate meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch elected Trump.
24. The ugly stew of racism elected Trump.
23. Hillary’s alleged lack of likability and claimed lack of trustworthiness elected Trump.
22. Self-hating women elected Trump.
21. Evangelical, Catholic, anti-marriage equality, and anti-choice social conservatives elected Trump.
20. Sinister outside forces elected Trump.
19. Whitelash elected Trump.
18. Democrat policies that favor the rich elected Trump.
17. Failure to talk to working-class white voters elected Trump.
16. Men elected Trump.
15. Lower-level FBI agents pressuring their Director (because that’s how professional relationships work) elected Trump.
14. Tim Kaine gave Hillary Virginia, but he also elected Trump.
13. White women elected Trump.
12. Racists elected Trump.
11. Sexists elected Trump.
10. Rural voters elected Trump.
9. The working class voting against their own interests elected Trump.
8. Fake news elected Trump.
7. Supermarket tabloids elected Trump.
6. Celebrity (The Apprentice) elected Trump.
5. White male resentment elected Trump.
4. Over-shaming Trump supporters elected Trump.
3. Rejecting Bernie elected Trump.
2. Reagan democrats elected Trump.
1. Backlash against political correctness elected Trump.
There are many terrible reasons for President Trump’s victory, but there are two things that were not a factor. First, Hillary was the perfect candidate; nothing she did harmed her candidacy in any way. Second, President Trump was the worst candidate imaginable; nothing he did helped his candidacy at all, except with racists, sexists, bigots, and the rest of the basket of deplorables.
I like your analysis there, Pollster1. And I like the posted story.
I will add one other observation.
Trump’s career and presidential campaign was a tall, elegant skyscraper, a fine living and community-building space and meeting place for commerce.
Hillary’s career and campaign was a rundown tenement building with graffiti on the walls and a haven for criminals and junkies.
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