Democrats Dont Have an Easy Answer for the Rust Belt

[JHan]

31. I get what you're saying,

but it still frustrates me. I'm a millennial, nothing I wanted analysed or challenged was discussed in great detail this year.

A whole year of total BS where I couldn't even rely on a sane media personality to engage forthrightly with the claims any of the candidates made.

And of course I couldn't rely on the the debates to enlighten me further because they were about zingers and presentation rather than a hardcore dissemination and dissection of the philosophies of the candidates. I had to hunt HRC speeches to get a sense of where she stood on issues, I also tortured myself watching Trump rallies, - he tapped into something disturbing and dark, that his obvious lies are so convincing to his followers scared the hell out of me.

The funny thing is I didn't even like HRC last year, not that I hated her - admittedly I was ignorant about her. At first I supported Sanders, became quickly frustrated with him, and took a second look at O'Malley ( who I like) and Clinton and ended up throwing my support behind HRC. I made the effort to understand all the candidates - from examining their views, track record, even reading biographies, I came away more informed. I wanted more this year and got - instead - a nauseating election cycle where a short fingered vulgarian was graded on a curve against a far more competent self aware candidate who sincerely wished to improve the lives of Americans.

So I'm still smarting, still bummed out.