Stop. Letting. Them. Frame. The. Fucking. Narrative.

[AtheistCrusader]

72. Granted this is a washington-stater's perspective but

and I'll also cop to having been a strong Bernie supporter, but here's my observation of local ground game, and national coverage of 'how it went elsewhere';

The campaign was run like victory was a foregone conclusion. like Trump couldn't POSSIBLY win. Like he'd go down harder than Romney did, and for the same self-destructive reasons, but cranked up to 11.

That's how it looked from here.

And in all honesty, given what the media presented here, that's exactly what I thought it was. But we were wrong. VERY wrong.

And now, we pay.


I am surrounded by terrified people, because of the result. Surrounded. I've seen people frantically changing wedding plans. I've seen people literally break down at work.

We could not have failed harder. I'll say it. They didn't steal it. We gave it to them. When you assume your enemy is down and out, you get fucked, every time. We just got fucked. And it's going to continue to the Mid-Terms and beyond.

I've run out of tears, and I've run out of politeness for people still in the various stages of grief; we have GOT to get our shit together and recognize what really happened here.

This election should NEVER have been so close.

We lost, because we assumed victory in advance. That's what happened. At least, that's what it looks like here in a solid blue state. Prove me wrong, I'd love to see it.