2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Fatal Flaw in the Post-Mortem Analyses [View all]Bettie
(17,145 posts)Too many people have a visceral hatred of her for reasons they don't even really understand, but they've been told over and over that she's a bad and dishonest person.
It has nothing to do with her actions and everything to do with an opposition that recognized something they feared in her long ago and ensured that many people would have a negative view of her through constantly being told that they should.
There are people in their 30's who don't remember a time when the Clintons were not painted as "bad" or "dishonest" by the media and the opposition.
Marketing/propaganda...you can call it what you want, but if you repeat lies and unfounded stories often enough, people will develop the reaction you want from them, especially those who don't really pay a lot of attention. They hear "HRC is dishonest" and that is the message they keep.
Again, nothing at all to do with anything she's ever said or done, just an ongoing campaign.