There is something that losers do (as in people that have lost, not people that are unworthy) - complain about the test being unfair. Sometimes they are right - the test is unfair. For example, if you are entering a swimming contest, but they include the time it takes to take off your clothing and put on your bathing suit, that's unfair.
But more often they are wrong, the test was fair, they simply didn't understand what the test was. This is most often the case with politics.
The politicians complain about either the media not covering or the people not caring about their point. This proves they don't deserve to be president. The people have no obligation to understandor believe you, you have an obligation to understand the people.
When you complain about no one covering or caring about your opponent 'corrupt' activity with an AIDS Charity guess what - that means you are wrong about their behavior being out of line. Frankly, America doesn't care if a Secretary of State gives access to monsters that have given large sums to an AIDS charity. We are fine with that.
When you complain about being treated unfairly for your own relatively minor sins involving word choice, guess what - if they people don't vote for you because of it, that means the people think YOU ARE WRONG. It is not a minor sin, it is a big one. They are the ones that make that judgement call, not you.
One of the major advantages of Democracy is that it forces the politicians to pay attention to the people, not the other way around. Voting is not a test of the people that they win or lose, it's a test of the politician and the politician is the one that wins or loses. (The term in office is the test of the people).
Part of the problem is the friendly bubble. When you run for office you surround yourself with people that think you would be a good candidate. This makes understanding and playing to your base very easy.
But it also can make understanding and playing to the undecided and opponents very hard.
You have to know what they care about. You can't convince them to change their mind using the same techniques that work on your base. Your base believes what you say without evidence. Your base disbelieves what the opponent says even if they have evidence. The independent voter looks on you as if you are the liar, at least as much as your opponent.
Trump's techniques don't work at all on the independent voter. Which is why he is going to lose.
But more often they are wrong, the test was fair, they simply didn't understand what the test was. This is most often the case with politics.
The politicians complain about either the media not covering or the people not caring about their point. This proves they don't deserve to be president. The people have no obligation to understandor believe you, you have an obligation to understand the people.
When you complain about no one covering or caring about your opponent 'corrupt' activity with an AIDS Charity guess what - that means you are wrong about their behavior being out of line. Frankly, America doesn't care if a Secretary of State gives access to monsters that have given large sums to an AIDS charity. We are fine with that.
When you complain about being treated unfairly for your own relatively minor sins involving word choice, guess what - if they people don't vote for you because of it, that means the people think YOU ARE WRONG. It is not a minor sin, it is a big one. They are the ones that make that judgement call, not you.
One of the major advantages of Democracy is that it forces the politicians to pay attention to the people, not the other way around. Voting is not a test of the people that they win or lose, it's a test of the politician and the politician is the one that wins or loses. (The term in office is the test of the people).
Part of the problem is the friendly bubble. When you run for office you surround yourself with people that think you would be a good candidate. This makes understanding and playing to your base very easy.
But it also can make understanding and playing to the undecided and opponents very hard.
You have to know what they care about. You can't convince them to change their mind using the same techniques that work on your base. Your base believes what you say without evidence. Your base disbelieves what the opponent says even if they have evidence. The independent voter looks on you as if you are the liar, at least as much as your opponent.
Trump's techniques don't work at all on the independent voter. Which is why he is going to lose.
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