01-17-2019, 03:24 PM
Not since 1984 have we had a Presidential election have we had a Presidential nominee face a 57-43 defeat or worse (Mondale) in a binary election. Not since 1980 have we had a Presidential incumbent get less than 43% of the popular vote.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.