06-08-2016, 08:50 AM
(06-08-2016, 07:58 AM)Anthony Wrote: But what if Hillary is indicted between now and July 25th, causing the superdelegates to freak out and switch to Sanders?
That is why Hillary hasn't won a thing yet.
1. Hillary Clinton could step down and leave the Presidential race to the VP nominee (who will likely have the endorsement of Bernie Sanders, anyway).
2. Donald Trump so offends so many people that the Libertarian ticket of Johnson and Weld could beat him. What political baggage do Johnson and Weld have? Two former Republicans recognized for moderation.
Think carefully. The Establishment wings of both main Parties have been shaken badly this year, the Republican Establishment shaking even earlier. This is a 4T, a Crisis Era. Just think of what this statement can do if Gary Johnson utters it.
"All in all, Barack Obama is a fine President, and whoever follows him might as well share and honor his virtues and competence. I hope to be that good".
So what has Donald Trump won? The contempt of intelligent people with conscience? That has usually been enough to ensure defeat. More people will come to the conclusion that Donald Trump will at best be an ineffective President. with Democratic majorities in both Houses of Congress keeping him from doing anything new and catastrophic. Then maybe we get a really-good President whom the political schemers get no chance to waste as they wasted Barack Obama.
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.