05-20-2020, 11:03 AM
I personally can't imagine Trump in any pantheon with Lincoln, FDR or Churchill if only for my personal revulsion of him.
Also having trouble imagining Biden in the role.
But there was one recent event that felt like a Gray Champion crowning of sorts. And that came from Jim Clyburn in South Carolina. The Democratic Race seemed to be in a muddle until Jim Clyburn endorsed Biden. The voters in South Carolina didn't ask any questions. They voted for Biden in a resounding fashion apparently based on that endorsement, because the polls were not showing Biden heading towards such an overwhelming victory until that endorsement.
Only a few days later multiple candidates dropped out of the race, endorsed Biden and most of the states on Super Tuesday followed suit. It was like one endorsement lead to a cascade of events that lead to Biden becoming the presumptive nominee.
Voters weren't in the mood for uncertainty. They stopped arguing and fell in line starting with the South Carolina voters. Anyway, I thought that entire sequence felt exactly like Fourth Turning behavior. Individual voters lined up based on the word of one respected man whether they thought Biden was the best candidate or not.
Also having trouble imagining Biden in the role.
But there was one recent event that felt like a Gray Champion crowning of sorts. And that came from Jim Clyburn in South Carolina. The Democratic Race seemed to be in a muddle until Jim Clyburn endorsed Biden. The voters in South Carolina didn't ask any questions. They voted for Biden in a resounding fashion apparently based on that endorsement, because the polls were not showing Biden heading towards such an overwhelming victory until that endorsement.
Only a few days later multiple candidates dropped out of the race, endorsed Biden and most of the states on Super Tuesday followed suit. It was like one endorsement lead to a cascade of events that lead to Biden becoming the presumptive nominee.
Voters weren't in the mood for uncertainty. They stopped arguing and fell in line starting with the South Carolina voters. Anyway, I thought that entire sequence felt exactly like Fourth Turning behavior. Individual voters lined up based on the word of one respected man whether they thought Biden was the best candidate or not.