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Thinking the Unthinkable — A Trump White House Win (Don't Underestimate Trump Alert)
Huffington Post ^ | 05/03/2016 | Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Posted on 05/03/2016 8:12:53 PM PDT by goldstategop

The comforting notion that Trump is so repugnant and repulsive, and that since so many routinely mock and ridicule him as an ego maniacal babbling idiot, that in a head to head contest the smooth, articulate, well-versed consummate policy wonk Clinton will make mincemeat of him in the debates and on the campaign trail. This is dangerous. The proof of that is from the moment that Trump declared his candidacy in June, pundits, much of the media, and the GOP and Democrats laughed him off as cheap, sideshow entertainment who would wilt in the GOP debates, collapse under intense media scrutiny, and fade away after the drumbeat attacks on him from the top tier GOP candidates. Well, months later they’re all nearly gone. Not only is Trump still standing, he has gotten even more wildly popular in countless voting circles.

In the showdown with Clinton he’ll have a king’s ransom war chest, a still fawning media that regards him as their ratings cash cow, and a smart, well-honed, well-oiled GOP that smartly stole a big page from the Democrat’s 2008 and 2012 playbook and built a ground game that includes massive phone banks, the creative use of social media, will compile and work the mountains of voter lists, will put hundreds of boots on the ground to work GOP friendly precincts to get out the vote, and will strategically spend on the campaign in the crucial swing states.

This in no way means a Trump White House win. It only means that a White House win is not unthinkable.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; clinton; earlofarihutchison; election2016; huffingtonpost; newyork; trump
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To: goldstategop

Eerily similar to Carter.. Nixon.. Ford actually ran, but everyone alive knows the truth. Our soldiers die daily because Carter screwed up the shah. Nothing good can happen when two NY liberals and a socialist are our only choices. Looks like trump will make Carter Great Again, by sending soldiers to die in Mexico and South America. Israel will be forced..trumps very words.. Pray, prepare.


41 posted on 05/04/2016 1:53:52 AM PDT by momincombatboots (nixon.. Carter 2016 (technically Ford) Soldiers die in Iraq to this day cleaning up Carter. Nexico?)
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To: MUDDOG; kearnyirish2

“Trump got off the boat.”

Because he’s going all the way.


42 posted on 05/04/2016 2:38:57 AM PDT by OldNewYork (Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
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To: goldstategop

Odd, most of us see Hillary as repugnant and repulsive...


43 posted on 05/04/2016 2:40:26 AM PDT by GOPJ (Imagine the shrieking MSM outrage if Trump supporters had tried to flip a car... David French)
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To: goldstategop

I hope the immensely self-satisfied Earl Ofari Hutchinson can’t sleep at night.


44 posted on 05/04/2016 2:45:18 AM PDT by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man.)
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To: anton

The fault is not at the agents’ level, but much higher. Specifically Loretta Lynch and Ears.


45 posted on 05/04/2016 2:50:45 AM PDT by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man.)
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To: comebacknewt

It’s not so bad when you look at it coming from another planet. Here’s what you see:

12% Black Vote: The Dems do whatever they need to lock up 90% of that vote, and most of that is taken care of by simply convincing blacks that Republicans are racist - so end of story.

12% Hispanic Vote: While Hispanics are now significantly more numerous than blacks, their voting percentages are about the same. However, most Hispanics in this country live in states that don’t affect the presidential outcome (i.e., they are givens to one party or the other)...which are California and New York (and Illinois, to a lesser extent). The only states that they really matter in are Florida and Colorado (something like 7% of the total Electoral Votes). And they are a wild card, as many have voted and likely will continue to vote Republican, as the legal ones are not so hot on open borders either.

6% Others: Who knows, but put them in the Democrat camp. The Republicans still haven’t found anyone that speaks “Asian” (as they see it). No one seems to respond to their ads calling for an “Asian Language Speaker” to address those communities, so the Dems have it all to themselves.

The Rest: Add up the above, and you get 30%. The other 70% are WHITES, and except for some fringe groups (such as gays), both parties have told whites they can go to hell as far as their issues are concerned. The Dems have gotten a lot of them simply because if neither party gives a damn about you, then you go to the one that might give you more crumbs (handouts).

But things are different now. Trump does give them something to vote for - jobs and country. That is why the Dems are scared like hell of him. The Dems know that all they can provide to whites is lip service (since things like quotas are zero sum...you will have losers, all white, regarding quotas). Similar for Open Borders, as the number of well-paying jobs is limited - if we have Open Borders, they move overseas or lower paid immigrants take them here. If we have secure borders, whites can get them, and with good pay.

In 2014 whites in the South voted between 75% (Texas) and 84% (Georgia) Republican. Whites are as much of an identity group as blacks are now, at least in the South, which means that ANY CANDIDATE that actually targets them can get huge, insurmountable, numbers, considering that they’re also 70% of the electorate. Hispanics and Blacks, for a Republican who targets whites, will not decide the election outcome for this cycle, and probably several more. But they will help with the margin of victory.

So, barring a screw-up by Trump, he’s looking at 350 Electoral Votes, easily.


46 posted on 05/04/2016 3:08:39 AM PDT by BobL
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To: moonhawk

You’re right on both points; I stand corrected!


47 posted on 05/04/2016 3:39:53 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: goldstategop

Absolutely, on demographics alone.


48 posted on 05/04/2016 3:54:27 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: sauropod

Its isn’t agents, but it is FBI management. Loretta Lynch would not directly cross over to the FBI to stop this.


49 posted on 05/04/2016 4:33:39 AM PDT by anton
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To: goldstategop

I look at the Democrats’ blue firewall in the Electoral College

247 EV’s in the bag, supposedly...gonna be tough for anyone to overcome that; but watching Trump will be fun...


50 posted on 05/04/2016 6:02:03 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: goldstategop

I look at the Democrats’ blue firewall in the Electoral College

247 EV’s in the bag, supposedly...gonna be tough for anyone to overcome that; but watching Trump will be fun...


51 posted on 05/04/2016 6:02:05 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: goldstategop
the smooth, articulate, well-versed consummate policy wonk Clinton

a smart, well-honed, well-oiled GOP

There are some good laugh lines in here.

52 posted on 05/04/2016 7:08:37 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Better Call Saul (Alinsky). "Make them live by their own rules")
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To: goldstategop

But HILLARY is “repugnant and repulsive.” And (you’ve all heard the meme that Trump has profited from “free” media publicity) this week there’s a pro-Hillary puff-piece sitting in the magazine rack at every supermarket in the country. A few months ago, there was a pro-Hillary special edition of Time magazine positioned in the checkout stands of thgousands of supermarkets acrss the country.


53 posted on 05/04/2016 7:36:59 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: goldstategop
"In the showdown with Clinton he’ll have a king’s ransom war chest, a still fawning media that regards him as their ratings cash cow . . . "

What a joke, as if Hillary won't have an enormous war chest, and which media are "fawning" over Trump? 90% of them ridicule and denigrate him every chance they get. As I speak, my local supermarket has a magazine with a pro-Hillary puff-piece - complete with a beaming, airbrushed photo of Hillary - behind every checkout stand.
54 posted on 05/04/2016 7:40:36 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: billyboy15

I wish Trump had Cruz’s or Kasich’s debating skills. I worry that he won’t do well in any debates, even against a shrill, condescending liar like Hillary.


55 posted on 05/04/2016 7:44:32 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: goldstategop

Yes don’t leave out W VA. Those coal miners are pizzed.


56 posted on 05/04/2016 7:59:58 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: goldstategop
Cruz supporter here. Will be voting for Trump. I will never be part of turning my nation over to a marxist democrat. Ever!
57 posted on 05/04/2016 8:52:48 AM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789)
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To: r_barton

I think that is the post of the day!


58 posted on 05/04/2016 8:58:36 AM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789)
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To: billyboy15

This is simple, don’t do a debate


59 posted on 05/04/2016 9:04:41 AM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789)
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To: Nuc 1.1

Don’t do a debate? Are you serious?


60 posted on 05/04/2016 9:09:52 AM PDT by billyboy15
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