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To: Jonty30

I’d start by setting expectations realistically.

2016 was wholly unexpected by the media, and to be honest it was unexpected by a lot of people who voted for Trump in the first place. The whole night was set up to lead to a glorious Hillary victory party where she would “spontaneously” look up to the glass ceiling of the Javits center as the balloons were coming down and stand by in glory as every talking head on every news channel also “spontaneously” recited a prepared monologue about how she broke through the greatest of glass ceilings to usher in a blah blah blah. This was going to be their “I was there when” moment that they told their children about... and there was no Plan B for them four years ago.

Today, most everyone understands at some level that Biden isn’t actually a candidate, he’s an elderly demented man is filling a spot where a candidate would normally go. Nobody is voting “for” Biden, they’re voting against Trump, and they’re not excited to witness history play out with a coronation so much as topple a bad orange man... so it’s not the same. There’s a lot more anger, and the celebratory mood is right now all on the right side of the aisle.

The libs are champing at the bit to make Trump and his supporters feel as bad as they have, and they won’t be sad, they’ll be angry if it doesn’t turn out the way they expect. It’s very unlikely there will be a repeat of the blindsided speechlessness of talking heads, rather a prepared accusation of malfeasance and a call to arms to continue the resistance against Trump if he does win. If Biden does pull out a victory, it won’t be a celebration of Biden, it will be step one in tearing down anything Trump put his name to in the last four years. It won’t be a happy scene even if they get exactly what they want.


9 posted on 11/02/2020 11:24:32 PM PST by jz638
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To: jz638

I’ve always believed that Trump only won in2016 because the Left didn’t think it had to cheat that much. The polls were over the top for Hillary and they believed the polls and got complacent.

That will not happen in this election.


22 posted on 11/03/2020 5:04:23 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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