[ScaniaBoy]

GWB? Not bright, but better than the other options we had. (Probably!)

If you ever doubt that read post #79 and repeat to yourself over and over again "President Al Gore" and "President John Kerry". Stuff of nightmares.

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Well, if one were to subscribe to Calvinistic predestination, the US would have eventually reached the point of electing Trump regardless of which path we took.

If Gore/Kerry had been elected, maybe Obama would never have reached the office. Truth is, after Reagan, this country was an auto-pilot with destiny. At some point in time, a Trump like character would finally be elected to advance the counter-revolution and restore some semblance of constitutional order.