[a little elbow grease]

Baseball great Lefty Gomez once said, “I’d rather be lucky than good.” One thing that the U.S.A. has going for it right now is that we’re very fortunate to have a president who’s lucky. This is totally unscientific and irrational, I know, but Donald Trump is lucky. Things have an uncanny way of falling into place for him. If this drug combo turns out to be stunningly effective and makes a major dent in this pandemic, it would just the sort of lucky break that we’ve come to expect.

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"we’re very fortunate to have a president who’s lucky" ---

No.

I have generally found that:

.....LUCK IS THE RESIDUE OF DESIGN

....... trust me.

[enumerated]

I agree - it’s not luck. He’s smart.

He picks the right side of issues, he defends the Constitution. By doing so, he aligns himself with the wisdom of the founders. I’ve often heard him say at rallies that he’s glad he’s for lowering taxes - he wouldn’t want to have the Democrats side of these debates - they want to raise taxes, they defend abortions, they want to take away the 2nd Amendment they are for open borders, etc., etc.... they pick the stupid side of arguments - there way doesn’t work. That’s why he’s so “lucky” - he picks the winning side.

As the Jim Croce song goes:

You don’t tug on superman’s cape
You don’t spit into the wind
You don’t pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don’t mess around with Jim

President Trump doesn’t fight nature - he doesn’t try to out think the law of supply and demand - he doesn’t call half the voters “deplorables” - he doesn’t give away strategic advantage to our adversaries - he doesn’t apologize for American greatness.

We are lucky to have him as President.

[William Tell]

“I’d rather be lucky than good.”

I prefer: "The harder I work, the luckier I get."

I already have a great deal of admiration for Trump. If this works out well for Trump, he is going to run away with the election in ways that have never been seen before.

If a future Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade and turns the matter of pre-natal infanticide back to the individual states and clearly bars infringements on the right to keep and bear arms, we might just be able to survive as a nation.

The looming alternative has been a breakup like the Soviet Union. I can't picture millions of people willing to kill and die to preserve the mess we were becoming.

[thinden]

I have generally found that:

.....LUCK IS THE RESIDUE OF DESIGN

....... trust me.

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The hardier he works, the luckier he gets

[prov1813man]

also Laboring Under Correct Knowledge

[marktwain]

.....LUCK IS THE RESIDUE OF DESIGN

How about: Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

[LS]

You are really right about this. “Luck” just seems to follow some people, some sports teams (Think, the “Immaculate Reception” or “the Catch”-—both started dynasties that wouldn’t perhaps have happened otherwise. Other other hand, Dallas in SB 5 had one tipped pass go into a Colts’ receiver’s hands and had a fumble in the endzone the Cowboys recovered, but was awarded to the Colts).

So think about Reagan: He comes in with a big defense buildup and the Soviets had a window of opportunity with Carter’s drawdown. But 2 months after Reagan comes in, the Trident sub program, which was started back under NIXON, comes on line and is virtually invisible to sonar. The window shuts immediately. Or think of the hostages being released-—they had already planned to do release them, but they come home just in time for Reagan.

[SunkenCiv]

In the future, he'll have a descendant named Teela Brown.