Posted on 06/30/2024 9:03:17 AM PDT by DallasBiff
The man who correctly predicted nine of the last 10 presidential elections — including that Donald Trump would defeat Hillary Clinton — has some thoughts about the recent debate.
Chill out, Democrats. And maybe stop listening to the talking heads on TV.
From Lichtman:
“All of these pundits and pollsters, and panelists that you see on all the cable channels and all the networks, have no track records in predicting elections. And if they come on and they claim they know how this debate is going to affect elections, they have no idea. It’s sports talk radio. It may be entertaining, but it has no scientific basis,” he said.
And on the debate’s impact on the race?
“Zero. Debates are not predictive of outcomes. Hillary Clinton won all three debates, still lost. John Kerry won all of the debates, still lost. Barack Obama got trounced, 72%-20% in the poll, worse than Biden and want on to win,” he said. “Democrats’ really only chance to win, contrary to everything you’ve heard, is with Biden running.”
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Dems knowingly put a diminished Biden on a debate stage before 50 million viewers.
The burning question now is what drove this self-delusion and the betrayal of the public.
<><>Was it lobotomized groupthink?
<><>Craven careerism and self-dealing
<><>do they believe they can hold on to power?
<><>that they can run the country like some sort of collective-ventriloquist?
<><>was it narcissism by family Biden who long craved this kind of power
<><>a family that fights anything — even reality — that threatens its power?
Going back to September 2021, Biden didn’t seem to have a clue that his senior military advisors opposed his total withdrawal from Afghanistan (they supported a smaller contingent to stabilize the civilian government and prevent the return of Al Qaeda there).
The diminished Biden’s disastrous Afghan withdrawal is now the stuff of legends.
Sounds like a great idea.
Out here we underestimate the sheer depth of bone-chilling revulsion and loathsome hatred people have towards Trump. A senile, diminished president is the easiest thing for them to overlook in order to deny the presidency to a man they see as ending the very existence of America.
It was how he lost, Obama woke up the next day and adjusted; Bill woke up and learned; Hillary woke up and was only a little bit more sober, but Joe may have never even have awakened YET and I am sure will NEVER get credit, or the ability, for understanding his loss [in more than one way] or being able to adjust. As an individual he is lost for ever!
I agree. Almost 50% will not vote for Trump even if Biden went into a coma.
It is ok of they don’t vote for Trump as long as they don’t vote for the Democratic candidate as well.
except this is not about losing a debate
it is about exposing a massive fraud
This is such horseshit. Hillary lost 2 of 3, she came across as a midnight manager at McD's; and the burgeoning social media repeats of Trump saying "You'd be in jail." and her slack-jawed non-response hit as hard as the Scooby Van video.
Obama would have lost to Romney if the election had been held after the first debate. Lost. L-o-s-t. Romney then permitted that fat slackass Candy Eater to submarine him in the second debate, because Bishop Dullard never wanted to be the guy to deny the first black/gay president his second term.
“is great at predicting who won”
LOL...probably batting 1000 on that.
Also sounds like the climatista’s backwards-looking prognostications.
I don’t think Hillary won any debate. Trump won 2020. This man is delusional.
Biden has no military failure? HAHAHAHAHA - Afghanistan ?
Project Ukraine is not a winner either. This author doesn’t know what the funk he is blathering about. SOB probably works for his cousin.
This is NOT about the debate, this is about DEMENTIA’’’
Interesting point. Dementia is something that if a person
hasn’t been around it then they pretty much have no idea
of the situation. Older people have a problem in which some
know nothing about their condition. They can sound normal
but memory is a lost item usually. jmo
“Progressive” politics and a progressive disease; we get both.
Not so sure about that. It is widely believed that JFK's performance in his first debate with Nixon was decisive. In his debate with Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford's jaw-dropping comment that Eastern Europe was not under Soviet domination sealed his fate. Reagan's debate performance was decisive in his wins. And Obama's re-election was assured when Mitt Romney took a dive in his second and third presidential debates.
Trump should wait until after the Dem convention and offer a golf game. Each has to carry his own clubs like Biden offered.
Did this guy predict Biden would win in 2020?
If so, he got it wrong.
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