Any little thing...
...to help Hilary out. Highlights how small minded the haters are. It's OK though, we can see this.
This has now reached troll-level. BW, never had an issue with you before... but this sort of talk, completely absent of logic, contributes nothing. You've got your stance, and that's great... but you've chosen to do the unwavering, blind devotion thing. It's not a good look for you.
Hmm, interesting that you would make a statement like this.
I love Trump but it most of my INGO friends do not.....
Trump is going to win....I am shocked that folks here are not seeing that....
But, why do YOU have such confidence?
A vibe in the air....
I'll give you ONE example...My mailman came in one day after the primaries started...He's about my age, not my race, grew up in Chicago..We had NEVER talked politics in five years and he drops this bombshell on me...
"Hey brother let me ask you something.."
"Sure"
"What do you think of Trump?"
I just got quiet...I was not behind Trump yet and I did not want to get in a political debate with a man I like and see five days a week...I kind of hemmed and hawed a bit, sputtered a little...
"Well I don't know...I mean he's not my first choice......"
He could see I wasn't comfortable and was trying to give him a non answer and right at that moment he looked at me and said this...
"I like him and here's why....The more the establishment Republicans and the Democrats trash him the more I like him...He scares them and that makes me like him...So I am going to ask you again...What do you think of Trump?"
"You remember the Wizard of Oz when we were little kids?"
"Of course..."
"I think Trump is going to pull back the curtain and let us see how filthy the system is...I think the establishment is going after him because they don't want us to know how in cahoots they all are.....I like him because he scares the status quo..."
He just smiled and said...
"I think so too....I think he's the only one far enough out of the system to get that done..."
I know it's just anecdotal....But that was the moment I realized and accepted that Trump is going to be our President.....
A vibe in the air....
I'll give you ONE example...My mailman came in one day after the primaries started...He's about my age, not my race, grew up in Chicago..We had NEVER talked politics in five years and he drops this bombshell on me...
"Hey brother let me ask you something.."
"Sure"
"What do you think of Trump?"
I just got quiet...I was not behind Trump yet and I did not want to get in a political debate with a man I like and see five days a week...I kind of hemmed and hawed a bit, sputtered a little...
"Well I don't know...I mean he's not my first choice......"
He could see I wasn't comfortable and was trying to give him a non answer and right at that moment he looked at me and said this...
"I like him and here's why....The more the establishment Republicans and the Democrats trash him the more I like him...He scares them and that makes me like him...So I am going to ask you again...What do you think of Trump?"
"You remember the Wizard of Oz when we were little kids?"
"Of course..."
"I think Trump is going to pull back the curtain and let us see how filthy the system is...I think the establishment is going after him because they don't want us to know how in cahoots they all are.....I like him because he scares the status quo..."
He just smiled and said...
"I think so too....I think he's the only one far enough out of the system to get that done..."
I know it's just anecdotal....But that was the moment I realized and accepted that Trump is going to be our President.....
Trump is Toto!
Brilliant!
It doesn't matter what your mailman or my doctor says about Trump, it matters what the voters, from all demographics, who actually make it to the polls, think.
The Electoral College math, my friends, suggest it will be close. But, I do admire your enthusiastic confidence.
Until this moment, I had not realized how closely this election cycle reflects the storyline of Deliverance. Except without Burt Reynolds.
This is where I bring up the Electoral College.
Indiana is safely Trump. (Goodness knows, I'd be in a pickle if it weren't.) Both of those anecdotes capture his appeal across Hoosierdom. Unfortunately, huge numbers of people across America are not Hoosiers. They don't really share our values. We are, truly, special snowflakes.
And that's really the problem. Places that do not have very much in common with Indiana also get to vote. And their votes count for more than ours do. Sure, some like-minded places will vote the same way we do. But, many will not. I suspect most will vote for HRC simply because they do not like Donald like we like Donald.
The Electoral College math, my friends, suggest it will be close. But, I do admire your enthusiastic confidence.
All of us could end up Ned Beaty.