- 07 Aug 2020 16:05
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@Beren, I would say that the way the polls are narrowing means that Trump is not losing the marketing war, in spite of the MSM(D)’s efforts. Part of the problem with their attempts to censor him is that the attempt are themselves news, and get people’s attention.
Not that Trump doesn’t give the MSM(D) plenty of ammunition with his own unforced errors and regularly getting down in the gutter, it’s one of the reasons I didn’t and won’t vote for him. But it’s also pretty much standard practice for Populist politicians, from Andrew Jackson on up, and actually one of their strengths with their base. And, like Trump, it doesn’t stop voters on the fringes from looking at their promises, looking at their opponents, and holding their noses and voting for him. Which is why I won’t be surprised if Trump actually gets at least a plurality if not a majority this time. (Of course, I also won’t be surprised if he gets a minority of the vote in both the popular vote and the all-important Electoral College—all it would take is the wrong gaffe too close to the election, and while Biden is at least as likely to make said gaffe if not more so, we all know which the MSM(D) would jump all over.)
Not that Trump doesn’t give the MSM(D) plenty of ammunition with his own unforced errors and regularly getting down in the gutter, it’s one of the reasons I didn’t and won’t vote for him. But it’s also pretty much standard practice for Populist politicians, from Andrew Jackson on up, and actually one of their strengths with their base. And, like Trump, it doesn’t stop voters on the fringes from looking at their promises, looking at their opponents, and holding their noses and voting for him. Which is why I won’t be surprised if Trump actually gets at least a plurality if not a majority this time. (Of course, I also won’t be surprised if he gets a minority of the vote in both the popular vote and the all-important Electoral College—all it would take is the wrong gaffe too close to the election, and while Biden is at least as likely to make said gaffe if not more so, we all know which the MSM(D) would jump all over.)
Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.
—Edmund Burke
—Edmund Burke