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What did Mr. Trump say that made you come to your prediction conclusion rporter? “A chicken in every pot?"
Or for Coloradans, Washingtonians, and Oregonians “Some pot with every chicken?”
Enquiring minds want to know.
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
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Well, at least it wont be Ted Cruz.
Good coffee, good weed, and time on my hands...
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It's only May. An October surprise is months away. 
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"What did Mr. Trump say" .... it did not matter nor does it matter what he says
the fact remains, his appeal goes beyond rational thinking .... throw everything you thought you knew (and did not know) about politics and begin the process with some assumption that America is the greatest nation to ever be and God created it as the promised land for Christians, throw in some arrogantly belligerent ignorance and you have a recipe which appeals to >50% of Americans
ignorance is the enemy
without equality there is no liberty
America can survive bad policy, but not destruction of our Democratic institutions
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Golem ... after listening to Mr Trump this afternoon, I can now make my prediction for the general .... doesn;t matter who the Democrat nominee is (which includes God)
Mr Trump by 2%
American ignorance will trump (pun intended) any rational policy directives from any Democrat If that's your gut talking I strongly suggest you see a doctor about it - urgently. Otherwise, I assume you have some scientific evidence to back up your prediction? Would like to see it. And please, no polls when we are 5 months from the election; they are about as reliable as anything that Trump himself trumpets.
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
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"What did Mr. Trump say" .... it did not matter nor does it matter what he says
the fact remains, his appeal goes beyond rational thinking .... throw everything you thought you knew (and did not know) about politics and begin the process with some assumption that America is the greatest nation to ever be and God created it as the promised land for Christians, throw in some arrogantly belligerent ignorance and you have a recipe which appeals to >50% of Americans Based on..????
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky
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why does the irrational appeal for Mr Trump bother you?
I do not need a poll to tell me most voters are irrational .... it is just a fact (perhaps you have a poll which says otherwise? [sic sic and obvious])
simply a Jeanne Dixon prediction but based on a sense of what is actually happening
ignorance is the enemy
without equality there is no liberty
America can survive bad policy, but not destruction of our Democratic institutions
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why does the irrational appeal for Mr Trump bother you?
I do not need a poll to tell me most voters are irrational .... it is just a fact (perhaps you have a poll which says otherwise? [sic sic and obvious])
simply a Jeanne Dixon prediction but based on a sense of what is actually happening Oh I see, you have a lock on the rationality (or lack thereof) of 225 million+ people eligible to vote in 2016. The appeal of Mr. Drumpf is obvious, what is not is what is ACTUALLY HAPPENING, something you seem to have a lock on as well. And the FACT that the voters are irrational - comes from where, exactly?  Some statements are better shown with evidence.
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"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
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I think it is just that he gets a lot of media play. The media loves to put this train wreck in your face. Controversy sells.
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so in a state of the nile ...ok
~50% of registered voters turn out for generals
in this primary cycle we have had >30M votes cast
Mr Trump has over 10M votes .... are you saying these folks are rational? or the only irrational potential voters?
apparently you concluded I said all voters were irrational .... well that would be on you
consider partisans .... do you think they are rational? strange that they could be intelligent and yet irrational simultaneously ... and then there are the unintelligent and irrational folks .... you think there are only 2 in America????
are there any studies on number of people with irrational political views??? don't know but i recommend watching any news show and you can see spokespeople saying irrational things .... or better listen to callers on talk shows .... wow
while certainly not random and so not mathematically valid, it does provide a sample of what exists in the real world .... lots of folks who make political decisions based on beliefs and the nile
ignorance is the enemy
without equality there is no liberty
America can survive bad policy, but not destruction of our Democratic institutions
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