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2016 Postmortem

Lord Magus

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9. Is this "desperation for change" actually real or just precieved by the media?

Reply to Attorney in Texas (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:59 PM

Jul 2016

Certainly Trump cultists are desperate for a particular type of change, the type that involves white supremacy being restored. But the idea that the country isn't divided on ideological lines is baffling. Rarely has the ideological divide been more stark.

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Hillary should beat Trump like Johnson beat Goldwater in '64. Goldwater was a Republican outsider [View all] Attorney in Texas Jul 2016 OP

If that were true RandySF Jul 2016 #1

You mean 40 is his ceiling? RonniePudding Jul 2016 #2

If you think a predatory capitalist is an 'agent for change' I have some beachfront property emulatorloo Jul 2016 #3

Undoubtedly, Trump is an agent of change (not good change, of course, but real -- if bad -- change). Attorney in Texas Jul 2016 #6

Fair enough, thanks for clarifying. emulatorloo Jul 2016 #7

Goldwater was a five-term senator frazzled Jul 2016 #4

AuH2O got creamed. Here's the electoral map: L. Coyote Jul 2016 #5

Exactly Attorney in Texas Jul 2016 #8

Is this "desperation for change" actually real or just precieved by the media? Lord Magus Jul 2016 #9

Johnson won with 61% of the popular vote. The highest amount of any race. Sheepshank Jul 2016 #10