(May 30, 2016 at 1:34 am)Minimalist Wrote:(May 30, 2016 at 1:29 am)Bella Morte Wrote: So, does Trump actually stand any chance of winning? Haven't seen any polls.
Quote:A Pew Research Poll showed that among American Christians nearly half, 47%, believe that Jesus will at least probably return to earth within the next 40 years, with the majority of that group (27%) believing that Jesus definitely will return in the near future. Only 10% of American Christians believe that Jesus will definitely not return within their lifetimes.
With shitheads like that around, of course he has a chance. Never, ever, forget the words of H. L. Mencken:
Quote:No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.
— H L Mencken
Yeah, people can be really, fucking stupid. I just don't see it though. Trump has way too much baggage to win in the general. The Clinton political machine will destroy him. He's what the military calls, a "target rich" environment. There's so many things to attack him on, one almost doesn't know where to start. I don't see how he can survive the attacks against him which are coming. The general electorate isn't like the primary. The average voter may not be a rocket scientist but they aren't the ignorant rednecks which largely make up the Republican base either.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein