(October 23, 2020 at 9:40 am)onlinebiker Wrote: What exactly qualifies as "winning by a landslide"?
It seems it depends on the person making the claim. If it is "their" candidate who wins -- it seems anything more than "the other guy" got.
Rather ambiguous if you ask me. I say there should be a specific number - say 75 percent of the electorate. I've seen real landslides - they are rather dramatic. A landslide should be more than just some mud your kids tracked into the kitchen. Winning by 48 percent of the voting is a plurality. Winning by by 51 percent is a narrow majority. It's certainly not a landslide.
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And how can it possibly be - that EVERY 4 YEARS - we hear "This is the most important election of our lifetime".???? Every time? How the hell can that possibly be? I MIGHT buy in - if we had an election where the pundits said "Don't worry - either one is fine". Come to think of it - we had the reverse of that 4 years ago.. But noooooo... Every election is so damned important. They want you to think the world will end if the right guy doesn't get elected. Does that mean we got it right - every time??? After all - we're still here - right??? IF all those past elections were so damned important - and we got it wrong - the world would have ended - right??
Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
And WHY do they call that televised shitfest they recently held a "debate"?
I went out with a girl on the debate team when I was in high school. (when the dinosaurs roamed the earth). I went to a few of her debates. They looked about as much like that thing the other night as RuPaul looks like Dr Ruth Westheimer.
I suspect they may be shading the truth with us.
Reagan beat the fuck out of Mondale. That was a landslide.
It is true parties throw the line "This is the most important election of our lifetime". But 4 years ago as with today, it is especially true. Trump has fucked up the country. 50 former republican intel agents warned America not to elect him during his run calling him a national security threat. Giving him 4 more years will damage this country beyond repair.
