• Railcar8095
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    3 days ago

    I think Trump’s strategy was “I’m going to sound so crazy every Democrat will assume I’ll lose and don’t bother voting”.

    And it worked.

    TWICE

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      3 days ago

      both times dem consultants took the bait and courted republicans. Though this is the first time right wing immigration policies were pushed by the democrat.

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      2 days ago

      That’s how it was for me except I did vote. But I was so confident we had it in the bag.

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      Well, at a certain point, “just don’t be that big a dumbass” has to happen because things really can’t stay together otherwise. Assuming he couldn’t win is a perfectly sensible assumption. You can lead 73 million horses to water but you can’t make them drink.