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Diamond Boy's avatar

Yes agreed, my little screed went off track, I meant to say Trump was heterodox stylistically but brainlessly pursued orthodox GOP political goals. His genius was a fluke. He got it, felt it, channeled it, and some how he flaunted conventional wisdom and broke every rule of electoral politics and rode that chaos to victory. I know “greatest political feat ever “ is big but it is fitting, he broke the machine and his rudeness was for me a bonus a gift from heaven, he was colon hydrotherapy for our masters.

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Riff McClavin's avatar

Trump offered change in a change year election. This took no genius. On the democratic side Sanders drew enormous crowds doing the same thing, until he was kneecapped by the Obama/Clinton axis of evil. Trump -- the salesman -- knew what Americans were buying. That's all.

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Diamond Boy's avatar

No, much bigger - sui generous - look at the ferocity of the counter action, the elite have gone insane. Caitlin suggests the elite are showing signs that their manipulations and machinations are in trouble, their motivation increasingly plain to see and that is cause for hope. I don’t share that conclusion but as usual she expresses herself well.

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Riff McClavin's avatar

"I don’t share that conclusion but as usual she expresses herself well." I started my day with a similar observation.

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