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This Is the Michael Dukakis Election of 2020
Townhall.com ^ | October 26, 2020 | Wayne Allyn Root

Posted on 10/26/2020 2:54:52 PM PDT by Kaslin

I've been calling this presidential election the "Michael Dukakis election of 2020" for months now -- all through the summer, when Joe Biden was up by double digits, just like Dukakis.

That was before Rudy Giuliani announced he had Hunter Biden's infamous laptop with a treasure trove of emails that appeared to implicate Joe Biden in a massive pay-for-play conspiracy and identify Biden as "the big guy" -- a partner in business with the Chinese Communist Party.

That was before Hunter Biden's former business partner Tony Bobulinski announced he can prove Biden had a piece of all the dirty deals. He's now meeting with the FBI.

That was before President Donald Trump dominated Joe Biden in Thursday night's presidential debate.

That was before Joe Biden announced in that debate that he plans to destroy the oil industry. Biden just lost every oil and energy state (see Pennsylvania) and the votes of millions of oil-industry employees.

Back to Michael Dukakis. Remember him? In 1988, he was the Democratic presidential candidate. He led Republican candidate George H.W. Bush by 17 points over the summer. Seventeen. Remember that number. It's significant.

On Election Day, Bush destroyed Dukakis. Bush won by 7 points. That's a 24-point turnaround. More importantly, Bush beat Dukakis in an electoral landslide of 426 to 111. Bush won 40 states.

Think about that for a moment: down by 17 and then winning in close to a 4-to-1 electoral landslide.

That's pretty close to what I predict is about to happen in this Trump-Biden race.

Keep in mind as I make this prediction that almost every poll still shows a big lead for Biden. Still, Politico reports a massive Democratic early-vote lead in swing states. Still, Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal that Biden "has a formidable lead." Still, the Biden team is measuring curtains for the White House -- just like Hillary Clinton and Dukakis did. The Wall Street Journal wrote in a headline, "Biden Team Prepares for Potentially Bumpy Transition." The D.C. Swamp "experts" clearly believe it's over.

Funny how history doesn't just repeat itself; it rhymes.

Folks, this is Dukakis all over again. And, of course, Clinton in 2016. How quickly they forget.

The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll showed Trump losing by 17 only two weeks ago. Most other polls showed double-digit leads. As Peggy Noonan puts it, "formidable."

Except there's a fly in the ointment. Just like four years ago, the experts have it all wrong. History proves that whichever candidate leads with enthusiasm wins. Trump holds two rallies a day with tens of thousands attending, waiting in line all night to see their hero. Trump car parades and boat parades feature thousands of cars and boats. In Miami, Trump car parades in consecutive weeks brought out 35,000 and 75,000 cars. These are fans who would walk on broken glass to fight for Trump.

Meanwhile, Biden and Kamala Harris keep showing up to rallies with 10 people, covered in masks, in socially distant circles. How depressing. Biden's car parade in Miami attracted 15 cars, the day after Trump's attracted 35,000.

Folks, this is a carbon copy of Clinton four years ago, except much worse. There's much less enthusiasm. It's much more depressing. I didn't think that was possible.

Yet the D.C. Swamp media are clueless. They don't see it coming. They have no idea.

What's happening? It's what I named in 2016 "the Whisper Vote," except this time, it's squared, times 1,000. In 2016, many Trump voters were afraid to say out loud they voted for Trump. They were scared of the stigma, of being called a racist.

Fast-forward to today. It's been four years of vicious media assaults on Trump; four years of impeachment attempts; four years of calling Trump a "Nazi," "Hitler" and "the KKK"; four years of liberals on social media begging for Trump's death or assassination. And, lately, it's been riots; looting; burning; entire downtown business districts held hostage; attacks on police and Trump supporters; and surging murder and violent crime rates. Add in censorship and banning by Twitter, Facebook and the rest of Silicon Valley. And Trump supporters ostracized, losing their jobs and careers.

And we all know liberals have plans in place to burn American cities to the ground if Trump wins. They've made it clear the revolution begins the day after the election.

So, you think anyone anywhere wants to tell a stranger they're voting for Trump this year? This election is so far beyond 2016 it's laughable. This is pre-Civil War.

Trust me. The polls are dead wrong. This is a revolution, all right. The entire middle class and the so-called silent majority are voting for Trump: in private, in secret, in that voting booth. Yes, suburban mothers tell pollsters they're voting for Biden. Once in that voting booth, once the curtain closes, they'll vote overwhelmingly for Trump.

The polls no longer matter. The voters don't talk to pollsters. They whisper.

An electoral landslide is coming for Trump. It's the Michael Dukakis election all over again. With a touch of Hillary.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020election; donaldtrump; election2020; hillaryclinton; hunterbiden; joebiden; landslide; michaeldukakis; tonybobulinski; trumplandslide; wayneallynroot
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1 posted on 10/26/2020 2:54:52 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
all through the summer, when Joe Biden was up by double digits, just like Dukakis

Thats all you need to know.

2 posted on 10/26/2020 2:57:30 PM PDT by frogjerk
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To: Kaslin

Yeah, okay, but Wayne was on twitter telling people he saw (or someone he believed saw) videos of Hunter torturing little Chinese girls. That’s a bit over the top and we haven’t seen anything else on it since, so Wayne is on my grain-of-salt list.


3 posted on 10/26/2020 2:58:23 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: Kaslin

demographics will never give us a blow out...period. it’s going to be close.GOTV is going to matter more than ever. FACE IT!


4 posted on 10/26/2020 2:59:39 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Kaslin

5 posted on 10/26/2020 3:02:12 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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To: Kaslin

The one poll that matters most and isn’t getting a lot of play is Gallup “are you better off than four years ago” with 57% indicating that they are.

No incumbent in the last fifty years was turned out with a number that high. The last two, HW Bush and Carter, were underwater with this key stat.

Add into that the enthusiasm gap, breaking around 70-30 in Trumps favor, and you can clearly see what I see.

Trump wins in a walk.


6 posted on 10/26/2020 3:03:05 PM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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To: Kaslin

Biden is the designated loser.

Just like Romney was in 2012. And Kerry was in 2004.


7 posted on 10/26/2020 3:04:34 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: Kaslin

That image flashed into my head when I read the headline. Haha.


8 posted on 10/26/2020 3:04:39 PM PDT by grateful
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To: Kaslin

Biden is more like Mondale “I will raise your taxes”. Mondale, I believe only won his own state and DC.


9 posted on 10/26/2020 3:07:10 PM PDT by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

I like Trump’s chances, especially after the last debate. But there are millions of people who have been brought up to hate everything about America and to love communism. They will passionately vote against Trump - Biden is just a useful puppet to them. In 2016 the left was complacent and over confident. We can’t afford to make their mistake.


10 posted on 10/26/2020 3:11:46 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: frogjerk

The polls giving Hiden Biden a 5-10% lead in the polls are always over represented by Dems and Ind voters. They are done to try and depress Conservative voters. This will not happen, if anything it will bring more non-voters to the polls to save our country from Socialism/Communism.


11 posted on 10/26/2020 3:17:59 PM PDT by cabbieguy ("I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up"can't be counted)
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To: Kaslin

Dukakis’ Democratic party was NOTHING like today’s Democrat Communist party.

Dukakis was a liberal technocrat. Today’s Democrat nominees range from socialist to communist, complete with Bolshevik-like riots in the streets!!!!

We need to WIPE the Dims OUT electorally, to make them have big reform conferences designed to bring them more into the American mainstream!!!!


12 posted on 10/26/2020 3:19:26 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Kaslin; AuH2ORepublican; campaignPete R-CT

I hope the gist of this is true but Trump will not approach that electoral total, or popular vote %.


13 posted on 10/26/2020 3:21:28 PM PDT by Impy (Thug Lives Splatter - China delenda est)
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To: frogjerk

When is Rudy going to release additional contents of the laptop?

Furthermore, on October 6, Trump ordered the immediate declassification of all Russia collusion documents. Still waiting....


14 posted on 10/26/2020 3:24:39 PM PDT by thegagline
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To: Kaslin
A) In '88 The Tank Commander's brain was firing on all cylinders.

B) In '88 Rat Party Headquarters didn't have a nationwide,organized mail in voter fraud scheme.

15 posted on 10/26/2020 3:26:34 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (BLM Stands For "Bidens Loot Millions"!)
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To: Kaslin

The Rat fraud machine in 1988 was child’s play compared to today.

Also the willingness of Rats to accept a legitimate electoral victory has become non existent. These people are nuckin futs.

Too many wild cards this time. Truly, this is all the marbles.

I, for one, am voting on 11/3, no “early voting”.


16 posted on 10/26/2020 3:26:42 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: Kaslin

nice pep talk.
refreshing.


17 posted on 10/26/2020 3:30:43 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Impy
The big difference between 1988 and now is the Dukakis election marked the last time the Democrats "accepted the results of the election" and moved on with their lives. Since then, the only possible outcome is either they win or they riot and break stuff and declare the winning candidate is "totally illigimate" and "worst President ever" and must be removed by force if necessary.

And ironically they accuse OUR side of not being willing to accept election results. Ummm no. I didnt March down the national mall screaming that Clinton and Obama were "not my president"

18 posted on 10/26/2020 3:32:51 PM PDT by BillyBoy ("States rights" is NOT a suicide pact.)
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To: thegagline

A pollster called me a few months ago. I hung up.


19 posted on 10/26/2020 3:35:41 PM PDT by ARGLOCKGUY
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To: Kaslin

Someone asked hitlery in 2016 why people should vote for her. She had no answer.

Same with gropin Joe. There is zero reason to vote for him. A failed lifelong politician, dumb as a stump, demented, corrupt as the day is long, criminal, pedophile, liar, rapist scumbag.


20 posted on 10/26/2020 3:37:56 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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