Posted on 05/19/2016 10:18:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
On Wednesday afternoon, Fox News released a new national poll showing Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton, 45 to 42 percent, a 10-point swing since the previous Fox survey a month ago. The poll sparked a discussion on social media, which included the usual caveats: It’s just one poll (true); Trump is almost certainly not leading Clinton by three points (also true: the pollster.com average has her up three points); professional Democrats enjoy freaking out (undeniably true); and we still have months of campaigning (sadly true). Trump got a bump for essentially wrapping up the Republican nomination; Clinton, meanwhile, is still battling Bernie Sanders, even if her eventual triumph—and a subsequent boost in the polls—is inevitable. And check out those crosstabs.
So, then, what can a single poll tell us in a long election cycle that itself has become an unpredictable freak show? Nothing—but it can serve as a much-needed reminder that this election is closer than it has any right to be. And the proper response to that fact—to Trump’s almost incomprehensible rise from birther-conspiracist celebrity half-wit to presumptive nominee sitting within striking distance of a former secretary of state—is fear. A bigoted know-nothing could truly be our next president. To argue that Americans should be anything less than terrified is itself irresponsible....
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
Isn't that an accurate appraisal of the modern role of the press (i.e. the MSM)?
“Trump’s almost incomprehensible rise from birther-conspiracist celebrity half-wit”
Hex also forgets that this “half-wit” has accomplished more in his life than Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, both Clintons, Al Gore, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders ALL PUT TOGETHER.
Isn't it apparent now, that Barack Obama doesn't care a whit for the Democrat party?
My prediction is that he won't lift a finger to get a Dem into the White House. Obama wants the party for himself, and it's best for his ambitions if his party is defeated. Obama wants to be the World Community Organizer. To lead the leftist agitation that we will see daily for years to come. Barack Obama, thanks to term limits, has no further use for the Democrat party.
Signs have been there for years. He didn't attempt to alter Obamacare at all after the 2010 mid-term debacle. He didn't move an inch after the 2014 mid-term shellacking. He has done nothing as the party has been emaciated. All of this has been deliberate, IMHO. Obama considers his "new position" as a promotion. He doesn't want Hillary, he doesn't want Bernie, he doesn't even want Biden. He'll sit back and watch the Dems lose, and be just fine with it.
Great post, JLAFox!
Trump is doing better in this poll than Romney among men, Men, Blacks, and Hispanics.
For a while, he was only posting the nastiest anti-Trump articles and the most glowing Cruz articles.
Oops, forgot to ping you.
Glad to see your postings leaning pro-Trump. I hope you will be pleasantly surprised at what Trump accomplishes, should he be elected.
Didn’t say it wasn’t. :-)
So glad to see you back. : )
One of the messes the left and their media face is the end to the meme that Trump supporters are the violent ones being brutal to innocent ole demonrat peaceful protesters at his rallies. Everyone now sees that the Demonrat Party holds the violent protesters.
So the writer of the article has no problem seeing either a criminal or an avowed socialist who honeymooned in the Soviet Union as President but we should be freaking out if an Anglo Saxon red blooded American becomes President. Yeah, let’s go with that Slate....
Yeah, but I think Trump can beat her.
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