Hello Ward,

Four years ago, Killary couldn't imagine it, either.

Not even Trump imagined he would win.

Sure he did. He knew he had a decent chance. A good chance.
Dr. Kellyanne Conway was his chief strategist, and her plan
worked flawlessly. James Carville had his doubts before the
election, but publicly admitted her plan was genius when
the results from Florida started to come in. He said it was
all over for Clinton within ten minutes of the polls closing
in Florida. Long before the results came in from elsewhere.
That is how short the contest was, and what real political
experts knew.

--Lee

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Ward Dossche wrote to Dan Clough <=-

I think you're underestimating the breadth of his support. Same
mistake everybody made four years ago.

Not really. 4 years ago I spent the entire summer in the USA and
saw what was to be seen. Upon return I was querried about "Does
he stand a chance?" and I told people "IMNSHO he will win the
election because he runs a way better campaign, closer to the
people" and I was laughed at. So was the single local journalist
who said the same thing.

It's 2020 now however. The playing field has changed, the rules
of the game have changed, "Put her in jail" is not going to work.
Sexual abuse allegations? Pffttttt ... there's a Justice on the
Supreme Court who knows about that.

Still 5 months to go but if elections were to be held today,
Biden would be the next President.

You should know that 5 months is an *ETERNITY* in USA politics.
What polls say today is absolutely meaningless.

That's not entirely untrue.

Agreed. That's not a political statement, it's simply an
assessment of capability/suitability of the candidates. Biden
shows OBVIOUS signs of mental decline, likely the early stages of dementia. Not sure how any reasonable person can deny that.

The signs at least are not obvious to me ... so I beg to differ
...

Okay, that's fine. This coronavirus stuff has provided a
mechanism for Biden to have an excuse to be off the campaign trail
and largely out of sight. That has played to his advantage,
because he doesn't make mistakes when he doesn't talk.

As we get closer, that's going to change, and he won't be able to
hide his mental deterioration any longer. Watch and see what
happens.

I'll even go so far as to say this: The "powers that be" in the
DNC will find a way (or create one) to have him replaced for some
reason. It won't be the real reason, but that won't matter.
Likely it will be done at the convention, assuming one happens.
Should be quite the show. You heard it here first... :-)


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Hello Kurt,

[..]

Agreed. That's not a political statement, it's simply an
assessment of capability/suitability of the candidates. Biden
shows OBVIOUS signs of mental decline, likely the early stages of
dementia. Not sure how any reasonable person can deny that.

Trump can't walk straight, fidgets constantly and can't stand still,
has balance issues, needs to lean on a podium, speaks like someone
who's suffering from some sort of brilliant/beautiful aphasia, and
goes on long rants on social media.

The White House released a summary of Trump's annual physical,
showing him to be fit as a fiddle. This was just a few weeks ago,
so not much would have changed since then -

Donald Trump, POTUS
Age: 73 (at the time of his annual physical)
Weight: 244 pounds
Height: 6 feet 3 inches
Blood Pressure: 121/79 mmHG
Resting Heart Rate: 63 beats per minute

See there? A true athlete. Picture of perfect health.
Best golfer we ever had, scoring 18 holes in one every
time he plays.

--Lee

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