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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDreaming of a Landslide
And why not?!
https://politicalwire.com/2020/10/09/dreaming-of-a-landslide/
Dreaming of a Landslide
October 9, 2020 at 1:04 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
Andrew Sullivan: I know its tempting fate to mention the idea, foolish to entertain it, mad to expect it, but the possibility of a landslide is now real. There are about ten points between the two candidates with three weeks to go, and the momentum is overwhelmingly with the challenger. Among the likeliest scenarios in 538s poll of polls is now a Biden Electoral College victory of over 400. Texas is in play. The Harris-Pence debate changed nothing, but firmly established Harris credentials as a possible president.
And all this changes a huge amount. A Biden win would be a reprieve for the country; a Biden landslide would be an American miracle.
Unlike anything else, it would cauterize the wound of Trump, preventing further infection. It would say to posterity: we made this hideous mistake, for understandable reasons, but after four years, we saw what we did and decisively changed course. It would turn the Trump era of nihilism, tribalism and cruelty into a cautionary tale of extremism, illiberalism and, above all, failure A landslide loss for Trump would mitigate, if not remove, the deep damage he has done.
And all this changes a huge amount. A Biden win would be a reprieve for the country; a Biden landslide would be an American miracle.
Unlike anything else, it would cauterize the wound of Trump, preventing further infection. It would say to posterity: we made this hideous mistake, for understandable reasons, but after four years, we saw what we did and decisively changed course. It would turn the Trump era of nihilism, tribalism and cruelty into a cautionary tale of extremism, illiberalism and, above all, failure A landslide loss for Trump would mitigate, if not remove, the deep damage he has done.
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Dreaming of a Landslide (Original Post)
babylonsister
Oct 2020
OP
"Bareback" Andrew Sullivan? The guy who refused to wear condoms during the AIDs epidemic?
Midnight Writer
Oct 2020
#8
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)1. We're landslidin' with Joe Biden!
Proud liberal 80
(4,167 posts)2. Wasn't Sullivan crying a few weeks back
about how he was going to vote for Trump over Biden if these riots continued
VivaResitance
(109 posts)4. Yup
Expect alot more back and forth after Nov 3rd
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)8. "Bareback" Andrew Sullivan? The guy who refused to wear condoms during the AIDs epidemic?
Said it wasn't his responsibility? Said it infringed on his rights?
He's kind of the Godfather of social irresponsibility.
Does he wear a mask these days?
This is one of those guys that makes my skin crawl.
KPN
(15,646 posts)3. Let's hope ... and VOTE!
ihas2stinkyfeet
(1,400 posts)5. w 6m votes already in the bag,
i feel the ground sliding. dont know about y'all.
List left
(595 posts)6. Turn the slide into a tsunami nt
ihas2stinkyfeet
(1,400 posts)7. even if all you can do it be the beach.
when the wall of water hits the beach, there is nowhere to go but up.
Blue Owl
(50,407 posts)9. Visualize it...
Trump being swept away out to sea, into the shark-infested waters...
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)10. It's Coming..And It Cannot Be Stopped...