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2016 Postmortem

silvershadow

(10,336 posts) Tue Apr 19, 2016, 03:01 AM Apr 2016

You’re crazy if you think Hillary is our only option

It happens at the best events — a speaker tries to break the ice with a joke about Donald Trump. After a dig about Trump’s hair or personality, often spiced with a mention of Hitler or Mussolini, most of the audience dutifully chuckles and the speaker moves on to his purpose.

In liberal New York, what can go wrong in assuming universal agreement that Trump’s a dangerous buffoon?

Here’s what: While every speaker wants to channel Jon Stewart and play politics for laughs, the Trump broadsides come with an implicit point. Because Ted Cruz, John Kasich and Bernie Sanders have snowballs’ chances in hell of getting many votes from Manhattan elites, the unstated conclusion is that Hillary Clinton is the only sensible option.

And they say Trump supporters are crazy!

more: http://nypost.com/2016/04/16/believing-that-hillary-is-our-only-option-is-absolutely-nuts/