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In response to "I think you're giving them too much credit. I wouldn't trust that group with a lemonade stand. -- nm" by VMan

I don't question their intelligence at all. These are people who -- quite literally -- beat the best political strategists and thinkers in America.

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka ReluctantCynic) Jan 22 '17, 10:22

They figured something out. I haven't yet figured out what that "something" is or how they did it. But you don't beat the best political minds in the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Green Parties, and completely confound the predictions of just about every political commentator out there, if you're a bumpkin.

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There was a guy on TT ages ago who made a big deal about Rush Hour becoming a huge hit. -- (edited) - David's iPad Jan 22, 10:31 4
- I agree that the election was more about Sec. Clinton than Trump. - ReluctantCynic Jan 22, 10:44 3
  - Agree. Not pure luck, but I don't think even they knew how the campaign would coalesce perfectly as it did. -- nm - VMan Jan 22, 11:03
  - It wasn't pure luck. It was Comey. - David's iPad Jan 22, 10:58 1
    - As directed by Putin. (Mostly kidding) -- nm - VMan Jan 22, 11:05
Broken clock? Scarily, I think they actually buy into their own BS and have disconnected from the real world. -- nm - VMan Jan 22, 10:24 7
- Kellyanne Conway graduated Trinity College, went to Oxford, earned a law degree from George Washington University, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. - ReluctantCynic Jan 22, 10:35 5
  - Jessica Simpson is a genius. I realize they are smart, well educated people, but I have met and dealt with moronic Ph Ds. -- nm - VMan Jan 22, 10:39 3
    - I have, too. Hell, I used to work with a ton of them as a patent attorney, and many of the people I interact with are bumbling fools when it ... - ReluctantCynic Jan 22, 10:48
    - Ben Carson is a neurosurgeon and a moron. -- nm - mud Jan 22, 10:43 1
      - Not like W didn't have a prestigious sheepskin. -- nm - VMan Jan 22, 10:47
  - agreed....nm - x Jan 22, 10:39
- I am also not convinced they won because of their strategy. My thought is a lot of people swung Trump based on their own - VMan Jan 22, 10:29
Werd -- nm - TRuMaN Jan 22, 10:23

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I don't question their intelligence at all. These are people who -- quite literally -- beat the best political strategists and thinkers in America.

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