Bishop Butler once observed that probability is “the very guide of life.” This is true. It follows that possibility is cheap, an errant muse. Yes, we must stash away in the back of our mind the admonition that “in this life… we must always distinguish between the Unlikely and the Impossible” (that’s the philosopher R. Psmith, courtesy of P.G. Wodehouse). Nevertheless, we should not run our lives or write our columns on that basis.
“Why Trump won.” That is my assignment. I shall treat it as a declaration, not a question. And even though I write before the returns are in, I can give you the reasons. After all, I have been predicting that Donald Trump would win “in a landslide” at least since July.
-Chuck
In short, we are living the New American Revolution as thought appropriate by Thomas Jefferson.
ReplyDeleteWhen the most famous name in the history of the Demokrap Party leaves the plantation and outright goes against them only a complete idiot wouldn't make the connection
ReplyDeleteJD
Yeah. I think he's right on. I wish it had more to do with reigning in the federal government and stopping the spread of "socialism will work *this* time!" but I'll take what I can get.
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