Tell me it ain't so .....

1980 AGONISTES In the Fall of 1980 my friend Tom and me took a sail on the Bay—it was cold, but we were young and hearty—and discussed the upcoming election.  I was hardcore Reagan, Tom a Carter man.  Even though polls showed an even race, or even favoring Jummy, I remember saying that there was no fkg There’s a new Bloomberg national poll out, and if you ever had any illusions about the well-documented evidence that Donald Trump would be a Hindenburg-sized disaster as a general election candidate against Hillary Clinton, this should lay those doubts to rest. Trump trails Hillary by 18 points, 54-36, and the news gets worse from there. [RED STATE] way Carter could be re-elected after his miserable performance.  We bet something, probably beers, and in a few short days I collected.  Two words: Silent Majority. It took me a long time to realize that news media had sufficiently concentrated forces to changed the landscape.  I lost my bet to Tom in 1992 when Clinton swept into office with less then 50% of the vote, thanks also to Ross fkg Perot.  I thought it was an anomaly, but it was me who got fluked. Today it seems impossible that Hillary Clinton could be elected President.  I don't have to go through the litany.   Red State, the erstwhile sensible conservative blog  is just one of the anti-Trump GOP handmaidens predicting disaster if the GOP doesn't nominate ABT.  But I'm thinking déjà vu all over again.  Silent Majority. If I'm wrong, then I shall have been lucky enough to have lived a great life in the best nation heretofore known on earth.  Fkm.