Saturday, October 19, 2024

What Are the Odds?

Betting websites currently project the chance of a Trump victory at 59%. Some people say it's clear that Trump will win, while others say the Democrats cheat and so even if he really does win, he will lose. 

Both candidates have their detractors: 

Trump is hated by Democrats, and some Republicans too, for his outsized personality, his foreign-born wife, his riches, and crazy as it sounds, his hair color. They all think he is in it for personal gain, discounting the fact that when he was in office he took only one dollar of his $400,000 salary and donated the rest to several organizations. (Presidents JFK and Herbert Hoover also donated their salaries to charity.) They believe him to be racist and sexist. The worst of them revel in calling him a "convicted felon" because of victimless crimes involving payoffs to a porn star with whom he consorted years before he became President.

Kamala is hated by the Republicans for her lack of experience on the world stage and her inability to make sense without a script penned by her bosses (likely Obama and his underlings) and projected onto a teleprompter. They say she got where she is by sleeping with a former boss who elevated her to an undeserved position of authority in California, a state now mocked for its total disarray. Her inappropriate, grating laughter makes her seem moronic. Many believe she is not really in charge but is the public face of a sinister machine. They say her campaign is built on lies and on denigrating Trump constantly.

Here's a sure bet: No matter who wins, the odds are 100% that half the country will remain miserable. 



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