Random presidential thoughts

JUPITERASC

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CapAquaPis

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Not only the largest voter turnout in US history is expected, Joe Biden could be the biggest popular vote percentage winner as well. We had 3 presidents with over 60% of the popular vote and 45-49 states won in the electoral college: In the 1930s and 40s FDR, 1972 with Nixon re-elected and 1984 with Reagan's reelection with 49 states. Then the last election was narrow with Trump won the electoral college, a very thin 2000 election recount between Bush Jr who won vs. VP Al Gore and in 1992, Clinton with 43% and 270 to get (S)elected.
 

CapAquaPis

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Now 215-220,000 Americans died from COVID under the president's watch... the rate of infection nationally is higher than in April and July...Trump has damaged the ability for the lone global superpower to rule itself and lead the world. I really expect the US military by constitutionally approved methods to temporarily take over the government by removing Trump from office (because he illegally forced the SCOTUS to void the "all mail in ballot" election to declare him the winner) and blocking Biden's chance of obtaining the presidency, because Trump can't federally end a pandemic and Biden is "too soft" on China and Iran itching to attack US armed forces bases in Iraq and Japan, and ships in the Persian Gulf and South China Sea. All in the last 2 months of 2020.

2 years from now (Nov 2022-Jan 2023), the interim military regime ends after COVID is long contained and an armistice is signed with Iran and China in a stalemate. Sometimes, I wonder the return to normal and civilian democratic rule: Who will be elected president in supposedly special election? Elizabeth Warren/Gavin Newsom/Andrew Cuomo/Kamala Harris/Chelsea Clinton of the Democrats? or Rand Paul/Paul Ryan/Newt Gingrich/Mitch McConnell/J.E. Bush of the Republicans? Instead of a far-right backed (Trump) vs. more to the right liberal (Biden), how about a non-Reaganomics "European" socialist (Warren) vs. libertarian "classic-radical" constitutionalist (Paul) to choose from instead?
 

CapAquaPis

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In 2020, Liberals/Democrats/progressives are the smarter half of the bipartisan system, but back in 1994, a majority of American voters (70-75%) voted for conservatives/Republicans/traditionalists preaching a moral Christian capitalist version of America to dominate congress, but we realize in a pandemic the one side with a more logical humanitarian scientific mindset can help the population defeat covid-19.

Edit: I realized 2020, 1994, 1968 (a very socially liberal period) and 1942 (strong emphasis on patriotism) are every 26 years, about a quarter of a century each. Is there an astrological factor to swing the sociopolitical-cultural pendulum back and forth (and from left to right to back to left) in a cyclical pattern? 1942 had WW2, 1968 had Vietnam, 1994 is post-cold war and 2020 is post-war on terror.

The 1940s was under a New Deal "socialism", 1960s the Republicans was still the "party of Lincoln" in the North, eastern corridor and west coast, 1990s cultural trends of "PC-ness" and 2010s the poor-middle class struggled under the first world's worst social welfare net. Those eras are a hybrid mixture of the Left and Right, somehow the majority of Americans move towards one side over another and is seeking change to improve their lives.

And economic conditions change over time, obviously: 1942 was the 12th? year of the Great Depression, 1968 was the 20th? year of a mid century economic boom, 1994 was the worst recession since the 1970s after a similar economic boom in the 1980s, and 2020 had the 1990s-2010s cycles of boom and bust (the Dot.com bubble burst of 2000-02 and the Great Recession of 2008-10).
 
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CapAquaPis

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Immunity is best achieved with the TDS (Trump Diet Syndrome):

Fried red meat, Egg McMuffins, and a lot of Diet Coke.

THAT'S why Trump was able to defeat Covid-19!

Not a healthy diet, but there's scientific analysis of meat and dairy products contain zinc, a mineral that helps boost the human immune system similar to vitamin C. Soft drinks are worse for you than alcohol or even tobacco it turns out and we live in an era marijuana is fast becoming legal in every US state. Nicotine, OTOH, naturally found in tobacco may have an antiviral agent (esp covid-19) and marijuana is used to help those with lung diseases or infections.
 
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