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by paulcole 2792 days ago
I’m assuming you mean Trump?

If so, you’re doing yourself a disservice by dismissing him as a joke. I hate the guy as much as anyone but he does deserve some credit.

He saw the way he could win when everyone else thought he was a joke. By the time anyone realized he was going to win it was way too late.

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Perhaps he wasn't prescient, just lucky.
If the Democrats think like that Trump’ll win again in 2020.
He's not saying Trump is just a joke now, I think. But Trump really did start off as a mostly joke candidate- wouldn't it be funny? Can you imagine? Etc. And then he used his racism and psychopathic tendencies to win the race.

And Mr. Paul here has both.