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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
To discuss what's going to happen in 2020, it has to be looked at as a horse race.
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No. That's your preference. For example,
here's an awesome article by Olivia Nuzzi about Joe Biden that is not horserace journalism.
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I also think you, and I don't mean you alone here, tend to bristle at the suggestion that the cynical or self-interested voter is of the most importance.
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I have been an antitrust lawyer for a long time -- I have no problem assuming that people act out of self-interest. It's more that I bristle at your cynicism. And you're not cynical about everything, so when you choose to be cynical it's your choice, not a fact of nature.
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I'm a pretty common animal.
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Whether or not it's true -- and I'm sure it's true in some ways, and not in others -- you have a need to keep saying this that I don't share. Which is the point I was making a couple of posts ago. I have my own irritating tics, I'm sure -- one of yours is projection.
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ETA: One other thing I think you discount is the public's interest in this impeachment.
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For a fairly smart guy, you attribute a lot of things to me that I haven't said and don't think. It's a little maddening. I say a lot of stuff here, obviously, and the technology makes it super-easy to just quote me and respond to what I actually have said. Why don't you try that instead? I think what you're trying to say here is the opposite -- that the public is not as interested in impeachment as I think it is. But I have no idea what you're responding to.
