renard_ruse
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Last night many Trump supporters were shocked and dismayed by the second place finish of Trump in the Iowa. However, will the sober reflection a day later, the second place finish was grrrrreat!
Last summer, who would have thought that Donald Trump, running a nationalist and populist campaign no less, could even be competitive at this point in the process? And even a month ago, it was nearly inconceivable he had a chance in Iowa, a state that is dominated by evangelical conservative voters in the Republican caucus? Iowa was never supposed to be his strong point.
Until the media started saying he was leading in the polls over the past couple of weeks, and until the last few days by only a narrow margin, nobody expected him to come in first in the state. The media built up expectations to completely unrealistic proportions. I got caught up in it myself, thinking that this would be a mass tidalwave going all the way to the White House, non-stop. I made that mistake and got depressed. I was fooled by the media and impatience after decades of not having my views truly represented by a candidate.
The media created a false sense of expectation, and now with their childish attempt to "taunt" Trump today, they are showing that it was all a set up in the first place. We did NOT expect to win Iowa until the last couple of weeks. Second place was an awesome showing for a supposed "extreme" "crazy" and "fringe" candidate in a very weak state for him, in his first electoral contest of his life! He's learning this all as he goes. 2nd place at this point is amazing! He is 1 electoral vote behind.
This was a VICTORY for the Trump movement and now we head on to the REAL election, beginning in New Hampshire and South Carolina. This will not be easy. It won't be some multiple orgasm of electoral joy. It will be hard work, and there will be real setbacks along the way. Iowa was NOT one of them.
Last summer, who would have thought that Donald Trump, running a nationalist and populist campaign no less, could even be competitive at this point in the process? And even a month ago, it was nearly inconceivable he had a chance in Iowa, a state that is dominated by evangelical conservative voters in the Republican caucus? Iowa was never supposed to be his strong point.
Until the media started saying he was leading in the polls over the past couple of weeks, and until the last few days by only a narrow margin, nobody expected him to come in first in the state. The media built up expectations to completely unrealistic proportions. I got caught up in it myself, thinking that this would be a mass tidalwave going all the way to the White House, non-stop. I made that mistake and got depressed. I was fooled by the media and impatience after decades of not having my views truly represented by a candidate.
The media created a false sense of expectation, and now with their childish attempt to "taunt" Trump today, they are showing that it was all a set up in the first place. We did NOT expect to win Iowa until the last couple of weeks. Second place was an awesome showing for a supposed "extreme" "crazy" and "fringe" candidate in a very weak state for him, in his first electoral contest of his life! He's learning this all as he goes. 2nd place at this point is amazing! He is 1 electoral vote behind.
This was a VICTORY for the Trump movement and now we head on to the REAL election, beginning in New Hampshire and South Carolina. This will not be easy. It won't be some multiple orgasm of electoral joy. It will be hard work, and there will be real setbacks along the way. Iowa was NOT one of them.
