I never said I wouldn't gloat.

[angus]

Ah, I just clicked the John D. Ford link. 

Okay, I get it.  Gustav's obviously wrong:  If you hadn't linked, it would have gone over my head.



I surrender.


I will say that it's a double-edged sword.  On the one hand, I'm glad we don't have to listen to any more metaphors involving ungulates (It's been a week since I heard the term "maverick" or the term "war-horse").  On the other hand, now the operational cliché seems to be "center-right country." 

I'm hoping the new congress will pass a law requiring everyone to think for himself, and fine anyone who uses a cliché, metaphor, or groupthink term that has appeared more than ten times in the past hour on this forum.  Except the term groupthink, of course. 

[Gustaf]

Ah, I just clicked the John D. Ford link. 

Okay, I get it.  Gustav's obviously wrong:  If you hadn't linked, it would have gone over my head.



I surrender.


I will say that it's a double-edged sword.  On the one hand, I'm glad we don't have to listen to any more metaphors involving ungulates (It's been a week since I heard the term "maverick" or the term "war-horse").  On the other hand, now the operational cliché seems to be "center-right country." 

I'm hoping the new congress will pass a law requiring everyone to think for himself, and fine anyone who uses a cliché, metaphor, or groupthink term that has appeared more than ten times in the past hour on this forum.  Except the term groupthink, of course. 

I don't see how it makes me wrong. I said it would then be more subtle. That seems pretty compatible with it going above someone's head, no?

And I don't see why people hate John so much. He's a great guy. The thread I do not exactly agree with but I don't see why it should be parodied in every election or compared to mypalfish. It's really just an emotivist outburst that doesn't really make any claims that can be disagreed with or ridiculed. It's not a prediction of anything.

I can understand the desire to gloat back though, I guess.

[angus]

For the record, I think John's cool too. 

Though gloating, as I understand it, isn't called for.  Gloating is what you'd do if you accurately predicted the popular vote, or each and every electoral vote, or maybe predicted the vice-presidential picks of both parties right long before either candidate was officially nominated. 

I also don't think it makes Miami look like he doesn't like John.  After all, if you don't like somebody you wouldn't pick on him, would you?  The emotive outburst was worthy of ridicule, and I think John's smart enough and mature enough to take it. 


"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

since too few people seem to be getting it

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=12037.0

I still don't get it....it makes you look silly to do this.