btaf45@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 5 months agoNikki Haley in January: “the first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the party that wins this election.”newrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1302arrow-down1external-linkNikki Haley in January: “the first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the party that wins this election.”newrepublic.combtaf45@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 5 months agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·5 months agoBetween this and the 2016 tweet from Lindsey Graham, I kinda like seeing these moments of prophetic lucidity
minus-squaresomeguy3linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 months agoWhat’s the 2016 tweet from Lindsay Graham?
minus-squarexantoxis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-25 months agoHe was talking about losing the election, and they didn’t lose that election, so I’m not sure I can give credit to this as prophetic. Quite frankly it’s a bit early to give Haley credit for hers either, so you’re not really reassuring me here.
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-25 months agoI believe people can be right for the wrong reasons. As I recall, political analysts were repeating that this would be true regardless of if he won
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoIrony can be Sophoclean. Someone can be more right than they meant to be.
Between this and the 2016 tweet from Lindsey Graham, I kinda like seeing these moments of prophetic lucidity
What’s the 2016 tweet from Lindsay Graham?
He was talking about losing the election, and they didn’t lose that election, so I’m not sure I can give credit to this as prophetic. Quite frankly it’s a bit early to give Haley credit for hers either, so you’re not really reassuring me here.
I believe people can be right for the wrong reasons. As I recall, political analysts were repeating that this would be true regardless of if he won
Irony can be Sophoclean. Someone can be more right than they meant to be.