Page wrote:I'm going to make some 2020 predictions, save a link to this thread and set a reminder to check it out again sometime in October 2020 to see how much I got right.
Prediction 1: Trump's campaign will make sure that Trump is often seen and photographed in church, but a facial expression of utter boredom and disdain will betray him.
Prediction 2: Melania will do her part for Trump's campaign, but her face will betray her too, her abject misery will be plain to see.
Prediction 3: Republicans past their prime (and usually no longer politically active) will often appear on CNN to denounce Trump's lack of civility, and the talking heads will hail these Republicans as moderate, reasonable American heroes.
Prediction 4: Corporate media will condemn Trump for not waging enough war. Some corporate Dem candidates will do this too. In essence, the so-called "liberal media" will take up the trigger happy neocon ideology of the Bush years to act as contrarians against Trump.
Prediction 5: If Biden runs, Fox News will play the "he's too old" card. If Sanders runs, Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC will all play the "he's too old" card, but CNN and MSNBC won't use it against Biden.
Prediction 6: The New York Times, CNN, and others will denounce Medicare For All as too expensive and too radical, and will accuse the Democrats running on Medicare For All of being so radical that they'll cause Trump to be reelected.
Prediction 7: Some Democrat candidates will not support Medicare For All, but they will instead throw around the term "universal
access [to healthcare]." And if one of the "universal access" Dems becomes the nominee, Trump's odds of winning reelection will greatly improve.
Prediction 8: Whether Sanders runs or not, social media will be contaminated by insufferable people who blame Sanders for Trump because he dared to contest Clinton's coronation. If he does run, you'll hear this on cable news, and the establishment will bring back the term "Bernie Bros" as a dog whistle for falsely accusing Bernie's young supporters of being sexist. And if they implement this strategy, you will not see any young women Bernie supporters on the news when they're covering his campaign.
Prediction 9: The right-wing media will relentlessly perpetuate their Big Lie that Elizabeth Warren used Native American ancestry to take advantage of affirmative action, despite the fact that never happened.
Prediction 10: Corey Booker will run on a populist left platform, but if elected he will break well over half the promises he will make.