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Nikki Haley in January: “the first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the party that wins this election.” (newrepublic.com)

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed. And we will deserve it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Irony can be Sophoclean. Someone can be more right than they meant to be.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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