{"id":106274,"date":"2016-09-11T10:53:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T18:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=106274"},"modified":"2016-09-11T11:04:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T19:04:28","slug":"steve-sailer-is-there-still-time-for-hillary-to-drop-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=106274","title":{"rendered":"Steve Sailer Last Night: &#8216;Is There Still Time for Hillary to Drop Out?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Sailer posted that question on his blog last night, before Hillary&#8217;s collapse today.<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.unz.com\/isteve\/is-there-still-time-for-hillary-to-drop-out\/\">Comments at Steve Sailer<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>* I have this mental image of Steve, ensconced in a dark room late at night, running his spreadsheet data, thoughtfully tapping a pencil against his chin, muttering to himself: \u201cYes, yes, my models point to a 95% chance of Hillary collapsing at the 9\/11 ceremony tomorrow. I\u2019ll make an indirect reference to it in a post a few hours before it happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>* Whoa. That video of Hillary falling at a 9\/11 event does not look good, especially when seen in the context of her other public episodes. I used to kind of laugh off speculation about Hillary\u2019s health, but I am starting to change my mind. Another couple of strange episodes and it will start looking like a legitimate issue \u2014 and not just among us righties. It will start to seriously hurt her in the polls.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m surprised more folks haven\u2019t commented on the appearance of her \u201csecurity van,\u201d which conspicuously resembles one of those mobility vans used to transport seriously disabled people. Maybe I\u2019m just especially attuned to this because I live in a part of Florida that is thick with retirees even by Florida standards, so I\u2019m used to seeing those things puttering around.<\/p>\n<p>* Steve\u2019s post on this topic couldn\u2019t have been more prescient \u2014 almost supernaturally so. Steve\u2019s ouija board must be the best on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>It really is a serious question now as to whether Hillary\u2019s going to have to withdraw from the race. I honestly don\u2019t see how she recovers politically from this episode. It\u2019s not just the health issue, it\u2019s the lying and intimidation she and her campaign engaged in before this event. Who will be able to believe anything she and they have to say about her health, or any other topic, after this event? Who will allow themselves to be bullied by them anymore?<\/p>\n<p>Even the shameless media has been embarrassed by all its loud denunciations of a \u201cconspiracy\u201d over her health. It can look stupid, but it can\u2019t look this stupid. It\u2019s trusted by maybe 6% of the population \u2014 it can\u2019t allow it to go down to 3%. It\u2019s finally going to have to ask some serious questions.<\/p>\n<p>The real question is how long Hillary will stick it out. It\u2019s certainly possible she\u2019ll take it to the bitter end of Nov 8, and, I think at this point, a very likely loss. But I\u2019ve got to believe she\u2019s going to get great pressure to drop out as early as possible, so that another Dem will have a shot. Yet it\u2019s hard to see how Hillary is going to give up her one shot at the brass ring without a tremendous struggle.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats and the media are now going to be living in Interesting Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Sailer posted that question on his blog last night, before Hillary&#8217;s collapse today. 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