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52. I blame it on the Egos of 17 candidates.

Fri May 13, 2016, 11:35 AM

May 2016

Damned few of them had a ghost of a chance, Kasich being the most obvious.

The mass of 17 egos, most of whom refused to admit they had no real chance to win, created the Trump Singularity. He swallowed up all the other egos and now threatens to suck us all into a Trump Black hole.

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