No, that's not what I said. Here is what I said:
"wild-eyed, grandiose things"
OK, so I say "significantly good" you were saying "wild-eyed and grandiose." You accept "significantly good" and reject "wild-eyed and grandiose" as unlikely. So what is half-way between "significantly good" and "wild-eyed and grandiose"? Terrific? An order of magnitude better than every President the US has had before? Doesn't sound too bad to me!
It is precisely because I am "highly logical" that I regard assertions of "maybe just maybe" as non-responsive and dispositive of nothing.
Well I wasn't trying to "dispose" of you! I think you were trying to have a different soft of discussion than me. Probably a rigorous debate. Not me! I was just talking like a normal person. Just making a comment! I'd never presume to dispose of you, nor would I
want to!
"Maybe just maybe" Hillary Clinton wouldn't have been that bad as POTUS and would have done some good things.
Would you take that seriously as an adequate defense of her?
Sure! Sounds like a great defense. Again, you seem to think I am trying to defend one Donald J. Trump in some sort of rigourous way -- or in any way whatsoever! That would be a bit of a .... misunderstanding.
Can you, Occam's Banana, affect the outcome of the national Presidential election?
Answer:
No.
Neither can I! (We have a lot in common!)
So, where I'm coming from is this: I figured, why not enjoy it?
That's all.
Do I get my hopes way up? Nah. But Occam, let me tell you, this was a truly incredible election. Trump
is something unprecedented, something unpredictable.
Anyway, I'm not trying to "refute" anything you're saying or have said whatsoever. I'm just saying that Trump is a non-puppet (IMO) and I for one am optimistic for his administration. At least, as optimistic as one can be when convinced his civilization is in a death spiral.
By the way, one of the proposals that I would imagine falls in the category of "wild-eyed, grandiose things" would be this:
During the campaign,
Mr. Trump actually proposed to pay down/off the national debt by selling off federal assets. This is
precisely the same proposal Harry Browne made in the 1996 and 2000 campaigns, when running as the Libertarian candidate for President. Now maybe it was wild and grandiose then, too. It probably was. But I supported it. All we libertarians did. And it would of course be inconsistent to support it when one man proposes it and oppose it when a different man does. So I support that Trumpian proposal 100%. Is it likely? Hey, it wasn't super
likely to happen even if Browne or Ron Paul had been elected! Nobody said saving the country would be
easy. But if Paul or Browne were in there, I'd like to believe they would at least put up a fight for their campaign promises and policy proposals, and maybe they'd win. Maybe Trump will fight and win, too. He certainly has so far.
