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By Britt Nelson

Remember back on Nov. 3, 1948 when Republican New York Gov. Thomas Dewey was highly favored to win the presidency, and the Chicago Daily Tribune ran with the now famous headline “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN”?

Incumbent Democrat President Harry S. Truman won the biggest upset victory in history. He was pictured holding up a copy of that wrong headline with an ear-to-ear grin in one of the best known political photographs of all time.

In two weeks, how will the national headlines read? Which, if any, of these headlines will we see?

• Massive Voter Fraud Detected in Clinton Win.
• Trump Wins Presidency, Polls Wrong.
• Clinton Wins in a Squeaker, No Concession from Trump, Court Battle Looms.
• Trump’s Silent Majority Marches to Victory.
• National Recount in 50-50 Split. No Win for Clinton or Trump.
• ‘Deplorables’ Deliver Victory to Trump-Pence.
• Clinton-Kaine Win in Landslide.

There’s really no end to the possible headlines that could be imagined stemming from the results of the Nov. 8 national general election.

No matter what the polls show now, this presidential contest is too close to call. This is no runaway train. No matter how much mainstream media spins the polls to favor the Democrats, the voting public every day becomes more aware of widespread media bias for Clinton and the scandals that swirl around her.

Trump is still being hammered by the Democrats over a growing parade of women making unsubstantiated accusations of sexual misconduct against the New York billionaire. He vows legal action against all of these women after the campaign is over.

During a recent political rally in Gettysburg, PA, Trump outlined his plan for his first 100-days in office, but his visions for America are receiving little media attention, only the women’s accusations are being reported on. Sex sells, it always has and it always will.

Mainstream media is barely covering the continuing email releases by WikiLeaks that show a deepening conflict of interest between Clinton, her staff while secretary of state, the Clinton Foundation, the FBI, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Democratic National Committee, and Clinton’s campaign for president. Even during the final debate in Las Vegas, Clinton’s answers to any questions involving these matters were very evasive.

Over the weekend Clinton was asked by a reporter about the most recent release of hacked emails by WikiLeaks concerning an offered $12 million donation to the Clinton Foundation by the king of Morocco in exchange for a private meeting with Clinton while she was campaigning for president. Clinton replied that she didn’t dwell on the emails and she was more concerned about how “Russia is attempting to influence” this year’s presidential election. Here again is an evasive answer from Clinton regarding a potentially very serious conflict of interest.

Monday morning’s TV news shows on both ABC News and CBS News, began their broadcast with a new ABC News Tracking Poll that reveals Clinton with a 12-point lead nationwide over Trump. However, a new Rasmussen Reports poll shows Trump ahead by 2 points while another by Investor’s Business Daily shows Trump tied with Clinton at 41 percentage points each. Nationwide Real Clear Politics poll averaging is showing Clinton with a 5.8 percentage lead over Trump.

Now in the home stretch — before the Nov. 8 election — Clinton is attempting to ride out the clock by avoiding questions from reporters, deflecting any more controversy involving her email scandals and avoiding discussing any of her past problems involving her honesty and overall trust. She continues to wallop Trump about the sexual misconduct accusations from years ago and comments made by Trump about women that were recorded without his knowledge in 2005.

Trump will be holding campaign rallies in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina – all important swing states that will determine the winner in the Electoral College. He continues to spread his ideas on stopping the flow of illegal immigration and drugs, the 2^nd Amendment, law enforcement, the military, veteran’s benefits, national security, the economy and healthcare.

If the Chicago Cubs can make it to the World Series of Baseball for the first time since 1945, Trump can win the presidency.

 

About the Author

Britt Nelson relocated to Costa Rica in 2011 from Florida, where he served as news editor for the Palatka Daily News, a newspaper owned by the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group (NYT-RNG) for 20 years.

Nelson served the NYT-RNG for 18 years in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida as a correspondent, reporter, staff writer, senior staff writer training new reporters, copy editor, page designer, editorial writer, editorial page editor and editorial board member.