Saturday, January 23, 2016

Gail's Little Fantasy

Today Gail Collins is writing about the strangeness of having Trump as a presidential candidate, but it is her little fantasy about going back in time that amuses me most:
Did you ever fantasize about being able to go back in time and tell people from the past what’s going to happen in the 21st century? I like to envision telling Vincent van Gogh how much his paintings will be selling for. Or I inform George Wallace that he never gets to be president, but a black guy does.

Right now, I’m imagining going back to 1990 and telling my colleagues on the Donald desk that they are chronicling the love life of a future presidential front-runner. They were a pretty cynical crew, but still.

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