Hoping that past is precedent & the only thing that happens to the US Presidential race from the failed assassination attempt is that his rabid supporters stay rabid supporters - it is not going to convince anyone to change allegiance & there is a lot of time for the immediate effects to be well gone by Nov. I do note that the unhinged chaos agents on the right are already bringing conspiracy theories about the white Republican male who was using an AR-style weapon favoured by the gun lobby/Republican gun fanatics. If I didn't want to ensure I didn't descend to the same mentality & lack of humanity as his rabid supporters, I would be tempted to say "pity the shooter didn't at least disfigure him so he stepped down due to his enormous vanity "
Certainly, if the media keep showing/talking about and beating it up the way they are, it might have an effect. I hope not. And let's not run off into conspiracy land either. Political assassination is a horrible thing.
Hoping that past is precedent & the only thing that happens to the US Presidential race from the failed assassination attempt is that his rabid supporters stay rabid supporters - it is not going to convince anyone to change allegiance & there is a lot of time for the immediate effects to be well gone by Nov. I do note that the unhinged chaos agents on the right are already bringing conspiracy theories about the white Republican male who was using an AR-style weapon favoured by the gun lobby/Republican gun fanatics. If I didn't want to ensure I didn't descend to the same mentality & lack of humanity as his rabid supporters, I would be tempted to say "pity the shooter didn't at least disfigure him so he stepped down due to his enormous vanity "
Certainly, if the media keep showing/talking about and beating it up the way they are, it might have an effect. I hope not. And let's not run off into conspiracy land either. Political assassination is a horrible thing.