Re "Why on earth would you be thinking the Maharishi Effect would be favoring Trump for president in the first place?":
I was being cute. My (ironic) point was that the (alleged) Maharishi Effect should surely have Trump bottom of the poll! Mind you, MMY's pronouncements on politics suggest he had a dismal view of mass democracy and he would prefer a society led by an elite group of enlightened sages. Plato had a similar view. Looking at the dire state of the political class in both the UK and the USA at the moment I'm starting to wonder if they might have been on to something . . . ---In [email protected], <authfriend@...> wrote : S3raphita, get your dates in order. The election isn't for another 13 months; the parties' presidential candidates won't be nominated until this summer. Anything can happen between now and then. And why on earth would you be thinking the Maharishi Effect would be favoring Trump for president in the first place? ---In [email protected], <s3raphita@...> wrote : Trump is leading the polls in Iowa according to the latest results. Is this The Maharishi Effect at work? Donald Trump = 24 percent Dr. Ben Carson = 19 percent Carly Fiorina = 8 percent Jeb Bush = 7 percent Ted Cruz = 6 percent Marco Rubio = 6 percent Bobby Jindal = 6 percent
