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Post by PaulKay on Aug 2, 2016 11:23:26 GMT -5
Did Trump really ever want or expect to win or was it just a desire to shake up the Republican party. And now I wonder if he is actually "trying" to lose. I think he may be terrified of actually getting the job.
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Post by Russell Letson on Aug 2, 2016 11:28:26 GMT -5
This morning, one of the reporters who has been covering his campaign since the start said that he doesn't want to lose, but she's not sure he wants to be President. Then she repeated, but he doesn't want to lose.
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Post by PaulKay on Aug 2, 2016 11:31:16 GMT -5
This morning, one of the reporters who has been covering his campaign since the start said that he doesn't want to lose, but she's not sure he wants to be President. Then she repeated, but he doesn't want to lose. Probably part of his personality disorder.
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Post by brucemacneill on Aug 2, 2016 11:37:35 GMT -5
I told you long ago that Trump wasn't supposed to win, just make Hillary look good. Then he started to win and it went to his ego. If he does win, I still hope he steps down day one and we take our chances with Pence. i'd have preferred Kasich but he was apparently too principled to run with Trump and I can't blame him for that.
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Post by millring on Aug 2, 2016 11:39:01 GMT -5
I wish I could find the article I read last week, but it echoed a discussion that a panel of journalists had on the Diane Rehm show. The gist of both was that journalists always could have sunk the Trump campaign with real issues, but it wasn't in their interest to do so during the primaries when he was sinking the rest of the Republican fleet. But now that it's the general election and their candidate is in his lame crosshairs, it's time for them to sink him.
The NPR discussion was worried that they may have waited too long. Miscalculated. The article from last week didn't share that fear. It merely stated the fact that the game has now changed.
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Post by PaulKay on Aug 2, 2016 11:43:51 GMT -5
I wish I could find the article I read last week, but it echoed a discussion that a panel of journalists had on the Diane Rehm show. The gist of both was that journalists always could have sunk the Trump campaign with real issues, but it wasn't in their interest to do so during the primaries when he was sinking the rest of the Republican fleet. But now that it's the general election and their candidate is in his lame crosshairs, it's time for them to sink him. The NPR discussion was worried that they may have waited too long. Miscalculated. The article from last week didn't share that fear. It merely stated the fact that the game has now changed. There was an article I read back during the primary from a woman who was a staffer for him that quit and she said he never expected to be nominated. He just wanted to shake things up. I expect that he was as surprised as anyone to have won the nomination. Trump never wanted it
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Post by Doug on Aug 2, 2016 13:48:23 GMT -5
He will win but get bored with it quickly. He's a "been there done that person". Won't even try to run for a second term.
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Post by Russell Letson on Aug 2, 2016 14:27:46 GMT -5
That press that sneakily supported Trump by not revealing his true, substantive weaknesses did a shoddy job, since the converage I have been watching for months and months included healthy doses of what-the-fuck and how-does-he-get-away-with-it and there-he-goes-again from those who were supposed to be soft-pedaling it. And all the while, Trump fandom ate up every bit of vulgarity, ignorance, bullying, and general assholery and asked for seconds. His character, deportment, and all-round unsavoriness have been blindlingly obvious, on display for all to see from the git-go. And we are shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover that he is probably unsuitable for the job.
Pull the other one--it's got bells on.
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Post by Chesapeake on Aug 2, 2016 14:27:47 GMT -5
The only way Hillary could lose at this point is if the State Department comes out with a scathing report from its email investigation - which it announced it would resume now that the FBI has finished it's probe. And even then, by that time the country will have had such a bellyful of Trump that it won't cost her the election. Remember - we still have the debates to look forward to - unless Trump decides to skip them, which would be almost as bad for him as if he shows up. I think Hillary will use him like a wet mop.
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Post by millring on Aug 2, 2016 14:31:47 GMT -5
That press that sneakily supported Trump by not revealing his true, substantive weaknesses did a shoddy job, since the converage I have been watching for months and months included healthy doses of what-the-fuck and how-does-he-get-away-with-it and there-he-goes-again from those who were supposed to be soft-pedaling it. And all the while, Trump fandom ate up every bit of vulgarity, ignorance, bullying, and general assholery and asked for seconds. His character, deportment, and all-round unsavoriness have been blindlingly obvious, on display for all to see from the git-go. And we are shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover that he is probably unsuitable for the job. Pull the other one--it's got bells on. Take that up with the panel of journalists on the Diane Rehm show. They apparently have been participating in a different game than you've been watching. Or perhaps this was the FOX News segment of the Diane Rehm show?
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Post by Doug on Aug 2, 2016 14:34:50 GMT -5
The only way Hillary could lose at this point is if the State Department comes out with a scathing report from its email investigation - which it announced it would resume now that the FBI has finished it's probe. And even then, by that time the country will have had such a bellyful of Trump that it won't cost her the election. Remember - we still have the debates to look forward to - unless Trump decides to skip them, which would be almost as bad for him as if he shows up. I think Hillary will use him like a wet mop. Yep and that's what has been said about him from the beginning. What ever the political know it alls have said about Trump has been wrong from the beginning. The more people attack him the stronger he gets as a candidate. Remember the debates are just a reality TV show. Clinton coughs her way through debates while Trump runs a reality show.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2016 14:39:30 GMT -5
Wanting the job should be an automatic disqualifier, anyway.
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Post by drlj on Aug 2, 2016 15:24:59 GMT -5
Trump is nuts. I did not have to read an article to come to that conclusion.
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Post by billhammond on Aug 2, 2016 15:35:52 GMT -5
And now this:
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press
ASHBURN, Virginia — A military veteran gave his Purple Heart to Republican nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday, prompting the Republican nominee to declare that this was "much easier" than serving in combat.
Trump, who is embroiled in a row over his criticism of the family of a slain soldier, said that a man approached him before his event in Ashburn, Virginia, and handed him his medal, which is awarded to soldiers wounded in combat. He told the crowd at his rally that he has "always wanted to get the Purple Heart."
"I said to him, 'Is that, like, the real one or is that a copy?'" Trump recounted. "And he said, 'That's my real Purple Heart. I have such confidence in you.' And I said, 'Man! That's like, that's like big stuff.'"
"I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier," continued the celebrity businessman, who has never served in the armed forces. "But I tell you, it was such an honor."
The veteran, Lt. Col. Louis Dorfman, declined Trump's invitation to speak at Tuesday's town hall.
On Monday, The Veterans of Foreign Wars, a nonprofit service organization with 1.7 million members, released a statement calling Trump out of bounds for tangling with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, a Muslim family whose son, Capt. Humayun Khan, was killed in Iraq in 2004. The fallen soldier was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
At last week's Democratic National Convention, Khizr Khan criticized Trump's call to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States and accused Trump of sacrificing "nothing and no one." In response, Trump said he was "viciously attacked" by Khizr Khan and implied that Ghazala Khan, the soldier's mother, stood silently alongside her husband during the speech because, as a Muslim, she was restricted her from speaking.
John Bircher, the national spokesman for the Military Order of the Purple Hearts, told The Associated Press that anyone who receives the Purple Heart, a medal that honors servicemen and women injured or killed in battle, is technically entitled to give it away should they choose. However, he added, "for someone to have a Purple Heart, it's an act of stolen valor. No one who isn't entitled to the Purple Heart valor should have one," he said.
Trump, who has made helping veterans a centerpiece of his campaign, drew criticism for holding a fundraiser for veterans organizations but not distributing the money until news organizations asked questions. He's also made conflicting statements about why he was never called up for service himself during the Vietnam War. A talented athlete during his high school years in a military academy, he received five draft deferments, one of which came as a result of a physician's letter stating he suffered from bone spurs in his feet. Asked about the deferment at a rally last July, Trump told reporters he could not recall which of his feet was affected. His campaign later said he suffered from the temporary malady in both.
Another of Trump's light-hearted remarks at the Virginia event also produced double-takes.
He was interrupted Tuesday by the wails of a child — and Trump joked that he wanted the crying baby ejected from his rally.
"Don't worry about that baby, I love babies," Trump said. "I hear that baby crying, I like it. What a beautiful baby."
But when the baby continued to cry, Trump followed up by saying he was "Actually, I was just kidding. You can get that baby out of here," he said.
Trump still appeared to be joking. It was unclear if the child's mother left the room or if the child just fell silent.
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Post by jdd2 on Aug 2, 2016 15:59:04 GMT -5
I wish I could find the article I read last week, but it echoed a discussion that a panel of journalists had on the Diane Rehm show. The gist of both was that journalists always could have sunk the Trump campaign with real issues, but it wasn't in their interest to do so during the primaries when he was sinking the rest of the Republican fleet. But now that it's the general election and their candidate is in his lame crosshairs, it's time for them to sink him. The NPR discussion was worried that they may have waited too long. Miscalculated. The article from last week didn't share that fear. It merely stated the fact that the game has now changed. Eh? The press as both monolithically conspiratorial and an object of disdain...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2016 16:13:05 GMT -5
By the way ... starting?
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Post by millring on Aug 2, 2016 16:13:34 GMT -5
I wish I could find the article I read last week, but it echoed a discussion that a panel of journalists had on the Diane Rehm show. The gist of both was that journalists always could have sunk the Trump campaign with real issues, but it wasn't in their interest to do so during the primaries when he was sinking the rest of the Republican fleet. But now that it's the general election and their candidate is in his lame crosshairs, it's time for them to sink him. The NPR discussion was worried that they may have waited too long. Miscalculated. The article from last week didn't share that fear. It merely stated the fact that the game has now changed. Eh? The press as both monolithically conspiratorial and an object of disdain... Bring it up with the panel. I'm just your humble reporter.
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Post by fauxmaha on Aug 2, 2016 16:32:32 GMT -5
The only way Hillary could lose at this point is if the State Department comes out with a scathing report from its email investigation - which it announced it would resume now that the FBI has finished it's probe. And even then, by that time the country will have had such a bellyful of Trump that it won't cost her the election. Remember - we still have the debates to look forward to - unless Trump decides to skip them, which would be almost as bad for him as if he shows up. I think Hillary will use him like a wet mop. I read a tantalizing suggestion today. The rumor is that Trump is refusing to participate in the debates unless both Libertarian and Green party candidates are invited. That would be interesting.
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Post by Chesapeake on Aug 2, 2016 16:43:52 GMT -5
I can't believe I put an apostrophe in there. Forgive me Fr. Hammond, I knew not what I done.
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Post by billhammond on Aug 2, 2016 16:47:34 GMT -5
I can't believe I put an apostrophe in there. Forgive me Fr. Hammond, I knew not what I done. Write "It's a sin that rears its head often" 100 times, go forth and sin no more.
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