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August 24, 2016
Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin told Business Insider Donald Trumps campaign staffers have told him that the GOP nominee has times where he hides in his apartment and theyre growing frustrated.
McMullin also said that its unclear whether Trump will make it through this campaign.
He continued: Im hearing from people inside his campaign that there are times now when he hides in his apartment and doesnt meet with any people. When he campaigns he goes out to a place he has to fly back home to New York. This is a fragile man and a fragile campaign and Im not quite sure whats going to happen in the days and weeks ahead of him. Im not sure the RNC can continue to support him given his weakness as a man and as a politician and as a candidate for the presidency.
http://www.businessinsider.com/evan-mcmullin-donald-trump-2016-8
orwell
(7,773 posts)...he is a bigoted coward who has severe health issues and a bipolar personality.
Or so I've heard...
hibbing
(10,098 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)That's what some people say, anyhow.
malaise
(268,998 posts)but he sure projects well
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)I expect to vote against the SOB in Novemver.
GOTV
tavernier
(12,388 posts)Scawy woman gonna huff and puff and blow your house down.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)Senator Franken pointed out the supreme irony of Don the Con asking what gave Mr. Khan the right to say what he said...
babylonsister
(171,065 posts)He's a racist, misogynistic, pompous, disgusting, scared little boy.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)can you imagine if somebody said that she was hiding in her apartment?
that would be another WEEK of stories on her unhealthiness.
the way the media have turned on a dime the last two weeks would be stunning, if one was unaware of the way this happened during the swiftboating of kerry
Skittles
(153,160 posts)Hillary has handled it for DECADES
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)Facing the collapse of his brand.
Facing the collapse of his ego prop: "I'm a winner".
[font size="+1"]He's a snowflake.[/font]
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,161 posts)Do it now!
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)and let the media do what it's doing now (going full Fools for Scandal mode on Hillary, which is their default position), he might actually win
he's so clearly his own worst enemy (his only one, actually, since the media lightly taps on only his most egregious faults, while IGNORING everything else)
contrast the constant feeding frenzy on the foundation with the COMPLETE ignoring of the new book on Trump, featuring TWENTY HOURs of interviews with the orange dunce
OK, I saw them twice yesterday, for a couple of minutes, with zero followup discussion, and NO times today, since about 4PM.
what happened to THEM?
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/washington-post-trump-book-best-parts-227259
One day in June, he had a visit from a delegation of prominent executives from the oil, steel, and retail industries, and one of the CEOs told Trump that the Chinese were taking advantage of the United States. He said, Id like to send you a report,' Trump recalled [in a June interview with the authors]. ... 'I said, "Do me a favor, dont send me a report. Send me, like, three pages." ... Im a very efficient guy. I want it short. (p. 346-7)
like your vulgar fingers?
--Trump never sounded angry in the [Washington Post editorial board] meeting [in March]. ... The editors who wanted more than anything else to figure out how much of Trumps campaign manner was shtick and how much was real venom emerged thinking that they had seen the genuine Trump a man certain of his views, hugely confident in his abilities, not terribly well informed, quick to take offense. (p. 11)
bucolic_frolic
(43,161 posts)is a fear of going out in public
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoraphobia
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)Talking to all the portraits and busts of former Presidents and sobbing uncontrollably.
No wait... That was Richard Nixon. Who was by comparison the very model of mental health.
forest444
(5,902 posts)But ya can't hide.
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msanthrope
(37,549 posts)and an interview of a rival Republican candidate is troubling....it moots your argument entirely.
Most DUers seem capable of such distinguishing.....I am heartened by that.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)You refer to the paper as "a purported scientific study" with the clear insinuation that the authors made false representations about their work. Your insinuation is itself what's false. As I noted in my post, the responses on DU resolutely avoided the substance and instead launched ad hominem attacks on the authors based on how other people (headline writers and social media commenters, apparently) had characterized their work.
If you go to the Snopes "debunking" that was so lauded by Clinton supporters here, you'll find it begins with the following summary:
WHAT'S FALSE: The paper was not a "Stanford Study," and its authors acknowledged their claims and research methodology had not been subject to any form of peer review or academic scrutiny. {emphasis added}
Take the trouble to read Snopes's more detailed analysis and you'll find that Snopes included this verbatim quotation from the authors:
Note that the authors referred to their work as an "article" rather than a "scientific study". Furthermore, they did not present their work as a "Stanford study" or otherwise imply that it had the imprimatur of the university. They merely noted that one of the two co-authors was a doctoral candidate at Stanford.
In sum, your post uses the loaded word "purported" in a way that is not justified by the facts.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Edit- afraid of the clowns, not the pron.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)mountain grammy
(26,621 posts)Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)CrispyQ
(36,464 posts)He was debating 15 other clowns during the primary. Now he'll be debating someone with years of political & foreign experience, who is incredibly articulate & can maintain her composure & act like an adult.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)back home to sleep, she is fragile, now she is a bigot, guess what, Trump is describing himself. He wants to put the word out on his opponent before it is shown this are his traits.