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MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 10:53 AM Aug 2016

Hillary's Campaign Is Unfair to Donald Trump!

As the two major party campaigns are ramping up, it is clear that Hillary Clinton is taking unfair advantage of Donald Trump in a number of areas. Clearly, she is cheating to rig the system and improve her chances of being elected. She should be stopped by someone from doing the following unfair things to prevent her from winning in November. The four points below illustrate just how unfair her campaign is:

1. She is opening and staffing campaign offices all around the country, spending money to try to convince more and more people to vote for her. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is shutting down offices, like the one in New Jersey, and appears to be unable to pay rent for them. Apparently, he doesn't have enough money to keep up with Clinton. Candidates should only be allowed to open equal numbers of campaign headquarters and hire the same number of staff members.

2. Hillary Clinton is traveling around the country and speaking to people in as many places as possible. She's spending campaign funds to do this. Donald Trump can't afford to do that kind of retail campaigning, so is choosing to go only to states near his home in New York. Those states won't vote for him, but he can't afford to go farther away, due to limited funds. Candidates should only be allowed to campaign in states where both can afford to make appearances.

3. The Clinton campaign is unfairly showing ads on television that point out mistakes Trump has made in speeches and elsewhere. Meanwhile, Trump's advertising budget is low, so he can't compete with her advertising. She should not be allowed to run more ads than Trump.

4. In her campaign, Hillary Clinton is constantly bringing up issues and explaining her positions on those issues. Donald Trump has no real positions on issues, and so is unable to speak coherently about them. Campaigns should be restricted to speaking only about issues that both candidates can address clearly and thoughtfully. Anything else is unfair.



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Hillary's Campaign Is Unfair to Donald Trump! (Original Post) MineralMan Aug 2016 OP
Well, I sure hope so... Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #1
Is that really sarcasm? liberal N proud Aug 2016 #2
SEEEEE??? absolute proof that she is rigging the election!!! niyad Aug 2016 #3
Absolutely. Totally unfair! MineralMan Aug 2016 #4
And she has the unmitigated gall mcar Aug 2016 #5
Well, natch. He's a man, right? MineralMan Aug 2016 #6
Call Congress right now!!11 mcar Aug 2016 #7
Vacation? Not so much. MineralMan Aug 2016 #8
So she's unfair to R congress critters too? mcar Aug 2016 #9
Unfair for One - Unfair for All! MineralMan Aug 2016 #11
Bumper stickers available mcar Aug 2016 #15
I think his human suit makes him itchy. GoneOffShore Aug 2016 #21
You could be right. MineralMan Aug 2016 #22
33 campaign offices in Ohio cleveramerican Aug 2016 #10
Exactly. How dare she campaign in a swing state? MineralMan Aug 2016 #12
So unfair that she's winning! forgotmylogin Aug 2016 #13
Hillary has also somehow tricked Republicans into discussing replacing Trump tclambert Aug 2016 #14
That, too. MineralMan Aug 2016 #16
But didn't the Donald say he was making a lot of money for the RNC? Moonwalk Aug 2016 #17
Trump has all those people's credit card numbers. MineralMan Aug 2016 #18
Meanwhile, Donald Trump is shutting down offices and appears to be unable to pay rent for them. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2016 #19
But he can't owe money! He says he's making money hand over fist from all of his, um, fans.... Moonwalk Aug 2016 #20
Good! We Need to Get Out and Work Like Hell In Every State Wolf Frankula Aug 2016 #23

mcar

(42,372 posts)
5. And she has the unmitigated gall
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 12:50 PM
Aug 2016

to be doing all this while female. Everyone knows The Donald is better than women.

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
6. Well, natch. He's a man, right?
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 12:52 PM
Aug 2016

I mean, he looks like a male human to some degree, anyhow. Hillary Clinton is unfairly playing the legendary "woman card."

How dare she?

mcar

(42,372 posts)
7. Call Congress right now!!11
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 12:54 PM
Aug 2016

This woman card scandal must be investigated thoroughly.

Oh wait, they're on vacation again. Never mind.

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
8. Vacation? Not so much.
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 12:56 PM
Aug 2016

They're all scared crapless than they'll lose their phony baloney jobs in November. They should be scared. Clinton's unfair campaign will work to the detriment of many Republican candidates who support Trump.

mcar

(42,372 posts)
9. So she's unfair to R congress critters too?
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 12:58 PM
Aug 2016

She has gone too far with her unfair unfairness of running a good campaign, having (gasp) real policies, and making sense. And doing it while female.

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
12. Exactly. How dare she campaign in a swing state?
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 01:01 PM
Aug 2016

Donald would campaign in Ohio, but he can't find it on his map.

tclambert

(11,087 posts)
14. Hillary has also somehow tricked Republicans into discussing replacing Trump
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 01:04 PM
Aug 2016

thereby undermining his credibility with other Republicans. In fact, she has tricked some prominent Republicans into announcing they will vote for her. How unfair it that? You don't see any prominent Democrats throwing their support to Trump. Even Joe Lieberman said he would support Hillary. Clearly there is real bias at work here.

Moonwalk

(2,322 posts)
17. But didn't the Donald say he was making a lot of money for the RNC?
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 01:12 PM
Aug 2016
He said it. So it must be true! In fact, on his donate page, once you enter a credit card to give regular donations, there is no way to change your mind and stop them (https://mic.com/articles/150640/donald-trump-donations-how-to-stop-recurring-payments-credit-cards#.EKnlN8p2y). Or there wasn't. Maybe that's changed. And he had some kind of a gala where people paid like $50K each. He is getting tons of money regularly from all the suckers...er, all his honest and brave voters. Lots of money.

Where is all going if not to finance his campaign?

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)
18. Trump has all those people's credit card numbers.
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 01:15 PM
Aug 2016

That would scare the crap out of me, frankly. What happens if he loses and decides to make his escape to some extradition-free offshore nation? He'll just hit those card numbers and cash in. Donald says, "Bye, now, suckers..."

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,186 posts)
19. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is shutting down offices and appears to be unable to pay rent for them.
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 01:17 PM
Aug 2016

That sounds like a standard Donald Trump business practice, stiffing those he owes money to.

Moonwalk

(2,322 posts)
20. But he can't owe money! He says he's making money hand over fist from all of his, um, fans....
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 01:21 PM
Aug 2016

Isn't he? And doesn't the RNC have something to do with all this? Aren't presidential donations to their candidate part of their accounting not Donald's?

Wolf Frankula

(3,601 posts)
23. Good! We Need to Get Out and Work Like Hell In Every State
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 02:13 PM
Aug 2016

All 50 States! All 50 States! I want to see the electoral count 538 Hillary, O Donald.

Wolf

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