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The Rude Pundit's thought experiment (Original Post) volstork Aug 2016 OP
And why complacency.... Aviation Pro Aug 2016 #1
It is kind of scary to contemplate....nt Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #2
It seems plausible. liberalmuse Aug 2016 #3
Hey...To coin a phrase from Trump and his ignorant shills..."People are saying this." skylucy Aug 2016 #4
Let me quantify this scenario.... Aviation Pro Aug 2016 #5
The latter choice (in the final sentence): "or he's so epically KingCharlemagne Aug 2016 #6

Aviation Pro

(12,172 posts)
1. And why complacency....
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 01:25 PM
Aug 2016

...in the face of this madman is a no-go at this station.

Trump, representing a minority, as President is equivalent to Saddam Hussein ruling Iraq as a Sunni.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
3. It seems plausible.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 01:41 PM
Aug 2016

It's too horrible to even contemplate, but we need to. Take a look at the people involved - Assange, Russian hackers, Manafort and other pro-Riussian entities right within the Trump campaign, never mind his extensive, decades-old ties with Russia.

skylucy

(3,739 posts)
4. Hey...To coin a phrase from Trump and his ignorant shills..."People are saying this."
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 01:51 PM
Aug 2016

So it needs to be covered on the MSM.

Aviation Pro

(12,172 posts)
5. Let me quantify this scenario....
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 02:07 PM
Aug 2016

...polling fraud under this scenario would require hundreds if not thousands of participants to manipulate the data and software for a Shitstain positive outcome and the one thing I've learned is that it is impossible to keep everyone's mouth shut.

That's why Occam's razor applies to the Rude one's thought experiment.

But, nobody should be complacent.

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
6. The latter choice (in the final sentence): "or he's so epically
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 02:16 PM
Aug 2016

delusional, a mad emperor awaiting the restoration of his fake empire, that we're just watching the pathetic spectacle of someone living in a hallucination."

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