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2016 Postmortem

Godhumor

(6,437 posts) Fri Sep 16, 2016, 03:36 PM Sep 2016

Today was NOT a good day for Herr Hair. Don't think otherwise

There is one unwritten but universally followed rule in a campaign, "Keep public attention focused on your opponent not yourself." Trump followed that role the past few weeks, and look what happened to polls and coverage.

He bafflingly voluntarily violated that rule today--Hillary didn't do it, he did it to himself--and the angry media coverage, the CBC statements, Senator Reid, Hillary's Tweet storm, etc show that there is a direct pivot to focusing on Trump.

It will take a week to play out in polls, and things can change tomorrow, but this is Trump's worst day publicly since switching up his staff.

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Today was NOT a good day for Herr Hair. Don't think otherwise (Original Post) Godhumor Sep 2016 OP

Bingo scheming daemons Sep 2016 #1

Attention has been focused almost soley on Trump now for 15+ months inwiththenew Sep 2016 #2

You are correct, no matter how many try to tell you that you're wrong. emulatorloo Sep 2016 #3

The usual suspects will defend..er, um, analyze positively alcibiades_mystery Sep 2016 #4

He hates not being in the spotlight radical noodle Sep 2016 #5

I agree it was an unforced error but am not convinced it will hurt him a lot. yellowcanine Sep 2016 #6

Wonder how old Rinsed Prebone is feeling today. C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #7

scheming daemons

(25,487 posts)

1. Bingo

Reply to Godhumor (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 03:38 PM

Sep 2016

inwiththenew

(972 posts)

2. Attention has been focused almost soley on Trump now for 15+ months

Reply to Godhumor (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 03:40 PM

Sep 2016

I mean it is all anyone talks about here or in the media. I'm not so sure how well that universal rule is holding up.

emulatorloo

(44,131 posts)

3. You are correct, no matter how many try to tell you that you're wrong.

Reply to Godhumor (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 03:45 PM

Sep 2016

I sense that the media is pissed at him now, his days of being propped up as a 'credible' candidate are coming to an end.

Today is his Romney 47% moment. The day the media said fuck it, I'm not covering up for this idiot asshole anymore. Similar to McCain's fundamentals-of-the-economy-are-strong moment after financial collapse in '08.

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)

4. The usual suspects will defend..er, um, analyze positively

Reply to Godhumor (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 03:46 PM

Sep 2016

Everything Trump does. Moronic.

radical noodle

(8,003 posts)

5. He hates not being in the spotlight

Reply to Godhumor (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 03:46 PM

Sep 2016

he's courted attention from the media for decades.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)

6. I agree it was an unforced error but am not convinced it will hurt him a lot.

Reply to Godhumor (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 03:52 PM

Sep 2016

One hopeful thing is that he may have pissed off the media enough that they will grab hold of the lies and not let go and also keep demanding the tax returns.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)

7. Wonder how old Rinsed Prebone is feeling today.

Reply to Godhumor (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 04:01 PM

Sep 2016

Now that Trumpie has successful transformed
the Grand Old Party into the Ku Klux Klan.

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