2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhat big bombs do you think Hillary is waiting to drop on DT in the last month before the election?
I know there must me a mountain of shit they dug up on Trump... Do you think they are waiting until closer to the election to unload some big bombs?
doc03
(35,344 posts)so well.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Glass half full the way I see it.
doc03
(35,344 posts)able to watch the debates all Trump has to do is not go completely mad and the sobs in the media will declare him the winner.
I can't believe Hillary isn't up at least 15% against Don the Con.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)With a tarnished "brand" and one last bankruptcy.
doc03
(35,344 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)I think that was the figure.
MFM008
(19,814 posts)Do you want the 39.5 % odds of surviving,
or the higher number?
Demsrule86
(68,582 posts)She will win.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,192 posts)that he paid to have an abortion. You know they're out there.
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)And Obama in 2008, so I'm sure she's got some tricks up her sleeves.
bmstee01
(453 posts)His 50% comment will come out?
Rape allegations?
Evidence of ties to Putin
The most damning would be him on video making fun of his supporters. That's my fantasy.
IMO the GHWB endorsement was planned for an October surprise and it got out early.
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)radius777
(3,635 posts)I thought once the convention was over it would be D-day and they would rain bombs down upon him non-stop, as there is so much out there (much of it weird, like the John Miller thing) on him that (unlike with the Clintons/Hillary) the public doesn't know much about.
If they did that I think he'd be down by double digits by now.
Just don't know what they're waiting on.
In some ways Dems/H are making the same mistake the GOP made, in waiting too long to unload, and they (Dems/H) specifically said they wouldn't make that mistake.
It is frustrating, and reminds me (in some ways, there are major differences of course) of the 2000 and 2004 campaigns.
Demsrule86
(68,582 posts)And Bush barely won.
Demsrule86
(68,582 posts)MyNameIsKhan
(2,205 posts)RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)radius777
(3,635 posts)I have seen several of them online.
The problem is alot of people ignore ads.
Ads alone are not what I'm talking about, but more of a coordinated effort, between the campaign and surrogates, to control the media narratives and the national discussion for days or even weeks so it becomes accepted truth, the way the right wing pumped the email server, benghazi etc which are fake scandals that most of the public (sadly) views as real.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)The highest amount of viewers so far this week was NCIS with 15 million watching live. Football maybe higher but even viewership is down this year and not close to the numbers of the voting public. However, many do see the commercials on line but not sure of the numbers.
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Have there been any? I'm in NY and I don't see ads. And to those who say people don't watch ads, those spots would generate coverage. Willing to admit I'm wrong if those ads have come and gone unnoticed, but, if not, what the hell are they waiting for?
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)giving the GOP the chance to sneak in a less odious (by comparison) candidate.
The Repukes are stuck with him for now. Then - POW!!!
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)He has proven to be impervious to his countless self-inflicted injuries, any one of which would have sunk any other candidate. The problem is that since his brand is being an asshole, his disgusting statements and actions only reinforce his image.
radius777
(3,635 posts)Alot rolls off of him like Teflon, as you said, things that reinforce his toughguy/jerk/hustler image.
But weird things in his past (and there are many) that show what a psycho he is, contradict this image, showing him to be insecure, cowardly, vein and petty.
I would also make his racist birtherism crusade a central focus of this campaign. Force Trump to run against Obama, a popular sitting president. It's a fight Trump won't win, and it helps to reassemble the Obama coalition.
NBachers
(17,117 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)That would be nice, wouldn't it?
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machoneman
(4,007 posts)which particular attack would work the best but.....
Trump as we know is easily thrown off base or otherwise known as distracted easily. Whatever Clinton does to throw him off, the real deal-closer in my nook will be how she keeps him off-balance thereafter. What I mean is that with a moronic clown like Trump, it's the 2nd, 3rd and 4th hit that Hillary pitches his way, to then keep him off-topic, that will truly seal the deal as him being unfit for the office.
randome
(34,845 posts)"The debate format was clearly rigged against him."
"That moderator was obviously a plant. How did Crooked Hillary get to him?"
"Tens of thousands of people have shaken my hand and said I won this debate."
"NBC is a station that's losing millions of viewers every day."
"I don't pay attention to score-keepers. I clearly won in a very, very big way. Did you see when I sneered at her? You can't say that wasn't a Presidential-level sneer."
But yeah, he is easily distracted. Subtlety works best because his little mind then works overtime trying to figure out whether he's been insulted or not, and if people in the audience are laughing at him.
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liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)All the shit that has dropped so far would end most campaigns. The Trump campaign just rolls on like nothing ever happened.
Vinca
(50,276 posts)and that he's actively importing workers to build it at this very moment. If that's true, it would make a hell of a commercial to interview foreign workers in front of a Trump sign, then cut to American workers who need the job.
TexasTowelie
(112,226 posts)he will blame it on the subcontractors.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)How exactly would he improve the lot of U.S. workers and thereby "make America great again"?
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)what happened last time a 3rd party nominee got votes and the 8 miserable years of bush/cheney and the destruction of the middle east and our economy....serious ramifications of "voting your conscience"....and being responsible for what that entails
I think she can change some votes to her....
Zambero
(8,964 posts)Hillary: Tax returns filed since late 70's were released
Trump: Goose egg. What is he hiding and don't we deserve to know?
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Go all in if you are going to go with crazy.
karynnj
(59,504 posts)Who worked hard for Trump then were not paid what the contract called for. I know this is not the biggest issue