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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 08:31 AM Oct 2016

Charles Blow shreds ‘madman’ Trump over rigged election claims: ‘These are the ravings of a lunatic’

New York Times columnist Charles Blow worried about Donald Trump’s mental health and what his paranoid ravings could do to undermine confidence in American democratic institutions — or worse.

“Donald Trump has virtually stopped trying to win this election by any conventional metric and is instead stacking logs of grievance on the funeral pyre with the great anticipation of setting it ablaze if current polls turn out to be predictive,” Blow wrote in a column published Monday.

He’s concerned that a desperate Trump is feeding a “hostile fatalism” as he senses an electoral loss, and Blow is troubled by the Republican presidential nominee’s reaction to a steady stream of bad news.

“It’s as if the man is on a mission to demonstrate to voters the staggering magnitude of his social vulgarity and emotional ineptitude,” Blow wrote. “He has dispensed with all semblances of wanting to appear presidential and embraced what seems to be most natural to him: acting like a pig.”

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/charles-blow-shreds-madman-trump-over-rigged-election-claims-these-are-the-ravings-of-a-lunatic/
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Charles Blow shreds ‘madman’ Trump over rigged election claims: ‘These are the ravings of a lunatic’ (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2016 OP
When did drumph appear presidential? BSdetect Oct 2016 #1
Kick. Cracklin Charlie Oct 2016 #2
Trumpy is the same insane he always was treestar Oct 2016 #3
Yay, Charles! Thank you for Not mincing your words! Cha Oct 2016 #4
To be fair, it could be incipient dementia. Coyotl Oct 2016 #6
I just want him to go away. nruthie Oct 2016 #7
that' what i keep saying. mopinko Oct 2016 #10
Speaking of dementia ... and a but ... Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #13
Exactly how are Trump rants making America great again? bucolic_frolic Oct 2016 #8
We are hearing a lot less about Trump's many sexual assaults. Coyotl Oct 2016 #9
What a way with words the man has! PatSeg Oct 2016 #11
I noticed that, too. That is some beautiful and powerful writing adigal Oct 2016 #16
I am in awe of writers PatSeg Oct 2016 #18
Excellent! True_Blue Oct 2016 #12
I so wish, as a society, we could get away from these awful pig references. CrispyQ Oct 2016 #14
And you know what??? The Republicans chose him. They supported him. They own him adigal Oct 2016 #15
I agree with him. cwydro Oct 2016 #17

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)
1. When did drumph appear presidential?
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 08:36 AM
Oct 2016

That was never confirmed by any sane person.

The bar was lowered in that regard only by his rabid advisors, followers and much of the media.

If you ever really thought that using a teleprompter was presidential then we are really really stoopid as a nation.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
3. Trumpy is the same insane he always was
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 08:50 AM
Oct 2016

Thinks he can make people believe there is fraud by mere repetition, no evidence needed.

Cha

(297,250 posts)
4. Yay, Charles! Thank you for Not mincing your words!
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 08:59 AM
Oct 2016

It's easy to see what trump is doing. He's a psycho, predatory Loser and he wants to take everyone down with him.

mopinko

(70,112 posts)
10. that' what i keep saying.
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 10:35 AM
Oct 2016

i hope that means that after he loses, the kids keep him locked up in the tower.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,002 posts)
13. Speaking of dementia ... and a but ...
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 10:51 AM
Oct 2016

That would be "To" rather than "Too".

In Donald J tRump's case, his ego disease overwhelms any symptoms from a putative dementia. He's always been like this: Lying and exaggerating. His bankruptcy lawyers refused to see him alone but only in pairs or more, because he lied all the time. His co-writer of "The Art of the Deal" said tRump lied and exaggerated all the time.

bucolic_frolic

(43,172 posts)
8. Exactly how are Trump rants making America great again?
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 10:07 AM
Oct 2016

He's going off the rails mentally

Republicans should try another intervention

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
9. We are hearing a lot less about Trump's many sexual assaults.
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 10:11 AM
Oct 2016
Well executed pivot to his insane thinking from his insane sex crimes. Brilliant moves Donald.



Too bad "Gross Old Pervert Thinks Election is Rigged" doesn't fit on a cap.

PatSeg

(47,468 posts)
11. What a way with words the man has!
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 10:40 AM
Oct 2016

"...........is instead stacking logs of grievance on the funeral pyre with the great anticipation of setting it ablaze if current polls turn out to be predictive,”

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
16. I noticed that, too. That is some beautiful and powerful writing
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 12:18 PM
Oct 2016

Yes, I'm an English teacher.

PatSeg

(47,468 posts)
18. I am in awe of writers
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 03:01 PM
Oct 2016

who can take ordinary words and put them together in extraordinary ways. This is especially true of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Robert Penn Warren. I've come across passages that I've read over and over again.

CrispyQ

(36,470 posts)
14. I so wish, as a society, we could get away from these awful pig references.
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 11:38 AM
Oct 2016

Pigs are delightfully social creatures. I've known three pigs & they were all wonderful! Seriously, there is not an animal that comes close to the vulgarity of Donald Trump. Well, except for homo sapiens, of course. We seem to cultivate a fair number of deplorables.

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
15. And you know what??? The Republicans chose him. They supported him. They own him
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 12:17 PM
Oct 2016

I don't care about McCain and Ryan and the rest of the slightly-less-hateful-haters trying to distance themselves from him. He is their's, lock, stock and barrel.

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