2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumCharles Blow shreds ‘madman’ Trump over rigged election claims: ‘These are the ravings of a lunatic’
New York Times columnist Charles Blow worried about Donald Trumps 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.
Hes concerned that a desperate Trump is feeding a hostile fatalism as he senses an electoral loss, and Blow is troubled by the Republican presidential nominees reaction to a steady stream of bad news.
Its 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/
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)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.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Charles Blow is a great writer!
treestar
(82,383 posts)Thinks he can make people believe there is fraud by mere repetition, no evidence needed.
Cha
(297,250 posts)It's easy to see what trump is doing. He's a psycho, predatory Loser and he wants to take everyone down with him.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Last edited Mon Oct 17, 2016, 10:52 AM - Edit history (1)
nruthie
(466 posts)mopinko
(70,112 posts)i hope that means that after he loses, the kids keep him locked up in the tower.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)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)He's going off the rails mentally
Republicans should try another intervention
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Too bad "Gross Old Pervert Thinks Election is Rigged" doesn't fit on a cap.
PatSeg
(47,468 posts)"...........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)Yes, I'm an English teacher.
PatSeg
(47,468 posts)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.
True_Blue
(3,063 posts)Thanks for posting!
CrispyQ
(36,470 posts)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)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.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I think something is very wrong with Trump.