2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumApparently the MSM thinks "I won't accept the results of the election" is a big deal.
Which it is. But to me, it was just another crazy thing that Trump said. While I was watching, I had no idea that anyone would single out this one crazy thing, among so many (SO many), as the thing they object to.
Whatever. Anything that causes him to lose is fine with me.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)Even Jeff Flake, Republican senator, was aghast.
CincyDem
(6,365 posts)...and I said "YES !!!"
Then I realized I agreed with him and it hurt my head. But I do.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)Sometimes I agree with him wholeheartedly (criticizing Republicans)
other times I wanna smack him for being so GD rude.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)he thinks he better than the system.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Nothing in the world they want more is conflict and strife.
If people burn down houses and kill others because he cries "foul" they get to sell more tires and razor blades.
Of course they will make sure when he cries foul it's into their microphones.
They need the ratings.
The fact that they are complicent in the rampage and have been the root cause of his uprising is lost on them
We must stay tuned, you dig?
yardwork
(61,666 posts)Think of the implications. Say 40% of the country votes for Trump, and he loses but convinces them that the election is a fraud. That's almost half the country. Then what? Riots? Militia? Armed insurrection? What if some of the generals agree with Trump?
GusBob
(7,286 posts)That's why it is a big deal
A reall cool hand for them
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)And so mindboggling....
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)the margin will be big enough to prevent any credible claims of fraud.
Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)Amonester
(11,541 posts)the most powerful military in the world, still under the command of the President (Commander-in-Chief)
A lot of em (like 95%) would just look at what they'd have to overcome ... and give up before even trying.
They then will go back to do what they always do: Watch Faux News... and sports, and...
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)family and actually like the structure the govenment provides.
Johnny2X2X
(19,074 posts)Even FOX was appalled.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)The question is always asked. It's been uncontroversial until Trump.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Because it plays to the tea party, Stein voters, and Johnson voters.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)civil war.
Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)Just look at the idiots with their guns sitting outside that campaign office of the lady running for Congress. Saying he won't accept the results is anti-American! Down goes Dumdum's numbers!
ScienceIsGood
(314 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)That's what the whole rigged emphasis has been, attempting to pivot the herd away from Donald bragging about grabbing women by the genitals, the crime of sexual battery.
GrOPer!
Cha
(297,326 posts)Allred has another woman who's coming out tomorrow.
Gloria Allred announces new sex misconduct accuser against Donald Trump
"This news conference will be the first time that this accuser has spoken to the public about her allegations against Mr. Trump," the email from Allred said.
"At the press conference Ms. Allred will comment on Mr. Trump's statements in the final Presidential debate when he said 'nobody has more respect for women than I do,' " the email said.
More..
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/19/gloria-allred-announces-new-sex-misconduct-accuser-against-donald-trump.html
You probably already know this.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)he can't just retreat to his guilded tower.
Cha
(297,326 posts)that by saying he doesn't know whether he'll accept the outcome of the Election.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Cha
(297,326 posts)is.. he deserves every bit of that.
He needs to be held responsible for all his words and actions.
Thank you, Coyotl~
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...several of them, the past few days, have harrumphed, coughed slightly, and said, well, of *course* Donald will accept the results of the election, of course... Now he has cut them off at the knees again. It's literally impossible to know what he will, or will not, say about anything.
peggysue2
(10,833 posts)An immediate disqualifier. Even in Republican circles.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)Instantly...nothing else from tonight mattered.
He buried any points he may have made in other areas.
Prior to that line I thought the debate might be judged tightly, as essentially a wash with only slight edge to Hillary. But once Trump went off the rigged wagon I thought it was worth 10 points to Hillary in terms of who won the debate. I said that to family members who were watching alongside. From looks of the early polling, I think it was accurate.
wishstar
(5,270 posts)I thought his comments about putting Hillary in jail in last debate were especially disqualifying too
pnwest
(3,266 posts)Last edited Thu Oct 20, 2016, 04:14 AM - Edit history (1)
comment. It wiped away every word he's ever said about how much he respects women, how none of the allegations are true, yada yada... That one sentence laid waste to ANY last shred of benefit-of-the-doubt he might have had.
applegrove
(118,697 posts)any government or institutional knowledge. It is very representative to Donald's contempt of anything he has not built - like the institution of democracy.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)He'll keep them going with conspiracy theories, etc etc on his new TV network, if he can get it going.
Oh yeah and to hell with American political traditions, I guess.
yodermon
(6,143 posts)of the same. Whatever, if the MSM wants to focus on that then so be it.
spooky3
(34,461 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)That's how politicians talked in the lead-up to the Civil War.
I don't know of any other presidential nominee from either major party who has spoken like that in a presidential debate.
duncang
(1,907 posts)Just wondering how many times did he even attempt at answering a question and how many times did he just go off? The non response to Hillary asking about him using chinese steel is also something that will follow him now. Before it was a footnote in the media. Maybe that will get the rust belt thinking.
DFW
(54,414 posts)If it's some redneck in Louie Gohmert's district, no big deal. If it's the losing candidate in a presidential election, it is a very big deal. There will be millions of fanatic Trump supporters who are armed and dangerous, and a few thousand of those will be deranged enough to go off on a rampage if the Donald exhorts them to. Let's hope it doesn't come to that, but I'm still glad I'm spending election night in Germany and not back in Dallas.