2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDo you think there is anyone in the GOP who could convince Trump to concede if/when he loses?
Is there anyone he would listen to? Maybe Newt or Rudy? Admittedly, Rudy seems a bit challenged in the cognitive area, lately, but there must be someone who could get through to him. Maybe his kids, in order to preserve some shreds of their brand?
This is why I am so hoping for a wide, wide margin.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)if he concedes. I think he should be ignored and we move on.
Siwsan
(26,269 posts)Huffington Post has an interesting article on the possible repercussions.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-accept-election-results_us_582094f8e4b0aac6248591c7
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)He already has, no question, but if he came out and gave a pretty positive, eloquent concession speech, it'd probably help repair some of the damage he's done to his brand, and his kids' brand. Then time, maybe, would do the rest of the repairs.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]
pat_k
(9,313 posts)Labels may vary, but the man is definitely diagnosable.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2580553
Siwsan
(26,269 posts)Who in the world would want to do business with a guy with zero credibility, and who stiffs most of the people he hires?
canetoad
(17,169 posts)Has much time left. The sprogs have the charisma of a cup of cold piss so I can't see their talents contributing much to the resurgence of the Trump empire. Meh, let them die out in poverty.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)pat_k
(9,313 posts)They know the Trump "brand" is kaput.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/travel/donald-trump-hotels-new-name-scion.html
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...cut the Trump cord, though, considering the definition of scion -
Unlike Trump Hotels, a collection of 14 luxury properties worldwide that launched in 2007 with nightly rates beginning at $700, Scion, which means descendant of a notable family.
Substitute 'notorious' or 'ignoble,' and we're onto something.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)What comes to mind when I hear "Scion" is a drunk, card-playing, "blacksheep" of some British noble family.
Too many old BBC shows I guess.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)Glamrock
(11,802 posts)if he threatened Trump with investigations into Russia.
Curtland1015
(4,404 posts)I think, despite all his stupid bluster, that he secretly can't WAIT for all of this to be over.
manicraven
(901 posts)He can't stand to be called a LOSER, but he'll be super relieved to be done with this nightmare!
pat_k
(9,313 posts). . .but he's trump. If he sticks to his modus operandi, he'll move on alright, proclaiming victory as he goes.
I envision him refusing to concede, threatening to sue a dozen states on some bogus grounds, blustering for awhile, and then giving some lame excuse for not actually challenging any results in court. Off he'll go to some "next thing," but as he goes, he'll keep saying,
"I won that election, and I'd have won if I challenged in court, I just decided I had better things to do... but I won."
tblue37
(65,408 posts)because the system was rigged. He even claimed he should have won a bunch in the last debate.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)But with damning evidence of racial discrimination, the company was forced to settle. Nevertheless, Donald didnt admit any wrongdoing and even declared the outcome a victory.
TONY SCHWARTZ:
This is a classic example of where Trump begins to demonstrate something he talks about all the time today, which is hes a counterpuncher. So somebody comes after him and says that hes done something nefarious and horrible, and he just goes back at them with all guns blazing you know, Boom, boom, boom! and admits nothing. Never admit anything. Never say you made a mistake. Just keep coming. And if you lose, declare victory.
And thats exactly what happened there. He lost as clearly as you can lose, but he loudly proclaimed his victory..
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I don't think anyone can control him, because he won't listen to reason.
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)while he's still whining to a completely empty room
Nobody cares what he wants, voters will decide who wins, not him.
Siwsan
(26,269 posts)I can absolutely see her egging him on.
kevink077
(365 posts)He will be alone- and miserable like the pathetic jerk he is.
killbotfactory
(13,566 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)Hekate
(90,714 posts)I've taken to worrying about Melania's physical safety, no joke. The Donald is a violent asshole.
Siwsan
(26,269 posts)Hopefully she had a good enough lawyer, when that pre-nup was written, to give her some sort of 'out'.
If she does stay around, that might be a sign that Donald is not going to be a problem, for much longer.
renate
(13,776 posts)She knew what she was doing when she married him... but that was back when she married him. He'd never been a loser (in his eyes) at the time so he was a plain old narcissist, not a foiled and defeated narcissist.
I'm also concerned about her mental and emotional safety if she's alone with him at the end of tomorrow night. I hope he wouldn't hurt her physically, but if she has to bear the brunt of his anger it's going to be awful for her.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)It's such a sick family.
avebury
(10,952 posts)whether or not he issues a concession speech. There is no Constitutional requirement that he give it.
Now if the Republican Party wants to continue their decline they will let Trump throw his inevitable temper tantrum.
I would like to see the Democrats go ater the Republican Consent Decree and get is tied to the Republicans' necks for how ever many years they can get tacked onto it.
Siwsan
(26,269 posts)Kind of a call to 'Release the Crackers'. And, no, I could NOT resist typing that. Forgive me. It was very bad. Lo Siento Mucho.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)Too perfect!
pat_k
(9,313 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]
Siwsan
(26,269 posts)Hopefully she was paid in advance.
Mme. Defarge
(8,034 posts)on why he is running. If it's just ego, maybe or maybe not.
BUT, IF HE HAS MADE PROMISES TO CREDITORS WHO HAPPEN TO BE THUGS, IF THE SURVIVAL OF HIS AND HIS FAMILY'S ASSETS ARE AT RISK, THEN NO. NO WAY.
dalton99
(781 posts)Siwsan
(26,269 posts)He really looks like this whole campaign has been an overwhelming physical ordeal, for him. Too much fast food and not enough sleep.
manicraven
(901 posts)Siwsan
(26,269 posts)That whole bit was creepy hilarious.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)Lithos
(26,403 posts)He's not worth the energy once he's shown irrelevant
L-
Siwsan
(26,269 posts)But irrational behavior is a rough thing to predict.
liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)He is so vindictive that everyone around him is to scared
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)be AWESOME!
he just keeps ranting and raving til somebody has to pull out the old shepherd's hook, and pull him offstage
you're FIRED!
Siwsan
(26,269 posts)I think this will actually be his defining moment but I'm seriously afraid he's going to call out his rabble.
One would think he would want to just get this over with so that he can move on and exact revenge on his long list of enemies.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)sniffling and spittle
snittling and spiffle
Siwsan
(26,269 posts)But as others have pointed out, after the enema, what would be left? His hair, maybe?
pat_k
(9,313 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)Otherwise, I agree, as the more damage he does to the Republican Party the better.
malchickiwick
(1,474 posts)He haunts the RNC offices.
Siwsan
(26,269 posts)Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)by that campaign
big lie writ large, expanded by the pseudo science of modern marketing techniques, made much easier by the dumbing down of the benighted information consumer
they have absolutely ZERO consideration for any factual approach to any discussion
Trump cares nothing for the reality of any situation, taking the Ron Suskind-quoted member of the Bush regime's anonymous spokeseman (''we create our own reality''....revealed to be Karl Rove) to a level of surreality heretofore unimagineable
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/04/were-an-empire-now-and-when-we-act-we-create-our-own-reality/202751/
FUCK the reality based community
Papoon for President!
Ms.Lib
(131 posts)so he can still bask in the glory of his deplorables worshiping him.
I think you nailed it right there.
JI7
(89,252 posts)Based on how it affects her business
blitzen
(4,572 posts)and think that we'll forget that he's a sinister egomaniacal criminal loser
pat_k
(9,313 posts)If I were Hillary, I would not hold my breath waiting for a concession call.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2602749
pat_k
(9,313 posts)It is his Modus operandi.
From Frontline: The Choice 2016
But with damning evidence of racial discrimination, the company was forced to settle. Nevertheless, Donald didnt admit any wrongdoing and even declared the outcome a victory.
TONY SCHWARTZ:
This is a classic example of where Trump begins to demonstrate something he talks about all the time today, which is hes a counterpuncher. So somebody comes after him and says that hes done something nefarious and horrible, and he just goes back at them with all guns blazing you know, Boom, boom, boom! and admits nothing. Never admit anything. Never say you made a mistake. Just keep coming. And if you lose, declare victory.
And thats exactly what happened there. He lost as clearly as you can lose, but he loudly proclaimed his victory.
JHan
(10,173 posts)Unfortunate yes, but he needs to go down in History as the disgraceful person he is..
The guy really has been drawn and quartered and exposed. He is now hated by foreign countrys, by foreign businesses, by the rich consumers he once had. He is pulling his "brand" name off his buildings. He occupancy rates have dropped to 58%. There isn't a decent women or child in the World that would get close to this sexual pervert.
Stick a Fork in him, he is done, and it's his own fault.
pkdu
(3,977 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)even the Con will have to admit defeat. HOWEVER, if his ego won't LET him concede, then I say Who cares. It will just prove to the world that his opposition was right, the guy is not mentally capable of being President.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Of course many of them will hold their noses, but Trump successfully alienated so many GOPers...and thank God he did too! Thank you Trump! Oh and BTW keep calling minorities names now...we still have some time left!
no_hypocrisy
(46,130 posts)before they file an action in the federal district court.