The 2016 Presidential Election Trainwreck

[BlueK]

Either that, or he never really cared about it much. He just ran for fun. Even with almost zero effort (no advertising), he nearly pulled it off. Strength of the Trump brand.

Or probably even both, showing he both cared and didn't care at the same time.

[BlueK]

it will be about the impending launch of the trump news network

Or the Trump make America Great political party. Who is with me?

[creekster]

"We know there was widespread fraud and cheating and we're going to get to the bottom of it!" will be the main gist of it -- even if he gets trounced.

More like He will offer congratulations but he will acknowledge that a lot of people, the best people, people that know, are saying there was fraud and intimidation and cheating the caused hm to lose, but he is looking into it.

[beefytee]

This is probably the assurance that resonates with me the most that Trump won't win:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...-that-matters/


I will continue to doubt until election day though.

[BlueK]

"Clinton has major weaknesses in terms of weak economic growth and voter fatigue with Democratic Party leadership (manifesting in 2016 largely in millennial disaffection with Clinton, even as young voters eschew Trump). These factors keep Trump perennially within striking distance; it’s a very winnable election for him. But instead of winning, he is losing. And he has been consistently losing, because he doesn’t know what he’s doing."

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politi...paign-strategy

[frank ryan]

Be careful Frank, you're sounding like a Dumpster.

How exactly would the Russians "steal" the election for Trump barring outright fraud through hacking of electronic voting systems (which I think is extremely unlikely even for a maniac like Putin)?

I'm talking about some scandalous info dump on wikileaks. I could totally see that. I know the FBI etc. are also concerned about Russia's hacking.

It's getting pretty comical. Chuck Todd of MSNBC was talking to one of Trump's people yesterday about why non-scientific polls on a website asking who won the debate mean nothing since anyone can use bots or clear the cookies and vote again. The Trump handler he was talking to was trying not to laugh because he knew that was true but he had to just keep to the party line.

Then another one I heard this morning on MSNBC tried to talk about how Trump cares about the issues and it's just the media's fault that everyone is talking about Miss Universe from 20 years ago instead of the issues, even though it's Trump himself who keeps the miss universe topic alive through his own tweets as recently as early this morning.

I saw that exchange. It was painful. The trump spokesidiot has the most punchable face.

[falafel]

It's getting pretty comical. Chuck Todd of MSNBC was talking to one of Trump's people yesterday about why non-scientific polls on a website asking who won the debate mean nothing since anyone can use bots or clear the cookies and vote again. The Trump handler he was talking to was trying not to laugh because he knew that was true but he had to just keep to the party line.

Man, Chuck Todd is a real POS. I just watched that interview. I'm no Trump supporter, but c'mon. He was essentially pounding on that guy to just admit Trump sucked bad at the debate, which no Trump surrogate is ever going to do. "Were there missed opportunities?" "No, I don't think so." "So it was a perfect debate? Not a single missed opportunity?" Sheesh.

[myboynoah]

She's such a nerd.

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[Uncle Ted]

SNL summed up the debate pretty well...

Although I thought the candidates' actual remarks were just as funny.

[Jeff Lebowski]

SNL summed up the debate pretty well...

Although I thought the candidates' actual remarks were just as funny.

Parody is dead.

But that was pretty funny showing Hillary being thrilled with Trumps answers. I am sure she was.

[Moliere]

Apparently the NYtimes is reporting that Trump didnt pay any taxes in 1995. In trying to figure out why this is such a horrible thing for Trump. Do people really expect him to cut a charity check to the federal government? Why aren't people more upset at the legislators that actually set tax law


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[frank ryan]

Apparently the NYtimes is reporting that Trump didnt pay any taxes in 1995. In trying to figure out why this is such a horrible thing for Trump. Do people really expect him to cut a charity check to the federal government? Why aren't people more upset at the legislators that actually set tax law


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You're getting it wrong, per the story, his losses were so significant he would not have had to pay taxes for like 18 years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/us...ump-taxes.html

[beefytee]

I love taking advantage of those billion dollar write-offs.

[SCcoug]

I love taking advantage of those billion dollar write-offs.

[Moliere]

You're getting it wrong, per the story, his losses were so significant he would not have had to pay taxes for like 18 years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/us...ump-taxes.html

So, what's the point? Do you think someone with significant losses should pay taxes?


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