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(5,504 posts)He's like the Kraken. You can cut tentacles off, and they will just grow back. This election is going to be hell.
Stuart G
(38,436 posts)Today's news says that he had been advised by many in the know to shut up. And he refuses. In for his own good, and the good of his party. He is done. They will find a way to dump him...even if they do not "dump" him in real terms. They will find a way....He cannot shut up or take advise...dangerous..even by Puke standards.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)over the media, plus speculation about his connections with the Kremlin. He will never be president.
At stake now is CONGRESS. If Trump's voters stayed home, the GOP would LOSE both houses....
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)lose the house, if you look at individual races - few/none in trouble.
But, yes ! you are right - when the subject of mental problems is raised by many in media - he is toast
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)would be so stupid as to repudiate Trump before the election. Still, it is very interesting that they must have the Trump vote to hold the House, not just the Senate.
Too bad supposed left-wing Julian Assange doesn't despise the hard-core and highly corrupt Republican leadership enough for a tactical exposure of their emails about Trump. If you judge people by their enemies, Putin and Assange are actually quite complimentary to Hillary.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Trump (actually even just slightly bash) - Trump will make it clear to his supporters that they shouldn't vote for them. But if they support Trump then they run the risk of being thought of as crazy to the more normal Non-Trump voters.
No win situation for them, huh.
I do really worry what the next batch of emails will say....since we've been warned - very bad for Hillary.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)As for the emails maybe not worry too much. More have already been released and are a bunch of nothing that hardly made a ripple. Assange has quite a record now of promising far, far more damaging documents than he can deliver.
Note that, in spite of the great outrage generated by the DNC release, absolutely nothing corrupt or even remotely criminal was among those thousands of emails. Someone asked if a question about Bernie's religion could be asked at a press conference, but none ever was. People sought an invitation to a good party in return for their donation. And so on. Not exactly sausage-making at its worst.
With spite so great against Hillary that he, and Putin (who has his own enmity against her) wanted to block her nomination, this was the best Assange and the Kremlin could produce: some embarrassment for the DNC that hardly touched Hillary.
The RNC and no doubt other conservative operations have been hacked, of course, and I feel pretty sure they're holding some real good stuff on the Republicans, but the spite and purpose just aren't there.
Oneironaut
(5,504 posts)His lemmings take part in extreme mental Olympics to make Trump okay. For example: Capt Khan's parents are terrorists and Obama killed their son in 2004, Hillary is going to steal the election, Obama was born in Kenya, Putin never invaded Ukraine, it's bad that Bill Clinton was unfaithful but It's okay for Trump / it never happened, etc.
His supporters are so far off in fantasy land that they'll follow him until the end.
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)He will continue to dominate the news cycle up until November with all his batshit offensive antics to the detriment of Hillary. Every time he yells at a baby or insults (insert the person/group of the day he insults) that is hours of discussion of nonsense that is taken away from discussion of Hillary's policies and strengths. There are still people out there that are on the fence because they don't knew about Hillary and they aren't going to do their own research to find out about her.
In a round about way, discussion of Trump's blunders also hurts Hillary because of the fact that it takes time away from positive discussion of Hillary.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)Today's Huffington Post lead story pretty much spells out where we're at:
Runaway Trump Train Picks Up Speed As Aides Cant Grab The Controls
A lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth and attempts to "reason" with him.
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)Hope you are right this time.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Nitram
(22,822 posts)It's not over till the pant suits lady sings.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Keep wishing.