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DinahMoeHum

(21,794 posts)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 08:24 AM Aug 2016

Donald Trump's Concession Speech (HuffPo)

(BTW, the author is the mayor of my hometown)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/noam-bramson/donald-trump-concession-speech_b_11298258.html

(snip)
. . .Can you imagine Donald Trump delivering a concession speech?
I can’t.
I mean that quite literally. I can’t imagine the words coming out of his mouth.

Maybe it is unfair to hold someone accountable for their presumed future actions (or inactions.) But everything about Trump’s character and conduct suggests that he would be utterly incapable of admitting loss or of urging unity around a victorious opponent.

Even if buried in a landslide, it seems far more likely that Trump would challenge the validity of the outcome, or lash out to assign blame, or otherwise characterize the vote as an illegitimate denial of the people’s will.

Pathological bully, braggart, narcissist, confabulator — choose your descriptor. They all apply to the Republican nominee for president in 2016. And these are not the characteristics of someone who would ever — could ever — put nation above self, especially at a moment of personally humiliating defeat. He has rejected every other norm of civil discourse, up to and including insulting a Gold Star mother. He has rejected even the pretense of respecting the rule of law, up to and including inviting a foreign power to conduct espionage against American leaders. Why should a concession be any different?

(snip)

More at the link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/noam-bramson/donald-trump-concession-speech_b_11298258.html


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Donald Trump's Concession Speech (HuffPo) (Original Post) DinahMoeHum Aug 2016 OP
When time will come to concede mylye2222 Aug 2016 #1
 

mylye2222

(2,992 posts)
1. When time will come to concede
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 08:29 AM
Aug 2016

He will cry hysterically like a 3 year old who was denied a new toy at the store, screaming ITS NOT FAAAIIIIIR,
Then he will go to the lectern say I DONT TALK TO YOU ANYMORE YOU ARE NOT MY PALS ANYMORE,
Then he will beat up his staff and supporters like the bipolar he is!

My apologies to 3 years old , btw.

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