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
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. . .Can you imagine Donald Trump delivering a concession speech?
I cant.
I mean that quite literally. I cant 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 Trumps 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 peoples 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?
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More at the link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/noam-bramson/donald-trump-concession-speech_b_11298258.html