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sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 07:02 PM Apr 2016

There is another possible scenario:

1)Bill C. and Trump spoke on the phone
2)Soon afterwards Trump declares
3)Trump alienates women, minorities, vets,etc
4)Trump gets nomination
5) HRC wins in November due to repugs' votes.
6) trump has succeeded in diminishing repug party.

Could be?

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silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
1. Possible. But completely unnecessary, they were going down anyway. So, if your theory
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 07:05 PM
Apr 2016

happened at all, it was just for personal gain (a not unheard-of reason).

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
2. I am not so sure about that.
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 07:08 PM
Apr 2016

Trump loves mischief and these two have known
each other.
Without Trump a more reasonable repug could
have been chosen.

corbettkroehler

(1,898 posts)
9. Kamikaze Trump
Sun May 1, 2016, 06:09 AM
May 2016

Last summer, I didn't know what to think. Now that we've seen that there's no end to the dirty tricks which the Clinton camp is willing to use to stunt Sanders' momentum, I am sure that this was a huge plot.

Much like the Iraq War was Rove's plan to guarantee W's reelection in 2004, the plan hatched for Clinton 2016 was to have Trump take all of the Tea Party talking points and inject reality television marketing in order to secure a doomed nomination on the Republican side and embrace cheating on the Democratic side in order to disenfranchise and demoralize Progressives.

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