Is it too late to replace him? My impression is that they're just hoping at this point to suck enough of his stupid supporters from him that he can't possibly win. I don't know, though...but seems like 3 months is not enough time to sell someone totally new. How would that even work? Force the Donald to drop out and then...what? Has this ever happened before?
He has all of the 9 traits of a classic (i.e., extreme) narcissist.
1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance.
2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.
3. Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions).
4. Requires excessive admiration [regularly fishes for compliments, and is highly susceptible to flattery].
5. Has a sense of entitlement.
6. Is interpersonally exploitative.
7. Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others.
8. Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her.
9. Shows arrogant, haughty [rude and abusive] behaviors or attitudes.
Oh what a mess. Hi all!
I have officially lost any or all respect for Mr. Trump. I refuse to accept any dinner party invitations (charity or non) at his local club (Mar a Lago). This dog and pony show is a true embarrassment to our beautiful country. My god. Mr. Trump simply is not qualified for the position that he is seeking. No.
And there is a 60% chance of rain today.
Hi,
Aunt Mark
Dear Aunt Mark,
Your sunrises are a real bright spot lately in a very gloomy world!
Trump's fankids apparently don't read the news, EVER. The Guardian interviewed a lot of them and they mostly didn't seem to be aware of the Khan debacle at all. I mean...whaaaat??? How do you manage that? Surely even Fox news has mentioned it at a couple of times??
One guy actually said that what Michael Vicks did to his dogs was cruel, but Trump's questioning Mrs. Khan's silence was not cruelty. WTF.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/03/smear-today-gone-tomorro...
I'm just heartened that prominent Republicans are starting to not just denounce his statements but also saying they're going to vote for Hillary. I hope these few are the start of a massive tidal wave. And I think for each one who announces publicly that he or she will be voting for Hillary, there are ten who will just do it quietly.
Intervention!
There is now news that an "intervention" will take place for Trump.
Essentially a sit-down with Newt Gingrich, the Donald's kids, and some other trusted party notables who are still close to him.
I guess the plan is to try to curtail his loose-cannon mouth which has been spewing so out of control every day, and causing the current stampede away from his candidacy.
Virtually everybody has been offended now.
Republican politicians are deciding that it is more important to separate totally from Trump, (and not vote for him) even if it means not showing party loyalty.
At this point, mere association with Trump has become toxic.
Yes! I saw that shortly after my previous post. I doubt it'll work, though...Trump simply cannot control himself. He kept it together for the 74 minute RNC speech but he couldn't even eke out a one-sentence apology to the Khans when the entire world was horrified at how he'd treated them. (Oh wait, no, I'm sure there are some equally contemptible people who agreed with Trump on that issue.)
There are other reports that the GOP is looking for ways to just force him out completely. I read something about the process, which of course has to exist since candidates can become unfit for various reasons, including dying. I think Trump would go kicking and screaming, though.
His sons have been nearly as awful as he has been, so I don't know how useful they'll be in reasoning with him? Maybe Ivanka? Or Tiffany? Barron...? He's probably more mature than The Donald.
Yes, he would kick and scream all the way out the door. (Because it's a conspiracy don't you know!)
And Donald doesn't want to miss the chance to to run, so he can claim that he lost ONLY because the election was rigged…
His "I don't care" faithful will eat it right up. And this way, he can play the victim instead of face why he lost.
Donald is a true artist when it comes to creating a distraction. Just when you think he's gonna get nailed down once and for all, he tosses out another headline-grabbing beauty. I guess it must have always just been easier for him to weasel his way out of something by throwing grenades rather than do homework and actually be prepared in a legit manner.
A last minute switcheroo to another candidate kind of scares me. As I believe was stated above, anybody would look way too good after "One Summer with The Donald".
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the donald's sun is
setting. put a fork in him
late summer grilling
A reporter tonight on Charlie Rose opines that Trump appeals to a bloc of suburban/rural citizens who haven't voted in recent elections -- meaning that he could swell the ranks of voters and take the prize. Another stated the other day that Repubs have in recent decades increasingly appealed to the uneducated -- a group which has been identified in certain regions of the country, who disparage knowledge -- an anti-intellectual subculture -- and now they have a candidate who is actually as ignorant as he seems.
Did you catch Trump's oversized nine-year-old son Baron (yes), on stage on the last night of their convention ? He looked totally bored out of his mind, wishing he was somewhere else. It was funny and sad.
Yeah, his core supporters do not seem to be the type who read or are interested in actual facts. This gives me hope that a significant portion of them don't actually vote and may just believe Trump's rhetoric at rallies---that he's great and he's the only one who who can Solve All The Problems---to the point that it's not even necessary to vote. Everyone else is voting so this or that individual can just stay home and have another beer and watch the game...or whatever they do when everyone else is catching up on the day's news. Voting also takes a bit of effort--you gotta figure out which polling place is yours---which can take a bit of doing. (Are these people even aware that you can't just walk into any old polling place to vote?) Then you have to actually find the polling place, and get yourself there, and even then they don't just hand you a piece of paper with TRUMP and CLINTON on it so that you can just circle one and leave.
A chimpanzee could not handle it, is what I'm saying.
Didn't this happen in a major election in our lifetime? It was a few decades ago. I can't remember who it was but people were so confident that their candidate was going to win that they didn't bother voting...and then he lost. Or it was way, way closer than projected. Something like that.
(I actually had an acquaintance once who was in her 50s and had never voted. She wasn't uneducated. I don't know what her reasons were. She considered herself a Republican so I just let it be. I met another guy once who said he didn't vote because he didn't want to "buy into the system". Dude, that's exactly what you end up doing when you DON'T vote.)
I'm not old enough to know this ( but I know this…. )
It was Dewy vs Harry Truman, and there was even a newspaper edition printed and distributed with the headline that stated: "Dewy Defeats Truman". And then he lost.
One of the most interesting sub-plots of this election season is the media's total addiction to Donald Trump. For better or worse, he does get clicks, so they just stack up all the weird little Trump tales they can.... The people that don't love him, just love to hate him.
It will be interesting to see if the media will ever let go of the Donald cash-cow. And will they take any credit or blame for the free ride he gets over all the other candidates, cuz he's just so weird to watch?
I was thinking about an election more recent than that---I think maybe back when the tv networks were still allowed to report election results on the east coast before west coast polls were closed? There was at least one election where this affected turnout in a big way but maybe only resulted in California going bluer than projected...I don't know. There was a big brouhaha and now they can't start reporting results until late. Which is good.
I've also been thinking about how Romney willfully ignored polling that showed he was not doing so hot against Obama, and then he and his staff were completely blindsided when he lost. If he could be that stupidly confident, surely Trump's core supporters can be, too?
And yes, he's the media's cash cow for sure! I wonder how this will affect his business dealings once it's over, though. Seems like every bit of dirt in his past must be detailed online by now, easily accessed by anyone doing even the most cursory background check before investing time or money in or with Trump. On the other hand, people do stupid things all the time when making money is the end goal.
Yes, now that you mention it, I do recall a more recent polling example also. Just can't specifically recall…
As for the Donald's business dealings, almost all of his venues are showing a roughly 10% downturn in business over the recent weeks…
Now THAT is one solid reason the Donald could relate to for not going completely rouge in this election. But I don't believe he is capable of change. He is so used to getting his way and so habitual, that I don't think there is any hope for him.
Polls have him 10% to 15% behind Hillary in the key "rust belt" states that form his only possible pathway to a victory.
The intervention looms….
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dog and pony show
intervention or not, it
won't help rouge donald
Meanwhile, Manafort lets slip that he will support Paul Ryan for President....?!?
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updat...
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