Trump 2016

[Malcolm]

I have no issue with that answer at all, and any logical thinking person shouldn't either. It's in no way a denial. It reads to me like he's just having a little fun with a press that hasn't been fair to him.

If he hadn't been yelling, "RIGGED," at the top of his lungs all week, I might've let that slide.

[Leisher]

The "Rigged" shit is how he's going to profit from this campaign. Giving a "yes" answer now could hurt his prospects there.

I think he watched how Gore profited from being a sore loser and he's going to emulate that success.

[Malcolm]

Al's not getting back into a political office any time soon, and anyone that wants to emulate him seems mentally damaged. Is Drumpf bucking for a Nobel prize? Is he worried there won't be enough paid speaking gigs after the election? Does he want his own news network to crash and burn after a few months so he can notch another bankruptcy in his belt? Is he just bored and fucking with one half of the voters for the hell of it?

[TPRJones]

Don't look too closely at Trump's motivations. Because the only one that seems to make sense it that he's an intentional spoiler for Hillary, and that way lies madness.

[Leisher]

Al's not getting back into a political office any time soon, and anyone that wants to emulate him seems mentally damaged.

But Trump doesn't want political office.

Does he want his own news network to crash and burn after a few months so he can notch another bankruptcy in his belt? Is he just bored and fucking with one half of the voters for the hell of it?

If half of all voters are buying his schtick, or just angry enough to not want to vote for a "traditional" candidate, then I'd say his news network should already be on better ground than MSNBC, which somehow survives despite nobody watching it.

Because the only one that seems to make sense it that he's an intentional spoiler for Hillary, and that way lies madness.

I cannot 100% dismiss this as conspiracy theory bullshit because I could totally see the Clintons planning this all out. Plus, Trump could profit crazy money by writing a book about it all. You could argue that would also get him back into the good graces of the liberal media and Hollywood.

However, such a thing would expose Hillary killing any chance of a second term and probably getting her impeached. Additionally, Trump would immediately become a mega villain to right wingers and they have all the guns. Plus, would the MSM and the left really let him off the hook for all the stuff he said and for playing them, even if he did claim to be portraying a right wing nut job? I doubt it.

[GORDON]

I wonder if both Microsoft and NBC use MSNBC as some massive tax write-off, or something.

[Malcolm]

I cannot 100% dismiss this as conspiracy theory bullshit because I could totally see the Clintons planning this all out.

Could they look past the obvious ethical problems? Oh yeah, they could do that. But I cannot attribute such Blofeldesque plots to them. They're not that smart. Furthermore, Trump couldn't keep a secret this long. I imagine him being the dude you never, ever tell about a surprise party.

[TheCatt]

It's the WSJ, so I cannot link the article, but here's the intro...

Nice People Really Do Have More Fun
By Arthur C. Brooks

Selfish nastiness is all the rage, but research shows that pleasant behavior leads to more success and happiness in life.

[Troy]

Wrong! Many people are saying the Wall Street Journal is a liberal rag that is fed content directly by Crooked Hillary Clinton. These stories are lies from the corrupt media and they are trying to steal this election. This is why we have to limit the first amendment, while also expanding the second. Every journalist should be required to submit to a "publish-by-duel" editorial process, wherein they have to defeat a #ForeverTrump supporter in a best-two-out-of-three assault rifle competition to the death. Because frankly, the current system of just publishing whatever you want is a disaster.

[Malcolm]

It's the WSJ, so I cannot link the article, but here's the intro...

Nice People Really Do Have More Fun
By Arthur C. Brooks

Selfish nastiness is all the rage, but research shows that pleasant behavior leads to more success and happiness in life.

Bull and shit.
Won't fucking embed.

Wow.

"I would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the United States that I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election, if I suck," Trump told supporters here in his first comments since the final debate.

After raising concerns about voter fraud -- instances of which are extremely rare -- Trump also pledged to accept "a clear election result."

"Of course, I would accept a clear election result, but I would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result," Trump said. "And always, I will follow and abide by all of the rules and traditions of all of the many candidates who have come before me. Always."

[TheCatt]

Bull and shit.

You feel like example 1 of that guy being right.

[Malcolm]

Bull and shit.

You feel like example 1 of that guy being right.

If he's talking about nice people being happier, well I guess...



I bet those people are ecstatic.

[GORDON]

Well George actually there's a difference between median and mean, so....

[TheCatt]

Well George actually there's a difference between median and mean, so....

Oh snap.

And, ignorance being bliss doesn't mean bliss = ignorance. And quite frankly Malcolm, you only know everything in your own mind.

[GORDON]

Well George actually there's a difference between median and mean, so....

Oh snap.

And, ignorance being bliss doesn't mean bliss = ignorance. And quite frankly Malcolm, you only know everything in your own mind.

[Alhazad]

This discussion is becoming a thoroughly unpleasant argument full of hard feelings and spite.

Since the Trump campaign is already moribund, I suggest this thread also be locked.

[GORDON]

The only way to win is not to play, which makes me the winner.

[Malcolm]

And, ignorance being bliss doesn't mean bliss = ignorance. And quite frankly Malcolm, you only know everything in your own mind.

Hah. The things in my mind mainly came from somewhere else. I know many things outside it, too.

[Malcolm]

This discussion is becoming a thoroughly unpleasant argument full of hard feelings and spite.

Since the Trump campaign is already moribund, I suggest this thread also be locked.

What about the inevitable post-election hissy fit? And for the record, my spite hasn't even made a house call to this thread. Nothing has cracked my normal leaden layer of apathy. It's just the circus this dude provides, damn, I'm almost going to miss it.

[Malcolm]

No word on whether they'll be wearing brown or black shirts, possibly with colour-coordinated armbands.

Politicians often urge supporters to get out and vote. But Donald Trump wants them to go further: get out and vote, and then stake out polling places to watch for cheating.

At a Friday campaign event in Altoona, Penn., the Republican presidential nominee said voting might not be enough for him to win.

"The only way we can lose in my opinion — I really mean this — in Pennsylvania, is if cheating goes on," Trump said. "We have to call up law enforcement. And we have to have the sheriffs and the police chiefs and everybody watching."

Pennsylvania election official responds.

Third-world dictator threatens opponent.

While his campaign manager tried to walk back his threat to jail Clinton as “a quip,” Trump has doubled down on his pledge.