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If you are watching Trump's rally right now, WTF is he doing? (Original Post) stevil Aug 2016 OP
He's trying to do all the things the critics have been talking about radical noodle Aug 2016 #1
Well stevil Aug 2016 #6
Damned if I know GP6971 Aug 2016 #2
He's all over the place stevil Aug 2016 #8
Does that mean he won't seek a record-breaking 6th military deferment? RapSoDee Aug 2016 #31
I turned it on just in time LisaM Aug 2016 #3
He keeps saying "here's what I propose" VMA131Marine Aug 2016 #4
As always stevil Aug 2016 #10
Unhinged ailsagirl Aug 2016 #16
Asshat. vanlassie Aug 2016 #5
He looks and acts so damn stupid! n/t michaz Aug 2016 #7
I'm sure he didn’t write a single word of this. VMA131Marine Aug 2016 #9
Why does he play that? ailsagirl Aug 2016 #17
The shrieking yam... abbeyco Aug 2016 #11
Sad. nt pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #12
These are common themes you hear on talk radio underpants Aug 2016 #13
+1 uponit7771 Aug 2016 #14
He does terrible with speeches he doesn't write. Tonight no different yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #15
I don't think he CAN write. Period. ailsagirl Aug 2016 #19
Is he #xanaxtrump tonight? ailsagirl Aug 2016 #18
I think his daily dose is wearing off radical noodle Aug 2016 #20
I heard the Trump! Trump! Trump! chant ailsagirl Aug 2016 #25
He's trying to lose. He doesn't want to debate. He doesn't want the job. lindysalsagal Aug 2016 #21
Agreed Egnever Aug 2016 #30
Pandering to African Americans with all white crowd in all white city 40 miles from Milwaukee. yellowcanine Aug 2016 #22
Plus i love the policy free approach to this. No reason to vote for GOP if you're AA, just buy our TeamPooka Aug 2016 #28
It's a bad reality show... kentuck Aug 2016 #23
Not pandering at all. More like condescending. ecstatic Aug 2016 #24
Well that should do it gwheezie Aug 2016 #26
Trump's been invited to the NAACP, he was a no show, Stellar Aug 2016 #27
Promising EVERYTHING to EVERYONE pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #29

radical noodle

(8,003 posts)
1. He's trying to do all the things the critics have been talking about
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:40 PM
Aug 2016

all in one big "get it over with" speech.

stevil

(1,537 posts)
8. He's all over the place
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:45 PM
Aug 2016

Really seems desperate. He just said "I will fight for you". Sounds familiar.

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
3. I turned it on just in time
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:42 PM
Aug 2016

To hear him go after teacher tenure and pump charter schools. Now he is ranting about ties to foreign governments.

VMA131Marine

(4,139 posts)
9. I'm sure he didn’t write a single word of this.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:46 PM
Aug 2016

And again with playing "You can't always get what you want. "

ailsagirl

(22,897 posts)
17. Why does he play that?
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:44 PM
Aug 2016

(Along with Tiny Dancer)

Great songs but... what do they have to do with him??

abbeyco

(1,555 posts)
11. The shrieking yam...
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:46 PM
Aug 2016

He knows nothing, says nothing and listen - his idiot audience loves him for it.
Bravo trumpenfuhrer - you just did a Jerry Seinfeld on your audience - it's all about nothing...except for you.

underpants

(182,826 posts)
13. These are common themes you hear on talk radio
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:57 PM
Aug 2016

They repeatedly convince themselves that Dems are why African-Americans aren't doing well. The listeners assume that all black people are poor, you know "welfare". All things can be fixed by capitalism. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

He mentioned education but went right to charter schools. This is typical of them.

I listen to way too much talk radio.

radical noodle

(8,003 posts)
20. I think his daily dose is wearing off
Wed Aug 17, 2016, 12:15 AM
Aug 2016

Even the audience is having trouble. They don't know when to applaud and when to boo. I think there may be someone telling them when to chant Trump! Trump! Trump!

ailsagirl

(22,897 posts)
25. I heard the Trump! Trump! Trump! chant
Wed Aug 17, 2016, 02:01 AM
Aug 2016

At that point I turned down the sound-- it's bad enough looking at him without the added disgust of hearing him, too

UGH

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)
21. He's trying to lose. He doesn't want to debate. He doesn't want the job.
Wed Aug 17, 2016, 12:21 AM
Aug 2016

This wasn't supposed to work. He was supposed to be out in the first month.

None of this makes sense until you internalize the fact that he used this for his own grift, like alot of them do.

Kasish and Bush and Rubio really wanted the job, but I'm not sure about the rest of them. Honestly.

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
30. Agreed
Wed Aug 17, 2016, 04:59 AM
Aug 2016

One of his earlier campaign managers said as much before the primaries were over. I have yet to see any reason to doubt it.

Hell he admitted it himself practically when he said he could shoot people on the street and they would still vote for him. I think that was a pretty clear look into his disbelief that no matter how hard he tried he just could not make his campaign implode.

TeamPooka

(24,228 posts)
28. Plus i love the policy free approach to this. No reason to vote for GOP if you're AA, just buy our
Wed Aug 17, 2016, 02:43 AM
Aug 2016

scratch off lottery ticket at the ballot box, we might be lucky for you this time.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
26. Well that should do it
Wed Aug 17, 2016, 02:10 AM
Aug 2016

Now that he's explained how stupid African Americans have been with their vote, I'm sure he's going to get 100% of the aa vote.

Stellar

(5,644 posts)
27. Trump's been invited to the NAACP, he was a no show,
Wed Aug 17, 2016, 02:33 AM
Aug 2016

and every other Black organization that he and his perfectly good brain ignored. Not that Black people believed in anything he would say. So, f#ck'em.

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