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stopbush

(24,397 posts)
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 12:50 AM Oct 2016

Trump campaign is in its death throes, lashing out, acting frantic & delusional

It's wonderful to watch, is it not? They are coming unhinged, claiming the polls are showing them ahead, running TV ads filled with lies that are too little, too late. Spouting laughable threats that they will be suing Trump's accusers after the election, making an overtly racist call for their wacko followers to monitor the polls in places where minorities live.

Over the next two weeks, we are going to be hearing delusional crap that will make earlier RW tirades seem mild in comparison. Some in the media (yes, sadly I'm talking about MSNBC) will seize on the desperate narrative and give it credence, if for no other reason that to play the studied political contrarian.

So, buck up, friends. Don't let it get to you. Don't waste even an instant thinking that the tide is turning in Trump's favor. These are the navel-gazing lies people tell themselves when the end is near and they themselves know it. They are like the terminally ill person who holds out hope that they can strike a deal with some imaginary god to get them out of their looming demise. But it isn't going to happen because it never happens.

Running for president is a daunting proposition when you have your entire political party behind you. It's an exercise in futility when you are on your own, denied the support of your party and its best surrogates, fighting a war on three fronts against your opponent, your party and the media.

Like I said, it's wonderful to watch.

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Trump campaign is in its death throes, lashing out, acting frantic & delusional (Original Post) stopbush Oct 2016 OP
Not getting to me.. the closer to the end the more insane Cha Oct 2016 #1
A week from now we lapfog_1 Oct 2016 #3
Can't wait.. glad you mentioned zombie.. Cha Oct 2016 #4
We'll have to send tRump to the ER after he gets through with his maniacal lies meow2u3 Oct 2016 #23
Bwahaha! sarae Oct 2016 #26
K&R smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #2
Our ground game is already winning Johnny2X2X Oct 2016 #5
I'm so happy & relieved for that ground game. lovemydog Oct 2016 #12
It is impressive Ardoewaan Oct 2016 #15
yeah i feel real bad for maggot MFM008 Oct 2016 #6
Check out my sig line to see how I feel- but I still feel like Hillary's life is in danger. NBachers Oct 2016 #7
You can bet the Secret Service is ready! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2016 #8
That is my biggest concern. Control-Z Oct 2016 #10
love your sig line barbtries Oct 2016 #13
The smell of tRump toast SHRED Oct 2016 #9
The GOP Brought This On Themselves blue-wave Oct 2016 #11
Trump is done. The damage he caused is not. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2016 #16
Thank you treestar Oct 2016 #17
Truman bumped into the horizon and found that he was in a bubble. underpants Oct 2016 #18
It's better than when they thought Romney was going to beat Obama, or this gem. . . TheBlackAdder Oct 2016 #19
I said long ago that the idea that this was a "change election" was nothing more stopbush Oct 2016 #20
Great OP!! NastyRiffraff Oct 2016 #21
Donald and Rudy are just spewing vile garbage. Your OP is spot on. Gets worse each day. riversedge Oct 2016 #22
Looks like the media is fulfilling my prediction. stopbush Oct 2016 #24
Expect emails LOL Coyotl Oct 2016 #25
This weekend's early voting should do it. texanwitch Oct 2016 #27

lapfog_1

(29,234 posts)
3. A week from now we
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 12:56 AM
Oct 2016

can all celebrate the zombie Trump campaign...

A week later we can officially bury it.

meow2u3

(24,774 posts)
23. We'll have to send tRump to the ER after he gets through with his maniacal lies
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 01:29 PM
Oct 2016

for 3rd degree burns over 100% of his butt cheeks!

Question is, before or after we put out the clothing fire?

sarae

(3,284 posts)
26. Bwahaha!
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 04:54 PM
Oct 2016

I just saw this.

I think regular Trump is even scarier than a zombie/undead version.

Sad!

Johnny2X2X

(19,228 posts)
5. Our ground game is already winning
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 01:01 AM
Oct 2016

40% of the vote might be cast well before Election Day. Trump can't do a thing to change the outcome.

NBachers

(17,155 posts)
7. Check out my sig line to see how I feel- but I still feel like Hillary's life is in danger.
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 01:10 AM
Oct 2016

Extreme desperation can call for extreme measures- and we've already seen Trump advocating for second amendment solutions. The Secret Service better be ready, if the moment comes.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
10. That is my biggest concern.
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 02:11 AM
Oct 2016

But I try not to dwell on it. The Secret Service has kept President Obama safe. They'll do the same for Hillary. Right? That's how we have to think about it. They know what's going on - more than we actually do. It is their job. That is what they do.

barbtries

(28,815 posts)
13. love your sig line
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 03:54 AM
Oct 2016

that's my dream. a future where republicans have gone the way of the whigs and the tories

blue-wave

(4,371 posts)
11. The GOP Brought This On Themselves
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 03:19 AM
Oct 2016

They starting accepting more and more loonies into their party during the ascent of Ronnie Raygun. It worked for a few decades. Now the loonie demographic is shrinking. The strategy was short sighted and therefore foolish. The chickens are coming home to roost. Yes, it is wonderful to watch.

underpants

(182,964 posts)
18. Truman bumped into the horizon and found that he was in a bubble.
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 02:57 PM
Oct 2016

What ARE we going to do without our "Trump checks"? Regardless of who people support at least twice a day everyone stops (like a coffee/smoke break) to see WHAT DID HE SAY NOW?!?

There is a comparison to the movie "The Truman Show". It's an omnipresent telecast of one man's life that viewers can't turn away from. Secondary characters change (campaign managers) and despite multiple clues and violent interruptions trying to tell the main character that it's not real he remains oblivious. The catch phrase that lures people to keep watching is "HOW WILL IT END?" (Election Day, ?). It finally ends when Truman strays too far from control and punctures the horizon. He finds that he is actually in a bubble.

TheBlackAdder

(28,237 posts)
19. It's better than when they thought Romney was going to beat Obama, or this gem. . .
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 03:13 PM
Oct 2016

.


Granted, it's from Russia's RT, but they did a good job calling out the fools:




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stopbush

(24,397 posts)
20. I said long ago that the idea that this was a "change election" was nothing more
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 03:21 PM
Oct 2016

than a lazy anti-Hillary, anti-Obama invention of the media.

No, this is an election about competence and the future. The majority in this country leans left, not right. Sure, the RW tried their best to characterize a booming stock market, low gas prices, low unemployment, no war, declining crime rates, marriage equality and more people having health insurance as being signs of a country being on its last legs, but the majority never bought the spin.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
21. Great OP!!
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 08:23 PM
Oct 2016

We all should be celebrating the good news coming out every day (but working like we're behind)

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