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What if Trump won't accept defeat?
Politico ^ | August 22, 2016 | Eli Stokols

Posted on 08/23/2016 7:44:30 AM PDT by Trump20162020

As their nominee unravels, Republicans worry where his scorched-earth, rigged-election rhetoric leads the GOP and the country.

Donald Trump is on track to lose in November and to refuse to accept the legitimacy of that Election Day result. That’s a problem not just for Hillary Clinton but for both political parties and the country. For everyone, really, other than Donald Trump.

By hiring Breitbart News’ Steve Bannon, a media provocateur in his own image, and accepting the resignation of the man who was supposed to professionalize him, Trump is signaling the final 78 days of his presidential campaign will be guided by a staff that indulges his deeply held conspiracy theories and validates his hermetically sealed worldview.

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To: COUNTrecount

“Donald Trump is on track to lose in November...”

The best part was the very first sentence in the article:

“As their nominee unravels...”


41 posted on 08/23/2016 8:01:47 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Trump20162020
Let me start out by saying that I'm voting for Trump. I was not in favor of him, at first, but the more I see the more I like. Specifically, I like the people he's surrounding himself with - the mark of a good leader is the ability to select good people and then delegate. He's got it.

Having vetted him thoroughly, I've come to the conclusion that he stands a pretty good chance of winning. Nothing is a foregone conclusion, particularly when it comes to a Clinton, but right now, I think he's looking pretty good.

Thus - and here's my point - I find all of the gaslighting by the media particularly disconcerting. I'm not sure what bothers me the most, the blatant lies, the fact that the MSM thinks I'm stupid enough to believe them, or the fact that they just don't care anymore.

It's obvious to anyone with a modicum of political horse sense that Trump is in a far better position than McCain ever was. Romney, who I mistakenly thought had the 2012 election cold, in hindsight ran an extremely flawed campaign as well (better than McCain, but still awful) and never really stood a chance of winning.

Trump, on the other hand, is doing many of the same - successful - things that BO did to win. He's attacking every slight, real and perceived, and not letting his opponent get a toehold. He's using social media to his advantage - something BO did well while Hillary is still stuck in the 80s and 90s mode of campaigning via TV spots - the same mistakes made by Republicans in '08 and '12.

It's possible that Trump still won't win, but it's far from the foregone conclusion that's portrayed by our once-great, but now-dishonest media.

42 posted on 08/23/2016 8:04:43 AM PDT by wbill
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To: Trump20162020

What if the MSM won’t accept Hillary’s defeat?


43 posted on 08/23/2016 8:05:22 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

he’ll have reason to contest if he finds one incident of fraud.

then whatever happens from there, let it come.


44 posted on 08/23/2016 8:05:34 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Trump20162020

Trump’s fund-raising effort is not for his campaign...it’s for his fight against voter fraud should he lose.

IF...he loses. Every precinct that is within the allowed recount % WILL be recounted and his campaign fund will be flush with money to make it happen.

Mrs. Trump dint raise no fool!


45 posted on 08/23/2016 8:06:54 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: taildragger

What if all of the gas tanks in all of the cars all go splodey all at the same time?!?!?!?


46 posted on 08/23/2016 8:10:22 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: Trump20162020

What type of ridiculous questions is this? There are options in place for Trump to request recounts, prove voter fraud, or accept the decision. Those are his only three options. They are all written down for everyone to see.

This is just another scare tactic display by the libs in their efforts to try to swing the election. And judging by the level of this they are getting desperate, But the real fun in this article is that while they are trying to breed gloom and doom, they are failing to display that Trump took 1.4 million primary votes more than any other candidate in our history for a presidential primaries effort. And thats been since our Constitution was ratified in 1783. Let’s do the math for our unfortunate soul, that’s 234 years since you have to include 1783 as it was part of the process.

And that number is very important. It may just be the amount of time it may take to get a lying, treasonous, money hungry, anti-American shrew like Hilary elected.

Go back to your college students with this manure. Adults don’t want their space filled with it. Adults don’t deal with childish antics. Have better things to do.

red


47 posted on 08/23/2016 8:13:46 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: Trump20162020

What if monkeys fly out of my butt?


48 posted on 08/23/2016 8:14:25 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: A message

Opposition to a political candidate is understandable. The media are overwhelmingly liberal. That is also understandable. What is not understandable is the pathological nature of the attacks. “Trump is on track to lose in November.” That was the RINO mantra prior to his nomination. Now it is the Democrats’ turn. Trump is not spending enough to win. Jeb Bush did and it got him nowhere. He has “a staff that indulges his deeply held conspiracy theories.” What happened to the “vast right-wing conspiracy?” Can you picture Obama during the swearing in? He will be thinking, “if this guy nominates someone like Rudy Giuliani as AG I might be going to jail.”


49 posted on 08/23/2016 8:14:49 AM PDT by Vehmgericht
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To: BigEdLB

“What if the MSM won’t accept Hillary’s defeat?”

They are already not accepting her defeat.


50 posted on 08/23/2016 8:16:58 AM PDT by enumerated
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To: BigEdLB
What if the MSM won’t accept Hillary’s defeat?

Then, it's 2000 all over again. She'll contest the election with the media cheering her on.

Frankly, I'm more worried about that, than fraud. Fraud takes a lot of people working in concert, and only one honest man to take the entire operation down.

With a contested election, Hil->liary only needs to yell "we wuz robbed!" and all of her sycophants in the media will take up the hue and cry and run with it. Mob rules, there's no coordination necessary.

You want a Civil War? That's how it might happen.

51 posted on 08/23/2016 8:18:33 AM PDT by wbill
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To: Trump20162020

And Al Gore was so gracious in his defeat wasn’t he?


52 posted on 08/23/2016 8:19:21 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I do see a violent revolution coming if this election wrongly is stolen from Trump. Americans are armed to the teeth.


53 posted on 08/23/2016 8:21:43 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Trump20162020

What if the human filth, criminals and brown nosing journalist won’t accept Hillary going to jail for stealing from the American people? Hey, Eli Stokols you got a soft spot for criminals?

How come you DC types live so much better than your salaries would justify?

On the take there Eli Stokols?

Wealthiest ZIP Codes in the United States - find the pattern:

#10. McLean, VA — 22101

(McLean is home to many ... members of congress, and high-ranking government officials)

#6. Potomac, MD — 20854

(sam)
#5. Chappaqua, NY — 10514

(Hillary, Bill, and liberal elites)

#4. Great Falls, VA — 22066

( Many of its residents commute into Washington, D.C. for work.)

#2. Fairfax Station, VA — 22039

(Fairfax Station. This town is a popular suburb with people who work for the federal government, and has some of the top public school counties in the country.)

Surprisingly the wealthiest ZIP code in the country (#1) is NOT filled with ‘public servants... yet)

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-wealthiest-zip-codes-in-america-2014-5?op=1


54 posted on 08/23/2016 8:22:40 AM PDT by GOPJ (Leftist agitators employ fascist tactics Kyle Olson. FRAUD IS DONE BY VOTING THOSE WHO DON'T SHOW UP)
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To: wbill

Many Americans are armed.


55 posted on 08/23/2016 8:23:16 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: HarleyLady27

They are Gaslighting us.

That is my conclusion at this point. They are intending to present the world as they would like it rather than what it really is. They are running a psy-op to disorient us, get us to doubt our eyes, and question our own sanity.

This is another example of the Gaslighting Media at work.


56 posted on 08/23/2016 8:24:25 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Trump20162020

Can hil-liar-y raise her right hand in order to swear in...you know her stroke and all.


57 posted on 08/23/2016 8:26:16 AM PDT by Leep (Cut the crap!)
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To: reasonisfaith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=033pctltIwk

Clinton Workers Caught Committing Voter Fraud In Las Vegas


58 posted on 08/23/2016 8:26:59 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
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To: Trump20162020

This talk mind you is before the first debate


59 posted on 08/23/2016 8:31:15 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (Remember the Court)
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To: Trump20162020
staff that indulges his deeply held conspiracy theories

the fix is in and it isn't in Trump's favor so what will the people of this country do to save our form of governance after the presidential election will have been stolen for the third time in a row? Look at the polls and then look at the numbers of people attending each candidate's rallies and then ask yourself; do I believe the poll numbers that indicate a close race or my lying eyes that tells me the race is over for the hag and she loses?

60 posted on 08/23/2016 8:34:30 AM PDT by drypowder
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