Posted on 01/16/2016 3:55:39 PM PST by TBBT
IF your very candidacy and identity rest on your supposed talent for victory, can you survive a defeat?
Can you continue to call yourself a winner if you’ve been a loser — and if “loser†is your favorite way of closing the book on someone, your final word, the workhorse in your brimming lexicon of slurs, exiting your mouth so reflexively that it’s essentially your exhalation, your carbon dioxide: “loser,†“loser,†“loser.â€
Donald Trump has a problem that the other candidates for the Republican nomination don’t. He’s put an obstacle in his path that they haven’t. He doesn’t merely assert dominance. He claims something close to omnipotence. (Remember that laughable physician’s report?)
Neither his image nor his ego leaves any room for a setback, any allowance for second place. And as Iowa draws near and several polls suggest the strong possibility that Ted Cruz will finish ahead of him there, it’s time to talk about what that would mean for a self-enamored emperor who pretty much insists on his own perfection — and who has built his brand on it.
At that point, Trump would no longer be a brilliant exception to the laws of political gravity. He’d be someone whose lax management of his Iowa operation was laid bare, whose basic competence was in dispute. He’d be one of many exhausted soldiers, girding himself for a muddy slog. That’s not the path he plotted, the myth he’s selling. That’s not how he’s rigged.
Other candidates can rack up a few disappointments. They haven’t made their cases by pointing to their percentages, their ratings, their crowds. They don’t draw such a sharp, unforgiving line between winners and losers. They don’t equate being on top with being the best.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
But still some good stuff in this article...
A narcissistic personality disorder does not handle rejection in a mature manner.
And every single candidate would love to be in Trump’s pickle right now.:)
Trump sleeps so little he will likely be awake for the call
Yeah Trump’s in real trouble; sometimes he can’t even lap the field 3 times.
old timers around the pickle barrel
A narcissistic personality disorder does not handle rejection in a mature manner.
Well said!!
Big mouth didn’t do something he should have!!!
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/donald-trump-empathy-gap-754693
True.
I alway thought Joe Biden was the biggest blowhard out there. The Trumpet makes Joe Biden look like a freakin’ piccolo.
But no, go ahead, vote for him. After all, he’s going to have smart people. Really, really smart people making his policy decisions for him. Really smart people... Nobody smarter than the people he will have. Really smart people...
There is so much of Trump that reminds me of Obama.
But no, go ahead, vote for him. After all, he’s going to have smart people. Really, really smart people making his policy decisions for him. Really smart people... Nobody smarter than the people he will have. Really smart people...
Update: Cruz Did In Fact Disclose the Goldman Sachs Loan
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3383599/posts
That was his foundation. I wonder what his personal contributions were for 911. That foundation doesn’t seem to be used much.
There is so much of Trump that reminds me of Obama.
Trump is like a real rich NY version of Jesse Ventura. If you think about it.
Cruz admitted at the debate he disclosed it on one form but neglected to do so on another. He was very forthcoming about making an error.
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