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Donald Trump sets his campaign on fire: A self-destructive madman has decided he wants to lose
Salon ^

Posted on 04/06/2016 6:33:18 AM PDT by springwater13

Even Trump’s most trusted advisors didn’t expect him to fare this well ” the goal was to get The Donald to poll in double digits and come in second in delegate count. That was it. The Trump camp would have been satisfied to see him polling at 12% and taking second place to a candidate who might hold 50%. His candidacy was a protest candidacy.

I don’t think even Trump thought he would get this far. And I don’t even know that he wanted to, which is perhaps the scariest prospect of all. He certainly was never prepared or equipped to go all the way to the White House, but his ego has now taken over the driver’s seat, and nothing else matters. The Donald does not fail. The Donald does not have any weakness. The Donald is his own biggest enemy.

What was once Trump’s desire to rank second place to send a message to America and to increase his power as a businessman has nightmarishly morphed into a charade that is poised to do irreparable damage to this country if we do not stop this campaign in its tracks ” He doesn’t want the White House. He just wants to be able to say that he could have run the White House. He’s achieved that already and then some. . . . The hard truth is: Trump only cares about Trump.

(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...


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To: springwater13

He never wanted to win...check his premise...


61 posted on 04/06/2016 7:30:02 AM PDT by EBH (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: georgiarat
RE:”It is the establishment including talk show radio. No one, NO ONE or those that care about the country can get in the way of the establishment or they will be destroyed. The establishment is making its point with the destruction of Trump.”

Worth repeating

BTW I posted a reference, I will repeat it here to you

Back then:

Trump: Cruz 'should be ashamed' by lack of senator endorsements( February 25, 2016,the Hill video at link)

Trump Now :"Lyin’ Ted Cruz had the Governor of Wisconsin, many conservative talk radio show hosts, and the entire party apparatus behind him"

Trump :GOPE good for me but not for thee,.

62 posted on 04/06/2016 7:30:26 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Trumpees :"He could go on a shooting spree downtown and I would still worship him"')
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To: springwater13

Dream on. I have never heard of “Salon” but their little essay is cute. I would call it fictional. It provides no legitimate facts. Donald Trump is going to run the full gamut. He doesn’t quit and he doesn’t lose. He’s DONALD J. TRUMP, large and in charge and our next POTUS! Get used to it.


63 posted on 04/06/2016 7:30:44 AM PDT by PK2U
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
Back then:

Trump: Cruz 'should be ashamed' by lack of senator endorsements( February 25, 2016,the Hill video at link)

Trump Now :"Lyin’ Ted Cruz had the Governor of Wisconsin, many conservative talk radio show hosts, and the entire party apparatus behind him"

Trump :GOPE good for me but not for thee,.

64 posted on 04/06/2016 7:30:57 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Trumpees :"He could go on a shooting spree downtown and I would still worship him"')
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To: MplsSteve

It reminds me of the Obama candidacy. The personalities are nearly identical.


65 posted on 04/06/2016 7:31:12 AM PDT by CityCenter (Trump = Obama = Trump = Obama)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

Great speech Ted, WI picked the right guy.

Not ‘lyin’ Don


66 posted on 04/06/2016 7:32:58 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Trumpees :"He could go on a shooting spree downtown and I would still worship him"')
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To: sickoflibs

Only in the functionally retarded mind of a Cruz supporter are those two things contradictory.


67 posted on 04/06/2016 7:33:40 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: Diogenesis
1) The People have voted for Mr. Trump.

Whoa! I am not a "people" Ya learn something every day.

68 posted on 04/06/2016 7:34:10 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory. And He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: sickoflibs

So, you’re a slimeball hack just like your candidate? Good for you. Birds of a feather and all.


69 posted on 04/06/2016 7:34:22 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: CA Conservative

It’s doable. The GOP establishment would rather have the Clintons in the White House than Trump as their candidate. They would do that. They know that many Trump supporters would back him in a third party run. They don’t care. They won’t turn the Republican Party over to Trump.


70 posted on 04/06/2016 7:34:44 AM PDT by Genoa
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To: springwater13

Salon writes the biggest steaming pile of HS ever dreamed up. Of Course Trump wants to win and always did. If he didn’t think he had a good chance to win he would never have run. He’s still likely to win.


71 posted on 04/06/2016 7:39:41 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: miss marmelstein
Madman? Really?

You are right on the money. I know madmen. I have friends who are madmen and Trump is no madman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiNVqYwVfWE&nohtml5=False

72 posted on 04/06/2016 7:43:03 AM PDT by MurrietaMadman
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
RE:”So, you’re a slimeball hack just like your candidate? “

You sound exactly like Trump.

Showing why I wouldn't want a classless turd thrower like him in the WH.

73 posted on 04/06/2016 7:44:10 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Trumpees :"He could go on a shooting spree downtown and I would still worship him"')
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To: sickoflibs
You sound exactly like Trump. Showing why I wouldn't want a classless turd thrower like him in the WH.

COMMENT OF THE WEEK.

74 posted on 04/06/2016 7:49:05 AM PDT by Genoa
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To: MplsSteve

And yet Ventura did become governor


75 posted on 04/06/2016 7:49:10 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Genoa

:)

Just too much material handed to me by Trump and his supporters....


76 posted on 04/06/2016 7:50:47 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Trumpees :"He could go on a shooting spree downtown and I would still worship him"')
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To: springwater13

“If Trump doesn’t want to be President any more,... play martyr to his supporters for years to come.”

Or maybe he’ll take the opportunity to actually BE President, knowing that Hillary is eminently beatable once he moves into her head rent free and starts trashing the place.

Losing is for losers. Trump isn’t a loser. He may not always win, but not for trying to lose.


77 posted on 04/06/2016 7:58:19 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: springwater13

These guys were posting anti-Trump stories from Salon last night also.

Why are Cruz supporters not joyous this morning after their guy won Wisconsin. Wasn’t this supposed to be a “game changer” for the rest of the campaign? They seem angrier than ever! They are so full of rage over Trump, they can’t even enjoy their candidates win; this is beyond strange to me.

What’s equally strange is that the Cruz supporters are going to Left-wing rags like Salon to hit Trump.

Something just doesn’t seem right about this.


78 posted on 04/06/2016 8:07:39 AM PDT by Artcore
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

The so called ‘lies’ are the truth.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=how+much+do+we+really+know+about+donald+trump&view=detail&mid=53D94DF1A2B6986C15E253D94DF1A2B6986C15E2&FORM=VIRE

Trump wants single payer government run health care.


79 posted on 04/06/2016 8:08:37 AM PDT by Beagle8U
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To: Byron_the_Aussie

Lol, reality has a way of breaking through the fog!


80 posted on 04/06/2016 8:14:45 AM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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