if he succeeds not only does a democrat get elected but it obliterates the credibility of the republican party in the eyes of many.
Posted on 02/03/2016 9:11:54 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
As far as I can tell, Donald Trump's grieving process works more or less completely in the reverse order from what you would expect from a rational human being. Immediately after the event, Trump was more or less in acceptance mode, saying he was proud of finishing second, he loved the people of Iowa, he was going to come back and buy a farm there.
Then he went into depression, secluding himself for an uncharacteristically long time from twitter and the media.
Working backwards, he skipped over bargaining and went straight to anger, blaming the media and their unfair treatment of him.
Then this morning, he went into denial mode, basically saying that the Iowa loss never even happened and there should be a do over.
But if you look deeper into Trump's twitter rant this morning, and you have some understanding of both his neuroses and the cynical way he plays his followers, you can see that Trump has already decided how he will react to a loss in the GOP primaries, if he suffers one: he will refuse to accept the results and run third party.
Look at what Trump is doing here. He is complaining about a series of events that are, by any objective measure, ordinary politics, and he is treating them as evidence of "fraud" or that the results of Iowa were somehow completely illegitimate.
As Trump always does, he is clearly pre-complaining about anything even potentially damaging to him as the result of "unfair" treatment or a fixed, "unfair" process. If he should lose New Hampshire, he will do it again, even though the RNC booted National Review from the upcoming debate in order to mollify him (and yet allowed an openly anti-Cruz moderator onto the stage).
Trump is prepping his followers to bolt with him for a third party run if he loses the nomination. In fact, if he loses New Hampshire and South Carolina, he may just do it pre-emptively. I suspect this is a decision he has already made. Now, I know that he will probably not be able to get on the ballot at this late date in many states, but the point will not be to win, it will be to damage the Republican nominee, which has been Trump's goal from the beginning of this process.
Personally, I think a three way race between Cruz/Rubio, Trump, and Hillary will end up pretty well for the GOP. There's a lot of evidence that a majority of Trump's support comes from disaffected Democrats, and there are plenty of Democrats who are less than enthused about voting for Hillary.
I just wish that if Trump were not man enough to accept the will of the electorate, that he would go ahead and declare that he's running third party and save us all a lot of trouble.
of course it’s being salivated on at DU! A 3rd party run would give the DUmmies another liberal to vote for without having to worry about the “R” behind his name
Yup, as I’ve said from the beginning of Trump’s candidacy, he serves a purpose of spoiler, by virtue of his personal character issues, and factual history:
Trump = Perot 2.0
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Poor Trump supporters in conflicted denial.
Are a candidate’s bothersome historical facts and undesireable behaviors just crazy talk?
Since Trump retweets messages from active white supremacists, I think I’m on solid ground. Bigots and xenophobes are covered under racists and nationalists. The problem is Trump is making all the left’s talking points come true. If you’re not a racists or a nationalist, you have time to find another candidate.
bttt
It's similar to what FairOpinion, who in my opinion was a paid operative.
“Ha also said ‘until death do us part’ to the fist two of three wives. See how that turned out?”
About the same as it did for Ronald Reagan when his first marriage failed. But more like Rush Limbaugh or Dennis Prager for sheer quantity of wives.
I have no doubt there are paid operatives on this site.
I am never able to discern who might be paid.
Since Reagan we’ve had failures. Maybe crazy is due?
What have we got to lose?
If you’re okay with crazy, you’ll get it with Trump.
“Since Trump retweets messages from active white supremacists,”
Really? Well tell us who these people are.
Somehow the national press has failed to inform us of The Donald’s connections with the KKK, and you can be sure they will want to know all about this.
“I’m on solid ground. Bigots and xenophobes are covered under racists and nationalists. “
I’m sure that you are. Our neocon comrades have been very good at outing all deviations from what is acceptable political discourse.
If we don’t have an experienced economy person in there that can lead and knows what he is doing from the get go we will be a third world nation.
I was willing to vote a couple of ways before the fraud I saw in Iowa.
Everything is at risk this election.
That’s called crazy like a fox.
The GOPe has done nothing except stifle True Conservatism. They would rather hold power in the minority party rather than be in the majority but lose power to a True Conservative.
Talking about the Supreme Court - how is John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy any better than the Democrat appointed justices? Or David Souter?
The same voices that call for “electable” candidates are the ones that foisted Romney on us. Conservatives were told to vote for Romney, and what good did that do?
The GOPe power brokers claim they want to have control of Congress, but what do they do when they get it? Enable the Obama agenda, that’s what.
The GOPe power brokers say they want they want to win the Senate, but when True Conservative candidates such as Todd Akin, Sharon Angle, Joe Miller, and Christine O’Donnell run, what does the GOPe do? Backstab and sandbag them so the Democrat can win.
If you are not a big corporate executive campaign contributor, a K Street lobbyist, or a member of the Country Club set, the GOPe does not care about you.
Good.
And remember Cruz had a tete-a-tete with Trump early on, too. Doesn’t prove anything was being hatched.
“Imagine 8 YEARS of Trump insanity! “
Exactly. We might get a President pushing amnesty and trying to nominate some unknown crony to the Supreme Court!
Um, wait, that was Dubya. Nevermind.
That the media are not talking more about Trump’s Twitter habits should tell you something.
No doubt. I could name quite a few I'd be willing to bet were paid by the post. They're here too continuously to be real.
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