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Old 08-01-2016, 05:38 PM
 
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a clown, a buffoon, a dishonest businessman, a spoiled entitled brat who was born into a millionaire's family, a bully, a thrice-married serial adulterer, an opportunist, a draft dodger.
Eight things listed. The first two are a matter of opinion. The next five are all true. The last one is not true. Trump got a deferment. Not the same thing as being a draft dodger. Either you don't understand the difference, are uninformed, or you don't care about stating the truth.
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Old 08-01-2016, 05:39 PM
 
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Trump is beginning to sound like a "cry baby."
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Old 08-01-2016, 05:44 PM
 
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Just said this at his rally in Ohio.

https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/760202595617103872

Getting his excuses out early.
He's giving a lot of credence to the argument that he did all of this for the publicity. Would he say what is quoted in the tweet if he really wanted to be POTUS? I doubt it.
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Old 08-01-2016, 05:54 PM
 
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Trump is beginning to sound like a "cry baby."
he needs to stay the course, there are plenty of people who believe in him.
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Old 08-01-2016, 05:59 PM
 
Location: FL
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Trump's inability to control his emotions gave the Gold Star Khan family more than the allotted 15 minutes of fame. Trump took the bait and then some.

If Trump had instead chosen to immediately acknowledge the Khan family's pain and heroism of their son, he could have neutralized the entire situation in a heartbeat.

A POTUS, any POTUS, recieves substantially more criticism each and every day they are in office, no matter what they do, or not. Trump has not demonstrated the ability to control his emotions.

Narcissistic personality disorder comes to mind.

Big time!!!
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Old 08-01-2016, 06:02 PM
 
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Did anyone ever doubt Trump or any other candidate (Bernie for example) would have to overcome a system that favors the establishment candidates? The establishment/media is down to Hillary so obviously they're going to pull out all the stops. They've tried to bury Trump every step of the way, but luckily 40%+ see through it.
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Old 08-01-2016, 06:07 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Did anyone ever doubt Trump or any other candidate (Bernie for example) would have to overcome a system that favors the establishment candidates? The establishment/media is down to Hillary so obviously they're going to pull out all the stops. They've tried to bury Trump every step of the way, but luckily 40%+ see through it.
Luckily for the rest of us 40% doesn't win you the White House.
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Old 08-01-2016, 06:13 PM
 
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Luckily for the rest of us 40% doesn't win you the White House.
I purposely said 40% because it's enough to give a candidate a chance...in a 4 person race, probably need another 4-5%.
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Old 08-01-2016, 06:27 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Nobody can put forth a strong argument our elections are tamper-proof. I thought there were college educated folks in here?
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Old 08-01-2016, 06:32 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Nobody can put forth a strong argument our elections are tamper-proof. I thought there were college educated folks in here?
The argument is very strong actually. Unlike some other countries our election data is not compiled by the national government. It's reported out publicly from the local level and then aggregated up. A local election official is in charge of counting the votes in each jurisdiction.

This means that to compromise a national election you would have to compromise MANY people, not just a few.

Further, since all past election data is public, you can clearly tell if there are any abnormalities big enough to cause a major shift. For example between one election and the next, very few counties will differ significantly by more than a few percent from the way they voted last time.
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