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[innervision961]

I live in the Southern(ish) U.S., I work in a factory with some 600 or so employees. There are MAYBE 10 to 20 Democrats including myself.

I watched all these angry racists jump from Carson > Christie > Jeb > Rubio > Zodiac > Trump. All along the way, they berated me and told me how awesome candidate X was compared to all the others. One by one they dropped and they all eventually settled on crazy Trump.

My question, how glorious will the coming salts be when Trumps campaign folds like a chair at a wrestling match and Hillary is the next POTUS? What are my options as far as gloating and retribution go?

 

[echoshifting]

I live in the Southern(ish) U.S., I work in a factory with some 600 or so employees. There are MAYBE 10 to 20 Democrats including myself.

I watched all these angry racists jump from Carson > Christie > Jeb > Rubio > Zodiac > Trump. All along the way, they berated me and told me how awesome candidate X was compared to all the others. One by one they dropped and they all eventually settled on crazy Trump.

My question, how glorious will the coming salts be when Trumps campaign folds like a chair at a wrestling match and Hillary is the next POTUS? What are my options as far as gloating and retribution go?

We are stronger together

Bitches

 

[Flo_Evans]

Gotta say Hillary at least can handle herself under pressure.

Can you even imagine trump in a Cuban missile crisis?

 

[cdyhybrid]

I live in the Southern(ish) U.S., I work in a factory with some 600 or so employees. There are MAYBE 10 to 20 Democrats including myself.

I watched all these angry racists jump from Carson > Christie > Jeb > Rubio > Zodiac > Trump. All along the way, they berated me and told me how awesome candidate X was compared to all the others. One by one they dropped and they all eventually settled on crazy Trump.

My question, how glorious will the coming salts be when Trumps campaign folds like a chair at a wrestling match and Hillary is the next POTUS? What are my options as far as gloating and retribution go?

No need. Just watch them try to rationalize their failure with smug satisfaction.

 

[innervision961]

No need. Just watch them try to rationalize their failure with smug satisfaction.

This may actually be more satisfactory. These are the same people who rationalized to me why Bill O'Reilly saying the slaves that built the white house were well fed was right because Africans sold us the black people to enslave in the first place...

Yes, my brain still hurts.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Gotta say Hillary at least can handle herself under pressure.

Can you even imagine trump in a Cuban missile crisis?

It would probably be like this:

 

[Apt101]

I imagine they're always listening to I Wear My Sunglasses at Night while driving their cars into buildings at high speed and on fire. So this is not unexpected.

Don't touch the blade on the guy in shades oh noooo!!!!

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

He isn't getting off scott free despite his best efforts now. Once Trump inevitably sinks Christie is going right down with him. Everyone who backed Trump is going to get blowback, but none more so than Christie.

He was the first and most vocal endorsement in what was a desperate attempt to stay relevant.

Ain't nobody forgetting this ever. Ever.

He's not done though. His takedown of Rubio shows he still has political utility on a stage.

 

[riotous]

As someone who worked for a company that worked for (multiple) American megachurch pastors that everyone knows... your hunch is absolutely correct and I no longer trust a single one due to knowing way too much about them.

Oooohhh.. Curiosity piqued.

 

[Dead Man]

Took a screenshot of Mobile CNN's front page headlines:



Insane.

Perfect Op Ed title lol.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Next:

- Ryan, McCain and others denounce Trump and un-endorse him.
- Trump endorses their primary opponents and his campaign becomes as much about unseating them as fighting Hillary.
- Ryan, McCain et al. get (figuratively) bayoneted by Trump's moronic followers.

Tis a beautiful dream.

Trump actually played this smartly. By pulling a George Costanza ("I am breaking up with you,"), he made it so McCain and Ryan can't pull their endorsement without looking petty. Insulting the a Gold Star family? That's fine. Insulting me? That's too far!

They end up looking weak no matter what, but they end up looking weak and damaged by pulling their endorsements.

Obama and Trump somehow tagteamed two of the Republican party's leaders into submission.

 

[SeaOfMadness]

So the Trump campaign now somehow thinks Obama was president in 2004. smh

 

[BanGy.nz]

As someone who worked for a company that worked for (multiple) American megachurch pastors that everyone knows... your hunch is absolutely correct and I no longer trust a single one due to knowing way too much about them.

Story time pls.

 

[Captin Quacker]

As someone who worked for a company that worked for (multiple) American megachurch pastors that everyone knows... your hunch is absolutely correct and I no longer trust a single one due to knowing way too much about them.

this sounds like a "the making of hot dogs" kinda deal

 

[thepotatoman]

If someone was keeping Trump on a leash before then I'm afraid of what the next 100 days are going to look like.

It looks more like the trump of a couple months ago.

Manafort came in and got Trump to do a bunch more teleprompter speeches and took control over the campaign's policy positions such as rebuking the complete muslim travel ban.

You could definitely see the difference Manafort was making on the campaign, but it didn't really matter when there's zero control over Trump's interviews. Look at where the recent controversies are coming from. It's all interviews.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

I'd love to believe this is the end.

I won't believe it until November, though.

 

[cdyhybrid]

Story time pls.

this sounds like a "the making of hot dogs" kinda deal

There's not much of a story to tell. Megapastors ask for donations to finance their private jets so they can travel the country doing mass and collecting even more donations.

 

[Patryn]

When do ballots for the states lock?

Basically, when is the latest any new candidate for president can be added to a state's ballot?

Because those saying that Republicans can replace him, if that date has passed they can't do shit. Any candidate they put forward would have to be a write-in. Including Pence, because he did not file to run for president.

 

[mclem]

Did he say "That's... that's our position."?

 

[samn]

Are you serious...?

Clinton is a warmonger who wants to spy on literally all communications, worldwide.

Trump being a hundred times worse doesn't mean Clinton isn't awful.

 

[The Chosen One]

I don't know why people are freaking out over a Trump presidency. If by some miracle he manages to win the election and become President, he will get impeached within the first 180 days.

I don't see a Trump Presidency seeing the end of 2017. Both Paul Ryan and Mitch Connell will gavel with glee the impeachment proceedings.

 

[Tobor]

I don't know why people are freaking out over a Trump presidency. If by some miracle he manages to win the election and become President, he will get impeached within the first 180 days.

I don't see a Trump Presidency seeing the end of 2017. Both Paul Ryan and Mitch Connell will gavel with glee the impeachment proceedings.

180 days is plenty of time to crash the economy, start a war, and nuke somebody.

 

[br0ken_shad0w]

Clinton is a warmonger who wants to spy on literally all communications, worldwide.

Trump being a hundred times worse doesn't mean Clinton isn't awful.

And I'd still vote for her every time over anyone in the Republican Party.

 

[TheRealTalker]

Oh man hearing this makes it sound he is going to have the same fate as Harper

hopefully

 

[Lightning_Roller]

And I'd still vote for her every time over anyone in the Republican Party.

Yeah basically this.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Good. GOOD. Time to put a stop to this clown car. And get rid of the ring leader. How this was let to continue on is mind boggling.

 

[samn]

And I'd still vote for her every time over anyone in the Republican Party.

Sure, and how does that contradict what I was saying, or what the quote in the parent comment was saying?

Someone criticises Clinton

'What are you crazy?!'

*explanation of why Clinton is awful*

Yes but you still have to vote for her

I didn't say I wasn't voting for her...

 

[woolley]

I don't know why people are freaking out over a Trump presidency. If by some miracle he manages to win the election and become President, he will get impeached within the first 180 days.

I don't see a Trump Presidency seeing the end of 2017. Both Paul Ryan and Mitch Connell will gavel with glee the impeachment proceedings.

And they'll still have control over Congress and in turn the supreme court. With a trump presidency the GOP will have control of all branches of the federal government. There is no bright side to a trump presidency.

 

[giga]

https://twitter.com/nathanfielder/status/760700288495915012

LOL

Edit: it's edited. See below.

 

[mclem]

I don't know why people are freaking out over a Trump presidency. If by some miracle he manages to win the election and become President, he will get impeached within the first 180 days.

Actually, with Trump's fondness for every conspiracy theory under the sun, if he genuinely believes the entire Establishment structure is out to take him down... I'm surprised he hasn't carried that train of thought through to the point of fearing for his life.

 

[Joeku]

https://twitter.com/nathanfielder/status/760700288495915012

LOL

Holy shit.

 

[wesleyshark]

Serious question here since it seems like we're in uncharted waters... Is it possible for a party to drop their candidate by force, at this stage in the process? Or are they stuck with Trump until November?

 

[jediyoshi]

https://twitter.com/nathanfielder/status/760700288495915012

LOL

this can't be

 

[Volimar]

https://twitter.com/nathanfielder/status/760700288495915012

LOL

HAHAHAHAHA

Probably legit technical difficulties, but man that's funny.

 

[Tobor]

https://twitter.com/nathanfielder/status/760700288495915012

LOL

I think that's been edited. I saw that live last night and he answered the second time. He stammered out a non answer, but he did speak.

 

[tuxfool]

HAHAHAHAHA

Probably legit technical difficulties, but man that's funny.

Yes. It only seems to happen after the question is asked.

e: or it is edited. Still the first time he probably needed to think.

 

[LaneDS]

https://twitter.com/nathanfielder/status/760700288495915012

LOL

Super good.

 

[giga]

I think that's been edited. I saw that live last night and he answered the second time. He stammered out a non answer, but he did speak.

Ah, damn.

 

[chadskin]

I think that's been edited. I saw that live last night and he answered the second time. He stammered out a non answer, but he did speak.

Can confirm this.

 

[Corto]

" Mailing it in " ? What does it mean ?

Just like phoning it in but for current times. He just doesn't care anymore.

 

[watershed]

https://twitter.com/nathanfielder/status/760700288495915012

LOL

The edit is clear as day in the video itself. It flashes black before reusing the previous clip.

 

[AnotherDayAnotherDollar]

https://twitter.com/nathanfielder/status/760700288495915012

LOL

I saw this a couple of hours ago on CNN, but he did blabber some stuff. Still funny video though.

 

[dark10x]

Yeah he is gonna loose this election. This will be a glorious 98 days.

We can't let this thought pervade too strongly, though. People need to fear that he can win in order to make sure he does not. I'm too afraid of apathy leading to his victory.

 

[Messofanego]

There's not much of a story to tell. Megapastors ask for donations to finance their private jets so they can travel the country doing mass and collecting even more donations.

So giving lol

 

[Log4Girlz]

Just like phoning it in but for current times. He just doesn't care anymore.

He's mailing it in instead to avoid the wires.

 

[Szu]

Uncanny.

 

[Maledict]

Can anyone possibly even fathom the amount of pressure Trump has on him right now? He deserves it of course, but my god. Can you even remotely imagine being in his shoes right now? Unbelievable. I wonder how his mind handles it in a deep sort of way.

He's been under far bigger pressure to be honest. At various points in his career he's been going bankrupt owing people literally billions. Whilst the current disaster is unbelievable to watch, I'd expect something like that to stress you out more.

The trick is he's a narcissist sociopath. This stuff won't worry him because he's always right. What I don't understand is how the guy has had any sort of life in the public based on his comments and beliefs over the last 30 years - ignoring everything recent, Trump has demonstrably been a racist, sexist piece of shit for *decades* and not called on it in the way other people have been.

 

[Maledict]

Anyone dumb enough to be a campaign staffer for Trump probably deserves not to never be hired to another campaign again.

Keeping it 1600 explained last week that Trump's campaign is unbelievably starved of decent operatives. Normally the presidential campaign is full of the A-tier political operatives of your party - everyone wants to be involved. It's how you make your reputation in the field.

Trump hasn't even been able to scrounge together a few B-tier operatives. *No-one* at any decent level in the party wants to go near him. In particular, foreign policy is a massive black hole (and why Manaforts Russian connections are clearly bearing fruit) - the Republican foreign policy establishment is ideologically opposed to everything he says.

(You also have to remember that on the whole the republican policy and political operatives are split from the base anyways. They tend to be much more socially liberal than the republican base, particularly on the gay rights issue).

 

[Rebel Leader]

It's allbover the news this morning

 

[Bloody_Five]

I am convinced that most of the GOP establishment and operatives just endorsed him knowing that he would crash and burn before the GE, thus proving once and for all how bad and incompetent he was.

If they had denied him the nomination Trump would have said that he had failed because of them. It's a bit cynical but sometimes it's just a good strategy to wait for your opponent to simply undo himself before taking over.