Waaaaa. Waaaaaa.
Y’all, he’s already practicing.
Donald Trump is stepping up warnings about “rigged” elections as he trails in polls and faces a mutiny in his own party.
At two rallies Monday in Pennsylvania, the Republican presidential nominee told thousands of supporters the election could be “stolen from us.”
I have full faith that Hillary Clinton will be the next President of the United States. I also have full faith that Donald Trump will whine like a two year old.
I also have faith that Alex Jones will swear that Hillary is a space alien. And that John McCain will continue to soil himself in public. And that Blake Farenthold will issue a tweet saying he really doesn’t favor eating children or burning women at the stake, unless Donald Trump tells him to.
And that Bill Clinton will call Newt Gingrich and laugh his butt off.
“The only way I can lose is if they cheat,” says the whiny candidate of the gerrymandering voter-ID party whose slogan is “The only way we can win is if we cheat.”
I like the image of Bill calling Newt and laughing his butt off. But then I’d like pretty much anybody to laugh their butt off at Newt.
1I remember Donald Trump warned during Primary season that the Republican primary election was rigged and it would be stolen.
He was right. Trump himself stole it with tricks, lies, distraction, and sleight of hand. Now we have Part 2 of Trump Unshackled to watch over the next month.
2Rhea: You see it, too, eh? But what troubles me most, going far beyond the negative opinion I had of Trump before he announced his run, is this new turn: I am so wonderful and perfect I can’t possibly lose unless the election is rigged.
This is E. G. O. in mile-high letters emblazoned with the sparkle of a billion lights. This is a self-view so outlandishly expanded that God himself pales in comparison. This is “I am always right” and “I can do no wrong” echoing from the spectre-like face on an Orwellian TV screen. This is power without control, action without conscience. This is what evil looks like. It must be faced head on. And destroyed.
3The face that Trump–who is guilty of the things he accuses others of–is warning his followers about a rigged election means to me that this is cover for the GOP’s own attempt (perhaps via the Russian connection and its ability to hack anything it wants to) to cheat Dem voters out of their votes.
Nobody can really watch the machine counts as they’re made and ANY digital data device can be hacked.
So my advice–if you can vote on paper, do so. Even in Texas this requires two-party participation in counting ballots–there’s always someone on “your” side to see that the other side isn’t adding mark. As I’m an old person now, I can vote by mail (with a paper ballot) in Texas, and have already done so.
4So here’s a thing:
Trump was at a rally. He told his followers to be sure and vote on November 28th.
So now I have a question. Trump consistently says he never makes mistakes, never deserves to be contrite about ANYTHING, never takes anything back because he is infallible.
5Will he now double down and just keep telling people to vote on the 28th?
Will he then claim, on November 9th, that HE ALWAYS KNEW THOSE EVIL DEMONCRATS WOULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO STEAL THE ELECTION but he never, in his wildest dreams, thought they would MOVE THE DATE!
Forget the Gloat. Get out the Vote.
6It ain’t over till its over.
Wellllll I don’t know about other patrons but I’m telling all my nacilbupeR friends and family to follow the orders of their fearless leader and new insect overlord, Hair Drumpf, and vote early and vote often on November 28, 2016. 🙂
7Micr, thank you for the tip; Nov 28th it is for all snacilbupeR. Now to tell them that their polling place is at the DMV where they can wait in line for hours without being told otherwise.
Rastybob, precisely and well said. Not only encourage people to vote, but also become educated on their local and down ballot national choices. I don’t know if it’s as bad in other states as it is here in NV. We’re being clobbered by misinformation sponsored by the Koch and Shelly Adelson money.
8One time the local GOP put out a flyer saying that, since so many people were expected to vote that year, GOPs were to vote on Tuesday and Dems should vote on Wednesday. Don’t know if that’s true, but if they didn’t try it, I’m sure some wished they had.
9I told my conservative buddy at work about the new election day for Trumpanzees. He didn’t fall for it, but hey, you can’t win if you don’t play.
10I shall have my phone in my pocket in case someone feels the need to “watch me”. Of course I am a white haired white woman, so I look safe. The GOP might think I belong to them, they would be so very wrong.
11The Repuglican controlled Pennsylvania legislature is busy trying to push through a law allowing election “observers” from outside each county. Don’t know if this is happening elsewhere, but it is directly related for Trump’s call for Repugs to watch at polling places so Democrats don’t commit voter fraud. This is nothing more than a blatant attempt to intimidate Democratic voters.
12At the first debate Lester Holt asked the orange-atang directly if he will accept the results of the election. He said yes. I’m sure that means as much to him as any other BS that’s dribbled across his pouty lips.
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