Would it be crass to run a betting pool for the date of Trump's stroke?

[Orrex]

Because I'm totally willing to be crass.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

1. Past or future?

[Orrex]

4. Good call. future.

Have to give every participant a fair shot.

[lapfog_1]

2. if you watch his speeches, where he sort of jerks or twitches

his speech gets slurred and he changes topics to something else mid-sentence...

It is possibly that these episodes are caused by micro strokes... and he may have had a more major one of these when he went to the hospital unexpectedly.

So, technically, it's possible that he has a stroke almost every day.

[Orrex]

7. Micro, schmicro

Let's see a maxi- or mega-stroke! His stroke should be the best ever, believe me. No one has a stroke like Trump.


In the meantime, I'd like to say TIA for his ongoing TIAs!

[Rider3]

3. Crass?

Nah. I'm game.

[jimfields33]

5. I can't do that

I just thing that brings bad karma.

[Orrex]

8. I'll take that hit for you

Totally worth it, not least because I don't believe in karma.

[jimfields33]

10. Fair enough.

[3Hotdogs]

6. How 'bout a pool for when El Rushbo assumes room temperature?

Would that be ok?

[Orrex]

15. Fine with me!

[awesomerwb1]

9. I don't see anything wrong physically

with him. Some say he drags one leg, others he can't lift his arm, he's not doing as many hand gestures and he used to, look at his pupils etc etc etc. He sure does some weird stuff like the tongue thing.

It's all wishful thinking. Nothing more.

[Orrex]

13. Maybe, maybe not.

A TIA needn't have any physical manifestation and can be entirely cognitive/verbal in nature.

And it can signal a larger neurological event down the road.


Disclaimer: if you're an actual medical-type person, I will happily defer to your knowledge and experience.

[awesomerwb1]

18. Nope, not a doctor/medical type

Trust me, I hope I'm wrong. Just my opinion.

[importDavid]

11. Just ONE - THIS evening during the speech. Significant enough for him to stumble/lose his balance...

...and if THAT doesn't do it in for him then I dunno... (shrug).

[GoCubsGo]

12. That kind of thing brings bad Karma.

Best not to go there.

[Orrex]

14. Nonsense

If that kind of karma were an actual thing, rather than a post hoc way of blaming/crediting someone for a turn of luck, then Trump would have fallen into an industrial meat grinder decades ago.

[jr1118x]

16. Send him

Send him some of Rush's cigars

[eppur_se_muova]

17. As long as some sort of payout is guaranteed, it's fair game.

A betting pool with no payout would be, well, Trumpian.

The bar for "crass" has been lowered so far by Ruspublicans it's subterranean, if not Hadean.

[Orrex]

21. Wise words

Typically I think such a pool has a buy-in, so that would seem appropriate here.

[redstatebluegirl]

19. He feels stronger than ever now.

No stress he won again, and his minions are going to tell him that his win in November is a slam dunk.

I think Nancy was right in the beginning when she said that impeaching this guy might work against us, and it clearly is based on today's gallup poll.

Only the good die young, he will live for f ing ever.

[Orrex]

20. Every day that doesn't begin with his death by natural causes is a day wasted

I abhor the initiation of violence, and I certainly want no violent action taken against him, but I eagerly await the day that his that his shriveled heart or withered brain finally gives out.

But I'm not picky. If his pancreas explodes or his liver bursts into flame, that'll be fine, too.