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cali

(114,904 posts)
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 06:24 AM Aug 2016

You know what I haven't heard Trump say lately? "We're gonna win so much,

we're gonna win so big, you're gonna get sick of winning".

He used to say that all the time. Now it's whinging non-stop about how the election is "rigged" against him.

I know it's early to grow overconfident, but I just don't buy that he has enough self-discipline (let alone a functional political operation), to win- barring some horrific event that somehow favors him.

His reboot started Friday in Maine. Today's Monday. Countdown to his next blooper.



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You know what I haven't heard Trump say lately? "We're gonna win so much, (Original Post) cali Aug 2016 OP
Winning and being ahead in the polls were the justification for his campaign geek tragedy Aug 2016 #1
Duh! Winning! DetlefK Aug 2016 #2
I will continue to have zero confidence ms liberty Aug 2016 #3
I typically have that attitude NewJeffCT Aug 2016 #6
He used to talk about the polls all the time too. Wonder why he stopped? RealAmericanDem Aug 2016 #4
last i heard from him retrowire Aug 2016 #5
Why is his vocabulary so limited? HipChick Aug 2016 #7
I found this very interesting.... SummerSnow Aug 2016 #8
He's such a straight talker! IronLionZion Aug 2016 #9
 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
1. Winning and being ahead in the polls were the justification for his campaign
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 06:27 AM
Aug 2016

A lot of losers follow him because it makes them feel like vicarious winners.

If he's getting his ass beat, the attraction diminishes.

If he behaves himself, he's really boring.

ms liberty

(8,572 posts)
3. I will continue to have zero confidence
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 07:19 AM
Aug 2016

In a Democratic win on election day, until the day after election day. I cannot underestimate the stupidity of the American voter, who let Dubya be declared the winner not once, but twice. It's a survival strategy for me, lol.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
6. I typically have that attitude
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 09:02 AM
Aug 2016

I was expecting Obama to lose in both 2008 and 2012, and Gore and Kerry, and Clinton in 1992 and 1996. (OK, I was somewhat confident in 1996, but I had it in the back of my mind that it could still slip away or that something would go wrong...)

However, this time around, I'm reasonably confident that Clinton will win, and win fairly handily.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
5. last i heard from him
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 08:21 AM
Aug 2016
“I’ve always had a great derpament. And you know, I derp. I have a derping derpament. We’re going to derp, we’re going to start derping again,” he said. “But I’ve derped. My whole life has been about derping. I derp. She can’t derp. She’s not a derper. She can’t derp.”

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
8. I found this very interesting....
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 09:21 AM
Aug 2016

Unfortunately, many adults have vocabularies that have not progressed much beyond the elementary school level; and while they have more experiences, their communication and perceptions of ideas through language is so restricted as to hinder them in the area of mature and critical thoughts. ( direct quote from article)



http://wordinfo.info/unit/3434/ip:5/il:V

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