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Tarheel_Dem

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5. I'll admit I didn't think about resignation, but the cynic in me thought this was a convenient.....

Reply to ecstatic (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 03:18 AM

Oct 2020

time to ditch the next couple of debates. He hated being on that stage the other night, and according to the polls, he's fallen further behind Biden than before the debate. This WH has lied so much that I don't believe anything they say. I don't put anything past a guy who hates to lose as much as Herr Trumpf, so you may be absolutely correct.

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Maybe this is his pivot towards resignation? [View all] ecstatic Oct 2020 OP

This is his best opportunity to (in his mind) save himself from a humiliating defeat by Doodley Oct 2020 #1

Quite possibly. Whether by accident or by design - it could provide him an exit Lucinda Oct 2020 #2

No. He is not going to resign. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #3

He will not stay to the bitter end if he sees a bad end as inevitable. Earthshine2 Oct 2020 #6

I disagree. I think there is no way he will step down, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #7

I didn't say "step down." I meant step out of the election. Earthshine2 Oct 2020 #8

Okay. I understand what you are saying. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #11

Resigning would enable Pence to issue an all-encompassing pardon . . . OneBlueSky Oct 2020 #4

I'll admit I didn't think about resignation, but the cynic in me thought this was a convenient..... Tarheel_Dem Oct 2020 #5

I think he's thankful that it gets him out of the debates. rockfordfile Oct 2020 #9

The narcissist is going nowhere Sunsky Oct 2020 #10