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maddiemom

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41. He flummoxed the other Republican candidates at the convention.

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 01:37 PM

Oct 2017

It started there. They weren't ready for a candidate like him and didn't know how to handle him. The media entirely lay down and enjoyed the ratings. By the time he got to Hillary, he was really rolling. Predictably, Hillary did handle him quite well, but it was too late. Nobody cared and his deplorables thought he was great. By now Trump actually THINKS he won the debates. He performed miserably, but it didn't matter; he might as well have won. He lost the popular vote by a margin that wasn't even close (as in 2000). He played his "base" in just the right way, so it didn't matter. His base happened to live in the right areas, and the curious way he "squeeked by" in usually blue states, is perplexing and suspicious.

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TRUTHBOMB ON CNN: "He's been a liar his entire life! He's a BS artist!" [View all] kpete Oct 2017 OP

What she said is the least controversial, most easily proved comment I have heard in my life Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #1

I think he believes his own lies FakeNoose Oct 2017 #20

k & r Achilleaze Oct 2017 #2

Trump is incapable of telling the truth Gothmog Oct 2017 #3

I'm just shocked MontanaMama Oct 2017 #4

I prefer just bullshitter. Hes not an artist - everyone knows its B.S. kysrsoze Oct 2017 #5

Everyone DOESN'T know FiveGoodMen Oct 2017 #14

Yeah, and he never even weant to church, which isn't Alice11111 Oct 2017 #44

So, what was the point, then? FiveGoodMen Oct 2017 #47

Hypocrisy Alice11111 Oct 2017 #52

KNR Lucinda Oct 2017 #6

He has never been made to pay consequences for lying. world wide wally Oct 2017 #7

you're reading my mind maxsolomon Oct 2017 #13

He lies and gets away with it for 71 years since he sues everyone BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #16

He is used to buying or lying his way out of his deceptions. The Wielding Truth Oct 2017 #27

Here's what I don't understand tech3149 Oct 2017 #8

At least one outlet did - but it's in the UK. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #31

I remember when he was on with David Letterman Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #32

He flummoxed the other Republican candidates at the convention. maddiemom Oct 2017 #41

Don the fucking Con malaise Oct 2017 #9

If we could go back to his childhood, wed probably find that his lying started then. Grammy23 Oct 2017 #10

How is this a truth bomb? ananda Oct 2017 #11

Should be common knowledge everywhere Awsi Dooger Oct 2017 #49

Who's the guy on the left who can't shut up and let the guy on the right speak? pangaia Oct 2017 #12

He is one of the pro 45 idiots that speaks on CNN BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #15

Lot's of folks here are braver than I am. pangaia Oct 2017 #22

Wow! That is amazing! Thanks! CottonBear Oct 2017 #29

You bet. Without doubt my favorite conductor..dear human being. pangaia Oct 2017 #30

Thank you! I needed that! More music and less Trump for all of us. LuckyLib Oct 2017 #43

Well, this is your lucky day. )) pangaia Oct 2017 #46

Bravo!!!!!!!! bdamomma Oct 2017 #50

Jason Miller nuxvomica Oct 2017 #23

That's him! Thanks. I hate him like Kellyanne and the rest of their BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #24

Just another holier than thou hypocrite. Marcuse Oct 2017 #36

He's a con man elmac Oct 2017 #17

Lying is like breathing for him Danmel Oct 2017 #18

"He makes shit up." Glimmer of Hope Oct 2017 #19

Bravo for Tara Setmayer!! Duppers Oct 2017 #21

He's not an artist. Orsino Oct 2017 #25

I told everyone on day 1, Smitty63nnn Oct 2017 #26

Watch Duty to Warn bdamomma Oct 2017 #28

The irony of that is... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #33

is Congress really going to take the risk bdamomma Oct 2017 #34

Maybe someone has switched out the red button box for a dud or they have Doitnow Oct 2017 #45

Thank you, Ms. Setmayer. Nobody's ever said it clearer and with such brevity. (nt) Paladin Oct 2017 #35

Good Lord: SHE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. Old Crow Oct 2017 #37

There is an Australian friend of mine who morphs into a bit Enoki33 Oct 2017 #38

She sounds like a liberal ... Dr Rise Oct 2017 #39

Why does Dotard Trump lie so much? UCmeNdc Oct 2017 #40

WHO is that lying jackass on the right? carrying water for the orange madman??? niyad Oct 2017 #42

I don't watch CNN - who is the clown in the beard? rurallib Oct 2017 #48

I heard that a couple days ago. It needs to be a consistent, constant part of the conversation. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #51