Trump runs for POTUS/ Trumped Up! Part VII

[Spindrift]

Dan Quixote. What a card.

And he lives in West Virginia. (jk)

 

[Tony Stark]

I am beginning to think that we won't see meltdowns on Fox News (except maybe Sean Hannity) on election night because even they know Donald will lose.

Too bad. I looked forward to it.

 

[pgwenthold]

I am beginning to think that we won't see meltdowns on Fox News (except maybe Sean Hannity) on election night because even they know Donald will lose.

Too bad. I looked forward to it.

Yeah, that was a lot of the fun of the Obama/Romney election night, listening to them meltdown.

 

[Stacko]

Yeah, that was a lot of the fun of the Obama/Romney election night, listening to them meltdown.

The polls aren't close enough for Republicans to fall for unskewing again. I was surprised to hear that Romney had bought into unskewing fully and didn't have a concession speech prepared.

 

[Pixel42]

I was surprised to hear that Romney had bought into unskewing fully and didn't have a concession speech prepared.

Didn't he believe he was fulfilling a Mormon prophesy or something?

 

[acbytesla]

The polls aren't close enough for Republicans to fall for unskewing again. I was surprised to hear that Romney had bought into unskewing fully and didn't have a concession speech prepared.

I'm curious if there are odds on the time a major network calls the election and what time that will be? Over under bets maybe?

 

[Jrrarglblarg]

Trump gets the Santorum treatment with The Trump Talk

Can Savage get lucky with upgrading the English language twice? I doubt it but I'll give it my effort to help it succeed.

 

[JoeB]

Can Savage get lucky with upgrading the English language twice? I doubt it but I'll give it my effort to help it succeed.

I'd said it'd be a third time (google NOT AT WORK pegging). That one was him too.

 

[Jrrarglblarg]

I'd said it'd be a third time (google NOT AT WORK pegging). That one was him too.

Oh, my.

 

[ZiprHead]

Well according to the bible, slavery is ok (doesn't say anything about abortion), so I would vote for the pro slavery guy over the doofus. Am I doing this right?

Actually, it does. It gives instruction on how a priest will perform an abortion.

http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com/2008/10/bibles-guide-to-abortion.html

 

[Shalamar]

Most evangelicals would be screaming bloody murder if Clinton invited a pro-Hamas, anti-Israel person to the debate.

I've pointed out: 'It's only bad when a Democrat does it.'

 

[quadraginta]

It might go further than that. since those in the deep end of the faith pool really think that the Devil will appear in a pleasing disguise (like someone who speaks well, runs a great charity, is a faithful spouse and is a known practising Christian).
So by being repulsive, Trump might in a twisted sense have more cred, since it requires a greater leap of faith to trust him, hence bigger reward if you do.

I think that is a stretch. I get the devil in disguise, but I don't believe they really think that. There are lots of single issue voters and abortion and guns are probably make up the 2 biggest blocks of single issue voters.

This is the same pool of believers that keeps the late night TV business of hawking Sacred Hankies and Magic Spring Water going strong decade after decade.

I doubt there's anything they wouldn't believe if the right religious charlatan told them it was true.

 

[quadraginta]

Um, no, um, I was, uh, trying to get a pear elected. Yeah, that's it.

Actually I'll blame it on spell check here. It says Bartlet is wrong and Bartlett is right.

Surely you aren't going to take the word of some dead guy over your spell checker just because he claimed it was his name and he knew how to spell it?

 

[quadraginta]

Bad Blood? Donald Trump and Roger Ailes Reportedly No Longer Speak

Gee... which liar should I believe?

Neither. Two narcissists who had a falling out are each going to spin a yarn that makes them the hero of the story.

In a very Zen sort of way they could both be telling the truth about the other and lying about themselves.

Keep them too near each other for too long and a great black hole of narcissism could spring into being.

 

[newyorkguy]

I'm curious if there are odds on the time a major network calls the election and what time that will be? Over under bets maybe?

Aren't the networks prohibited from calling the election until the polls close on the West Coast which is, I presume, 9:00PM PDST. So I guess the announcement of the projected winner will be at...oh about 9:00:30PM PDST?

 

[quadraginta]

I'm curious if there are odds on the time a major network calls the election and what time that will be? Over under bets maybe?

In spite of the youth and general historical illiteracy of our modern press corp I suspect the image of Truman holding up a certain newspaper headline will still inspire some restraint.

 

[quadraginta]

Actually, it does. It gives instruction on how a priest will perform an abortion.

http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com/2008/10/bibles-guide-to-abortion.html

I wonder how many Southern Baptist preachers have tried that?

 

[CapelDodger]

Keep them too near each other for too long and a great black hole of narcissism could spring into being.

Without creating gravitas waves.

 

[CapelDodger]

I wonder how many Southern Baptist preachers have tried that?

Between them all, I doubt there's much they haven't tried.

 

[W.D.Clinger]

Well according to the bible, slavery is ok (doesn't say anything about abortion), so I would vote for the pro slavery guy over the doofus. Am I doing this right?

Actually, it does say something about the need to have many children :

Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior's hands. How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.

Psalm 124:4-5

The Bible also says this:

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

In context, of course, this particular psalm is praising what we would nowadays call war crimes, so I'm not entirely sure it's fair to cite this passage as though it supports infanticide under all circumstances.

The larger point is that reading the Bible as though it were a voter's guide to the current election is a difficult business, so we shouldn't expect all fundamentalists to come to exactly the same conclusions with regard to Mr Trump.