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Old 08-17-2016, 08:12 AM   #10481
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I know Nate is joking, but if Trump wins his press secretary is virtually guaranteed to be either Milo, Ann Coulter or Laura Ingraham.

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I doubt Trump even knows who those people are, aside from probably Coulter.
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Old 08-17-2016, 08:36 AM   #10484
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Reporter: What is the President's response to the situation in West Angola?

PS Milo Y: Well he recognizes that all of the fa**ots running that ####hole are a bunch of ####s bowing to the will of SJW ####bois. Airstrikes are already underway.
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He's a peacock, you gotta let him fly. His insane hubris that got him through the Republican primary is going to lead to us getting to watch one of the great flame outs of our time.
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I laughed this morning, as this boards resident Right Winger. When I watched CNN and they broke out a poll on Black support for the candidates, and Hillary was leading 91% to 1%, and I thought to myself, who the frack are the 1% and what the hell are they thinking?
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I doubt Trump even knows who those people are, aside from probably Coulter.
Well I would hope he knows who Ingraham is considering she kinda spoke at the GOP convention. Then again maybe not lol.
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I laughed this morning, as this boards resident Right Winger. When I watched CNN and they broke out a poll on Black support for the candidates, and Hillary was leading 91% to 1%, and I thought to myself, who the frack are the 1% and what the hell are they thinking?
"Look at my African American over here! Look at him!"
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Even "His African American" is disappointed in him lol

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He is not the only black conservative confounded by Mr. Trump. Gregory Cheadle, the man Mr. Trump referred to as “my African-American,” said he was inspired by Mr. Trump’s success and wealth but was frustrated that the candidate has not done more to appeal to black voters.

“He’s a billionaire and so his life doesn’t have to include black people,” Mr. Cheadle said. “It would be great if he went to a N.A.A.C.P. meeting or just interacted with blacks more — and not necessarily for political gain — but just to understand our struggle and what we go through.”
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Well I would hope he knows who Ingraham is considering she kinda spoke at the GOP convention. Then again maybe not lol.
For reasons that I really hope are obvious, I missed her speech and I guess completely excised her appearance from my mind.
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So I'm seeing a good amount of thought that the Breitbart hire is another sign Trump is trying to intentionally lose, and that he'll use the Breitbart platform to start his own Trump News Network after the election. Makes more and more sense the more time he spends railing against the media. Create the perception the media is "dishonest", start your own media company to combat their "dishonesty", profit. After all Glenn Beck made $85 million in one year off his subscription channel, and the Trump cult is waaay bigger than Beck ever was.
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Old 08-17-2016, 09:47 AM   #10492
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Michael Moore is floating an idea based on un-named sources that the Trump campaign was never anything more than a power play by Trump with NBC over The Apprentice, and he never expected to go this far in the campaign.

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[Trump nevertheless stuck with his plan as a way to increase his value in the eyes of other television networks. Both the candidate and those in his circle believed he wouldn't win many primaries, let alone the nomination or the presidency.

But as Trump's polls surged, his campaign became a media sensation and he actually started winning, Trump supposedly put aside his search for a better TV deal and relished the near-universal attention].

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Perfectly described.

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Michael Moore is floating an idea based on un-named sources that the Trump campaign was never anything more than a power play by Trump with NBC over The Apprentice, and he never expected to go this far in the campaign.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...sident-w434840

[Trump nevertheless stuck with his plan as a way to increase his value in the eyes of other television networks. Both the candidate and those in his circle believed he wouldn't win many primaries, let alone the nomination or the presidency.

But as Trump's polls surged, his campaign became a media sensation and he actually started winning, Trump supposedly put aside his search for a better TV deal and relished the near-universal attention].
That seems utterly bizarre to me, hasn't he spent something like $100 million on this campaign or more (I'm not sure that figure is cloudy to me) and a ton of time on this campaign?

A power play like this over a TV show makes little sense to me at all.

I still if I was a conspiracy theory guy look at Trump being a family friend of the Clinton's going to Chelsea's wedding and formerly having some pretty similar views to the Democrats before this campaign. The fun theory is that the Clinton's went to the Donald and say hey why don't you run in the primaries,cause some division, its not like it'll cost you much because . . . fundraising. Then he unexpectedly won the Primaries and he's like "Oh shoot" I really don't want to be President, but how can I really wreck my chances and insure that my friend wins. I know I'll go bat shyte crazy, do and say insane things and not only tube my chances, but tube the Republican party, and I'll make billions optioning off the story of my unlikely campaign.

Meanwhile Hillary is calling him and saying "Donald the people actually don't trust me, the email scandal isn't going away, most voters think I'm a dirt bag. How can we make that mean nothing. Tell you what, really top up the batshyte insanity here. Insult everyone, say stupid stuff, don't worry about doing any policy homework, just say whatever you think is personally funniest. Oh and hire really terrible people to run your campaign.

If I was a crazy conspiracy theorist. It would make a great movie though wouldn't it.
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Trump is far too think skinned for that scenario to make sense
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Old 08-17-2016, 10:30 AM   #10496
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Trump will recover every cent he spends on this campaign. And he clearly has all the time in the world for media attention. It's not about a TV show, it's about proving NBC wrong.
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So I'm seeing a good amount of thought that the Breitbart hire is another sign Trump is trying to intentionally lose, and that he'll use the Breitbart platform to start his own Trump News Network after the election. Makes more and more sense the more time he spends railing against the media. Create the perception the media is "dishonest", start your own media company to combat their "dishonesty", profit. After all Glenn Beck made $85 million in one year off his subscription channel, and the Trump cult is waaay bigger than Beck ever was.
That is ingenious. With Ailes gone from Fox and helping with Trumps campaign he has a pretty solid team for a launch.
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Old 08-17-2016, 10:37 AM   #10498
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Trump may recover what he's spent in this campaign, but the damage done to the Trump Corporation by this campaign may be irreparable and has cost the company millions of dollars, if not billions when you consider the long term impact. That's why the news network angle makes sense because he can mitigate a lot of those losses.
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Old 08-17-2016, 10:44 AM   #10499
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It's all but over. Lead is solidified, all swing states and a couple normally reliable Republican states going Clinton's way. For Republican's all about trying to salvage the Senate and House. Lick wounds, rethink their approach, and prepare for 2020.
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I'm surprised this hasn't been getting much play. Trump says "I might lie to you like Hillary does all the time"
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