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First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
1. I'm afraid that he'd try to pull a coup if he loses...
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 11:36 AM
Dec 2015

...and yes, I think he's quite capable of it...rhetoric about a "stolen" election, the Lib'rul Media out to get him, conspiracy theories about the balloting...it could be quite dangerous, come next November...

pampango

(24,692 posts)
3. His humiliation and concession might well be worth waiting for, but the lasting damage from
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 11:42 AM
Dec 2015

11 more months of hateful rhetoric might be hard to put back in the 'toothpaste tube'. The xenophobic right in Europe has been defeated in elections for decades but their hateful rhetoric is finally starting to pay off for them.

climber3986

(107 posts)
8. I'll one up you
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 12:13 PM
Dec 2015

Hey gets the nomination then resigns with the press release:

"Everyone who supported me should take a long hard look in the mirrior, I campaigned using Hitlers platform and won the GOP nomination. We would be repeating the same mistake the German's made in the 1930s. Please seek help"

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