If Don the Con was so sure he was going to lose the elections

[malaise]

Why were they paying off all his extra-marital partners?
They knew they were stealing it and had to clear the deck.

[rzemanfl]

1. Interesting hypothesis. n/t

[malaise]

3. If his behavior is that of an innocent man

I am still an innocent virgin.

[HipChick]

4. LMAO!

[malaise]

5. Hahahaha

[rzemanfl]

10. Wait, women have used that line on me and I always believed them. You mean they might not

have been? That's a hell of a thing to find out just before my 71st birthday.

[malaise]

11. Bwaaaaaaaah

I know you didn't believe them.

[Rural_Progressive]

18. Hey, times were different back then

many of us who are old farts now really did get taken by lines like that.

Remember we didn't have a fraction of the information available to young men these days. Either that or we were just flat out fools, for me that's a strong possibility.

[malaise]

22. Well since you we're clearly dating my generation

You may well be right.

[spanone]

2. K&R...

[mythology]

6. Just because you don't expect to win, doesn't mean you want to be embarrassed

He's a very vain man.

[lagomorph777]

26. He boasts about this stuff. It's only about the campaign.

Turns out it was a waste of money; the Despicables don't care who he shtupped or raped.

[Kaleva]

7. We don't know if he hasn't paid off other women over the years.

[uponit7771]

8. K&R, and it was at the last minute too it wasn't like it was 10 months before 11/9

[malaise]

9. It was around the same time he was saying he could shoot someone on 5th Anenue

I firmly believe the Brexit vote was the trial run - history will absolve me.

[Awsi Dooger]

12. Makes no sense

You make the logical decisions along the way toward the desired outcome, and then see if the outcome cooperates.

What was he supposed to say -- "We're going to lose anyway, so why pay them off?"

The odds against Trump were never anywhere close to as lopsided as this site and other Democratic sites wanted to believe. Trump and his team understood that, even if they indeed expected to lose.

Hillary made decisions on the same day, designed to help her chances. They may have been beneficial, negative or irrelevant but they were considered her best options at the time.

Lots of red board players around here. That's the derisive horse racing term for handicappers who have all the answers once the official result is on the board in red lettering.

[Merlot]

13. Agreed. Even if he did loose, their stories would still be worth a lot to the media

it was a preemptive move.

And yes, I never saw the race as anything but close.

[czarjak]

17. Irrelevant, the fix was in. Mission accomplished, period.

[malaise]

25. That is my take

The fix was in

[elmac]

14. i think the dipship was surprised he won

along with his wife who looked like she was in shock the days after. I think he went into this just to increase his name share, make tRump great again. Now he's in it to bilk as much money out of country as putin did to Russia.

[2naSalit]

15. Oh, I think he was in it

for the bilking all along. I think he was promised this in exchange for being the useful imbecile.

[Mr.Bill]

16. And if he thinks the Russians are going to hack the mid-terms to go against the Republicans,

why isn't Congress and republicans at the state levels screaming to eliminate electronic voting?

[Marie Marie]

19. According to Rudy, he wanted to protect Melania.

Because, you know, he is such a sensitive guy to her feelings. Do I need this,

[Silver Gaia]

20. Excellent point, malaise.

[LiberalFighter]

21. And why did they change their campaign strategy after receiving the stolen data from the DNC?

[iluvtennis]

23. Don the Con, indeed. I never will Michael Bloomberg's comments on that at 2016 Dem Convention

[malaise]

24. Yep

Did love that