Trump Keeps Failing and It Doesn’t Matter - by Olivia Nuzzi

[DonViejo]

Donald Trump is arguably the worst presidential candidate in recent history. He hates babies, is racist, mocks the disabled and the parents of fallen veterans. And yet here we are.

In the past 48 hours, everything went wrong for Donald Trump.

He lied and ranted more than usual, he insulted and offended, his friends used the press to criticize him, and his enemies in his own party said they were voting for Hillary Clinton, while anonymous reports ran rampant that his campaign was falling apart at the seams. Meanwhile, his poll numbers were going down. But the rules and customs of American politics have not and do not apply to Trump; therefore, we cannot judge his presidential campaign within their context.

Trump and his campaign cannot be off message because Trump and his campaign do not have a message. Trump and his campaign cannot be in disarray because Trump and his campaign invite and weaponize disarray. In short, nothing matters.

Were Trump a normal candidate, it would be fair to say that this week, his campaign spiraled out of control.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/04/trump-keeps-failing-and-it-doesn-t-matter.html

[niyad]

1. "weaponize disarray"--now there is a chilling concept.

[stopbush]

2. But it does matter! His poll numbers are in free fall, and Rs are deserting him left and right.

There are open rumblings about replacing him coming from inside the R elite who run things.

How can anyone say it isn't hurting him?

I hate articles like this. All they do is prop up an existing media narrative that was never true to begin with. Lazy bullshit.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

3. Don't fall for it! I do not believe, for one second,

that these ReThugs won't vote for Trump.

I don't care what they say right now. They will vote for him once they get in that booth.

[stopbush]

4. And a good percentage of R voters - women etc - will vote for Hillary in

the privacy of the voting booth, no matter what they tell their RW husbands.

[Maru Kitteh]

7. Yup. That "our children are watching us" commercial is powerful and true

I also give credit to men. I believe there are countless more white men than we see counted, who will do the right thing for the country, our world, and their children by voting for Hillary.

I married a white guy who is voting for Hillary, and I think there are many more like him.

[stopbush]

8. This 61-year-old white guy is voting for Hillary...and I'll be 62 in September!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. I hope you're right! ;)

[Ilsa]

5. How many Rs in Congress have said they won't vote for him? 2?

I think there are plenty who will maintain that the messes aren't Trump's fault; they are the fault of the liberal media. Some believe they absolutely must vote for the R nominee.

[stopbush]

6. I think it means a lot more for an R like Meg Whitman to come out

in support of Hillary, to say she is going to make a sizable donation to Hillary and that she is going to raise money for her, all the while denouncing Trump. That is a much more powerful statement than those made by two congressmen no one ever heard of.

Those are the kind of Rs whose switching to Hillary wil make a difference.

[Ilsa]

10. I agree. Just wish more (R) elected officials claimed they were w Her. nt

[stopbush]

11. Imagine if one or two well known Ds came out in support of Trump.

The media would be writing Hillary's political obit.