2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTRUMP BLAMES BAD POLL NUMBERS ON EXISTENCE OF NUMERICAL SYSTEM
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO (The Borowitz Report)Donald J. Trump lashed out at a new target on Monday, blaming his bad poll numbers on the existence of the numerical system.
In sometimes rambling remarks at an outdoor rally in Ohio, the Republican Presidential nominee called the numerical system rigged and unleashed a torrent of abuse on numbers themselves, calling them disgusting and the lowest form of life.
Its why I wont release my taxes, he said. Theyre full of goddam numbers.
While Republican candidates in the past have attempted to exploit their supporters distrust of math, Trump is believed to be the first nominee to call into question the numerical system itself.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-blames-bad-poll-numbers-on-existence-of-numerical-system
anoNY42
(670 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,776 posts)Or even better, a few buttons. Maybe:
I would definitely click the first two for your reply!
anoNY42
(670 posts)but instead I have to give credit to whatever math teacher it was back in the day who explained the history of numbers to me.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)riversedge
(70,483 posts)Borowitz is a
................He should be talking about Hillary Clinton, and instead hes going off on integers, one insider said............
yellowcanine
(35,707 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,776 posts)But, honestly, as the RW has so thoroughly rejected the very idea of objective facts and the scientific method, can their outright rejection of mathematics be far behind?
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)of fundamentalist religion and political lies -- long, long ago. Too long ago, might as well laugh.
yellowcanine
(35,707 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Trump would hit them so hard, again and again and again, that their heads would spin.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)randome
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