2016 Postmortem

pnwest

(3,266 posts) Mon Oct 10, 2016, 07:44 PM Oct 2016

I still say all the other (R) candidates half-assed it running for the nomination...

...allowing Trump be the nominee - because NONE of them wanted to be the guy who lost to a woman.

They just seriously underestimated what a cockup this whole thing would turn out to be.

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I still say all the other (R) candidates half-assed it running for the nomination... (Original Post) pnwest Oct 2016 OP

. ffr Oct 2016 #1

It took a Democratic woman to do the job that 16 Republicans failed to do. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #2

As duplicitous as they are, it's certainly possible. forest444 Oct 2016 #3

He and his horde of mouthbreathers won't be going away Wednesdays Oct 2016 #6

Oh yes. And they'll be blaming one other individual for their thumping this November: forest444 Oct 2016 #7

I do not agree with this notion. tymorial Oct 2016 #4

No. Dawson Leery Oct 2016 #5

how would they have convinced those who voted trump to vote for them ? JI7 Oct 2016 #8

By not pandering to them and spouting pnwest Oct 2016 #9

like Kasich did ? JI7 Oct 2016 #10

ffr

(22,669 posts)

1. .

Reply to pnwest (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 07:46 PM

Oct 2016

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)

2. It took a Democratic woman to do the job that 16 Republicans failed to do. . . . nt

Reply to pnwest (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 07:47 PM

Oct 2016

forest444

(5,902 posts)

3. As duplicitous as they are, it's certainly possible.

Reply to pnwest (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 07:49 PM

Oct 2016

This much is almost certain: when Trump loses this November, his horde of mouth breathers are going to accuse him of exactly that.

Wednesdays

(17,359 posts)

6. He and his horde of mouthbreathers won't be going away

Reply to forest444 (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 08:01 PM

Oct 2016

Since all are incapable of self-reflection, they'll blame everyone but themselves (the "Demoncrats," the librul media, the GOP establishment). Someone posted here today a poll showing that even after the recent scandals, tRump still has support of 88% of his voter base. They'll all be back for a rematch in 2020.

forest444

(5,902 posts)

7. Oh yes. And they'll be blaming one other individual for their thumping this November:

Reply to Wednesdays (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 08:17 PM

Oct 2016

Trump.

tymorial

(3,433 posts)

4. I do not agree with this notion.

Reply to pnwest (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 07:50 PM

Oct 2016

Cruz clearly wanted the nomination.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)

5. No.

Reply to pnwest (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 07:53 PM

Oct 2016

Trump is just the most blatent Rethug around. They are all in it for their own spheres of influence, which is why the Anyone But Trump movement failed. Cruz and Kasich were serving their donors and their own egos.