2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOMG! Clinton just threw out another piece of Trump bait.
Something like, "He can insult women, but he can't bring up building a wall when he talks to the president of Mexico."
She also said he "choked" in Mexico.
I can't wait for his tweetstorm.
madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)meow2u3
(24,772 posts)The "coward" label will stick and there's no way anyone in his or her right mind would twist "coward" and make it out to be a badge of honor, unlike "deplorable."
BTA, we're not dealing with sane, normal opponents.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)after several days of acting out after the debate. Clearly, H's team are trying to help him break free again. Go, team!
He IS a pansy face-to-face, of course. He has a tremendous need to be liked and admired, and he proves his own greatness to himself by exploiting and abusing people. He uses his money to get control and then moves on to the enjoyable kicking stage, like with Chris Christie and little 18-year-old Miss Universe. Actually trading punches isn't his thing at all.
LeftRant
(524 posts)That was the best public humiliation of him, maybe ever
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)The entire world watched him make skid marks in his underpants.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,038 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)cynzke
(1,254 posts)Hillary hired some psychoanalysts to assess Trump and point out how she can best use his weaknesses against him. Working splendidly. Beyond expectations. By reaching back in Trump's past, accessing an incident that reflects on his bad behavior towards Miss Universe, then giving her a platform to speak about it, was just TOO MUCH for Trump to swallow. The pit bull took over resulting in a week of crazy tweeting and nasty attacks in the media. He used an army of surrogates speaking to the media, dragging Ms. Machado through the mud. His efforts to trash Machado for something that happened in the past is backfiring. Trump is now showing how vindictive, nasty and unhinged he REALLY (STILL) IS. At least some people/media are waking up to realize this man is insane. The last thing this country needs is a megalomaniac with the temperament of a three year old having access to the power (political and military) of one of the most powerful countries on the planet.
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)nobody thinks any less of her. He has no credibility, and only succeeds in making himself look like an even bigger fool than ever. This will be a win-win for both HRC and Machado, and making Machado a household name will undoubtedly give her show business career a boost. I can see an invitation to be on DWTS in her future, at the very least! Viva Hillary! Viva Alicia!
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)She has him on the run.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)What can we say more.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)was one of the political cartoons this week, and sums it up perfectly.
trof
(54,256 posts)Thanks
forkol
(113 posts)Last edited Fri Sep 30, 2016, 09:12 PM - Edit history (1)
...is a term from sports fishing. Instead of CATCHING and KEEPING the fish, you CATCH and RELEASE it. That way, hopefully you (or some other person fishing) can catch it again later, maybe it has gotten even bigger the next time.
So, how it works in this case, is that Hillary loaded the bait on the hook, threw it out there, and Trumpfish came along and swallowed the bait, and as the anglers (neutral name of people who fish) say, swallowed the bait, hook, line and sinker.
So, all Hillary had to do at this point is reel him in. She let's him go off to see another day. (not really true in real life, but people, work with me here!)
She then reloads, and throws it back out there, and sure enough, Trumpfish come back again and takes the bait AGAIN and gets hooked.
As an angler, there's almost nothing as funny as catching a fish, letting it go, and then catching the same fish later on, even better if you catch it in the same day!
I mentioned the Trumpfish. Trumpfish (Pisces estupidus) is a very interesting fish, which has confounded biologists for years. It has a large body, but small fins and brain. It has a yuuuge mouth. It seems to bite at anything, but especially likes taco bowls, but does tends to choke often. It can usually be found in the New York area, where it best thrives in the sewer, but is often seen in the waters of Florida and Cuba, and likes to find it's mates in the cool Russian streams and lakes. Unfortunately, its offspring tend to be quite non-intelligent, requiring much support by the male parent. Biologists warn that if you do come across this fish, be extremely careful, it has a tendency to thrash about and go crazy for no apparent reason. And by no means should you ever attempt to eat it. It is highly poisonous and when you cut into it, you tend to find it is full of shit.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)... except in this case.
brush
(53,862 posts)In my golf group we have a bet on par 3 (greenies). The closest to the hole with the tee shot wins the bet but he/she has to make his/her par by two putting or better.
If not, we call it "sports fishing" as in they threw back the greenie. Not quite the same thing with Trump as we'd all throw him back even if we made a par or birdie.
trof
(54,256 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)Trump also choked when facing Hillary face to face.
He can talk tough speaking behind someone's back
but Trump is nothing but a coward in real life.
wryter2000
(46,081 posts)That guy who wrote The Art of the Deal must be helping her with the zingers. The dumbass will be up all night tweeting.
underpants
(182,879 posts)And that set him off.
Yes I wouldn't be surprised if Tony Schwartz was helping out or if her team read the following (in case you haven't seen it)
Trumpology - Politico
PatSeg
(47,587 posts)She used his favorite insult against him - he "choked" in Mexico! That's really going to piss him off. Another Tweet-fest tonight?
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)getagrip_already
(14,837 posts)pics of orange chicken; hillaries favorite dish. Perfect!
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True Dough
(17,321 posts)That does look delicious!
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)The Trumpster will not be able to resist.
She is handling him masterfully! And the SOB is too arrogant and ignorant to even realize it.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Take THAT, foul fiend!!!!!!
louis-t
(23,297 posts)trying to pin him down and keep him from tweeting tonight.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)His next tweetstorm will probably be tonight, 3:00am.
BTW, try to picture that man tweeting at 3am. I don't care if he's fully dressed, in his jammies and bathrobe, or (ugh! eww!) naked. It's not a pretty picture.
Yavin4
(35,445 posts)In track, it's called sprinting to the finish line.
In politics, it's called Hillary is kicking the living shit out of Trump.
underpants
(182,879 posts)brush
(53,862 posts)Monk06
(7,675 posts)tblue37
(65,488 posts)oblige me by chasing it briefly--obviously because for the moment they are amused and pleased to do so. But after a few passes, they just quit, because they are not fooled, and they have already gotten as much enjoyment as they can from it and know that no more pleasure will be forthcoming.
mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)brush
(53,862 posts)This should set Trump off even more.
Popcorn time.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)sophomoric
Hekate
(90,793 posts)She's got all kinds of policy position papers online. The media has yawned and given untold millions of free airtime to Trump because he's entertaining.
If occasionally Hillary now pops off a zinger that sets Trump to chasing his own tail in a frenzy, I say go for it. Whatever it takes to destroy him or to get him to destroy himself. He is incredibly dangerous.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)This week has been CRAZY!!!
moose966
(25 posts)OMG tomorrow at 3 am there will be another twitter explosion with Donald telling the world how he stood up to the President of Mexico on the subject of his delusional wall....isn't it funny that he waited until he came back to one of his rallies to proclaim that Mexico was going to pay for the wall......what a fucking lier and spineless asshole Donald is.
getagrip_already
(14,837 posts)Gave him a timeout without his phone.
You have to set limits with kids, and all they care about is their internet access.