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rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 12:07 AM Feb 2016

Declare victory? Would love to have been a fly on the wall

Seriously, 15 percent left to report, .5 percent lead, and you declare victory rather than waiting?

I hate to be blunt, but someone fucked up big time. There would have to be advisors recommending waiting, but someone, somehow over ruled them. The could be an epic fuck up.

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Declare victory? Would love to have been a fly on the wall (Original Post) rufus dog Feb 2016 OP
And do you think... WiffenPoof Feb 2016 #1
SNL and late night TV will have fun with it loyalsister Feb 2016 #2

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
2. SNL and late night TV will have fun with it
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 12:39 AM
Feb 2016

The skits and jokes write themselves. SNL: Hillary declares herself president. After she gets thrown out of the WH where she was trying to sqat, she builds scale model and moves in rather than campaigning. Then she holds an innaguration for herself.
That was a really really stupid move. It's as if her campaign is all about self confidence in order to promote the inevitability nerrative with no checking into when it might come across as shameless arrogance.

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