‘I stayed up all night for this?!’: Trump fans seethe after WikiLeaks’ #OctoberSurprise is a bust

[DonViejo]

BRAD REED
04 OCT 2016 AT 07:33 ET

WikiLeaks promised to release new information that would shake up the presidential race on Tuesday — but instead, it didn’t reveal anything new and founder Julian Assange spent part of his media conference plugging his new book.

Donald Trump fans had expected Assange to effectively end Hillary Clinton’s campaign this week after top Trump ally Roger Stone promised that Clinton would be “done” after WikiLeaks’ big reveal:

Roger Stone
@RogerJStoneJr

Wednesday@HillaryClinton is done. #Wikileaks.

12:52 AM - 2 Oct 2016
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Because of this, they were understandably furious when Assange revealed nothing new about Clinton, and he seemed to throw cold water on the idea that any revelations he had in store would destroy Clinton’s campaign.

“There’s been a lot of misquoting of me and Wikileaks publications,” Assange said when asked if he believed his work would end Hillary Clinton’s political career.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/i-stayed-up-all-night-for-this-trump-fans-seethe-after-wikileaks-octobersurprise-is-a-bust/

[anamandujano]

1. "plugging his new book" taking a page out of tRump's book.

[Skink]

2. Watch again they said Hillary was the mastermind behind the Kardashian heist.

[Jamaal510]

3. Assange is a scumbag, but

I have to admit this: he's doing a great job at playing the Trumpanzees for even bigger fools than I thought they were.

[Koinos]

4. Assange may be realizing he has to watch his step.

As a Clinton presidency becomes more certain, why would Assange be so stupid as to alienate further a future United States president in order to back a loser, who will likely be himself indicted and who won't be in any position to help Assange (or pardon him, for that matter)? We may even see Putin and his hackers back off a bit as well, for similar reasons, as the odds of turning the election in Trump's favor become more remote. There comes a point where the downside of supporting Trump makes interference in the election no longer prudent.

[randome]

5. Assange is more an irritating mime than a danger to national security.

He is a criminal mastermind only in the mirror because he thinks that justifies his various failures.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]

[Koinos]

8. Of course, but I think Assange was hoping for a pardon from Trump...

... as Putin was looking forward to weakened US support for NATO under Trump.

As we get closer to the election, effort spent by Putin to defeat Clinton and by Assange to discredit her becomes counterproductive.

[randome]

12. Failures all of them. Putin squandered everything that Gorbachev achieved.

Assange squandered the opportunity to do good in the world. It's no wonder they are drawn to the king of losers: Donald Trump. As you say, they may both be rethinking their fever dreams of a Trump presidency.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]

[Koinos]

14. I think both Putin and Assange overestimated the viability and "stamina" of their "candidate."

Even Michael Reagan has turned against him, and it took a while.

Ryan and McConnell are too clueless to face reality. Cruz made a very bad bet when he sold out. That makes the three of them dumber than the loser they are backing.

Pretty soon there won't be a ship for the rats to abandon.

I am looking forward to the complete audit of the Trump Foundation, among other things; and I am respecting Marla more and more, assuming that she is the one who did the right thing to bring this tragic comedy to an end.

Trump may serve two or more "terms," but it won't be in the White House.

[Hortensis]

9. Exactly. And if we do indict him, it will be for crimes

he has committed for which the statutes have not run. Not because he irritated someone.

[PearliePoo2]

7. ^This^

Good points and a good post that makes total sense.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Chumps

Proving once again that you've got to be a special kind of idiot to be a Trump sucker.

[Hortensis]

10. Desperate chumps. Some people undoubtedly

imagine the future of the nation rested on Assange coming to the rescue. And now almost all hope is lost?

[C_U_L8R]

13. All they've got are tin foil helmets, wishful thinking

and the worst candidate to ever run for any office anywhere.
Yeah, chumps. Deplorable chumps stinking in desperation.

[Hortensis]

15. May they RIP--some day.

[meadowlark5]

11. Oooo, maybe they can make up a conspiracy story

that the Clinton campaign is poised to murder Assange immediately or they offered to give him immunity and let him go free to keep him silent.

[C_U_L8R]

16. Oh they already have and then some

You know that principle called Occom's Razor where given
two explanations for an occurrence, the simpler one is usually correct?

Well, rightwing conspiracy clowns subscribe to whatever Occom's Razor isn't.
They have twisted themselves in knots with all kinds of convoluted tinfoil plated
excuses for being rick-rolled by Assange in the middle of the night. They should
have stuck to watching sex tapes with Donald.

[meadowlark5]

17. Figures

I don't visit any of the lunatic right wing websites and I have all of the nuts hidden on FB so I only assumed. I assumed correctly, apparently.

[C_U_L8R]

18. I saw them out in the open on Twitter

Lord knows what kind of teeth gnashing is going on back in their caves,

[meadowlark5]

20. I don't do the twitter ;)

I have limited myself to only a few places. I'll venture over to twitter once in awhile, but for the most part, I keep away from politics there.

[NWCorona]

19. I think 3rd party supporters are more upset.

[apnu]

21. Rubes. They are all rubes.

You'd think they'd learned when Trump's big speech was actually a plug for his hotel. They're being played by players, bad players at that, and the rubes fall for it hook, line, and sinker.

[TeamPooka]

23. yup

[BainsBane]

22. Assange pulled a Trump

The two have a lot in common.