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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"...presumptive GOP presidential nominee and foaming man-possum Donald Trump..."
Donald Trumps Vice Presidential Picking Process Sounds Dodgy As Hell
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-vice-president-pick_us_57586a02e4b0e39a28ac494b
If youre like, say, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) whos given presumptive GOP presidential nominee and foaming man-possum Donald Trump three weeks to fix his campaign you might be nervously watching for signs that Trump is undertaking an effort to bring order to an organization that has lately lapsed into chaos. Giving a speech with a teleprompter in which the overt white-supremacist content was dialed back a notch might have been a good start.
But then you read the interview that Trump just gave Bloomberg News and ... wow. I dont know, you guys. Go read the whole thing its a genuine doozy.
As Bloombergs Michael Bender and Jennifer Jacobs report, there is much that seems off, perhaps even delusional, about how Trump sees the next part of his electoral strategy playing out. He seems not to understand how expensive an undertaking this race is going to be (or hes realizing that donors dont want to be associated with him), and he believes that living off the land of free media is sufficient to the task. Speaking of all that free media, he also seems to think that the issues that have dogged him over the past week Trump University and his disparagement of Judge Gonzalo Curiel are now effectively in the rear-view mirror.
What might be most alarming to veteran GOP figures is how Trump details his process for choosing a running mate. Bender and Jacobs report that Trump has narrowed his search to four or five politicians, plus two respected military officials. Of the latter two, Trump says that he probably wont choose them because he believes he will do very well on national security. (For a counterpoint, see Ian Bremmer in Politico.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-vice-president-pick_us_57586a02e4b0e39a28ac494b
If youre like, say, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) whos given presumptive GOP presidential nominee and foaming man-possum Donald Trump three weeks to fix his campaign you might be nervously watching for signs that Trump is undertaking an effort to bring order to an organization that has lately lapsed into chaos. Giving a speech with a teleprompter in which the overt white-supremacist content was dialed back a notch might have been a good start.
But then you read the interview that Trump just gave Bloomberg News and ... wow. I dont know, you guys. Go read the whole thing its a genuine doozy.
As Bloombergs Michael Bender and Jennifer Jacobs report, there is much that seems off, perhaps even delusional, about how Trump sees the next part of his electoral strategy playing out. He seems not to understand how expensive an undertaking this race is going to be (or hes realizing that donors dont want to be associated with him), and he believes that living off the land of free media is sufficient to the task. Speaking of all that free media, he also seems to think that the issues that have dogged him over the past week Trump University and his disparagement of Judge Gonzalo Curiel are now effectively in the rear-view mirror.
What might be most alarming to veteran GOP figures is how Trump details his process for choosing a running mate. Bender and Jacobs report that Trump has narrowed his search to four or five politicians, plus two respected military officials. Of the latter two, Trump says that he probably wont choose them because he believes he will do very well on national security. (For a counterpoint, see Ian Bremmer in Politico.)
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"...presumptive GOP presidential nominee and foaming man-possum Donald Trump..." (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Jun 2016
OP
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)1. LOL ... No ...
Hold up now, let me get this straight: Hes going to wait until the convention to make his pick, and it could end up being someone who has not offered Trump an endorsement but who Trump thinks will join up with him anyway? Ordinarily Id say, Well, surely he wouldnt actually fail to apprise the selectee of his decision, and nail down whether theyd actually accept the position. But Trump is so enamored of wielding the element of surprise, and so steeped in reality-television tropes, that I can genuinely imagine him springing it on some poor sucker, right there on the convention stage.
You can see it, right? Theres an audible gasp, the camera cuts to a shocked Marco Rubio, and some previously unseen emcee asks, Will Marco accept Trumps nomination? Find out after the break. And then after the break, there are several more breaks, after which Rubio finally renders his decision. Donald, well try to make it work, he says, whereupon a torrent of balloons gently waft down from the rafters as Rubios soul exits his body in the other direction.
You can see it, right? Theres an audible gasp, the camera cuts to a shocked Marco Rubio, and some previously unseen emcee asks, Will Marco accept Trumps nomination? Find out after the break. And then after the break, there are several more breaks, after which Rubio finally renders his decision. Donald, well try to make it work, he says, whereupon a torrent of balloons gently waft down from the rafters as Rubios soul exits his body in the other direction.
That's The Bachelor, the reality show the writer is looking for is the "Miss Universe Pageant" ... where the cameras pan in on the selectee's face to catch to shock and, when that fades, appreciation.