Donald Trump announces presidential run

[JohnT]

@iiandyiiii

Link.

Should be a lot of lulz. It will be interesting to see how he handles a pathetic showing and humiliating defeat.

Narrator: This did not happen.

[Gyrate]

There were a few early prognosticators who, through luck or foresight, landed on the right side of the result:

@BrainGlutton

Does it? Don’t entirely rule out the possibility that, through some freak combination of flukes, he might actually win . . . and then the most powerful republic in the world will be led by that extraterrestrial parasitic organism that lives on The Donald’s scalp! :eek:

@Measure_for_Measure

Don’t count out the Donald. Nobody ever lost money underestimating the craziness of the GOP primary voter.

In fact some folks were strangely prescient…

@Sam_Lowry

Not only will Trump suck up publicity, but he’ll also shine a light on some Republican issues in a way others might not like. Like here, when an RNC official pretty much went along with what Trump was saying about immigrants, though he wouldn’t have used the same language.

@Alley_Dweller

Business Insider: There’s something odd about Donald Trump’s Facebook page

@Typo_Knig

A Facebook friend just re-posted a quote from Trump’s FB page about how terrible Obamacare is. It was an incoherent, cherry-picking mess of a quote, even less connected to reality than the usual GOP anti-Obamacare rants. Yet my friend forwarded it, and other people clicked the like button. The Hairpiece is going to get votes in the primaries, lots of them, more than enough to justify keeping his campaign going as long as he wants.

@magellan01

Yes, I think many here will be shocked to see how will Trump does. Not only with Reps, but with Independents. A LOT of people are really tired of the same old bullshit. A lot on the left, too, but for them Trumps more conservative politics make him not an option.

But at least I didn’t automatically dismiss him out of hand and assume he was too unpalatable for the country…

@Gyrate

No, just let him keep talking. I mean, Republican candidates have had great success in the past talking about rape, and I’m sure the same will be true for Trump.

Oh, goddammit…

[CarnalK]

This bump reminded me of another thread and whaddya know, iiandyiiii also started the wildly successful:
The 2016 Election Schadenfreude thread

[iiandyiiii]

@CarnalK

This bump reminded me of another thread and whaddya know, iiandyiiii also started the wildly successful:
The 2016 Election Schadenfreude thread

I enjoy that tradition, and plan to continue it, hell or high water.

[Dung_Beetle]

Heartbreaking. We were all so young and naive back then…

[octopus]

@iiandyiiii

I enjoy that tradition, and plan to continue it, hell or high water.

It was ironic that this site became the place to go to.

[iiandyiiii]

@octopus

It was ironic that this site became the place to go to.

Indeed, though the original intent of the thread did not preclude mocking/laughing at other Dopers. I’m sure much fun was had by all; what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

[bobot]

For what it’s worth, lots of Dopers were wrong way wrong in this thread. Even Trump didn’t think he was going to win.

[Jonathan_Chance]

I think we have enough similar threads without zombies.

Closed.