Election Day [Week][Month[s]] [Year] 2020 follow-along thread

Yep. Here’s his most recent, a few minutes ago:

This doesn’t make sense. :confused:

The letters are from OUTgoing Presidents to INcoming ones.

digs seems to be imagining Michelle Obama as the next President after Biden. At least that’s my guess.

Phew. I thought he meant Bachman.

Trump is a scam artist, but that doesn’t mean he, too, can’t be scammed. Trump’s campaign is a gravy train not just for Trump himself but for people he cuts the check to.

Ahhhhhhh! So sorry to put that mental image out there. Nope, I was picturing the the Michelle/Pete ticket…

But I’m fine with Michelle/Liz… or hey, Kamala/Bernie would be a hoot.

He’s conceding the fact that he is not regarded as the legitimate winner except by his rabid supporters - that by itself is a concession of sorts. He’s acknowledging that he will be forced from power.

He is now confronted with the fact that he can’t just call his own shots anymore. It’s probably the way he felt when he was confronted with bankruptcy in the 1990s. This is political bankruptcy. He’s doing now what he did then, using his brand and whatever value that still has as leverage. It remains to be seen what he can do with that leverage.

Yes, Brad Parscale is the poster boy for sucking on Trump’s teat.

My waistline thanks you for that imagery. The rest of me curses you.

You are entitled to your opinion, but mine differs.

Very few lawyers have the luxury of declining paying business. Sure, they will consider the possibility of suffering financial or professional losses as a result of representing a particular client, but a great many (majority?) will cloak themselves in the idea that everyone deserves representation, and doing what is permissible w/in the law, to justify earning a fee. The vast majority of lawyers I have encountered in my 35 yrs as a lawyer and judge, are FAR more interested in earning a fee, than in advancing some philosophical position. The practice of law is a business first and foremost.

Like I said - for most lawyers, some clients are TOO scummy, or the representation would potentially leave them open to professional sanction. But otherwise, so long as the asshole client pays up front (or has attachable assets), or the potential backend profit is large enough…

You know, maybe it’s a good thing that he’s focused so much attention on baseless allegations of fraud. As long as he continues to fight the election results he will spend less time going scorched earth before he’s dragged out of office.

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That interview was priceless. One of the few times he has been absolutely dominated in an interview.

The key to his domination was that he showed just enough respect and “I am listening to you” attitude towards Trump that Trump kept going. Trump wants to think people look up to and respect him. That interviewer conveyed that and it makes Trump look so bad.

It will be studied often in the future.

I think journalists saw the way that Jim Acosta got roughhoused and have been intimidated by him. To his credit, Acosta did not back down, either, even as others in his field like Major Garrett seemed to attack him for violating some sort of bullshit decorum that exists when a sitting president tells endless streams of lies. Jonathan Swan clearly made up his mind before the interview how he was going to respond to the president’s lies.

Sorry, I just got up here … what interview are you talking about?

The horror, the horror.

Jonathan Swan interviewing Trump:

To be fair to journalists who have the job of interviewing Trump, I could see how whatever preparation one might have coming into an interview could quickly get derailed. Trump has a way of responding to questions indirectly and or directly and then pivoting to stream of consciousness in which he floats from bullet point to bullet point. Unless you’re a well-organized and prepared journalist and unless you’ve had considerable experience interviewing people, it would be very easy to forget to ask all the questions you wanted to ask. It would be very easy to respond to something Trump said because it’s a shiny object that caught your attention, and before you know it, your 15 or 30 minutes are up. Swan kept the interview on his terms, which is pretty impressive.

Ah, thank you!