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russ_watters said:Whatever your answer, here's another angle to consider: when the election is over, Trump doesn't concede - ever - and *nothing* happens, shouldn't that improve peoples' faith in the strength of our system?
Sure, this could happen, especially if the election is a blow out (which it might be).
However, if it was a close election, it could matter. Remember the Republican organized riot when ballots were being recounted in Florida?
Further more it sets a precedent for the future when times might not be a blow out.
russ_watters said:How so?
Gore challenged specific, very close results, through the courts. When the Supreme Court made its totally political decision (which it even claimed should not be used as a precedent in subsequent court decisions, indicative to me that even they thought it was stupid), Gore then conceded in a rather nice way.
Trump just wants to say rigged because his small ego can't tolerate the thought that he might have lost.