Update on My Campaign For President? I Plan To Concede

It's true, I didn't get many votes, but by the rules of politics I get to make my own decision about when I stop running, and no one else, not even America, is going to make it for me.
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Funny thing, politics. An arena in which people who have already lost get to choose to "concede."

For example, Hillary Clinton's campaign officially ended two nights ago, when she lost, and unofficially ended several months ago, when it because crystal clear that she was going to lose. But in politics, you haven't lost until you concede.

Cool!

In light of this news, I'd like to announce that, sometime next week, I plan to concede my own campaign for president. It's true, I didn't get many votes--not even my own--but by the rules of politics I get to make my own decision about when I stop running, and no one else, not even America, is going to make it for me.

When I choose to concede, it will be because I want to. Me. The candidate. And rest assured, I'm not going to do it until I have spent another whopping big pile of my supporters' money on my concession party. It's been a tough race, after all. My supporters and I deserve it. And imagine how much more money I'd spend if I didn't concede?

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