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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Nope, probably because there is outright criminality there. This is standard practice when running for high office, you vet yourself, ID the skeletons in your closet, and develop responses to preempt your opponents.
Granted, its really hard to counter one of the skeletons in your closet being "multiple incidents of sexual assault".
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
I see.
I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency
Currently watching the Drunken Peasants make fun of Alex Jones. And it just occurred to me: he'd be far more entertaining if they set up a Jim Henson puppet version of him at his desk and he'd dub over it with his cartoonishly gruff voice. It'd get more people watching Info Wars, guaranteed.
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The thing is with Trump is that the skeletons in his closet may be real.
Keep Rolling On
New polls are coming out, Clinton is up the only question is how much of an edge she has over Trump.
One interesting stat is that enthusiasm among Clinton supporters is way up, to 83% (above Trump). So much for her not energizing the base, though how much of that eagerness is driven by how awful Trump is can't be said.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/16/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-presidential-polls/index.html
Jupiterian Local
Trump is even attacking Saturday Night Live, saying it should be canceled and that it's an example of the media rigging the election.
I wonder if we will see a drop in the number of people becoming political analysts following this campaign.
If my job was to predict what will happen in this Trump v Clinton framework, I would probably be on the verge of suicide.
Oh, bother.
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x4 It's also possible that Trump's rhetoric about the election being rigged is demoralizing some of his base. They may not want to waste their day voting in a "rigged" election.
edited 16th Oct '16 1:06:07 PM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprised
Doesn't SNL make fun of Hillary too, though?
I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency
Obviously, those scheming Jews running the media are playing for keeps.
edited 16th Oct '16 1:11:17 PM by nervmeister
The Dev Cat
yes, but they play her as an evil mastermind psudo-robot, incapable of connecting to the HOO-MAN. Trump, they just play up his idiocy and/or call out his idiocy.
also, more importantly, Hillary can take a joke/doesn't have skin as thin as potato chips.
edited 16th Oct '16 1:17:32 PM by Jetyl
I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?
They played the Jaws theme as Trump stalked around Clinton
Ok, THAT sounds funny. ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
Pence says GOP ticket will 'absolutely' accept vote outcome. He certainly seems like he's trying to frame himself as the more reasonable of the two.
On a more serious note, North Carolina GOP headquarters firebombed. Fortunately, it doesn't seem like anyone was injured, but this is exactly the sort of thing we don't want happening now.
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
God part of me deep down is happy but I'm smart enough to know this isn't very productive.
Oh really when?
Dude! 
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It was more than just a firebombing. From above:
The inside of the Orange County Republican Party headquarters in Hillsborough was severely damaged and an adjacent building was marked with spray painted graffiti reading “Nazi Republicans get out of town or else,” The Charlotte Observer reported.
Not a good sign, whoever gets attacked. How long before someone takes something out of the IRA playbook?
Garcon, you would condone terrorist attacks on Republicans, wouldn't you?
edited 16th Oct '16 1:27:41 PM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling On
Sounds like the thing that could potential make the state lean Trump out of a misguidedly blaming Clinton or Democrats as a whole.
A bit too far don't you think man?
edited 16th Oct '16 1:30:36 PM by LSBK
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
No, I won't condone it. Laws and civility have to be enforced and as cathartic as it is stuff like this is unproductive to fixing the problems we have with Republicans and the country.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't find it hard to feel any real sympathy though. This election has made me real bitter.
edited 16th Oct '16 1:31:58 PM by LeGarcon
Oh really when?
He didn't that say he condoned it, just that part of him didn't feel bad about it.
Pence is blatantly trying to set up himself up for a presidential run in 2020 or 2024. Not sure if he'd ever be able to shake the Trump baggage though.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
@144410: ... I love that metaphor. Someone give a prize to whoever invented it.
Even from a simply pragmatic standpoint (in addition to the moral one), this has to be condemned. We are winning, Trump can face a full refutation of his vileness on November 8. This is not helping.
Visiting from the Hoag Galaxy
For those curious about the SNL sketch, here's a non-region locked version.
Disclaimer: I am Canadian, so I can't watch the official video right now.
edited 16th Oct '16 1:48:05 PM by Zendervai
Not Three Laws compliant.
Trump doesn't even let his staff research his past?
I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency