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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#137976: Sep 10th 2016 at 4:27:18 PM

And substantive as they are, Clinton's plans are simply more post 2008 style neoliberalism. I honestly doubt Sanders would have been able to effect significant change barring a truly major movement coming together as it did in the 1930s and to a lesser extent during the civil rights era, but Clinton's policy doesn't really make any significant effort to defuse the ticking timebombs in our modern society. Presumably because, insulated as she is in the beltway bubble, such concerns are dismissed as "temporary trends which will reverse themselves in due time" on the rare occasions they come up, as they really don't apply to the economic/military elite which tend to dominate the conversation in Washington.

edited 10th Sep '16 4:31:17 PM by CaptainCapsase

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#137977: Sep 10th 2016 at 4:36:37 PM

Hillary is already backing down from her "basket of deplorables" comment. There was really no good way for her to win with this gaffe.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#137978: Sep 10th 2016 at 4:48:11 PM

I knew this would happen. The left and the center can't clear their throat without the media tackling them, but the far-right/conservatives can advocate torture and ethnic cleansing and get away with it.

The "liberal" media is trying really hard to hand Trump this election.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#137979: Sep 10th 2016 at 4:57:30 PM

Media corporations are doing what corporations do best: maximizing profits without regards for externalities like climate change, the rise of a proto-fascist demagogue, the rise of a proto-fascist demagogue who claims climate change is a Chinese hoax, ect.

edited 10th Sep '16 4:57:40 PM by CaptainCapsase

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#137981: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:01:15 PM

Interesting. Call me if it actually has an impact on teflon Trump.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#137982: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:09:54 PM

Are we back to our regularly scheduled "random-person-insults-Clinton-in-unfounded-way-and-Fox-responds-with-a-stupid-bullshit-Sanders-hate-boner"?

I didn't think it was that time already.

As for the Trump 9/11 tweet, that's from 2013, why is it being bought up now?

edited 10th Sep '16 5:10:27 PM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#137983: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:10:43 PM

Only thing that would hurt Trump at this point (and even then I'm iffy) is if he said the N-word on national TV or calls her a bitch outright in the debates.

[up]For all the constant bitching you do about my posts, you seem to never address the actual points I make.

edited 10th Sep '16 5:18:37 PM by TacticalFox88

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#137984: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:12:43 PM

[up] I can already see the deflection were the former to happen.

"I was call him, my nigga, as in the affectionate sense of the word, stop being so politically correct."

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#137985: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:13:37 PM

The latter maybe, but "bitch", definitely not. People have gotten caught using it in worse contexts with a slap on the wrist.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#137986: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:17:58 PM

Hell I'd bet money that Clinton is planning to bait him into calling her a bitch during one of the debates.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#137987: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:21:31 PM

I'm afraid that he's going to use the "basket of deplorables" gaffe against her in the debates.

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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#137988: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:22:15 PM

[up] He'd be an idiot to bring that up, unprompted.

...

In that case, please proceed, Donnie.

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chartoc Since: Apr, 2010
#137990: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:27:49 PM

Sorry for the double post but I don't think that gaffe will harm her as much as people think. His supporters are pissed, of course, and making her point for her. It will cause a lot of reporters to look up evidence of the bigotry of his campaign and give basket of deplorables a face.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#137991: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:28:01 PM

[up][up][up]Why would that make him an idiot (among many things, arguably)? His base would eat it up.

[up]You're overestimating the journalistic integrity of journalists. They only care about one thing: ratings. They're not likely to change the mind if anyone whose mind isn't already made up.

edited 10th Sep '16 5:29:22 PM by BearyScary

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FalseDichotomy from Your mind :o Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#137992: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:32:59 PM

@Trump calling Hilary a bitch. Personally I see someone as vulgar as Trump skipping past "bitch" and going straight for the C-word if he were to snap during a debate.

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#137993: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:34:57 PM

If we're lucky, we could always get a repeat of the "telling a reporter she should be raped" incident.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#137994: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:36:42 PM

But he adores women! Even when he says they're bleeding from wherever! Bitches on their periods, amirite? They're so difficult.

[up]What's that all about? I never heard about that.

edited 10th Sep '16 5:37:41 PM by BearyScary

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chartoc Since: Apr, 2010
#137996: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:45:20 PM

[up][up] I know it makes great click bait. "What % of Trump's supporters are racist?"

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#137997: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:46:14 PM

[up][up]Oh, THAT guy. >.>

I dearly hope that Troomp wouldn't sink that low.

[up]It could be a good question of how many of them really are, and are willing to admit it. It would be disheartening for someone to proudly proclaim that they ARE a racist, though... and that's why they're voting for you-know-who. Especially since Troomp was totally ineffective and apathetic against rejecting David Duke's support.

Some idiots out there probably are.

edited 10th Sep '16 5:49:36 PM by BearyScary

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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#137998: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:48:55 PM

I do. It'd help ruin his chances.

Ghostninja109 from there, not here. Since: Aug, 2011
#137999: Sep 10th 2016 at 5:56:57 PM

In the long run, though, it tends to encourage those kinds of attitudes. Once a politician says something horrible, their constituents start thinking it must be OK.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor

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