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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#141301: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:41:58 PM

[up]It is? Wow, that's kind of surprising. It was leaning Clinton for a long time.

edited 2nd Oct '16 7:42:25 PM by Kostya

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#141302: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:43:36 PM

Well we'll see in a few days whether Lebron actually helps swing it at all.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#141303: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:43:57 PM

[up] We will indeed. If I had to guess, the areas that would be most receptive to this endorsement are probably already blue anyway.

[down] Well as I said, what I have to wonder if whether those areas that would be at all receptive to this aren't already voting Clinton already.

edited 2nd Oct '16 7:45:06 PM by CaptainCapsase

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
#141304: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:44:03 PM

Yeah Ohio is a swing state and is acording to 538 more red this year then normal, so any boost Clinton can get is good, even if it doesn't have a huge impact.

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Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#141305: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:49:43 PM

I will add that the stuff I'm seeing pop up in the various feeds does back up the claim that he is super-influential in Ohio, more than just any celebrity.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#141306: Oct 2nd 2016 at 7:59:06 PM

On the other hand, Trump's tax stuff might hurt him in Ohio (and the rest of the Rust Belt).

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
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Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#141308: Oct 2nd 2016 at 9:53:02 PM

Rudy Giuliani claimed that Trump would be better for the US than a woman. Yes, those are his words.

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Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#141309: Oct 2nd 2016 at 9:54:37 PM

I mean, considering we have a Republican candidate whose reality TV show played no small part in his rise to prominence, I think we shouldn't dismiss the idea of Lebron having a noticeable influence out of hand.

And it would certainly be nice if it did; losing Ohio would really be hitting Trump where it hurts.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#141310: Oct 2nd 2016 at 9:56:19 PM

Wow he did actually say the words "than a woman" and the proceeded to say she hates women.

Oh really when?
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#141311: Oct 2nd 2016 at 10:11:44 PM

"Then she mentioned the woman’s name, the model’s name, and then she made it appear as if [moderator] Lester Holt had brought it up. She had obviously been programmed to bring that up," Giuliani said.

"Programmed"? What does that even mean?

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golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#141312: Oct 2nd 2016 at 10:13:26 PM

Meanwhile, Trump goes off script and on rambling passages willy nilly. What would you rather have?!

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#141314: Oct 2nd 2016 at 10:44:17 PM

Obama: "I see a straight line from the announcement of Sarah Palin as the vice-presidential nominee to what we see today in Donald Trump."

Jesus Christ Obama is out of fucks to give

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#141315: Oct 2nd 2016 at 10:48:07 PM

A straight line taking a very sharp turn downwards.

Matues Since: Sep, 2011
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Vampire Hunter
#141317: Oct 2nd 2016 at 11:55:40 PM

A vertical line is still a line.

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The dark Mage of the playground
#141318: Oct 3rd 2016 at 2:35:13 AM

Is this statement part of a bigger thing? Id love to read it.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#141319: Oct 3rd 2016 at 2:47:52 AM

First time posting here.

President Obama's statement is actually rather sympathetic to the GOP. He claims that he's actually able to get along with individual GOP legislators. He thinks the problem is conservative media and its tendency to demonize any "moderate" Republican who tries to compromise as a sell-out.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#141320: Oct 3rd 2016 at 3:25:21 AM

Here's the complete interview, from New York Magazine.

From that section on Republicans (emphasis mine):

“We can have really great conversations and arrive at a meeting of the minds on a range of policy issues, but if they think they’re going to lose seats or that they’re going to lose their own seat because the social media has declared that they sold out the Republican Party, then they won’t do it,” he said. [...] They’re looking at Charlie Crist down in Florida. One hug [from me] and he was toast. Chris Christie couldn’t get his presidential race launched — it was basically over before it started — because he was too friendly and cooperative with me in accepting federal aid for a state that had been devastated by a hurricane. They’re imagining the potential problems that arise, so it’s pretty hard for them to publicly say, “Obama’s a perfectly reasonable guy, but we just can’t work with him because our base thinks he’s the Antichrist.” It’s a lot easier for them to say, “Oh, the guy’s not listening to us,” or, “He’s uncompromising.” I understand that, it’s not something that has bothered me personally. In fact, sometimes I tease them about it behind the scenes; I’ll tell them, “Look, if you need some help, me attacking you or you know …”

edited 3rd Oct '16 3:26:20 AM by Eschaton

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#141321: Oct 3rd 2016 at 4:12:33 AM

Christie working with Obama after Sandy saying basically "screw politics, half my state is underwater" was the first time he appeared on my radar, which made a favorable impression. Ah how little we knew then.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#141322: Oct 3rd 2016 at 5:02:42 AM

Partisanship being more important than human life.

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The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#141323: Oct 3rd 2016 at 5:23:49 AM

Some people would tell you that partisanship is essentially human life.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#141324: Oct 3rd 2016 at 6:04:39 AM

So looking at polling aggregates, it would appear both candidates are getting debate bounces. Clinton's is bigger of course.

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#141325: Oct 3rd 2016 at 6:10:21 AM

Chris Christie is still an asshole, but there's no small amount of irony that one of his few humane acts as governor is the one that sunk his reputation among Republicans, because that's how far off the reservation they've gone.


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