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Projection. Projection alert.
edited 4th Oct '16 9:33:53 PM by TacticalFox88
New Survey coming this weekend!
Oh, that
860 MB RAR?
An analysis by Real Clear Politics suggests that the Trump Foundation used donations to get conservative groups to rally behind Trump
. Actual pay for play. Including Citizens United, because why not?
edited 5th Oct '16 4:46:50 AM by Krieger22
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiotVander Plaats (who calls their kid "Bob Of-The Place/ Plain"?) and Bossie (either "Little Bush", "Brush" or a derivative of "Boss-man")? What is this... the AWB
does America in the second or third generation?
edited 5th Oct '16 5:50:25 AM by Euodiachloris
There was an email in my spam folder from Kaine, or most likely a Kaine robot asking for something because his debate was coming up. So for once the thing is working.
Get NBC, CNN, get them out of the process! Discontinue the debates. Moon take a dump in the yard of every television company who asks, get a camera and go back to the league of women voters, have them sponsor discourse between candidates. Put it on Facebook, put it on you tube(yes, I realize the latter is own by Google now and full of advertisements but it couldn't be any worse than what we have). You don't even need a camera, use an I-pod and make it internet radio. Go to the league of conservation voters, to Democracy For America, to someone who takes moderating the candidates more seriously than their ratings, someone who will ask more important questions...or don't do presidential debates anymore. After eight years I have heard the debates and debates about debates and concluded that as they are now is worthless.
Edit:Worthless to the voter when deciding who is the best choice. I'm sure it's serving someone's interest.
edited 5th Oct '16 7:05:50 AM by IndirectActiveTransport
Buldogue's lawyerI think Pence was securing his spot as a 2020 candidate, but his inability to defend any specific aspect of Trump's record or character means even he's given up on this dumpster fire. The loads of articles factchecking the debate basically cast him as some variety of liar, and Tim Kaine's long-game approach is, at least, allowing Hillary to maintain that 3:1 probability of winning the election, as of this hour.
edited 5th Oct '16 7:09:20 AM by CrimsonZephyr
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."Let's just hope we don't Roll 1 on election day. As far as Pence goes, perhaps he's given up, or perhaps he's taken a page out of Trump's book and is trying to gaslight the American public into thinking they're actually living in the alternate universe Pence described last night where Trump is a normal Republican.
edited 5th Oct '16 7:16:26 AM by CaptainCapsase
There shouldn't be a wait for fact checking after a debate. It should be done while it is taking place and the candidate should be shamed right then and there for it and turned into a greasy stain by a bailiff or something along those lines if they get belligerent. Running for office, the highest office, shouldn't be a game.
Buldogue's lawyerWhat you're describing is an inquisition, not a debate.
As it happens, we do have real time fact checking
, it's just done by the press, not the moderator.
It's useless if the speaker isn't taken to task and shamed and facing the prospect of broken bones. More useless if allowed to keep on lying. No, an inquisition is for testing suspected traitors, criminals or traitorous criminals. I'm thinking something more along Aztec, or Mazdeans lines. A public display that dishonesty from the next leader will not be tolerated, without the bloodletting from the genitals, of course, we're a sissified puritan society after all.
Buldogue's lawyerAt the very least, Kaine's attacks on Trump (even if he really should have been focusing fire on Pence) got us this
.

I heard that Trump was tweeting commentary during the debate.
Trump delenda est