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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The gist of it that I remember is that in some batch of the leaked emails there were some campaign people going "wouldn't ti be funny if we went there wearing Planned Parrenthood shirts" and it's been spun from there.
edited 23rd Oct '16 5:48:55 PM by Elle
Yup. We got Trump supporters who think the Republican Speaker of the House is somehow a secret Muslim.
New Survey coming this weekend!Have some more Miranda.
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That... long, rambling, incoherent mess of gobbledygook... is unfortunately what passes for "thoughts" in that pumpkin sitting atop Donald Trump's neck. And it came spewing directly out with no filter between his mouth and his brain.
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." — Abraham Lincoln
edited 23rd Oct '16 7:50:07 PM by pwiegle
This Space Intentionally Left Blank.I'm gonna say not even LMM can make random Trump incoherence good. :P
I mean, this is the third election in a row they've lost. They've gotta realize they're doing something wrong.
Unfortunately, they might conclude that the reason they lost this time was because Trump bragged about committing sexual assault.
Which, don't get me wrong, 'Presidential Candidates shouldn't be sex offenders' is not a position I'd challenge, but it's also not the reason Trump's losing. He's losing because of the stuff that comes out of his mouth every time he appears in public.
But, of course, what the GOP really should realize is that Trump became their nominee for a reason- his ability to play a crowd and gather a base was the only thing any of the people they considered had going for them.
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If that's the only thing they take away from this cycle, then they may very well lose in 2020 as well.
While I think someone already brought it up in this thread, HRC is NOT a weak candidate.
Paul Krugman explains why in this NY Times article.
For those who can't read past the paywall, he basically says that the whole idea that HRC is a weak candidate is horseshit. She's just strong in ways the relatively shallow political pundits these days don't recognize.
He also points out that the other GOP candidates like Marco Rubio collapsed when needled by the childish and bufoonish Trump — Trump is far from the only thin-skinned conservative.
Disgusted, but not surprisedI mean, in fact he was losing the election all along- the debates just made it clear he wasn't going to turn things around and put the possibility of a landslide on the table. He really shouldn't have been able to even win the primaries, let alone win over enough Democrat voters to win the election.
The Sexual Assault tape, though, is why we're seriously considering the idea that he might lose in Utah, and why the GOP gave up on him.

Referring again to this post, I gave more details about Joe Arpaio's crimes.
He is under federal investigation, and essentially his deputies are anti-Hispanic hit squads. Hell even Amnesty International have gotten involved in condemning the bastard. See this link for Wikipedia's very large list of his controversies
The fact that Phoenixers keep electing the man tells you a lot about their politics - somehow, my ex's family were among the few Black Sheep liberals in the area.
edited 23rd Oct '16 3:23:55 PM by EruditeEsotericist