Curb Your Authoritarianism? The 2016 Conventional Wisdom Thread (Elections, Part 6)

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Taylor Wofford ‏@taylorjwofford 2m2 minutes ago
Meredith Melver has two ghostwriting credits for Trump books on Amazon but other than that there's no indication she's a real human.

the culpret just some completely unqualified trump hanger on lmao, obvious in retrospect

lag∞n, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link

xp Right. There goes my Wednesday night :-(

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link

update

Taylor Wofford ‏@taylorjwofford 16s17 seconds ago
I guess that's because her name is McIver.

lag∞n, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link

Maybe John Barron transitioned?

how's life, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link

Robert Costa ‏@costareports 28s28 seconds ago
I'm told by a Trump adviser that McIver is considered "golden" inside TrumpLand--a discreet loyalist who has ghostwritten for years

lag∞n, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link

Man, cool to think you can be a professional writer with sentences like "I asked to put out this statement because I did not like seeing the way this was distracting from Mr. Trump's historic campaign for president and Melania's beautiful message and presentation."

we're gonna live in spatula city (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 16:46 (seven years ago) link

Seriously, statement reads like it's written by a sophomore intern.

A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 16:53 (seven years ago) link

Hey, are you an English major and a former ballerina? Didn't think so.

Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 16:53 (seven years ago) link

learning that melania admires michelle obama bums me out for some reason. she just wanted to be a trophy wife and now she's been roped into this evil circus.

Treeship, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 16:57 (seven years ago) link

i wonder the degree to which she understands american race relations and how her husband's success is due to bigots who want nothing more than to undo obama's legacy? is it possible she thought her husband's "birther" campaign was just about "finding the truth" in some value-neutral way?

Treeship, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 16:58 (seven years ago) link

pretty sure melania trump and tiffany trump don't give a fuck about any of this and would rather be left alone.

Treeship, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link

demands fanfic def get to work

lag∞n, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link

come of it treesh

goole, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:01 (seven years ago) link

good job.

i wonder if farrar, strauss, and giroux would publish an executioner's song-length novel called "the life and times of melania trump"

Treeship, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:01 (seven years ago) link

the world needs more trump related media

Treeship, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:02 (seven years ago) link

and Treeship-written Melania slash fic

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:03 (seven years ago) link

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Man, cool to think you can be a professional writer with sentences like "I asked to put out this statement because I did not like seeing the way this was distracting from Mr. Trump's historic campaign for president and Melania's beautiful message and presentation."

― we're gonna live in spatula city (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, July 20, 2016 12:46 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seriously, statement reads like it's written by a sophomore intern.

― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, July 20, 2016 12:53 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You guys clearly don't understand that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.

how's life, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:04 (seven years ago) link

the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them the volume of your voice

Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:09 (seven years ago) link

treesh love you man but your white-knighting for the trump ladies is a bit of a creepy look

k3vin k., Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link

yeah i can see that

Treeship, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link

that melver letter reads like some coerced false confession, I think she will be executed now

iatee, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:15 (seven years ago) link

if Melver works for Trump Corporation is it a against campaign finance laws for her to be working on this?

(•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:15 (seven years ago) link

maybe for an extra thrill i'll try to find some of the far-right lunatics who were sure the melania cribbing was done by a cuck infiltrator saboteur, see how they're following up

xp oh now don't you start iatee

goole, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:16 (seven years ago) link

in a week or so she will never have existed so it's not a big deal xp

iatee, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:16 (seven years ago) link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_McIver

someone just made this like five seconds ago

Treeship, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link

Trump Worker Takes Blame For Ms. Trump’s Speech Misstep
How Melania Trump Sent Her Speech Veering Off Course
Trump Claims Nomination Amid Discord
Scenes From Trump’s Search for a Running Mate
Convention Speeches Unsettle Black Republicans
Silicon Valley Squirms Over Mogul’s Embrace of Trump

current first six stories on nyt home page

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link

@nytimes
The employee is the first person to publicly apologize for an error at any point during the Trump campaign

mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:24 (seven years ago) link

otm was gonna say

marcos, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:24 (seven years ago) link

ha

Treeship, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:25 (seven years ago) link

wow

lag∞n, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cn055pGXYAAIFf9.jpg

lag∞n, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link

please lord jeebus let heaven not be a boardroom

carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:06 (seven years ago) link

https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/755766654152368128

NBC: Hillary Clinton to name VP pick during visit to Florida this week. Ex-Florida governor Charlie Crist said to be among candidates.

goole, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:19 (seven years ago) link

oh for fuck's sake

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link

Crist has demonstrated no talent – twice! – for wooing independents.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link

cmon no way just a leak for cheap publicity

lag∞n, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link

Crist? Why on earth would his name come up for veep? It's not like he could deliver Florida or, for that matter, any other state. He'd just be filler on the ticket.

a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:29 (seven years ago) link

Rubio would be an interesting 3D chess move.

Scott Baiowulf (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:32 (seven years ago) link

11D chess

lag∞n, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:32 (seven years ago) link

It will not be Charlie Crist. I would put money on that.

http://porno (DJP), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:42 (seven years ago) link

besides, how many women can he marry?

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link

clinton camp just floating that cause they know media will go nuts over the unity ticket, and right in the middle of the gop convention too

lag∞n, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link

Initially read this as Chris Christie and was very confused

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link

the big man in demand

lag∞n, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link

Christie can go fetch Hill's Chipolte.

Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link

chipolte is bae --hillary clinton, 45th president of the usa

lag∞n, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 18:57 (seven years ago) link

Hills Chipotle for vice president
pros: engages millennials, latinos
cons: may poison entire country

thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 19:00 (seven years ago) link

when does lyin' ted speak at the rnc???

global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 19:06 (seven years ago) link

please not christ; although it would be interesting to have "CHRIST" on all her signs, maybe would confuse the evangelicals. FWIW Christ seemed like an alright guy, but milquetoast and ultimately not cut out for government.

akm, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link

Oh it's Crist. well still

akm, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link


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