I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BOTTOM IS • US presidential elections part VIII

like he just seems so transparently corrupt and incompetent

xp he doesn't seem interesting enough to have a sordid side imo i think he's just another empty suit

this lunatic NR guy gets it http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/439001/conservative-scams-are-bringing-down-conservative-movement

But conservatism-as-a-business corrupted more than just PACs. One of the reasons why the GOP presidential field was so large is that recent past experience (like Mike Huckabee’s television show) taught Republican politicians that there was upside in failure. Book deals, radio shows, and Fox contracts beckoned.

Having seen him completely miss the mark at a campaign stop at my place of work years ago, I have no idea why anyone would want to listen to Huckabee speak about anything

I guess if you have a repertoire of folksy platitudes you can rely on a built-in audience rather than determining who it is you're supposed to be speaking to?

does seem fair to say that a failed run for the republican nomination rewards failure (financially and in prominence/prestige) more than the democratic nom. that would inevitably build in some weird incentives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPgOA5kPk8c

apparently manafort has advised a whole bunch of brutal dictators in his day, including ferdinand marcos and mobutu sese seko. wtf

experience!

Plus it's not like you can call them for references.

i hope glenn greenwald isn't offended by the fact that i take issue with mobutu

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/2016-donald-trump-paul-manafort-ferinand-marcos-philippines-1980s-213952

jesus christ

can't believe Marco hasn't had a live boy/dead girl moment yet tbh, surely there's dirt on him

xp

― Οὖτις, Monday, August 15, 2016 4:31 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

like he just seems so transparently corrupt and incompetent

― Οὖτις, Monday, August 15, 2016 4:32 P

You missed his big play for LGBT votes!

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-state-campaigns-226966

Some of those state directors and advisers are well-respected and seasoned political professionals. But other state directors that Trump tapped and touted are still unknown quantities to the key players on the ground, in some cases clearly lacking the same kinds of networks and relationships that Clinton state directors are generally considered to possess.

Consider New Hampshire, where Ciepielowski has been serving as Trump’s state director for more than a year, following stints as a field director at Americans for Prosperity and as a Youth for Ron Paul regional coordinator in Louisiana.

“Matt who?” asked New Hampshire state Sen. Andy Sanborn, when asked if he knew Ciepielowski (who didn’t respond to requests for comment). After saying he was conducting a Google image search, the Republican lawmaker said, “I know Matt, his last name sent me for a loop.”

http://67.media.tumblr.com/fe0264788cb732ff4fa2fe63e6adc657/tumblr_obwuzhH7fh1s02vreo1_500.gif

thoughts from a wealthy and well-educated coastal elite republican friend:

she runs a crime 0rganization and shadow government and when you talk about a breakdown 0f the system, if that is your concern, you should be afraid of her not Trump

Her foundation takes in mi11ions while 2o% of uranium production is transferred to a company owned by Putin?

Never mind she's someone who won't allow anyone watch her board planes and can't not cough her way through a 30 minute speech.

(halfassed proofing mine)

Four years ago, Biden's "He would have loved Stalin" probably would have caused an uproar. It's hardly even worth taking notice of this year (although I'm sure right-wing radio will obsess over it for the next couple of days).

This is an okay way to track which tweets are from the horse's mouth, as it were: https://twitter.com/RealRealDonaldT

@RealRealDonaldTrump ‏@RealRealDonaldT Aug 13

"@PaulaDuvall2: We're all enjoying you, as well, Mr. T.! You've inspired Hope and a Positive Spirit throughout America! God bless you!" Nice

aw man for a second I thought Trump was giving a shoutout to Mr. T.

overall the RealReal feed is quite an experience. subtracting however many of the more 'official' type tweets with bland sentiments and links to campaign events really brings out his vindictive, crazy fixating side. the recent stuff is just a continuous stream of whining about the media, over the course of days. it's just eating at him, he has to say something! and something else! and some more! and another thought that struck him in the bathroom!

she runs a crime 0rganization and shadow government and when you talk about a breakdown 0f the system, if that is your concern, you should be afraid of her not Trump
Her foundation takes in mi11ions while 2o% of uranium production is transferred to a company owned by Putin?

Never mind she's someone who won't allow anyone watch her board planes and can't not cough her way through a 30 minute speech.

this is like mad libs

How credulous are these dumbshits. Ok you believe one idiotic theory that she's a criminal or she's a murderer or that she's secretly ill and dying. But all of them at once how do these ppl think she's able to keep so many insane secrets secret?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp8jWOwXgAAFg2J.jpg

what is happening

Oh you didn't know? Wonkette has been garbage for the better part of a decade.

i hadnt been paying attention i guess

i pretty much think bill clinton is a rapist but i'd prefer to table this discussion until after the election

i also think bill's alleged actions have nothing to do with hillary whatsoever.

I think your whimsical 'thoughts' about whether Bill C. is rapist are indicative of a proclivity to voice your 'thoughts' too often. Like what, you're tabling it for later?

Oh wait you actually said that. What happens then?

Trump campaign claiming Giuliani meant the time right after 9/11 with his comments.

"After i gave up the 6 runs in the first inning i pitched a shutout"

Jeb Bush now writing Rudy's speeches.

It's pretty cool how a presidential nominee and everyone he surrounds himself with have to be all the time "what I MEANT to say was...". That level of clarity and rhetorical deftness is exactly what I look for in a leader.

Just playing along since I've never even seen it broached, but how can you even tell if an immigrant is Muslim? Or Christian, or Jewish, or anything?

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/764866887511572480

the only element missing from trump's recent tweets is an angry denunciations of bela fleck.

Just looked: Blimey, you're not wrong.

Then again, he *always* her.

lol

a presidential nominee and everyone he surrounds himself with have to be all the time "what I MEANT to say was..."

If you're explaining, you're losing.

Seriously. You baselessly assert that your opponent is a cannibal who's savagely eaten several of her children and you move on.

i got 10 / 15

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/08/were_these_donald_trump_tweets_written_on_an_iphone_or_android_a_quiz.html

Sad!

anyone seen any polling with this guy? http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/15/politics/election-2016-evan-mcmullin-ballot-utah/index.html

#StandUpWithEvan

I've been saying this for years

#StFUpWithEvan

Yeah that's what everyone else has been saying

#FeelTheEvan

#McMomentum

(Selfishly, I wish there were a lot more support for McMullin so that there could be a counter-McMullin movement, which could be tagged #NevahEvan - which is an anagrammatic near-palindrome akin to Erewhon.)

Mmm, All Saints ear-worm.

PALO ALTO, Calif.—“God help us,” George Shultz said yesterday when asked about the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency.

Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state has compiled a 226-page “Blueprint for America,” with contributions from 10 scholars at the Hoover Institution—the conservative-leaning think tank where he is a distinguished fellow.

The book is intended to provide the next president with advice about how to ensure America’s long-term greatness, including sections on the importance of an open immigration system, free trade and entitlement reform.

But it is a little awkward because the GOP nominee is running against each of those three concepts. He also seems uninterested in the finer points of policy-making.

Shultz, who helped shepherd the Cold War toward a peaceful denouement, has not taken a side in the presidential contest. He watched his words very carefully when asked about the election during a two-hour roundtable with a group of reporters here on the campus of Stanford University. But for someone who has devoted the lion’s share of his life to public service, it seems obvious that Trumpism is frustrating, even distressing.

If Trump thinks he's getting pummeled now, just wait until after the election when the members of his party no longer feel the need to hold their tongues.

you lost me at "PALO ALTO"