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

tbf Jesus kinda used some of this shitty logic when he done changed Yahweh's laws

The band began playing at 8:30 sharp—the exact call time for the evening’s gig—a punctiliousness perhaps less rock ’n’ roll cool than cable-news precise. Its front man, after all, was Joe Scarborough, the 53-year-old host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, and the band, naturally, goes by the name Morning Joe Music. The players—a group of talented, scruffy-looking guys in jeans—formed a constellation around Scarborough not unlike Willie Geist, Mike Barnicle, and Donny Deutsch do on-air every morning. They all had something to add, but mostly, they existed to orbit Scarborough, who has arguably become the most influential Republican in America during this election season. Scarborough, who has known Donald Trump for years, was among the first in the media to presage his mind-boggling rise—and one of the most consequential conservatives to rebuke him. But this evening was not intended as political theater. A few minutes after 8:30, a wall of sound filled the room: two backup singers ooh-ing and ahh-ing, two horn players blaring high notes in harmony, and a keyboardist who sounded faintly like Rufus Wainwright all backed up Scarborough on the vocals of a song he had written himself.

Mika Brzezinski, Scarborough’s morning show co-host, was perched on the edge of her seat in a booth just offstage, toggling an iPhone, a Chanel shopper, and a drinks menu as she sang along to every word of the song and waved her fists to the beat. She ordered a bottle of wine for the table and texted friends in order to get them to stop by. She was, all at once, an inspiring combination of groupie, hostess, and dutiful colleague. And maybe a little rock star, too, in jeans and black sunglasses resting atop her white-blonde hair.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/joe-scarborough-morning-joe-music-band?mbid=social_twitter

OMG that Coulter quote

tbf the most recent damaging stuff against hillary is pretty weak shit by any standard in any other year

Drool

Michael Musto on FB:

Hillary's look at the P-town fundraiser with Cher was rather hard to describe, except to say it gave me a headache. Only a peek into Hillary's emails might disclose exactly what she was going for: KMart greeter? Nursing home attendant? Take a look at Hill and then pick from the following choices: Holly Hobby, Weeble, Amish woman.

http://www.capecod.com/wp-content/uploads/Clinton-Ptown.jpg

A sense of fashion is nice accessory for a prez. It gives a bit of zip to their appearance. But who the fuck really cares if Hillary dresses a bit on the dumpy side? She's not running as a dress mannequin. She's running for president and commander in chief.

has scarborough drifted left at all? or does it just seem that way because he now seems to be sick of trump? I've barely payed any attention to him at all, ever

There is literally nothing Morbius won't grab onto like a life-raft. Ooh, some gay columnist a few hundred people in New York gave a shit about 20 years ago doesn't like Hillary's clothes! This is key information that must be shared!

Whomever Michael Musto is, he kind of sucks at disguising his misogyny

"This bitch doesn't even know how to dress like something other than an old lady with a job"

has scarborough drifted left at all? or does it just seem that way because he now seems to be sick of trump? I've barely payed any attention to him at all, ever

― akm, Thursday, August 25, 2016

he acknowledges gay and brown-skinned people, which provide excuses for his Beltway-modulated sanctimony.

"Whomever Michael Musto is, he kind of sucks at disguising his misogyny" Village Voice theater critic queen

people caring about how politicians dress sorta forfeit the moral right to complain about, say, the dearth of great cinema

Michael Musto on FB:

/Hillary's look at the P-town fundraiser with Cher was rather hard to describe, except to say it gave me a headache. Only a peek into Hillary's emails might disclose exactly what she was going for: KMart greeter? Nursing home attendant? Take a look at Hill and then pick from the following choices: Holly Hobby, Weeble, Amish woman./

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Michael Musto on FB:

/Hillary's look at the P-town fundraiser with Cher was rather hard to describe, except to say it gave me a headache. Only a peek into Hillary's emails might disclose exactly what she was going for: KMart greeter? Nursing home attendant? Take a look at Hill and then pick from the following choices: Holly Hobby, Weeble, Amish woman./

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David Sirota on Twitter (@davidsirota) has been a good one-stop for arguments why the Clinton Foundation is worrying - of course in horse race terms this is only concerning if Trump manages to wrestle the clown shoes off of his feet.

PS fuck Michael Musto and fuck Dr Morbius for thinking that's a funny thing to post here.

But who the fuck really cares if Hillary dresses a bit on the dumpy side?

Morbs will sink (?) to reposting sexist bullshit if it gives him a chance to vent on Hillary, he's a sorry poster and a joke and no one should be surprised at this point

he's ILX's own Lord Haw Haw

and if he's still awake he will reply with an unfunny, spiteful and overall pathetic threat of violence in 3, 2, 1....

http://www.word-2010.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/word-beamed-quavers.gif"do not wake the draaagon..."http://www.word-2010.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/word-beamed-quavers.gif

Musto addressed the Standard Idiotic Misogyny Accusations on FB (lots of women joining in on the snark; misogynists all!)

but yeah maybe I should've posted dear, sweet, dumb Cher's fundraising speech instead

anyway the top truth (from a woman) is that the outfit looks most like Lady Elaine's clown smock on Mister Rogers

This IS the substances this year, kids

NO ONE GIVES A SHIT ABOUT HER CLOTHES!! FOCUSING ON HER CLOTHES IS WHAT MAKES WHAT YOU'RE WRITING/SHARING MISOGYNISTIC!! SORRY THAT YOU AND MUSTO ARE SO EQUALLY FUCKING CLUELESS!!

But thank you for your Standard Idiotic Contributions to this thread

de nada

MM:
We should silence any critiques or satire, right? Please! Not gonna happen and don't try to make it happen. Were fighting for a free country with free speech, and this is part of it. Besides, my fashion critique of Hillary is hardly going to make someone vote for Trump. And it pales next to the criticism I heap on Trump. So spare me!!!!!

There have been elements of corruption along the way (most recently the Clinton Foundation's apparent pay-for-play policy). I don't deny it any more than the fact that she called Nancy Reagan an AIDS activist. I am free to note all that while also noting that she is way better than Trump. Lying or pretending doesn't help anyone.

When did this become the measure of free speech? It actually boggles my mind (to the extent that anything can be 'boggled') that someone can be told something they said is misogynist and then launch into a rant about free speech. It's just 'well, people used to laugh' but with self righteousness and concept creep.

Its desperation. People trying to convince themselves that their righteous hatred of Clinton (or Obama) gives them the green light to spew misogynist (or racist) bullshit.

i see michael musto in the neighborhood around my office fairly frequently and he is in no position to criticize anyone else's appearance

Musto addressed the Standard Idiotic Misogyny Accusations on FB (lots of women joining in on the snark; misogynists all!)

Right, there are no female misgynists, just like there are no closeted, self-hating gays. Your boundless grasp of sociology continues to impress!

Morbs don't you understand that it's only acceptable to mock the appearance of republicans?

Republicans Appear!

It is totally misogynistic. Morbz, is this really the cause you signed up to fight for?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/26/steve-bannon-domestic-violence-trump-campaign-ceo?CMP=twt_gu

Keenan and Kel surprise.

It is totally misogynistic. Morbz, is this really the cause you signed up to fight for?

Clinton delenda est.

The Guardian, your continuing source for Steve Bannon chicanery

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/26/steve-bannon-florida-registered-vote-donald-trump

yes, Phil D, gays who mock the horror of twink/club 'culture' are such appalling hatemongers

Morbs don't you understand that it's only acceptable to mock the appearance of republicans?

ah, if Hillz was only as fat as Chris Christie

https://vine.co/v/ijwTlOEthQ2

"I am allowed to spew misogynist garbage because people on the internet mock Chris Christie's weight" is a debate strategy I wasn't expecting to filter into ILX from the Yahoo! News comment pages but here we are.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/282499

plz get a dictionary where 'M' hasn't been torn out

xp

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This Time story about Trump's labor practices in the building of Trump Tower is pretty great - really brings out all the shadiness and crooked dealing. This bit jumps out for other reasons:

Forty-five minutes later, Szabo testified, he received a call from a man who identified himself as a Mr. Barron from Trump’s legal department, who said Trump was going to sue Szabo for $100 million for wrongful filing of mechanic’s liens. At trial, Trump admitted that both he and a senior executive at the company had used the name Barron as a pseudonym. “I believe I occasionally used that name,” said Trump. But in this case, Macari said under oath that it had been he who called Szabo while posing as Barron; Szabo testified he didn’t recognize “Barron’s” voice.

the fact that he named his real son after the fake name he used to use is pretty remarkable

I can only assume the son he has with his next wife will be named People, after the otherwise vague and spurious source of so many of the things he hears about.

'I hear People saying that Crooked Hillary is having an affair with Obama. I don't believe it but I've heard People talking about it.'

http://www.joeclifford.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/bernie.jpg

i also just think it's amazing that we have a presidential candidate whose past achievements include talking in a fake voice over a phone saying "this is barron!" while trying to rip somebody off, but i guess this would barely make it into the top 100 list of staggering unprecedented things about this asshole

That's a total misrepresentation!

He didn't use a fake voice at all.