I've had people say it's a hardening, actually ~ US presidential election 2016 part 9/11 never forget

Darn! Next time try the log on the rope or the spike pit with hay on top

I kinda wonder if this stunt will hurt him w his hardcore racist/tea party/alt-right moron base

It seems unlikely but still

Trolling the MSM-illuminati-rothschild-CNN? They'll love it I'm sure.

http://www.clickhole.com/article/playing-it-safe-nate-silver-will-spend-next-month--4742?utm_campaign=default&utm_medium=ShareTools&utm_source=twitter

@tinyrevolution
The best part of the Trump presidency will be Bill Clinton following his natural instinct to ingratiate himself with him

"Unlike some of my friends, I believe there are many positive things about Donald & we have to be honest about that"

this is Trump's "pivot" towards the center isn't it

At least until he starts waffling, by let's say...tomorrow?

so uh this happened: http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/donald-trumps-birther-pr-stunt-beset-by-chaos-stage-co-1786716861?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

wow

I think this guy is the only journalist working right now

https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold

some gold in here

https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/776782075420610561

trump won't last five seconds with his new "more moderate" stance if he gets the slightest hint that the base doesn't like it

or, this will happen https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/776838776605773824

yeah they love this shit

James F. Logue ‏@J_F_Logue 2m2 minutes ago
@BenjySarlin Harambe Shrugged.

what happened with cnn though? meltdown over what?

they aired what amounted to a free campaign ad under the guise that Trump was going to speak on the birther shit . so pretty much what they have been doing for over a year now.

jesus

this was discussed earlier in thread, but the nyt actually calls this a 'lie' for once

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/us/politics/donald-trump-obama-birther.html

The essential question — why promote a lie? — may be unanswerable. It might not matter. He kept doing it.

YEAH WHY PROMOTE A LIE MEDIA I AM CONFUSED

press seems genuinely pissed about this, I predict a few days of bad shit for Trump after they've been playing nice over the last couple weeks

like the NYT and WaPo headlines both changed from "Trump Says Obama was born in US" to some variation of "Trump lies and manipulates stuff"

the times has the word "lie" on the front page for what seems like the time this campaign (ever?)

yup

what did he say after that? xxp

Congressional Black Caucus had a moral-witness rally covered by CNN in the last hour. Such events will be easier for them once Charlie Rangel is consigned to oblivion in about 100 days.

I fully expect the Trump campaign to start using this new Attila song as their theme in the run-up to the debates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H1I63FkUeY

doesn't matter if they call what he says it's a lie, it's the new york times, they're totally biased remember

it's true they don't write good

some people have a way with words and others... oh, not have way, I guess

Im impressed that after arguably trumps best week he wraps it up with this cock up of an event and pissing off his press pool

doesn't seem like a smart move if he aspires to extend his constituency beyond white people

p.s. he's a racist liar

nyt has been a fucking shonda this election

Im impressed that after arguably trumps best week he wraps it up with this cock up of an event and pissing off his press pool

― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Friday, September 16, 2016 1:25 PM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's totally in character. He is perpetually his own worst enemy. 99% of everything that has hobbled his chances of winning this election is directly attributable to something he himself has said or done or not done. So, to that extent, god bless him.

I am curious about the wider effect on his polling this will have - can see it being interpreted as a "see, he's reasonable!" moment (a la McCain dressing down crank lady at that Q&A) by GOP fence-sitters. It does strike me as likely that the alt-right will just see this as sleight-of-hand/he's still one of US! So maybe good for him...? idk

i actually figured trump was going to do his birther reversal at the first debate for maximal presidentialness. the press would have wet itself

http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/scalefit_630_noupscale/57dbf7231800006c32bd1db6.gif

Trump is seriously that funny, the asshole.

smh what a simp

I had one more thing about Twitty City, the other thing besides the airbrushed jeans jacket was a HUGE book, like old school Indiana Jones dictionary sized, that purported to be a complete list of everyone in the world even distantly related to Conway Twitty (this being before the days of Ancestry.com etc)

are the roots no longer fallon's house band? what did they play when trump walked on?

Taibbi on the Clintonista media whining:

The giveaway in this latest "false balance" debate is the language. There are people wailing about a "weaponized" media that just this once needs to be leashed a bit, given the circumstances. This is classic "information is dangerous" rhetoric.
There are even people in our business using this high-pressure situation to argue for less access and transparency, in the name of keeping future generations of politicians safe from the prying eyes of the public! Most reporters view their jobs as being basically the opposite of that.

In truth, the media landscape is massive and there's room to cover everything. It's worth noting that the exploration of Trump's iniquities and unfitness for office in the last year has been truly awesome, both in terms of raw volume and vehemence of tone.
Anyone who tries to argue that there's insufficiently vast documentation of Trump's insanity is either being willfully obtuse or not paying real attention to the news. Just follow this latest birther faceplant. The outrage is all out there, in huge quantities. It's just not having the predicted effect.

So media consumers are reduced to blaming the closeness of the race on a species they've practically made extinct with their choices over the years: investigative reporters.

The irony is, the Clinton Foundation thing is a rare example of an important story that is getting anything like the requisite attention. The nexus of elite connections that sits behind tales like Bill Clinton taking $1.5 million in speaking fees from a Swiss bank (and foundation donor) while that same bank is seeking relief from Hillary Clinton's State Department is exactly the kind of thing that requires the scrutiny of reporters....

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/stop-whining-about-false-balance-w440228

found this:

So what did the Roots crew play for Trump? *Drum roll, please.*

Erykah Badu’s “20 Feet Tall.” The lyrics include the following:

Then you, you built a wall
A 20 foot wall
So I couldn’t see
If I get off my knees I might recall I’m 20 feet tall

fallon is such a little twerp

kimmel went one hundred times harder at leno for the conan o'brien shit.

Thank you for reminding me of that beautiful moment in broadcast history. And that was just directed at a dude who kinda stole a show from another dude.

Regardless of what you think of Mark Cuban I really wish someone would do this:

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/296336-mark-cuban-offers-trump-10-million-for-interview

That is, force Trump to actually explain fucking anything in detail.

Trump currently calculating how many self-portraits he could buy with that $10 million

How many do you think he'd need to wallpaper the WALL?

We all know this is impossible

Mark Cuban ✔ @mcuban
2) @realDonaldTrump groundrules are that you cant mention the Clintons or discuss anything other than the details and facts of yr plans and

Paraphrasing a post from a friend covering the Trump campaign: "What it's like to cover the Trump campaign. Gave up on getting credentials for the Friday DC event. This morning finally get confirmed for credentials two minutes before the security sweep is done, then also confirmed for an Austin event I didn't request that is nowhere on his posted schedule."