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

From the WaPo's summary of its story on a Trump hotel:

The mogul's new property in D.C. comes with luxuries common at top hotels: high thread counts, fancy in-room coffeemaker, friendly staff who say “My pleasure” instead of “You’re welcome.” But an overnight stay also can turn into a meditation on wealth, entitlement and a half-hour wait for the valet.

“I have not gotten it right once,” she whispered. “I mean, a woman comes in with the NPR bag and the gray ponytail, and I think, O.K. We’ve got a Clinton voter here, right? Six Trump cups.”

ah yes. no NPR totebagger has ever amused themselves with gag gifts

NPR totebaggers have never amused themselves.

jfc https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/778016283342307328

speaking of fox and friends

http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/09/19/watch-mn-police-chief-shut-down-fox-news-fearmongering-about-somali-immigrants/213176

yeah, yeah, media matters but still

Re: caek's link

Omg its the return of the cheney ham sandwich doctrine!

https://twitter.com/CarlyFiorina/status/778036776489263104

when can we call this free fall

I've had people say it's a hardening, actually!

"donald trump (running for president)"

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/exclusive-george-hw-bush-to-vote-for-hillary-228395?cmpid=sf

man he is old. I didn't realize how old he was. anyway that's interesting but it's not going to sway anyone to either side.

if Trump's numbers don't drop after 7 consecutive days of punching himself in the dick then I'm gonna really start to worry

https://assets.bwbx.io/images/ip3FC4srCVCw/v1/-1x-1.jpg

granted, that's just from a portion of the republican primary, but he has said insane things on a weekly basis all summer and never really paid the expected price. it turns out that there are even more terrible xenophobic racists in this country than most people thought. clinton was right when she said half of his supporters were deplorable. ALL OF THEM ARE. you can't be non-deplorable and support trump. that wasn't a gaffe it was just an accidental blurting out of the truth

So, what does this years chart look like?

Herpes

xpost it's by no means comprehensive, and sorry for messiness and prominent controversies i forgot as well as longstanding positions (like how he hates muslims, immigrants, women, and anyone who isn't white) that don't have a particular gaffe date or that first became well-known before this year, but here it is

http://i.imgur.com/eO1AAaC.jpg

basically he can say whatever he wants, and the worst thing that can happen is that he loses 4% of his followers for a couple weeks

He's never losing his hardcore followers. The only thing we can hope for is that he sheds low-info republican voters who decide to watch five minutes of news and realize what a leaking anus of a human being he is.

As if this were a surprise:

Former President George H.W. Bush is bucking his party's presidential nominee and plans to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, according to a member of another famous political family, the Kennedys.

Bush, 92, had intended to stay silent on the White House race between Clinton and Donald Trump, a sign in and of itself of his distaste for the GOP nominee. But his preference for the wife of his own successor, President Bill Clinton, nonetheless became known to a wider audience thanks to Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend, the former Maryland lieutenant governor and daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy.

On Monday, Townsend posted a picture on her Facebook page shaking hands next to the former president and this caption: "The President told me he’s voting for Hillary!!”

In a telephone interview, Townsend said she met with the former president in Maine earlier today, where she said he made his preference known that he was voting for a Democrat. “That’s what he said,” she told POLITICO.

My guess: Trump's reply will be "he doesn't look like he'll make it to election day!"

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 34m34 minutes ago

George H.W. Bush supporting Crooked Hillary. A one term loser supporting a crook. What a surprise!

One term more than you're gonna get, loser.

I really really really reeeeeally hope as many news outlets as possible go with some variation of the TRUMP IS A LOSER headline after the election.

xpost Is that real? (A question that needs to be asked daily this election cycle.)

lol no

NBC poll has Hil back up 5. And USC/LA Times tracking poll has gone 2% back to Hil

There is nothing so outrageous that I can't imagine Trump uttering/tweeting it.

OL, I'm guessing 'beyond the pale' would be something even more inappropriate about Ivanka.

May I humbly suggest YOU'RE FIRED! for any post-election Trump headlines?

you sure that tweet is fake?

What is even reality anymore? What's truth? This election is an ontological nightmare.

I'm kinda only being half facetious. Trump is wreaking some serious havoc beyond the obvious. I think the entire population of the country is gonna need an intensive civics class after the election just to ground ourselves going forward.

What kind of civics lessons are you expecting the Trump administration to endorse?

how to make taco bowls

That's an odd name for "concentration camp"

man Colbert was on fire about the birther thing last night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byP7XvzFqRc

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Do people notice Hillary is copying my airplane rallies - she puts the plane behind her like I have been doing from the beginning.</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/778237485402980352";>September 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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this is incredible

dangit: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/778237485402980352

Sean Morrow ‏@snmrrw 5m5 minutes ago
@realDonaldTrump you copied your campaign from hitler

honestly i'm feeling morbz on the "crazy clinton supporters" thing. possibly i am over-extrapolating from personal experience, since i'm seriously mentally ill right now to the point of having difficulty with adls.

the thing of it is, anybody who was going to decide based on any remotely reasonable criteria made their decision two months back at the latest. we can talk all we want about how the debate is going to change things, but does anybody even watch the debates anymore? or do they just watch re-processed, re-gurgitated highlights? the chances of somebody reserving judgment for this long and then magically acquiring the information they need in order to exercise sound judgment seems lower than a coin toss.

this election makes clear what has been true about elections from the time i was born: elections are decided by lunatics based on unreason and ignorance.

Yeah, there were some great ones on there.

Matt Besser ‏@MattBesser 4m4 minutes ago
@realDonaldTrump My three year old is also concerned about "copying". If someone is copying you, that means they want to play.

Sean Morrow ‏@snmrrw 5m5 minutes ago
@realDonaldTrump you copied your campaign from hitler

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

historically informed hitler references are wasted on the internet. :(

anybody who was going to decide based on any remotely reasonable criteria made their decision two months back at the latest

yeah, but the other 75% of voters are very important

In 2012, about 70 million people watched the first debate, the most since Carter/Reagan:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/obama-mitt-romney-presidential-debate-ratings-record-376575

FWIW, the other two debates does about 60 million on average. None of those viewing numbers included people viewing online or outside the home or country.

Perhaps Clinton should make an attempt at a little originality, put the plane in front.

If Trump really wants attention, he and his plane should disappear over the Pacific.

more fun reporting about the Trump foundation:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-used-258000-from-his-charity-to-settle-legal-problems/2016/09/20/adc88f9c-7d11-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html

Lol Trump "standing by Christie" as he goes down in flames, smooth operator there. Thats bound to bump up his poll numbers!