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

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Donald J. Trump’s support has plunged across the swing-state map over the last 10 days, wiping out his political recovery from September and threatening to undo weeks of Republican gains in the battle for control of Congress.

For his party, Mr. Trump’s reversal in fortune comes at the worst possible moment: Having muted their criticism of Mr. Trump in hopes that he could at least run competitively through Election Day, Republicans must decide in the next few days, rather than weeks, whether to seek distance from his wobbly campaign.

Should Mr. Trump falter badly in his second debate with Hillary Clinton on Sunday in St. Louis, Republican congressional candidates may take it as a cue to flee openly from their nominee, said two senior Republicans involved at high levels of the campaign who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss private party strategy.

Mr. Trump has already slipped perceptibly in public polls, trailing widely this week in Pennsylvania and by smaller margins in Florida and North Carolina — three states he cannot afford to lose. But private polling by both parties shows an even more precipitous drop, especially among independent voters, moderate Republicans and women, according to a dozen strategists from both parties who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the data was confidential.

The most amazing thing about 'deplorables' still is how many people decided to make it a term of pride. Which I'm all "Hey, great job on owning yourself."

That doesn't seem so surprising to me - common folk don't "deplore", it's like sarcastically referring to yourselves as 'proles'.

it = calling yourself deplorable in your twitter handle.

This Politico story about Trump's history as a Howard Stern guest is fucking brutal.

it = calling yourself deplorable in your twitter handle.

I've made the foolish mistake of occasionally commenting on the election campaign on Twitter of late and have found myself being hounded by idiots and liars who all have the word "deplorable" in their Twitter names.

they're right1

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having known several nevada republicans, he just lost my home state

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, October 5, 2016 11:41 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

even taken out of context, this seems p obviously to be trump clowning himself (or his "friend," who was "killed") for saying it ~wrong~

lmao

https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/783914466379464704

"In depo for Trump Plaza bankruptcy case, Trump's own lawyer testifies they often met with him in pairs because Trump lies so much."

Trump 2016: An Expert At Interpreting Things

"Republicans must decide in the next few days, rather than weeks, whether to seek distance from his wobbly campaign"

they keep saying this but I think the time to make that decision is well past

Anyone see this? https://guccifer2.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/clinton-foundation/

First glance is a big "whatever" from me.

It looks like big banks and corporations agreed to donate to the Democrats a certain percentage of the allocated TARP funds.

This seems like a big leap in logic from the accompanying screencap of the spreadsheet

Seems to be old data?

"Trump is a leader in the field of -- he's an expert at interpreting things. Let's put it that way."

wow.
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Yeah, that is an awesome quote.

guccifer link appears to be bullshit/hoax

really curious what's gonna happen on Sunday. Trump's getting desperate and might completely tone himself down. and of course Clinton will do everything she can to needle him.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2016/10/preparing-pass-baton

really curious what's gonna happen on Sunday. Trump's getting desperate and might completely tone himself down.
― frogbs, Thursday, October 6, 2016 9:39 AM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this won't happen

Didn't wikileaks say tuesday that they were going to post things every wednesday? Lol, what a shitshow.

If he does tone down I hope Hil's got an alternate plan for how to make use of the debate time

gotta hand it to Trump, he probably does have some very good people on staff in that they have to do their own jobs in addition to acting like they're doing as he says and making him think any changes were his idea if he starts to catch on

If he does tone down I hope Hil's got an alternate plan for how to make use of the debate time

― Robby Mook (stevie), Thursday, October 6, 2016 9:53 AM (two minutes ago)

"You seem a little tired, Donald, forget your testosterone shot this morning?"

As has been hammered home time and time and time again, despite many people's erroneous assumptions that he operates like an adult human being who learns from his mistakes and is able to rein in his worst impulses at least for the sake of his own self-interest if for no other reason, Trump is constitutionally incapable of toning it down for any longer than it takes for someone to wound his amazingly fragile ego. Clinton so has his number.

Yeah hillary's gonna twist the knife

there's generally a pattern to this, when Trump is doing alright in the polls he really lets loose, but when he's down he tries to reign it in a bit

I want to go to the town hall and lead a question with some very sympathetic words about his brother who died in 1981, and then after I get him nodding kind of slip in, "So, do you think maybe the wrong brother died?"

re: deplorables, yr rural whites were also really thrilled about calling themselves bitter clingers not so long ago.

Deplorable is the new queer

deplorable
deplorable
trap trap trap
til the basket's full

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTgL8wi08r8

I prefer the remix.

not heard much from her lately, has Trump paid her off to go away somewhere and be quiet?

Trump doesnt like being upstaged by a woman

That spotlight's only big enough for one giant ego

he decided that if anybody was going to ruin his campaign, it was gonna be him

I just watched that Palin clip 6 times in a row

help

> not heard much from her lately

What we heard in July was that Alaska is rilly rilly far away and it's hard for her to get down here to the lower 48.

Oh crap I just realized something: there's an international BORDER between here and Alaska.

And we all know planes can't go over international borders.

Which is why a border wall will work bigly.

QED.

I just watched that Palin clip 6 times in a row

i still cannot tell if she muffed the line or if it was just shit to begin with but it is HYPNOTIC

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/10/06/i-dont-like-hillary-clinton-or-the-democratic-party-im-voting-for-them-anyway

Telling detail:

On Aug. 2, a few days after the Democratic convention, I went to a Trump rally in Ashburn, Va. I was there interviewing protesters and Trump supporters who gathered outside the venue because the event had sold out, and they couldn’t get in. The protesters were mostly high school students — Muslim, Latino, black, Asian, white — and the Trump supporters were mostly white and older. Their exchanges were surprisingly respectful.

When the rally ended and Trump supporters who made it into the venue walked by, the mood shifted. The ones who had attended the rally were ready for a fight. One woman started yelling and cursing at the protesters. When I lifted my camera to film her, she grabbed the camera and tried to throw it down, screaming, “Put the f—ing camera down!” When my grip on the camera outmatched hers, she looked at me as if I were a piece of trash. While we stood and looked at each other, it finally hit me: We really are in danger. Although I was still disgruntled with the DNC and not enthusiastic about Clinton, I began to realize I couldn’t let Trump get near the White House.

is the hurricane going to affect anything?

Donald's hair

isn't Mar-a-Lago directly in its path?

It's in West Palm Beach, so...

Ahhh fuck I clicked the comments

pfrederick1
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Climate change legislation? What would that be? Do you think the government can pass laws to affect the weather? Do you really believe Mother Nature will comply? Or do you mean the government will pass laws to restrict my activities? Yeah, no, not something I am behind. Women have a choice. Don't get knocked up. Finances favor the wealthy. That's the perk of being rich.

I could almost stomach Trump as president if a hurricane leveled his palace.

the destruction of mar a lago would give trump a sweet excuse to skip the debate

whether the damage is minimal or it destroys it completely, we can definitely count on Trump giving an utterly tone-deaf response

did this already get posted?

http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-updates-there-are-now-more-registered-voters-in-1475694802-htmlstory.html

The new data show California now has more registered voters than the population of 46 states.