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

That Chavez answer is spectacular. To think -- all these years and I'd no idea he invented the phrase "forgotten man"!

They're older and they're working harder. It's not supposed to be that way. It's only supposed to be that way for me because I'm working harder. But it's not supposed to be that way.

I am yr voice

I have heard among this clan,
You are called the forgotten man.
Is that what they're saying? well did you evah!
What a swell party this is.

mccrory down 51-44 in latest poll for NC governor

Whenever he's asked about something he clearly knows nothing about, he has to invent an answer anyway, because he can't stand to be thought of as not that smart. Only exception was David Duke and the KKK, of course, there he had no qualms about saying that he didn't know anything.

Hillary should just start answering questions via Def Leppard lyrics now, why make the effort of engaging...

lmao

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CprImCqXEAAsxHn.jpg:large

she's dumb as a doorknob, like her boss

50/50 odds that after losing Trump will sue every news outlet for a cut of the money he made them by running

there is a little something to it... "bezos'" washingtonpost has been going pretty hard this whole season

thats why Im scared there wont be amazing trump staffer tell all books because he'll sue them into oblivion and take all the (yuge) profits

between its irrepublican reportage and neocon opinion pages it's no surprise really

ahahaha remember this shit??

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/betsy-mccaughy-trump-team

Betsy McCaughey's addition to Donald Trump's council of economic advisors seems fitting: Both are conspiracy theory-floating sensationalists who have what you might describe as a hostile relationship with the truth.

Trump announced that McCaughey, along with seven other women, was joining his economic team Thursday after critics noted the council was made up entirely of men, only one Ph.D.-holding economist and four Steves among them, upon its initial rollout.

lol i'd remembered six steves. a fish story.

maybe trump reflexively overstated the number of steves by 50%.

http://www.wbdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Charles-Krauthammer.jpg

for some reason, this is what i imagine all of Trump's Steve to be like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nseBliU80LM

right, we don't have videos anymore. That's the Eric Andre "SUP MELLO" Ranch dude

"I worry that Trump is blowing his load too early. He suggested the Russians should hack her emails, then he suggested gun people should possibly shoot her, called her the devil and now is literally saying she's responsible for ISIS. I just don't know where you go after this. Maybe "brain transplant from Hitler" has some legs.

― frogbs, Friday, August 12, 2016 3:33 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink"

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As noted several times, we live in a predominantly progressive community, so while there are a smattering of Republicans here and there, I don't think I've seen a Trump sign anywhere; the only two I've seen at all have been out in the cornfield-filled hinterlands. Anyway, my daughter is taking a cooking camp this week, and she said one of the kids was apparently pro-Trump, which at that age means it's her parents who are Trump supporters. Apparently these 9-year olds had, according to the chef, a thoughtful, respectful political conversation after they were done in the kitchen, but me, being less fair minded, kept wondering who the asshole parent was. Today I learned (I think) who it was, and talk about conforming to stereotype: it was an obese white woman with a southern accent.

Meantime, the dream of New Jersey!

http://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2016/08/trump-nj-headquarters-closed-not-long-after-it-opened-104651

http://static.politico.com/78/25/3774b55543869444485c75b369b2/trumphq.JPG

gf's little niece (also 9 i think?) said she was for trump the other day but not cuz of parents -- just because she's a kid and trump is the crazy one. gf was immediately like YOU KNOW WHAT BEING FOR TRUMP MEANS RIGHT?

Where the bottom is.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-a-clinton-landslide-would-look-like/

Catherine Martinez, New Jersey state director for the Trump campaign, did not return a call to her cell phone or a Twitter message.

Martinez was paid just over $10,000 by the Trump campaign on May 31, but did not receive any payments in June (aside from a travel reimbursement).

Two other staffers were also paid within a few days of the June 7 primary.

Spencer Silverman, a Franklin & Marshall student who served as an intern for Chris Christie until March, but now lists himself as the New Jersey field director for the Trump campaign, according to his LinkedIn page, was paid just over $5,000 on June 8.

Leonel Cantiolo, who also lists himself as the campaign's New Jersey field director, was paid $3,261 on June 10. Neither received additional payments in June. Spending data for July is not yet available.

gf's little niece (also 9 i think?) said she was for trump the other day but not cuz of parents -- just because she's a kid and trump is the crazy one. gf was immediately like YOU KNOW WHAT BEING FOR TRUMP MEANS RIGHT?

― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour),

smug fucking liberals imo

I saw a guy in a Trump t-shirt in downtown SF this morning. that was a first.

Out on the road today I saw a Trump/Pence sticker a cadillac

lil voice inside your head said bring Bush back
bring Bush back

there is more presence for Gary Johnson lately than Trump in this area - doesn't really make me feel a lot better. there was a Gary Johnson 'rally' at the local brewery which was just 5-6 people acting smug while sipping craft beer and dressed in preppy suits and talking about 401ks and bullshit

Bill Kristol: well, yeah

xp

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I saw a guy in a Trump t-shirt in downtown SF this morning. that was a first.

They're around but minimal. Closest I saw to a full-throated endorsement in the Bay Area in general was months back -- some dude in his late 20s driving a pickup south of San Jose on the freeway with the obligatory bumper sticker. Both he and the vehicle looked dishevelled.

there was a Gary Johnson 'rally' at the local brewery

I am a fan of local breweries in general, but they are definitely hubs of hipster libertarianism.

guys I posted a Bill Kristol gif can we stare at it

hypnotic wattle

I've only seen one Trump shirt so far, on a tourist inside National Museum of American History. I'm out on the National Mall all the time, where there are throngs of bussed-in tourists and I expected to encounter at least one of the iconic hats.

I've only seen a couple Trump bumper stickers. Have seen more cars that still have Romney/Ryan stickers on back from 4 years ago.

(Attenborough voice) Notice how the mature male billkristol uses his neck pouch to perform a mating display, even in the absence of female billkristols. (/Attenborough voice)

xpost I thought that was a turkey in mating season?

I guess he is sort of a turkey in mating season, if you think about it.

The male turkey enacts this exotic display to attract a mate, but should non appear to his liking, he will stubbornly continue this futile mating dance for the next four years, hoping time will bring someone more to his tastes.

roflz

i saw a faded kerry/edwards sticker on someone's bumper a few weeks ago

man i see those all the time #lolbluedistrict

guys I posted a Bill Kristol gif can we stare at it

i haven't done anything else for 15 minutes

i saw a mcgovern/shriver sticker on a bumper a few weeks ago!

wanted to excoriate the driver for abandoning eagleton

Scott Adams, of course, thinks the "Obama founded ISIS" comment is all-time brilliant:

http://blog.dilbert.com/post/148844611656/the-greatest-cognitive-dissonance-trap-of-all-time

I wonder what this dude's limit is. "Hillary did 9/11?" "Well, it made you think about it, didn't it??"

As recently as 2009 there were still Perot '96 stickers on lamp posts in the town I was living in