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

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"Either that or CNN is goosing the numbers to report a closer horse race for ratings purposes. I'm not saying that, but some people are saying it. Some very smart people." -- voodoo chili

It's almost Trumpian in rhetorical style, congrats...

Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 13:28 (seven years ago) link

Oh hey, you picked up on the obvious joke

I know hoes that know Ali Farka Toure (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 13:36 (seven years ago) link

Despite all of the dipshit news orgs' attempts to make this seem like it could totally go either way who even knows amirite, I'm going to go ahead and predict Clinton winning with the closest thing a modern day prez candidate can get to a landslide (so like 55% or something?).

Our Meals Are Hot And Fresh! (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link

this thread needs a Cassio badly

Neanderthal, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 13:53 (seven years ago) link

more like 11:58:50

le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 16:42 (seven years ago) link

lol WaPo now has Texas as a "toss up" state?! insane

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link

it truly is!

(•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link

"If you take a look at Iran from four, five years ago they were dying," Trump said in a town hall event. "They had sanctions, they were being choked to death and they were dying. They weren't even going to be much of a threat."

"They didn't have anything going and now they're a power," Trump continued. "Overnight, we've made them a power."

The GOP nominee went on to call the deal "the highest level of incompetence," saying it would shorten the road to Iran obtaining nuclear weapons.

thanks obama

carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link

XP We Want To Share The Wealth Of Having A Taco Truck On Every Corner With The Rest Of Y'all!

a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link

stuff like this can't be helping Trump down here in Texas:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-dallas-morning-news_us_57cebaf3e4b078581f13d342?section=&

Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link

Sam Wang calling out 538 for making the Presidential race look like more of a horserace was welcome. Sick of the "showstopper poll" narrative that has popped up today with the new CNN poll.

Neanderthal, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 19:28 (seven years ago) link

this is why i trust the average opinion of people betting money more than i trust pundits, including nate silver.

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link

even though folks have been quick to point out Johnson's support has maintained longer than most 3rd parties, I have to think him and Stein are going to drop off significantly (or at least, one of them will). Johnson's current numbers are basically Perot 1996 (which is where their similarities end), and Stein's 3%, small as it seems, is actually a larger share than any third party candidate has received since Perot in 96 (not even Nader in 2000 could top 3%).

I can't see both of them clearing 3%. I'm not even sold that Gary's gonna hit the 5% federal funding level.

xpost yep lol

Neanderthal, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 19:30 (seven years ago) link

Either way it's infuriating how hard the media has been in the tank for Trump - he treats them like dogs and grouches about them at every stop even though they are quite frankly the only thing keeping him afloat at all in this election. Sometimes there really aren't two equally valid sides to every story and it's insane that after everything Clinton is the one with the reputation of being "corrupt". We have one politician who sometimes stretches the truth and another who outright makes things up and the media pushes this 'well they've both been dishonest' narrative. If she loses I'm pinning it directly on them.

frogbs, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 19:35 (seven years ago) link

I'm pinning it on Iago

Neanderthal, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 19:36 (seven years ago) link

Either way it's infuriating how hard the media has been in the tank for Trump - he treats them like dogs and grouches about them at every stop even though they are quite frankly the only thing keeping him afloat at all in this election.

https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/773228694584385537

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 19:39 (seven years ago) link

so Hillary has brain damaged and is also stricken with lung cancer and tuberculosis fyi

(•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link

I heard she's just a head and half a torso floating in a tank at this point.

Our Meals Are Hot And Fresh! (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link

And the tank is only half full
Xpost

I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 21:09 (seven years ago) link

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/how-donald-trump-lost-his-mojo-w438162?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=090616_16

"The panel burst out laughing. Pierson tried to stay composed and brave her way through the rest of the segment, but it was like watching a kitten try to crawl out of a wood-chipper. Within moments, Pierson's tortured Orwellian construction was rocketing around the Internet, among other things inspiring thousands of Twitter jokes.
Famed swimsuit model Chrissy Teigen, for instance, acidly tweeted, "Not many of us could wake up and do what @KatrinaPierson does every day with a straight face. What an inspiration."
In a perfect mini set piece of the Trump campaign, Pierson retweeted this sarcastic tribute, thinking it a compliment. Even Trump's media expert is in a slump."

Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link

this hat is very good

https://shop.hillaryclinton.com/products/go-it-alone-hat

frogbs, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link

"Argument one: If your life sucks already, and as a white billionaire I can only assume it does, why not try something new? "To those suffering, I say, vote for Donald Trump and I will fix it," he says. "What do you have to lose?"
Argument two is the stunner, a breathtaking attempt to pull all the irreconcilable rhetorical threads of his campaign together. "There is another civil-rights issue we need to talk about, and that's the issue of immigration enforcement," he says. "Every time an African­-American citizen ... loses their job to an illegal immigrant, the rights of that American citizen have been violated."
Yes, let's build a wall, but let's do it to help African-Americans! It's alt-right meets civil rights! The best crossover hit since "Walk This Way"!
There's muted applause, but also lots of glazed eyes staring up at the stage, not knowing how to respond. Still, after the speech, a local real estate developer named Don Whitham gives Trump's African-American outreach the thumb's-up. "The Republicans took them out of slavery. And we're trying to do it again," he says. "We're trying to take 'em out of enserfment."
He adds, voice breaking with emotion, "They're just being used by the damn politicians, that's all it amounts to!""

Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link

i...kinda want that hat

jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 22:05 (seven years ago) link

that is one typical ilxor looking guy

an expired coupon for 50¢ off a moon pie (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 01:20 (seven years ago) link

hrc campaign should just sell the giuliani MAKE MEXICO GREAT AGAIN ALSO hat

he mea ole, he kanaka lapuwale (sciatica), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 01:37 (seven years ago) link

Hoping these polls today will jar Clinton's side out its stupor the past couple of weeks.

clemenza, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 03:51 (seven years ago) link

header on wapo website says mexico's finance minister, who apparently played a "key role" in trump's visit, is stepping down.

geometry-stabilized craft (art), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is delaying its initial advertising in Florida's U.S. Senate race in order to further fortify its resources closer to Election Day, a DSCC official told the Herald/Times.

The DSCC on Tuesday cancelled its ad buy planned for Sept. 20-26 -- what was to be the committee's first foray into Florida's general election between Democrat Patrick Murphy and Republican incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio.

thanks debbie

carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 16:34 (seven years ago) link

Florida Senator, the job nobody wants

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link

Dallas Morning News makes their first Democratic presidential endorsement since FDR: http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160907-we-recommend-hillary-clinton-for-president.ece

a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 18:06 (seven years ago) link

Those are real shortcomings. But they pale in comparison to the litany of evils some opponents accuse her of. Treason? Murder? Her being cleared of crimes by investigation after investigation has no effect on these political hyenas; they refuse to see anything but conspiracies and cover-ups.

word

carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link

well she is literally the devil and hates America. Her only goal is to become president so she can destroy the county and hand it over to immigrants. she is lucky Barack Hussein Obama didn't get to accomplish his goal of handing the country over to muslims and sharia law, but there is still time.

(•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link

like i said there is still time. today he appointed a MOOSLIM JUDGE !!!!!!! ITS STARTING!!

(•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link

Get ready for life under shirayo law, people.

Our Meals Are Hot And Fresh! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link

I get worried when this thread is relatively quiet because it means there isn't any active Trump self-sabotage happening.

Evan, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 18:57 (seven years ago) link

Shakira law is coming, people. You have been warned.

some people call me Maurice Chevalier (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:00 (seven years ago) link

sharoi basketshoes law

carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link

Hillary's Parkinson's rumors are snowballing, it's outside of the Drudge/Infowars realm... I know a lot of totally conspiracy averse liberals bring this up lately and they're legitimately concerned that a) she won't be able to finish the campaign, or b) she won't be well enough to be President...

Personally I haven't seen anything that convincing yet, but what do y'all think? Total horseshit or no?

flappy bird, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:08 (seven years ago) link

such obvious horseshit it's shocking anyone would think otherwise

Mordy, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link

like their entire case is based on seasonal allergies? wtf?

Mordy, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link

@mtaibbi
This piece is about how Trump's stump act has changed. I've watched him all year. He's never looked more miserable.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/how-donald-trump-lost-his-mojo-w438162

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:11 (seven years ago) link

like their entire case is based on seasonal allergies? wtf?

― Mordy, Wednesday, September 7, 2016 3:10 PM (forty-nine seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's not that, I actually watched this video (which sounds like it was recorded with a tin can), and it mostly points to examples of HRC "freezing" or having tremors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr1IDQ2V1eM

Whether or not it has any merit, the thing is starting to escalate in the media and she may have to address it further, Trump couldn't be happier...

flappy bird, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link

The last thing she should do is address the conspiracy theories of dumbfucks.

Our Meals Are Hot And Fresh! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link

My mom was concerned for her health back in the spring. She sounded hoarse and coughed even back then. Also: Hillary is old. It's quite legitimate to worry that she might not be able to fix everything at 76, and will leave too much for Kamala Harris to repair. However, Trump is even older, and he's only released a fraudulent health certificate from an obvious quack.

Frederik B, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link

videos like that always scream legitimacy to me xxp

yolo mostly (sleepingbag), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link

lol it's transparent garbage. like last-chance-desperation obvious garbage.

though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link

in the future all medical diagnoses will be made via youtube videos

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link

"It's quite legitimate to worry that she might not be able to fix everything at 76, and will leave too much for Kamala Harris to repair."

what does Harris have to do with this?

akm, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 19:25 (seven years ago) link


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