Video: WH Press Secretary: Offensive Views Are Part of Trump’s (And the GOP’s) Base

“Those are the priorities of today’s Republican Party”
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Following that harrowing moment at Donald Trump’s town hall event yesterday, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest let Trump and the Republican Party have it today, saying, “Is anybody really surprised that this happened at a Donald Trump rally? I don’t think anybody who’s been paying attention to Republican politics is at all surprised.”

Watch the whole thing. Earnest tells it like it is; this is about as blunt as the language ever gets in Washington DC.

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113 comments
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HappyWarrior  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:12:18pm

You might say Earnest was just being earnest in his accesment of the GOP. YEaaaaaaaaaah! And yeah he’s absolutely right and they will prove him right by spewing a bunch of racist crap about Earnest’s boss.

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:14:19pm

re: #1 HappyWarrior

You might say Earnest was just being earnest in his accesment of the GOP. YEaaaaaaaaaah! And yeah he’s absolutely right and they will prove him right by spewing a bunch of racist crap about Earnest’s boss.

He wasn’t Joshing!

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HappyWarrior  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:15:48pm

re: #2 wrenchwench

He wasn’t Joshing!

Good one. But yeah I appreciate Earnest’s honsety here and not sugar coating that this kind of shit is bread and butter at the Donald circus.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:15:56pm

Well, we all know the old saying ‘Ye shall know the truth, and truth shall set you free?”

That is the ultimate poison in politics.

“All lies in jest, still a man hears what he wants to hears and disregards the rest.”.

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KGxvi  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:16:11pm

re: #1 HappyWarrior

I have it on good authority that there is a certain importance to being earnest

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HappyWarrior  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:17:14pm

re: #5 KGxvi

I have it on good authority that there is a certain importance to being earnest

That’s wilde.

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Kragar  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:17:30pm
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Jayleia  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:17:58pm

Apparently the WH Press Secretary is channeling his inner “All out of fucks to give”…just like his boss.

This is going to be fun.

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EPR-radar  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:18:25pm

I think that counts as an Earth-shattering ka-boom.

Bravo.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:19:14pm

re: #7 Kragar

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She has her mother’s warmth and by warmth I mean ability to be an asshole at all times.

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EPR-radar  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:20:52pm

re: #8 Jayleia

Apparently the WH Press Secretary is channeling his inner “All out of fucks to give”…just like his boss.

This is going to be fun.

And the best part of this is that every bit of the OP video is just the simple truth. All that it takes to hammer the GOP is truth-telling.

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dholmes32  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:21:59pm

And in multi-level marketing scam news, an Arizona federal judge said that energy drink MLM Vemma could not be restarted.

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TedStriker  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:22:37pm

re: #1 HappyWarrior

You might say Earnest was just being earnest in his accesment of the GOP. YEaaaaaaaaaah! And yeah he’s absolutely right and they will prove him right by spewing a bunch of racist crap about Earnest’s boss.

re: #8 Jayleia

Apparently the WH Press Secretary is channeling his inner “All out of fucks to give”…just like his boss.

This is going to be fun.

Afterwards, Earnest was seen leaving the podium, just as in this clip of his boss:

/

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EPR-radar  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:27:47pm
Is anybody really surprised that this happened at a Donald Trump rally? I don’t think anybody who’s been paying attention to Republican politics is at all surprised.

Nice shot on the media there.

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missliberties  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:32:13pm

Pandering to racists. It is the go to GOP strategy.

When they say the President is a muslim, what they mean is Obama is NOT an American.

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Great White Snark  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:35:33pm

Absolutely seething right now. Just saw an old friend who was assaulted yesterday on the Red line subway here in Los Angeles. He’s really hurt. Not hospital hurt but in pain, bruised, sore. Beat to crap. The man that attacked him did do so not because they argued, or for a crime like robbery. It was a STRAIGHT UP HATE CRIME. Slurs, then insults, my guy tries to run, then run down to the end of the subway car, punches, kicks more slurs…. And nobody stepped up to stop it. Not a fucking soul. I’m leaving the ethnic details out as irrelevant.

Coming after that seeing this video just,…. it’s too much. Donald Trump is fomenting violence against us, our friends, our fellow Lizards, the very empathy and kindness in our souls.

The GOP has got to go. History’s dustbin. Excise the cancer.

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EPR-radar  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:35:33pm

If anyone cares, we can now predict with certainty the topic of the next David Brooks column in the New York Times. “Deplorable divisiveness from the administration” or some such both-siderist crap.

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Khal Wimpo  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:37:23pm

re: #8 Jayleia

Apparently the WH Press Secretary is channeling his inner “All out of fucks to give”…just like his boss.

This is going to be fun.

About time the White House started to wade into the hateful, racist rhetoric coming out of the GOP. They’ve let it fester until it’s reached the stage where they can use the Bully Pulpit to call fucking bullshit on these scumbags. Should be fun to watch over the next few months. If the GOP is stupid - and Trump is arrogant, but not stupid, and it’ll be interesting to see if it comes down to being the same thing - they’ll escalate with the White House.

Thing is, Mr. Trump: Obama can call press conferences with the big ol’ Presidential Seal and flags all over ‘em. And when he calls you out for being a racist dickbag, that is something that we in the media are going to run in heavy rotation. Over and over again.

That’ll leave a mark.

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lawhawk  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:38:37pm

Meanwhile, the GOP blocked passage of the Zadroga Act, which assists the 9/11 responders suffering from ailments due to exposure at Ground Zero.

The GOP considers these folks disposable heroes. They claim the cost is too high. Thousands of responders were exposed to toxic materials at The Pile. Many of them middle class folks.

This is after President Bush promised to make sure that the nation would do what it took to care for these folks. That promise has been ignored time and again - mostly by the GOP that wants to avoid its responsibilities.

And I love their talk of fiscal responsibility here too. That’s their stock response, but it rings hollow since it will cost the government more in doing nothing here - and it will cause even more financial harms to these responders too.

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Khal Wimpo  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:41:14pm

re: #16 Great White Snark

Absolutely seething right now. Just saw an old friend who was assaulted yesterday on the Red line subway here in L.A.

The GOP has got to go. History’s dustbin. Excise the cancer.

A beat-down on the Red Line? WTF? I ride the Expo Line with some regularity, and there are often LA Sheriffs around (if for no other reason than to bug us for our Tap cards). Nobody thought to report this shit?

Damn. Sorry to hear ‘bout the beat-down. Not cool. I know LA is a seething cauldron of races bumping up against each other - the “Crash” movie kinda tried to show that, albeit in a simplistic & reductionist way - but still.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:41:27pm

re: #19 lawhawk

Meanwhile, the GOP blocked passage of the Zadroga Act, which assists the 9/11 responders suffering from ailments due to exposure at Ground Zero.

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The GOP considers these folks disposable heroes. They claim the cost is too high. Thousands of responders were exposed to toxic materials at The Pile. Many of them middle class folks.

This is after President Bush promised to make sure that the nation would do what it took to care for these folks. That promise has been ignored time and again - mostly by the GOP that wants to avoid its responsibilities.

And I love their talk of fiscal responsibility here too. That’s their stock response, but it rings hollow since it will cost the government more in doing nothing here - and it will cause even more financial harms to these responders too.

They have NO excuse for this. But then I have no realistic expectations of a party whose sole whims are enabling religious extremists and greedy assholes.

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Khal Wimpo  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:43:14pm

re: #21 HappyWarrior

They have NO excuse for this. But then I have no realistic expectations of a party whose sole whims are enabling religious extremists and greedy assholes.

I wonder … can this be because they are so evil as to what to sabotage the gov’t from being able to do *anything* good & just while Obama is in the WH?

… sorry. Forgot for a moment the pledge extracted by The Turtle upon Obama’s inauguration. My bad.

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:43:28pm
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Archangelus  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:43:35pm

re: #9 EPR-radar

I think that counts as an Earth-shattering ka-boom.

Bravo.

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Great White Snark  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:45:34pm

re: #20 Khal Wimpo

Yeah the Sheriffs are all over the platforms and stations but way too rare on the trains. And there is no 911, no cell service. If you pull the emergency stop between stations the sheriffs take a long time to get there. The next station is the closest help underground. Need the cops on the trains! Not just fare checking at the turnstiles.

Racial tensions had improved, but then the economy turned and now we have The Hair out there inciting violence over imaginary training camps, imaginary terrorists. Gah.

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Dr. Matt  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:47:59pm

Howdy, fellow lizards. Have been in Europe for the last 96 hours and I’ll be happy to report that I can’t find anyone that hates us or doesn’t respect us. So, suck it Trump. Currently in Lisbon. This place rocks.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:49:23pm

re: #22 Khal Wimpo

I wonder … can this be because they are so evil as to what to sabotage the gov’t from being able to do *anything* good & just while Obama is in the WH?

… sorry. Forgot for a moment the pledge extracted by The Turtle upon Obama’s inauguration. My bad.

My uncle brought up that pledge last night. I think it shows you the real contempt that Mitch and his party have for this president that they’d fuck so many people over just to weaken him politically.

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Jenner7  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:49:38pm

So, they block a bill that would help 9/11 responders and pass a bill that will stop helping women.

These assholes are not Christians. They are evil.

Sorry. I’m extremely pissed off after hearing about your friend, GWS. I hope he/she heals quickly, emotionally and physically.

And I have a cold. Boo.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:50:07pm

re: #26 Dr. Matt

Howdy, fellow lizards. Have been in Europe for the last 96 hours and I’ll be happy to report that I can’t find anyone that hates us or doesn’t respect us. So, suck it Trump. Currently in Lisbon. This place rocks.

I loved Lisbon. Great food, weather, culture, and people.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:51:26pm

Obama’s memoir is one presidential one I will read. I really want to see what he says about these pricks.

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lawhawk  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:51:32pm

Speaking of SMOTI:

Yeah, he’s a plant. So too is Trump, because his answer simply pours gas on the fire that Obama is a Muslim, non American, etc.

Trump has long been a birther. That’s indisputable. His answering the question is likewise indisputable.

But to claim the questioner was a plant? That’s laughable, especially since if Trump didn’t believe that Obama was Muslim/outsider he could have slapped down the guy by saying no - he’s an American citizen born in the US, and there are no Islamic terror training camps here in the US.

Trump refused to say any of that. Rather, he said he’d look into that - the object of that being the claims that Obama’s a Muslim non-American.

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Dr. Matt  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:52:19pm

re: #29 HappyWarrior

I loved Lisbon. Great food, weather, culture, and people.

Agree 100000%. Germany was my favorite European country until now. I regret not coming here sooner in life.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:53:48pm

re: #31 lawhawk

Speaking of SMOTI:

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Yeah, he’s a plant. So too is Trump, because his answer simply pours gas on the fire that Obama is a Muslim, non American, etc.

Trump has long been a birther. That’s indisputable. His answering the question is likewise indisputable.

But to claim the questioner was a plant? That’s laughable, especially since if Trump didn’t believe that Obama was Muslim/outsider he could have slapped down the guy by saying no - he’s an American citizen born in the US, and there are no Islamic terror training camps here in the US.

Trump refused to say any of that. Rather, he said he’d look into that - the object of that being the claims that Obama’s a Muslim non-American.

Oh please Kim and Jim, we don’t need plants to show how ridiculously bigoted your party is. You guys do that yourselves. Try some of that personal responsibility you’re oh so find of on your bigoted ideology for once.

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Dr. Matt  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:54:40pm

re: #31 lawhawk

Speaking of SMOTI:

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ould have slapped down the guy by saying no - he’s an American citizen born in the US, and there are no Islamic terror training camps here in the US.

Trump refused to say any of that. Rather, he said he’d look into that - the object of that being the claims that Obama’s a Muslim non-American.

Ugh. I’m not going to even waste the limited hotel wifi I have to read what douche nozzle has to say. It’s unbelievable that these people live in such denial.

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HappyWarrior  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:55:07pm

re: #32 Dr. Matt

Agree 100000%. Germany was my favorite European country until now. I regret not coming here sooner in life.

Yeah I only went because I had never met anyone who’d been. And man I immediately wished I had alloted more time. I fell in love with the country and recommend it anyone going abroad.

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darthstar  Sep 18, 2015 • 2:58:38pm
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:00:22pm

re: #8 Jayleia

Apparently the WH Press Secretary is channeling his inner “All out of fucks to give”…just like his boss.

This is going to be fun.

Please Be Advised Due To High Demand No More Fucks Will Be Available Until Further Notice

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HappyWarrior  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:01:31pm

re: #36 darthstar

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Haha

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ObserverArt  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:03:17pm

(Pouty, tear-streaked face)

It’s not our fault! Obama makes us do this.

By the way, I haven’t seen much of Reince Priebus lately. I hope he is enjoying himself and all the changes he implemented to help make the GOP more diverse and welcoming.

(George W voice) Reince, you’re doing a heck-of-a job!

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:04:35pm
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freetoken  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:06:34pm

re: #39 ObserverArt

The Re-Messaging plan is going spectacularly.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:06:51pm
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Aunty Entity Dragon  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:07:05pm

re: #19 lawhawk

Meanwhile, the GOP blocked passage of the Zadroga Act, which assists the 9/11 responders suffering from ailments due to exposure at Ground Zero.

[Embedded content]

The GOP considers these folks disposable heroes. They claim the cost is too high. Thousands of responders were exposed to toxic materials at The Pile. Many of them middle class folks.

This is after President Bush promised to make sure that the nation would do what it took to care for these folks. That promise has been ignored time and again - mostly by the GOP that wants to avoid its responsibilities.

And I love their talk of fiscal responsibility here too. That’s their stock response, but it rings hollow since it will cost the government more in doing nothing here - and it will cause even more financial harms to these responders too.

I got nothing. Fuck the GOP all to hell. They can burn. Hang this around their Goddamned necks every fucking time some asshat on twitter wants to yammer about planned parenthood or faux patriotism or some other bullshit. Your party is letting 9/11 responders die from cancer because of Grover Norquist, and you can rot in hell for eternity.

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The Vicious Babushka  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:07:27pm

I bought a bunch of toys for my grandkids, including a “Snap Circuits” electronics kit so they can make clocks, doorbells and other stuff.

I know who will play with it the most: THEIR FATHERS.

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sagehen  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:07:41pm

For several months, I’ve been thinking I had a computer problem. Six years old, out of date software, everything loaded incredibly slow… so I finally went and bought a new computer. It’s lovely. Called Earthlink (stop laughing) to talk me through setting up my e-mail, everything was way slow, they informed me there was a problem on the line. It’s Verizon’s fault.

The Verizon people were just here, they tested the line in the basement and said oh, yes, it’s very slow, definitely our fault. Too bad it’s after five on a Friday. Maybe tomorrow morning we can fix it.

I’ll love the new computer when I can use it. There’s no wires on the mouse or keyboard. Nifty.

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ObserverArt  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:11:15pm

re: #18 Khal Wimpo

About time the White House started to wade into the hateful, racist rhetoric coming out of the GOP. They’ve let it fester until it’s reached the stage where they can use the Bully Pulpit to call fucking bullshit on these scumbags. Should be fun to watch over the next few months. If the GOP is stupid - and Trump is arrogant, but not stupid, and it’ll be interesting to see if it comes down to being the same thing - they’ll escalate with the White House.

Thing is, Mr. Trump: Obama can call press conferences with the big ol’ Presidential Seal and flags all over ‘em. And when he calls you out for being a racist dickbag, that is something that we in the media are going to run in heavy rotation. Over and over again.

That’ll leave a mark.

Good as time as any. Obama’s heading into his last year, he already has the Republicans scrambling over his lame duck moves, they are sorta forced to look somewhat reasonable in an election period and that makes it an open hunting season if they choose.

But they don’t have to go crazy. Just like they did with this press conference. Answer every dumb move and explain it in black and white. The Republicans are their own worst enemy. Gentle nudges and some creative Obama trolling and they will continue to look the fool. And he can do it for the party and not cost the candidates much issue.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:12:28pm
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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:13:41pm
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No Depression  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:15:29pm

I love how the White House is going on the offensive against these assholes. Give ‘em hell!

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:16:28pm

re: #47 Charles Johnson

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Humoring Hoft and Guilfoyle for a second, why then was Trump unwilling to treat the guy like a plant?

Answer, because that kind of racist shit is absolutely endemic within the GOP, and Trump would risk alienating most of his supporters if he spoke against it.

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allegro  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:18:11pm

re: #48 goddamnedfrank

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After she stomped it with her spike heels and set fire to its tail while its sweet furry little legs were still kicking and it was mewing for its life!

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Archangelus  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:19:12pm

re: #49 No Depression

I love how the White House is going on the offensive against these assholes. Give ‘em hell!

Aye, better late than never I say!

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:20:05pm
Donald Trump is pulling out of an appearance today at the Heritage Action Presidential Forum, saying he has a “significant business transaction” to attend to.
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EPR-radar  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:21:32pm

re: #50 goddamnedfrank

Humoring Hoft and Guilfoyle for a second, why then was Trump unwilling to treat the guy like a plant?

Answer, because that kind of racist shit is absolutely endemic within the GOP, and Trump would risk alienating most of his supporters if he spoke against it.

A party that gets into political bed with resentful racist throwbacks for cheap votes really shouldn’t complain about the results.

It’s bad form, even when the swivel-eyed loons start scaring off the tax cut uber alles ‘moderates’.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:21:38pm
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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:24:20pm

She’s gone beyond ‘soft focus’ to ‘back, back, back!’

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:26:25pm

re: #56 wrenchwench

Her article at Breitbart today is completely bugfuck nuts. All the commenters love her.

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:29:41pm

re: #57 Charles Johnson

Her article at Breitbart today is completely bugfuck nuts. All the commenters love her.

They can have each other, she belongs in a Breitbart comment section.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:30:11pm

re: #19 lawhawk

All the DNC candidates need to be together on this in denouncing this move, and they better hammer the GOP hard on it. But I don’t have much confidence in that.

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Jenner7  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:30:20pm
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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:31:01pm

Trump, for once, is showing genuine fear in canceling the Heritage Forum appearance with less than a day’s notice. He’s terrified of having to talk about the shit that went down yesterday. He can’t just come right out and defend the asshole who called Obama a Muslim, and he’ll look like a coward to his base if he admits Obama is a Christian. He can’t get into the minutia of whatever ethnic cleansing policy he would enact, or “look into” to use his parlance, and he can’t continue with his Christians are the real victims DARVO much longer either given the exact nature of the hate speech he condoned. He can’t further legitimize the lie that there are islamist terror camps in the US without being called on that by the fact-checkers, and he couldn’t possibly avoid the question either if he went to the forum.

Only a total fucking idiot would buy that business transaction excuse, but then only a total fucking idiot would support him to begin with. Right now his campaign is furiously huddling trying to figure out the magic sequences of words that will dig them out of this hole, when everyone knows the only way to get out of a hole is to stop digging.

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A Mom Anon  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:32:58pm

What would Jesus REALLY do?

Hmmm, I wonder?

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lawhawk  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:33:39pm

re: #60 Jenner7

Trump should be blasted not only for letting the question slide, but for his own response.

He’s a birther, and didn’t take offense to the question or the insinuations that Islamic terror training camps actually exist in the US. Hint: They don’t.

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nines09  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:34:08pm

re: #19 lawhawk

Meanwhile, the GOP blocked passage of the Zadroga Act, which assists the 9/11 responders suffering from ailments due to exposure at Ground Zero.

[Embedded content]

The GOP considers these folks disposable heroes. They claim the cost is too high. Thousands of responders were exposed to toxic materials at The Pile. Many of them middle class folks.

This is after President Bush promised to make sure that the nation would do what it took to care for these folks. That promise has been ignored time and again - mostly by the GOP that wants to avoid its responsibilities.

And I love their talk of fiscal responsibility here too. That’s their stock response, but it rings hollow since it will cost the government more in doing nothing here - and it will cause even more financial harms to these responders too.

Too expensive. But they have tons of money to build a wall. Deport millions. Bomb Iran.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:34:17pm
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Jenner7  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:35:45pm

Have a good weekend, guys and gals. BBL, have a carnival to attend.

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Great White Snark  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:36:34pm

re: #62 A Mom Anon

What would Jesus REALLY do?

Hmmm, I wonder?

Deserves a Page, IMO.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:36:42pm

re: #60 Jenner7

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In a rare setback for the Trump campaign — this time over something the candidate didn’t say — Trump has come under attack for glibly passing over the man’s comments and not stopping him when he first attacked Muslims.

He may not have said it this time, but in the past Trump has said all kinds of fucked up shit about Obama, leveling bigoted innuendo and outright false accusations about his religion and heritage. That’s the reason shit-head fans of ethnic cleansing like the guy who asked him the question yesterday feel safe saying shit like that at Trump’s events, they know he’s one of them.

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nines09  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:36:47pm

re: #42 Charles Johnson

And Trumps answer was a plant too I suppose.

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Great White Snark  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:38:19pm

re: #63 lawhawk

“We need this question”

We need this question to go away for the freakazoid hate fantasy it always was.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:41:42pm

Good freaking grief.

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#CampaignZero  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:41:44pm

re: #60 Jenner7

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I saw that live. It was funny/full of pain

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A Mom Anon  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:42:32pm

re: #67 Great White Snark

I shall give it a whirl….

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HappyWarrior  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:42:51pm

re: #71 Charles Johnson

Good freaking grief.

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Santorum showing what second place in the GOP means.

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EPR-radar  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:47:20pm

re: #61 goddamnedfrank

…

Only a total fucking idiot would buy that business transaction excuse, but then only a total fucking idiot would support him to begin with. Right now his campaign is furiously huddling trying to figure out the magic sequences of words that will dig them out of this hole, when everyone knows the only way to get out of a hole is to stop digging.

I don’t think Trump et al. are taking this time to think of a way to dig out of this hole. Instead, I think they are considering how to most effectively double down.

Stop digging is simply not an option, because that will lead to Trump losing the GOP nomination.

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Varek Raith  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:48:03pm

re: #71 Charles Johnson

Good freaking grief.

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I don’t even…

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dholmes32  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:50:29pm

re: #71 Charles Johnson

Good freaking grief.

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That’s a double facepalm, rub both eyes, shake my head violently moment. We’re screwed if any of these bozos gets elected.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:55:37pm

re: #75 EPR-radar

I don’t think Trump et al. are taking this time to think of a way to dig out of this hole. Instead, I think they are considering how to most effectively double down.

Stop digging is simply not an option, because that will lead to Trump losing the GOP nomination.

If they wanted him to double down he wouldn’t be skipping out on the Heritage Action Forum at the last minute. He’d just go and be his usual unmitigated asshole self. His campaign is desperately buying time in an attempt to sort this shit out.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:58:22pm

When asked, I predict Trump’s campaign will NEVER identify the supposed super important business deal he’s negotiating today. It’ll be some sort of ridiculous secret and everyone will know he’s just lying again but his supporter’s won’t care.

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Nyet  Sep 18, 2015 • 3:58:36pm

re: #55 Charles Johnson

She’s “Greenwald smart”, heh.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:01:03pm

re: #80 Nyet

She’s “Greenwald smart”, heh.

She’s smart for The Federalist. Probably in charge of making sure Domenech doesn’t get caught plagiarizing a bunch of shit again.

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Nyet  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:01:35pm

Have started Joe Hill’s NOS4A2. Promising so far. And long.

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A Mom Anon  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:04:44pm

Link

I made a page, but I’m having browser issues, not sure if this link will work….

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Belafon  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:08:40pm

re: #42 Charles Johnson

Even Hoft knows they’ve been outed.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:08:47pm

Not that I think Trump is severely wounded within the GOP or anything. Just, this is the first time I’ve seen his campaign even flinch.

They knew for a long time that they were glibly skipping towards a minefield. Now they know for a certainty that they’re in it.

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Higgs Boson's Mate  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:11:34pm

re: #85 goddamnedfrank

Trump will tell someone in his next audience to cool it and the media will declare him to be “statesmanlike.”

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EPR-radar  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:17:17pm

re: #78 goddamnedfrank

If they wanted him to double down he wouldn’t be skipping out on the Heritage Action Forum at the last minute. He’d just go and be his usual unmitigated asshole self. His campaign is desperately buying time in an attempt to sort this shit out.

What are Trump’s options?

1) Some more or less useless attempt at damage control, which will piss off his base and not impress any of his critics.

2) Double down and really try to sell flagrant anti-Muslim ideology.

If Trump and company see option 1 as a ‘loser’ and option 2 as a possible ‘winner’, they may take option #2 even though it is (hopefully) doomed to fail.

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:18:19pm

re: #85 goddamnedfrank

Not that I think Trump is severely wounded within the GOP or anything. Just, this is the first time I’ve seen his campaign even flinch.

They knew for a long time that they were glibly skipping into a minefield. Now they know for a certainty that they’re in it.

I think they’re too stupid to recognize a mortal wound, and stupid enough to campaign through one to victory if there were enough morons to vote him in, which I really really hope there aren’t.

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darthstar  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:20:15pm

For those of you celebrating the downfall of Trump, remember…the other candidates can say even crazier shit and they’ll be taken seriously at the end of the day.

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#CampaignZero  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:20:59pm

re: #87 EPR-radar

What are Trump’s options?

1) Some more or less useless attempt at damage control, which will piss off his base and not impress any of his critics.

2) Double down and really try to sell flagrant anti-Muslim ideology.

If Trump and company see option 1 as a ‘loser’ and option 2 as a possible ‘winner’, they may take option #2 even though it is (hopefully) doomed to fail.

He’s definitely taking #2. All along he has had a real problem with POTUS. That has not ended.

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darthstar  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:21:51pm
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EPR-radar  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:22:14pm

re: #86 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Trump will tell someone in his next audience to cool it and the media will declare him to be “statesmanlike.”

That’s altogether too likely. The media we have wouldn’t bother to check if such an audience person was a GOP plant, even if the lines were obviously scripted “Gee whiz, Mr. Trump. You are so right that hating on others isn’t good.”

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EPR-radar  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:23:36pm

re: #90 #CampaignZero

He’s definitely taking #2. All along he has had a real problem with POTUS. That has not ended.

That’s why I’m expecting doubling down that is much worse than more of the same. I’m expecting a real attempt by Trump to start running plays from the Nazi playbook.

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Tigger2  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:23:59pm

re: #71 Charles Johnson

Good freaking grief.

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wrenchwench  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:28:00pm
The international teams are already arriving in the Syracuse area for the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship. 13 will compete, looking to reach the finals at the Carrier Dome on September 27th.

The tournament is being hosted by the Onondaga Nation. Faith Keeper Oren Lyons, at 85, may be retired, but he’s been busy putting the event together. The opening ceremony is Friday evening, September 18th at the Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse.

Teams from Serbia, Israel, Ireland, Germany, Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, Australia, the Czech Republic, England, Canada, the United States, and the Iroquis Nationals (ranked #2, Lyons tells us) will be competing. The first rounds will be on the Onondaga Nation, at the Onondaga Arena (Route 11) and at the Village Pavillion, a multi-million dollar facility just completed, on the site of the old Nation firehouse.

This guy is tweeting great photos:

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:30:57pm
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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:35:01pm

The worst -> Parents who don’t have the patience to wait to see if their young child will say “thank you” before rudely prodding them with “what do we say?” Hey assholes, why don’t you say thank you yourself first and see if that gets the fucking job done.

/random Starbucks observation.

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EPR-radar  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:37:38pm

re: #97 goddamnedfrank

The worst -> Parent’s who don’t have the patience to wait to see if their young child will say “thank you” before rudely prodding them with “what do we say?” Hey assholes, why don’t you say thank you yourself first and see if that gets the fucking job done.

/random Starbucks observation.

At least the number of visible Republican apparatchiks should be down since Wednesday’s attempt to create the White Hole of Stupidity.

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Nyet  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:42:03pm
35He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. 36Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people. 37They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 38The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children. 39After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.

Didn’t know that Jesus visited Russia. /

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Seriously though, in the Russian translation something else stands in that place in the text (“the vicinity of Magdala”). So I was like 0_o when finding this in the English text.

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goddamnedfrank  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:43:15pm

Did they confuse him with an Alaskan wolf or what?

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Bill and Opus for 2016!  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:47:15pm

re: #91 darthstar

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Taking out members of the American far right brings Clinton’s numbers even lower.

Of those 227 terrorism deaths on Bill Clinton’s watch - 176 of them were caused by domestic rightwing acts perpetrated by two individuals.

Timothy McVeigh: 169 deaths at Oklahoma City bombing
Eric Rudolph - 7 deaths as result of six separate attacks, including the Centennial Park bombing at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

This leaves a total of 58 casualties by all other sources.

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thedopefishlives  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:49:35pm

re: #99 Nyet

Didn’t know that Jesus visited Russia. /

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Seriously though, in the Russian translation something else stands in that place in the text (“the vicinity of Magdala”). So I was like 0_o when finding this in the English text.

The translation of that specific word varies. I’d imagine proper names are probably the hardest to correctly identify and transcribe into a different language.

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Targetpractice  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:52:29pm

Remember the screams of “Traitor!” and “Taliban recruit!” we heard about Bergdahl months ago? Yeah, about that…

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#CampaignZero  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:54:13pm
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:56:49pm

re: #104 #CampaignZero

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Was the “B” backwards? Too bad he didn’t carve it into his face.

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#CampaignZero  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:58:12pm

re: #104 #CampaignZero

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#CampaignZero  Sep 18, 2015 • 4:59:04pm

Ha. Find his twitter account. Bet he’s trolled #blm

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Targetpractice  Sep 18, 2015 • 5:03:10pm

Who didn’t see this coming?

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Nyet  Sep 18, 2015 • 5:04:50pm

re: #102 thedopefishlives

The translation of that specific word varies. I’d imagine proper names are probably the hardest to correctly identify and transcribe into a different language.

In the original Greek it’s Magadan, and it could have been translated flawlessly into Russian, but I suppose they went with the manuscripts that have “Magdala” instead. Note that KJV also has “Magdala”.

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Archangelus  Sep 18, 2015 • 5:07:50pm

re: #108 Targetpractice

Who didn’t see this coming?

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Technically, the blind, but otherwise, everyone else on the freakin’ planet…

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Eventual Carrion  Sep 18, 2015 • 5:27:37pm

re: #104 #CampaignZero

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Why not, lies are as good as the truth to these people. As long as it serves its purpose.

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Teukka  Sep 18, 2015 • 5:52:38pm

re: #65 Charles Johnson

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Charles? You know the location that is supposed to be?

How long before we see a congressman pull a gun in either chamber?

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Sep 18, 2015 • 6:19:45pm

re: #62 A Mom Anon

I heard her on BBC World Service about a month ago. Fascinating person.

Also, Jim Bakker’s son also is following quite a different path from his old old man as well when it comes to saving souls.


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