Trump in Panic Mode, Tries to Deny He Ever Made Racist Comments About Judge

“Misconstrued”
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A host of Republican politicians have denounced Donald Trump — their own nominee for president! — for his racist comments about Judge Gonzalo Curiel, and now he’s starting to panic, and trying to walk back those comments by saying they’ve been “misconstrued” in a statement clearly not written by Trump himself. (But notice there’s no apology here.)

Because he has thousands of Mexican and Hispanic friends. He even employs some of them, if you can believe that.

It is unfortunate that my comments have been misconstrued as a categorical attack against people of Mexican heritage. I am friends with and employ thousands of people of Mexican and Hispanic descent. The American justice system relies on fair and impartial judges. All judges should be held to that standard. I do not feel that one’s heritage makes them incapable of being impartial, but, based on the rulings that I have received in the Trump University civil case, I feel justified in questioning whether I am receiving a fair trial.

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Lidane  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:13:35pm

Related:

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blueraven  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:13:48pm

“Misconstrued”

It is all our fault. Got it?

He is incapable of admitting fault.

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bratwurst  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:14:18pm

This is how a sociopath apologizes…by not actually apologizing at all.

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Testy Toad T  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:14:34pm

Is this the first time The Donald has walked back or toned down or backtracked on anything in any sense in this entire campaign? Serious question.

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lockjawcanbefun  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:15:00pm
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Belafon  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:15:20pm

Did he tell his supporters to back off harassing the judge?

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Targetpractice  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:15:39pm

“I’m not saying the judge is biased against me because he’s a Mexican, I’m just saying that his rulings make my questioning of his heritage fair!”

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Mike Lamb  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:15:46pm

re: #2 blueraven

“Misconstrued”

It is all our fault. Got it?

He is incapable of admitting fault.

How could anyone interpret a call for a judge of Mexican heritage to recuse himself because he can’t possibly be impartial due to the fact that I want to wall off the southern border as a categorical attack on people of Mexican descent? It’s inconceivable!

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:16:23pm
“I do not intend to comment on this matter any further.”

Not how it works, Donnie!

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sizzzzlerz  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:16:39pm

It’s ya all’s fault you didn’t understand the subtle nuances of Trump’s call-out to the mexican judge. Do better next time.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:16:58pm

re: #2 blueraven

“Misconstrued”

It is all our fault. Got it?

He is incapable of admitting fault.

Trump can never be wrong! He can only be wronged!

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wrenchwench  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:17:05pm
I feel justified in questioning whether I am receiving a fair trial.

You felt justified in raising the question based on the fact that he must hate you after you spoke your hate for him, centered on his heritage, not his rulings in court. Loser.

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:18:01pm
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Stanley Sea  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:18:04pm
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Mike Lamb  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:18:22pm

I mean…all people of Mexican heritage think alike, amirite? He’s got to have a personal issue with me because all Mexicans think the same! It’s science! Get the phrenologist in here. Feel the bumps on Judge Curiel’s head. It’s classic Mexican pattern! And now he’s ruling against me. Do the math.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:18:48pm

re: #9 jaunte

Not how it works, Donnie!

Also, I bet it’s not how it will go, either. He can’t help himself.

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:19:00pm
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withak  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:19:28pm

I really hope the GOP folks that have rescinded their support for him don’t let him get away with this half-measure, but I ain’t holding my breath.

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sizzzzlerz  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:19:32pm

re: #3 bratwurst

This is how a sociopath apologizes…by not actually apologizing at all.

A notpology. Very popular with the bigots and their enablers.

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Jack Burton  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:20:39pm

I thought he had the “Best Words”, how could anyone possibly misconstrue them?

/

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Charles Johnson  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:20:41pm
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lawhawk  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:21:08pm

re: #4 Testy Toad T

Is this the first time The Donald has walked back or toned down or backtracked on anything in any sense in this entire campaign? Serious question.

It’s not a walkback or tone down. It’s cognitive dissonance from statements he made previously. He’s acting as though he never impugned the judge, questioned his heritage, or anything else.

He’s a lying asshat.

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:21:11pm

Trump Says Judge’s Mexican Heritage Presents ‘Absolute Conflict’

In an interview, Mr. Trump said U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel had “an absolute conflict” in presiding over the litigation given that he was “of Mexican heritage” and a member of a Latino lawyers’ association. Mr. Trump said the background of the judge, who was born in Indiana to Mexican immigrants, was relevant because of his campaign stance against illegal immigration and his pledge to seal the southern U.S. border. “I’m building a wall. It’s an inherent conflict of interest,” Mr. Trump said.

wsj.com

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:22:09pm

re: #23 jaunte

Trump Says Judge’s Mexican Heritage Presents ‘Absolute Conflict’

wsj.com

Now, see, you’re just misconstruing it.
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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:23:52pm

re: #17 jaunte

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A straight talker who talks straight out of his ass.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:24:02pm

What’s the over/under on how long it will take him to repudiate this weak-ass notpology?

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Belafon  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:24:05pm

Trump only exists in the “now.” That was a different Trump that said all that stuff. If you’re not living in the now, you just don’t understand.

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Danack  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:24:43pm

re: #6 Belafon

Did he tell his supporters to back off harassing the judge?

No - he told his surrogates to go out there and attack the judge, and to ‘hell’ with a previous command from his campaign team to back off.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:24:56pm

re: #24 Blind Frog Belly White

Now, see, you’re just misconstruing it.
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Anyone who quotes me is lying!

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Stanley Sea  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:25:34pm

This is what gets me, sure some ids filled out a form in praise. But what about those who took it to court?

Loser! Sad!

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:25:58pm

Would someone please pay attention to Jill Stein?

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Testy Toad T  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:26:42pm

re: #31 jaunte

Oh, honey.

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:27:06pm

“…Trump said that “98 percent of the people that took the courses … thought they were terrific.” That’s misleading. A class-action lawsuit against Trump alleges that the surveys were not anonymous and were filled out during or immediately after sessions when participants were still expecting to receive future benefits from the program.
factcheck.org

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Brian J.  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:27:23pm

re: #31 jaunte

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Would someone please pay attention to Jill Stein?

To quote the next president, “No.”

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Franklin  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:27:31pm

re: #31 jaunte

Oh. Snap.

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Kragar  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:28:50pm
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Jack Burton  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:29:11pm

re: #31 jaunte

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Would someone please pay attention to Jill Stein?

I’d say this apply far more to Bernie Sanders than Jill Stein but, as my gf says:

“Honey, desperate isn’t pretty.”

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:30:27pm

She’s talking about how she has the most votes ever received by a woman presidential candidate. That’s nice Jill. Hillary will get more votes in the state of Virginia than you did for your entire campaign.

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Lidane  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:30:46pm

Rats. Sinking ships. Etc.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:32:00pm

This really is something else.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:32:41pm

re: #38 HappyWarrior

She’s talking about how she has the most votes ever received by a woman presidential candidate. That’s nice Jill. Hillary will get more votes in the state of Virginia than you did for your entire campaign.

More votes than Hillary got in 2008?
I don’t think so…

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:32:46pm

re: #21 Charles Johnson

When President Obama switches into campaign mode and starts openly going after Donald Trump, it’s going to be a real game changer.

To be honest, I’m really looking forward to Biden telling Trump off.

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:33:00pm
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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:33:17pm

re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth

More votes than Hillary got in 2008?
I don’t think so…

I meant in the GE but that’s a great point too.

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KGxvi  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:33:39pm

As far as what Trump considers unfair rulings, I just skimmed through the Court’s ruling on his motion for summary judgment*. If anything I think the Court gave him a pass that he didn’t necessarily deserve.

Among the remedies sought was injunctive relief against Trump and Trump University that would prevent Trump University from operating in the future (because, of course, Trump has said that he plans to offer seminars again in the future). The Court found that the plaintiffs lacked Article III standing to pursue injunctive relief because they said in deposition they did not plan to purchase seminars in the future. There’s a split within the Circuit (and probably the District) as to whether potential future injury is needed to have standing on a claim like this. Personally, I think it’s slightly foolish in a case like this (I could understand the requirement if you’re talking about a product defect case), but there’s precedent to support the ruling.

The Court denied the motion on every thing else, which is why it goes to trial in November (unless there’s a settlement first).

*For the non-lawyer types, a motion for summary judgment (or in the alternative summary adjudication) is effectively a trial by motion. The moving party asks the court to find that there is no “triable issue of material fact”. When the defense does it, it means that the facts are such that no reasonable jury could find for the plaintiff on each and every element of a cause of action.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:33:40pm

re: #42 I Would Prefer Not To

To be honest, I’m really looking forward to Biden telling Trump off.

Yeah Biden will have some good ones for him.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:34:14pm

re: #45 KGxvi

As far as what Trump considers unfair rulings, I just skimmed through the Court’s ruling on his motion for summary judgment*. If anything I think the Court gave him a pass that he didn’t necessarily deserve.

Among the remedies sought was injunctive relief against Trump and Trump University that would prevent Trump University from operating in the future (because, of course, Trump has said that he plans to offer seminars again in the future). The Court found that the plaintiffs lacked Article III standing to pursue injunctive relief because they said in deposition they did not plan to purchase seminars in the future. There’s a split within the Circuit (and probably the District) as to whether potential future injury is needed to have standing on a claim like this. Personally, I think it’s slightly foolish in a case like this (I could understand the requirement if you’re talking about a product defect case), but there’s precedent to support the ruling.

The Court denied the motion on every thing else, which is why it goes to trial in November (unless there’s a settlement first).

*For the non-lawyer types, a motion for summary judgment (or in the alternative summary adjudication) is effectively a trial by motion. The moving party asks the court to find that there is no “triable issue of material fact”. When the defense does it, it means that the facts are such that no reasonable jury could find for the plaintiff on each and every element of a cause of action.

Trump is a pampered brat.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:34:48pm

re: #38 HappyWarrior

She’s talking about how she has the most votes ever received by a woman presidential candidate. That’s nice Jill. Hillary will get more votes in the state of Virginia than you did for your entire campaign.

If she added up all the times she has run since, when, 1986?

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:35:58pm

Trump is going to have a Tom Smykowski-level breakdown on national tv one of these days before November.

I have people Skills Office Space

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:36:03pm

re: #29 Big Beautiful Door

Anyone who quotes me is lying!

Blast from the past:

Newt Gingrich: “Any ad which quotes what I said Sunday is a falsehood.”

I said something, then later I said it was a mistake, therefore if you quote what I originally said YOU’RE A LIAR!!11! So there.

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Testy Toad T  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:36:08pm

re: #38 HappyWarrior

She’s talking about how she has the most votes ever received by a woman presidential candidate. That’s nice Jill. Hillary will get more votes in the state of Virginia than you did for your entire campaign.

She might get more in Alaska.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:36:46pm

re: #48 The Vicious Babushka

If she added up all the times she has run since, when, 1986?

No, check this out.
en.wikipedia.org
To be honest, Shirley Chisholm in 1972 getting nearly just as much votes in the Democratic Primary is even more impressive.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:37:29pm

re: #52 HappyWarrior

No, check this out.
en.wikipedia.org
To be honest, Shirley Chisholm in 1872 getting nearly just as much votes in the Democratic Primary is even more impressive.

That was after she invented the time machine

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:38:15pm

re: #53 I Would Prefer Not To

That was after she invented the time machine

or was it before?

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blueraven  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:38:21pm

re: #52 HappyWarrior

No, check this out.
en.wikipedia.org
To be honest, Shirley Chisholm in 1872 getting nearly just as much votes in the Democratic Primary is even more impressive.

That would be impressive!

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:38:27pm

re: #51 Testy Toad T

She might get more in Alaska.

That’d be hard to do honestly given Alaska’s population size. By means of comp, Obama got 120,000 votes in Alaska both times.

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Testy Toad T  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:38:56pm

re: #52 HappyWarrior

No, check this out.
en.wikipedia.org
To be honest, Shirley Chisholm in 1872 getting nearly just as much votes in the Democratic Primary is even more impressive.

HAHAHAHAHAHA CARLY

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:39:00pm

re: #53 I Would Prefer Not To

That was after she invented the time machine

Hahaha thanks.

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nines09  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:39:34pm
AFRICAN AMERICANS TOO!
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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:39:53pm

re: #57 Testy Toad T

HAHAHAHAHAHA CARLY

Gracie Alen, that Gracie Allen got more votes than she did. I didn’t even know she ran.

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Great White Snark  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:40:06pm
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Jack Burton  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:40:34pm

re: #49 GlutenFreeJesus

Trump is going to have a Tom Smykowski-level breakdown on national tv one of these days before November.

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I’m half expecting to see Bernie do this tonight or tomorrow actually.

“WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!”

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:40:50pm

re: #62 Jack Burton

I’m half expecting to see Bernie do this tonight or tomorrow actually.

“WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!”

I HAVE PEOPLE SKILLS

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Jenner7  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:41:11pm
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Targetpractice  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:41:58pm

But let’s be honest, it’s not the racism in his remarks that the GOP is reacting to, it’s that he’s making it hard as fuck for them to carry water for him. They want this to be an election about the economy (which their base thinks is abysmal), healthcare (which their base thinks is 3rd world), foreign policy (which their base thinks means the world’s laughing at us while terrorist run amuck), and immigration (which their base thinks is all about keeping “Mexicans” out of America). In another time, they’d downplay Trump U as a “political hit-job” that’s not worth printing stories about, while the real story is “Emailgate” and the impending indictment of Hillary Clinton. This “outrage” isn’t over what Trump’s saying, it’s that he’s not following the script they set out.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:42:04pm
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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:44:11pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

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She was going to clinch tonight anyhow. If Shaun really thinks that this is why Bernie lost than he’s even more in the deep in than I thought. Get the fuck over it dude, by all calculations your guy lost fair and square. It’s okay to be disappointed but when you resort to outright lying about what happened, you lose any integrity you might have had.

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sauceruney  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:45:10pm

re: #30 Stanley Sea

This is what gets me, sure some ids filled out a form in praise. But what about those who took it to court?

Loser! Sad!

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Which made me wonder if any review of a class someone just spent $25K and up on, in a high-pressure sales environment, is really valid. Were these written before they left the building, or days, weeks, months after the fact.

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retired cynic  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:45:31pm

Terry Gross (Fresh Air) has a biographer of Justice Brandeis on this show, and they are now discussing the Trump attack on Judge Curiel. Great stuff!

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Testy Toad T  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:45:48pm

Shaun King’s problem is that once we’re all berned out nobody will bother to remember who Shaun King is.

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Jack Burton  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:46:03pm

Holy shit…

HAGOODMANAUTHORREALITYCHALLENGED tweeted the same tweet about Hillary not getting to 2383 delegates NINE times in a row last night.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:46:06pm

re: #69 retired cynic

Terry Gross (Fresh Air) has a biographer of Justice Brandeis on this show, and they are now discussing the Trump attack on Judge Curiel. Great stuff!

Brandeis who was appointed in an election year and also had attacks on his ethnic/religious background.

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nines09  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:47:06pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:48:36pm
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Jack Burton  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:49:20pm

re: #74 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“Oh Johnny did you back the wrong horse… Would you hose him please?”

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Kragar  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:49:52pm

re: #74 Backwoods_Sleuth

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:50:01pm

re: #74 Backwoods_Sleuth

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You’re that dude who makes himself part of his news stories. You’re not a very good journalist.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:50:25pm
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Testy Toad T  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:50:25pm
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Kragar  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:50:58pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:51:00pm

But he has no problem with Sanders official surrogates trashing President Obama, John Lewis, Doris Huerta, etc.

Good grief, Shaun is a total hot mess of self-defined purity.

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darthstar  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:51:01pm
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lawhawk  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:51:27pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

Rounding up. OMG.

I need my fainting pearls to clutch. Where are they?

This is where King is going? Complaining that the AP is doing the same thing they’ve done in every other election cycle? Reporting delegate counts and primary results as they come in through ongoing reporting?

That’s the problem he has?

Or that Hillary had a file with a name he doesn’t like because it’s somehow a secret that Hillary’s ahead by 291 delegates excluding supers (~2x the margin of 2008), or more than 800 with them (and more than 5 times the difference between Hillary and Obama in 2008). This isn’t some close contest. It hasn’t been since before Super Tuesday, and there’s absolutely no reason to treat it as anything but a blowout win, which it has been.

There was no Bernie momentum. None. He didn’t have an advantage with open primaries or closed primaries. He didn’t really have an advantage with caucuses either.

And if you took away the supers, Bernie loses too. By any method of counting delegates he lost.

Only King thinks that there’s some fantasy math that cooks the books to result in Hillary stealing the election from his Chosen One.

Yeah, about that. The only ones trying to steal an election at this point are the desperate Bernie fans who think that the supers will override the popular vote, the pledged delegate advantages, and the current superdelegate advantage for Hillary to go with Bernie.

Not happening. Not now. Not ever.

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Targetpractice  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:53:34pm

re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth

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But he has no problem with Sanders official surrogates trashing President Obama, John Lewis, Doris Huerta, etc.

Good grief, Shaun is a total hot mess of self-defined purity.

Bernie bailed on the Civil Rights fight in ‘68, after he got arrested and fined once, and settled down in the snow white state of Vermont. Meanwhile, Hillary was on the ground floor of the fight and stayed there throughout the Civil Rights Era and into today, working to established equality and opportunity for minorities of all stripes.

But what sort of conclusion do you expect from a man who grifted the BLM movement and then bailed once people got wise to his game?

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:53:38pm

re: #74 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Danack  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:53:56pm

One of the Dem super-pacs is starting to run anti-trump ads:

Grace

With the Democratic primary almost finished, pro-Hillary Clinton super-PAC Priorities USA released its first ad, set to start airing Wednesday in Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Nevada, Colorado, Iowa, and New Hampshire. Featuring an Ohio couple discussing their daughter with spina bifida, the ad highlights the time Donald Trump mocked New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski for having a disability after the journalist debunked Trump’s claim of seeing Muslims in New Jersey celebrating on 9/11.

That’s going to leave a mark. And I still say that Trump tries to get out before becoming the nominee.

via: dailykos.com

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Testy Toad T  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:54:12pm

I actually do think there’s room to discuss the AP’s professional judgement call to publish the story last night, but ranting and raving about the end of democracy doesn’t move the needle for me.

Just another flavor of Sanders aggrievement politics.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:54:23pm

re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth

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But he has no problem with Sanders official surrogates trashing President Obama, John Lewis, Doris Huerta, etc.

Good grief, Shaun is a total hot mess of self-defined purity.

Okay, I’ll bite. If Bernie is a leader from the Civil Rights Movement, why doesn’t Clinton get that same respect? She actually went undercover to expose racism in Arkansas schools well into the 70’s. What was Bernie doing for Civil Rights by then?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:54:43pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

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This is getting sad. Just sad.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:55:05pm

lol

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Targetpractice  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:55:26pm

re: #88 HappyWarrior

Okay, I’ll bite. If Bernie is a leader from the Civil Rights Movement, why doesn’t Clinton get that same respect? She actually went undercover to expose racism in Arkansas schools well into the 70’s. What was Bernie doing for Civil Rights by then?

Fighting from a basement in the battlefields of Vermont, writing rape fantasy essays while he pirated electricity from his neighbor because he had no steady job.

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darthstar  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:55:35pm

Didn’t stop for a photo because my camera wouldn’t do it justice, but driving up the road to work this morning I saw one guy out on his surfboard at Montara beach…glassy calm water, 3ft curlers for riding, and a humpback whale surfacing about fifty yards behind him. Fuckin’ beautiful scene. I was super jealous.

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Jack Burton  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:55:43pm
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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:56:23pm

re: #84 Targetpractice

Bernie bailed on the Civil Rights fight in ‘68, after he got arrested and fined once, and settled down in the snow white state of Vermont. Meanwhile, Hillary was on the ground floor of the fight and stayed there throughout the Civil Rights Era and into today, working to established equality and opportunity for minorities of all stripes.

But what sort of conclusion do you expect from a man who grifted the BLM movement and then bailed once people got wise to his game?

Can I confess something? I was a little irked by having Bernie respond to Ted Cruz’s trashing of New York given that Bernie hasn’t lived there in a long time now. I mean I am glad he did and I agreed with his sentiments but Bernie chose to leave New York.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:56:42pm
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darthstar  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:56:59pm

Win.

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Jack Burton  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:57:01pm

re: #90 Charles Johnson

lol

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Apparently basic math is biased now.

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Lidane  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:57:03pm

It’s a bit late for that, seeing as how Trump won the nomination fair and square:

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Charles Johnson  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:58:22pm

The crazies are out.

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Belafon  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:58:47pm

re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth

But he has no problem with Sanders official surrogates trashing President Obama, John Lewis, Doris Huerta, etc.

Good grief, Shaun is a total hot mess of self-defined purity.

This really needs a response along the lines of “I see you’re completely discounting Clintons undercover work.”

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:58:49pm

re: #98 Lidane

It’s a bit late for that, seeing as how Trump won the nomination fair and square:

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They deserve him and they deserve to lose their seats because of him.

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Stanley Sea  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:59:47pm

re: #68 sauceruney

Which made me wonder if any review of a class someone just spent $25K and up on, in a high-pressure sales environment, is really valid. Were these written before they left the building, or days, weeks, months after the fact.

In the building I believe. They were hostages. And fools.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 1:59:53pm

re: #99 Charles Johnson

The crazies are out.

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If it was so rigged in favor of Clinton, why did it take her until early June to clinch. Goddamn, can’t they take some pride that they actually did pretty well? I mean I may no longer respect Bernie but I acknowledge he did better than expected but he still did lose.

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Jay C  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:00:12pm

re: #97 Jack Burton

Apparently basic math is biased now.

And, according to a lot of Sandernistas,has been for some time…..

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Weaselone  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:00:24pm

I’m curious as to what the impact of the APs announcement will be on the California results. Could keep enough Hillary voters home to cost her the State if Sander’s supporters still show up.

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blueraven  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:00:28pm

He is freaking out.

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sauceruney  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:01:22pm

re: #102 Stanley Sea

In the building I believe. They were hostages. And fools.

They probably weren’t allowed to leave without saying something nice.

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Jenner7  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:01:34pm

re: #106 blueraven

Bwahahahahahahahaha!

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:02:12pm

This week is gonna be:

WHEEEEE!!

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wrenchwench  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:03:42pm

re: #105 Weaselone

I’m curious as to what the impact of the APs announcement will be on the California results. Could keep enough Hillary voters home to cost her the State if Sander’s supporters still show up.

Hillary voter are more likely to be interested in the rest of the ballot than Bernie supporters are.

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Belafon  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:03:49pm

re: #106 blueraven

He is freaking out.

The conversation we’re going to put Clinton on Mount Rushmore for?

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:04:16pm

re: #91 Targetpractice

Fighting from a basement in the battlefields of Vermont, writing rape fantasy essays while he pirated electricity from his neighbor because he had no steady job.

I actually like him more now. Not for president, just as a person. I also love Vermont, as a place to visit, not to live.

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Jenner7  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:04:24pm

Doh.

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Tigger2  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:04:59pm

re: #105 Weaselone

I’m curious as to what the impact of the APs announcement will be on the California results. Could keep enough Hillary voters home to cost her the State if Sander’s supporters still show up.

It could also cost Sanders some supporters if they think it is over and he lost, Seeing as how he did lose.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:05:11pm

re: #113 Jenner7

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Doh.

Maybe if Jill spent more time doing the nitty gritty work of a campaign instead of constantly trolling on Twitter, they would have qualified.

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nines09  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:06:09pm

re: #86 Danack

That shows you just how ignorant and mean Trump truly is. But he got away with that then, didn’t he? The “media” let him slide on that. Spits on the Vets via Senator McCain, and McCain bends over. Said he could Shoot someone and not lose voters. Maybe he just needed more rope. It’s about time this horrible person gets some accountability. Oh, and each and every GOP/Republican/Tea Party/Hillary Hater who would still vote for him should be no where near a public office. Ever.

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Jenner7  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:06:42pm
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Testy Toad T  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:06:50pm

re: #110 wrenchwench

Hillary voter are more likely to be interested in the rest of the ballot than Bernie supporters are.

Ain’t that the goddamn truth.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:06:56pm

Hey!

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Weaselone  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:07:02pm

re: #110 wrenchwench

I suspect that is the case, but that only gives Hillary an edge if Sander’s supporters actually realize it’s over.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:09:08pm

re: #105 Weaselone

I’m curious as to what the impact of the APs announcement will be on the California results. Could keep enough Hillary voters home to cost her the State if Sander’s supporters still show up.

One thing that annoys me is this whole ‘Winning California!’ thing. Delegates are awarded proportional to the vote, so if it’s 50.5 to 49.5, they get pretty much the same number of delegates. But Sanders is banking on some kind of psychological boost from getting slightly more votes in one state.

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Weaselone  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:09:34pm

re: #119 Charles Johnson

I can understand Shaun’s shock here. The press does so little actual reporting, it’s easy to forget what it looks like.

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:09:53pm
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Lidane  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:09:54pm

Haha:

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:10:01pm

The Hill: 30 Ways in Which Trump is committing Political Suicide

24. On last Friday, June 2, the new Reuters-Ipsos poll of likely general election voters showed a surprising result: likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at 46.5 percent and Trump at 35 percent. If this is not an outlier — if, indeed, Trump is in decline due to his recent behavior — then things between now and Cleveland in July are going to become dicey for The Donald.

25. You will start to read leaks of Republicans musing that “we are committing political suicide if we keep going down this road.”

26. Many of the delegates that are legally “pledged” to Trump are in fact not Trump acolytes — they are party people.

27. It is entirely possible that they will begin to explore ways to get out of their obligation to vote on the first and/or second ballot for Trump.

28. All this is predicated on Trump continuing the downward spiral he’s put himself in.

29. It is also possible that he will figure out that things are not working, and will self-correct; if so, he will indeed be officially nominated on July 21.

30. With six weeks to go until the GOP convention in Cleveland, it is up to Donald Trump: He must either pull himself together and lead the Republican Party in a responsible manner, or else be prepared to have a major mutiny on his hands.

Letr’s see how long he can keep his piehole closed on the Trump U lawsuit with the media jackals constantly needling him….

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:10:59pm

re: #121 Blind Frog Belly White

One thing that annoys me is this whole ‘Winning California!’ thing. Delegates are awarded proportional to the vote, so if it’s 50.5 to 49.5, they get pretty much the same number of delegates. But Sanders is banking on some kind of psychological boost from getting slightly more votes in one state.

I think that’s why he’s contested states that have been close. It doesn’t matter that he’ll net one or two delegates, he’s able to tell his supporters he won such and such state. I am amused how New Jersey has completely been forgotten. Even if these SDs hadn’t put Clinton over the top, she was going to clinch tonight in NJ since Bernie’s completely ignored it.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:11:37pm

re: #124 Lidane

Haha:

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She’s having fun with this. Good.

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Lidane  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:13:05pm
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Kragar  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:13:16pm
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EPR-radar  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:13:27pm

re: #125 Eric The Fruit Bat

That last bit is really funny: “lead the Republican Party in a responsible manner”.

That is flat-out impossible. Nobody can ‘responsibly lead’ the party of bigots, cranks and self-deluded fools that the Republican party has become.

A goat rodeo with clowns on motorized tricycles is the best they can possibly do.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:13:39pm
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goddamnedfrank  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:14:33pm
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Timothy Watson  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:14:35pm

re: #97 Jack Burton

Apparently basic math is biased now.

You don’t appreciate the metaphysics of the new paradigm of math?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:15:23pm

re: #131 Charles Johnson

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And here I thought they had a big tent.

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Jack Burton  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:15:57pm

re: #133 Timothy Watson

You don’t appreciate the metaphysics of the new paradigm of math?

Must be some of that common core shit! Damn Libruhs!

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ObserverArt  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:16:17pm

Am I wrong for thinking “all” these Republicans now coming out to dump on Trump is just more Republican pack thinking…going with the flow more or less.

I think it is all driven by polls and the backlash they are seeing in them and in the media.

They should have shot him down back when he said he was going to block immigration form Muslim countries.

Where was all the outrage then?

No where.

These guys are all spineless asses that can’t think for themselves. It is not a party it is a gang.

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Jack Burton  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:16:44pm

re: #132 goddamnedfrank

Replace Bernie with Ron Paul and I heard this exact same shit 8 years ago.

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Kragar  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:17:43pm

re: #132 goddamnedfrank

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Testy Toad T  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:18:01pm

re: #137 Jack Burton

Replace Bernie with Ron Paul and I heard this exact same shit 8 years ago.

From the exact same people.

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Lidane  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:18:49pm

re: #136 ObserverArt

Am I wrong for thinking “all” these Republicans now coming out to dump on Trump is just more Republican pack thinking…going with the flow more or less.

I think it is all driven by polls and the backlash they are seeing in them and in the media.

Sure. It’s all a bunch of insincere bullshit at this point, since the GOP has had plenty of time to rebuke Trump and push back against his stupidity, and they failed. Thing is, none of them want to have to answer for Trump for the next five months, so they’re scrambling for cover.

Too little, far too late. The GOP owns Trump. May they all go down on the sinking ship with him.

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:19:19pm

re: #132 goddamnedfrank

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They’re mavericks! Like J… never mind.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:19:37pm

re: #135 Jack Burton

Must be some of that common core shit! Damn Libruhs!

New Math! New-hew-hew Math!
It won’t do you a bit of good to re…view Math!

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The Ghost of a Flea  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:19:49pm

re: #131 Charles Johnson

Strom Thurmond could not be reached for comment.
Jesse Helms could not be reached for comment.
Pat Buchanan could not be reached for comment.
Steve Scalise could not be reached for comment.
George Allen could not be reached for comment.

The entire Birther movement could not be reached for comment.

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Kragar  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:20:10pm
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Lidane  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:20:21pm

Mr. “I Wasted $150 Million While Losing to Trump” has an opinion:

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:21:20pm

NYMag: The Good News Is That Donald Trump’s Campaign Is an Absolute Strategic and Managerial Garbage Fire

To the extent that running a competent campaign matters, it will hurt Trump very badly. Yes, he won the Republican primary by relying on a massive imbalance of media coverage and exploiting a divided, extremely large field that failed to coalesce against him. Yes, he tapped into deep strains of anger in the conservative base that fellow Republicans ignored. But he’s not a political savant, and he hasn’t abolished the rules of politics. He’s a reality-television performer who tapped into a deep vein of cultural resentment that appeals to a decided minority of the electorate. Fortunately, many of the same qualities that would make Trump epically dangerous in the presidency — his impulsive ignorance, blustering arrogance, and contempt for data — also make him unlikely to obtain it.

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mr.fusion  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:21:42pm
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Belafon  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:22:05pm

re: #145 Lidane

You may not want it, Jeb, but it’s a huge part of your party.

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darthstar  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:23:41pm
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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:24:06pm
There is no place for racism in the GOP

Its a big, pointy-headed tent.

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Kragar  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:24:16pm

re: #145 Lidane

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Charles Johnson  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:24:19pm
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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:24:58pm

re: #143 The Ghost of a Flea

Strom Thurmond could not be reached for comment.
Jesse Helms could not be reached for comment.
Pat Buchanan could not be reached for comment.
Steve Scalise could not be reached for comment.
George Allen could not be reached for comment.

The entire Birther movement could not be reached for comment.

How about his father’s old pal Lee Atwater?

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darthstar  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:25:21pm
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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:25:40pm

re: #148 Belafon

You may not want it, Jeb, but it’s a huge part of your party.

It defines his party. It’s how a guy like Rush Limbaugh has a voice in their party. If racism had no place in the GOP, Limbaugh would have been gone years ago.

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mr.fusion  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:26:10pm
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The Ghost of a Flea  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:26:30pm

re: #153 HappyWarrior

How about his father’s old pal Lee Atwater?

My list is far from complete.

I mean, I’m not even sure I could populate the whole list of racist GOP-friendly “pundits” and public figures that involve themselves in elections via commentary and endorsements.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:26:42pm

re: #154 darthstar

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I’ll grudgingly defend Jeb here. Jeb hasn’t pulled a McCain and said he’s voting for Trump anyhow. I know what you mean though. It won’t shock me if Jeb does pull the lever for him.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:26:45pm

I predict Trump won’t be able to control himself, and it won’t be long before he goes after Judge Curiel again.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:26:58pm

re: #157 The Ghost of a Flea

My list is far from complete.

I mean, I’m not even sure I could populate the whole list of racist GOP-friendly “pundits” and public figures that involve themselves in elections via commentary and endorsements.

True. So many.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:27:16pm

re: #159 Charles Johnson

I predict Trump won’t be able to control himself, and it won’t be long before he goes after Judge Curiel again.

It’s going to get worse not better.

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Tigger2  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:27:19pm

re: #155 HappyWarrior

It defines his party. It’s how a guy like Rush Limbaugh has a voice in their party. If racism had no place in the GOP, Limbaugh would have been gone years ago.

The Republicans are spinning off in a thousand different directions they don’t know what to do or say right now.

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Kragar  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:28:42pm
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Charles Johnson  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:28:52pm
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Jebediah, RBG  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:28:53pm

re: #90 Charles Johnson

So, objective reporting done without a sufficiently pure heart is not objective.
Man, the things I am learning these days!

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Testy Toad T  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:28:59pm

re: #159 Charles Johnson

I predict Trump won’t be able to control himself, and it won’t be long before he goes after Judge Curiel again.

Got a prediction for us about tomorrow’s rising sun?

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Archangelus  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:30:22pm

re: #143 The Ghost of a Flea

Strom Thurmond could not be reached for comment.
Jesse Helms could not be reached for comment.
Pat Buchanan could not be reached for comment.
Steve Scalise could not be reached for comment.
George Allen could not be reached for comment.

The entire Birther movement could not be reached for comment.

Formally requesting permission to use this elsewhere…

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makeitstop  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:30:37pm

re: #159 Charles Johnson

I predict Trump won’t be able to control himself, and it won’t be long before he goes after Judge Curiel again.

Yep. Just like he was going to be ‘more presidential’ after he clinched the nomination.

It never happened. He actually got worse.

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darthstar  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:30:52pm

Another good take on the Stanford rapist - this one from a Mr. Lang in Chicago.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:31:04pm

re: #149 darthstar

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I’m starting to think somebody locked him in a Faraday Cage.

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Jack Burton  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:31:10pm

re: #163 Kragar

Apparently getting a law degree, serving as a Senator for the State of New York, and then the Secretary of State of the United States is “not accomplishing anything”.

It’s like they can’t even hear themselves.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:31:12pm

re: #167 Archangelus

Formally requesting permission to use that elsewhere…

Go ahead. Don’t even bother citing it.

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:32:41pm
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Belafon  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:32:52pm

re: #163 Kragar

Maybe if she had a real challenger.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:33:26pm

Walking to drop off the ballots and have lunch was maybe not the best idea I’ve had today. I now feel worse, not better.

Although at least the vice has moved on from my forehead?

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Archangelus  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:33:28pm

re: #172 The Ghost of a Flea

Go ahead. Don’t even bother citing it.

Thank you kindly!

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Charles Johnson  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:33:29pm
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KerFuFFler  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:34:15pm
All judges should be held to that standard. I do not feel that one’s heritage makes them incapable of being impartial, but, based on the rulings that I have received in the Trump University civil case, I feel justified in questioning whether I am receiving a fair trial.

I suspect that Trump was trying to distract people from paying attention to all the damning information coming out about the Trump University scam by shifting the focus of attention to questions of racism. (I also suspect he was taken aback that he has gotten so much push-back.) Trump voters are largely racist too and unlikely to stop supporting him “just because he said something politically incorrect”. Furthermore, accusing the judge of bias is another way of diminishing the impact of the Trump U story. And I think he really needs to do that.

Trump U attendees have a lot in common with Trump voters. They are gullible people facing economic difficulties who want to believe that Trump has the answers that will make them better off because he is soooo rich. If his voters see Trump as ripping off people who are just like them, the scales may fall from their eyes. It is one thing for him to negotiate aggressively with people in his own league, but ripping off veterans, retirees, widows and other desperate people———that could really hurt him if it sinks in.

Trump’s racism should be disqualifying but it may not hurt him as much with his voters as the gory details of his scam school and his bribes to the AGs. We need to pay attention to that and keep the story alive. So everyone, keep reading (and clicking) on all the articles detailing his scam———the reporters need our encouragement.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:35:33pm

Tweets offered without comment:

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:36:49pm

re: #171 Jack Burton

Apparently getting a law degree, serving as a Senator for the State of New York, and then the Secretary of State of the United States is “not accomplishing anything”.

It’s like they can’t even hear themselves.

Christ, I remember when everyone was so ‘concerned’ about Hillary as FLOTUS, because she’d had a pretty big career as a partner in a big private law firm, and would that clash with her duties as tea-server-in-chief in the White House.

I also remember when the Right tried to paint her as Lady MacBeth, the REAL power behind Bill, who was merely her puppet.

Then she won election to the Senate - TWICE. And on the strength of that and the rest of her career, was nominated and overwhelmingly confimed as Secretary of State, where she served honorably for 4 years.

But yeah, she hasn’t accomplished anything.

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Tigger2  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:37:07pm

re: #173 goddamnedfrank

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BeachDem  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:37:31pm

re: #42 I Would Prefer Not To

To be honest, I’m really looking forward to Biden telling Trump off.

Airplane panic attack

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Testy Toad T  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:37:42pm

I don’t think I’d trust Jeff Weaver to run my hypothetical comic book store, to be quite honest.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:37:54pm

re: #159 Charles Johnson

I predict Trump won’t be able to control himself, and it won’t be long before he goes after Judge Curiel again.

Before the night is out…

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Danack  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:39:15pm

re: #178 KerFuFFler

but ripping off veterans, retirees, widows and other desperate people———that could really hurt him if it sinks in.

I’d really love to sit in with the people in the Hillary campaign that are planning all the attack adverts they’re going to run in the next 6 weeks before the Republican nomination, and then after that till the election.

They probably need to have some dark rooms for those staff to lie down in after laughing so hard.

About the only difficult choice they have is to which topic to hit Trump on - it is the very definition of a ‘target rich’ environment.

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Stanley Sea  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:42:07pm

re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth

Before the night is out…

There’s a lot of pent up energy in his twitter thumbs.

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Lidane  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:45:34pm

re: #183 Testy Toad T

I don’t think I’d trust Jeff Weaver to run my hypothetical comic book store, to be quite honest.

Related:

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Belafon  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:45:35pm

re: #183 Testy Toad T

I don’t think I’d trust Jeff Weaver to run my hypothetical comic book store, to be quite honest.

I keep pushing for a comic book store in my home town, and have even pushed it on here, but yeah, I’m not asking him.

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majii  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:46:29pm

re: #136 ObserverArt

I agree that it’s 100% pack behavior. It’s not as if Trump first began attacking Judge Curie yesterday, and those who are denouncing him today know it, but their cowardice prevented them from opening their mouths weeks ago. Once one GOP/TPer denounced Trump, the rest decided they’d get on the bandwagon. This is all about party over country. If it weren’t, some high ranking GOP/TPer would have denounced Trump the first time he attacked Judge Curiel. McConnell said in a presser today that Trump needs to “get on message,” and based on what I’ve witnessed in the past, I’m going to assume this means he needs to stick to RW talking points. The fact that Trump felt the need to issue a lie-filled statement in regard to his attacks on Judge Curiel indicates to me that maybe he’s going to try using GOP/TP talking points. I think that will last until the next journalist asks him about the Trump U. lawsuit. In response to the question, I can hear him in my mind screaming, “Didn’t I say I wouldn’t discuss that matter anymore?” He will then probably proceed to attack the MSM and insult the journalist who asked the question because I don’t think the guy can control his temper and has a habit of lashing out verbally at those who cross or displease him. I also think it’s a learned habit/response.

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nines09  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:50:39pm

Did anyone make sure Chris Christie didn’t jump off a pier?

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Danack  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:50:51pm

re: #189 majii

He will then probably proceed to attack the MSM and insult the journalist who asked the question because I don’t think the guy can control his temper and has a habit of lashing out verbally at those who cross or displease him.

Not Trump himself, but a surrogate:
Trump surrogate complains about “ambush interview.” On show for which he agreed to be interviewed

Via fark.

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BeachDem  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:52:06pm

re: #128 Lidane

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“I disagree” is now an “admonishment?” It’s Humpty Dumpty world.

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”

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wrenchwench  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:52:23pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:53:56pm

re: #159 Charles Johnson

I predict Trump won’t be able to control himself, and it won’t be long before he goes after Judge Curiel again.

Hillary will clinch the nomination tonight so he will have to say something YOOGE AND TERRIFIC in order to get back under the spotlight.

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JDRhoades  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:54:44pm

re: #9 jaunte

Don’t worry, Donald, we have plenty of comments without yours.

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jsrtheta  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:54:54pm

re: #3 bratwurst

No, this is how a narcissist “apologizes.”

A sociopath has no problem giving you a heartfelt apology and taking blame. He’s just lying while he does it.

A narcissist can never bring himself to take blame. Nothing’s ever his fault.

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Targetpractice  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:55:07pm

re: #159 Charles Johnson

I predict Trump won’t be able to control himself, and it won’t be long before he goes after Judge Curiel again.

His silence on the matter will last until he gets paddled by the court again, then he’ll be right back to attacking Judge Curiel.

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BeachDem  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:56:40pm

re: #141 CuriousLurker

They’re mavericks! Like J… never mind.

Thank you for providing me the opportunity to post one of my favorite pics (this one never gets old!)l
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Romantic Heretic  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:57:06pm

re: #25 HappyWarrior

A straight talker who talks straight out of his ass.

Which is why his supporters can safely be called ‘fartcatchers’.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:57:57pm

re: #186 Stanley Sea

There’s a lot of pent up energy in his twitter thumbs.

and there’s not much room in those tiny tiny thumbs…

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EPR-radar  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:58:26pm

re: #179 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Oh my. I missed that gem. She’s running for Senate to stop the operation of the Orbital Mind Control Lasers.

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:58:29pm

A Trump Voter responds.

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Great White Snark  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:59:52pm

re: #197 Targetpractice

His silence on the matter will last until he gets paddled by the court again, then he’ll be right back to attacking Judge Curiel.

Next year though right?

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Skip Intro  Jun 7, 2016 • 2:59:57pm

re: #105 Weaselone

I’m curious as to what the impact of the APs announcement will be on the California results. Could keep enough Hillary voters home to cost her the State if Sander’s supporters still show up.

A lot of us voted weeks ago.

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majii  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:00:08pm

re: #194 The Vicious Babushka

He’ll probably tweet something, and the first word will be Lying. For someone who says he won’t discuss this foreign policy moves because he wants to be unpredictable, he is very predictable.

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Targetpractice  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:01:04pm

re: #203 Great White Snark

Next year though right?

Oh, I’m sure between now and the convention, his lawyers will try fruitlessly to get the whole matter scrubbed. Or try to keep more info about Trump U from seeing the light of day. There is just no way that this case simmers until it goes to trial.

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Belafon  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:01:25pm

re: #202 jaunte

A Trump Voter responds.

I can’t see the tweet this person is responding to, but they do understand that whatever Trump says related to the case can be used in the courtroom, right?

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BeachDem  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:01:37pm

re: #173 goddamnedfrank

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l wonder how long before Superdelegates have to take out restraining orders against the Berners based on the intensity of their outreach?

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Belafon  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:02:37pm

re: #208 BeachDem

l wonder how long before Superdelegates have to take out restraining orders against the Berners based on the intensity of their outreach?

It’ll grow old soon, especially if Sanders concedes. If he doesn’t, it’ll just grow old.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:04:33pm

re: #205 majii

He’ll probably tweet something, and the first word will be Lying. For someone who says he won’t discuss this foreign policy moves because he wants to be unpredictable, he is very predictable.

His nickname for Hillary is “Crooked”

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Decatur Deb  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:05:11pm

re: #208 BeachDem

l wonder how long before Superdelegates have to take out restraining orders against the Berners based on the intensity of their outreach?

A lot of superdelegates, Dem party apparatchiks that they are, would probably enjoy every opportunity to tell Bernie’s people to pound sand.

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majii  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:07:06pm

re: #210 The Vicious Babushka

I’ve seen tweets in which he has called “Lying, Crooked Hillary.” The man sure does love himself some ad hominem attacks.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:07:08pm

re: #191 Danack

Not Trump himself, but a surrogate:
Trump surrogate complains about “ambush interview.” On show for which he agreed to be interviewed

Via fark.

This is how it always is with the demagoguery of the current “right wing.”

Nothing happens unless they say it happened. Proof—video, audio, documents—have no validity. The only way anything is true is if they call it true, in the moment. If they then need an opposite position to be true at a later moment, it will also be true.

It’s creepily like the Soviets and Maoists…because its not a simple function of ideology or “wing,” it’s a product of how one elects (or have been conditioned) to interact with validity.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:08:09pm

re: #1 Lidane

Hoo boy.

Трус сцена на дороге

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:08:18pm

Surprise. Not a transgender.

abc7chicago.com

CHICAGO (WLS) — A registered sex offender is accused of trying to videotape a child in the bathroom at Wrigley Field.

Police said Nichols Gregor, 37, was attempting to secretly videotape an 11-year-old boy in the washroom at Wrigley Field on Saturday. The boy’s father contacted security and they called police.

Gregor is charged with three felony counts for illegal videotaping, all of which are sex crimes.

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:08:23pm

re: #207 Belafon

I can’t see the tweet this person is responding to, but they do understand that whatever Trump says related to the case can be used in the courtroom, right?

Sorry, I thought it was attached:

I’m not seeing tweets correctly in Firefox today.

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majii  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:10:52pm

re: #213 The Ghost of a Flea

Dude also had the temerity to say , “We’re tired of the press lying to us.” He should have said, “We’re tired of Fox News lying to us,” but he wouldn’t because Roger Ailes has done a superb job of convincing Fox viewers that the only national network they can depend upon to get the reel truth about what’s happening in Congress and the U.S. is Fox News.

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Tigger2  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:11:55pm

re: #214 Nyet

Hoo boy.

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gocart mozart  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:12:00pm

re: #53 I Would Prefer Not To
That’s awesome

1940 Gracie Allen (Surprise Party) 42,000 votes

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Belafon  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:12:19pm

re: #216 jaunte

It’s probably not you. Twitter’s firewalled here, so I get basic text information from tweets, plus a few links. Tweets that are replies do not show the original tweet.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:12:49pm
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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:13:00pm

re: #129 Kragar

ooh that Hippie is starting to Kick In

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Belafon  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:13:11pm

re: #215 GlutenFreeJesus

Surprise. Not a transgender.

abc7chicago.com

And not a woman’s bathroom either.

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whitebeach  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:13:22pm
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Jenner7  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:13:39pm
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The Ghost of a Flea  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:13:45pm

re: #215 GlutenFreeJesus

Surprise. Not a transgender.

abc7chicago.com

Well, they’re not going to admit that “normal”-looking dudes do this stuff, and they can’t conceive of women doing it and/or it’s awesome if she’s hot. They definitely aren’t going to admit that their kid is likely to be sexually exploited by a relative, friend of the family, or person with access and authority or the child…because that would call into question their premises about the infallibility of family, father knows best, and wholesome “community.”

Therefore, there has to be One True Perversion: the transexual gay kinky Democrat who’s going to be a threat to your kids in the bathroom.

The latter makes them feel better, so that’s what they go with.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:14:05pm
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Jack Burton  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:14:48pm

re: #224 whitebeach

It will be YOOGE. There will be a big beautiful mushroom cloud.

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Romantic Heretic  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:15:40pm

re: #193 wrenchwench

Had something similar happen to me once. Some jerk on Facebook claimed a comment I made was because “I believed in an invisible sky fairy.”

I rather enjoyed informing him I was an agnostic.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:15:44pm

re: #225 Jenner7

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If we don’t have an answer on Tuesday, the answer will STILL be that Hillary Clinton has won the majority of all the Pledged Delegates, the majority of the popular vote, and the majority of the Superdelegates.

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Belafon  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:16:45pm

re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth

Someone needs to explain the Streisand Effect to him.

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majii  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:16:55pm

re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth

And, as I expected, that jack*ss Paxton is misusing the powers of his office to squelch any mention of how Trump “bought” Abbott off by having one of his orgs donate $35,000 to his campaign.

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Targetpractice  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:18:28pm

re: #232 majii

And, as I expected, that jack*ss Paxton is misusing the powers of his office to squelch any mention of how Trump “bought” Abbott off by having one of his orgs donate $35,000 to his campaign.

Between this and the Florida AG news, it’s beginning to look like we will have a candidate who faces indictment for a felony, but it won’t be the one that the dudebros and wingnuts alike are hoping for.

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Romantic Heretic  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:19:06pm

re: #212 majii

I’ve seen tweets in which he has called “Lying, Crooked Hillary.” The man sure does love himself some ad hominem attacks.

Well, it’s not like he knows enough about anything to make cogent debate points.

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BeachDem  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:19:08pm

And speaking of profiles in courage:

Christie told reporters in Mendham Township, New Jersey. “There are always going to be opinions. Those are Donald’s opinions…

“Let’s focus on what needs to be focused on here, and quite frankly, I think you all are paying much too much attention on this,”

Christie, who told the reporters that he had just voted for Trump in New Jersey’s primary election, said Trump “is not a racist” and “allegations that he is are absolutely contrary to every experience that I’ve had with him over the last 14 years.”

Somebody REALLY wants to be veep.

dailykos.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:19:36pm

re: #230 Blind Frog Belly White

If we don’t have an answer on Tuesday, the answer will STILL be that Hillary Clinton has won the majority of all the Pledged Delegates, the majority of the popular vote, and the majority of the Superdelegates.

Jersey should take care of that, maybe even with the help of NM.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:20:57pm

re: #235 BeachDem

And speaking of profiles in courage:

Christie told reporters in Mendham Township, New Jersey. “There are always going to be opinions. Those are Donald’s opinions…

“Let’s focus on what needs to be focused on here, and quite frankly, I think you all are paying much too much attention on this,”

Christie, who told the reporters that he had just voted for Trump in New Jersey’s primary election, said Trump “is not a racist” and “allegations that he is are absolutely contrary to every experience that I’ve had with him over the last 14 years.”

Somebody REALLY wants to be veep.

dailykos.com

“Gingrich is out, so the path is open for ME!”

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:21:19pm

re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth

Jersey should take care of that, maybe even with the help of NM.

Yep, I’m watching the clock—one hour and 40 minutes to go till the polls close here.

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Stanley Sea  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:23:45pm

Off to a high school graduation party. Oh the things I do for relatives. (UGH)

Have a great night!

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KerFuFFler  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:24:42pm

The best part is that not only could the Trump U scandal tank his campaign, but think how much it would diminish his “brand”! Heh

“It’s fraud. … straight-up fraud,” the state’s Democratic Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reiterated during an MSNBC interview last week after a judge unsealed court documents from one of the Trump U. lawsuits and allowed for a more detailed look into the allegations of deceit.

The strange part? Some key conservative voices agree with the Democrat’s legal assessment. That’s why back in February, a National Review writer denounced the Trump seminars as “a massive scam.” And last month, The Weekly Standard warned that Trump U. represented a “political time bomb” that could doom the candidate’s November chances: “Democrats will see to that.” (Both magazines have opposed Trump for months and have pointed to Trump U. as a reason for their opposition.)

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gocart mozart  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:25:00pm

re: #124 Lidane

When he gets called out by his own former students, or by his own employees … what does Trump do at that point? Does he man up and take his licks? Does he offer people their money back? No! No, no. He whines about the press, he whimpers about the students, and he complains that the judge doesn’t like him. Well Donald, it’s time to stop sniveling and put on your big boy pants because this is what accountability feels like!

- Elizabeth Warren

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Skip Intro  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:26:34pm

How my local paper reported Trump’s “apology” this afternoon.

Trump issues non-apology apology for comments on judge with Mexican heritage

sanluisobispo.com

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:28:32pm

I’ve been following the Stanford rape case as little as I could, knowing it would only depress me and piss me off. Then I was talking to my group, which is comprised largely of women, about voting, and Trump (it’s also comprised largely of nonwhites), and one said she was more upset by the Stanford thing, so I finally broke down and read as much as I could take of the victim’s statement, and as much as I could stand of the perp’s father’s statement.

I was right. Angry and depressed. Especially now when I see his picture, because he’s such a good looking kid, and comes from the right background, and all that shit that got him his slap on the wrist, and you just know if he were anything but a blue eyed blond, it would have been very, very different.

Sure, “his life is ruined”. Who ruined it? The victim? Nope. The Jury? Nope. The System? Nope.

It was him. All him.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:29:15pm

I’m not glad that this election cycle brings out the worst on both sides… (and yes, I mean bernieorbusters and most Repubicans) but on the other hand I am. It’s good to separate the wheat from the chaff once in a while. I hope people will have a long memory.

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gocart mozart  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:29:48pm
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Skip Intro  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:32:41pm

re: #243 Blind Frog Belly White

The recommended minimum sentence for what he did was 2 years in the Big House. The judge felt sorry for a fellow Stanford man and gave him the slap on the wrist. The judge is now facing a recall.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:32:53pm

re: #242 Skip Intro

How my local paper reported Trump’s “apology” this afternoon.

Trump issues non-apology apology for comments on judge with Mexican heritage

sanluisobispo.com

San Luis Obispo? Sounds Messican!

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wrenchwench  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:33:02pm

re: #243 Blind Frog Belly White

I’ve been following the Stanford rape case as little as I could, knowing it would only depress me and piss me off.

I’m sticking with that.

Thanks for the confirmation of the choice.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:33:56pm
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Skip Intro  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:34:25pm

re: #247 Blind Frog Belly White

San Luis Obispo? Sounds Messican!

It is. We have a mission and everything.

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Jay C  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:35:14pm

re: #244 Nyet

I’m not glad that this election cycle brings out the worst on both sides… (and yes, I mean bernieorbusters and most Repubicans) but on the other hand I am. It’s good to separate the wheat from the chaff once in a while. I hope people will have a long memory.

You’re quite right - the big problem with separating the political wheat from the chaff, though, is that we often end up with the chaff on the ballot (or in office).

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wrenchwench  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:35:32pm

re: #250 Skip Intro

It is. We have a mission and everything.

I’ve been to all the missions. Dad put a great summer together!

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:35:54pm

re: #76 Kragar

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It is so tragic! Shaun is going to be protesting this outrageous behavior for the entire 8 years of Clinton’s presidency.

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Ming5000  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:35:54pm

Listened to a little Diane Rehm show today. She had Barbara Boxer on.
I didn’t get to listen to much of the show, but I caught two questions from callers:
1) [paraphrasing] “What’s wrong with putting America first for a change?”
2) [paraphrasing] “If you take away all the guns can you guarantee that criminals cannot get guns? If you sent all the guns to the moon I could still get a gun.”

Sheesh.
She had good answers for both guys. [both callers were guys, and sounded like perfect Trumpsters]

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:35:57pm

re: #235 BeachDem

Luckily, he’ll be out of the Governor’s office since there are term limits and he’s on his second term (he could run again, but he’s have to sit out at least one term first). He’s not fooling much of anyone here in Jersey. From yesterday:

Christie’s approval rating hits record low in another poll

Gov. Christie’s job rating has hit a record low in another poll, with 26 percent of registered New Jersey voters approving and 65 percent disapproving.

The poll released Monday by Monmouth University also found most New Jerseyans — 68 percent — think the Republican governor endorsed Donald Trump for president to get a job in the billionaire businessman’s administration. […]

The poll is the latest to find Christie’s approval rating drop to a new low. A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll two weeks ago found Christie’s approval at 26 percent with registered voters, while a Quinnipiac University poll, also last month, found it at 29 percent. […]

Among New Jersey adults — not just registered voters — Christie’s rating in the Monmouth poll released Monday was 27 percent approval, 63 percent disapproval.

More New Jerseyans than ever questioned Christie’s commitment to his day job, the poll found, with 79 percent saying Christie was more concerned with his political future than with governing the state. […]

philly.com

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Targetpractice  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:35:57pm

re: #243 Blind Frog Belly White

I’ve been following the Stanford rape case as little as I could, knowing it would only depress me and piss me off. Then I was talking to my group, which is comprised largely of women, about voting, and Trump (it’s also comprised largely of nonwhites), and one said she was more upset by the Stanford thing, so I finally broke down and read as much as I could take of the victim’s statement, and as much as I could stand of the perp’s father’s statement.

I was right. Angry and depressed. Especially now when I see his picture, because he’s such a good looking kid, and comes from the right background, and all that shit that got him his slap on the wrist, and you just know if he were anything but a blue eyed blond, it would have been very, very different.

Sure, “his life is ruined”. Who ruined it? The victim? Nope. The Jury? Nope. The System? Nope.

It was him. All him.

I’ve brought up before on LGF that I sat on the jury for a rape case a few years ago, and the case eventually ended up being a “he said, she said” that ended up erring on the side of caution and letting the guy walk. When the verdict had finally been read and we retired to the jury room before leaving for the last time, the judge came back and thanked us for our service and offered to answer any questions he could. I don’t remember whether it was me or another juror, but the question came up (as it had during deliberations) what the penalty would be if the defendant had been convicted. The judge informed us that the state of Virginia has a mandatory 5 year prison term for rape, as well as ending up on the sex offender registry. So to see this shitheel get off for a far worse offense than the one I sat in judgment of with a six month jail term roils my stomach something fierce.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:36:15pm

re: #250 Skip Intro

It is. We have a mission and everything.

A mission? From Mexico? Is it to rape, murder, and terk ur jerbs?

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:36:43pm

re: #249 Nyet

Russian propaganda uses only the best, most concentrated berniebro musk.

[102] Hillary’s Potential Jail Time, Superdelegates Don’t Matter, Monsanto May Double In Size

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Targetpractice  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:36:47pm

re: #249 Nyet

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This is as ridiculous as saying that the president isn’t really decided until December, when the EC casts its votes.

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No Depression  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:37:36pm

re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth

Welcome to McDonald’s - (Parody of Welcome to the Jungle)

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Skip Intro  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:38:31pm

I think that to get his campaign back on track Trump needs to release the Palin.

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Brian J.  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:39:06pm

In the “cleaning up loose ends” department.

Puerto Rico still hasn’t counted 20 percent of its votes. The percentages and delegates (61-39% and 36-24 delegates) haven’t moved since late Sunday.

Washington state is counting its last ballots this afternoon to certify its primary, which is meaningless except possibly to tell us what to expect from California. Hillary won by 7 points among Election Night ballots (82% of the total) and Sanders won by 7 among the late-arriving ballot (18%), giving a 5-point margin for Hillary overall.

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:39:20pm

re: #255 CuriousLurker

Oops, forgot the link. Fixed now.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:41:56pm

It’s interesting how many people who are allegedly so progressive that anyone to the left of them is a shill of oligarchy can side with Putin’s oligarchate cum right-wing dictatorship. Not surprising though, considering the love affair some prominent figures on the American left had with Stalin.

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gwangung  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:42:06pm

No matter who you support, this is not cool.

Reporters get death threats

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:43:17pm

re: #258 Nyet

He gained a lot of attention when he appeared on Fox News morning show Fox & Friends in 2008, when, before the presidential campaign, they asked him to do left-wing jokes along with a right-wing comedian. Instead he went live on air saying “What is Fox News? It’s just a parade of propaganda, isn’t it? It’s just a…festival of ignorance.”[3] The video clip went viral online and was viewed by millions.

Heh.

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bratwurst  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:43:23pm

re: #265 gwangung

No matter who you support, this is not cool.

t.co

But Glenn Greenwald told me that Bernie Bros are a media myth!

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dangerman  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:44:12pm

re: #250 Skip Intro

It is. We have a mission and everything.

from god?

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plansbandc  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:45:31pm

re: #224 whitebeach

One of the best ones yet. Well done.

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:46:37pm

re: #269 plansbandc

LOL! Thanks for pointing that one out—I’d missed it.

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wrenchwench  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:48:27pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:48:47pm
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The Ghost of a Flea  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:49:27pm

re: #264 Nyet

It’s interesting how many people who are allegedly so progressive that anyone to the left of them is a shill of oligarchy can side with Putin’s oligarchate cum right-wing dictatorship. Not surprising though, considering the love affair some prominent figures on the American left had with Stalin.

US “progressives” aren’t different from US wingnuts in that they assume the centrality of their problems, inside their country, relative to the rest of the world. Russia is outside the US so they don’t really know enough about it or care enough about it to not take advantage…but they also don’t imagine that they could possibly be manipulated by somebody from “over there.”

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Brian J.  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:49:54pm

re: #271 wrenchwench

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“Awk! Polly wanna toss her cookies! Awk!”

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:50:04pm

re: #265 gwangung

No matter who you support, this is not cool.

Reporters get death threats

The far right/far left convergence is complete it seems.

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ObserverArt  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:53:16pm

You know, I am now thinking it best to encourage all of these established Republicans to go after Trump. Go for it GOP…slam the man, dump the Trump.

Here’s the thing.

Trump started his campaign the very first day talking crap about Mexicans and building a wall. That got him his support and he rode that all the way to the nomination.

To those base supporters it was this very attitude that they loved. Does anyone think this thing with the judge is seen any differently by that base? I don’t.

And what word have we heard all along in this primary season: Establishment.

The GOP established candidates got thumped. The signal sent by the base: we don’t want the established GOPers.

And now those same established members of the Republican party are most likely being seen by Trumps supporters as trying to bring their boy down.

So why do I think this is great. Establishment GOP members will be seen as the enemy by their very own party members and they are not going to forget this. Any established candidate, like a Mark Kirk, is going to be trying to get these pissed off people to vote for them at the same time they try to mess with Trump.

Simply…that is not going to work. They are going to vote for Trump and either not vote for the established members like Kirk, or they are going to vote for Hillary or some other party’s candidate.

And this will also effect the next mid-term elections too in two years, especially if Trump gets pounded by Clinton. They will have seen the establishment as the enemy that got Trumped defeated and they are not going to forget it. These people do not forget.

This same issue could also effect state and local races depending on the position those Republican take at this time.

Many have said the Democrats are probably upset they let Bernie in as an independent. That is mild compared to the issues the GOP faces. Anyone think the GOP is happy now they let Trump in to run?

And just a few weeks ago…the same establishment GOP were patting themselves on the back they ended up their primary early and saw clear sailing ahead for the RNC convention in Cleveland. They saw all the issues Democrats were still having and they laughed with glee.

My how wrong they were. And their letting Trump in and not being able to get him out is going to cost them big time. And it will ding them for years.

Democrats…it is time for a new chairman, a new thinking and get the bailing machines ready. Time to make hay!

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The Ghost of a Flea  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:54:25pm

re: #273 The Ghost of a Flea

In the same vein, while US progressive can fall into the assumption that “leftist”/”socialist institutions elsewhere can’t fail (or not be leftist), I find Americans who are critically of Stalin and the USSR are often doing so from a very limited palette in which godless socialism lead to mass murder.

Basically, lots of folks are not OK with nuance, historical detail, or the idea of culture as a larger mechanism in how people behave. The choose simple narratives that mirror their own heuristics.

Which is why we’re probably all doomed.

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TedStriker  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:54:34pm

re: #31 jaunte

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Would someone please pay attention to Jill Stein?

re: #35 Franklin

Oh. Snap.

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Someone might also want to tell Ms. Stein about Geraldine Ferraro.

Even with her and Mondale getting smashed at the polls against Reagan and G.H.W. Bush’s 1984 re-election run, she still got farther than Stein.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:55:10pm

Trump’s latest tirade was “too racist” for Mark Kirk. If only, oh if only it had been merely moderately racist - he would have been able to support Trump!

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:56:05pm

re: #277 The Ghost of a Flea

Your moonbats deserve your wingnuts.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:56:41pm

re: #279 Nyet

Trump’s latest tirade was “too racist” for Mark Kirk. If only, oh if only it had been merely moderately racist - he would have been able to support Trump!

It’s decorum, not decency: at fancy dinner parties, you don’t sit your mistress above the salt.

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Eventual Carrion  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:57:26pm

re: #185 Danack

I’d really love to sit in with the people in the Hillary campaign that are planning all the attack adverts they’re going to run in the next 6 weeks before the Republican nomination, and then after that till the election.

They probably need to have some dark rooms for those staff to lie down in after laughing so hard.

About the only difficult choice they have is to which topic to hit Trump on - it is the very definition of a ‘target rich’ environment.

Strafe first, then lay down heavy fire on the topics that put up the most flack.

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ObserverArt  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:58:52pm

re: #190 nines09

Did anyone make sure Chris Christie didn’t jump off a pier?

Were still dry here in Ohio. So no, I don’t think he has. We would have seen and heard the splash!

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:59:31pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:59:36pm

He tweets!

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 3:59:47pm

re: #190 nines09

Did anyone make sure Chris Christie didn’t jump off a pier?

Who cares, shit floats.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:01:15pm

OT - a pic from this weekend’s Bat Rescue and Rehab training. Mrs. FBW got to hold some bats! All it took was a pair of gloves, and $1000 worth of Rabies vaccination. She said it was the best birthday present ever. At least a rabies vaccination lasts longer than many other presents would!

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Testy Toad T  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:02:11pm

re: #285 Backwoods_Sleuth

He tweets!

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…did he print out an internet article, write on it, and then scan it so he could tweet it?

That’s almost as disqualifying as… every other disqualifying thing.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:02:20pm

re: #280 Nyet

Your moonbats deserve your wingnuts.

I don’t know the rest of the world as well as the US, but I suspect this is a problem everywhere, all the time, for everyone. Even me, who’s actively engaged with the idea. Humans like heuristics, we don’t like cognitive dissonance or the sustained tension of not knowing.

It’s just really visible right now in the US because we’re so highly connected individual-to-individual-to-public; we have the most resources with which to play out our bad assumptions; and we’re the remaining superpower so everybody is glued to monitoring even the smallest of our vital signs.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:03:35pm

re: #287 Blind Frog Belly White

Very cool!
I get hold the wee brown bats every year when I rescue them from the clutches of the kittehs. (The bats sometimes take a wrong turn from the attic and come down the chimney instead of the conveniently placed gap in the roof vents.)

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plansbandc  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:03:46pm

re: #287 Blind Frog Belly White

Little batty is so cute!

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nines09  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:03:48pm

re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Ain’t he a load?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:04:23pm

re: #292 nines09

Ain’t he a load?

indeed.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:06:01pm

SEKRIT MISSION IN PROGRESS!!!!!

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:06:27pm

re: #284 CuriousLurker

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We should have like a bumper sticker hall of fame when this is all over—collect the ones created by lizards and vote on them, then post like the top 10 or whatever.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:06:59pm

re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth

SEKRIT MISSION IN PROGRESS!!!!!

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Something’s up….
I am SOOOOOO excited!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:07:26pm

re: #291 plansbandc

Little batty is so cute!

Indeed, although we were cautioned not to use the term ‘cute’ to describe bats, since it suggests they might make good pets.

But I say they ARE cute!

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Targetpractice  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:08:01pm

re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth

SEKRIT MISSION IN PROGRESS!!!!!

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“Destination unknown”? A double-crossed messenger, all alone?

/(music geek moment)

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:09:43pm

re: #298 Targetpractice

I don’t get the reference, but have an upding anyway because I like you, heh.

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451_Montag  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:09:49pm

One I’d really like to see

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makeitstop  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:09:58pm

re: #298 Targetpractice

“Destination unknown”? A double-crossed messenger, all alone?

/(music geek moment)

Where can I go, now that I’ve gone too far?

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TedStriker  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:10:29pm

re: #298 Targetpractice

“Destination unknown”? A double-crossed messenger, all alone?

/(music geek moment)

re: #299 CuriousLurker

I don’t get the reference, but have an upding anyway because I like you, heh.

“Twilight Zone” by Golden Earring:

Golden earring - Twilight zone

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KGxvi  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:11:24pm

re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth

SEKRIT MISSION IN PROGRESS!!!!!

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I want really want this to be something incredibly normal. Like, he needs to do a walk through at the house they’re renting in Georgetown come January.

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Frankie Five Angels  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:11:49pm

re: #298 Targetpractice

“Destination unknown”? A double-crossed messenger, all alone?

/(music geek moment)

Missing Persons?

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No Depression  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:11:51pm

re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth

SEKRIT MISSION IN PROGRESS!!!!!

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I bet he’s going to

Frank Sinatra-New York,New York-Lyrics

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Frankie Five Angels  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:12:32pm

Missing Persons - Destination Unknown

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:13:13pm

re: #303 KGxvi

I want really want this to be something incredibly normal. Like, he needs to do a walk through at the house they’re renting in Georgetown come January.

I just figured it out.
He’s at Cassandra Butts’ memorial service.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:13:14pm

Iowa Electronic Markets—Winner Take All bets:

Trump is approaching 1:3.

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thedopefishlives  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:13:33pm

Evening Lizardim.

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Dave In Austin  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:15:09pm

Break time!!

Facebook Video

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Brian J.  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:15:41pm

re: #308 Decatur Deb

Iowa Electronic Markets—Winner Take All bets:

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Trump is approaching 1:3.

Betfair is a British bookmaker that similarly takes bets on the White House (but not from Americans). Hillary’s now at 71.7% to win the Presidency, Trump at 23.0%. (For the Democratic nomination, Bernie has now fallen below Joe Biden.)

electionbettingodds.com

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Decatur Deb  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:16:52pm

re: #311 Brian J.

Betfair is a British bookmaker that similarly takes bets on the White House (but not from Americans). Hillary’s now at 71.7% to win the Presidency, Trump at 23.0%. (For the Democratic nomination, Bernie has now fallen below Joe Biden.)

electionbettingodds.com

I miss Intrade, warts and all.

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Testy Toad T  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:20:48pm

[taps watch angrily]

Hurry up, EDT. Hurry up, NJ.

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whitebeach  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:21:22pm

re: #284 CuriousLurker

Thank you, CL. Cred wasn’t necessary, but since I don’t do Twitter and have never been there before, it’s a nice little boost to my day.

Now if only LSU can keep sticking it to Rice.

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ObserverArt  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:21:47pm

re: #249 Nyet

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Heh. Chucky Todd on MSNBC said a few minutes ago that argument about super delegates do not vote until later is funky because the pledge delegates do not vote until later too.

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:22:00pm

re: #296 Backwoods_Sleuth

Something’s up….
I am SOOOOOO excited!

Me too. The chickens are coming home to roost. I imagine the GOP is dreading whatever is coming, especially on top of the mess they’re already dealing with they’ve already created. They should’ve shown him a little more respect and tried to work with him. As they say, payback is a you-know-what*. They have accrued an awful lot of negative karma with POTUS over the past 7.5 years.

* Since it’s Ramadan, I’m not cursing till after sunset. //

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:22:51pm

re: #302 TedStriker

“Twilight Zone” by Golden Earring:

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Video

Ah, okay, Thanks.

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Brian J.  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:23:05pm

re: #316 CuriousLurker

Me too. The chickens are coming home to roost. I imagine the GOP is dreading whatever is coming, especially on top of the mess they’re already dealing with they’ve already created. They should’ve shown him a little more respect and tried to work with him. As they say, payback is a you-know-what*. They have accrued an awful lot of negative karma with POTUS over the past 7.5 years.

* Since it’s Ramadan, I’m not cursing till after sunset. //

Middle of the night in Mecca; close enough, right?

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Eventual Carrion  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:23:29pm

re: #287 Blind Frog Belly White

OT - a pic from this weekend’s Bat Rescue and Rehab training. Mrs. FBW got to hold some bats! All it took was a pair of gloves, and $1000 worth of Rabies vaccination. She said it was the best birthday present ever. At least a rabies vaccination lasts longer than many other presents would!

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Golf gloves?

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:24:04pm

“There’ll come a time when the love of country will trump hatred of Hillary.” ~ Lindsey G

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thedopefishlives  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:24:18pm

By the way, in case you haven’t seen it, Cracked has a great piece on the Men’s Rights (bowel) Movement. Pretty much defines all the MRA’s we know.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:24:31pm

re: #318 Brian J.

Middle of the night in Mecca; close enough, right?

Much like the argument that the sun is it’s always over the yardarm after 5:00 SOMEwhere.

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nines09  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:25:06pm

re: #320 Nyet

“There’ll come a time when the love of country will trump hatred of Hillary.” ~ Lindsey G

There’s another load.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:25:14pm

Oooh…I love this word! Will come in useful many times, I bet.

Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk Is First Republican To Undorse Trump, Still Doomed In November

Reminds me of Seinfeld:

George: “So you think this is a non-vite.”

Jerry: “It’s an unvitation!”

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:25:47pm

re: #313 Testy Toad T

[taps watch angrily]

Hurry up, EDT. Hurry up, NJ.

I keep mentally pushing at the clock, but it refuses to go any faster.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:26:41pm

re: #323 nines09

I’m surprised he said this at all…

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:26:50pm

re: #318 Brian J.

LOL

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nines09  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:27:25pm

re: #326 Nyet

I’m surprised he said this at all…

He can smell the smoke. Hasn’t seen the light, but the smoke, yeah.
Oh and a day ago, Newt was Ready to swallow his pride and run WITH Trump as his Second Dick Vice Presidential nominee

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:27:33pm

re: #326 Nyet

I’m surprised he said this at all…

Me too. Where’s it from?

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:27:36pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:28:10pm

re: #319 Eventual Carrion

Golf gloves?

Yep. They’ve got sharp teeth, and even though the Pallids, Big Browns, and Mexican Freetails she handled were fairly docile (too badly injured to be released, so kept longterm), there was also a Silver-haired Bat who was very bitey. And their teeth make kitten teeth seem dull by comparison.

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plansbandc  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:28:31pm

re: #297 Blind Frog Belly White

Isn’t it just pathetic that people think cute = good pet? I need a good exasperation gif.

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ObserverArt  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:30:23pm

re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth

SEKRIT MISSION IN PROGRESS!!!!!

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New Jersey to be with Hillary tonight at her gig…maybe.

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Targetpractice  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:30:26pm

We all knew that the GOP convention was gonna be a shitshow, but I don’t think we imagined that it could actually get worse than the initial estimates.

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Eventual Carrion  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:30:32pm

re: #331 Blind Frog Belly White

Yep. They’ve got sharp teeth, and even though the Pallids, Big Browns, and Mexican Freetails she handled were fairly docile (too badly injured to be released, so kept longterm), there was also a Silver-haired Bat who was very bitey. And their teeth make kitten teeth seem dull by comparison.

I just kinda figured the gloves would be a little more … re-enforced.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:31:19pm

re: #31 jaunte

Couldn’t be more untrue. I’m still the most successful female presidential candidate in history & hardly the first.

Quite an Amerocentric view for such a, ahem, progressive candidate.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:31:32pm

Welp, this diver found Nemo

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:32:07pm

re: #335 Eventual Carrion

I just kinda figured the gloves would be a little more … re-enforced.

Sharp teeth, but not very LONG teeth.

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Jay C  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:34:20pm

re: #333 ObserverArt

New Jersey to be with Hillary tonight at her gig…maybe.

According to the local news here in NYC, Mrs Clinton is going to be getting the election
results tonight at some sort of gig at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, so not NJ.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:35:04pm
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ObserverArt  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:35:50pm

re: #339 Jay C

According to the local news here in NYC, Mrs Clinton is going to be getting the election
results tonight at some sort of gig at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, so not NJ.

Oh…my mistake. I thought I had heard NJ.

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Brian J.  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:37:33pm

re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth

SEKRIT MISSION IN PROGRESS!!!!!

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Not the sooper sekrit mission we were thinking of. Still important, though.

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No Depression  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:38:19pm

Kos just shared this funny Hillary vs. Bernie video:

A House Divided

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:39:32pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:39:36pm

re: #342 Brian J.

Not the sooper sekrit mission we were thinking of. Still important, though.

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Yep, I followed up noting that in #307

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Brian J.  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:40:06pm

re: #346 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yep, I followed up noting that in #307

So you did. Sorry.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:40:25pm

re: #347 Brian J.

So you did. Sorry.

no probs

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:42:48pm

So, now Hillary can’t be compassionate for those less fortunate because she wore a $12k Armani jacket at an inequality speech 2 months ago. Weeeeee.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:44:11pm

re: #349 GlutenFreeJesus

So, now Hillary can’t be compassionate for those less fortunate because she wore a $12k Armani jacket at an inequality speech 2 months ago. Weeeeee.

Saw that yesterday.
Guess she should have been wearing sackcloth or something…

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:44:28pm

re: #344 No Depression

Apropos the happy end of that vid.

The Beloved - Sweet Harmony

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:44:37pm

re: #344 No Depression

Kos just shared this funny Hillary vs. Bernie video:

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Heh

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:45:07pm

re: #324 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Trump will insult him like he did the reporter months ago in his fit of rage, faking seizures.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:45:37pm

re: #349 GlutenFreeJesus

So, now Hillary can’t be compassionate for those less fortunate because she wore a $12k Armani jacket at an inequality speech 2 months ago. Weeeeee.

“Al Gore flies in a jet to those globull worming conferences, hurr hurr!”

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:46:18pm

re: #353 GlutenFreeJesus

Trump will insult him like he did the reporter months ago in his fit of rage, faking seizures.

Seriously?

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:46:41pm

re: #355 HappyWarrior

I wouldn’t put it past him.

To be clear, it was Trump faking the seizures when he was at that rally, trying to get even with the reporter that was critical of him.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:47:34pm

LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:48:03pm

Welp so I was over at Wonkette and finally got around to watching the video of Donald Trump pointing to “his African-American” and he was rambling like a drunken crazy person about there was this other rally where a pro-Trump African-American punched out this anti-Trump protestor wearing a KKK costume and wasn’t that an amazing thing, folks!

When the fuck did this even happen? Because I clearly remember an African-American guy GETTING SUCKER PUNCHED by a white Trump supporter, which was all over the Internet, and Trump said he would pay the white guy’s lawyer to defend his assault charge, but when did a pro-Trump African-American punch out a guy wearing a KKK costume?

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:48:10pm

good evening fellow Lizards. Went and renewed my right to complain (I voted) was happy to check off for Hillary and for Harris. I didn’t vote on the judges because honestly I don’t know any of them.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:48:56pm

re: #351 Nyet

Apropos the happy end of that vid.

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Wow what a bunch of privileged white thinness.

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:50:41pm

re: #358 The Vicious Babushka

It actually did happen; the person wearing the KKK outfit was a protestor who thought it would be a good ironic statement to wear it to a Trump rally. A black Trump supporter didn’t appreciate the irony, and slugged the protestor (who by that time had taken the hood off).

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:50:59pm

re: #358 The Vicious Babushka

Well, I remember a black Trump supporter kicking the shit out of some guy, not in a costume though.

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ObserverArt  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:52:33pm

re: #358 The Vicious Babushka

Welp so I was over at Wonkette and finally got around to watching the video of Donald Trump pointing to “his African-American” and he was rambling like a drunken crazy person about there was this other rally where a pro-Trump African-American punched out this anti-Trump protestor wearing a KKK costume and wasn’t that an amazing thing, folks!

When the fuck did this even happen? Because I clearly remember an African-American guy GETTING SUCKER PUNCHED by a white Trump supporter, which was all over the Internet, and Trump said he would pay the white guy’s lawyer to defend his assault charge, but when did a pro-Trump African-American punch out a guy wearing a KKK costume?

It did happen a couple months ago at one of his rallies. There was a protester wearing a white hood and another guy carry some sign and as they were being led up the stairs by law enforcement a guy jumped out and punched the guy in front of the hooded one and when he fell down, the dude also started to kick at the protester. He then turned right around and let the cops arrest him. It was an African-American guy that attacked.

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:53:17pm
“There’s a disgusting guy, puts a Ku Klux Klan hat on,” Trump said as the man was being escorted out — referring to the protester’s friend, as The Post’s Jose A. DelReal reported. “He thinks he’s cute — he’s a disgusting guy.” Trump added: “They’re taking away our First Amendment rights. They’re troublemakers. They’re no good, and we better be careful. We’ve got to take our country back, folks.”
washingtonpost.com

Trump is well aware that people are trying to shame his supporters into not displaying their racism. He pretends it’s about the First Amendment.

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Jenner7  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:53:46pm
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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:54:03pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:54:20pm
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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:55:37pm

re: #366 Nyet

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Man Cenk is such a tool.

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ObserverArt  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:56:00pm

re: #368 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Pooch was hungry. Just thought they would grab a snack on the job.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:56:18pm

re: #369 HappyWarrior

Man Cenk is such a tool.

He has been for a long, long time now.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:56:24pm

re: #357 Backwoods_Sleuth

LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!

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Haha good one Greta, that’s cute.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:57:10pm

re: #371 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

He has been for a long, long time now.

Touché.

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whitebeach  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:57:46pm

re: #349 GlutenFreeJesus

So, now Hillary can’t be compassionate for those less fortunate because she wore a $12k Armani jacket at an inequality speech 2 months ago. Weeeeee.

Back in the day, George Wallace got tagged by an opponent for wearing a superexpensive suit. Wallace didn’t dodge. His next speech, the first thing he said was, “Yes, I’m in a suit that cost a lot of money. When I come out to see you, I wear my very best.”

The audience loved it. I hated the man but had to admire the political counterpunch.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 4:58:47pm
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:00:06pm

re: #375 Nyet

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ok what is the BDS movement?

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Ming5000  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:00:27pm

Image: giphy.gif

dang, trying to load a .gif

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Archangelus  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:01:12pm

re: #376 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

ok what is the BDS movement?

The Boycott Israel “movement,” which is advocated primarily by anti-Israeli Arab groups, antisemites and their “useful idiots.” Their message is all about being against Israel, no matter what it does, no matter when. Their primary efforts consist of threatening businesses and performing artists from coming to the country or cooperating with the Israeli government, academia or even just the ordinary people, regardless of anything.

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Dr. Matt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:01:24pm
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Ming5000  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:02:46pm

re: #379 Dr. Matt

You had me for a second

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:02:53pm

re: #376 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

ok what is the BDS movement?

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

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Dr. Matt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:03:10pm
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No Depression  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:04:08pm

re: #376 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

ok what is the BDS movement?

Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions. It’s a movement intended to put pressure on Israel to change its policies towards Palestinians.

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Brian J.  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:04:12pm

Renee Ellmers (R-Nutcase Carolina 2) is going down HARD in her Congressional primary with only 21% of the vote, far behind George Holding. Trump endorsed her in the last few days.

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:04:16pm

Oh, snap—it’s 8:03! Time to start watching the results.

I wonder if we’re gonna get a new thread…

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nines09  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:04:24pm

re: #379 Dr. Matt

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THIS JUST IN…………………………As we go to commercial….

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:05:07pm

re: #385 CuriousLurker

Oh, snap—it’s 8:03! Time to start watching the results.

I wonder if we’re gonna get a new thread…

Only after you post a long, heartfelt post full of personal observations.
////

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Jenner7  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:05:19pm
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ObserverArt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:05:52pm

I admit it. I am suffering from Shaun King and Michael Moore fatigue. I hope after tonight they go away.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:05:55pm

I just realized that that cultic “Dr.” in “Dr.Jill Stein” is the exact mirror of “Dr.” in “Dr.Ron Paul”.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:06:11pm

re: #388 Jenner7

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And taken Berniebros over the brink.

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:06:53pm

Need. Coffee…

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Dr. Matt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:07:13pm
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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:07:19pm

re: #389 ObserverArt

I’m sure MM will come around against Trump.

King, not so much.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:08:59pm

re: #393 Dr. Matt

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He is going to use a telepromter.

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No Depression  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:09:01pm

re: #366 Nyet

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For some reason, Cenk really reminds me of Sean Hannity. Might be because they both have big heads, smug expressions, and irritating personalities.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:09:04pm

re: #390 Nyet

Don’t forget Dr. Phil.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:09:33pm

re: #393 Dr. Matt

He will go off script.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:09:48pm

Well Moore at least is acknowledging in a way that Sanders does not have enough delegates. But still, bit of a dick move to go ZOMG DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST and ignore that for the first time in history a major party will nominate a woman for President.

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Brian J.  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:10:04pm

re: #395 The Vicious Babushka

He is going to use a telepromter.

How about a teleporter? Say, into a wall?

Clinton leads 120-101 with one precinct in from Warren County, NJ, supposedly one of her weaker counties in the state.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:10:06pm

re: #396 No Depression

For some reason, Cenk really reminds me of Sean Hannity. Might be because they both have big heads, smug expressions, and irritating personalities.

I can see that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:10:07pm

re: #393 Dr. Matt

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Is that before or after he appears on Hannity tonight?

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allegro  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:10:09pm

In 1979 I went to a wine tasting with friends and splurged dearly on a case of Spatlese - the most exquisite wine ever to pass my lips. I stashed the case of precious liquid, unopened, to save for only the most special occasions. Turned out one came along soon after when I was offered a (to me a dream) position no woman had ever been offered before. It came with the admonition from my boss “Do not screw this up. My ass is on the line.”

One more little crack in the ceiling.

As soon as I got home, I cracked open that case of wine in celebration. Slurped an entire bottle, I did, relishing every sip of the wine and my accomplishment. Both were delicious.

Just opened a lovely bottle of Spatlese (not that same case - it didn’t make it to 1980) to celebrate tonight. Seemed like the perfect choice to raise my glass to Secretary Clinton and every woman who has pounded on that ceiling for generations so we could see this day. So. Fucking. Cool.

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KingKenrod  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:10:13pm

LOL Maddow just now: GOP asking themselves “How can we undo this?”

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:10:16pm

Does Sean Hannity rub Don’s knob every night?

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:10:48pm

re: #405 The Vicious Babushka

Does Sean Hannity rub Don’s knob every night?

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Yes, Donald we can see Sean’s lips glued to your asshole.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:11:42pm

re: #406 HappyWarrior

Yes, Donald we can see Sean’s lips glued to your asshole.

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majii  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:12:08pm

re: #389 ObserverArt

They won’t because as long as they can get attention and make a few bucks by stirring sh*t up, they’ll keep doing what they’re doing. I’m not saying they don’t have the right to say the things they say, but I am saying that they should pay attention and notice when it’s time to drop/change the subject. They seem to think that if they keep beating a dead horse, people will suddenly see they’re right. What this kind of behavior actually does is piss off others and make them stop listening to anything you have to say. Shaun King and Michael Moore know Sen. Sanders’ presidential campaign is over, but neither can stop throwing sh*t against the wall and hoping some of it sticks.

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lawhawk  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:12:25pm

re: #389 ObserverArt

I admit it. I am suffering from Shaun King and Michael Moore fatigue. I hope after tonight they go away.

Don’t count on it. They are insufferable in that respect. Delegate math is absolutely beyond them. That even if you back out all the superdelegates, Hillary easily crosses the majority of pledged delegates, and Bernie never had a chance since he would have required such a high percentage of remaining pledged delegates that it has been impossible for weeks.

Fact is that this primary season is nothing like 2008.

2008 - less than 200k votes and less than 150 delegates separated Clinton from Obama, including supers.

2016 - more than 3 million votes, and 291 delegates separates Clinton from Sanders, not counting the supers. With the supers, it’s 800 delegates.

Not. A. Contest.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:12:29pm

re: #405 The Vicious Babushka

Does Sean Hannity rub Don’s knob every night?

[Embedded content]

Yes and more.

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Dr. Matt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:12:44pm

re: #398 GlutenFreeJesus

He will go off script.

I’m thinking he has a very prepared and well-tempered speech and then the entire MSM will fawn about how “presidential” he is. Remember the last time he used a teleprompter at AIPAC? The MSM got all doe-eyed.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:12:49pm

re: #407 The Vicious Babushka

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Have either of those three offered one criticism of Turmp this entire campaign?

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:12:53pm
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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:13:59pm

re: #413 The Vicious Babushka

And now we can celebrate :)

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:14:03pm

re: #403 allegro

I admit, I was excited to cast my vote today. I look forward to casting another one for her in November.

It will be awesome when it really doesn’t matter and it’s just a ho-hum occurrence that the candidate just happens to be a woman. But that’s not the world we live in yet, and I’m happy to do my small part to create history.

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No Depression  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:14:22pm

re: #409 lawhawk

Don’t count on it. They are insufferable in that respect. Delegate math is absolutely beyond them. That even if you back out all the superdelegates, Hillary easily crosses the majority of pledged delegates, and Bernie never had a chance since he would have required such a high percentage of remaining pledged delegates that it has been impossible for weeks.

Fact is that this primary season is nothing like 2008.

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HOW DARE THEY CALL IT BEFORE IT EVERY. SINGLE. VOTE IS COUNTED!!1!!!!1

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:16:04pm

re: #416 No Depression

HOW DARE THEY CALL IT BEFORE IT EVERY. SINGLE. VOTE IS COUNTED!!1!!!!1

I’ve seen them complain when they do that. Not a word when states have been called for Bernie early on of course. Kinda like how closed primaries are awful but caucuses are just fine.

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BeachDem  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:16:08pm

I lasted 5 minutes on MSNBC and had to throw in the towel. Chris Matthews giving Hillary advice on how she needs to act about Trump and, amazingly, the loathsome Nicolle Wallace actually making the most sense, saying that it doesn’t matter what the Republican establishment does now—Trump’s their candidate.

Rachel started a “what if he does something even worse” line of BS and Nicolle said, “What could he do that would be worse than insulting a Federal judge? It’s over—he’s the nominee.”

I’ll tune back in for Hillary’s speech at 9:45 but these fools are getting on my last nerve. (Switched to CNN for a few, but it was equally idiotic.)

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:16:15pm
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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:16:27pm

re: #415 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I admit, I was excited to cast my vote today. I look forward to casting another one for her in November.

It will be awesome when it really doesn’t matter and it’s just a ho-hum occurrence that the candidate just happens to be a woman. But that’s not the world we live in yet, and I’m happy to do my small part to create history.

There are lots of people trying to turn it into a ho-hum occurrence. I saw this last night, maybe even here -

First woman ever nominated by a major party - Establishment.

Two old white guys - Revolutionaries!

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:17:11pm

Welcome to the underside of the bus.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:17:19pm

re: #419 jaunte

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Bullshit. And even if it wasn’t about race, it was about xenophobia which is bigotry.

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ObserverArt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:17:23pm

re: #404 KingKenrod

LOL Maddow just now: GOP asking themselves “How can we undo this?”

And Nicolle Wallace correctly shut Rachel down with what I was saying earlier. The GOP base voted for Trump. He IS the candidate. Any fuckery by the GOP establishment will be like diffusing a bomb that goes off in the establishments faces.

As Nicolle said earlier…a point I also made, Trump let it be known he was who he was the very first day he announced. He went after Mexicans in a racist way then. Almost a whole year ago. They blew it. Now they live and die with it.

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freetoken  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:17:24pm

Voting poll location was busy, but I don’t know how it was earlier in the day.

Not that I had much to do… I think I only voted for 4 people… mostly went to vote for Ms. Harris.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:17:49pm

re: #418 BeachDem

I lasted 5 minutes on MSNBC and had to throw in the towel. Chris Matthews giving Hillary advice on how she needs to act about Trump

Hasn’t Jimmy Kimmel done that already?

;)

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:19:09pm

re: #420 Blind Frog Belly White

There are lots of people trying to turn it into a ho-hum occurrence. I saw this last night, maybe even here -

First woman ever nominated by a major party - Establishment.

Two old white guys - Revolutionaries!

I don’t think I realized how much it would mean to me until this race. It makes me understand that I didn’t really realize how much Obama meant to African-Americans, for example - I thought I knew, but I didn’t really. I couldn’t, because I don’t know what it’s like to deal with the racism on a regular basis.

But sexism? Yeah, I’ve dealt with that. And to see a woman finally smashing through that ceiling …damn, it feels fucking amazing.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:19:17pm

re: #414 Nyet

And now we can celebrate :)

Home Improvement - The Peasants Rejoice

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:19:47pm

I’m about to feel bad for Elizabeth Warren. She’s going to endorse Clinton before the convention and she’s going to have a bunch of jerks turn on her.

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Jenner7  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:19:48pm

Heated conversation on CNN right now….

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:20:58pm

re: #415 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I admit, I was excited to cast my vote today. I look forward to casting another one for her in November.

It will be awesome when it really doesn’t matter and it’s just a ho-hum occurrence that the candidate just happens to be a woman. But that’s not the world we live in yet, and I’m happy to do my small part to create history.

I would have bet any amount of money you cared to name that we would elect a woman President before a black one… Shows what I know.

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Eventual Carrion  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:21:29pm

re: #405 The Vicious Babushka

Does Sean Hannity rub Don’s knob every night?

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:21:52pm

re: #430 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I would have bet any amount of money you cared to name that we would elect a woman President before a black one… Shows what I know.

I would have made that bet. Black men got the right to vote before women did.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:21:54pm

re: #430 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I would have bet any amount of money you cared to name that we would elect a woman President before a black one… Shows what I know.

Never thought it would be two in a row. The Democratic Party has done a terrific job assembling a party filled with people who resemble our nation. Meanwhile it seems a certainty that Trump will choose a white guy.

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ObserverArt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:22:14pm

re: #418 BeachDem

I lasted 5 minutes on MSNBC and had to throw in the towel. Chris Matthews giving Hillary advice on how she needs to act about Trump and, amazingly, the loathsome Nicolle Wallace actually making the most sense, saying that it doesn’t matter what the Republican establishment does now—Trump’s their candidate.

Rachel started a “what if he does something even worse” line of BS and Nicolle said, “What could he do that would be worse than insulting a Federal judge? It’s over—he’s the nominee.”

I’ll tune back in for Hillary’s speech at 9:45 but these fools are getting on my last nerve. (Switched to CNN for a few, but it was equally idiotic.)

I agree. Nicole Wallace is the smart one tonight and Rachel looked pretty clueless in that exchange.

Sometimes the MSNBC crew gets so tangled in their own thinking and numbers they go completely stupid. Tonight seems to be one of those times. Tweety? Well, that’s Tweety.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:22:41pm

re: #432 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I would have made that bet. Black men got the right to vote before women did.

And yes, I realize that in the southern states steps were then taken to restrict that right to the point of impossibility, but from the point of view of the Constitution, the statement stands.

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Dr. Matt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:23:14pm

re: #429 Jenner7

Heated conversation on CNN right now….

The Trump cultist is getting his ass kicked by all sides.

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lawhawk  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:23:57pm

re: #417 HappyWarrior

I’ve seen them complain when they do that. Not a word when states have been called for Bernie early on of course. Kinda like how closed primaries are awful but caucuses are just fine.

Or that closed primaries are somehow voter suppression. That one ticks me off since that diminishes what real voter suppression looks like. Words have meanings, and voter suppression isn’t what happens when a political party decides the rules for joining that party’s system of choosing its representatives for office.

When a state shutters dozens of polling places causing massive lines = voter suppression
When a state has different open/close times depending on region = voter suppression

See the difference? Yeah, the Bernie bros don’t.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:24:03pm

I have to admit I was guilty of not thinking about what this means for women. But now with some maturity and wisdom, I find myself thinking of my paternal grandmother, born 1912 and how she was born into a world where women couldn’t vote and now her great granddaughter is going to witness a woman being nominated for President and very likely to be elected. That’s pretty neat.

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Brian J.  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:24:23pm

re: #432 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I would have made that bet. Black men got the right to vote before women did.

Of course, that right remained mostly theoretical for most black people until 1964.

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Jenner7  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:24:32pm

re: #436 Dr. Matt

Yes. And he keeps saying, “Hello?!?” Just childish.

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ObserverArt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:24:57pm

re: #428 HappyWarrior

I’m about to feel bad for Elizabeth Warren. She’s going to endorse Clinton before the convention and she’s going to have a bunch of jerks turn on her.

If anyone can handle that, I think she has shown she has the chops. She’ll be okay.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:25:02pm

re: #437 lawhawk

Or that closed primaries are somehow voter suppression. That one ticks me off since that diminishes what real voter suppression looks like. Words have meanings, and voter suppression isn’t what happens when a political party decides the rules for joining that party’s system of choosing its representatives for office.

When a state shutters dozens of polling places causing massive lines = voter suppression
When a state has different open/close times depending on region = voter suppression

See the difference? Yeah, the Bernie bros don’t.

Yeah I’ve seen acquaintances on Facebook liken that to Jim Crow and it makes me wanna gag.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:25:26pm

re: #441 ObserverArt

If anyone can handle that, I think she has shown she has the chops. She’ll be okay.

She’s a tough lady.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:25:46pm

re: #432 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I would have made that bet. Black men got the right to vote before women did.

Touché. However, that right was more theoretical than real in a lot of places, whereas (white) women have been voting since they could.

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wrenchwench  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:26:09pm

re: #438 HappyWarrior

I have to admit I was guilty of not thinking about what this means for women. But now with some maturity and wisdom, I find myself thinking of my paternal grandmother, born 1912 and how she was born into a world where women couldn’t vote and now her great granddaughter is going to witness a woman being nominated for President and very likely to be elected. That’s pretty neat.

When I started school, girls couldn’t wear pants to school. Now we’re electing the Queen of the pantsuits!

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Dr. Matt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:26:13pm

re: #440 Jenner7

Yes. And he keeps saying, “Hello?!?” Just childish.

I changed it. That was awful. It was so awful that MSNBC sounds rational right now.

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451_Montag  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:26:36pm

re: #429 Jenner7

Heated conversation on CNN right now….

Jeffrey Lord is getting his ass kicked all over the room. It is beautiful.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:27:25pm

re: #445 wrenchwench

When I started school, girls couldn’t wear pants to school. Now we’re electing the Queen of the pantsuits!

Man little things that you never really think too much about because of your own gender. That’s why I hate the feminazi slur. I had to call out my best friend for using the word. I hate it so much.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:27:26pm

re: #444 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Touché. However, that right was more theoretical than real in a lot of places, whereas (white) women have been voting since they could.

I agree and you’ll see a follow-up comment where I make a note of that. But it’s why I wasn’t necessarily surprised when Obama came before Hillary. :)

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:27:50pm

re: #409 lawhawk

Looking at those numbers… summarily 35.6M in 2008 v 23.5M in 2016. Hmm.

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Jenner7  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:28:32pm
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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:28:48pm

I think in historical terms so naturally when Obama got elected it was really cool to see the old black men and women who survived Jim Crow being able to punch the ballot for an African American presidential candidate.

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Skip Intro  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:29:03pm

re: #388 Jenner7

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But the polls aren’t closed in California. I smell a rat.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:29:08pm

re: #451 Jenner7

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God Jeffrey shut the fuck up.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:29:31pm

re: #451 Jenner7

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The look Van Jones is giving….

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:29:38pm

re: #445 wrenchwench

When I started school, girls couldn’t wear pants to school. Now we’re electing the Queen of the pantsuits!

Which reminds me—I haven’t seen the acronym PIAPS to refer to HRC for years now. Can we expect that to be resurrected?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:29:55pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:30:00pm

re: #454 HappyWarrior

God Jeffrey shut the fuck up.

He’s following the Trump playbook to the letter.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:30:19pm

re: #451 Jenner7

“Go on…”

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Dr. Matt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:30:20pm

Perfect

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majii  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:30:27pm

re: #445 wrenchwench

It was the same for me in high school. Mine was a girls only high school in Middle GA. I was finally able to wear pantsuits my Senior year. No pants and tops, pantsuits only.

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:30:44pm

re: #451 Jenner7

Waiting for Lord to start talking about “reverse racism” but he’s carefully avoiding the phrase.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:31:07pm

re: #450 Nyet

Looking at those numbers… summarily 35.6M in 2008 v 23.5M in 2016. Hmm.

There’s going to be millions more in NJ and CA tonight.

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Skip Intro  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:31:17pm

re: #405 The Vicious Babushka

Does Sean Hannity rub Don’s knob every night?

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It’s one of his perks at Fox.

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A Cranky One  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:31:30pm
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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:32:33pm

Hutchinson comes out in support of Antithetical Americans.

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lawhawk  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:32:35pm

re: #450 Nyet

Enthusiasm gap perhaps? Or maybe the Voter ID laws are coming home to roost. Or that we’re comparing the 2008 at its conclusion and all states and DC/territories voted compared to pre CA, NJ, and the other 4 states voting today (MT, ND, NM, SD), plus DC next week.

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Franklin  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:32:59pm

re: #460 Dr. Matt

Perfect

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NYDN: I’M WITH RACIST
Me: Hahahahahaha!!!!

NYDN: Roger Goodell Not Actually Dead
Me: Awww, maybe next time.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:33:02pm

re: #466 jaunte

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Hutchinson comes out in support of Antithetical Americans.

Then your remarks don’t mean shit Asa.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:33:17pm

re: #451 Jenner7

Van Jones does the Gene Wilder/Willy Wonka look.

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BeachDem  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:33:28pm

re: #426 klys (maker of Silmarils)

I don’t think I realized how much it would mean to me until this race. It makes me understand that I didn’t really realize how much Obama meant to African-Americans, for example - I thought I knew, but I didn’t really. I couldn’t, because I don’t know what it’s like to deal with the racism on a regular basis.

But sexism? Yeah, I’ve dealt with that. And to see a woman finally smashing through that ceiling …damn, it feels fucking amazing.

I’m right there with you, Garlic Grrll! And, not to “oldsplain” but, as a woman who was in her 20s when birth control was first available for unmarried women, and before Roe passed, and who entered the workforce at a time when “oh, don’t be upset if he pats your ass during a meeting—it’s just the way things are” was mainstream, it truly is a day I never thought I’d see.

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451_Montag  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:33:29pm

re: #462 jaunte

Waiting for Lord to start talking about “reverse racism” but he’s carefully avoiding the phrase.

That’s exactly what he’s trying to say, without using the magic words. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a panel on CNN actually say stuff he MBF. Not one other person is trying t spin it as anything but Trump being an ass.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:33:43pm
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Dr. Matt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:34:05pm

I fear for our future:

Facebook Video

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Targetpractice  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:34:07pm

“Yes, I think he’s a racist asshole, but I’ll support him anyway!”

When’s the last time we saw an entire political party commit seppuku?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:34:16pm

My Mom was proud and happy to vote for the first African American President in 2008. I only wish she were still here, to vote for the first woman President this year.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:34:28pm

Oh and I am happy to report I didn’t have to go to 5 different polling locations to find my polling location, this time the polling location the website would always send me to actually had my name and I didn’t have to travel all over the area.

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Franklin  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:35:43pm

re: #476 Blind Frog Belly White

My Mom was proud and happy to vote for the first African American President in 2008. I only wish she were still here, to vote for the first woman President this year.

My Aunt and I used to get into heated debates, she was a die hard Clinton supporter. She passed about 6 years ago and I have since come to my senses. If Hillary wins in November I will go to her grave to share the good news.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:35:57pm

Speaking of which, it’s time to go home and vote for the first woman nominated for President by a major party.

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majii  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:36:33pm

re: #451 Jenner7

Yeah, right. Trump was “calling attention to racism” by saying Judge Curiel should recuse himself because he’s of “Mexican heritage.” I’m glad others on CNN are tearing Jeffrey Lord a new *sshole. Maybe if he uses the new one to talk in the future, we’ll hear something that is truthful and makes sense. He needs to return his Etch-A-Sketch to ToysRUs and ask for a refund because it appears to be malfunctioning on live TV.

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Franklin  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:36:43pm

re: #479 Blind Frog Belly White

Jill Stein????

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Targetpractice  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:37:05pm

re: #481 Franklin

Jill Stein????

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Who?

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Dr. Matt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:37:31pm

re: #468 Franklin

NYDN: I’M WITH RACIST
Me: Hahahahahaha!!!!

NYDN: Roger Goodell Not Actually Dead
Me: Awww, maybe next time.

NFL Twitter Hacked, Announces Roger Goodell’s Death [Update]

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Franklin  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:37:49pm

re: #482 Targetpractice

Who?

Exactly.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:37:53pm

re: #482 Targetpractice

Who?

Only the best candidate in the world, just ask her.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:38:59pm

re: #485 HappyWarrior

Only the best candidate in the world, just ask her.

In history.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:39:39pm

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

Click to Reveal
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Lidane  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:39:41pm

Yes it’s RedState, but they’ve been flogging Trump daily for a while:

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:39:42pm

re: #485 HappyWarrior

She’ll be formidable on her condo board.

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whitebeach  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:39:49pm

A great moment for Hillary Clinton. A great moment for American women. A great moment for American men too. Let’s do it again in November.

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Dr. Matt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:40:27pm

Anyone thinking about changing your vote now? ///

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lawhawk  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:41:29pm
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Brian J.  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:42:01pm

re: #491 Dr. Matt

Anyone thinking about changing your vote now? ///

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I suspect the poor attendance at Copa America probably has more to do with it.

Clinton up 60-40 in NJ, according to Decision Desk HQ, with 56,000 votes in.

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Nyet  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:42:01pm

For someone who almost seems to loath the US, she sure has an insulated view of history.

en.wikipedia.org

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jaunte  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:42:02pm
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Dr. Matt  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:42:15pm

re: #490 whitebeach

A great moment for Hillary Clinton. A great moment for American women. A great moment for American men too. Let’s do it again in November.

In our lifetime we have experienced the first Black president and in a few months the first female president. We are living in historic times.

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majii  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:43:07pm

re: #452 HappyWarrior

I must admit that I was late joining the Obama Coalition. At the time, I was still teaching and not paying much attention to the Democratic Primary. When it was announced on November 4, 2008 that Barack Obama had won, I thought I might have been living in The Twilight Zone. I’d lived under Jim Crow in the south and through the Civil Rights Era, but I had never thought America would elect a black candidate to the presidency. Obama winning caught me by surprise. What disgusted me shortly thereafter were those who began making the claim that his election meant that the U.S. was entering a “post-racial period.” I knew this was a lie, and those who embraced the belief irritated me to no end because they just didn’t/don’t understand that racism is an ingrained feature in America and is not a bug.

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Skip Intro  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:44:02pm

re: #496 Dr. Matt

And the first Cheeto to get the GOP nomination for pres.

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lawhawk  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:44:44pm

re: #496 Dr. Matt

In our lifetime we have experienced the first Black president and in a few months the first female president. We are living in historic times.

We’re also watching an entire political party that is actively resisting all change and refuses to address that equal rights and protection applies to everyone all the way up to the White House. The GOP stands for the angry white men who think that they’re losing rights, when all they’re seeing is everyone finally beginning to catch up to what they’ve had all along.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:46:18pm

re: #487 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

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Yeah that’s very fucking stupid.

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BeachDem  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:46:50pm

re: #480 majii

Yeah, right. Trump was “calling attention to racism” by saying Judge Curiel should recuse himself because he’s of “Mexican heritage.” I’m glad others on CNN are tearing Jeffrey Lord a new *sshole. Maybe if he uses the new one to talk in the future, we’ll hear something that is truthful and makes sense. He needs to return his Etch-A-Sketch to ToysRUs and ask for a refund because it appears to be malfunctioning on live TV.

Why do they keep having that asshole on? Rhetorical question—I know exactly why, but ugh.

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BeachDem  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:48:37pm

re: #492 lawhawk

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Rage Furby will be claiming credit in 4, 3, 2, 1…

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:49:47pm

re: #482 Targetpractice

Franken Stein’s scarier sister.

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Bubblehead II  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:54:23pm

Just putting things out Lizards, Drunk and confused’

Cal Smith - Thunderstorms

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Belafon  Jun 7, 2016 • 5:58:07pm

re: #487 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

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majii  Jun 7, 2016 • 6:00:28pm

re: #492 lawhawk

Receiving Trump’s endorsement earlier to day helped Ellmers a lot, didn’t it? /s/
After Trump endorsed Ellmers and she lost to Holding, I’m now wondering how many other GOP/TPers will be asking Trump for his endorsement. I’m keeping my eye on this.

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Eventual Carrion  Jun 7, 2016 • 6:09:00pm

re: #441 ObserverArt

If anyone can handle that, I think she has shown she has the chops. She’ll be okay.

Yeah, in her mind she will be saying “fuck you” but out loud she will say something more eloquent.

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CuriousLurker  Jun 7, 2016 • 6:09:09pm

re: #497 majii

I must admit that I was late joining the Obama Coalition. At the time, I was still teaching and not paying much attention to the Democratic Primary. When it was announced on November 4, 2008 that Barack Obama had won, I thought I might have been living in The Twilight Zone. I’d lived under Jim Crow in the south and through the Civil Rights Era, but I had never thought America would elect a black candidate to the presidency. Obama winning caught me by surprise. What disgusted me shortly thereafter were those who began making the claim that his election meant that the U.S. was entering a “post-racial period.” I knew this was a lie, and those who embraced the belief irritated me to no end because they just didn’t/don’t understand that racism is an ingrained feature in America and is not a bug.

I burst into big heaving sobs and couldn’t stop for about 15 minutes. It was kinda weird as I had no idea I was so emotionally invested in the race until that moment.

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Altermite  Jun 7, 2016 • 6:19:37pm

re: #428 HappyWarrior

about to, nothing. They’ve been turning on her ever since she blasted donald trump because that helps hillary.


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