Video: Donald Trump Throws a Baby Out of His Rally: “Get the Baby Out of Here”

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Today in Ashburn, Virginia, Donald Trump heard a baby crying in the audience and said, “Don’t worry about that baby. I love babies. Don’t worry about it. I love babies. I hear that baby crying, I like it. What a baby. What a beautiful baby. Don’t worry, don’t worry. The mom’s running around like—don’t worry about it, you know. It’s young and beautiful and healthy and that’s what we want.”

Sounds good, right? No problem! He loves babies! He likes hearing them cry! What a beautiful baby!

Except, then the baby started crying again and Trump’s tone changed drastically. “Actually, I was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here. I think she really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I’m speaking,” he said as the audience laughed and applauded.

So Donald Trump started his Tuesday by shaming a mother and throwing a baby out of his rally.

But can you blame him? Babies seem to sense something horribly wrong while in his presence.

Tim Kaine got off a pretty good one-liner in response:

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166 comments
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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:46:39pm

Kaine’s a natural. I had the same thought.

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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:46:56pm

… but he keeps the dirty bath water.

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Ming5000  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:49:46pm

THIS might be the thing.

Actually, I think each time Trump does an oopsie (daily) some new slice of electorate wakes up to his vileness.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:49:55pm

Corey Lewandowski on CNN suggested that the parents should have left the baby in the hot car. I can’t find a video grab though.

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Franklin  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:49:57pm
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wrenchwench  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:50:26pm

re: #1 HappyWarrior

Kaine’s a natural. I had the same thought.

Me too. I fantasized the Secret Service hauling Trump away when he said, ‘get rid of the baby’.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:51:55pm

Trump advisor: “You’re killing them Donald. Lot’s of ink. They are all up in arms! Tomorrow we…” Trump; “Kill a kitten live on TV?”

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:52:37pm

re: #4 The Vicious Babushka

Corey Lewandowski on CNN suggested that the parents should have left the baby in the hot car. I can’t find a video grab though.

I thought DD was joking about that.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:52:56pm

The crowd applauded because they know that’s what Trump!™ will do to other undesirables.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:53:44pm
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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:53:58pm

re: #7 nines09

Trump advisor: “You’re killing them Donald. Lot’s of ink. They are all up in arms! Tomorrow we…” Trump; “Kill a kitten live on TV?”

Adviser: Mr. Trump, you’re killing it with the white supremacist demographic, but you know what’d really nail it for you?
Trump: What?
Adviser: Shooting someone on 5th Avenue.
Trump: Yes, and I thought of that myself. Let’s do it. It’ll be yuge!

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:54:18pm

re: #6 wrenchwench

Me too. I fantasized the Secret Service hauling Trump away when he said, ‘get rid of the baby’.

Heh yeah. Seriously though I have never seen a nominee whine as much as Trump has. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. Shillary? No, more like Shironald.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:54:33pm

re: #10 The Vicious Babushka

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:55:30pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:55:36pm

re: #10 The Vicious Babushka

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What campaign has Ben been watching? He always goes after Clinton and Obama. And looky here, here’s Baby Whiplash fully onboard with the campaign that has the Antisemitic trolls that have gone after him. Way to show your “integrity.” Ben.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:57:12pm

The Baby was obviously an Alinsky Soros agent guys. Duh. They’re recruiting them younger and younger.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:57:37pm

re: #14 lawhawk

Halperin: the GOP should oppo the baby’s family

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:58:09pm

re: #17 Sir John Barron

Halperin: the GOP should oppo the baby’s family

Lord: Babies are racist.

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Sir John Barron  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:59:24pm

re: #10 The Vicious Babushka

President Obama will go down as perhaps the worst president in the history of the United States!
— Donald J. Trump

Obama’s popularity above 50%. But sure, meathead, go ahead.

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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:59:31pm

So I just finished the big Win 10 update, started Firefox, and watched it eat all of my bookmarks.

I am not pleased.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 12:59:56pm

re: #4 The Vicious Babushka

Corey Lewandowski on CNN suggested that the parents should have left the baby in the hot car. I can’t find a video grab though.

NO, VB—I think I started that this morning as a snark on Lewandowski’s modus operandi. Thought everyone knew of the frequent child deaths from that.

(Unless he really did.)

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:00:56pm

McCain: Babies are good and all but I still support our nominee

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Shiplord Kirel  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:01:06pm

Fla. woman shoots self while posing with gun for Snapchat

A Florida woman was taken to the hospital with injuries to her hand after deputies said she shot herself while posing with a gun and taking photos for Snapchat.

Regina Powell, 22, was in her Deltona-area garage on taking pictures for Snapchat on Sunday evening when she decided to include her uncle’s .40-caliber pistol, WKMG reports. She pulled the trigger and shot her cellphone, which was in her right hand, and suffered lacerations on her thumb and index fingers due to the phone shattering.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:02:22pm

re: #23 Shiplord Kirel

Fla. woman shoots self while posing with gun for Snapchat

Just another responsible gun owner folks.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:02:29pm

re: #15 HappyWarrior

What campaign has Ben been watching? He always goes after Clinton and Obama. And looky here, here’s Baby Whiplash fully onboard with the campaign that has the Antisemitic trolls that have gone after him. Way to show your “integrity.” Ben.

Li’l Whip is still in the #NeverTrump camp, thanks to ex-BFF’s Milo’s alt-right nazi swarms Tweeting him pictures of gas chambers and cringing Jewies.

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makeitstop  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:03:18pm

re: #4 The Vicious Babushka

Corey Lewandowski on CNN suggested that the parents should have left the baby in the hot car. I can’t find a video grab though.

I thought that was just Decatur Deb being snarky this morning.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:03:22pm

Hannity: The liberal media never cared when Hillary go upset at a crying baby.

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gocart mozart  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:03:35pm

In Trump’s defense, the baby started it.

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gocart mozart  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:04:04pm

Look who the Orange Goblin retweeted.

It doesn’t show here it’s a Trump retweet but it showed up in Trumps timeline as a retweet.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:04:05pm

re: #23 Shiplord Kirel

Fla. woman shoots self while posing with gun for Snapchat

If a woman derps in her garage, and the Snapchat erases, did it really happen?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:04:27pm

re: #25 The Vicious Babushka

Li’l Whip is still in the #NeverTrump camp, thanks to ex-BFF’s Milo’s alt-right nazi swarms Tweeting him pictures of gas chambers and cringing Jewies.

He’ll pull the lever for him. He didn’t deserve that shit thrown at him but he’s a loathsome asshole who would have been fine with Trump if that hadn’t happened. He doesn’t have the balls to admti that antisemtiism like the kind that the Trumpers throw at him has always been very right wing.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:05:14pm

re: #29 gocart mozart

Look who the Orange Goblin retweeted.

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Okay, Jim, pick fights with fire marshals. That’s such a winning message for your candidate. Please do it. Because it makes you look even more petty and stupid than you can even realize.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:05:24pm

I think that the DNC should arrange to have 10,000 women with babies and toddlers show up at a Trump rally…

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:06:11pm

Off to get a haircut before I malign poor Trump-cheorls again.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:06:45pm

CNN HEADLINE NEWS ALL THE NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

CNN hits new low in polishing turds and assembling models from cat shit. Get a load of this spot on, top notch, professional reporting from what appears to be a reporter. Right about the 55 second mark…. What a load of shit. Un-fucking-believable.

CNN’s Jason Carroll: Donald Trump kicked a baby out and ‘the crowd enjoyed it’

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:07:01pm

re: #33 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I think that the DNC should arrange to have 10,000 women with babies and toddlers show up at a Trump rally…

1000s of folks living in their mom’s basements will have to do. /

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:07:59pm

re: #35 nines09

CNN HEADLINE NEWS ALL THE NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

CNN hits new low in polishing turds and assembling models from cat shit. Get a load of this spot on, top notch, professional reporting from what appears to be a reporter. Right about the 55 second mark…. What a load of shit. Un-fucking-believable.

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I want to know what the response would be if Clinton did that. Yeah I’m sure it would go over great with the crowd that thinks Democrats support murdering babies.

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Timothy Watson  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:08:03pm
Leroux, who retired from the Army and his position at UVa in 2012, said he has maintained a friendship with the Khans. He said he knew as of five months ago that the campaign for Hillary Clinton was working with the Khan family to tell the story of their Muslim-American war hero son.

Leroux, who said the elder Khan is “by far the most patriotic guy” he’s ever met, was somewhat surprised to learn that Khan would speak at the convention.

Noting his generally reserved demeanor and typically nonpartisan attitude, Leroux said he didn’t think Khan was “looking for a fight” with Trump.

“I think he displayed heroic tenacity,” Leroux said. “His willingness to do that is extraordinarily courageous, especially for a private guy.”

Since making his speech and calling on Republican officials to repudiate Trump’s behavior and his calls to temporarily ban all Muslim immigration into the country, Khan and his wife have been the targets of partisan attacks and allegations that they have nefarious intentions to derail democracy.

“I never had the idea that he was a big Democrat or Republican,” Leroux said. “He struck me as a nonpartisan guy. He’d talk to cadets about the importance of voting, but would never suggest how they should vote.”

richmond.com

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:08:48pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:09:07pm

re: #26 makeitstop

I thought that was just Decatur Deb being snarky this morning.

Hmm I think it was dreggas, whatever screen name he is using how.

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Testy Toad T  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:09:20pm
Don’t worry about that baby. I love babies. Don’t worry about it. I love babies. I hear that baby crying, I like it. What a baby. What a beautiful baby. Don’t worry, don’t worry.

Y’all, my supreme powers of insight have allowed me to deduce that Donald Trump may be worried about the state of things right now.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:10:04pm

re: #23 Shiplord Kirel

Fla. woman shoots self while posing with gun for Snapchat

If she had managed to kill herself, I would feel bad about finding this amusing.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:10:06pm

re: #38 Timothy Watson

richmond.com

The people who actually know them as opposed to Walid Shoebat who is still working his son on gullible right wing Christian fundamentalists. Ha I meant con but considering that Walid’s son Theodore is batshit in his own, that works too.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:10:53pm

re: #40 The Vicious Babushka

Hmm I think it was dreggas, whatever screen name he is using how.

“Twas me, alas.

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Dr Lizardo  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:11:32pm

re: #39 Lidane

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Holy shit Trump just can’t fucking let go, can he?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:12:09pm

re: #45 Dr Lizardo

Holy shit Trump just can’t fucking let go, can he?

That was yesterday i believe but still.

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:12:42pm

No, Will, Politico gonna Politico…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:12:59pm

re: #39 Lidane

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“Kahn” and “Radical Islamic Terror” uttered in the same sentence enough will be enough to convince supporters that his son died fighting for ISIS.

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Scottishdragon  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:13:01pm
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Nyet  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:13:37pm

What a good politician would have done: “Come on up on the stage, bring the baby here”.

*hugs and kisses the baby and the mom*

*gets a small baby bounce in the polls*

Seems like Trump is not a good politician in the most cynical/practical sense.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:14:23pm

re: #50 Nyet

What a good politician would have done: “Come on up on the stage, bring the baby here”.

*hugs and kisses the baby and the mom*

*gets a small baby bounce in the polls*

Seems like Trump is not a good politician in the most cynical/practical sense.

We’re talking about a guy who can’t even attempt to show empathy with parents who lost their child in combat.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:14:32pm

re: #50 Nyet

What a good politician would have done: “Come on up on the stage, bring the baby here”.

*hugs and kisses the baby and the mom*

*gets a small baby bounce in the polls*

Seems like Trump is not a good politician in the most cynical/practical sense.

and then quietly ask her to take the baby outside until it calms down…but no.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:15:55pm

re: #50 Nyet

He has no people skills.
He lacks empathy.
He’s a reality personality whose signature line is firing people. Not hiring them.

All he projects is anger/fear/ignorance. Those who are also angry, fearful, or ignorant love his nonsense.

Everyone else abhors this, but if those folks are Republicans, they can’t come out and call Trump out, because they need the votes in November.

HRC and Democrats are under no such constraints.

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:16:35pm

Heh.

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Scottishdragon  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:16:44pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:17:33pm

Trump is praying for a disaster to happen

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Nyet  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:17:44pm

I mean, come on. Trump fails at kissing babies? Sheesh.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:18:22pm

re: #56 The Vicious Babushka

Trump is praying for a disaster to happen

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God just get this man a pacifier already.

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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:18:40pm

re: #1 HappyWarrior

Kaine’s a natural. I had the same thought.

After seeing Kaine on Sunday not only is he a nice guy, I also have a feeling that if you cross a line with him he would not hesitate to let you know. Just a feeling. That also makes him a lot like Uncle Joe Biden.

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makeitstop  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:21:02pm

re: #51 HappyWarrior

We’re talking about a guy who can’t even attempt to show empathy with parents who lost their child in combat.

Also hates shaking hands.

And he hires people like him. Note Lewandowski telling a woman ‘don’t touch me’ on CNN yesterday.

Corey Lewandowski to Female CNN Guest: ‘Don’t Touch Me’

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Nyet  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:21:57pm

Despite my rough start with Kaine I’m not only fully on the Kaine train, I’d love to drink a beer or two with the guy ;)

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Testy Toad T  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:22:33pm

re: #57 Nyet

I mean, come on. Trump fails at kissing babies? Sheesh.

Fractal incompetence. The man almost literally cannot do anything right. We now all see what people get when they want the anti-politician. This is what an anti-politician looks like.

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:22:35pm

re: #23 Shiplord Kirel

Fla. woman shoots self while posing with gun for Snapchat

if it’s so hard to simply empty the thing for just long enough to take the picture you lose the gun, go to jail, pay a big fine, and no more 2a privs for you. ever.

AND if it was someone else’s gun. then exactly the same for them too.

you have demonstrated unequivocal irresponsibility making you permanently unqualified. the one in behavior, the owner in poor judgement re storage/securing and lending/temporary transferring

wow —- that felt good. first time i wrote something non campaign related in days…

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:23:05pm
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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:23:43pm

re: #33 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I think that the DNC should arrange to have 10,000 women with babies and toddlers show up at a Trump rally…

i wouldnt doubt they’re already working on it

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cat-tikvah  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:23:56pm

re: #24 HappyWarrior

But fortunately for her, not a Darwin Award winner.

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KGxvi  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:24:11pm

re: #54 Lidane

Not only would he punt on first down, every time, he’d do the “surprise” punt where the quarterback kicks it from shotgun

THEY’LL NEVER SEE IT COMING!!1!

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Nyet  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:24:52pm

re: #62 Testy Toad T

Some people say - good, we’re tired of politicians. Except he’s an anti-politician in the sense that he’s basically a fraud at everything, including business.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:25:02pm

re: #61 Nyet

Despite my rough start with Kaine I’m not only fully on the Kaine train, I’d love to drink a beer or two with the guy ;)

You’re seeing what we’ve seen here in Virginia the past fifteen years. Clinton has made the talking point a couple times already but we keep on promoting him. And despite what the purer than thou think, he’s plenty progressive and he actually took on the NRA.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:25:27pm

re: #64 goddamnedfrank

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What in the.

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:25:42pm

re: #56 The Vicious Babushka

Trump is praying for a disaster to happen

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… they blamed obama for the state of the economy before he was inaugurated

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:26:32pm

re: #66 cat-tikvah

But fortunately for her, not a Darwin Award winner.

I am glad she wasn’t killed but damn it the hell is wrong with people. Stop posing with guns and maybe this shit won’t happen. They’re weapons not props to make you look bad ass.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:26:34pm

re: #71 dangerman

… they blamed obama for the state of the economy before he was inaugurated

and for his handling of hurricane katrina

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:26:54pm

re: #71 dangerman

… they blamed obama for the state of the economy before he was inaugurated

Fuck they blame Obama for Katrina and the Recession in the first place.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:27:05pm

re: #73 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and for his handling of hurricane katrina

20 seconds dude!

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:27:20pm

re: #23 Shiplord Kirel

Fla. woman shoots self while posing with gun for Snapchat

Florida Woman has a lot of ground to cover to catch Florida Man.

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KGxvi  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:27:32pm

re: #64 goddamnedfrank

If Gary Johnson had money to run ads, that quote along with mentioning that he has actual experience with appointing judges (I’m assuming so anyway as governor of NM) would make a decent ad to convince disaffected Republican voters that there is another choice.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:27:43pm

re: #67 KGxvi

Not only would he punt on first down, every time, he’d do the “surprise” punt where the quarterback kicks it from shotgun

THEY’LL NEVER SEE IT COMING!!1!

He’s going to bunt with the bases loaded and two men out. No one will see it coming except he’s squaring.

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:27:44pm

re: #74 HappyWarrior

Fuck they blame Obama for Katrina and the Recession in the first place.

ok ok trophys for everyone

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:28:31pm

re: #77 KGxvi

If Gary Johnson had money to run ads, that quote along with mentioning that he has actual experience with appointing judges (I’m assuming so anyway as governor of NM) would make a decent ad to convince disaffected Republican voters that there is another choice.

I don’t think too much of Johnson and the LP but what does it tell the GOP that the Libertarian Party has the second most presidential candidate running. I mean Johnson’s out of touch like many Libertarians are but he’s not a total blockhead.

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Nyet  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:28:44pm

re: #69 HappyWarrior

Yep. I disagree with him on a couple of points, but then I also disagree with Obama on a couple of points.

The Dem ticket are the real people who you’d welcome in your house (well, those not brainwashed by the anti-Hillary propaganda). The GOP ticket is a freak show.

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gocart mozart  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:28:53pm
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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:29:15pm

re: #78 HappyWarrior

He’s going to bunt with the bases loaded and two men out. No one will see it coming except he’s squaring.

Cuban didnt mean punt. he meant “bunt” on first down

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:29:52pm

re: #81 Nyet

Yep. I disagree with him on a couple of points, but then I also disagree with Obama on a couple of points.

The Dem ticket are the real people who you’d welcome in your house (well, those not brainwashed by the anti-Hillary propaganda). The GOP ticket is a freak show.

Of course, never going to agree with anyone 100% of the time. I share some disagreements with Obama too. Charter schools come to mind. I’d rather focus on improving existing public schools as the priority.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:31:16pm

re: #83 dangerman

Cuban didnt mean punt. he meant “bunt” on first down

First and ten. And here’s the snap, the Quarterback is way out of the shotgun, takes the snap, and what’s this? He has a baseball bat and he’s bunting attempting to bunt the ball and it’s blocked!

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Varek Raith  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:31:43pm

re: #85 HappyWarrior

And here’s the snap, the Quarterback is way out of the shotgun, takes the snap, and what’s this? He has a baseball bat and he’s bunting attempting to bunt the ball and it’s blocked!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:31:58pm

re: #60 makeitstop

That’s former NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:32:03pm

Khizr Khan: U.S. wars “have created a chaos” in Muslim-majority countries

I agree with what he says, but for tactical purposes, he should keep a low profile for a while.

This is just going to get spun on Fox and CNN as “Khan Blames USA for Spread of Radical Islamist Terror” and we don’t need that right now…

He has done more than his duty in damaging the Donald’s already dismal reputation.

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KGxvi  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:32:51pm

re: #80 HappyWarrior

I don’t think too much of Johnson and the LP but what does it tell the GOP that the Libertarian Party has the second most presidential candidate running. I mean Johnson’s out of touch like many Libertarians are but he’s not a total blockhead.

I actually kind of like Johnson, but am not fond of the LP. I’m not sure I can conceivable believe Gary Johnson as President of the United States, but I think he’s as qualified as most we’ve elected to the office in the last 100 years. The LP, on the other hand, has too many true believers that miss the forest for the trees.

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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:33:45pm

re: #86 nines09

And that is from January.

Think of the total since then.

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:33:52pm

re: #86 nines09

The 250 People, Places and Things Donald
Trump Has Insulted on Twitter: A Complete List

4 days old

nope not nearly a complete list

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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:34:18pm

re: #91 freetoken

Oh, I see it’s been updated.

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Scottishdragon  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:34:20pm

re: #89 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Khizr Khan: U.S. wars “have created a chaos” in Muslim-majority countries

I agree with what he says, but for tactical purposes, he should keep a low profile for a while.

This is just going to get spun on Fox and CNN as “Khan Blames USA for Spread of Radical Islamist Terror” and we don’t need that right now…

He has done more than his duty in damaging the Donald’s already dismal reputation.

Agree. Let this go for a bit. Don’t step on the message you already delivered.

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gocart mozart  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:34:56pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:35:01pm

re: #90 KGxvi

I actually kind of like Johnson, but am not fond of the LP. I’m not sure I can conceivable believe Gary Johnson as President of the United States, but I think he’s as qualified as most we’ve elected to the office in the last 100 years. The LP, on the other hand, has too many true believers that miss the forest for the trees.

Well I go off of what WW has said about his time governing and I just don’t take him seriously after he endorsed Baldwin. But yeah the LP has a lot of nuts. You’ve talked about being something a former Libertarian or at least sympathetic in the past to their goals, I know a good amount of Libertarian sympathizers too due to some of my friends and college classmates and it’s just interesting to see the diversity of approaches within them. I don’t think too highly of the LP either but I don’t see them as merely GOPers who like weed.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:35:35pm

And the pissing match gets worse (or better depending on how you see it).

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:35:38pm

re: #64 goddamnedfrank

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darthstar  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:35:41pm

I finally had to stop following George Takei on Twitter. Sure, he’s entertaining and funny at times, but my god, he is constantly posting click-bait to sites that force you to click through five pages of garbage just to see a dozen witty images.

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wrenchwench  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:36:24pm

re: #90 KGxvi

I actually kind of like Johnson, but am not fond of the LP. I’m not sure I can conceivable believe Gary Johnson as President of the United States, but I think he’s as qualified as most we’ve elected to the office in the last 100 years. The LP, on the other hand, has too many true believers that miss the forest for the trees.

Gary Johnson voted for Chuck Baldwin in 2008. That makes me question his judgement on everything.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:36:52pm

re: #97 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

And the pissing match gets worse (or better depending on how you see it).

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I wouldn’t be upset if either of them got primaried.

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:37:22pm

re: #98 goddamnedfrank

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. People want to be asked for their vote not have it assumed.

that’s what bernie supporters keep saying

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darthstar  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:37:45pm

re: #91 freetoken

And that is from January.

Think of the total since then.

Chris Hayes last night had to flush his “Last 10 disqualifying statements” list from Trump completely because he’d not updated it in a week and there were more than ten new items to add.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:37:48pm

re: #100 wrenchwench

Gary Johnson voted for Chuck Baldwin in 2008. That makes me question his judgement on everything.

Thanks WW. I mean I’ll give him some grudging credit, he does talk a good game but but I don’t trust him on social issues with the Baldwin vote. How can you tell me you’re committed to choice, LGBT rights, etc when you supported Baldwin. I can get seeing Bob Barr as a fraud but still.

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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:38:01pm

re: #101 HappyWarrior

Ryan is, by a loon, or I should say the future of the GOP.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:39:02pm

re: #105 Skip Intro

Ryan is, by a loon, or I should say the future of the GOP.

I admit I want Ryan beaten so I can laugh at that photo of the GOP Young Guns with him, Cantor, and McCarthy from six years ago.

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Nyet  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:39:18pm

I mean, do you picture yourself having a beer and BBQ with Pence (I’m not even asking about Trump coz this is silly)?

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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:39:18pm

re: #104 HappyWarrior

His idea of having local places where you can go to get your heroin tested may be a bit out there for most people.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:39:34pm

re: #91 freetoken

And that is from January.

Think of the total since then.

Didn’t read the date. Just ONE day would bump it up. I’ll bet they gave up. The shorter list would be who Trump did NOT insult.

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:39:46pm

re: #103 darthstar

Chris Hayes last night had to flush his “Last 10 disqualifying statements” list from Trump completely because he’d not updated it in a week and there were more than ten new items to add.

i predict “disqualifying stuff trump said” will out pace cat videos and the internet will run out of room

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:40:20pm

re: #107 Nyet

I mean, do you picture yourself having a beer and BBQ with Pence (I’m not even asking about Trump coz this is silly)?

I could see myself going deep sea fishing with Pence. And docking later alone.

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ObserverArt  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:40:41pm

re: #29 gocart mozart

Look who the Orange Goblin retweeted.

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It doesn’t show here it’s a Trump retweet but it showed up in Trumps timeline as a retweet.

Here is an article from The Columbus Dispatch. BeachDem can back me on this. The Columbus Dispatch is as Republican Conservative a publication as you can get. I can’t even remember the last time they endorsed a Democratic presidential candidate.

And it is just as I thought…Trump’s people set the fucking numbers.

And there is other bullshit in this article too.

I suggest Donald keep this attack up. Piss off the Dispatch and maybe I will see an endorsement for a Democratic presidential candidate. You do not want to mess with the Ohio capitol city Republican machine or you can kiss this state goodbye.

I would also say, I doubt the Columbus Convention Center is operated by a majority of Democrats that would pull any kind of a political move. I’d wager it would possibly be more conservative than anything.

From this Democrat Columbus Citizen this is the best thing Trump could have done in this city. His people have zero feel for local politics and it is going to cost him.

But watch…in a month or two he will back and in the same building.

The Columbus Dispatch - Disputing Trump claim, convention officials say his campaign agreed to 1,000-person cap for rally

Disputing Trump claim, convention officials say his campaign agreed to 1,000-person cap for rally

By Randy Ludlow & Catherine Candisky
The Columbus Dispatch • Tuesday August 2, 2016 6:22 AM

After hundreds of people were turned away from his rally today, Donald Trump saw politics behind the decision to limit the size of his Columbus town hall to 1,000 people — and made sure the public and press knew it.

Fire and convention center officials say, however, the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign knew on Friday that the space would be restricted to 1,000 people.

“We’ve had thousands of people outside, thousands, who were turned away for political reasons, purely political reasons,” Trump told reporters before he spoke at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

The fire marshal was “given orders — no more than a thousand people … we could have had four, five, six thousand people … that’s politics at its lowest,” said Trump, who later asked his audience, “Is the mayor a Democrat?”

Columbus Assistant Fire Chief Jim Cannell said fire officials met with Trump’s staff on Friday to inform them audience capacity was restricted due to nearby exits being blocked by construction on the north side of the building.

He shrugged off Trump’s criticism. “We don’t get caught up in that … we’re just doing our job.”

John Page, general manager of the convention center, confirmed what Cannell said and added that an earlier Trump rally was in a larger space before construction began.

“Initially, (campaign officials) suggested it would be by invitation only,” said Jennifer Davis, spokeswoman for the convention center.

The Trump campaign offered tickets online beginning Saturday to the event, with no warning about restrictions on the crowd size. Hundreds — if not a thousand — were turned away disappointed after standing in line along High Street in the heat.

Kenneth Gray, 51, of Columbus, was among those upset, along with his two daughters. Gray said he had entered the convention center only to find that the event bar code on his smartphone would not be accepted. He was told he would need to go to a nearby kiosk to obtain a paper ticket.

“I was here at 1 p.m., I was in, at the front of the line. Now, it’s closed,” said Gray, who was upset with event organizers. “Why in 2016 would you not accept a bar code?” he asked.

Trump also criticized a fire marshal in Colorado Springs, Colorado last week. The fire marshal there capped the number of people allowed in the Trump rally. Trump then said the fire marshal didn’t know what he was doing and was “probably a Democrat,” according to the Denver Post.

rludlow@dispatch.com

@RandyLudlow

And the accompanying video…

Iframe

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:41:14pm

re: #107 Nyet

I mean, do you picture yourself having a beer and BBQ with Pence (I’m not even asking about Trump coz this is silly)?

No, I can’t after some of Pence’s weird statements about tobacco and cancer or Mulan. I have actually literally been to a BBQ by Virginia’s other Senator funnily enough. Wanrer’s a nice guy but he’s not really an everyman like Kaine is. Warner actually comes from a fairly modest background too but Kaine is really the bigger homebody of our two senators.

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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:41:44pm

re: #110 dangerman

By 2020 “disqualifying stuff trump said” will be the baseline that all serious GOP candidates will have to exceed.

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De Kolta Chair  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:43:08pm

TV’s Frank is the best

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KGxvi  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:43:40pm

re: #96 HappyWarrior

Well I go off of what WW has said about his time governing and I just don’t take him seriously after he endorsed Baldwin. But yeah the LP has a lot of nuts. You’ve talked about being something a former Libertarian or at least sympathetic in the past to their goals, I know a good amount of Libertarian sympathizers too due to some of my friends and college classmates and it’s just interesting to see the diversity of approaches within them. I don’t think too highly of the LP either but I don’t see them as merely GOPers who like weed.

I’ve libertarian leanings, but I’ve never been a Libertarian (I have voted for a couple in the past, mostly as protest votes). The party itself tends to approve of one type of libertarianism (which I think is pretty close to anarchism) though with Barr and Johnson as recent nominees, that might be changing a bit.

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MsJ  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:44:24pm

I do not understand how any veteran can be OK with what trump said about the Purple Heart. There have to be vets at his rallies. And they are all OK with this bullshit? I find this very hard to believe.

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Nyet  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:44:34pm

2 good things about European McDonald’s:

1. Relatively cheap (duh).

2. They often serve beer (good in cities where an average glass of beer at a café or a restaurant costs 5-6€).

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:44:39pm
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Nyet  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:45:56pm

re: #117 MsJ

Remember the swift boat vets?

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:46:00pm

re: #116 KGxvi

I’ve libertarian leanings, but I’ve never been a Libertarian (I have voted for a couple in the past, mostly as protest votes). The party itself tends to approve of one type of libertarianism (which I think is pretty close to anarchism) though with Barr and Johnson as recent nominees, that might be changing a bit.

I was honestly surprised to see them welcome Weld on board. Weld from what I know of him seems to be a true relic- Rockefeller Republican. Most of the people I know who call themselves Libertarians are more relatively sane than the Ron Paul worshipers I encountered back in 2008 but I still think they have a lot of naivete.

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KGxvi  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:46:50pm

re: #117 MsJ

I do not understand how any veteran can be OK with what trump said about the Purple Heart. There have to be vets at his rallies. And they are all OK with this bullshit? I find this very hard to believe.

They were ok with the Purple Heart band aids in 2004

(this was one of those moments when I realized the GOP wasn’t the party I believed it to be)

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:47:30pm

re: #117 MsJ

I do not understand how any veteran can be OK with what trump said about the Purple Heart. There have to be vets at his rallies. And they are all OK with this bullshit? I find this very hard to believe.

Unfortunately vets aren’t immune from bigotry themselves. I was really hoping Trump’s comments would have horrified a high school acquaintance of mine who I caught up with at the reunion last summer. The guy is proud former USMC but Trump’s comments didn’t bother him at all. Sigh. Shame of it? He is a nice guy but he has a lot of bigoted beliefs. I kow that sounds contradictory as hell.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:47:38pm

re: #102 dangerman

that’s what bernie supporters keep saying

Yes, and they’re right. But they’ve also been asked repeatedly, given major concessions, encouraged by their own candidate and courted as a group. Which is why 90%+ of them are now supporting Clinton and plan to vote for her.

The other difference is that the choice they face is one of promised ethnic cleansing or a woman they didn’t support in the primaries. The antipathy many conservatives feel towards Trump is rooted in much more fundamental soil.

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darthstar  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:47:56pm
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KGxvi  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:48:50pm

re: #121 HappyWarrior

I was honestly surprised to see them welcome Weld on board. Weld from what I know of him seems to be a true relic- Rockefeller Republican. Most of the people I know who call themselves Libertarians are more relatively sane than the Ron Paul worshipers I encountered back in 2008 but I still think they have a lot of naivete.

I think within the LP there’s a lot of naivete, which is why there are probably more people who are philosophically libertarian (like me) outside the party.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:49:07pm

re: #120 Nyet

Remember the swift boat vets?

The fucked up thing about the Swift Boat vets and I know this because I read extensively about Kerry is that many of them had actually supported him in his past Senate runs. The other thing that many people did not realize is that the men who served on Kerry’s Swift Boat all strongly supported him and spoke highly of him. But the Kerry campaign wasn’t very effective at communicating that. It’s a shame. John Kerry probably is one of the most heroic men who have been a presidential candidate by either party.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:49:14pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:49:39pm

re: #122 KGxvi

They were ok with the Purple Heart band aids in 2004

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(this was one of those moments when I realized the GOP wasn’t the party I believed it to be)

I’ll always remember the woman with the cowboy hat for some reason. That whole display disgusted me.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:49:39pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:50:37pm

re: #126 KGxvi

I think within the LP there’s a lot of naivete, which is why there are probably more people who are philosophically libertarian (like me) outside the party.

Plus there’s the Ron Paul worship. I actually share some libertarian views on some issues oto. I.E., I’m quite anti drug war but then again so is Barney Frank.

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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:50:48pm
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darthstar  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:51:52pm
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Nyet  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:51:55pm

re: #82 gocart mozart

Finally a New Yorker cartoon that makes sense. ;)

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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:52:04pm

Changing topics…

Realclimate posts snarkily:

It seems like the hiatus hiatus will continue…

Image: CoydY7vVIAEk__i.jpg

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:52:16pm

That’s why I am glad to see Kerry as SoS. He got a raw deal in 2004. He may not have Obama or Clintons gifts as a communicator or leader but he is a fine man who would have made a good president. I happily went all the way to Pennsylvania at the age of seventeen to canvass for him.

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Skip Intro  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:52:36pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:52:43pm

re: #133 darthstar

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I feel the same way.

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Scottishdragon  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:53:37pm

re: #127 HappyWarrior

The fucked up thing about the Swift Boat vets and I know this because I read extensively about Kerry is that many of them had actually supported him in his past Senate runs. The other thing that many people did not realize is that the men who served on Kerry’s Swift Boat all strongly supported him and spoke highly of him. But the Kerry campaign wasn’t very effective at communicating that. It’s a shame. John Kerry probably is one of the most heroic men who have been a presidential candidate by either party.

Karl Rove is a big believer in taking whatever the strongest selling point of your opponent happens to be and then using that as a weapon against him or her.

Michelle Goldberg wrote quite a bit about the Kerry campaign in Kingdom Coming and they never had a clue what was coming for them. Part of it was that so much of the Bush campaign was being waged in churches with weekly strategy conference calls between the White House and various pastors. Kerry people said they saw no signs of Bush volunteers doing door knocking etc on the street.

No kidding. The Bush re-election effort was very much a top-down dictated affair and the evangelical voters were being given orders at Tuesday night Bible study and on Sunday mornings.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:54:10pm

re: #126 KGxvi

I think within the LP there’s a lot of naivete, which is why there are probably more people who are philosophically libertarian (like me) outside the party.

My experience is that when you scratch libertarianism and you will generally find either outright racism or an unsettling tolerance of institutional racism. I’m talking about the entire State’s Rights focus, the emphasis on local governance and the idea that freedom of association should override the Article Two of the Civil Rights Act prohibition against discrimination in public accommodations.

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:54:52pm

re: #127 HappyWarrior

The fucked up thing about the Swift Boat vets and I know this because I read extensively about Kerry is that many of them had actually supported him in his past Senate runs. The other thing that many people did not realize is that the men who served on Kerry’s Swift Boat all strongly supported him and spoke highly of him. But the Kerry campaign wasn’t very effective at communicating that. It’s a shame. John Kerry probably is one of the most heroic men who have been a presidential candidate by either party.

it was a craven political tactic against an opponent. and it worked
they cant do it now - trump is ostensibly one of theirs (for now)

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:55:25pm

re: #139 Scottishdragon

Karl Rove is a big believer in taking whatever the strongest selling point of your opponent happens to be and then using that as a weapon against him or her.

Michelle Goldberg wrote quite a bit about the Kerry campaign in Kingdom Coming and they never had a clue what was coming for them. Part of it was that so much of the Bush campaign was being waged in churches with weekly strategy conference calls between the White House and various pastors. Kerry people said they saw no signs of Bush volunteers doing door knocking etc on the street.

No kidding. The Bush re-election effort was very much a top-down dictated affair and the evangelical voters were being given orders at Tuesday night Bible study and on Sunday mornings.

I think the Kerry campaign naively expected a honest fight. But you’re right the Bush campaign knew how to get to the churches. The whole Bush is a Good, Christian man and implying that Kerry was not by extension. Plus Rove was masterful. They got all those anti-gay marriage referendums on the ballots of key states in a way to drive out the evangelical vote.

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darthstar  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:55:43pm

re: #138 HappyWarrior

I feel the same way.

I’m glad Obama called him out by name today. After eight years of putting up with his passive-aggressive bigotry and insults, he finally gave McCain the ‘fuck you’ he so rightly deserves.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:55:58pm

re: #133 darthstar

I think it unlikely that McCain and Ryan will repudiate Trump. Their craven lust for power can easily let them overlook any number of insults from Trump.

Just like wannabe lieutenants of the worst bully in grade school, they look forward to their guy being in charge, at which time everyone else will pay.

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Scottishdragon  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:56:01pm

re: #133 darthstar

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I hesitate to call McCain a coward. I think this is more misplaced party loyalty than anything (especially since he was once the nominee)…but this is likely the opening he would need to tell Trump to fuck off.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:57:32pm

re: #140 goddamnedfrank

My experience is that when you scratch libertarianism and you will generally find either outright racism or an unsettling tolerance of institutional racism. I’m talking about the entire State’s Rights focus, the emphasis on local governance and the idea that freedom of association should override the Article Two of the Civil Rights Act prohibition against discrimination in public accommodations.

Ron Paul’s comfort with legalized racism always has bothered me about him. And you’re right, there is at the very least an unsettling tolerance of institional racism by them that is why I don’t like the LP at all. And then there are their economical views which come from being a bunch of out of touch jackasses who read their von Mises and never talk to anyone who has actually lived through economic Depression. They think FDR is the great evil of the 20th century but they have no idea what FDR really did for this country.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:58:17pm

re: #140 goddamnedfrank

My experience is that when you scratch libertarianism and you will generally find either outright racism or an unsettling tolerance of institutional racism. I’m talking about the entire State’s Rights focus, the emphasis on local governance and the idea that freedom of association should override the Article Two of the Civil Rights Act prohibition against discrimination in public accommodations.

This plus “I’ve got mine, fuck you” seems to be the entirety of organized political libertarianism.

I’ll never align with the libertarian party, even though my views on some issues trend that way (e.g., reduce/end the war on drugs).

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gocart mozart  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:58:39pm

re: #121 HappyWarrior

I was honestly surprised to see them welcome Weld on board. Weld from what I know of him seems to be a true relic- Rockefeller Republican. Most of the people I know who call themselves Libertarians are more relatively sane than the Ron Paul worshipers I encountered back in 2008 but I still think they have a lot of naivete.

Weld is not really a libertarian, he’s the last of the liberal Republicans: politically similar to Paul Tsongas or Lincoln Chafee. Fun fact: Clinton appointed him ambassador to Mexico (‘97) but Jesse Helms filibustered the nomination because he was pro choice and pro gay rights.*

* This does not mean you should vote for Johnson/Weld DON’T VOTE FOR JOHNSON/WELD

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:58:44pm

re: #145 Scottishdragon

I hesitate to call McCain a coward. I think this is more misplaced party loyalty than anything (especially since he was once the nominee)…but this is likely the opening he would need to tell Trump to fuck off.

I dunno. I really think McCain wants to have it both ways. If Trump loses, he’ll act like he never supporteh him that strongly but if he wins, he’ll try to curry favor.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:59:22pm

re: #148 gocart mozart

Weld is not really a libertarian, he’s the last of the liberal Republicans: politically similar to Paul Tsongas or Lincoln Chafee. Fun fact: Clinton appointed him ambassador to Mexico (‘97) but Jesse Helms filibustered the nomination because he was pro choice and pro gay rights.*

* This does not mean you should vote for Johnson/Weld DON’T VOTE FOR JOHNSON/WELD

Right, that’s why I said Rockefeller Republican. I do remember erading about that. Man what an asshole Jesse Helms really was.

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goddamnedfrank  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:59:49pm

re: #140 goddamnedfrank

My experience is that when you scratch libertarianism and you will generally find either outright racism or an unsettling tolerance of institutional racism. I’m talking about the entire State’s Rights focus, the emphasis on local governance and the idea that freedom of association should override the Article Two of the Civil Rights Act prohibition against discrimination in public accommodations.

And that’s just one issue where the libertarianism desire to devolve government power, regulation and oversight leads to horrible real world consequences. There’s also their opposition to regulations on workplace safety, food & drug safety, mine inspections, truth in advertising, seatbelt laws, environmental protections, etc. Whenever the free market runs into an effort to curb foreseeable abuse the libertarian worldview seems to become woefully myopic and tilted in the favor of “individual freedom” over humanity’s long term self interest.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 1:59:58pm

re: #149 HappyWarrior

I dunno. I really think McCain wants to have it both ways. If Trump loses, he’ll act like he never supporteh him that strongly but if he wins, he’ll try to curry favor.

I.e., McCain is a coward. QED.

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Scottishdragon  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:00:55pm

re: #142 HappyWarrior

I think the Kerry campaign naively expected a honest fight. But you’re right the Bush campaign knew how to get to the churches. The whole Bush is a Good, Christian man and implying that Kerry was not by extension. Plus Rove was masterful. They got all those anti-gay marriage referendums on the ballots of key states in a way to drive out the evangelical vote.

I wrote a paper on GOP style “grass roots” organization as it applies to schools. (hint: It doesn’t exist. All those ads you would see from groups you never heard of before like “Americans for Better Education” or whatever would always lead to a PO Box and the funding would always come from an astroturf outfit headed up by Betsy DeVos…wife of an Amway shill and sister to Eric Prince…founder of Mercenary outfit Blackwater)

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:01:01pm

re: #152 EPR-radar

I.e., McCain is a coward. QED.

Yeah I think he is. I mean if he’s serious about being bothered by Trump’s language about the Khans, do what Rep Hanna is doing.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:01:49pm

re: #153 Scottishdragon

I wrote a paper on GOP style “grass roots” organization as it applies to schools. (hint: It doesn’t exist. All those ads you would see from groups you never heard of before like “Americans for Better Education” or whatever would always lead to a PO Box and the funding would always come from an astroturf outfit headed up by Betsy DeVos…wife of an Amway shill and sister to Eric Prince…founder of Mercenary outfit Blackwater)

Very very interesting.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:04:28pm

re: #151 goddamnedfrank

And that’s just one issue where the libertarianism desire to devolve government power, regulation and oversight leads to horrible real world consequences. There’s also their opposition to regulations on workplace safety, food & drug safety, mine inspections, truth in advertising, seatbelt laws, environmental protections, etc. Whenever the free market runs into an effort to curb foreseeable abuse the libertarian worldview seems to become woefully myopic and tilted in the favor of “individual freedom” over humanity’s long term self interest.

Their ideology comes from taking so much of what we’ve done the past 80 years for granted. The young ones I know as I said all hate Roosevelt and really have never listened to their grandparents memories of the Depression or if they have, their grandparents were all filthy rich. I grew up hearing my grandparents tell me about how their fathers had to fight for their unionization right as a result even though I can see why people are sympathetic to libertarianism, its views on regulations scares the hell out of me. Plus they’re naiev as fuck. Just make it private and it’s all better. It’s naive madness.

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dangerman  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:04:34pm

re: #131 HappyWarrior

Plus there’s the Ron Paul worship. I actually share some libertarian views on some issues oto. I.E., I’m quite anti drug war but then again so is Barney Frank.

any thinking person is going to have some agreement with L’s or R’s or whomever is not your own party.

to me moderate does not mean fence sitting or wishy-washy. it means not being pigeonholed to left, right, republican, democrat, conservative, liberal, or whatever. it means not holding extreme or radical positions, generally black and white ones. it means not living on any one dimensional definition of positions that all must align.

it means not being required to hold similarly polarized positions on unrelated issues - ie say on abortion and gun control, the drug war and funding for education.

it does not mean not holding strong or convicted opinions.

it also generally means each issue on its merits and sometimes cherry picking out the good points of some very complex issues - “guns” vs sane background checks

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MsJ  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:13:38pm

re: #144 EPR-radar

I think it unlikely that McCain and Ryan will repudiate Trump. Their craven lust for power can easily let them overlook any number of insults from Trump.

Just like wannabe lieutenants of the worst bully in grade school, they look forward to their guy being in charge, at which time everyone else will pay.

I agree with you. At this point it would seem to be sour grapes. They had their chance at bravery and failed. Now they have to suck it up.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:16:38pm

re: #134 Nyet

Finally a New Yorker cartoon that makes sense. ;)

Seinfeld: Elaine and the New Yorker editor

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BeachDem  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:39:36pm

re: #32 HappyWarrior

Okay, Jim, pick fights with fire marshals. That’s such a winning message for your candidate. Please do it. Because it makes you look even more petty and stupid than you can even realize.

Other than SMOTI and the rest of the right wing howler monkeys, is there any actual indication that the Columbus fire marshal is a Democrat? I wasn’t aware of it being a political position. Not that facts would stop their hair-burning—just curious.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 2:49:53pm

re: #160 BeachDem

Other than SMOTI and the rest of the right wing howler monkeys, is there any actual indication that the Columbus fire marshal is a Democrat? I wasn’t aware of it being a political position. Not that facts would stop their hair-burning—just curious.

Fire Marshals in the places I’ve lived tended to be very smart capable firefighters who have promoted out and to the side when they can’t meet the physical demands any longer.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 3:30:39pm

re: #33 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I think that the DNC should arrange to have 10,000 women with babies and toddlers show up at a Trump rally…

and some of those women with babies breastfeeding…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 3:38:44pm

re: #78 HappyWarrior

He’s going to bunt with the bases loaded and two men out. No one will see it coming except he’s squaring.

Right through the goalposts and into the net!!11!!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:20:55pm

re: #125 darthstar

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Yeah…he’s just a freaking BoB barrel of laughs, which is why I unfollowed him months ago.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:23:30pm

re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yeah…he’s just a freaking BoB barrel of laughs, which is why I unfollowed him months ago.

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*spit*

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 2, 2016 • 4:25:47pm

…just catching up on dead threads since my internet was out all freaking afternoon…


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