Wow: Trump Campaign Staff Reportedly “Suicidal”

He’s nuts and they know it
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Even the right wing hard cases Donald Trump recruited to work for him are getting freaked out by his increasingly unhinged ranting, according to CNBC reporter John Harwood:

NBC News reporter Ali Vitali confirms from another source:

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1
Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:52:39pm

They’ll be missed by their pets.

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Scottishdragon  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:52:49pm

Reposted from downstairs

I think this now makes it impossible to talk to most of my family at all..period.

What, you taking the fucking radical terrorist side over your own nephew!!! Are You fucking kidding me??!!!

That is how my brother is framing this for a family fight.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:54:12pm

re: #2 Scottishdragon

Reposted from downstairs

I think this now makes it impossible to talk to most of my family at all..period.

What, you taking the fucking radical terrorist side over your own nephew!!! Are You fucking kidding me??!!!

That is how my brother is framing this for a family fight.

So sorry. Apparently your brother has become unhinged by fear for his son.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:55:07pm

re: #2 Scottishdragon

Reposted from downstairs

I think this now makes it impossible to talk to most of my family at all..period.

What, you taking the fucking radical terrorist side over your own nephew!!! Are You fucking kidding me??!!!

That is how my brother is framing this for a family fight.

His views actually put his son in more danger.

In Vietnam, where my dad served, we tried eliminating the enemy. It didn’t work.

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b.d.  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:55:10pm

LIES! THIS IS THE BEST CAMPAIGN EVER, THEY’LL BE WRITING BOOKS ABOUT IT.

BIG, BEAUTIFUL BOOKS.

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thedopefishlives  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:55:11pm

re: #3 Big Beautiful Door

So sorry. Apparently your brother has become unhinged by fear for his son.

Fear is the basic essence of the wingnut.

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:55:45pm

re: #2 Scottishdragon

Reposted from downstairs

I think this now makes it impossible to talk to most of my family at all..period.

What, you taking the fucking radical terrorist side over your own nephew!!! Are You fucking kidding me??!!!

That is how my brother is framing this for a family fight.

Have you tried telling him that that attitude being broadcast from America is one of the things being used to radicalize?

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:55:57pm

re: #5 b.d.

LIES! THIS IS THE BEST CAMPAIGN EVER, THEY’LL BE WRITING BOOKS ABOUT IT.

BIG, BEAUTIFUL BOOKS.

Only the best books.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:56:35pm

A few months ago when Trump was merely the frontrunner, Nate Silver said that on a scale of one to one thousand, the then current scenario was about the 997th worst for the GOP. I believe it has now reached the 1,000th worst scenario, surpassing a zombie apocalypse and the Sweet Meteor O’Death.

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Scottishdragon  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:57:46pm

re: #4 Belafon

His views actually put his son in more danger.

In Vietnam, where my dad served, we tried eliminating the enemy. It didn’t work.

Somebody just warned him of exactly that a minute ago on his post.

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Scottishdragon  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:58:07pm

I’m out. BBL

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b.d.  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:58:17pm

Time for Donald to fire Manafort and hire Ivanka.

//

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thedopefishlives  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:58:18pm

re: #11 Scottishdragon

I’m out. BBL

{{{Scottishdragon}}}

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:58:48pm

re: #7 JasonA

Have you tried telling him that that attitude being broadcast from America is one of the things being used to radicalize?

I suspect there is currently no reasoning with his brother, since he didn’t reason himself into his beliefs.

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 6:59:25pm

Fingers crossed…

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A Mom Anon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:00:09pm

I am going to order the graphic novel series March, by John Lewis as soon as the next paycheck comes. It looks wonderful. As a counter to the bullshit coming from all directions right now.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:01:10pm

re: #14 Big Beautiful Door

I suspect there is currently no reasoning with his brother, since he didn’t reason himself into his beliefs.

About the only thing you could say to him is “This is not a fight I want, and this is not a fight you should want, because it does nothing for your son, my nephew.”

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:01:17pm
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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:02:01pm

Suicidal? Could Donald Trump be Jim Jones in disguise?

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:02:11pm

re: #15 JasonA

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Fingers crossed…

It really is hard to believe that the Trump Campaign has been this derptastic for less than a week. The only campaign so weird that nude photos of the candidate’s wife with another woman plastered on the cover of a major newspaper barely rates as news.

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b.d.  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:02:14pm

Dana Bash is now reporting on CNN about turmoil within the Trump camp

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:02:34pm

re: #19 nines09

Suicidal? Could Donald Trump be Jim Jones in disguise?

Well, it does seem to be a requirement of all his surrogates that they imbibe the Kool-Aid at every opportunity.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:03:16pm

re: #18 jaunte

Excellent. It looks like the Vulgar Talking Yam will end up regretting going after the Khan family.

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lawhawk  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:03:24pm

Campaign staff..suicidal.

Would that happen to include the Trump family, who are deeply involved in every aspect of the campaign at least as according to Trump and his clan.

Or does that exclude the family and therefore mean that the rest of the staff think Trump and his kids are driving them to commit group seppuku.

Trump’s outlandish pronouncements started day one. Every last person who went to work for the campaign knew or had reason to know this is how he’d do things.

They still went to work for him.

Every day became a shitshot of lies, smears, and innuendo that exposed more and more of Trump’s reality-challenged worldview, including a Twitter strategy that would repeatedly and regularly quote white supremacists and racists and anti-Semites.

He did that at least once a week every week since he entered the race. His son also began following some of the same white supremacist tweeters.

No campaign could be this undisciplined, and yet every time you thought it couldn’t get worse, it did.

This is what his campaign staff operated in, and that’s what started on day 1.

The problem is that in a fractured GOP field, they could get away with a lack of policy/planning/precision or discipline, but now that you’re in the general election sprint - all that is critical.

Trump and his staff have no discipline, and he’s not about to get some now.

He wont listen to anyone, and no one has the ability to talk sense to him. His kids mirror him and are just as divorced from reality as he is.

It’s as though he’s created a pocket universe and Trump has taken the GOP/right wing right with him. They continue flacking for him and defending his indefensible ideas/statements. While there are a few who are rebuffing him on the latest scandal over Capt. Khan’s family statement at the DNC and Trump’s awful/despicable response ever since, the GOP continues standing by their choice.

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thedopefishlives  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:03:40pm

re: #22 Targetpractice

Well, it does seem to be a requirement of all his surrogates that they imbibe the Kool-Aid at every opportunity.

It seems atrocious that this analogy actually seems to fit.

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BigPapa  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:03:43pm

This is going to blow over before I’m done with all this damn popcorn.

Super Mega Mega Popcorn
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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:04:12pm

re: #22 Targetpractice

Well, it does seem to be a requirement of all his surrogates that they imbibe the Kool-Aid at every opportunity.

Got the impression Trump and reality never met? I do.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:04:49pm

Here’s to hoping we see his campaign implode right before out eyes. I wonder how many staffers will violate the NDA they signed to spill the beans?

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b.d.  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:05:03pm

Just wait until Trump pivots into general election mode!

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:05:11pm

re: #20 Big Beautiful Door

It really is hard to believe that the Trump Campaign has been this derptastic for less than a week. The only campaign so weird that nude photo’s of the candidate’s wife with another woman plastered on the cover of a major newspaper barely rates as news.

It’s all coming at us rapid fire. I could really use a flowchart to keep up.

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:05:12pm
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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:06:27pm

re: #30 JasonA

It’s all coming at us rapid fire. I could really use a flowchart to keep up.

Missing Hunter Thompson more than ever.

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:06:29pm

The GOP seemed to assure themselves for months that the whole “Trump Acting Loony” act would dissipate once he won the nomination. He’d pivot to the center, he’d surround himself with experienced folks, and he’d start taking the race seriously. Well, here we are, months since he won the nomination, less than a week since the convention, and Trump’s still as crazy as ever.

If Rinsed doesn’t drop dead of alcohol poisoning before November, it will be a miracle.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:06:37pm

re: #9 Big Beautiful Door

A few months ago when Trump was merely the frontrunner, Nate Silver said that on a scale of one to one thousand, the then current scenario was about the 997th worst for the GOP. I believe it has now reached the 1,000th worst scenario, surpassing a zombie apocalypse and the Sweet Meteor O’Death.

I’m a broken record on this subject, but I want to see the GOP dead before I dance on its grave.

Odds are we’re looking at a slightly worse loss for the GOP than they had in 2012. If Democrats get 40+ states in the electoral college, the Senate, the House and a majority of state-level offices in 2016, I’ll start taking GOP doom and gloom scenarios seriously.

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:07:22pm

re: #28 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Here’s to hoping we see his campaign implode right before out eyes. I wonder how many staffers will violate the NDA they signed to spill the beans?

One or more staffers are eventually going to decide that signing that NDA didn’t mean they signed away their soul and squeal to the press. When that happens, all hell is gonna break loose.

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:08:13pm

re: #9 Big Beautiful Door

A few months ago when Trump was merely the frontrunner, Nate Silver said that on a scale of one to one thousand, the then current scenario was about the 997th worst for the GOP. I believe it has now reached the 1,000th worst scenario, surpassing a zombie apocalypse and the Sweet Meteor O’Death.

Actually that’s a really good scenario for the GOP. Think of all them dead liburls who cain’t use guns against zombies! On the fantasy scale, it’s almost as good as shootin’ crowds of black people without consequence!

/not really joking…

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Interesting Times  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:08:15pm

Um…

Question

What happens to a U.S. presidential candidate if he/she dies after their respective political party grants them the nomination, and before they are elected? Are there bylaws set up by each individual party that provide procedures for this? Also, is there a historical precedent in U.S. history where this may have happened in the past?

Answer

No presidential candidate of a major party has ever died or withdrawn before a presidential election and no President-elect has ever died or withdrawn after winning the general election, but before taking office.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:08:29pm

re: #30 JasonA

It’s all coming at us rapid fire. I could really use a flowchart to keep up.

Relish it. This is a once in a lifetime campaign. We will never see its like again. With any luck it will become so toxic that it drags Republicans all over the nation down with it to give Hillary space to actually govern for a couple of years.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:08:42pm

re: #35 Targetpractice

One or more staffers are eventually going to decide that signing that NDA didn’t mean they signed away their soul and squeal to the press. When that happens, all hell is gonna break loose.

We hope. Wonder what Lewandowski’s gonna shit out his mouth about this?

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:09:18pm

How many of these Trumporrhoids are suicidal because they signed a non-disparagement agreement?

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:09:23pm

re: #32 Decatur Deb

Missing Hunter Thompson more than ever.

I cannot imagine the quantity of drugs he would have to consume to make sense of this campaign.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:10:15pm

re: #35 Targetpractice

One or more staffers are eventually going to decide that signing that NDA didn’t mean they signed away their soul and squeal to the press. When that happens, all hell is gonna break loose.

I don’t care about anyone’s soul here. There is going to be some major $$$ to be had for telling this story, and in this case I have no problem with how that will all play out in the free market.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:10:54pm

re: #41 Big Beautiful Door

I cannot imagine the quantity of drugs he would have to consume to make sense of this campaign.

Think of the paragraphs…

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:11:01pm

re: #30 JasonA

It’s all coming at us rapid fire. I could really use a flowchart to keep up.

This is the only flowchart you need.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:11:06pm

ICYMI: Warren Buffett’s public service, drive2vote.org, is up and operational.

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teleskiguy  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:11:46pm

re: #32 Decatur Deb

Missing Hunter Thompson more than ever.

re: #41 Big Beautiful Door

I cannot imagine the quantity of drugs he would have to consume to make sense of this campaign.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:12:31pm

re: #34 EPR-radar

I’m a broken record on this subject, but I want to see the GOP dead before I dance on its grave.

Odds are we’re looking at a slightly worse loss for the GOP than they had in 2012. If Democrats get 40+ states, the Senate, the House and a majority of state-level offices in 2016, I’ll start taking GOP doom and gloom scenarios seriously.

I’m starting to see reports that the rest of the Republican establishment is trying to figure out how to distance itself from Trump, in the hope they can save down-ticket positions.

But that’s not how people tend to vote. They come out in the presidential year because it’s the “Big Race.” In part, it shows how much Americans misunderstand the structure of government, but it’s going to be hard to convince most of the Republican voters to show up even if they’re not going to vote for Trump.

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Rocky-in-Connecticut  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:13:10pm

Coddling and encouraging the worst voting bloc in America for 40 years culminates in this.

Fuck You, Republican Party.

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teleskiguy  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:13:33pm

Fear and Loathing: On The Campaign Trail ‘72 by HST is one of my favorite books. Another is Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey.

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Interesting Times  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:13:38pm

re: #37 Interesting Times

So yeah…even after reading the linked article, I still have no clue what would happen if Trump did indeed drop out. Pence goes to top of ticket? Second-place Cruz takes the spot? Seems it would be up to the GOPer establishment.

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bratwurst  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:13:39pm

Whoa…

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:13:53pm

re: #45 Eric The Fruit Bat

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Jay C  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:13:56pm

re: #41 Big Beautiful Door

I cannot imagine the quantity of drugs he would have to consume to make sense of this campaign.

Measured in multiple kilograms and gallons, no doubt…
And he would still probably be more comprehensible than Donald Trump.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:14:10pm

Last Word going there: Trump has Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:14:42pm

re: #47 Belafon

I’m starting to see reports that the rest of the Republican establishment is trying to figure out how to distance itself from Trump, in the hope they can save down-ticket positions.

But that’s not how people tend to vote. They come out in the presidential year because it’s the “Big Race.” In part, it shows how much Americans misunderstand the structure of government, but it’s going to be hard to convince most of the Republican voters to show up even if they’re not going to vote for Trump.

I’m assuming that 95-99% of Republicans and R-leaning independents (i.e., embarrassed Republicans) will fall in line and vote Trump and straight-ticket (R). It’s what they do.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:16:01pm

re: #50 Interesting Times

So yeah…even after reading the linked article, I still have no clue what would happen if Trump did indeed drop out. Pence goes to top of ticket? Second-place Cruz takes the spot? Seems it would be up to the GOPer establishment.

Just a guess, but I think that Pence would somehow assume the position.

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:16:19pm

re: #55 EPR-radar

I’m assuming that 95-99% of Republicans and R-leaning independents (i.e., embarrassed Republicans) will fall in line and vote Trump and straight-ticket (R). It’s what they do.

I’d say the number will be closer to 85%, with at least 10% voting for Johnson or writing-in somebody else, before voting a straight R down ticket.

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:16:45pm

re: #56 Big Beautiful Door

Just a guess, but I think that Pence would somehow assume the position.

Phrasing!

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:16:54pm
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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:16:58pm

re: #51 bratwurst

Whoa…

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Most interesting. For example:

Ms. Whitman, who said she would remain a Republican, brings with her a considerable network of contributors, some of whom she said were open to giving to Mrs. Clinton. She said she was willing to campaign for Mrs. Clinton, said she would do her best to gather checks for her campaign and indicated she would personally give to both Mrs. Clinton and her affiliated “super PACs.” An aide to Ms. Whitman said she would personally give at least an amount in the “mid-six figures” to the Clinton effort.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:17:41pm

re: #52 Eric The Fruit Bat

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Warren Buffet already has a more sophisticated GOTV drive in effect than the Trump Campaign does.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:18:38pm

re: #61 Big Beautiful Door

Warren Buffet already has a more sophisticated GOTV drive in effect than the Trump Campaign does.

Warren Buffet also has like a zillion times more money than Donald Trump and is an actual businessman, not a carny scammer.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:19:36pm

re: #50 Interesting Times

So yeah…even after reading the linked article, I still have no clue what would happen if Trump did indeed drop out. Pence goes to top of ticket? Second-place Cruz takes the spot? Seems it would be up to the GOPer establishment.

It’s a cross between the party and the states. A party can put whoever it wants on the ballot, up to a point. The states can set requirements, and a number of them have deadlines. You could see a number of states with Trump on the ballot even if the final candidate was Pence.

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Bill and Opus for 2016!  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:19:49pm

re: #51 bratwurst

Whoa…

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At the rate that the rank-and-file Republicans are abandoning him, the only people left in support of Trump are going to be the hyper-evangelicals and the alt-right white nationalists.

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:19:50pm
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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:20:15pm

re: #61 Big Beautiful Door

Warren Buffet already has a more sophisticated GOTV drive in effect than the Trump Campaign does.

If it really is true that Republicans will crawl over broken glass to vote against Democrats all on their own, then a conventional ground game is pointless for the GOP. It looks like this theory will be tested.

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MsJ  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:20:37pm

re: #37 Interesting Times

Taking a small liberty.

Um…

Question

What happens to a U.S. presidential candidate if he/she dies after their respective political party grants them the nomination, and before they are elected? Are there bylaws set up by each individual party that provide procedures for this? Also, is there a historical precedent in U.S. history where this may have happened in the past?

Askin’ for a friend.

Signed,

The Grand Old Party

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:20:47pm

re: #58 Targetpractice

Phrasing!

Assume the position

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:20:55pm

re: #65 JasonA

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Seriously, is this going to be what we listen to for the next 97 or so days, the increasing number of “The DNC stole the election!” conspiracy theories?

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:21:14pm

But denies summary judgment

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:21:20pm
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:21:23pm

re: #22 Targetpractice

Well, it does seem to be a requirement of all his surrogates that they imbibe the Kool-Aid at every opportunity.

It’s a magazine Flavor-Aid, not a clip Kool-Aid! You libtards don’t know what you’re talking about!!11!!!

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:21:34pm

re: #65 JasonA

Gingrich needs to fuck himself massively and repeatedly with a running power tool on the verge of disintegrating because of an unbalanced motor.

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MsJ  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:21:39pm

re: #40 The Vicious Babushka

How many of these Trumporrhoids are suicidal because they signed a non-disparagement agreement?

Is it disparagement if it’s true?

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Interesting Times  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:21:48pm

Okay…even if/when Trump flames out beyond all hope, Kochs et al. still plan to bankroll GOPer senate/house races. Is anything significant being done to counter this on the Dem side? Even if Hillary were to win a 1964-style landslide, it won’t be worth much if Congress stays in GOPer hands…

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:22:02pm

re: #55 EPR-radar

I’m assuming that 95-99% of Republicans and R-leaning independents (i.e., embarrassed Republicans) will fall in line and vote Trump and straight-ticket (R). It’s what they do.

The point I was trying to make is that they will have to be convinced to show up. If they get there, yes, I expect most of them to vote for Trump. But his campaign dumpster fire will cause a lot of people to say it’s not worth it.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:22:52pm

re: #69 Targetpractice

Seriously, is this going to be what we listen to for the next 97 or so days, the increasing number of “The DNC stole the election!” conspiracy theories?

Yes.

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:23:09pm

re: #69 Targetpractice

Seriously, is this going to be what we listen to for the next 97 or so days, the increasing number of “The DNC stole the election!” conspiracy theories?

Better start strapping yourself in.

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zephirus  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:23:35pm

re: #28 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

re: #24 lawhawk

While there are a few who are rebuffing him on the latest scandal over Capt. Khan’s family statement at the DNC and Trump’s awful/despicable response ever since, the GOP continues standing by their choice.

And they continue, in “strongly worded” language to say that they don’t agree with his comments, or that they are “inappropriate” or “ill-advised”, and he needs to start acting presidential. Please. He’s a lunatic. Fucking cowards should quit the party, endorse Hillary and suck up the next 4 years while they figure out how to clean up this mess.

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cat-tikvah  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:23:42pm

Fifth from the right looks like PA’s very own Senator Pat Toomey…may his re-election fail.

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Belafon  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:24:15pm

re: #75 Interesting Times

Okay…even if/when Trump flames out beyond all hope, Kochs et al. still plan to bankroll GOPer senate/house races. Is anything significant being done to counter this on the Dem side? Even if Hillary were to win a 1964-style landslide, it won’t be worth much if Congress stays in GOPer hands…

of the $90M raised by Democrats in July, $26M goes to races below the president.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:24:18pm

re: #74 MsJ

Is it disparagement if it’s true?

Trump has everyone associated with his campaign, including volunteers in the phone banks, sign a lifetime non-disparagement agreement that is straight out of the Church of Scientology.

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nines09  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:24:23pm

re: #73 EPR-radar

Gingrich needs to fuck himself massively and repeatedly with a running power tool on the verge of disintegrating because of an unbalanced motor.

But how do you really feel?

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:24:26pm

re: #69 Targetpractice

Seriously, is this going to be what we listen to for the next 97 or so days, the increasing number of “The DNC stole the election!” conspiracy theories?

Psychological preparation for defeat. Gotta get that ‘stab in the back’ ready for the next round of freikorps.

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:24:30pm

How about…no.

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stpaulbear  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:24:43pm

re: #2 Scottishdragon

Reposted from downstairs

I think this now makes it impossible to talk to most of my family at all..period.

What, you taking the fucking radical terrorist side over your own nephew!!! Are You fucking kidding me??!!!

That is how my brother is framing this for a family fight.

My two bits on this is that both Facebook and Thanksgiving are overrated. You need to get away from his hatred for a while (as long as it takes).

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:25:05pm

re: #82 The Vicious Babushka

Donald Trump’s employment contract forbids all criticism of Trump for life

Only the best deals!

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:25:49pm

re: #76 Belafon

The point I was trying to make is that they will have to be convinced to show up. If they get there, yes, I expect most of them to vote for Trump. But his campaign dumpster fire will cause a lot of people to say it’s not worth it.

The 1-5% in my guess is intended to account for Republicans that stay home. It’s the only relevant category, since only a tiny fraction would actually vote for Hillary.

That’s 1-5% more Republicans than would usually stay home, so I think Trump will depress R turnout, but that the effect will be small. I’d be very happy to be wrong, of course.

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zephirus  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:26:01pm

re: #35 Targetpractice

One or more staffers are eventually going to decide that signing that NDA didn’t mean they signed away their soul and squeal to the press. When that happens, all hell is gonna break loose.

And where will he get the money to sue them for NDA violations?

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:26:12pm

If they ALL violate the NDA together, will Trump’s lawyers sue them all forever? Not to mention the lawyers could also turn if they think they won’t get paid.

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A Cranky One  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:26:22pm

re: #69 Targetpractice

Seriously, is this going to be what we listen to for the next 97 or so days, the increasing number of “The DNC stole the election!” conspiracy theories?

“We’re going to winwhine so much. You’re going to get tired of winningwhining. you’re going to say, ‘Please Mr. President, I have a headache. Please, don’t winwhine so much. This is getting terrible.’ And I’m going to say, ‘No, we have to make America grate again.’ You’re gonna say, ‘Please.’ I said, ‘Nope, nope. We’re gonna keep winningwhining.’

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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:27:16pm

This goes along with Drumpfskind’s family being the ones who are co-managing the campaign.

Only they know how, through experience, to manage their maniacal patriarch.

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teleskiguy  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:27:39pm

If celticdragon is still around, I want to show you something.

I’m atheist. FTR.

This is the first picture I ever snapped on my first ever smartphone (an iPhone 4S).

That’s my friend Zeina. She’s Muslim.

Your brother would kill this person and the rest of the billion or so adherents to Islam to save one U.S. soldier.

If I were you I would never talk to him again.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:27:42pm

re: #40 The Vicious Babushka

How many of these Trumporrhoids are suicidal because they signed a non-disparagement agreement?

Non-Disclosure Agreements have existed before…they may even be legally enforceable, I don’t know. But who ever heard of a “Non-Disparagement” agreement? There’s no way in hell that’s legal.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:28:15pm

re: #83 nines09

But how do you really feel?

Irritated. I forgot to mention that the power tool should be rusty and have just been used to clean a pigsty.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:28:15pm

It should be remembered, that every initial statement by Manafort concerning a Trump campaign crisis has been again and again proven incorrect…

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MsJ  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:28:32pm

re: #55 EPR-radar

I’m assuming that 95-99% of Republicans and R-leaning independents (i.e., embarrassed Republicans) will fall in line and vote Trump and straight-ticket (R). It’s what they do.

I don’t think so. Not this time.

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b.d.  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:28:44pm

re: #85 JasonA

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How about…no.

How about rescheduling the football games instead?

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Bill and Opus for 2016!  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:28:59pm

re: #67 MsJ

Question

What happens to a U.S. presidential candidate if he/she dies is criminally indicted for a major felony after their respective political party grants them the nomination, and before they are elected? Are there bylaws set up by each individual party that provide procedures for this? Also, is there a historical precedent in U.S. history where this may have happened in the past?

Askin’ for a friend.

Signed,

The Grand Old Party

Fixed that to reflect a much more likely scenario for you.

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jaunte  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:29:24pm

re: #95 EPR-radar

And the pigs had Trump Tower Taco bowls for lunch.

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Romantic Heretic  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:30:08pm

re: #65 JasonA

By ‘stealing’ Gingrich means ‘having the unmitigated gall of running against us.’

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:30:35pm

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:30:42pm

re: #50 Interesting Times

So yeah…even after reading the linked article, I still have no clue what would happen if Trump did indeed drop out. Pence goes to top of ticket? Second-place Cruz takes the spot? Seems it would be up to the GOPer establishment.

Pence is only there because Trump picked him. The only choice with even a hint of legitimacy would have to be Cruz.

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VegasGolfer  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:31:32pm

re: #93 teleskiguy

She looks pure evil.

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:31:47pm

re: #96 FormerDirtDart

It should be remembered, that every initial statement by Manafort concerning a Trump campaign crisis has been again and again proven incorrect…

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We take you to a graphic representation of how well Manafort’s denial will be taken:

Animal House - All Is Well!

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:31:54pm

re: #96 FormerDirtDart

It should be remembered, that every initial statement by Manafort concerning a Trump campaign crisis has been again and again proven incorrect…

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Because the campaign manager is going to tell you he’s not really doing his own job anymore and the campaign he’s taken on the responsibility for is a dumpster fire.

On record.

I’d say this statement is about as useful as anything else Manafort has said.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:32:01pm

re: #94 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Non-Disclosure Agreements have existed before…they may even be legally enforceable, I don’t know. But who ever heard of a “Non-Disparagement” agreement? There’s no way in hell that’s legal.

Non-disparagement agreements are common enough. E.g., someone being laid off but getting a severance payment is often obliged to sign a non-disparagement agreement with respect to the former employer for a year or two.

However, this lifetime non-disparagement business seem ridiculous on its face.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:32:36pm

re: #94 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Non-Disclosure Agreements have existed before…they may even be legally enforceable, I don’t know. But who ever heard of a “Non-Disparagement” agreement? There’s no way in hell that’s legal.

Didn’t the Church of Scientology force its members to sign non-disparagement contracts?

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:33:10pm

re: #85 JasonA

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How about…no.

Today it’s “move the debates,” tomorrow it will be “include Johnson/Stein,” then it will be “move the debates to a larger venue,” etc, etc. It will continue until Trump feels comfortable or until there is pushback, at which point he’ll claim he’s not being treated “fairly” and refuse to debate.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:33:13pm

re: #107 EPR-radar

However, this lifetime non-disparagement business seem ridiculous on its face.

Especially if there’s no compensation of any kind.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:33:21pm

re: #103 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Pence is only there because Trump picked him. The only choice with even a hint of legitimacy would have to be Cruz.

The Cubano-Canadian? Over Freep’s dead body.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:33:39pm

re: #2 Scottishdragon

Reposted from downstairs

I think this now makes it impossible to talk to most of my family at all..period.

What, you taking the fucking radical terrorist side over your own nephew!!! Are You fucking kidding me??!!!

That is how my brother is framing this for a family fight.

i predict that the rest of your family will blow it off and treat you normally as if nothing happened

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:33:48pm

re: #94 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Non-Disclosure Agreements have existed before…they may even be legally enforceable, I don’t know. But who ever heard of a “Non-Disparagement” agreement? There’s no way in hell that’s legal.

I have. I’ve even signed one.

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makeitstop  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:34:36pm

re: #19 nines09

Suicidal? Could Donald Drumpf be Jim Jones in disguise?

Given the level of insanity, I’d say he’s closer to Marshall Applewhite.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:34:38pm

re: #98 b.d.

How about rescheduling the football games instead?

Ummmm….no.
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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:35:03pm

re: #113 Blind Frog Belly White

I have. I’ve even signed one.

Your big sister, during middle school, doesn’t count.

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:35:05pm

wow

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allegro  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:35:51pm

re: #56 Big Beautiful Door

Just a guess, but I think that Pence would somehow assume the position.

He’s already assumed the position. The question is if he can ever stand upright again.

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teleskiguy  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:35:55pm

re: #102 Eric The Fruit Bat

Do what, exactly?

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:36:25pm

re: #117 JasonA

wow

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That’s going to play well in Salt Lake City.

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:36:27pm

re: #117 JasonA

wow

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b.d.  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:36:46pm

Republicans are ready for the Olympics to hurry up and get here and provide a diversion for them

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:36:49pm

re: #119 teleskiguy

Start tweeting to Hair Furor and Reince.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:36:51pm

re: #69 Targetpractice

Seriously, is this going to be what we listen to for the next 97 3100 or so days, the increasing number of “The DNC stole the election!” conspiracy theories?

Fixed.

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:37:22pm

re: #124 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Fixed.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:37:38pm

How I dealt with my wingnut cousin at the Family Reunion: “Hi Dale, good to see you!”

We then discussed his Dad, who played Saxophone with Glenn Miller and others and his dissipated life as a jazz musician, and his uncle (my great-uncle) Earle, and his even less reputable life.

Family gossip, especially about long-departed family, is a great way to stay friendly with people holding opposing opinions.

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zephirus  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:37:49pm

re: #109 Targetpractice

Today it’s “move the debates,” tomorrow it will be “include Johnson/Stein,” then it will be “move the debates to a larger venue,” etc, etc. It will continue until Trump feels comfortable or until there is pushback, at which point he’ll claim he’s not being treated “fairly” and refuse to debate.

I heard some radio commentary today pushing for including Johnson and Stein because Hillary and Trump have high unfavorables.

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majii  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:37:56pm

re: #2 Scottishdragon

Sometimes you just have to walk away. It’s hard, but I did it. My mom was the glue that kept the family together. She passed before my dad. Dad lived two years longer than she did, then he passed. After he passed, some of my five brothers went nuts and began demanding their “share” of my parents’ assets, claiming that since I was closest to them, I was withholding sh*t from them. I wasn’t, but they thought I was. They carried on in such awful ways that I had to distance myself from them to preserve my own sanity. I had my own household to run, a kid in college, and problems of my own. I just got tired of them. They did little/nothing for our parents when they got sick and stayed as far away from them as they could get, yet, they were first in line demanding their “share” of their estate. It dawned on me one day that I didn’t have to put up with their mess, so I stopped talking to them. It took more than three years before I re-established contact with them. I’m the only girl in the family, and when they saw I meant business, they slowly began to reach out to me. I love my brothers, but I’m not going to put up with their sh*t beyond a certain point. Save your sanity. That is something only you can do. Never feel like you’re the only one who has to deal with crazy family members. We all do at one time or another. Based on reading your posts, I think this is a time you need to provide a little TLC for yourself. Good luck.

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teleskiguy  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:38:08pm

re: #104 VegasGolfer

She’s into that evil music (Bassnectar) and hangs out with a lot of ruffian smelly snowboarder hood rats. Definitely a threat to national security.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:38:54pm

re: #119 teleskiguy

Do what, exactly?

Post it somewhere on social media, presumably.

I’m in favor of generating gross insults vs. Trump and spreading them on the internet, but Milo, Ben and Steve are too obscure for a general audience.

Perhaps change the names to Mike Pence, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio.

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:39:13pm

trump is openly supporting ryan’s opponent in the primary not to mention making sarcastic cracks at ryan by echoing his own words

i understand that ryan wants to survive the primary, but once it’s over, what reason would ryan have to support trump any longer?

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:39:25pm

re: #116 Decatur Deb

Your big sister, during middle school, doesn’t count.

HA!

No, an actual one. Mind you, it wasn’t life-long, and i’m pretty sure at this point it’s not enforceable, because it’s largely moot.

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BigPapa  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:40:08pm
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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:40:10pm

re: #120 Decatur Deb

That’s going to play well in Salt Lake City.

high likelyhood of a blue utah

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:40:38pm

re: #132 Blind Frog Belly White

HA!

No, an actual one. Mind you, it wasn’t life-long, and i’m pretty sure at this point it’s not enforceable, because it’s largely moot.

I’ve also signed a non-disparagement agreement, now long since expired.

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:40:56pm

re: #51 bratwurst

Meg Whitman was a major Christie fundraiser in the primary. She went nuclear when Gov. Bridgegate endorsed Trump.

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:40:56pm

re: #131 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

trump is openly supporting ryan’s opponent in the primary not to mention making sarcastic cracks at ryan by echoing his own words

i understand that ryan wants to survive the primary, but once it’s over, what reason would ryan have to support trump any longer?

Wanting to stay in office. Yes, wingnuts are so petty that they’d vote for a Democrat or stay home, waiting out the next 2 years before coming back to elect another Republican in his place.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:41:57pm

re: #131 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

trump is openly supporting ryan’s opponent in the primary not to mention making sarcastic cracks at ryan by echoing his own words

i understand that ryan wants to survive the primary, but once it’s over, what reason would ryan have to support trump any longer?

If Ryan still believes that there is any chance of Trump actually winning, Ryan will support him. Only through government unified under GOP control can Ryan effectuate his plan to shred the social safety net and dramatically lower taxes on the wealthy.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:42:09pm

re: #134 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

high likelyhood of a blue utah

It’ll help.

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stpaulbear  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:42:24pm

re: #51 bratwurst

Whoa…

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Hope that they’ve locked up Peggy Noonan’s liquor cabinet.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:42:46pm

Oh well, that settles it then.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:43:14pm

re: #141 The Vicious Babushka

Oh well, that settles it then.

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Shocka!

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:43:58pm

re: #138 Big Beautiful Door

If Ryan still believes that there is any chance of Trump actually winning, Ryan will support him. Only through government unified under GOP control can Ryan effectuate his plan to shred the social safety net and dramatically lower taxes on the wealthy.

Paul Ryan, that profile in courage, will accept any number of insults etc. from the Vulgar Talking Yam if it means he gets to starve the grannies. He’s a piece of shit.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:45:03pm

re: #108 The Vicious Babushka

Didn’t the Church of Scientology force its members to sign non-disparagement contracts?

Yeah. The Catholic church used to make non-Catholics sign an agreement that any kids would be raised Catholic before they could marry a Catholic. Not worth the paper they were written on. I’m sure if they were ever really tested in court, NDAs (for both meanings of D) would be laughed off the rolls.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:46:18pm

re: #141 The Vicious Babushka

Yoo hoo, paging Ivanka Trump. I regularly flush crap down my toilet that is more qualified to be POTUS than Donald Trump, and would cause less damage to the nation in office.

So does every other person on the planet who uses flush toilets.

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Big Beautiful Door  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:47:20pm

Donald Trump and the looming GOP Apocalypse.

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teleskiguy  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:48:12pm

re: #125 Targetpractice

Was it you or me that first posted this GIF? Maybe we’ll never know.

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:48:23pm
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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:48:55pm

re: #144 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Yeah. The Catholic church used to make non-Catholics sign an agreement that any kids would be raised Catholic before they could marry a Catholic. Not worth the paper they were written on. I’m sure if they were ever really tested in court, NDAs (for both meanings of D) would be laughed off the rolls.

Not so fast. A severance payment made based on a promise of non-disparagement for some period of time has no obvious enforceability issues, although IANAL.

The punishment for disparagement is built into the original contract (i.e., returning the severance payment).

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:49:48pm

We need an LGF pledge to avoid Downfall parodies for the duration.

(Really, enjoy the moment. The Dems have 100 days to screw this up.)

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VegasGolfer  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:51:06pm

re: #128 majii

That happened on my dads side of the family when his mom passed. His sisters husbands went crazy when it came time to spilt up her assests.

Funny thing was, they were born again pastors in their church. I’ll just leave this last sentence to stand on its own.

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gocart mozart  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:51:40pm

re: #31 jaunte

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:52:06pm

re: #145 EPR-radar

Yoo hoo, paging Ivanka Trump. I regularly flush crap down my toilet that is more qualified to be POTUS than Donald Trump, and would cause less damage to the nation in office.

So does every other person on the planet who uses flush toilets.

I’m wondering if Uday, Kusay and Evita have NDAs. Ivana and Marla had to sign NDAs as part of the divorce proceedings in order to receive their cash settlements.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:52:09pm

re: #136 Lidane

Meg Whitman was a major Christie fundraiser in the primary. She went nuclear when Gov. Bridgegate endorsed Trump.

She also endorsed and supported Mitt. She’s from Long island, and she therefore is very familiar with Trump. That she doesn’t like Trump is no surprise, but throwing her support behind Hillary is big news. That’s the corporate GOP faction talking there.

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stpaulbear  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:52:17pm

re: #90 The Vicious Babushka

If they ALL violate the NDA together, will Trump’s lawyers sue them all forever? Not to mention the lawyers could also turn if they think they won’t get paid.

It’ll be a reverse class action lawsuit.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:53:02pm

re: #150 Decatur Deb

We need an LGF pledge to avoid Downfall parodies for the duration.

(Really, enjoy the moment. The Dems have 100 days to screw this up.)

We’re good at that—but we may have finally met our match.

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majii  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:53:40pm

re: #145 EPR-radar

“Yoo hoo, paging Ivanka Trump. “

Although none of them will ever admit it, I think one reason Trump’s campaign is so poorly organized is because it’s a family affair. I remember when Trump began his campaign, there was a lot of talk about how successful he’d be as POTUS because he was a successful business person. Running the government is NOT like running a business, but this is something that many on the right still have a problem understanding.

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gocart mozart  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:53:49pm
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teleskiguy  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:54:58pm

re: #128 majii

Bless you majii! I’m glad I know you. You’re commenting style is no nonsense and endearing all at once. *hugs and kisses*

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:55:12pm

To all the Trumpeterians and the GOP Party-Firsters out there….

It’s all your fault….
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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:55:30pm
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majii  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:57:11pm

re: #161 JasonA

I am so happy that Huelskamp won’t be returning to Congress in January 2017. When Thanos shared the news, it made my day.

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:57:38pm
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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:58:02pm

re: #156 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

We’re good at that—but we may have finally met our match.

Hillary Clinton seems to have learned much from her defeat in the 2008 Democratic primary, and she is now facing an opponent who is infinitely less capable than Obama.

I don’t worry about a normal Democratic “snatch defeat from the jaws of victory” scenario in this election.

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:59:34pm
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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 7:59:40pm
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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:00:04pm

re: #164 EPR-radar

Hillary Clinton seems to have learned much from her defeat in the 2008 Democratic primary, and she is now facing an opponent who is infinitely less capable than Obama.

I don’t worry about a normal Democratic “snatch defeat from the jaws of victory” scenario in this election.

Until Nov 10, the best working assumption is that we are 2 points ahead.

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:00:38pm

re: #152 gocart mozart

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Election Night will come, Trump loses, he steps out to the stage, then rips off the mask to reveal it’s been Andy Kaufman pulling the most elaborate joke hoax ever.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:00:39pm
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Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:00:57pm

re: #166 JasonA

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They will bail out together the day after he loses the election.

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freetoken  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:01:26pm

re: #165 Lidane

Every politician worries about their career. And any career attached to the success of Drumpfskind is on pretty shaky ground.

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:02:00pm

re: #161 JasonA

What happened in the Kansas primary?

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:02:19pm

re: #170 Feline Fearless Leader

They will bail out together the day after he loses the election.

Yep, within a day of the loss, you’ll start seeing all these Republicans pulling the “Good German” routine. “I never really supported him, I was just supporting the party!”

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:02:22pm

re: #165 Lidane

Donald J. Trump’s unabashed and continuing hostility toward the parents of a slain Muslim American soldier, and his attacks on Republican leaders who have rebuked him for it, threaten to shatter his uneasy alliance with the Republican Party at the outset of the general election campaign.

Too late, mofos. He is the head of your sad-assed party.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:03:01pm

re: #164 EPR-radar

I don’t worry about a normal Democratic “snatch defeat from the jaws of victory” scenario in this election.

If Paul Ryan loses his primary, maybe. Still, as Yogi Berra is fond of saying, “It isn’t over ‘till it’s over.”

I remember this quote that a reader sent Sully, and it seems apropos-t went something along this line: “Debbie Wasserman Schultz lost her job, but saved her party. Reince Preibus saved his job, but lost his party.”

Let’s just hope the Neoliberals don’t screw things up even worse than they did last time.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:03:16pm

NO MOAR REGULASHUNS!!! MOAR JERBS!!!11!!

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:04:39pm
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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:04:41pm

re: #172 Lidane

What happened in the Kansas primary?

One of the leaders of the Freedom Suicide Caucus, Tim Huelskamp, appears to be going out the door in his reelection bid.

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majii  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:04:50pm

re: #174 Decatur Deb

“Too late, mofos. He is the head of your sad-assed party.”

Exactly. When McCain allegedly denounced Trump yesterday, he said that Trump doesn’t represent the GOP. He does, he really does, and McCain knows it.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:05:16pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:05:59pm
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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:06:00pm

re: #177 JasonA

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“Could be rigged”? Sure, it could be rigged, but Comrade Combover’s falling poll numbers is not evidence it is being rigged.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:06:05pm

re: #176 The Vicious Babushka

NO MOAR REGULASHUNS!!! MOAR JERBS!!!11!!

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I just hope the same thing doesn’t happen to the Olympic Village during the Rio games….

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:07:12pm

Jan Brewer thinks Trump should take it down a notch. Sad!

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:07:20pm

re: #183 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I just hope the same thing doesn’t happen to the Olympic Village during the Rio games….

My hopes for the Olympic games in Rio are modest. It would be good if no athletes or spectators died from infectious tainted water, building collapses etc.

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:07:20pm

re: #65 JasonA

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:07:47pm
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majii  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:08:51pm

re: #177 JasonA

This is a Twitter fishing expedition on Hannity’s part. If Trump loses in November, Hannity can just claim that the election was rigged. Of course, he won’t wait until then to repeat the lie over and over again. Trump’s got the ball rolling, and it’s his supporters’ job to keep repeating the claim until they’ve internalized it.

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:09:38pm
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teleskiguy  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:11:24pm

Dude, Trump is going warp speed … NO! Ridiculous Speed … NO, not even that! He’s going Ludicrous Speed with the DERP. So fuckin’ scary, yo …

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MsJ  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:12:13pm

re: #141 The Vicious Babushka

Oh well, that settles it then.

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Trump isn’t fit to be human. Or a father. President! NOPE.

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Scottishdragon  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:12:16pm

re: #93 teleskiguy

If celticdragon is still around, I want to show you something.

I’m atheist. FTR.

This is the first picture I ever snapped on my first ever smartphone (an iPhone 4S).

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That’s my friend Zeina. She’s Muslim.

Your brother would kill this person and the rest of the billion or so adherents to Islam to save one U.S. soldier.

If I were you I would never talk to him again.

My spouse is saying the same thing, and this is not the first time my brother has completely flipped out over a rather innocuous facebook opinion (some of you may remember when I posted about this fiasco…)

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My brother has some sort of a problem and he does not respect boundaries or basic social decency.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:12:28pm

re: #184 JasonA

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Jan Brewer thinks Trump should take it down a notch. Sad!

No, Jan, this is who Trump is. This is who YOU support. You support a man whose first response to seeing a grieving Gold Star mother is to say her religion is why she didn’t speak. You deserve to be called a bigot because of your staunch support of him. It’s just a pity you won’t be brought down with him.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:13:05pm

re: #186 No Country For Old Haters

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Gingrich is just embarrassing himself now. It’s honestly sad. I never liked him and never thought highly of him but this is just sad.

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majii  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:14:16pm

re: #189 Lidane

Douthat shouldn’t be saying a d*mn thing. I recall that for the last seven plus years, he’s been a staunch GOP supporter—-everything the president did was wrong and was a freedom-killer, and everything the GOPers in Congress did was patriotic, good, and preserved our freedoms. He knew he was lying, but he did it anyway. The truth is that he helped to build this mess and doesn’t seem to realize that it’s too late to run away from his handiwork now.

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Decatur Deb  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:14:52pm

Someone asked—the Colorado fire marshal is a Republican. At least he was.

politico.com

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FormerDirtDart  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:15:29pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:15:42pm

re: #196 Decatur Deb

Someone asked—the Colorado fire marshal is a Republican. At least he was.

politico.com

Probably won’t be for long after Trump’s sad attacks on him.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:17:08pm

re: #194 HappyWarrior

Gingrich is just embarrassing himself now. It’s honestly sad. I never liked him and never thought highly of him but this is just sad.

There is nothing sad about this. Gingrich has always been an arch-scumbag of the highest order. His present-day seditious pigshit about stolen elections is absolutely in line with everything else he has inflicted on the nation in a career of decades spent crapping on it.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:17:28pm

You do have to love that this is coming after their convention at a point where it’s pretty much impossible to replace him. Great job GOP. The rebranding went great! You’ve gone from a party that merely suggested that minorities vote Democratic because they want free stuff to actually calling a Gold Star parent a terrorist sympathizer because he criticized your nominee. But hey aren’t we liberals just so mean for calling you bigots?

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:17:45pm

I can see Alex Jones in a day or two….

“It’s the fluoride in the water!”

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:18:08pm

re: #199 EPR-radar

There is nothing sad about this. Gingrich has always been an arch-scumbag of the highest order. His present-day seditious pigshit about stolen elections is absolutely in line with everything else he has inflicted on the nation in a career of decades spent crapping on it.

Sad in the sense that it’s really pathetic that a former third in line to the Presidency is parroting conspiracy theories on cable news. He’s always been an asshole no doubt about it.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:20:23pm

re: #185 EPR-radar

My hopes for the Olympic games in Rio are modest. It would be good if no athletes or spectators died from infectious tainted water, building collapses etc.

If you thought Sochi was a shitshow, Rio will be a shitshow WITH ACTUAL SHIT

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:20:48pm
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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:21:20pm

re: #192 Scottishdragon

…
My brother has some sort of a problem and he does not respect boundaries or basic social decency.

That is certainly true. As indicated upthread, it’s definitely worth considering the pros and cons of staying in contact at all. This shit is toxic.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:21:42pm

re: #204 JasonA

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Wow maybe he finally did go too far.

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gocart mozart  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:22:46pm
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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:23:07pm
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majii  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:23:09pm

re: #199 EPR-radar

“Gingrich has always been an arch-scumbag of the highest order.”

This is so true. I’ve lived in GA all of my life. He was a douchecanoe here and in D.C., and he’s still a douchecanoe, which is why when he said a few weeks ago that white people don’t understand what black people go through in dealing with law enforcement, I suspected it was something he was saying to throw a “bone” to us. He cannot change. He is who/what he is—-a douchecanoe who proposed making elementary school kids do janitorial jobs at their schools so they can learn the “value”of work.

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:23:27pm

I’m pretty sure that’s not on the same level as attacking a gold star family. So yeah, it’s kind of new.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:23:40pm

re: #208 Lidane

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Reince, you built it.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:24:23pm

re: #204 JasonA

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That, I’ll believe when I see. But if it happens, I’m curious to see how it plays out. Clearly Trump and his flying monkeys will be all over then like flies on shit. But also clearly, the idea that “The Election Is Rigged!” goes out the window if the GOP abandons him en masse, in public. Hard to make the case that it was stolen if he’s tanked in the polls.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:24:30pm
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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:25:05pm

re: #209 majii

“Gingrich has always been an arch-scumbag of the highest order.”

This is so true. I’ve lived in GA all of my life. He was a douchecanoe here and in D.C., and he’s still a douchecanoe, which is why when he said a few weeks ago that white people don’t understand what black people go through in dealing, I suspected it was something he was saying throw a “bone” to us. He cannot change. He is who/what he is—-a douchecanoe who proposed making elementary school kids do janitorial jobs at their schools so they can learn the “value”of work.

I’ve always laughed when he’s made out to be an intellectual. I’ve seen several people make the point that Gingrich is a wingnut’s idea of what an intellectual sounds like.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:26:11pm

re: #214 HappyWarrior

I’ve always laughed when he’s made out to be an intellectual. I’ve seen several people make the point that Gingrich is a wingnut’s idea of what an intellectual sounds like.

As Krugman says (but says he didn’t originate), Gingrich is a stupid person’s idea of what a smart person sounds like.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:26:14pm

They’re really in a mess of their own creation and you know what I don’t feel bad for them at all. They chose to fuel the flames that made Trump a credible candidate in their party.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:26:37pm

re: #215 Blind Frog Belly White

As Krugman says (but says he didn’t originate), Gingrich is a stupid person’s idea of what a smart person sounds like.

That may actually be the line heh.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:26:38pm

re: #214 HappyWarrior

I’ve always laughed when he’s made out to be an intellectual. I’ve seen several people make the point that Gingrich is a wingnut’s idea of what an intellectual sounds like.

“A stupid person’s idea of a smart person” is the version of this I’m familiar with.

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BlueGrl21  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:26:46pm

re: #206 HappyWarrior

Wow maybe he finally did go too far.

I think the best campaign strategy the Democrats can choose right now is, “Please proceed, Donald.”

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoléon Bonaparte

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:27:32pm

re: #218 EPR-radar

“A stupid person’s idea of a smart person” is the version of this I’m familiar with.

Yes, that’s it.

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Targetpractice  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:28:18pm

re: #204 JasonA

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Interesting Times  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:28:38pm

re: #219 BlueGrl21

I think the best campaign strategy the Democrats can choose right now is, “Please proceed, Donald.”

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoléon Bonaparte

“When your opponent is drowning, throw him an anvil.”
— James Carville

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:29:14pm

re: #216 HappyWarrior

They’re really in a mess of their own creation and you know what I don’t feel bad for them at all. They chose to fuel the flames that made Trump a credible candidate in their party.

She sailed away
On a sunny summer day,
On the back of a crocodile.

“You see,” said she,
“He’s as tame as he can be,
I’ll ride him down the Nile.”

Well, the croc winked his eye
As she waved them all goodbye,
Wearing a happy smile.

At the end of the ride,
The lady was inside,
And the smile
Was on the crocodile!

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KGxvi  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:29:16pm

re: #37 Interesting Times

Um…

My guess would be that the electors would vote for the running mate as president (I’m not entirely sure there is any legal penalty for electors not voting for the person they’re supposed to vote for since it happens every couple of cycles). Or alternatively the Vice President elect would be sworn in as president under a liberal reading of the 25th Amendment.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:30:08pm

LOLWUT: The chief douchecanoe who Hired Corey Lewandowski takes shots at Vice and BuzzFeed:

CNN President Jeff Zucker is not impressed with some of the biggest names in digital media.

In a profile that Variety published on Zucker on Tuesday, the CNN chief said that competitors like Vice and BuzzFeed were not even worthy of being called journalistic outlets.

“I don’t think Vice and BuzzFeed are legitimate news organizations,” Zucker said, reportedly cracking a “mischievous” smile. “They are native advertising shops. We crush both of them. They are not even in our same class.”

Despite Zucker’s dismissal of his digital competitors, CNN has repeatedly relied on BuzzFeed’s original reporting in its own broadcasts and write-ups.

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TedStriker  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:30:34pm

re: #208 Lidane

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And Trump doesn’t give a shit whether Rinsed Pubis or anyone else in the GOP establishment isn’t happy, because, to this point, Trump has been able to dictate terms to them and the red-meat base loves him for it.

And that isn’t changing any time soon.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:30:34pm

re: #219 BlueGrl21

I think the best campaign strategy the Democrats can choose right now is, “Please proceed, Donald.”

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoléon Bonaparte

“If yo’ enemy’s drownin’, throw that summbitch an anvil.” - James Carville.

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:31:42pm

re: #223 Blind Frog Belly White

She sailed away
On a sunny summer day,
On the back of a crocodile.

“You see,” said she,
“He’s as tame as he can be,
I’ll ride him down the Nile.”

Well, the croc winked his eye
As she waved them all goodbye,
Wearing a happy smile.

At the end of the ride,
The lady was inside,
And the smile
Was on the crocodile!

There once was a lady in Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger
At the end of the ride
She wound up inside
And the smile on the face of the tiger

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:31:49pm

re: #222 Interesting Times

re: #227 Blind Frog Belly White

DAMMIT! Took me extra time to render it in Cajun.

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:32:40pm

I legit laughed out loud at this:

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TedStriker  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:32:59pm

re: #229 Blind Frog Belly White

DAMMIT! Took me extra time to render it in Cajun.

God, I miss James Carville doing his thing.

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Testy Toad T  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:33:01pm

re: #226 TedStriker

And Trump doesn’t give a shit whether Rinsed Pubis or anyone else in the GOP establishment isn’t happy, because, to this point, Trump has been able to dictate terms to them and the red-meat base loves him for it.

And that isn’t changing any time soon.

They love obstructing the basic functioning of their country by rejecting the social contract by which it is governed.

They somehow had no idea that a fascist talking yam could do the same thing to their party.

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:33:41pm

lolol

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The Vicious Babushka  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:33:47pm

The Tender Woman and The Snake
Donald Trump likes this song
The Tender Woman is the GOP and Trump is the Snake

AL WILSON - THE SNAKE (RARE VIDEO FOOTAGE)

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:33:53pm

re: #231 TedStriker

God, I miss James Carville doing his thing.

Presumably by “his thing”, you don’t mean Mary Matalin.
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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:34:04pm

re: #226 TedStriker

And Trump doesn’t give a shit whether Rinsed Pubis or anyone else in the GOP establishment isn’t happy, because, to this point, Trump has been able to dictate terms to them and the red-meat base loves him for it.

And that isn’t changing any time soon.

Indeed. The GOP is like Marley’s ghost from A Christmas Carol, completely bound by chains of malice, bigotry, stupidity and hatred that they spent decades forging, link by link.

No way do they get to push a reset button and pretend it all never happened.

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Thanos  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:34:55pm

The good news from Kansas: It might be too early to make this call - but it appears that enough moderates have won to tip the balance against Brownback and cronies. They will band together with the democrats ( in Kansas the Democrats are like California farm country Republicans,) to reverse the disastrous direction he put this state in.

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majii  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:35:22pm

re: #226 TedStriker

“Trump has been able to dictate terms to them and the red-meat base loves him for it.”

Their kowtowing to Trump is what led to their present predicament. Priebus can get as angry as he wants to get, it will accomplish nothing. When I look at Priebus, I don’t see someone filled with courage. I see a wimpy little guy.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:35:34pm

re: #192 Scottishdragon

D0nFflSHp0ImUHv1hqEv0SQSqNGffCS7W/87/KbsNDXgyGSzrNIfRuJekUc5zhkWCpQo4py4+xfhIapZuOHn7YIjfi4aO25eJz8rGIGUov+gOxLRZfQp3E9DIBj9Y1mRTn0nyxIsOijXp8RShwkhEhapT/ENNZ1FIg+tQUKrXIZLXlY19u6hQjmZ/sHvOlP1MonKfBKXD9Ymn4PQWnnJCSK2s6Tgd+qpm7g3fYIWQ2EW2E6+NmOz/TKMKBOM3RBJAIVj1r00+hwlI52coGy6T2gCSaqvVfDkKXnWkdk1rR8hGzjmb6qQxx81myvms7Vaockye9ZID+9B2Fy62FcfGcb2/kgBGqA7MirujfZpSWiZnIxpma4FLN960K0Eqgoa2fp4/C3WrNR6LxRdNTh4OjERdO09+o9KY24tkaRI8xHQk8LMdHilha1D5UKoFDrQ

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JasonA  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:35:36pm

I might climax too.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:36:26pm

re: #230 Lidane

I legit laughed out loud at this:

[Embedded content]

In my head, I keep hearing,

BAI-O!
BAI-AI-AI-O!
Baio come and me wann go home!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:36:38pm

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Scottishdragon  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:38:32pm

re: #239 Ziggy_TARDIS

I am beginning to understand what politics and religious disagreement does to a family, and it is toxic, destructive and I loathe it.

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Skandal  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:38:41pm
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TedStriker  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:38:49pm

re: #235 Blind Frog Belly White

Presumably by “his thing”, you don’t mean Mary Matalin.
///

LOL

Speaking of Carville and Matalin, in public, they always seemed to be such an incongruous pair for years, him a Democrat and her a Republican, both of them political consultants. However, I see that even she slinked away from the GOP back in May, going Libertarian.

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No Country For Old Haters  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:39:57pm

re: #210 JasonA

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I’m pretty sure that’s not on the same level as attacking a gold star family. So yeah, it’s kind of new.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:40:00pm

re: #238 majii

“Trump has been able to dictate terms to them and the red-meat base loves him for it.”

Their kowtowing to Trump is what led to their present predicament. Priebus can get as angry as he wants to get, it will accomplish nothing. When I look at Priebus, I don’t see someone filled with courage. I see a wimpy little guy.

Priebus has no good options. The GOP base is full of those just like Trump.

The responsible thing for senior Republicans to do would be to admit that the GOP has become a black hole that has accumulated everything shitty in US politics and resign en masse to mitigate the damage as best as possible going forward.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:40:15pm

re: #245 TedStriker

LOL

Speaking of Carville and Matalin, in public, they always seemed to be such an incongruous pair for years, him a Democrat and her a Republican, both of them political consultants. However, I see that even she slinked away from the GOP back in May, going Libertarian.

So she DOES have a soul! Imagine my surprise!

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:41:15pm

re: #247 EPR-radar

Priebus has no good options. The GOP base is full of those just like Trump.

The responsible thing for senior Republicans to do would be to admit that the GOP has become a black hole that has accumulated everything shitty in US politics and resign en masse to mitigate the damage as best as possible going forward.

They’re in a tough bind. Denounce Trump and the party faithful go ballistic. I think we really might be seeing the end of their party as we know it.

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TedStriker  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:41:54pm

re: #248 Blind Frog Belly White

So she DOES have a soul! Imagine my surprise!

Well, she still supposedly defended her late boss at the RNC, Lee Atwater, as late at 2008, so not really.

Matalin appears in the 2008 award-winning documentary on Lee Atwater, Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story. Speaking about Lee, she says, “They had to kill the messenger because they couldn’t kill the message. They had to turn him into the Boogie Man. Satan incarnate.”[citation needed]

en.wikipedia.org

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:42:08pm

re: #243 Scottishdragon

I am beginning to understand what politics and religious disagreement does to a family, and it is toxic, destructive and I loathe it.

Political disagreement doesn’t necessarily have to be destructive, but it too often is when dealing with wingnuts and their insistence that bigotry is either non-existent or just ultra-low on the priority list.

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lockjawcanbefun  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:42:22pm

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:43:03pm

re: #250 TedStriker

“Satan incarnate” is a reasonable starting point for the topic of Lee Atwater.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:43:32pm

re: #253 EPR-radar

“Satan incarnate” is a reasonable starting point for the topic of Lee Atwater.

I saw Boogeyman. Truly a terrible person.

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SteelPH  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:43:52pm

re: #249 HappyWarrior

They’re in a tough bind. Denounce Trump and the party faithful go ballistic. I think we really might be seeing the end of their party as we know it.

Their denunciations are hollow at best anyways. The only real reason is because Trump says out loud what they prefer to use dogwhistles to refer to.

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TedStriker  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:44:02pm

re: #253 EPR-radar

“Satan incarnate” is a reasonable starting point for the topic of Lee Atwater.

No shit.

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Testy Toad T  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:44:07pm

re: #251 EPR-radar

Political disagreement doesn’t necessarily have to be destructive, but it too often is when dealing with wingnuts and their insistence that bigotry is either non-existent or just ultra-low on the priority list.

Fact-based disagreement can be polite and sober.

Which is why it doesn’t work with people who vote Republican.

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Joe Bacon  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:44:12pm

re: #37 Interesting Times

Um…

What comes closest is the Presidential election of 1872 when Grant beat Greeley. Greeley died before the electors voted and his electors just scattered their votes among a bunch of people.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:44:22pm

It’s sad that political disagreement ought to be so nasty but so much of it is the wingnuts. They’re the ones who need people like Limbaugh to tell them that liberals hate America. They’re the ones who bought the lies about Obama.

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Testy Toad T  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:44:41pm

re: #249 HappyWarrior

They’re in a tough bind. Denounce Trump and the party faithful go ballistic. I think we really might be seeing the end of their party as we know it.

There might be a path, but like hell have I heard anybody explain what that path might be.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:46:08pm

re: #255 SteelPH

Their denunciations are hollow at best anyways. The only real reason is because Trump says out loud what they prefer to use dogwhistles to refer to.

The other real reason is that GOPers are worried that Trump will lose. If it looked like Trump would win in November, then every Republican would be 100.0000% in line with the Trump dumpster fire.

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:46:11pm

re: #260 Testy Toad T

There might be a path, but like hell have I heard anybody explain what that path might be.

The problem is they really have no party leaders. McConnell and Ryan are distrusted by the base. Their base is simply uncut for national politics in the 21st century.

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TedStriker  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:47:15pm

re: #254 HappyWarrior

I saw Boogeyman. Truly a terrible person.

What’s really scary is what if Trump (or a GOP candidate like him) had advisors like Manafort and Atwater as RNC chair backing him up?

This country would be fucking boned, that’s what.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:47:16pm

re: #260 Testy Toad T

There might be a path, but like hell have I heard anybody explain what that path might be.

What…is the capital of Assyria?
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Joe Bacon  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:47:37pm

It’s Naked Lunch come to life!

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HappyWarrior  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:48:33pm

re: #263 TedStriker

What’s really scary is what if Trump (or a GOP candidate like him) had advisors like Manafort and Atwater as RNC chair backing him up?

This country would be fucking boned, that’s what.

Yeah scary thought.

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EPR-radar  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:48:37pm

re: #262 HappyWarrior

The problem is they really have no party leaders. McConnell and Ryan are distrusted by the base. Their base is simply uncut for national politics in the 21st century.

Isn’t it tragic when decades of propaganda to create an easily manipulated base of fools and haters go to waste because a Vulgar Talking Yam plays a pied piper tune?

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Lidane  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:48:52pm
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Testy Toad T  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:52:17pm

re: #262 HappyWarrior

The problem is they really have no party leaders. McConnell and Ryan are distrusted by the base. Their base is simply uncut for national politics in the 21st century.

In a very serious and legitimate way, the party is Trump and the lumpenproletariat. The GOP hates its elected officials.

This is very weird, and it should be repeated. The people hate their alleged representatives, nearly to a man. It’s only been relatively clever wielding of the levers of party power that they’ve been able to keep the train from derailing for as long as they have.

It’s not that Ryan or McConnell are weak leaders, though they probably are. It’s that they lead a constituency of about five hundred people. What are you supposed to do with that?

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FourEyeFreckleFace  Aug 2, 2016 • 8:56:18pm

re: #2 Scottishdragon

UGH. So sorry. My fam is flailing too. From the immediate family to the in-laws, I’m watching people trash their own children and circle the fortified wagons against an enemy that doesn’t exist. All of the people losing their shit are evangelicals. All of us having to pick up the pieces became wise to that game a long time ago.

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Jack B. Nimble  Aug 2, 2016 • 9:11:00pm

re: #82 The Vicious Babushka

No way that would hold up in court. Not for a lifetime, not for volunteers.

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Eventual Carrion  Aug 2, 2016 • 10:15:53pm

re: #182 Targetpractice

“Could be rigged”? Sure, it could be rigged, but Comrade Combover’s falling poll numbers is not evidence it is being rigged.

Recent court rulings have made sure certain elections aren’t rigged. Just not like tRump is talking because it was his party doing the rigging.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 3, 2016 • 12:23:06am

re: #24 lawhawk

It’s as though he’s created a pocket universe and Trump has taken the GOP/right wing right with him. They continue flacking for him and defending his indefensible ideas/statements. While there are a few who are rebuffing him on the latest scandal over Capt. Khan’s family statement at the DNC and Trump’s awful/despicable response ever since, the GOP continues standing by their choice.

The campaign is about establishing the Trump brand. At that, he has succeeded admirably. Trump is now as well known world-wide as Coca-Cola, Disney, Levi’s, Microsoft or Apple.

As long as the people on his staff understand what they are working to accomplish, they will be fine.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Aug 3, 2016 • 12:43:25am

re: #240 JasonA

Sticking by Trump for months only to abandon him when it is costliest would be the perfect climax of Republican fecklessness this cycle.

they have no more fecks to give

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JDRhoades  Aug 3, 2016 • 5:18:16am

re: #32 Decatur Deb

Missing Hunter Thompson more than ever.

Try Matt Taibbi. He’s like a less drug-addled Thompson.


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