Donald Trump’s lawyer sent the following letter to the New York Times yesterday, threatening to sue them for libel over their article reporting on Trump’s alleged sexual abuse of two women.
Today the New York Times replied to this threat with a beautifully scathing letter that boils down to, “Go ahead and try.”
Heh, Mr. McGraw’s reply to Trump’s attorney is indeed a thing of beauty.
As Mark Twain once said, “Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel.”
BOOM!
not so sure that NYT will be intimidated by DJT.
If I worked for Trump and watched that @FLOTUS speech, I would quietly pack up my things, walk out the door, and never come back.
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) October 13, 2016
“Nothing in our article has had the slightest effect on the reputation that Mr. Trump, through his own words and actions, has already created for himself.”
This is a career highlight moment for Mr. McCraw.
My favorite line is: “We did what the law allows”.
Same thing donald said to justify that huge deduction to avoid paying taxes for the next 20 years.
Don’t worry folks. Trump has this in the bag. Anonymous has a sex tape of Bill and an underage girl.
re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If I worked for Trump and watched that @FLOTUS speech, I would quietly pack up my things, walk out the door, and never come back.
need a better metaphor
all due respect to this one, it implies the hypothetical guy was good with trump up to now
If you’re watching Fox News right now you don’t know any of this is going on.
You would be aware though that Clinton is “completely two faced” & “She is a shape shifting self serving liar”.
Projection much.
re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth
My favorite line is: “We did what the law allows”.
Same thing donald said to justify that huge deduction to avoid paying taxes for the next 20 years.
that’s a great observation!
i wonder if they meant that connection when they wrote it
NYT responds in kind. We’ve got the law on our side, and we know how to use it.
Oh, and I love the final sentence. We welcome the opportunity to have a court set Trump straight. Trump gets that. A lot. A lot.
The NYT gets this kind of pushback from time to time from the focus of some of its reporting. They know how this goes. Someone threatens action. NYT responds - you’re a public figure, we’re reporting what was stated, and in your case, what these women are stating confirms what you said in prior statements, so it’s not only newsworthy, but essentially confirms what we’ve reported.
Trump’s a public figure. There’s a super high bar for him to jump in order to prove his claims. He’s claiming they’re bogus.
He also claims that he’s going to release info at the appropriate time that will disprove. All of that is a smokescreen for fact that he’s got nothing. With less than a month to go, he doesn’t have time to wait. There’s no info, but his lawyers can’t say that. They have nothing, but they’re hoping to bluster the NYT into a retraction.
Moreover, this goes to Trump’s statements earlier this year about changing the defamation laws in the US. He wants to be able to silence dissent - particularly those who criticize him.
Those are the words/deeds of an authoritarian (who also happens to be a fascist).
The NYT response was good but I still would have liked this one better.
The perfect response to a stupid legal threat. pic.twitter.com/MzB83olGZs
— (((gocart mozart))) (@gocartmozart1) October 13, 2016
re: #7 dangerman
need a better metaphor
all due respect to this one, it implies the hypothetical guy was good with trump up to now
I thought it worked. It was basically saying, after @FLOTUS speech, it’s over. Pack it in and go home. If that’s now when the tweeter meant, then you are right, it doesn’t work!
re: #10 lawhawk
“Appropriate time”… his supporters are ok with this, after they blame these women for waiting until now to tell their stories.
Oh BTW Benghazi LIBTURDS!!!
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OK I’m turning off Fox now.
re: #9 dangerman
Yes. It was intentional. The NYT’s lawyers are probably among the best, because the NYT can afford the best.
They don’t make multiple *accidental* references to Trump’s own words. Those were intentional…because they are baiting Trump (whether its just for fun, or whether they want him to walk into something is another story).
If you want to read up on politicians suing newspapers, this is the relevant case.
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan https://t.co/JxS1WIVXun via @LIICornell
— (((gocart mozart))) (@gocartmozart1) October 13, 2016
re: #6 GlutenFreeJesus
Don’t worry folks. Trump has this in the bag. Anonymous has a sex tape of Bill and an underage girl.
Stored in the same place as the tape with Michelle saying “whitey?”
re: #18 Big Beautiful Door
No doubt! On the same shelf even.
re: #4 EPR-radar
“Nothing in our article has had the slightest effect on the reputation that Mr. Trump, through his own words and actions, has already created for himself.”
This is a career highlight moment for Mr. McCraw.
As a lawyer, there are cases every once in a while, where you get to write stuff that just makes you giddy.
I always find it funny when I get a demand letter like the one Trump’s attorney sent that includes no reference to statutory or case law. That’s usually a tell. Though as I said last night, my response would have been to just send copies of New York Times v US and Sullivan v New York Times… and for that matter, any other Supreme Court case that the Times has won over the years.
OT: Sorry for going off-topic so soon, but I don’t know if anyone has posted this yet and it’s important for people with elderly parents:
Citizens United - Curated tweets by CuriousLurkerBREAKING: Trump says he has evidence to disprove allegations of sexual assault, will release it at `appropriate time’
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 13, 2016
“Sorry, I can’t release this evidence until my Pussy-Audit is complete.” https://t.co/DVP7qc4zjs
— Eugene Mirman (@EugeneMirman) October 13, 2016
from FLOTUS’s speech today:
“I can’t stop thinking about this. It has shaken me to my core.” Transcript of Michelle Obama’s extraordinary remarks ripping into Trump. pic.twitter.com/F7QTV4VkTT
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 13, 2016
re: #20 KGxvi
I would have just sent a bag o NUTS to them. :))))
re: #12 Franklin
I thought it worked. It was basically saying, after @FLOTUS speech, it’s over. Pack it in and go home. If that’s now when the tweeter meant, then you are right, it doesn’t work!
there are so many start contrasts in this campaign i still sometimes am in some kind of awe that it is happening
- i watched some of her speech. compare that only to his speech today
- clinton has that page on her website - what was i and donald doing in any particular year - a life of public service vs his
- obviously experienced and qualified senator and sos, (let alone first lady and all that) vs knowledge maybe only slightly higher that Mr. “A lepo”
- the first woman winning a major party nom, etc…(and not just any “woman”) vs a pig of a man wrt to women, wearing, flaunting and deploying his pig status as some kind of qualifying asset
- thats before the investigations by the horsemen: fahrenthold, eichenwald, olbermann, etc
and we havent even got to policy yet
biden, obama, m. obama, warren, sanders etc have all done a remarkable job keeping this discourse elevated. especially m. obama
i think the enduring ine will be “when they go low we go high”
4. Why did I say this speech was not sign of meltdown? I think Trump and his ppl like where they are. This isn’t about winning anymore.
— John Stoehr (@johnastoehr) October 13, 2016
7. If/when he loses, we are going to see more reaction, not less. More violence, not less. More domestic terrorism.
— John Stoehr (@johnastoehr) October 13, 2016
Bit of fun.
The @USNatArchives has started a GIF collection https://t.co/7cpuG00yFB pic.twitter.com/g5WmFCtIJU
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) October 13, 2016
I found this one.
re: #24 GlutenFreeJesus
I would have just sent a bag o NUTS to them. :))))
Or they could go with this…
Donald Trump’s Honorary Sign Taken Down Outside His Chicago Tower https://t.co/stXvcMlVUU pic.twitter.com/LsfCyP8Fny
— Justin Breen (@dnainfo_breen) October 13, 2016
re: #26 Kragar
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6. I hate to say it but maybe this is a movement of sort, bringing up to the surface all those subterranean forces forgotten long ago.
the last time that happened noah built a boat…
re: #29 Stanley Sea
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Slowly but surely the empire will collapse.
That is why there is a lot of speculation he will create a media empire to monetize his alt-right base.
re: #31 Big Beautiful Door
That is why there is a lot of speculation he will create a media empire to monetize his alt-right base.
Trump’s extended tirade against the media makes a lot of sense if you imagine it ending with “but here at Trump TV, for only $9.99/month…”
— Sam Baker (@sam_baker) October 13, 2016
BREAKING: Trump says he has evidence to disprove allegations of sexual assault, will release it at `appropriate time’
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 13, 2016
Because 3 weeks out from the Presidential election while trailing by double digits isn’t the “appropriate time” https://t.co/7cUeV1ZDtD
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 13, 2016
7. If/when he loses, we are going to see more reaction, not less. More violence, not less. More domestic terrorism.
— John Stoehr (@johnastoehr) October 13, 2016
Boston police confirm city constable shot two cops https://t.co/KAP9G6akAy pic.twitter.com/tFKxkjubEu
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 13, 2016
Police have identified Kurt Figueroa, 33, a Boston constable, as the suspect killed after shooting two Boston police officers responding to a domestic incident late Wednesday, officials said. […]
re: #33 Kragar
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He’ll release it when Melania has her news conference about her immigration status in the nineties.
Fox’s Lou Dobbs Tweets Out Personal Info On One Of Trump’s Accusers
Lou Dobbs is now in Rage Furby territory. Hopefully Twitter bans him.
Here you go. @daveweigel pic.twitter.com/YJg51cCNPw
— Bradley Herring (@BEHdc) October 13, 2016
re: #36 Big Beautiful Door
His pussy grabbing is under audit so he can’t release his information right now.
re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth
from FLOTUS’s speech today:
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Video of the same:
Video—Michelle Obama: “Candidate for POTUS has bragged about sexually assaulting women…it has shaken me to my core” https://t.co/5dRgu2eCWE
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) October 13, 2016
re: #34 Dr Lizardo
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I fear he may well be correct in that observation.
I’m not a fan of Clinton, but because of what Trump represents, I want to see her run up the score at this point. He needs to be soundly defeated so that the alt-right and the wingularity will understand that they truly are deplorable.
re: #18 Big Beautiful Door
Stored in the same place as the tape with Michelle saying “whitey?”
I hope they don’t confuse it with the tape of Muslims cheering in the streets following 9/11.
@AmandaMarcotte @Salon pic.twitter.com/lB0bIKBqVh
— Dan Mallott (@danm414) October 13, 2016
Before I block this guy, I wanted to share this. Because he thought this was an argument *against* abortion. Like, for real he thought this. https://t.co/8XTmu6DMqU
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) October 13, 2016
Wikileaks has even less credibility that you do. @seanhannity @SebGorka @wikileaks
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 13, 2016
re: #42 KGxvi
I’m not a fan of Clinton, but because of what Trump represents, I want to see her run up the score at this point. He needs to be soundly defeated so that the alt-right and the wingularity will understand that they truly are deplorable.
They will never understand that. We need a landslide to help produce a wave election to give the Democrats control of Congress and get some progressive legislation passed to move the country forward.
re: #46 Kragar
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I’m not sure its possible to have less credibility than Sean Hannity.
I’m not sure if this is real irony or Alanis Morrissette irony, but Trump is now basically coming out in favor of brain damage:
“The woman was out cold, and now she’s coming back,” Trump told the crowd. “See? We don’t go by these new and very much softer NFL rules. Concussion, oh! Oh! Got a little ding on the head, no, no, you can’t play for the rest of the season. Our people are tough!”
The “Our people are tough!” bit is also a pretty standard fascist move, isn’t it? Part of the idea of restoring someone who believes they’ve been improperly displaced from power.
re: #47 Big Beautiful Door
They will never understand that. We need a landslide to help produce a wave election to give the Democrats control of Congress and get some progressive legislation passed to move the country forward.
I hope for an “oopsie” which either makes the involvement of Vlad & the Kremlin Crew or something of similar magnitude painfully clear.
re: #31 Big Beautiful Door
That is why there is a lot of speculation he will create a media empire to monetize his alt-right base.
Who will advertise on it?
Fire him RT @Mediaite Fox’s Lou Dobbs Tweets Out Personal Info On One Of Trump’s Accusers https://t.co/E6J5lU7aTY pic.twitter.com/a5cm82hEjt
— Ed Webb (@edwebb) October 13, 2016
re: #51 Skip Intro
Who will advertise on it?
The usual. Gold, survival seeds, reverse mortgages, homeopathic remedies, ED pills.
Here it is. Must watch.
Must-see. CNN’s @brianstelter: “That speech was paranoid and that speech was dangerous…. it sounded a lot like a dog whistle.” #Trump pic.twitter.com/oTvPD31ywb
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) October 13, 2016
Up early for work tomorrow. Goodnight, Lizards.
re: #51 Skip Intro
Who will advertise on it?
Survival seeds and Super Male Vitality tinctures and creams and multi-level marketing schools.
Sad, but I’m sure there are more women Trump sexually assaulted who are watching this & thinking its best to keep quiet than go through this
— Michelle Fields (@MichelleFields) October 13, 2016
yes. this.
re: #51 Skip Intro
Who will advertise on it?
trump steaks
trump water
trump chairs (see previous thread)
I will be checking on the freepers on election night, and will post choice nuggets of their misery and suffering for your viewing pleasure.
I know we are not sadists here, but these people fucking deserve every bit of it and more.
re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth
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yes. this.
I’m sure there are hundreds, if not thousands.
re: #54 Dr. Matt
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What’s even worse, it wasn’t even her real phone number.
I feel sorry for whomever’s number it really is.
re: #54 Dr. Matt
Dobbs may be invincible because he has the only show with ratings on FBN. I think he calls it The Birther Hour.
Trump’s Scottish golf resorts report 2015 losses
A pair of luxe Scottish golf resorts operated by Donald Trump suffered millions of dollars in losses during 2015, according to recent filings with a U.K. government agency, adding another complication to Trump’s pitch for the White House, in which he has frequently emphasized his business acumen.
Golf Recreation Scotland Limited, which operates the Trump Turnberry luxury resort in Ayrshire, reported a loss of about 8.4 million British pounds (about $12.4 million at the time) in 2015, according to a filing with Companies House, an agency that collects information from companies and makes it available to the public.
re: #51 Skip Intro
Who will advertise on it?
They’ll make it an app and charge $9.99 a month. Which, all joking aside, seems to be the way a lot of things are going - HBO and Showtime now have apps independent of cable that run in the $14.99 and $10.99 respectively; WWE has their app/network that runs $9.99 a month; CBS offers something similar; and then there’s Hulu and Netflix.
In case anyone missed it, French President Hollande apparently made some comments about Islam that has really stuck a chord with the far right. He’s supposed to indicate soon if he’ll run again, but from his posturing wrt Muslims I gather that he will try to triangulate on the emerging far right movement in France.
re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Sad, but I’m sure there are more women Trump sexually assaulted who are watching this & thinking its best to keep quiet than go through thisyes. this.
why more women don’t report sexual assault, harassment, etc…….
This election is *out there,* man. Way out into outer space. So incredibly weird and crazy. pic.twitter.com/VC3fC08ID5
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) October 13, 2016
If @realDonaldTrump becomes president I request a one way trip into outer space. The *real* outer space. pic.twitter.com/RKHjInuIu4
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) October 13, 2016
re: #64 Skip Intro
Dobbs may be invincible because he has the only show with ratings on FBN. I think he calls it The Birther Hour.
FBN is like half paid advertising. Losers.
‘You’re On Your Own’: FBN Host Stunned by Curt Schilling Defending Lewd Trump Remark
Schilling argued to Regan today, “How many times have you looked at a young man and said ‘Wow, he’s a beautiful young man’ or ‘Wow he’s a gorgeous young man’?”
Regan said, “Zero.” Schilling called that a “lie” because, he insisted, “there’s no way you haven’t seen somebody else’s son and said ‘Wow, he’s beautiful.’”
Regan responded, “And thought I oughta be dating him? No, sorry You’re on your own on this one.”
The Deplorables are actually defending pedophilia. Wow.
Just talked to MrBWS and told him donald would be in Cincinnati tonight.
He said he was relieved to still be slogging through floodwater and mud restoring electric in NC and to let him know when it’s safe to come back.
re: #14 GlutenFreeJesus
“Appropriate time”… his supporters are ok with this, after they blame these women for waiting until now to tell their stories.
I question the timing.
I can’t believe @realDonaldTrump ever had consensual sex. I mean, just look at him.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 13, 2016
Michael Tracey is a loon.
You could probably even come up with a convoluted legal theory positing that another Clinton presidency would violate the 22nd amendment!
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 13, 2016
re: #62 Big Beautiful Door
I’m sure there are hundreds, if not thousands.
before he decided to run there had to be *some* discussion/thought(?) other than policy positions, about taxes, history, etc what could hurt him
how did they not think one woman wouldnt come forward whether this tape surfaced or not
look, i get this. i know the answer
which takes it to a whole different level of deluded and stupid
you’re barely going to be articulate, let alone compete on policy
so dismissing this avalanche / dam breaking, just waiting to spew as not a real threat to the potential campaign, is an extra kind of total self disqualification for the office. the break with any objective reality started way back then before he announced. not just now
re: #74 Kragar
He has audacity to claim Daryl Hannah was a 6? Has Donny ever looked in a mirror? https://t.co/NuTSbI5FQt @Kragar_LGF @realDonaldTrump
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 13, 2016
1990s Daryl Hannah.
Heck 2010s Daryl Hannah is attractive. Period. And she could totally kick Donny’s ass with a Hanzo blade too.
re: #31 Big Beautiful Door
That is why there is a lot of speculation he will create a media empire to monetize his alt-right base.
Good luck with that. That’s one saturated market segment, because they all know what kind of credulous morons inhabit it and what kind of advertising will pay for those idiot eyeballs.
re: #71 Dr. Matt
‘You’re On Your Own’: FBN Host Stunned by Curt Schilling Defending Lewd Trump Remark
The Deplorables are actually defending pedophilia. Wow.
you defend a pig, youre a pig
(i havent had to say it in like 15 minutes)
Gina Loudon just said there’s a video of Bill on Gateway pundit groping a woman.
CNN
um. OK.
re: #71 Dr. Matt
‘You’re On Your Own’: FBN Host Stunned by Curt Schilling Defending Lewd Trump Remark
The Deplorables are actually defending pedophilia. Wow.
Damn morally relativistic, gay sex approving, depraved liberals.
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re: #81 Stanley Sea
Gina Loudon just said there’s a video of Bill on Gateway pundit groping a woman.
CNN
um. OK.
who is this?
@TeaPainUSA If Republicans didn’t have double standards, they would have no standards at all
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 13, 2016
re: #78 lawhawk
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1990s Daryl Hannah.
Heck 2010s Daryl Hannah is attractive. Period. And she could totally kick Donny’s ass with a Hanzo blade too.
Yep I made a Tweet that said I thought she was a 12 but deleted it, I never rated ladies on their looks.
That letter from David McCraw is a very restrained, lawyerly way of saying “LOL no, eat a bag of dicks”.
I love it.
re: #79 ericblair
Good luck with that. That’s one saturated market segment, because they all know what kind of credulous morons inhabit it and what kind of advertising will pay for those idiot eyeballs.
But after this presidential run, the Trump brand will draw a lot of credulous, moronic eyeballs.
re: #71 Dr. Matt
So what is Curt Schilling doing on an alleged “business channel”? Is FBN the minor league training ground for Fox “News”?
Sorry, this is a bit long. But, it shows an important point.
Initial reporting, in an effort to be “first”, is often inaccurate
Baltimore officer shot while responding to a carjacking suffered a significant injury to his wrist, police say. https://t.co/U6zlqO22Ry
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) October 13, 2016
New: @BaltimorePolice say officer shot last night in Cherry Hill was hit by accidental gunfire from own weapon.
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) October 13, 2016
Last night police said carjacking suspects opened fire and police did not fire any shots. Now: only shot fired by officer himself
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) October 13, 2016
re: #81 Stanley Sea
Gina Loudon just said there’s a video of Bill on Gateway pundit groping a woman.
CNN
um. OK.
Good thing Bill isn’t running for POTUS. *rolls eyes*
re: #89 Skip Intro
FBN is where they put those even to nuts for Fox News.
re: #85 Tigger2
Yep I made a Tweet that said I thought she was a 12 but deleted it, I never rated ladies on their looks.
re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth
I do kind of wonder what they’ll have Bill do during a Hillary Clinton administration. It will be strange not only because we’ve never had a First Gentleman before, but also because he has the qualifications for a lot of political appointments.
I could see something like appointing Bill as UN Ambassador and having Chelsea serve in the more traditional First Lady role.
You know, Trump’s downward spiral is starting to make Gary Johnson look better and better: https://t.co/w2khjsVNXs pic.twitter.com/Op3c2aIRxY
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 13, 2016
Nope. @thedailybeast https://t.co/4LVGeNGy8V
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 13, 2016
Our great cover this week puts Trump where he belongs. pic.twitter.com/Moct2KsLii
— Gady Epstein (@gadyepstein) October 13, 2016
Trump’s son says hot mic tape makes Trump “human,” “normal” https://t.co/yGID4nFBQw pic.twitter.com/sQrKtcp8zc
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) October 13, 2016
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/eGH6fEDHVi
— The Senior Dads (@SeniorDads) October 13, 2016
@TPM Errrr, no!!!!! It makes him sound like Jimy Saville!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— The Senior Dads (@SeniorDads) October 13, 2016
History’s not going to judge @realDonaldTrump very well is it?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?
— The Senior Dads (@SeniorDads) October 13, 2016
Either @realDonaldTrump wins!!!!! - And historians will say he was America’s Mussaolini!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/Eby1wwWYMw
— The Senior Dads (@SeniorDads) October 13, 2016
Or!!!!! @realDonaldTrump loses!!!!! And history will record him as America’s Jimy Saville!!!!! Not good, either way!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/BfHLkM8x6s
— The Senior Dads (@SeniorDads) October 13, 2016
Bet Jimy Saville’s roasting in Hell, looking up at @realDonaldTrump, and thinking “I missed a trick!!!!!”!!!!! pic.twitter.com/0FwQuV3ytK
— The Senior Dads (@SeniorDads) October 13, 2016
re: #90 FormerDirtDart
Sorry, this is a bit long. But, it shows an important point.
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Fuckers.
That video at Jim Hoft’s shitty blog does not show Bill Clinton groping anyone.
re: #94 Dr. Matt
SMOTI finds a new, desperate low
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RWNJ on CNN said it was Bill groping someone on a plane.
LOL
re: #95 KGxvi
I do kind of wonder what they’ll have Bill do during a Hillary Clinton administration. It will be strange not only because we’ve never had a First Gentleman before, but also because he has the qualifications for a lot of political appointments.
I could see something like appointing Bill as UN Ambassador and having Chelsea serve in the more traditional First Lady role.
Hillary said in a speech she would put Bill in charge of the economy, whatever that means.
Oh great. I’m getting the long-winded FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD: emails from my Republican relatives now, babbling about “Catholic insults” and why no one should vote Hillary.
Can it be November 9th already?
re: #100 Sir John Barron
WOW!
Let me guess: the video proves nothing of the sort.
My guess it is anonymous trolling SMOTI.
re: #103 Charles Johnson
That video at Jim Hoft’s shitty blog does not show Bill Clinton groping anyone.
But it MIGHT!!!
So that makes it ACTUALLY REAL and YUUUUGEEE!!!!!!
(/only half sarc: I’m sure some RWNJ will make this very point)
re: #103 Charles Johnson
That video at Jim Hoft’s shitty blog does not show Bill Clinton groping anyone.
What does it show? I prefer not to click on SMOTI’s shitty blog.
Trump Complains Entire Personality Rigged Against Him https://t.co/bKZYhNQSOu pic.twitter.com/otlaZgAvva
— The Onion (@TheOnion) October 13, 2016
re: #106 Lidane
Oh great. I’m getting the long-winded FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD: emails from my Republican relatives now, babbling about “Catholic insults” and why no one should vote Hillary.
Can it be November 9th already?
My vacation cannot come soon enough.
re: #108 Jay C
But it MIGHT!!!
So that makes it ACTUALLY REAL and YUUUUGEEE!!!!!!
(/only half sarc: I’m sure some RWNJ will make this very point)
It might if Hillary didn’t control the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the NSC, NCIS Los Angeles, Law & Order SVU and NCIS New Orleans.
re: #109 Big Beautiful Door
What does it show? I prefer not to click on SMOTI’s shitty blog.
Nothing. It’s one of those absurd Anonymous videos boasting about how they’re everywhere, they never forget, etc. and it shows nothing at all.
It links to this ridiculously bad Kremlin propaganda site: archive.is
re: #33 Kragar
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Call me crazy, but a half-assed excuse is not “Breaking News,” AP. It’s not even really news. It’s all we’ve received from Trump for months now. Every time a story breaks that looks bad for him, we get a half-assed excuse and then silence.
Scoop: @SeanHannity was going to interview Trump today. But Trump just CANCELLED https://t.co/2fWwauR9km
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 13, 2016
TFW Trump can’t even handle a Hannity interview.
re: #113 Charles Johnson
Nothing. It’s one of those absurd Anonymous videos boasting about how they’re everywhere, they never forget, etc. and it shows nothing at all.
It links to this ridiculously bad Kremlin propaganda site: archive.is
The real problem with this election is I might die from laughing at any given SMOTI post.
re: #113 Charles Johnson
Nothing. It’s one of those absurd Anonymous videos boasting about how they’re everywhere, they never forget, etc. and it shows nothing at all.
It links to this ridiculously bad Kremlin propaganda site: archive.is
I doubt it’s even the real Anonymous.
Article from Tuesday, just saw it today:
ICYMI, “added value” of his brand is tanking: Is Trump Teflon? Most Say No as Brand Perception Takes a Hit https://t.co/6UlSfkrzpM #p2 #tiot
— CuriousLurker (@CuriousLurker) October 13, 2016
It’s a sign of how I could never handle being a reporter because the moment a Trump campaign surrogate told me that the proof would be out “soon,” would have shot back “Will that be before or after Melania gives her speech about her immigration status?”
.@MichelleObama, some rap artist disrespect women by calling them B!tches & Hoes yet U listen 2 their words & invite them 2 the White House. pic.twitter.com/kMF6gzHALO
— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) October 13, 2016
Who hurt you two? Damn. https://t.co/ZgTqE4XctF
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) October 13, 2016
Diamond and Silk both look exactly as I imagine Sister Bertha Betterthanyou in Mississippi Squirrel Revival.
On Oct. 11, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was sent a letter telling him to turn in his courthouse keys and pick up his personal effects. pic.twitter.com/bjEuXAxKaM
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 13, 2016
Moore also was told he can pick up personal mail from the marshals. “Official” mail will now be opened by the Acting Chief Justice’s staff. pic.twitter.com/3BkvjHahCa
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 13, 2016
re: #124 FormerDirtDart
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re: #71 Dr. Matt
‘You’re On Your Own’: FBN Host Stunned by Curt Schilling Defending Lewd Trump Remark
The Deplorables are actually defending pedophilia. Wow.
Jesus wept.
I can’t think of anything else to say.
re: #124 FormerDirtDart
“Brass and card”! That’s cold…..
Also: I noticed they have already re-done the SC letterhead: the wheels of justice may grind slow in Alabama, but the printing press is busy…..
I judge women by their looks
My wealth is based on crooked books
I pander to a bunch of mooks
The Clintons are the real crooks#TrumpDrSeus— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 13, 2016
Because developments are moving so quickly over allegations against Donald Trump, we’ve created a live page https://t.co/5G9SFDTos4 pic.twitter.com/3qiwDktJ9u
— BBC News US (@BBCNewsUS) October 13, 2016
re: #109 Big Beautiful Door
What does it show? I prefer not to click on SMOTI’s shitty blog.
Pretty sure the claim was made simply to drive clicks.
“Trump also seemed to imply that the writer from People magazine who came forward… was not attractive enough for him to sexually assault.” pic.twitter.com/3gQSneSOU3
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) October 13, 2016
Ye olde “couldn’t happen because she’s ugly” defense. https://t.co/Ba3psqt57R
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) October 13, 2016
OTOH, there’s the classic “What’s she mad about? She should be grateful…”
*spit*
re: #127 Jay C
“Brass and card”! That’s cold…..
Also: I noticed they have already re-done the SC letterhead: the wheels of justice may grind slow in Alabama, but the printing press is busy…..
Printing press? Microsoft Office
Imagine my surprise that Chuck C. Johnson is now lamely trying to smear People reporter Natasha Stoynoff.
re: #130 Scottishdragon
Pretty sure the claim was made simply to drive clicks.
It also allows people to say “SEE, BILL CLINTON DID IT TOO!!” No one’s going to actually watch the video.
Try not to grope anyone on the way there. @realDonaldTrump
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 13, 2016
re: #115 jaunte
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TFW Trump can’t even handle a Hannity interview.
Trump’s an old man. There’s a limit to how much fluffing by Hannity he can take.
re: #71 Dr. Matt
‘You’re On Your Own’: FBN Host Stunned by Curt Schilling Defending Lewd Trump Remark
The Deplorables are actually defending pedophilia. Wow.
Curt’s just warming up for his run against Elizabeth Warren to be followed by his presidential run. Instead of red hats, he’ll use bloody socks for his campaign. Such an asshole.
(but CNN has the intellectual rambling of fucking Andre Bauer, calling women on his panel darlin’ while discussing Trump, because Andre is a southern gentleman. I really and truly don’t understand why that little troll is on the teevee machine.)
re: #136 EPR-radar
Trump’s an old man. There’s a limit to how much fluffing by Hannity he can take.
Brain bleach please!
In other news, a New Jersey Bridge Troll has been ordered to the Courthouse:
re: #136 EPR-radar
Trump’s an old man. There’s a limit to how much fluffing by Hannity he can take.
Hannity needs to suck on a couple of ice cubes after all that. His jaw can only take so much prolonged fellatio.
re: #137 BeachDem
Curt’s just warming up for his run against Elizabeth Warren to be followed by his presidential run. Instead of red hats, he’ll use bloody socks for his campaign. Such an asshole.
(but CNN has the intellectual rambling of fucking Andre Bauer, calling women on his panel darlin’ while discussing Trump, because Andre is a southern gentleman. I really and truly don’t understand why that little troll is on the teevee machine.)
That video on CNN just sank any chance he has in Massachusetts.
Wonder if Trump’s plane is flying to CVG. If so, odds are good he’ll get stuck in traffic on the Brent Spence Bridge where you never know when a chunk of concrete is going to fall on your vehicle…
A Trump supporter left behind this sign on media table in press pen. Shows swastika with word “media” pic.twitter.com/egrMm4shgl
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 13, 2016
Gary Bauer: If Trump loses, the GOP will never win another pres. election and the left will lead America “forever” https://t.co/h2YTGDVyER
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 13, 2016
Whats the bad news? https://t.co/PpJ6R77xJH
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) October 13, 2016
re: #94 Dr. Matt
SMOTI finds a new, desperate low
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There is actual, deposed testimony in federal court that Donald Trump raped a 13-year-old procured for him by the selfsame Jeffrey Epstein.
SMOTI has some bogus bullshit.
re: #81 Stanley Sea
Gina Loudon just said there’s a video of Bill on Gateway pundit groping a woman.
CNN
um. OK.
Gina Loudon? Apparently Andre Bauer couldn’t stick around for any more segments, so they went to the well…
This tweet was just deleted by Donald Trump, Jr. pic.twitter.com/bMSnde6lNy
— Alec Ross (@AlecJRoss) October 13, 2016
re: #147 BeachDem
Gina Loudon? Apparently Andre Bauer couldn’t stick around for any more segments, so they went to the well…
Dr. Gina Loudon…one of Sarah Palin’s besties and a total nutjob.
re: #81 Stanley Sea
Gina Loudon just said there’s a video of Bill on Gateway pundit groping a woman.
CNN
um. OK.
This person?
Gina Loudon Writes 2,000-Word Essay About Her Teen Daughter Dating a 57-Year-Old Actor
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There really is no bottom with the GOP.
What desperation looks like: Utah Republican Party chair just invoked “Bill Clinton’s illegitimate son” on CNN. pic.twitter.com/HTae0XZMHZ
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 13, 2016
re: #150 jaunte
This person?
Gina Loudon Writes 2,000-Word Essay About Her Teen Daughter Dating a 57-Year-Old Actor
riverfronttimes.com
that’s her.
NYT to Trump: If you’re enjoying how this week is going, sue us and we’ll make the next five years of your life just like it.
— Ben Cisco (@BenCisco) October 13, 2016
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
that’s her.
Gina goes on to tell us how mature and wise her daughter is “pure.”
“Lyda is committed to waiting until she is married to have sex,” writes Dr. Gina. “She is so committed to virginity that she gave her little sister a purity ring for her birthday, and I sat in awe as I listened to the wisdom of this big sister speak.”
According to Lyda’s website, she runs organizations geared toward millenials (although it’s not clear what those organizations actually do), so her father asked an appropriate question: “Why can’t she find a nice millennial boy?”
But Gina explains that was just a ridiculous notion: “He almost laughed at himself for asking the question. While there are certainly exceptions, career-minded, committed patriots who are equally yoked with Lyda Loudon are rare.”
The jokes make themselves.
re: #145 Kragar
that’s one of those things that kind of tilts the scales in Clinton’s favor, isn’t it?
Also, to prove just how much of a political junkie I am (and just how many times I’ve relapsed), every time I hear Gary Bauer’s name, this is the first thing that pops into my head:
re: #142 Scottishdragon
That video on CNN just sank any chance he has in Massachusetts.
So we’re talking negative numbers, eh?
Even my avid Bosox fan relatives (other than wingnut brother) can’t stand Schilling.
re: #151 Skip Intro
There really is no bottom with the GOP.
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That’s pretty much the next stop on the crazy train: “Yeah, he’s a sexual predator, but at least he doesn’t have an illegitimate child!”
At this point, do they really want to roll those dice? They’ve been coming up Natural 1s again and again, do they really want to bet on Trump not having an illegitimate child hiding out there somewhere?
re: #157 BeachDem
So we’re talking negative numbers, eh?
Even my avid Bosox fan relatives (other than wingnut brother) can’t stand Schilling.
I’m about as die hard a Red Sox fan as they come. He’s an asshole.
Thanks for 2004, now go f*ck yourself.
re: #156 KGxvi
that’s one of those things that kind of tilts the scales in Clinton’s favor, isn’t it?
Also, to prove just how much of a political junkie I am (and just how many times I’ve relapsed), every time I hear Gary Bauer’s name, this is the first thing that pops into my head:
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Gary Bauer falling off the debate stage is still a more a dignified campaign than Trump’s.
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
Dr. Gina Loudon…one of Sarah Palin’s besties and a total nutjob.
Oh I know—I remember her well. Was just trying to mull over whether “doctor” Gina was a step up or down from Andre Bauer. CNN is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Which just made me wonder—have we heard from Dana Magunz lately?
For some more Schilling fun, see this tweet thread here:
re: #162 BeachDem
Oh I know—I remember her well. Was just trying to mull over whether “doctor” Gina was a step up or down from Andre Bauer. CNN is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Which just made me wonder—have we heard from Dana Magunz lately?
VB posted a tweet by her saying liberals who criticize Trump for wanting to jail Clinton are hypocritical because of liberal support for people on the no fly list not being able to buy guns.
re: #164 HappyWarrior
VB posted a tweet by her saying liberals who criticize Trump for wanting to jail Clinton are hypocritical because of liberal support for people on the no fly list not being able to buy guns.
LOLwhut?
re: #162 BeachDem
Oh I know—I remember her well. Was just trying to mull over whether “doctor” Gina was a step up or down from Andre Bauer. CNN is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Which just made me wonder—have we heard from Dana Magunz lately?
Last I saw her was a crappy commercial pimping this stuff:
re: #165 Sir John Barron
LOLwhut?
Yeah that’s what I said too. But what do you expect from someone who thinks about how gun owners are victims 24/7/365?
re: #158 Targetpractice
That’s pretty much the next stop on the crazy train: “Yeah, he’s a sexual predator, but at least he doesn’t have an illegitimate child!”
At this point, do they really want to roll those dice? They’ve been coming up Natural 1s again and again, do they really want to bet on Trump not having an illegitimate child hiding out there somewhere?
And the challenge will be accepted to find the child!
re: #159 Franklin
I’m about as die hard a Red Sox fan as they come. He’s an asshole.
Thanks for 2004, now go f*ck yourself.
Maybe he should try running in RI—yeah, that’s the ticket—he’s incredibly popular there.//////////////////////////////////
re: #164 HappyWarrior
VB posted a tweet by her saying liberals who criticize Trump for wanting to jail Clinton are hypocritical because of liberal support for people on the no fly list not being able to buy guns.
and cheerios, dont forget the cheerios
makes as much sense
re: #169 BeachDem
Maybe he should try running in RI—yeah, that’s the ticket—he’s incredibly popular there.//////////////////////////////////
He’s actually from Alaska originally so maybe he’d run there. God he’s an asshole. Terrific pitcher and I say that as a fan of a division rival but he’s an asshole.
re: #164 HappyWarrior
VB posted a tweet by her saying liberals who criticize Trump for wanting to jail Clinton are hypocritical because of liberal support for people on the no fly list not being able to buy guns.
That was Dana “Muhgunz” Loesch
If you stop and think about it for a minute, all Trump had to do in 2011 was ignore Obama ragging on him at the Correspondents’ Dinner, and he could have spent the final 10-15 years of his life in the alternate reality his father created for him way back when.
Now? It’s entirely possible his entire world could crashing down in November. Mainly because his racism and ego couldn’t ignore the fact that a black guy was making fun of him.
What a horrible human being.
re: #103 Charles Johnson
That video at Jim Hoft’s shitty blog does not show Bill Clinton groping anyone.
Next up: film evidence emerges of Bill Clinton giving children a tour of a chocolate factory in the course of which “conservative children” mysteriously disappear…..
re: #159 Franklin
I’m about as die hard a Red Sox fan as they come. He’s an asshole.
Thanks for 2004, now go f*ck yourself.
He was a driving force in the Phils’ out-of-nowhere 1993 World Series appearance. Christ, it was 23 years ago now, but I don’t remember him being such an asswipe.
re: #158 Targetpractice
That’s pretty much the next stop on the crazy train: “Yeah, he’s a sexual predator, but at least he doesn’t have an illegitimate child!”
At this point, do they really want to roll those dice? They’ve been coming up Natural 1s again and again, do they really want to bet on Trump not having an illegitimate child hiding out there somewhere?
i hate to be the one to overstate the effing obvious flip side - do they really want to be on trump not having ever paid for an abortion?
(ok i dont hate it)
I’m having to check which Twitter lists I’m on pretty frequently lately, because all kinds of Nazis and alt-right scumbags are putting me on their lists. Just blocked three more of these creeps.
re: #163 Franklin
For some more Schilling fun, see this tweet thread here:
Heh. Schilling calling anyone a “special kind of stupid” has broken the time/space irony continuum.
re: #164 HappyWarrior
VB posted a tweet by her saying liberals who criticize Trump for wanting to jail Clinton are hypocritical because of liberal support for people on the no fly list not being able to buy guns.
So she’s making about as much sense as usual?
re: #173 Mattand
If you stop and think about it for a minute, all Trump had to do in 2011 was ignore Obama ragging on him at the Correspondents’ Dinner, and he could have spent the final 10-15 years of his life in the alternate reality his father created for him way back when.
Now? It’s entirely possible his entire world could crashing down in November. Mainly because his racism and ego couldn’t ignore the fact that a black guy was making fun of him.
What a horrible human being.
Trump has absolutely no impulse control.
Just blocked one whose list description was “low-testosterone easily triggered SJW girly men.” Hey, I’m not easily triggered!
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 13, 2016
re: #182 Charles Johnson
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You know for all their tough guy talk, these guys are a bunch of pansies. See how they cried like babies when Hillary called them deplorable.
Especially damning (not to mention nauseating) when you read them one after another, after another. Seeing all the photos of him with his daughter are… *shudder*
Keep a barf bag handy.
Regarding Trump’s claim about locker-room talk: 34 examples (and counting) via @msbellows https://t.co/c1H1RrNC2j #p2 #tiot
— CuriousLurker (@CuriousLurker) October 13, 2016
Regarding all these religious people still clinging to Drumpfskind, I conclude this is all boils down to the death-of-God problem, with which Europe has had to tackle post WWI and post WWII.
Basically, Drumpfskind is a surrogate for “guns and Bible”, to which they cling.
Quite the surrogate… but there it is.
re: #175 Mattand
He was a driving force in the Phils’ out-of-nowhere 1993 World Series appearance. Christ, it was 23 years ago now, but I don’t remember him being such an asswipe.
He was with the Orioles when I was real young. He actually and I hate to give him some credit does good things for ALS research but he’s a bigoted asshole.
re: #184 HappyWarrior
You know for all their tough guy talk, these guys are a bunch of pansies. See how they cried like babies when Hillary called them deplorable.
And then attempted an Insult Backfire, which only gives rational people an easier way to identify them so as not to associate with them.
re: #180 SteelPH
Trump has absolutely no impulse control.
Trump absolutely cannot let any slight go unpunished.
He always hits back and will always try to do more damage than he perceived he took from the accuser or critic.
That is why I think there is a possibility he will go directly at the women who came forward. It fits the pattern that he had with bankrupting contractors who would try and take him to court by prolonging court actions until they could no longer afford the lawyers. Even if it cost him more money in legal fees then what he stiffed the contractor…he has to establish dominance and punish his enemies.
re: #172 The Vicious Babushka
That was Dana “Muhgunz” Loesch
Yeah, talk of “doctor” Gina made me wonder what Muhgunz had been up to lately.
re: #186 freetoken
Regarding all these religious people still clinging to Drumpfskind, I conclude this is all boils down to the death-of-God problem, with which Europe has had to tackle post WWI and post WWII.
Basically, Drumpfskind is a surrogate for “guns and Bible”, to which they cling.
Quite the surrogate… but there it is.
A lot of evangelicals are supporting Pence, not Trump. Whether it’s because they think Trump will be a figurehead and Pence the real power behind the throne, or they think Trump will be impeached and Pence elevated to the presidency, either way they see a true-believer will be in the White House and that’s good enough for them.
I remember Joe Biden relating a story that sort of showed why I couldn’t do politics. He recalled getting furious at Jesse Helms over some issue and then Majority Leader Mike Mansfield took a young Joe Biden aside and told him that Jesse Helms had adoptive a disabled boy. I mean I get the lesson that Senator Mansfield was trying to teach Joe and it obviously made an impression on Joe but that’s why I couldn’t do politics. I don’t see everyone who disagrees with me politically as an enemy but people like Jesse Helms and the being discussed Curt Schiling test me.
re: #184 HappyWarrior
You know for all their tough guy talk, these guys are a bunch of pansies. See how they cried like babies when Hillary called them deplorable.
I am guy in his 40s, pretty standard issue pinkish skin, and I cried watching Michelle Obama’s speech. Guess I don’t qualify for whatever the Trumpzis version of a tough guy card might be - which suits me fine. I’d rather be on the side of decent people.
re: #151 Skip Intro
There really is no bottom with the GOP.
Nope. I’ve been saying that for years. It’s only going to get worse over the next 27 days.
@HeerJeet No doubt, Dylan has done some incredible work. But that Sinatra cover record? So bad it almost wraps around to being great.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 13, 2016
re: #193 nickzi
I am guy in his 40s, pretty standard issue pinkish skin, and I cried watching Michelle Obama’s speech. Guess I don’t qualify for whatever the Trumpzis version of a tough guy card might be - which suits me fine. I’d rather be on the side of decent people.
Same. I don’t mind being called a race traitor because I think diversity does this country good. I’m proud to have a Hispanic niece and in laws. I like learning about new cultures and meeting people from different backgrounds.
re: #157 BeachDem
We Boston sports fans compartmentalize like you wouldn’t believe. Tom Brady, his coach Bill Belichick and the Patriots owner, Robert Kraft, are all Trump supporters.
On the other hand, after the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup in 2011, their goalie Tim Thomas revealed himself to be a real wingnut when he would not meet with the President in what was a mandatory team meeting, customary for sports champions.
He was traded not long afterwards.
To fix its budget, D.C.’s Metro wants to slash service in poor, black neighborhoods https://t.co/edxkFAnOJ4 pic.twitter.com/h7A8obtUmq
— CityLab (@CityLab) October 13, 2016
re: #197 Sherlock Hound
We Boston sports fans compartmentalize like you wouldn’t believe. Tom Brady, his coach Bill Belichick and the Patriots owner, Robert Kraft, are all Trump supporters.
On the other hand, after the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup in 2011, their goalie Tim Thomas revealed himself to be a real wingnut when he would not meet with the President in what was a mandatory team meeting, customary for sports champions.
He was traded not long afterwards.
Huh Kraft’s a Trump supporter. That one honestly surprises me. Interestingly, my two favorite sportsball teams in baseball and football are both run by liberals though the Orioles did have Luke Scott who was a birther who was very obnoxious about it.
re: #199 darthstar
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Jesus that’s the people who benefit from it the most. WMATA has a lot of problems with unfortunately.
re: #115 jaunte
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TFW Trump can’t even handle a Hannity interview.
Donald looks like he needs some stool softener.
re: #200 HappyWarrior
Huh Kraft’s a Trump supporter. That one honestly surprises me. Interestingly, my two favorite sportsball teams in baseball and football are both run by liberals though the Orioles did have Luke Scott who was a birther who was very obnoxious about it.
Oh yeah forgot about Luke. Where’s he at these days?
Does the number of Trump accusers exceed or falls short of the number that came out against Cosby?
re: #201 HappyWarrior
Jesus that’s the people who benefit from it the most. WMATA has a lot of problems with unfortunately.
Isolating the poor creates slums. It’s fucking awful.
re: #203 Sir John Barron
Oh yeah forgot about Luke. Where’s he at these days?
Spent last year in the Mexican league and Toronto minor league system according to baseball reference. Honestly, it was too bad. I had fun cheering for him and he honestly apart from the birther crap didn’t seem like a bad guy but man it was obnoxious shit and he knew it. I remember going to one game and having seats by the left field line and the fans had a lot of fun with him. The Angelos family as you know are pretty staunchly liberal. Lou wrote some very sympathetic stuff towards the protesters during the unrest following Freddie Gray’s death.
re: #196 HappyWarrior
Same. I don’t mind being called a race traitor because I think diversity does this country good. I’m proud to have a Hispanic niece and in laws. I like learning about new cultures and meeting people from different backgrounds.
Diversity is clearly good for people’s minds, their diets and their genetic population.
On the other side, we know what happens to groups that have too little diversity over time and it ain’t pretty.
re: #197 Sherlock Hound
We Boston sports fans compartmentalize like you wouldn’t believe. Tom Brady, his coach Bill Belichick and the Patriots owner, Robert Kraft, are all Trump supporters.
On the other hand, after the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup in 2011, their goalie Tim Thomas revealed himself to be a real wingnut when he would not meet with the President in what was a mandatory team meeting, customary for sports champions.
He was traded not long afterwards.
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re: #205 darthstar
Isolating the poor creates slums. It’s fucking awful.
Ironically enough the reason why the Metro doesn’t go to Georgestown is because the rich white folks there didn’t want poor black people going in. What makes WMATA complicated compared to other public transit systems is you have three governments that are part of it- Virginia’s, Maryland’s, and the District’s.
re: #201 HappyWarrior
It’s a problem we’re seeing with mass transit in NJ too - Christie’s essentially eliminated state aid for NJ Transit, which means fare hikes and capital budget are covering operating costs (barely). Service quality has dropped, and the number of disruptions is growing significantly, especially after Sandy damage. I’m expecting more fare hikes and service cuts to come - and the cuts will hit inner city and minority communities hardest. They’re the ones who rely heaviest on mass transit and the least on cars.
NYC isn’t far behind. The MTA can’t keep up with demand, so something’s gotta give.
re: #135 Kragar
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Possibly soon he may be obliged by law to announce when he moves into an area. Still has that child rape case hanging over his head.
re: #207 nickzi
Diversity is clearly good for people’s minds, their diets and their genetic population.
On the other side, we know what happens to groups that have too little diversity over time and it ain’t pretty.
Yep it’s good in so many ways.
re: #186 freetoken
re: #191 Targetpractice
And even leaving all the holy-holy stuff out of it, it’s just a desperate political position for the “Religious Right”. They have tied themselves to the Republican Party (and vice versa): said Party has gone on to nominate a deplorable character like Donald Trump, and they have few options. They will, of course, swallow any pretext they might have made of having any sort of standards, and jump on the Trump Train: especially when the alternative is a Presidency and Administration in control of those they (sadly literally, in many cases) view as the Tools Of Satan.
Which they will get anyway.
re: #197 Sherlock Hound
Kraft doesn’t surprise me - he’s got the same modus operandi of playing the victim when he screws up. Belichick does surprise me, because I thought he was smarter than that. Live and learn, I guess.
re: #210 lawhawk
It’s a problem we’re seeing with mass transit in NJ too - Christie’s essentially eliminated state aid for NJ Transit, which means fare hikes and capital budget are covering operating costs (barely). Service quality has dropped, and the number of disruptions is growing significantly, especially after Sandy damage. I’m expecting more fare hikes and service cuts to come - and the cuts will hit inner city and minority communities hardest. They’re the ones who rely heaviest on mass transit and the least on cars.
NYC isn’t far behind. The MTA can’t keep up with demand, so something’s gotta give.
It just sucks because as you say these cuts do hit the inner city the hardest and they’re the most reliant on public transit. The people in the DC burbs may often choose not to have cars but it’s more out of choice than checkbook.
re: #186 freetoken
Regarding all these religious people still clinging to Drumpfskind, I conclude this is all boils down to the death-of-God problem, with which Europe has had to tackle post WWI and post WWII.
Basically, Drumpfskind is a surrogate for “guns and Bible”, to which they cling.
Quite the surrogate… but there it is.
I tend to think that many of the religious people still supporting Trump are the types that truly believe that Christianity is under assault in the US. They’ve been hearing that for 20-30 years, and they’ve come to believe it. So, when Trump stands up and says “we’re going to defend Christian Americans. Christian Americans,” they see someone who is going to defend them from the assault their leaders/entertainers have been telling them is happening.
It ties into a lot of the other reactionary politics we’ve seen at the heart of Trump’s campaign. The country is less Christian than it used to be, it’s less white than it used to be, we don’t have manufacturing jobs like we used to.
“Now is the time for all of us to stand up and say enough is enough. This has got to stop right now.” —First Lady Michelle Obama on Trump
re: #217 Dr. Matt
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re: #214 nickzi
Kraft doesn’t surprise me - he’s got the same modus operandi of playing the victim when he screws up. Belichick does surprise me, because I thought he was smarter than that. Live and learn, I guess.
Kraft has had Limbaugh In his private box a few times. Belichick is smart but I sense not political. He probably met Trump and is voting on that basis. So is Brady—he said so!
It would be outright comical for Belichick to do an endorsement, in the way he does his press conferences. Absolutely a blast. We haven’t had any truly happy moments in this whole election season.
#BREAKING: Texas breaks the 15-million mark in registered voters. About 1.3M more since the last presidential election. pic.twitter.com/offshIi6yA
— Jason Whitely (@JasonWhitely) October 13, 2016
re: #218 HappyWarrior
I have a feeling this is what she’s going to dedicate a lot of her post first lady life to working on and she’s a terrific advocate for girls and women.
Yup. Perfect topic for her as well.
re: #216 KGxvi
I think it’s more a problem of the death of the dominant white male than the death of God. Christianity is being used as a way of making the real issues look respectable under the cloak of religious liberty, but when you look at the rhetoric being used, it’s pretty clear that religion doesn’t really interest Trump and his supporters. It’s all toxic, raging masculinity and racism. The religious right really got going by trying to create segregated schools using religion as a means of dividing students without overt reference to race - and the same white racism has been at the core of their movement ever since.
re: #219 Sherlock Hound
Kraft has had Limbaugh In his private box a few times. Belichick is smart but I sense not political. He probably met Trump and is voting on that basis. So is Brady—he said so!
It would be outright comical for Belichick to do an endorsement, in the way he does his press conferences. Absolutely a blast. We haven’t had any truly happy moments in this whole election season.
Kraft surprised me since I thought I had read he had supported Democratic causes/candidates before and even said the team would be fine with an openly gay player. Surprised Rush has been in the owner’s box, he’s a Steelers fan like I am- hate sharing that with him but Obama’s something of a casual Steelers fan and my family was in Pittsburgh long before that blowhard so I don’t feel guilty plus Rooney was Obama’s ambassador to Ireland and Tomlin and his wife had a fundraiser for Hillary at their house.
re: #219 Sherlock Hound
It would be outright comical for Belichick to do an endorsement, in the way he does his press conferences.
And we are on to… Utah!
I am still in shock about the polls that have come out showing Utah as one mighty dog-pile with Trump and Clinton both pulling 26%!
re: #223 HappyWarrior
I thought Obama was a Bears fan?
re: #226 nickzi
I thought Obama was a Bears fan?
I think he’s more Bears than Steelers but he’s said he was a fan before. Granted he could have just been trying to gain some good will in Western Pa.
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