The media need to stop using weak euphemisms like “racially tinged” and “racially charged” to describe Donald Trump’s rhetoric.
It’s racism. Raw and unvarnished.
I give Jake Tapper credit here for pressing Trump this time, even though he got nowhere with it. This needs to be the tone of all interviews with this disgusting narcissistic bigot.
Karma is an astoundingly patient bitch, but this could be her year.
HRC hit him so hard his sign is sliding off pic.twitter.com/IsvIcSwxNF
— The Many-Faved God (@InternetEh) June 3, 2016
what is the trump saying when he says judge curiel should recuse himself because of his mexican heritage?
he’s admitting clearly that he expects anybody with mexican heritage to have a reason to be hostile to him - even if their closest connection to mexico is that their parents were born there
i’m sorry, trump, werent you saying just a little while ago that you were going to win the hispanic vote? but now you think anybody with any connection to mexico would obviously be hostile to you??
Trump in CA, predicting “tremendous” black voter support, pointed to someone in crowd: “Look at my African-American over here. look at him.”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 3, 2016
Trump adviser: sir, worst jobs report in yrs. That’s all we should be talk —
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) June 3, 2016
Trump: I’m going to talk about race
Pundits on TV should not fixate on whether criticism of Trump’s extremism & bigotry will or won’t stick.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 3, 2016
Agreed. It’s normalizing previously beyond the pale rhetoric. https://t.co/EFnIPSCoR2
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) June 3, 2016
re: #6 mr.fusion
@thejoshuablog @owillis Trump: “Look at my African American over here” video: https://t.co/hzUngpBVWw
— James Carter (@JECarter4) June 3, 2016
re: #9 Jenner7
Wow. And I thought the oft-used canard “I’m not racist, I have a black friend” was patronizing. Jeez.
Another RT from Keith Olbermann.
He’s.
Not.
STABLE.
RT @Green_Footballs Now Trump is ranting like a loon about Benghazi.— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) June 3, 2016
The fact that Trump keeps trashing Judge Curiel and talking about the fraud case against him tells me he seems to think that if he keeps doing what he’s doing, the public pressure will cause Judge Curiel to recuse himself and the case will end. Is he so unaware of how the U.S. justice system operates that he thinks Judge Curiel wouldn’t be replaced and the case wouldn’t proceed? If Judge Curiel were to recuse himself and be replaced with another judge, Trump would proceed to trash him/her, too because it’s what he does. By continuing to talk about the case, Trump is only making more American voters aware of it, and I hope they’re doing a bit of research into it and getting a bad taste in their mouths as they discover that Trump is a self-serving, greedy, racist, loud-mouthed, unethical, money-grubbing tool.
Keith just RTed this link to the Trump Bumper Sticker Generator too…
Create your own slogan with the LGF Trump Bumper Sticker Generator! https://t.co/rIPpgEu4Or pic.twitter.com/x7Z1Me0nMs
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 3, 2016
re: #14 majii
The fact that Trump keeps trashing Judge Curiel and talking about the fraud case against him tells me he seems to think that if he keeps doing what he’s doing, the public pressure will cause Judge Curiel to recuse himself and the case will end. Is he so unaware of how the U.S. justice system operates that he thinks Judge Curiel wouldn’t be replaced and the case wouldn’t proceed? If Judge Curiel were to recuse himself and be replaced with another judge, Trump would proceed to trash him/her, too because it’s what he does. By continuing to talk about the case, Trump is only making more American voters aware of it, and I hope they’re doing a bit of research into it and getting a bad taste in their as they discover that Trump is a self-serving, greedy, racist, loud-mouthed, unethical, money-grubbing tool.
This wouldn’t help, either.
It might be a good time for Trump to eat another taco bowl.
— James Ledbetter (@jledbetter) June 3, 2016
re: #15 Charles Johnson
Keith just RTed this link to the Trump Bumper Sticker Generator too…
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re: #16 wrenchwench
This wouldn’t help, either.
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Maybe he’ll get a grande meal from Taco Bell and Neil Cavuto can call it an olive branch.
re: #14 majii
Trump has lived his entire life as a rich asshole. Almost everyone he has ever dealt with up until now has needed Trump more than he needs them, so there have never been any effective checks on his behavior.
Being a rich asshole was good enough to win the Republican primary, which shows how degenerate that party is these days.
The general election should be a different story.
@SpeakerRyan You currently carry the permanent smell of your ‘12 loss. Now you carry the stink of #Crazy. The stink of #defeat and #crazy.
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) June 3, 2016
.@GOP prob happy that Trump stopped at “Look at my African American over here…look at him,” and didn’t order poor guy to show off his teeth.
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) June 3, 2016
He’s an embarassment. Clinton needs to annihilate him at the polls.
re: #9 Jenner7
Notice he uses the word “one,” which in no way means that most of us blacks will vote for him in November. Surely if that were the case, he could point to more than one black person at his rally. Every time I see a pic of one of his rallies, I play a game similar to the kids’ “Where’s Waldo” game as I scrutinize them for evidence of POC, and most of the time, I don’t see any. If Trump thinks the presence of one black person at one of his rallies means he has widespread support among blacks in America, he’s deluding himself. I know many other blacks, and most of them have nothing good to say about Trump. We have his number, but don’t tell him that. We know exactly who/what he is, and that he’s bad news for America and the world. Let him keep dreaming. Romney dreamed of winning the votes of most blacks in 2012 as he went around the country disparaging POC and many others, and in the end, he had to cancel his victory fireworks in Boston on election night and had to write a quick concession speech. We might not say much while sh*t is being said/done, but we remember when we show up at the polls.
Trump: Look at my African
i tellya this trump character is a laff-a-minute wadda comedian he’s killing me
It’s going to take a LOT of taco bowls to clean this mess up.
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) June 3, 2016
re: #10 Stanley Sea
Muhammad Ali is on life support.
Oh damn. Heard yesterday he was hospitalized. Sorry it’s so bad. :(
Why didn’t the interviewer ask Trump how rulings made by Curiel in this case years ago could be the result of anti-Trump bias since they were made way before Trump started blathering about building walls?
re: #22 HappyWarrior
He’s an embarassment. Clinton needs to annihilate him at the polls.
I would prefer that he be annihilated not just at the polls but that he becomes such a pariah that no business in the world wants to touch him or his name or his brand ever again. No one wants toxic trash like him associated with their brand. The damage to any company’s brand should they go anywhere near the Trump name will drop faster than hotel bookings at hotels with his name on them.
Let the free market do its thing.
I am crying. This is a heavy, hard to read victim statement, but her words absolutely should be heard. (Read at the sentencing for the former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault, to provide context.)
This is the letter the Stanford victim read her attacker in court. It’s very tough to read but I hope you do anyway https://t.co/cjyaVZOS33
— Katie Baker (@katiejmbaker) June 3, 2016
re: #14 majii
The fact that Trump keeps trashing Judge Curiel and talking about the fraud case against him tells me he seems to think that if he keeps doing what he’s doing, the public pressure will cause Judge Curiel to recuse himself and the case will end. Is he so unaware of how the U.S. justice system operates that he thinks Judge Curiel wouldn’t be replaced and the case wouldn’t proceed? If Judge Curiel were to recuse himself and be replaced with another judge, Trump would proceed to trash him/her, too because it’s what he does. By continuing to talk about the case, Trump is only making more American voters aware of it, and I hope they’re doing a bit of research into it and getting a bad taste in their as they discover that Trump is a self-serving, greedy, racist, loud-mouthed, unethical, money-grubbing tool.
Well, he may also think that a new judge might be able to be ‘bought’ so there is that.
re: #27 Dave In Austin
I wish more people were also mentioning the gem that followed when he praised the black guy who punched a protester at a previous rally.
re: #26 allegro
He has serious respiratory problems. The article I read on Alan Comes’ site also states that his kids are going to the hospital in Arizona, and that docs have said that it’s only a matter of time. Docs say his breathing problems are exacerbated by the Parkinson’s Disease. Sad.
re: #29 MsJ
I would prefer that he be annihilated not just at the polls but that he becomes such a pariah that no business in the world wants to touch him or his name or his brand ever again. No one wants toxic trash like him associated with their brand. The damage to any company’s brand should they go anywhere near the Trump name will drop faster than hotel bookings at hotels with his name on them.
Let the free market do its thing.
Right. Ruin the bigoted bastard.
re: #10 Stanley Sea
Muhammad Ali is on life support.
I was afraid that was going to happen when he went into the hospital.
This brought a tear to this old guys eye.
re: #9 Jenner7
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re: #34 majii
He has serious respiratory problems. The article I read on Alan Comes’ site also state that his kids are going to the hospital in Arizona, and that docs have said that it’s only a matter of time. Docs say his breathing problems are exacerbated by the Parkinson’s Disease. Sad.
That’s what killed my Dad. they say Parkinson’s isn’t fatal, but I’m convinced he finally just forgot to breathe….
re: #19 EPR-radar
Trump has lived his entire life as a rich asshole. Almost everyone he has ever dealt with up until now has needed Trump more than he needs them, so there have never been any effective checks on his behavior.
Being a rich asshole was good enough to win the Republican primary, which shows how degenerate that party is these days.
The general election should be a different story.
BINGO!
Add in he has this false idea America loves him and he obviously thinks he can talk or charm his way out of anything based on that idea. I do believe he takes things like a bigly rated crappy reality show to mean he is liked and followed by everyone. Also, he has all those magazine and newspaper stories stacked all around him all acting as an indication of how ‘big’ he is. Dude is a total head case. His money has allowed him to cover that up. Now he has to stand in the real light and his warts are showing.
Hate hearing that about Ali. A great fighter and an American legend.
Q: “Saying [a judge] can’t do his job because of his race—is that not the definition of racism?”
Trump: “No.” pic.twitter.com/IWNshV7XMc— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 3, 2016
She’s gotten so nasty!
/
re: #27 Dave In Austin
“I’m not racist, I have a black friend”
“I have an African American over there”
re: #28 KerFuFFler
Why didn’t the interviewer ask Trump how rulings made by Curiel in this case years ago could be the result of anti-Trump bias since they were made way before Trump started blathering about building walls?
Curiel has done so much in his career going after the Mexican cartels.
All Donald can do is whine about El Chapo and walls…
Trump responds to Clinton’s charge that he has “thin skin” by telling @jaketapper: “I don’t have thin skin. I have strong, very thick skin.”
— Teddy Davis (@TeddyDavisCNN) June 3, 2016
“I have the thickest skin, my face is like a leather saddle. Wait, that came out wrong.” https://t.co/Y7PVrzu5W1
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) June 3, 2016
re: #43 wrenchwench
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She’s gotten so nasty!
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It’s going to be a long summer. Clinton is going after Trump in a great way.
re: #14 majii
Why would Judge Curiel have to recuse himself just because Trump is dumb enough to run his mouth about the case in public? That is not a grounds for recusal. I wish it was a ground for which Judge Curiel could sanction Trump though. Now that would be a nice touch.
re: #37 Tigger2
Brought a tear to this old guys face.
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Saw that earlier today. It got me too. I’m a softy…and she is so naturally loveable.
re: #43 wrenchwench
I hope she rips his balls off and hangs them from her rear view on her ride.
NEW video of a truck swept away in Granbury. Credit: Zac Henson Location: Stroud Creek Estates @NBCDFW #NBCDFWStorms pic.twitter.com/LGrKiLQ67Y
— Chris Jose (@ChrisJoseNBC5) June 3, 2016
Warning, video does have sound and it gets a little loud.
re: #43 wrenchwench
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Look at that contemptuous face! Lowering herself like that.
TIsk. Tisk.
(From the LGF Quilting Bee and Hairdressers Club. There will be ‘talk.’)
GOP Commentator Ana Navarro Calls Trump’s Attacks On Judge ‘Disgusting’ @TPM https://t.co/Fym73ZWYTx
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 3, 2016
re: #56 nines09
Former TX Gov. Rick Perry said on Fox yesterday that Trump will “”peel [Hillary Clinton’s] skin off in a debate setting.”” This is the guy who couldn’t remember the three federal agencies he wanted to abolish when he was on a debate stage. Those of us who’ve been paying attention to Trump already know that he knows nothing about foreign policy, economics, healthcare, national security, etc., so I’m stumped by Perry’s claim. No matter how much Trump studies before the general election debates begin, I still think he’ll be incapable of showing mastery on any matter and will resort to bluster and insults. I definitely expect to hear him say, “Lying Hillary” X number of times, and when he does, he and his supporters will think he’s winning.
juanitajean.com
re: #54 Patricia Kayden
Why would Judge Curiel have to recuse himself just because Trump is dumb enough to run his mouth about the case in public? That is not a grounds for recusal. I wish it was a ground for which Judge Curiel could sanction Trump though. Now that would be a nice touch.
I’m starting to watch all of this like the Bundy refuge thing. Everyone just kinda stood back, watched the jackasses hang themselves more each day and get bolder by seemingly getting away with it. Waiting and watching. Then boom.
Effective strategy with these buffoons.
re: #60 Jenner7
Uh, uh. Navarro had better stay away from Facebook and Twitter because she will be attacked by the Trumpsters.
re: #34 majii
He has serious respiratory problems. The article I read on Alan Comes’ site also states that his kids are going to the hospital in Arizona, and that docs have said that it’s only a matter of time. Docs say his breathing problems are exacerbated by the Parkinson’s Disease. Sad.
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Just going to drop by and point out that this claim operates according to the exact same non-logic as Birther arguments.
But it’s also tickling old anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic tropes about dual loyalty.
This is the Know-Nothing resurgence.
re: #56 nines09
Agree. If Clinton (and be default, the American electorate with a grain of sanity) loses, I want every ounce of Trump racism, arrogance, and hubris exposed and littered about for the whole world to see and what to expect from the US Government for the next 4 years.
So I bought a pair of shoes on Amazon for a wedding this weekend. Just got them. They are the ugliest pair of shoes in the history of shoes.
I should have gone with these, they’re nicer. Now I have to go shopping tomorrow. GAH.
re: #27 Dave In Austin
Who I have never before seen in my life. And I don’t even know his name, or anything else about him, other than him being African American. And MINE!!!!!!
re: #68 GlutenFreeJesus
Who I have never before seen in my life. And I don’t even know his name, or anything else about him, other than him being African American. And MINE!!!!!!
Ownership is 3/5 of the law.
Today @realDonaldTrump announced he has the thickest skin.
This is true.
It is made of rich Corinthian leather.— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 3, 2016
re: #67 MsJ
So I bought a pair of shoes on Amazon for a wedding this weekend. Just got them. They are the ugliest pair of shoes in the history of shoes.
I should have gone with these, they’re nicer. Now I have to go shopping tomorrow. GAH.
Why tunas? Wouldn’t sole be more appropriate?
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re: #64 retired cynic
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re: #67 MsJ
So I bought a pair of shoes on Amazon for a wedding this weekend. Just got them. They are the ugliest pair of shoes in the history of shoes.
I should have gone with these, they’re nicer. Now I have to go shopping tomorrow. GAH.
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I want the fish zoris! I wear zoris year-round, anyway.
re: #68 GlutenFreeJesus
Who I have never before seen in my life. And I don’t even know his name, or anything else about him, other than him being African American. And MINE!!!!!!
“Excuse me, Mr. Trump. I’m not a supporter. I’m a member of your Secret Service detail.”
re: #68 GlutenFreeJesus
Who I have never before seen in my life. And I don’t even know his name, or anything else about him, other than him being African American. And MINE!!!!!!
Modified “My Ni-Clang”…….
re: #71 Blind Frog Belly White
Why tunas? Wouldn’t sole be more appropriate?
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You have to be a fisherman, right?
re: #64 retired cynic
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re: #70 Kragar
(in the tones of Ricardo Montalban):
I tend to…disagree. It is Naugahyde, clearly.
Mark Halperin says Trump’s attacks on a judge are not racist because “Mexico isn’t a race” https://t.co/i0hoA0okLs pic.twitter.com/UMrStQSSuM
— Media Matters (@mmfa) June 3, 2016
I am soooo mean…
There’s a little wolf spider on my Mac monitor and it is chasing my cursor.
I am having altogether too much fun.
It’s the small things in life that give happiness…
re: #70 Kragar
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But he never told me it was the Greatest Thickest Skin, certified by his doctor.
I am concerned…
.@mmfa pic.twitter.com/xhg54g4YEU
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 3, 2016
Trump responds to Clinton’s charge that he has “thin skin” by telling @jaketapper: “I don’t have thin skin. I have strong, very thick skin.”
Q: “Saying [a judge] can’t do his job because of his race—is that not the definition of racism?”
Trump: “No.”
what is this guy - the king of self-contradicting statements?
hey, trump - i cant say it but you’re fucking contradicting yourself all the fucking time like you think we’re big enough morons not to notice. but i cant say that so i wont
Oh, good fucking grief, Halperin.
Mark Halperin says Trump’s attacks on a judge are not racist because “Mexico isn’t a race” https://t.co/i0hoA0okLs pic.twitter.com/UMrStQSSuM
— Media Matters (@mmfa) June 3, 2016
re: #79 Blind Frog Belly White
Nope. Just piscivorous
I used to laugh at all the idiots out trolling fruitlessly for salmon when you could go over in the shallows, just unclutch your reel and pull in all the sole you could eat. Plus a fucking plague of dogfish of course….
re: #61 majii
Former TX Gov. Rick Perry said on Fox yesterday that Trump will “”peel [Hillary Clinton’s] skin off in a debate setting.”” This is the guy who couldn’t remember the three federal agencies he wanted to abolish when he was on a debate stage. Those of us who’ve been paying attention to Trump already know that he knows nothing about foreign policy, economics, healthcare, national security, etc., so I’m stumped by Perry’s claim. No matter how much Trump studies before the general election debates begin, I still think he’ll be incapable of showing mastery on any matter and will resort to bluster and insults. I definitely expect to hear him say, “Lying Hillary” X number of times, and when he does, he and his supporters will think he’s winning.
juanitajean.com
Well, being stumped by something Rick Perry said isn’t that rare an occurrence: it happens to Rick Perry all the time!
But I think you’re right about one aspect of the Presidential debate(s) this fall: Donald Trump probably won’t be able to argue policy (or any other intelligent point), and probably will resort to insulting bluster: but that sort of “win” will probably not only be lauded by his own creatures, but also get talked up by the right-wing media (and, disgracefully, probably by the “mainstream” media as well) who will most likely, at that point, be desperate to keep the “horserace” narrative alive, and harp on any Hillary Clinton “slip” or “gaffe” they can find - or invent.
re: #71 Blind Frog Belly White
Why tunas? Wouldn’t sole be more appropriate?
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You filleted that one!
(Later LGF…tune up the geetars time…friday night jam session coming up)
re: #80 The Ghost of a Flea
(in the tones of Ricardo Montalban):
I tend to…disagree. It is Naugahyde, clearly.
Oh no the poor little guys!
Take cover, hot take incoming.
Bloomberg’s Halperin Says Trump’s Racist Attack On Judge Isn’t “Racial” Because Mexican Isn’t A Race
A take so hot it wraps around and becomes ice cold. https://t.co/eGiV2Y7JFf @mmfa
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 3, 2016
re: #89 ObserverArt
You filleted that one!
(Later LGF…tune up the geetars time…friday night jam session coming up)
Bobby Fillet #CookACeleb
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 3, 2016
re: #90 Great White Snark
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Always wondered what naugas looked like!
re: #58 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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Am I a bad person for having absolutely no sympathy for anyone that stupid?
re: #93 MsJ
Kebab Saget #cookaceleb
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 3, 2016
Trump’s attacks on Clinton aren’t sexism because female isn’t a sex.
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JAKE TAPPER: But Judge Curiel isn’t Mexican, he’s American, he was born in Indiana.
BUT HE IS MEXICAN HERITAGE!! AND HE’S PROUD OF HIS HERITAGE!!!11!! AND I SAID I’M GONNA BUILD A WALL AND SHUT HIM OFF FROM HIS PEOPLE!!!! HE’S GOTTA HATE ME BECAUSE OF THAT!!!!
re: #90 Great White Snark
Oh no the poor little guys!
I was a Nauga for Halloween when I was 5. It was tough trying to explain my costume to everybody. Sure, those ads were in lots of magazines, but my friends did not read magazines. LOL
Anyway, thanks for triggering a funny memory….
re: #95 Timothy Watson
Am I a bad person for having absolutely no sympathy for anyone that stupid?
I have sympathy for the folks watching and any potential rescuers who get involved.
re: #97 Kragar
My personal favorite.
Taylor Spliff #CookACeleb
What? Doesn’t a spliff cook you to the max?— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 3, 2016
Trump isn’t building no fucking wall, so his lameass beef with the judge ain’t worth shit.
Why our shitforbrains media doesn’t call his ass out on that is an issue in of itself.
re: #99 Belafon
Trump’s attacks on Clinton aren’t sexism because female isn’t a sex.
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More like they “aren’t sexism because I wouldn’t bone her for anything”.
re: #84 Kragar
Mark Halperin says Trump’s attacks on a judge are not racist because “Mexico isn’t a race”
hey, natch - yanno, africa aint a race neither!
How long until we start using “Its a #Trump” to describe dumpster fires?
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 3, 2016
re: #95 Timothy Watson
Am I a bad person for having absolutely no sympathy for anyone that stupid?
No, this is why we have empathy. To feel bad for people, even abject idiots, whose shoes we’ll never walk in.
re: #64 retired cynic
FYrfyBvm5sB7GDW8PoZejh4JGH0FomYV
Overheard from @Reince Priebus: “Fuck the Bailey’s! Get me some tequila for these Lucky Charms!”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 3, 2016
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re: #90 Great White Snark
naugahyde
has anybody seen a live nauga since the 70s? huh? huh?
i rest my case
re: #105 MsJ
Trump obviously never heard of the saying: “The best tunes are played on aged instruments.”
re: #109 Stanley Sea
Thank you! Appreciated!
I question the ethics, morality, and mental health of anyone who supports and endorses @realDonaldTrump
These people are unwell.— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 3, 2016
Long read, but worth it.
Too Sick To Lead: The Lethal Personality Disorder Of Donald Trump
This little spider is so silly.
It’s like a really early version of a pointless video game.
Spider Pong!!!!
And yes…I’ve been taking pictures….
(my life is so boring…)
@BryanJFischer
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) June 3, 2016
1. During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits?
@BryanJFischer
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) June 3, 2016
2 pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution
Suck on that James Madison quote Bryan.
re: #119 gocart mozart
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Suck on that James Madison quote Bryan.
Bryan’s perfectly fine with the government when it’s his religion doing the pushing.
.@jdickerson and Trump had lengthy exchange on Trump ordering his AG to reinvestigate Clinton emails…worth a read: pic.twitter.com/4uF9ZXyEBW
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) June 3, 2016
Some people can be bought easier than others.
Donald Trump Takes Bloomberg’s Halperin, Kids for Iowa Fly-over @BrianCarleton81 https://t.co/gBQms0ayaz
— Zach Watkins (@zachw2007) May 24, 2016
re: #90 Great White Snark
OMG
I tend to…disagree. It is Naugahyde, clearly.
The original Naugy Naugahyde (I have seen him) lives a few blocks from where I am typing this comment, at the Naugatuck Historical Society in Naugatuck, CT where Naugahyde was invented. Where did you find that?
An exaggerated sense of self-importance. An unwarranted belief in your own superiority. A preoccupation with fantasies of your own success, power and brilliance. A craving for constant admiration. A consuming sense of entitlement. An expectation of special favors and unquestioning compliance.
A penchant for exploiting or disparaging others. A total inability to recognize the needs of anyone else. An incapacity to see those you meet as separate human beings. An unreasoning fury at people you perceive as thwarting your wishes or desires. A tendency to act on impulse. A superficial charm deployed to disguise a gift for manipulation.
A need to always be right. A refusal to acknowledge error. An inability to tolerate criticism or critics. A compulsion to conform your ever - shifting sense of “reality” to satisfy your inner requirements . A tendency to lie so frequently and routinely that objective truth loses all meaning.
A belief that you are above the rules. An array of inconsistent statements and behaviors driven by your needs in the moment. An inability to assess the consequences of your actions in new or complex situations. In sum, a total incapacity to separate the world from your own psychodrama.
‘nuff said
He wants to imprison Hillary on (wait for it)
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TRUMPED UP CHARGES!!!
Having Found Own Level, Dick Morris Now Sucking Toes At National Enquirer
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He wants to imprison Hillary on (wait for it)
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TRUMPED UP CHARGES!!!
*WHACK!*
re: #121 The Vicious Babushka
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How unfortunate that stupidity isn’t a criminal offense, because Trump convicted himself with that load of codswallop @SopanDeb @jdickerson
— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) June 3, 2016
re: #121 The Vicious Babushka
Dickerson: “And what for you exactly is she guilty of?”
tRump: “She’s guilty of the server, she’s guilty of, you look at ….”.(Insert standard tRump bullshit tsunami here).
re: #121 The Vicious Babushka
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@SopanDeb @jdickerson “GEN Petraeus who got essentially a 2 yr jail term.” No he didn’t. Not by any stretch of the imagination is that true.
— Steve Caimano (@CTRSteve) June 3, 2016
re: #131 The Vicious Babushka
Thankew, thankew, I’ll be here all week! Tip your server!
Try the veal!
Scammer just called me. “This is the Windows OS operations center. We’ve seen errors coming from your computer. What do you know about this?”
“Well, I know that you’re full of shit.”
re: #134 Kragar
Scammer just called me. “This is the Windows OS operations center. We’ve seen errors coming from your computer. What do you know about this?”
“Well, I know that you’re full of shit.”
One of my sisters-in-law has made it a personal crusade to troll the ever-loving shit out of these guys. Apparently, she had an elderly relative get scammed by one of the bastards.
re: #134 Kragar
Scammer just called me. “This is the Windows OS operations center. We’ve seen errors coming from your computer. What do you know about this?”
“Well, I know that you’re full of shit.”
My aunt in NY fell for that shit and even went to a website and put in info which of course captures her IP and allows the scammers access to shut her out unless she pays them.
re: #134 Kragar
Scammer just called me. “This is the Windows OS operations center. We’ve seen errors coming from your computer. What do you know about this?”
“Well, I know that you’re full of shit.”
Pretty sure the same scammer called me today (929 area code, A S Tel on the caller ID).
I answered the phone with “Microsoft Fraud Department, how may I help you?’
*click*
Bob Marley playing football pic.twitter.com/AKxZRukoma
— Lost In History (@HistoryToLearn) June 3, 2016
Great evening in San Jose other than the thugs. My supporters are far tougher if they want to be, but fortunately they are not hostile.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2016
Except the time, about 2 hours ago, when I recalled one of my supporters assaulting a protester.
re: #127 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Having Found Own Level, Dick Morris Now Sucking Toes At National Enquirer
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How on earth was Morris still employed by The Hill?
Morris at the National Enquirer should be pretty good, I can’t wait for his story about Cruz’s dad killing Kennedy.
For the second time today, Clinton starts a sentence, “Yesterday in San Diego, I gave a speech—” and the crowd drowns her out in applause.
— Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) June 3, 2016
This just happened for the third time today. https://t.co/yOjjffnJN0
— Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) June 3, 2016
re: #122 darthstar
Some people can be bought easier than others.
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If there is a bigger left wing hack that works outside of FoxNews than Halperin I don’t know who it could be/
Donald Trump points out supporter as “my African-American.” https://t.co/UuuRl0WOTQ pic.twitter.com/fAIGDK2ARJ
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) June 3, 2016
re: #140 b.d.
How on earth was Morris still employed by The Hill?
Morris at the National Enquirer should be pretty good, I can’t wait for his story about Cruz’s dad killing Kennedy.
How can somebody who wrote a book—a fucking book—about the coming 2008 election contest between Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice still be being paid to air his opinion about anything?
re: #144 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
How can somebody who wrote a book—a fucking book—about the coming 2008 election contest between Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice still be being paid to air his opinion about anything?
Contemplate a photo of David Brooks upon the tree of woe.
Do we even know if Donny’s African American is really a supporter?
@edroso Mr. Edroso! Don’t get on that train! pic.twitter.com/ZTxkIIlsrd
— I.F. Thunder (@IFThunder) June 3, 2016
re: #144 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
“How can somebody who wrote a book—a fucking book—about the coming 2008 election contest between Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice still be being paid to air his opinion about anything?”
Personal connections, because it’s certainly not due to skills or accuracy in punditry.
re: #144 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
How can somebody who wrote a book—a fucking book—about the coming 2008 election contest between Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice still be being paid to air his opinion about anything?
It almost happened!!!
Bruce Springsteen busking in Copenhagen 1988 https://t.co/TTAm0dZwDe
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) June 3, 2016
Trump Literally Said All Those Things
https://t.co/YxhQSjyoAE— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) June 3, 2016
Fuck this guy in the ass with a big rubber dick.
Pray that Muhammad Ali finds faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, before the final bell rings for him. Read Hebrews 9:27
— J & G Murphy (@MarriageMentor) June 3, 2016
re: #121 The Vicious Babushka
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Apparently trump doesn’t even use email.
He is mentally ill.
Someone, on air, in an interview will call him on it if this keeps going.
LA Times endorses Clinton, make some more room under the BernieBus.
It was probably pretty easy for Trump to spot “his” African American in that sea of white faces.
re: #155 Charles Johnson
It was probably pretty easy for Trump to spot “his” African American in that sea of white faces.
Hey, he has a black friend now, he can’t be racist, so shut up.///
re: #155 Charles Johnson
It was probably pretty easy for Trump to spot “his” African American in that sea of white faces.
One would be tempted to ignore this, write it off as misspeaking, but he’s got the best words, and a really good brain.
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hillary today:
“because if he gets anywhere near the white house, you know what he’s gonna do: trump u!”
re: #152 teleskiguy
I’m a Christian, but this is the kind of thing that pisses me off in regard to some Christians. Murphy lacks the power to save his own soul but can’t stop from passing judgment on others’ souls. He, and others like him, seem to forget that they’re not God.
re: #159 lockjawcanbefun
Trump’s *ss has been in a state of perpetual burn since the president embarrassed him to his face at that WH Correspondent’s Dinner a few years ago. How dare that uppity n!993r have the nerve to embarrass him in front of America!
re: #160 majii
I’m a Christian, but this is the kind of thing that pisses me off in regard to some Christians. Murphy lacks the power to save his own soul but can’t stop from passing judgment on others’ souls. He, and others like him, seem to forget that they’re not God.
These kinds of “Christians”, I find, seem far more comfortable with examining the lives of others than with examining their own lives. Perhaps because they’re afraid of what they might find if they took the time to be truly introspective.
The same day he posted this, he gave a speech and praised the guy who sucker-punched a protester. https://t.co/2Lh5YpTyeL @realDonaldTrump
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 3, 2016
When looking for lively discussion on Trump’s comments re: Judge Curiel, I was pleasantly surprised to see LGF among my top google results. I don’t think I’ve been here since I started law school, from which I’ve since graduated, and suddenly I have hundreds of comments to peruse without having to wade into a cesspool.
I only recognize a handful of names, but here’s to making a few new friends!
Fake Trump Tweet https://t.co/SQfgPIy5Br
— gocart mozart (@gocartmozart1) June 3, 2016
re: #165 Altermite
When looking for lively discussion on Trump’s comments re: Judge Curiel, I was pleasantly surprised to see LGF among my top google results. I don’t think I’ve been here since I started law school, from which I’ve since graduated, and suddenly I have hundreds of comments to peruse without having to wade into a cesspool.
I only recognize a handful of names, but here’s to making a few new friends!
Depending on how long it’s been, you might find it very different. :) Welcome back.
The thing I like about this is that Trump has made it that Hillary can’t get petty and insulting like the GOP clown train did. She just has to quote him. As long as she just sticks to his words, anything he says, any position he takes, there is video evidence of him saying the opposite. Even better, every time he tries to deny, it’s more fodder for her.
There is literally nothing he can do. That speech yesterday was an awesome piece of framing and anchoring.
Target rich environment indeed.
re: #134 Kragar
Offer to send a crash dump to their choice of cloud services. Kernel dumps should be about 400 megs; a full memory dump is anywhere from 2 gigs to 32 gigs for the boxes I own, including my in-house mail server.
Easy stuff.
re: #167 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I remember the great leftward migration over the course of Obama’s first few years in office, and it appears to have ended comfortably in Hillaryville.
re: #171 Altermite
I remember the great leftward migration over the course of Obama’s first few years in office, and it appears to have ended comfortably in
HillaryvilleSanityland.
FTFY
NEW: Trump aides not happy with Trump’s attack on Judge Curiel impartiality, telling me “these are the things that will defeat us.”
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) June 3, 2016
welp…
.@BernieSanders orders his first In-n-Out burger #CAPrimary pic.twitter.com/PfNN9Qz5cK
— MaryAlice Parks (@maryaliceparks) June 3, 2016
Didn’t Paul Ryan just endorse Trump? lol
Ryan’s criticism — coming one day after he endorsed his party’s presumptive presidential nominee — came unprompted during an interview on a Wisconsin radio station.
Not even John Hughes could have come up with this stuff.
re: #173 Charles Johnson
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re: #171 Altermite
I remember the great leftward migration over the course of Obama’s first few years in office, and it appears to have ended comfortably in Hillaryville.
Pretty much. A lot of folks were open to what Bernie was saying but have soured for a number of reasons. But there’s still a few that lean right, and overall I’d like to think it’s a pretty reasonable group.
And we even like the occasional lawyer!
re: #160 majii
Dude could, you know, read about Islam and find out that Jesus Christ is actually a prophet with Muslims, that the Koran includes both the Old and New Testaments. Hey numbnuts, Muhammed Ali actually already believes in Jesus Christ!
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
There goes someone’s $27 donation from months ago.
You would think that after all these years I could figure out how to not miss spots when applying sunscreen.
You would be wrong.
re: #166 gocart mozart
re: #179 GlutenFreeJesus
There goes someone’s $27 donation from months ago.
Yeah, if he ordered four double doubles with fries and shakes with each burger.
re: #173 Charles Johnson
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I had In ‘N’ Out burger when I was in Texas in April. So good! So cheap!
Republicans would be more happy if their candidates did wink and nudge racism rather than open racism because the latter shows what a bunch of bigoted ghouls the party really are
re: #185 teleskiguy
I had In ‘N’ Out burger when I was in Texas in April. So good! So cheap!
This is my 9th year in CA. I’ve eaten there once.
At least I’m pretty sure I ate there once. The only trip I can say for sure that I did was the evening I found out my grandmother had had a stroke and we had company over (ironically, from TX) and they wanted it. So we drove and then I had to have the car windows down because the smell of the fries was making me nauseous on top of everything else that day.
Which doesn’t mean they’re bad, just that that’s what I associate it with.
re: #178 teleskiguy
What are you talking about? Why would an alleged Christian “read” the Koran to learn anything since he’s been told by Fox News, RW pundits, blog owners, and politicians that Islam isn’t a religion even though religious scholars have said for years that it’s one of the world’s major religions?
re: #116 Skip Intro
Long read, but worth it.
Too Sick To Lead: The Lethal Personality Disorder Of Donald Trump
re: #188 majii
Shit. Silly me. I forgot. Islam is a political system that preaches hate and head choppy stuff. My bad.
re: #175 GlutenFreeJesus
Didn’t Paul Ryan just endorse Trump? lol
Not even John Hughes could have come up with this stuff.
That Ryan boy has a bright future. How much more absolutely bankrupt can the GOP be? Hillary just repeated what King Cheeto was saying for MONTHS, and suddenly everyone hears it?
re: #153 Stanley Sea
Apparently trump doesn’t even use email.
He is mentally ill.
Someone, on air, in an interview will call him on it if this keeps going.
He knows how to play the media. When he gets called out, he just doubles down on the derp. He knows that as long as he sticks to his talking point, no matter how egregiously wrong it is shown to be, eventually the interviewer will give up and move on, because of time constraints. This is much easier to do in phone interviews, which is why he prefers them to face to face, but he gets away with it on ftf as you see in the Jake Tapper interview.
Aztec dancer Maria Teller after she performed with her family at the Gathering of Nations #GON https://t.co/fsoJXoSane
— Fort Sill Apache (@FortSillApache) June 3, 2016
Aztec dancer Maria Teller performed with her family during GON.Click the link in the tweet to see more nice photos (so nice!)
Hillary has made “he could start a nuclear war” her central argument against Trump and Rs can’t even bring themselves to say “no he won’t”
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) June 3, 2016
re: #195 Kragar
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re: #195 Kragar
@jbarro Just a (scary) thought, but maybe nuclear apocalypse is what they’re secretly hoping for?
*shudders*— Teo (@Teukka72) June 4, 2016
re: #197 Blind Frog Belly White
If it’s a legitimate nuclear war threat, the body politic has ways of shutting that down.
*groans softly as he begins to headdesk*
re: #116 Skip Intro
Long read, but worth it.
Too Sick To Lead: The Lethal Personality Disorder Of Donald Trump
Excellent! For those short on time, these paragraphs showcase a central reason Trump is unqualified:
Which brings us to a central problem of Trump’s warped psychology - he believes that filling the presidency requires nothing but the wonder of himself. This gives the lie to GOP’s most craven rationalization of its own capitulation: that a suddenly docile Trump will, as president, defer to a cadre of wise and experienced advisors drawn from the party establishment.
This is pernicious nonsense. Consistent with his character disorder, Trump proudly insists that his chief advisor is himself. Even were he so inclined, in order to learn from others he must know enough to discern good advice from bad. But such is his pathology that he feels no need to learn much of anything from anyone. And so, from the beginning, he has plunged us down the bottomless rabbit hole of his intellectual emptiness.
His ignorance and grandiosity form a lethal compound. He disowns NATO, unaware that he is playing into Putin’s hands; blithely proposes nuclear proliferation in Asia; muses aloud about using nuclear weapons; and imagines negotiating one-on-one with North Korea’s psychotic leader. He proposes a trade war potentially ruinous to the world economy. He abets ISIS and Al Qaeda by scapegoating all Muslims at home and abroad. Oblivious to the appalled reaction around the globe, he promises to compel the respect of world leaders through ” the aura of personality.
No president can stay on top of every issue by himself; they need competent cabinets and a willingness to listen to them!
re: #164 Charles Johnson
Gentle skinheads and Nazis. Comforting White Supremacists. Not hostile. Just misunderstood.
It got to 103F here today and has cooled all the way down to 101F. The only good thing was the humidity was 13-17%. Summer is here.
re: #197 Blind Frog Belly White
If it’s a legitimate nuclear war threat, the body politic has ways of shutting that down.
Mitch McConnell pretty much said that today…
re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth
Mitch McConnell pretty much said that today…
Isn’t he the guy constantly complaining about the ‘lawless, out-of-control’ President Obama?
re: #200 KerFuFFler
Excellent! For those short on time, these paragraphs showcase a central reason Trump is unqualified:
No president can stay on top of every issue by himself; they need competent cabinets and a willingness to listen to them!
And with where Vlad and the Kremlin Crew are pushing Russia, it’s not unreasonable to assume that things will soon come to a head, and with a temper like Trumps? Missiles are more than likely to start flying. Full or limited exchange don’t matter, it’s gonna be butt ugly results.
re: #153 Stanley Sea
Apparently trump doesn’t even use email.
He is mentally ill.
Someone, on air, in an interview will call him on it if this keeps going.
I had a Trump-like boss for a while who wouldn’t use email. He’d have someone print them out, he’d compose a hand-written response, and give it to someone to type and send. He was also the kind of jerk who, when someone would tell him days in advance that they had to leave ON TIME because family was visiting FROM JAPAN, would wait until 5 minutes before she needed to leave to give her his markup of a proposal that had to be finished that day. We kept telling her to slip out 10 minutes early but she was afraid to leave. I still remember what an ass he was.
re: #195 Kragar
When Trump is president, we’re going to do so good in war that we’ll be begging “President Trump, may we please have another?”
re: #191 nines09
Steve Benen noted today how clueless Ryan is if he only now notices the racism inherent in Trump’s attacks on Judge Curiel. Oh, I don’t doubt he’s noticed how racist many in the party are, but thus far, he’s been able to dismiss it because it hasn’t been as overt as the form Trump is pushing.
“Ryan, who endorsed Trump on Thursday, told WISN’s Up Front with Vicki McKenna: “Look, the comment about the judge the other day just was out of left field for my mind. It’s reasoning I don’t relate to. I completely disagree with the thinking behind that.”“…”More broadly, the idea that Ryan would be at all surprised about Trump race-based messaging is just bizarre. Trump’s most notable contribution to the political discourse ahead of his presidential campaign was cheerleading a racist conspiracy theory for several years. The New York Times’ Jonathan Martin noted earlier that the Republican Party is responding to eight years of the nation’s first African-American president by nominating a man who “openly practices racial politics.” Ryan knows this. He endorsed him anyway.”
re: #58 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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That was really stupid.
re: #208 majii
Steve Benen noted today how clueless Ryan is if he only now notices the racism inherent in Trump’s attacks on Judge Curiel. Oh, I don’t doubt he’s noticed how racist many in the party are, but thus far, he’s been able to dismiss it because it hasn’t been as overt as the form Trump is pushing.
“Ryan, who endorsed Trump on Thursday, told WISN’s Up Front with Vicki McKenna: “Look, the comment about the judge the other day just was out of left field for my mind. It’s reasoning I don’t relate to. I completely disagree with the thinking behind that.”“…”More broadly, the idea that Ryan would be at all surprised about Trump race-based messaging is just bizarre. Trump’s most notable contribution to the political discourse ahead of his presidential campaign was cheerleading a racist conspiracy theory for several years. The New York Times’ Jonathan Martin noted earlier that the Republican Party is responding to eight years of the nation’s first African-American president by nominating a man who “openly practices racial politics.” Ryan knows this. He endorsed him anyway.”
Out of left field? From the guy who called Mexican-Americans rapists? You’re not only an enabler Paul, you’re a moron.
re: #202 Single-handed sailor
It got to 103F here today and has cooled all the way down to 101F. The only good thing was the humidity was 13-17%. Summer is here.
It’s fired. Someone want to let it know?
re: #202 Single-handed sailor
It got to 103F here today and has cooled all the way down to 101F. The only good thing was the humidity was 13-17%. Summer is here.
I’m at 99. So sad. So sad.
Chris Hayes trying to get Burgess (R-TX) to say he disapproves of Trump’s anti-Mexican bigotry, but he’s manged to scuttle away from every question into his “both sides” hole.
Checking out the outdoor bat and sportsball game
Great seats tonight #RedsvsNats pic.twitter.com/Lgb54kquve
— Agent P (@Mr25Smith) June 3, 2016
You just CANNOT bring a family to these things. Now, I’ve got pretty good seats, but when you get a family of four in the gate; food and beer, cost is already up to $170 bucks. Oh well, I’m fortunate enough to be able to do it.
And I coached the Nationals center fielder while he was in High School
I was gonna ride this afternoon after work. Then I used Weather Underground’s “Wundermap” to check the weather stations along my planned route: 96, 97, 95, 97, 96, 98, 98.
Nope.
re: #214 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
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And I coached the center fielder while he was in High School
Yeah great seats!!! Don’t yell at him too much.
re: #208 majii
Ryan has Cheetos all over his face.
Another reporter gets booted from a Trump rally: https://t.co/kT5dsySdAF
— McClatchyDC (@McClatchyDC) June 4, 2016
“…Politico reported that Ben Schreckinger had been typing on his laptop at the event at the San Jose Convention Center when he was approached by a Trump campaign staffer. After consulting with higher-ups, the aide and a private security staffer reportedly escorted Schreckinger out of the venue. Schreckinger had entered on a general admission ticket after repeatedly being denied press credentials for Trump events.
“I was removed from Donald Trump’s rally tonight for practicing journalism without the campaign’s permission,” he wrote on Twitter…”
re: #212 Stanley Sea
I’m at 99. So sad. So sad.
I don’t know if it even made it up to 70 degrees F here today. Anyone fancy a visit?
Expecting this result did not make this news any less depressing
Fort Hood officials: Bodies of 4 remaining missing soldiers recovered after vehicle overturned in flood https://t.co/Y4LzV2W0CH
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) June 4, 2016
re: #218 FormerDirtDart
Trump’s supporters will say that Trump did the right thing by kicking Ben Schreckinger out of the event because Schreckinger wouldn’t have given him favorable coverage of the event. SMDH at the d*mn idiots.
re: #183 teleskiguy
Or a double and fries at Five Guys. lol Expensive but one of the better burger chains out there.
But for the same price I can get almost 2 lb of ground buffalo and make my own. ;)
re: #222 GlutenFreeJesus
Or a double and fries at Five Guys. lol Expensice but one of the better burger chains out there.
But for the same price I can get almost 2 lb of ground buffalo and make my own. ;)
We have a Five Guys nearby. Wanted to try it, but just too lazy to get out there.
re: #180 klys (maker of Silmarils)
You would think that after all these years I could figure out how to not miss spots when applying sunscreen.
You would be wrong.
Its hard if you don’t have someone to help.
re: #223 thedopefishlives
We have a Five Guys nearby. Wanted to try it, but just too lazy to get out there.
Five Guys is good. If you have a peanut allergy STAY AWAY though (free peanuts while you wait for your food!). In ‘N’ Out is better, IMO.
Trump correctly read the tenor and obsessions of the right wing base and is ruthlessly exploiting them. @joshtpm
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 4, 2016
And in the process he’s branding the GOP as a party that enables and encourages the lowest kind of bigotry. @joshtpm
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 4, 2016
re: #223 thedopefishlives
We have a Five Guys nearby. Wanted to try it, but just too lazy to get out there.
I really like Five Guys when I want a sloppy, juicy burger. We have a new place around called Burger-Fi that I’m looking to try soon.
NEW: Trump aides not happy with Trump’s attack on Judge Curiel impartiality, telling me “these are the things that will defeat us.”
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) June 3, 2016
That’s the only part that bothers them.
Way way OT, but Hamill haters — that is, if there are any — can go eff themselves goldarnit
How can you not love @HamillHimself when he treats his fans like this!? 💘 And Why isn’t that on the list yet?? pic.twitter.com/newvVwhiyi
— Jay Dee (@Jaydy2007) June 3, 2016
re: #225 teleskiguy
Five Guys is good. If you have a peanut allergy STAY AWAY though (free peanuts while you wait for your food!). In ‘N’ Out is better, IMO.
Neither holds a candle to Whataburger :)
re: #226 Charles Johnson
Or, these are in fact the core of his own long held beliefs…
.@mcuban: “The pro for [@realDonaldTrump] is he’s not a politician. He thinks for himself.” #OReillyFactor pic.twitter.com/nloIpaojli
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 4, 2016
Before Trump they maintained a measure of deniability, though. Now the ugly bigotry is right in your face. @RealTrumanDem @joshtpm
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 4, 2016
90 degrees in oakland
laptop fan is laboring like a panting old hound dog with its tongue a-hangin out
re: #232 FormerDirtDart
I suspect Donald Trump doesn’t actually have any real ideological beliefs of his own — except the overriding need to dominate other human beings by any means necessary.
re: #228 jaunte
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That’s the only part that bothers them.
He was doing so much better when he was attacking people who couldn’t fight back. Now those were the days.
re: #200 KerFuFFler
Disturbing article. It makes a good case that Trump has full-blown Narcissistic Personality Disorder, which is basically an incurable form of insanity.
If true, having Trump as POTUS would be unimaginably bad. One small point to note is that people are routinely denied security clearances for having such personality disorders, yet a general election victory by Trump would give the US nuclear launch codes to a madman.
Great quote catalogue of things Trump actually said here:
re: #223 thedopefishlives
Get one with all the toppings. And Cajun fries. Even a small order of fries is plenty. They dump extras in your bag.
re: #235 Charles Johnson
I suspect Donald Trump doesn’t actually have any real ideological beliefs of his own — except the overriding need to dominate other human beings by any means necessary.
That would be fascism Charles.
re: #224 Big Beautiful Door
Its hard if you don’t have someone to help.
I have no excuse. It’s the top of my shoulder, well within reach. :(
re: #235 Charles Johnson
I suspect Donald Trump doesn’t actually have any real ideological beliefs of his own — except the overriding need to dominate other human beings by any means necessary.
He’s racist tho, to the core.
re: #243 Big Beautiful Door
And misogynist to the core.
I love women!
I love the blacks!
I love the hispanics
Actual quotes.
Don’t panic if you see me tweeting about random technical issues and posting computer code occasionally. I tend to do that.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 4, 2016
.@rickellis16 pic.twitter.com/hBe1uY9oGo
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 4, 2016
re: #238 Thanos
Great quote catalogue of things Trump actually said here:
Thanks for the great resource, Thanos. Right off the bat he’s batshitcrazy:
ANDERSON COOPER: Saudi Arabia, nuclear weapons?
TRUMP: Saudi Arabia, absolutely.
it’s been a hard year for rick perry pic.twitter.com/h2TFWzj1yf
— chris hooks (@cd_hooks) June 4, 2016
re: #238 Thanos
Great quote catalogue of things Trump actually said here:
That’s begging to be a Page dude.
re: #58 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Texas is as Texas does.
They’ll do it every time… I haven’t checked this week’s drove-into-a-flood body count but it’s probably up there.
From Lawyers, Guns, and Money:
Rarely Has An Argument Refuted Itself So Comprehensively
The last two points are especially instructive, because I think that this has nothing to do with Bernie Sanders per se. If Joe Biden or Martin O’Malley had been the runner-up, I think they would be making the same arguments about the Democratic Party being dominated by “neoliberals.” It’s worth noting that Smith’s co-blogger Lambert Strether treated Clinton as the second coming of Eugene Debs when she was the runner-up in the Democratic primaries in 2008, only to discover that she was a “neoliberal” if anything to the right of the “neoliberal” once she became likely to be Obama’s successor. The only principle here is “Democratic Party delenda est.” The fact that the party is moving steadily left doesn’t figure into their analysis because they’re not interested in taking “yes” for an answer. If Sanders did become president, as soon as he failed to get any of his agenda through a Republican House they would “discover” that he’s a “neoliberal” too. They’ve been making the same arguments before Bernie’s campaign and they will after. And these arguments will never stop being incredibly dumb.
Did I mention how much I love the Green_Footballs LGF Trump Bumper Sticker Generator? https://t.co/3R7r3GIK37 https://t.co/dozgqLOuSb
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) June 4, 2016
re: #248 Great White Snark
That’s begging to be a Page dude.
BTW, not that I’d risk my sanity by ever going there, but does Combover Napoleon have an actual, official website? Or does he just rely on nasty juvenile tweets for social-media outreach?
Thinking of having a “Best Trump Bumper Sticker” contest but there are so many to choose from! @KeithOlbermann
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 4, 2016
When you now have Ilya Shapiro of the CATO Institute worried, it’s that bad:
“Who knows what Donald Trump with a pen and phone would do?” asked Ilya Shapiro, a lawyer with the libertarian Cato Institute.
I think he has more to fear from the likes of Hair Fȕhrer’s followers.
re: #251 Charles Johnson
Charles I think you have struck a valuable blow against that campaign. One that will be effective right out through November. It is fun among us here, but with a couple notable links, boom.
Ryan: Trump’s racially charged rhetoric came “out of left field” https://t.co/zPvn8rH4Xb (Photo: Getty) pic.twitter.com/lbUhxZDXpy
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 4, 2016
oh yeah, right.
re: #246 De Kolta Chair
Thanks for the great resource, Thanos. Right off the bat he’s batshitcrazy:
ANDERSON COOPER: Saudi Arabia, nuclear weapons?
TRUMP: Saudi Arabia, absolutely.
I bet that sent a thrill down Netanyahu’s leg. Think Bibi might be cozying up to Hillary soon?
re: #259 jaunte
Even if it is out in right field, that’s still in the ballpark.
re: #260 Big Beautiful Door
I bet that sent a thrill down Netanyahu’s leg. Think Bibi might be cozying up to Hillary soon?
Nope, if only cause he’s too busy fighting off internal corruption affairs to deal with reality knocking on his doorstep…
re: #248 Great White Snark
That’s begging to be a Page dude.
hard to keep up the trump creature is generating new ones at an increasing tempo
You created a vent. TYVM RT @Green_Footballs Thinking of having a “Best Trump Bumper Sticker” contest but there are so many to choose from!
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) June 4, 2016
re: #250 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I saw that, and the follow up on Enchinde of the Snakes. For as much great work as they have done on the foreclosure debacle, it amazes me with the shallowness in the Politico article-especially in the references with women-specifically, how few there were.
If they don’t wan’t to vote, and/or if they decide to cast a vote for Trump-fine. In either case, they lose any right to complain about the future outcome.
re: #266 Charles Johnson
@KeithOlbermann @Green_Footballs The winner should be the one Trump reacts to most, so just get ‘em out there and see what happens
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) June 4, 2016
The conservative movement created Trump. They either stayed silent or went along with his shit. Oh they’re concerned now. Yes, because it makes the conservative movement look like the bigots they’ve always been not because the conservative movement in this country has an actual problem with bigotry but because they want to project an image of false civility that they’ve always lacked on the population. Trump didn’t come out of thin air. He’s what GOP voters have thought for a long time but their candidates never came out and said.
Are you wondering why Mark Halperin is defending Donald Trump against charges of racism? pic.twitter.com/HyavDEpefR
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 4, 2016
re: #268 Great White Snark
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Ha! Make him judge his own bumpersticker contest. I love it!
re: #259 jaunte
WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU EXPECT YOU GODDAMMED ASSHOLE?
re: #270 gocart mozart
Oh my downloading before it’s gone
re: #269 HappyWarrior
The conservative movement created Trump. They either stayed silent or went along with his shit. Oh they’re concerned now. Yes, because it makes the conservative movement look like the bigots they’ve always been not because the conservative movement in this country has an actual problem with bigotry but because they want to project an image of false civility that they’ve always lacked on the population. Trump didn’t come out of thin air. He’s what GOP voters have thought for a long time but their candidates never came out and said.
I still remember the page from the other day here where Frank Luntz (!) was quoted as bemoaning Trump and Trumpism.
My response to Luntz is two-fold:
1) Why reject the monstrosity you’ve constructed with decades of diligent pollution of American politics?
2) If you claim your rejection is sincere, as opposed to being driven only by fears that Trump/Trumpism will be a loser in elections, then give me just one tangible reason to believe your claim. All senior Republicans have contributed to this disaster, and a complete repudiation of Republicans and all their works would seem to be the minimum concrete action needed to make a repudiation of Trump by a senior Republican credible.
re: #275 EPR-radar
I still remember the page from the other day here where Frank Luntz (!) was quoted as bemoaning Trump and Trumpism.
My response to Luntz is two-fold:
1) Why reject the monstrosity you’ve constructed with decades of diligent pollution of American politics?
2) If you claim your rejection is sincere, as opposed to being driven only by fears that Trump/Trumpism will be a loser in elections, then give me just one tangible reason to believe your claim. All senior Republicans have contributed to this disaster, and a complete repudiation of Republicans and all their works would seem to be the minimum concrete action needed to make a repudiation of Trump credible.
Agree with both of your points.
get yer brand new Hillary Clinton Trump-Fisking Knife today!
if you act now get two for the same price offer void in imaginary universes
re: #257 Great White Snark
Speaking of batshit insane fuckedup:
Google pulls Chrome extension that marked Jewish people online
Yesterday, Mic reported that a Google Chrome extension called “Coincidence Detector” was creating a database of Jewish people in order to notify users when they were reading the work of, or reading about, a Jewish person online. The extension placed three sets of parentheses (a symbol used by neo-Nazis) around certain names to identify them as Jewish. Now, one day later, Google has pulled the extension for violating its hate speech policy, Engadget reports.
The parentheses, which are known as an “echo,” originated from a right-wing podcast called The Daily Shoah, Mic reports. The plugin claimed it could “help you detect total coincidences about who has been involved in certain political movements and media empires,” which, as Mic notes, is based on a conspiracy theory that Jews are joining forces to push a “Jewish agenda.”
re: #30 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I am crying. This is a heavy, hard to read victim statement, but her words absolutely should be heard. (Read at the sentencing for the former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault, to provide context.)
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Brock Turner For 2016 Olympics
March 31 *
In a tragic miscarriage of justice, Brock has been found guilty by some betas who probably never got any play in college. This sends the message that only men are capable of making decisions after they’ve had a few drinks, which belittles women everywhere. Everyone needs to be held accountable for their actions and it saddens us to see that the “justice” system gives one gender a free pass but holds the other gender totally accountable for both parties’ actions. Hopefully, this patronizing verdict does not encourage more women to “be that girl,” but unfortunately it probably will, just as long as they can get media attention and maybe a payout.
Go with God, Brock! We’ll be voting for Trump in the hopes that he will fix things by giving you a well-deserved pardon.
Kind of says it all. Pa. The. Tic.
Bernie condemns San Jose riots, adds “if anybody is thinking about violence, please don’t tell anybody you are a Bernie Sanders supporter.”
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) June 4, 2016
re: #280 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Heh. Never mind telling people to just forget about being violent - just make sure you don’t make Bernie look bad.
Here is more of the Bernie quote on San Jose. Sorry, waiting for full post to go up. pic.twitter.com/tdOyVP07Xp
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) June 4, 2016
His full statement is better.
T. Rex
T. Rump
Angry dinosaurs with tiny hands.
H/t @JesseLaGreca!— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) June 4, 2016
re: #282 jaunte
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His full statement is better.
Yeah, that’s more like it. I’ll give him that. The brief quote is prone to being taken out of context. What do you want to bet a right-winger will take something like I just said and run with it?
re: #280 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #271 Charles Johnson
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Every minute spent listening to Mark Halperin is a minute that could be spent on something more useful. Like learning to burp the alphabet.
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) June 30, 2011
re: #282 jaunte
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His full statement is better.
Sanders condemns violence, Trump eggs it on.
“Both sides,” my ass.
re: #225 teleskiguy
Five Guys is good. If you have a peanut allergy STAY AWAY though (free peanuts while you wait for your food!). In ‘N’ Out is better, IMO.
Burgers at In’N’Out are arguably better, but more limited choices. But the fries at Five Guys are fucking AWESOME!! And a ‘regular’ fries means a big cup full of fries, plus an equal number in the bottom of the bag.
Wife just texted that she’s grilling a turkey. Yum.
The African-American man singled out by @realDonaldTrump says he’s not offended at all https://t.co/z68Lt4KyRb pic.twitter.com/EiIzyRI5IK
— 11Alive News (@11AliveNews) June 4, 2016
re: #292 Jenner7
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“I aspired all my life to be a token black guy and I finally got my chance. Thanks, Trump!”
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My daughter has packed 3 times and written 3 draft packing lists. We leave in 12 days. I’ve raised a monster. //
re: #275 EPR-radar
If I read you correctly? Not sure.
An attempt in my Page to point out that an extremist (Trump) can go so far as to lose very valuable allies on the same side of the aisle… (Yes Luntz, Reagans, Bush’s) can not possibly have any credibility in this instance? Your premise apparently claims only people not Republicans can honestly reject Donald Trump at all. A subtle ad absurdum is in play there. The most extreme position cannot be distanced from or denounced by the relative center? I see that claim made about Muslims and the jihad militants by Trump.
re: #215 Blind Frog Belly White
My old stumpyThis is how I get back and forth to work, so when, like today, it is 344 degrees, I am a little sweaty when I get home.
BTW I realized a little while ago that I have had this bike for over 20 years. Training, riding for fun, racing - it refuses to break.
Susan Sarandon is getting even more insane.
re: #297 Charles Johnson
Susan Sarandon is getting even more insane.
All I can say Susan is you loved John Edwards who was just as if not more hawkish than Clinton. Just stop it already.
re: #37 Tigger2
This brought a tear to this old guys eye.
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Mine too. May The Good Lord bless that child!
re: #297 Charles Johnson
“This is what we’re fed — ‘he’s so dangerous, he’s so dangerous,’ ” she said. “Seriously, I’m not worried about a wall being built and Mexico paying for it.
“He’s not going to get rid of every Muslim living in this country. Has he made it the norm to be racist and vent these kinds of things? Yes. But seriously, I don’t know what his policies are.”
What. the. fuck.
Sarandon:
“He’s not going to get rid of every Muslim living in this country. Has he made it the norm to be racist and vent these kinds of things? Yes.
But she doesn’t have to deal with that, so la di da.
Erick, son of Erick, is still part of #NeverTrump.
This is actual, factual racism. Donald Trump presumes that because of an Indiana judge’s ancestry, the judge, who is 100% American, will be unable to be fair. That’s racist.
The judge, again, is fully American. He is from Indiana, not Mexico.
Donald Trump couldn’t care less. He is playing with fire and whipping up racist sentiment and claims of bias because the judge’s ancestry is Hispanic.
Between the judge and Donald Trump, only one of them had a parent arrested at a KKK riot, and it was not the judge.
Donald Trump should be ashamed. His supporters should be ashamed too.
One leeetle problem, Erick-you and your kind nurtured his kind-now you are paying the price. The chickens have come home to roost.
re: #296 Jebediah, RBG
What’s in the rack? I see a tape deck, and I assume you’re at work.
re: #303 Eric The Fruit Bat
Erick, son of Erick, is still part of #NeverTrump.
One leeetle problem, Erick-you and your kind nurtured his kind-now you are paying the price. The chickens have come home to roost.
I am glad to see Erick’s been consistent in his condemnation of Herr Drumpf but at the same time, I’m tired of conservatives refusing to see how their ideological movement is what’s allowed Trump to be successful in the first place. And yes I do blame Reagan and other Republican past nominees for that absolutely. Does every single Republican deserve to be blamed for Trump? No but the Republican party honchos who worked hard to create a hard right party. They need to own up to their responsibility on this. They love to lecture others to take personal responsibility but they never ever take any for their own ideology because conservatism to them is a cult like ideology that can never be wrong but only be wronged.
re: #306 HappyWarrior
IMO-This fight is so important, ideological opposites that are against Trump are all welcome to the campaign. We can agree on the one huge thing and leave the rest alone for a few critical months.
The most guilty laugh I have had since OJ went to jail. I do have a weakness for cross topic comedy.
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re: #273 Eric The Fruit Bat
WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU EXPECT YOU GODDAMMED ASSHOLE?
@SpeakerRyan You currently carry the permanent smell of your ‘12 loss. Now you carry the stink of #Crazy. The stink of #defeat and #crazy.
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) June 3, 2016
re: #302 teleskiguy
nice. Someday I’ll have full suspension!
re: #307 Great White Snark
IMO-This fight is so important, ideological opposites that are against Trump are all welcome to the campaign. We can agree on the one huge thing and leave the rest alone for a few critical months.
I am sorry but I’m reluctant to accept Erick Erickson as an ally when he was just months ago pushing Ted Cruz who in his own way was just as dangerous as Trump is. If Erickson wants to endorse Clinton against Trump, welcome to him but if he’s going to continue to draw false equivalences between Trump and Clinton, he’s not helping.
re: #296 Jebediah, RBG
Nice. Is that a Norco case in that rack?
re: #304 Sherlock Hound
Yup - that is at work.
A digibeta that rarely gets used, and a couple of XDCam drives, an xdcam deck, a little patch panel, and the box to the right has the ISIS storage pus the SDNA archive system.
re: #313 TK-421
Nope.
and oh shit - if I don’t run the drugstore will close before I get there shit shit shit…
re: #295 Great White Snark
If I read you correctly? Not sure.
An attempt in my Page to point out that an extremist (Trump) can go so far as to lose very valuable allies on the same side of the aisle… (Yes Luntz, Reagans, Bush’s) can not possibly have any credibility in this instance? Your premise apparently claims only people not Republicans can honestly reject Donald Trump at all. A subtle ad absurdum is in play there. The most extreme position cannot be distanced from or denounced by the relative center? I see that claim made about Muslims and the jihad militants by Trump.
“senior Republicans” is in there for a reason. These are the people who have directly fed lies and propaganda to the Republican base, and are supposedly shocked to see that Trumpism is the result. Luntz is one such senior Republican.
I think Luntz’ only problem with Trump is the likely loss in the general election, unless Luntz gives me concrete evidence that he’s sincere about opposing Trump on the merits.
People, including Republicans, who haven’t been directly involved in propagandizing the Republican base for decades don’t have such strict requirements for their opposition to Trump to be deemed credible.
re: #318 EPR-radar
re: #312 HappyWarrior
I am sorry but I’m reluctant to accept Erick Erickson as an ally when he was just months ago pushing Ted Cruz who in his own way was just as dangerous as Trump is. If Erickson wants to endorse Clinton against Trump, welcome to him but if he’s going to continue to draw false equivalences between Trump and Clinton, he’s not helping.
Fairly said, you are there and I am here.
Rule #1, defeat Trump. The sooner the better and sooner means republicans. It’s a primary. Damage done now is a more damaged guy in November. Rule #2, if something else begins to appear important, refer to rule #1.
The real problem with Trump is that you have no idea who he will appoint. That alone should scare the living shit out of anyone who is sane-especially after what happened with C-plus Augustus.
As far as Hillary goes, I would hope that the Sanders influence would tack her more to the left and make her more less a neoliberal than Obama was-especially when it came to the financial crimes and that sniveling weasel Lanny Breuer, who let a whole metric shitton of property and financial crimes skate.
re: #319 Great White Snark
Fairly said, you are there and I am here.
Rule #1, defeat Trump. The sooner the better and sooner means republicans. It’s a primary. Damage done now is a more damaged guy in November. Rule #2, if something else begins to appear important, refer to rule #1.
I hope I haven’t come off too zealous. It’s just I really think that senior Republican honchos like Luntz and the others need to own up. Now individual right leaning people, I’m fine with. I’m not going ot hold grudges over someone’s vote but someone like Luntz? Someone who’s been pushing the GOP lies for years deserves to be tarnished with Trump.
re: #320 Eric The Fruit Bat
The real problem with Trump is that you have no idea who he will appoint. That along should scare the living shit out of anyone who is sane-especially after what happened with C-plus Augustus.
Allan West for Defense Sec! John Bolton for Sos!
re: #319 Great White Snark
Fairly said, you are there and I am here.
Rule #1, defeat Trump. The sooner the better and sooner means republicans. It’s a primary. Damage done now is a more damaged guy in November. Rule #2, if something else begins to appear important, refer to rule #1.
It’s also important to look ahead, and the simple fact of the matter is that the Republican party will continue to throw up dangerous turds like Trump as candidates for high office unless it is radically reformed.
Concentrating only on Trump is like believing that removing a single colon polyp is a complete solution to widespread colon cancer.
re: #323 EPR-radar
It’s also important to look ahead, and the simple fact of the matter is that the Republican party will continue to throw up dangerous turds like Trump as candidates for high office unless it is radically reformed.
Concentrating only on Trump is like believing that removing a single colon polyp is a complete solution to widespread colon cancer.
As I’m fond of saying, Trump is a symptom, he is not the GOP’s illness.
re: #323 EPR-radar
Trump is nothing more than the scab on the sore.
re: #271 Charles Johnson
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re: #321 HappyWarrior
I hope I haven’t come off too zealous. It’s just I really think that senior Republican honchos like Luntz and the others need to own up. Now individual right leaning people, I’m fine with. I’m not going ot hold grudges over someone’s vote but someone like Luntz? Someone who’s been pushing the GOP lies for years deserves to be tarnished with Trump.
This is where I’m at. No mercy for the senior GOP apparatchiks that made this mess. Individuals that have voted or still vote GOP is on a case by case basis (after all, I’m one myself, so I can’t be too zealous here without being a hypocrite).
re: #323 EPR-radar
If the party is to reform, it won’t be because Democrats said or think so. it will be because republicans do. Senior republicans especially so. What I think we would both rather see is for it not to reform, but to crumble under the weight of a major loss in the November general.
“African-American” is trending thanks to Trump. pic.twitter.com/ENyRNdZ7nz
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) June 4, 2016
re: #328 EPR-radar
This is where I’m at. No mercy for the senior GOP apparatchiks that made this mess. Individuals that have voted or still vote GOP is on a case by case basis (after all, I’m one myself, so I can’t be too zealous here without being a hypocrite).
We agree. But yeah, I just can’t muster up any sympathy. I certainly don’t have any for people like Erickson.
re: #332 Great White Snark
I think we are on the same side by a big margin, with just a disagreement on how exactly to get there. All good afaik.
Yeah I feel the same. And hey if those senior GOP officials are seriously contrite about what their party has become, I do welcome them but I really do think they need to soul search themselves and question what it is about the ideological movement and party they’ve been part of allowed Trump to succeed in it.
re: #329 Great White Snark
If the party is to reform, it won’t be because Democrats said or think so. it will be because republicans do. Senior republicans especially so. What I think we would both rather see is for it not to reform, but to crumble under the weight of a major loss in the November general.
I think GOP reform is impossible without a major general election loss, and I don’t think a big enough loss to drive this reform is possible in this polarized era. 49 state electoral college blowouts are no longer possible.
re: #312 HappyWarrior
I am sorry but I’m reluctant to accept Erick Erickson as an ally when he was just months ago pushing Ted Cruz who in his own way was just as dangerous as Trump is. If Erickson wants to endorse Clinton against Trump, welcome to him but if he’s going to continue to draw false equivalences between Trump and Clinton, he’s not helping.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. He speaks authentic wingnut, so if he can convince wingnuts we can’t reach not to vote for Trump, that’s a good thing.
re: #321 HappyWarrior
I hope I haven’t come off too zealous. It’s just I really think that senior Republican honchos like Luntz and the others need to own up. Now individual right leaning people, I’m fine with. I’m not going ot hold grudges over someone’s vote but someone like Luntz? Someone who’s been pushing the GOP lies for years deserves to be tarnished with Trump.
I can see the argument, though I disagree for a couple of reasons.
Reason one is that as I get older I get less and less enamored with passionate perfection. “In an ideal world” means “not today.” This leads to reason two:
It’s easier to win a lot of little battles than it is to win a huge one. Opposing Trump without disowning past positions does not stop the fact they’re opposing Trump. It gives platform for the battle that there’s a limit to their position - a point at which it’s “too far”. At which point it can be shifted left. and left. and left. Just a step or two at a time.
And reason three echoes reason two: the more universal the condemnation and opposition to Trump, the more certain Trump doesn’t slip in anyway.
Politics - life - is compromise. Sometimes everything goes your way. Usually you have to give a little to get a little. If letting honchos hold onto their own self-image means I never hear President Trump, I’ll take it.
re: #335 Big Beautiful Door
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. He speaks authentic wingnut, so if he can convince wingnuts we can’t reach not to vote for Trump, that’s a good thing.
Just remember in the end that the enemy of my enemy is still my enemy-always has been, always will be.
re: #333 HappyWarrior
Yeah I feel the same. And hey if those senior GOP officials are seriously contrite about what their party has become, I do welcome them but I really do think they need to soul search themselves and question what it is about the ideological movement and party they’ve been part of allowed Trump to succeed in it.
Like I said upthread, I’ll believe what folks like Erickson and Luntz say on the subject of being anti-Trump if they give me a reason to.
They are perfect subjects for this fierce challenge: “Don’t tell me what you believe. Show me what you do and I will tell you what you believe.”
re: #338 EPR-radar
Like I said upthread, I’ll believe what folks like Erickson and Luntz say on the subject of being anti-Trump if they give me a reason to.
They are perfect subjects for this fierce challenge: “Don’t tell me what you believe. Show me what you do and I will tell you what you believe.”
Fair test. I like it.
re: #295 Great White Snark
If I read you correctly? Not sure.
An attempt in my Page to point out that an extremist (Trump) can go so far as to lose very valuable allies on the same side of the aisle… (Yes Luntz, Reagans, Bush’s) can not possibly have any credibility in this instance? Your premise apparently claims only people not Republicans can honestly reject Donald Trump at all. A subtle ad absurdum is in play there. The most extreme position cannot be distanced from or denounced by the relative center? I see that claim made about Muslims and the jihad militants by Trump.
I think Luntz’s animosity toward Trump is a whole lot more personal than ideological. Trumps tweets about Luntz have included:
“@FrankLuntz is a low class slob who came to my office looking for consulting work and I had zero interest. Now he picks anti-Trump panels!”
”.@FrankLuntz I won every poll of the debate tonight by massive margins @DRUDGE_REPORT & @TIME so where did you find that dumb panel.”
”.@FrankLuntz, your so-called “focus groups” are a total joke. Don’t come to my office looking for business again. You are a clown!”
re: #335 Big Beautiful Door
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. He speaks authentic wingnut, so if he can convince wingnuts we can’t reach not to vote for Trump, that’s a good thing.
I believe that the enemy of my enemy is just somebody else of whom to beware. Not my friend at all. Even if he “wins” this particular battle, he’s still the asshole he always was.
re: #341 BeachDem
I believe that the enemy of my enemy is just somebody else of whom to beware. Not my friend at all. Even if he “wins” this particular battle, he’s still the asshole he always was.
Absolutely. For example, Ted Cruz and Erick Erickson would very much like to fire the ovens for some auto-da-fes, but are constrained by what’s politically possible at the moment.
Wait. Is Trump’s “African American” the same black Trump supporter who cold cocked a protester at a rally a couple of months ago?
Gregory Cheadle took no offense when on Friday during a rally, Donald Trump singled him out and asked, “Look at my African-American over here!” At the Friday rally, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was in the middle of describing a past campaign event, at which he said a black supporter “slugged” protesters who were dressed in a “Ku Klux Klan outfit.”
“I want to find out what’s going on with him,” Trump said of the supporter at the previous rally. He then appeared to spot a black person in the audience of Friday’s event at Redding Municipal Airport. “Oh, look at my African-American over here,” an excited Trump said, while pointing into the crowd. “Look at him. Are you the greatest? You know what I’m talking about? OK!” Cheadle, a Republican from Happy Valley in the running for the 1st Congressional District, said he was beaming. “That was me seriously. I got two autographs out of that,” he said.
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re: #343 gocart mozart
No, the guy who punched the protester was active duty AF.
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