Of course this is a lie.
We already have multiple sources leaking to the New York Times about what happened.
Trump was told that he should just fire somebody, so he found somebody and fired them. It's a lazy, completely unconvincing coverup.
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Of course this is a lie.
We already have multiple sources leaking to the New York Times about what happened.
Trump was told that he should just fire somebody, so he found somebody and fired them. It's a lazy, completely unconvincing coverup.
Dubbedinenglish
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So was this Trump adviser also paid by the Trump campaign?!? I think there is campaign finance stuff there.
The Trumpster fire just got ten feet taller.
minor effort
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No worries. They can definitely, definitely turn this around during the debates. For sure.
VendettaRed07
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Even though it's a shitty move and unfair to the guy, I really hope that Hillary revokes Garland's nomination and nominates someone younger/more liberal.
They can't just let blocking him and letting the longest wait to take action on a Justice slide. They have to punish them in someway. I'm tired of letting these guys get free passes for their bullshit.
They can't just let blocking him and letting the longest wait to take action on a Justice slide. They have to punish them in someway. I'm tired of letting these guys get free passes for their bullshit.
Box of Kittens
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Hinckley shot Reagan because he thought it would impress Jodie Foster. Assassination attempts don't always make sense, that's for sure.
RustyNails
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So who really believes this Meredith speechwriter story is genuine? It looks like a hapless Trump Org intern being forced to walk the plank. We all know one of the Trump kids planted the Michelle speech.
There's no way anything in that story is true. They just tossed some poor girl in the volcano.
metalslimer
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Obama's going to have to revoke the pick because otherwise if republicans lose the senate they will vote him in knowing he is the best they will get. I feel awful for Garland though he seems like he was so proud to have gotten this. I think Obama should just let it go. Garland will shift the court to the left although not as left as we would want. I don't know if Citizens United could be overturned with him on the bench though
nature boy
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Republicans have already hinted that if Clinton wins they will accept his nomination before the inauguration.
Obama could nominate a more liberal judge just to piss them off, but he won't.
Dubbedinenglish
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They can't even fall on the sword correctly. The defense is that this lady didn't check the lines Melania plagiarized. You can't make this up lol
VendettaRed07
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Contempt for the government was at an all time high. Even though he was boring himself, he took the heat for all of Nixon's BS, especially after he pardoned him.
There's a reason why we elected a peanut farmer. I'd argue Jimmy Carter is the only true outsider candidate in modern history to actually win.
Nah, Garland's been on Obama's list since jump. Sure he's a bit centrist on certain issues, but more often than not justices float left as time goes on. He's great on gun control and is a brilliant dude overall, he deserves this.
*cackle*
RustyNails
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Yeah thats a red flag. The defense is carefully worded to excuse the mistake and label it as an oversight from Melania, who loves Michelle by the way so its all good!
VendettaRed07
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I can honestly imagine them still not holding the hearing out of spite. Or democrats protesting the hearing saying "wait I thought we were supposed to let the next president decide? will of the people and all that"
That's like the worst blackmail ever
So, will they move on?
I bet you her bank account increased this week.
neurosisxeno
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The Trump Campaign is horribly disorganized. It does not surprise me to learn they cut corners with staffers.
Joe Shlabotnik
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This jibes with the NYT story yesterday though. The campaign brought in two former Bush speechwriters to write Melania's speech; she hated it and brought in Trump's recent ghostwriter; together they almost completely re-wrote the speech.
Not sure if the specifics matter much more than that. SOMEONE obviously listened to or read Michelle's speech, it's as believably Melania as it is anyone else. There were vetting fuck ups on like five different levels.
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Speaking of that, I wonder if Trump would even submit to anything more than the most superficial of debate preparations. It's hard to imagine him sitting down with his debate team (if he even has one), spending hours engaging in practice debates, being told his answers are incorrect or insufficient, watching hours of Hillary speeches and debates, finely tuning talking points, preparing for multiple contingency answers. I totally expect Trump to just jump in and try to approach it just like one of his primary debates.
So...considering this is Trump we're talking about, it's pretty much how it went?
IggyChooChoo
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Completely agree. Trump will at most memorize a few pre-written mean one-liners.
Never said it wasn't possible
That's been my expectation.
One thing I'll be looking for and laughing at: I'm not sure if he has the internal discipline to play the expectations game. He can portray Hillary was wily/cunning/etc, but he's already billed himself as an incredibly smart guy. His team is going to have trouble setting a low bar for him.
cartoon_soldier
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Guys, Trump doesn't need to prepare for debates. He can just lie and make things up like he has till now. Debate moderators hardly challenge things.
metalslimer
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Oh my god CNN is reporting the Kasich VP offer
They were going to do it eventually, it did run in the Times. People were going to read it at some point.
I'm hoping for laughs at the first one at least.
It's unfortunate, but all it takes is one crazy person.
I just saw, what is going on?
minor effort
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The biggest part will be being told he's wrong. Serious debate prep often means being told you're wrong, multiple times, and I wonder how much of that someone with Trump's ego would tolerate before bolting from the meetings.
I know, but oddly enough Obama making it through unscathed leaves me confident she'll be fine.
metalslimer
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Trump offered Kasich the VP job with apparently the offer of Kasich being able to control foreign and domestic policy lol
Dominican Power
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There's no way you mistakenly write words from a speech spoken in 2008.
Trump's son offered him the VP job at one point, telling Kasich that he'd be in charge of "domestic and foreign policy" while Trump would be in charge of "making America great again".
That would be adorable if spoken by an eight year old.
metalslimer
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I mean I could believe Kasich leaked the story to get revenge on Trump, but honestly that story is even better.
nature boy
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Huh? Why do you think it's outrageous?
Trump can't speak coherently for more than 30 seconds.
Voysa Reezun
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It's because she left him for Huma, and especially after seeing Weiner, my wife and I were both okay with saying that we'd leave each other for Huma.
Bill's just crying because he didn't hook up with Huma, who as we all know is too good for him, for her actual husband, and really, for most people in life.
User 463088
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The whole plagiarism thing was handled so poorly, I feel a lot better about our chances even if the polls are closer than I'd like. Like, seriously. How you fuck up something this bad during the most important week of your campaign is just beyond me. I think the Trump family is realizing the shit that works in the primary doesn't work in the General. Blaming Hillary for everything will only get you so far. You've now lost three days on this bullshit. And you didn't even manage to sacrifice a staffer correctly.
The convention itself has been low energy. Ratings were slightly down from the first night. (Which is understandable, considering the quality of speakers) It's basically on par with 2008 and 2012, ratings wise. They managed to have the convention hall mostly empty during the hour that was shown on broadcast TV. (And had an actress slash avocado farmer talk during it).
PLUS, I think all of the negative campaigning they've been doing is going to lead to Hillary consolidating support. People don't like 24/7 ugly, especially when they haven't laid out a SINGLE policy during the convention. Not a single thing. I don''t believe Mike Pence was mentioned more than once or twice, and that was in terms of "President Trump and Vice President Pence"
I honestly thought Trump's people could put on a better show than this.
The convention itself has been low energy. Ratings were slightly down from the first night. (Which is understandable, considering the quality of speakers) It's basically on par with 2008 and 2012, ratings wise. They managed to have the convention hall mostly empty during the hour that was shown on broadcast TV. (And had an actress slash avocado farmer talk during it).
PLUS, I think all of the negative campaigning they've been doing is going to lead to Hillary consolidating support. People don't like 24/7 ugly, especially when they haven't laid out a SINGLE policy during the convention. Not a single thing. I don''t believe Mike Pence was mentioned more than once or twice, and that was in terms of "President Trump and Vice President Pence"
I honestly thought Trump's people could put on a better show than this.
It's Trump. Considering some of what we've heard coming out of that campaign this isn't too out there.
I can't even think dirty thoughts about Huma.
Oh who am I kidding?
Retromelon
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Seems like there might be some overlap
So, will they move on?
But I thought they copied the speech from My Little Pony.
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