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PoliGAF 2016 |OT8| No, Donald. You don't.
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JohnTinker
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Gentle reminder that Manafort advised Putin's govt on how to suppress Ukrainians during the uprisings a couple years ago.
Those suppressed by the tactics Manafort advised would love to tell about it, but they're dead.
It blows my mind. The GOP is always harping on Obama and Clinton for bowing to our enemies and not "standing up for America". Meanwhile, Trump is actually advocating for policies that cede our interests to Russia and has even praised Putin ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. WTF?!?!?
StopMakingSense
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You have to wonder how much shit the press has been sitting on until Trump officially got the nomination.
Yeah, I think I get to watch it maybe 1/3rd of the time. If anything's good, I watch the clip online later on. Sad, because I watched the shit out of SNL up until about 10 years ago. If Comedy Central had a marathon on (especially their Christmas Merrython), I basically spent all of my winter break in front of the TV watching.
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Separate note:
Chris Matthews just quickly asked his panel (including Michael Steele, David Corn, and Robert Costa), and they all sound confident that Clinton's VP pick will be leaked tomorrow.
Not the guy who actually wrote Art of the Deal, the guy who "wrote" it i.e. Trump.
As in, trump, the guy who "wrote the book" on negotiating got pwned, again, at his own show.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Eh, I doubt the press would sit on anything. The question is; how much shit will suddenly appear in the inbox of those in the press.
He also asked about the potential backlash with women to the convention in regard to how they were attacking Hillary Clinton with no actual policies being presented.
Maybe Pence meant the countries we stand by are our allies.
User 463088
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I'm trying to go to sleep
But MSNBC just reported that Google says searches for Cruz were 50% higher than for Mike Pence. LOLOLOL
But MSNBC just reported that Google says searches for Cruz were 50% higher than for Mike Pence. LOLOLOL
Cruz is trending on twitter with more than 400K tweets while Pence is... not
JohnTinker
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Here is Christie watching Pence accept the VP nomination
VendettaRed07
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Collecting my self and sobering up.. Cruz is going to run all the footage of republicans trashing him tonight as positive campaign material in 4 years.
Smart son of a bitch. He knows damn well that after Trump loses, the base will turn on him, and Ryan, and Mitch, and all them shit talking him will make him look like a god running next cycle. He is punting like any conservative with a brain should have.
Smart son of a bitch. He knows damn well that after Trump loses, the base will turn on him, and Ryan, and Mitch, and all them shit talking him will make him look like a god running next cycle. He is punting like any conservative with a brain should have.
NYT: Bill Clinton Said to Back Virginias Tim Kaine for Vice President
Between Trump possibly putting a fetid cherry atop this shit sundae of a convention and Hillary finally leaking a VP pick, I'm going to have trouble sleeping tonight.
Between Trump possibly putting a fetid cherry atop this shit sundae of a convention and Hillary finally leaking a VP pick, I'm going to have trouble sleeping tonight.
Ignatz Mouse
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aspiegamer
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The spin of Trump "allowing" Cruz to speak is a complete lie, given Cruz went offscript for 13 bonus minutes. He did approve the 9-minute of the speech, though, true.
I'm going to be beyond depressed if the DNC ends up this way next week, though after Sanders' official endorsement I'm less concerned. He got almost everything he wanted on the platform, too. Some floor delegates might still be dicks. The door couldn't possibly be more open for a November win. Don't fuck this up.
I'm going to be beyond depressed if the DNC ends up this way next week, though after Sanders' official endorsement I'm less concerned. He got almost everything he wanted on the platform, too. Some floor delegates might still be dicks. The door couldn't possibly be more open for a November win. Don't fuck this up.
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No freaking way. No way has Manafort been the Clinton operative the whole time.
RastaMentality
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Clinton/Kaine sounds good at least. I hope the bribing story doesn't become a thing.
Also hope Kaine doesn't try to teach Spanish again on Friday in Florida.
Also hope Kaine doesn't try to teach Spanish again on Friday in Florida.
VendettaRed07
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StormBrute
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After Trump's NATO comments, I've changed my mind on pushing foreign policy with Stavridis. Get the former supreme commander of NATO on stage and talking about this. He could effectively push how dangerous this is.
I'm fine with either Kaine or Stavridis. They both have upsides. Don't know enough about Vilsack to say.
I'm fine with either Kaine or Stavridis. They both have upsides. Don't know enough about Vilsack to say.
I assume I'm not the right demo, but there is nothing appealing about Tim Kaine. He's generic democrat A as far as I am concerned. A not particularly young, not particularly liberal, white male democrat from Virginia. Nothing about this pick represents the future of our country.
VendettaRed07
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Good night everyone.
metalslimer
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Good night everyone.
Don't worry. He will literally have no power lol.
I still wanted Warren. Bleh.
Ok, ok.
Someone explain the Cruz thing to me, from Trump's incentives.
Was it pure hubris? Did he somehow think that he would come out of that looking better, and so he let the speech through? Or did he think that he had brought Cruz to heel, and expected a different... tone from the speech?
Nothing makes sense to me. Cruz's incentives make sense, of course, but Trump? The campaign in general?
Ok, ok.
Someone explain the Cruz thing to me, from Trump's incentives.
Was it pure hubris? Did he somehow think that he would come out of that looking better, and so he let the speech through? Or did he think that he had brought Cruz to heel, and expected a different... tone from the speech?
Nothing makes sense to me. Cruz's incentives make sense, of course, but Trump? The campaign in general?
VendettaRed07
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Fuck every thing about the year 2010 except the Scott Pilgrim movie and Landon Donovan's goal
ItWasMeantToBe19
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I can't believe the party of neocons is really nominating a man who loves Saddam and Putin.
Rubio and Cotton are fucking neocons, get some backbone and defend your ideology instead of endorsing Trump.
Rubio and Cotton are fucking neocons, get some backbone and defend your ideology instead of endorsing Trump.
aspiegamer
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Cruz has a massive leg-up on them in terms of grabbing the base in 2020, as a result. "I was the only guy who wouldn't submit to Donald Trump" is a big freaking deal. After watching Cruz I'm curious if Rubio or Walker would like to walk things back a bit. Even Gingrich. He was smart enough to adapt his speech on the fly (legitimately not easy under the pressure) and he had to know what was going on.
The Clinton campaign responds to Trump's NATO comments:
https://twitter.com/JesseFFerguson/status/755994951889063936
https://twitter.com/JesseFFerguson/status/755994951889063936
Trump is stupid and incompetent.
Cruz gave up the opportunity to have his name placed into nomination. I suspect the deal there was to get the speaking slot without endorsing.
The most likely theory from my perspective is that Trump just didn't bother to have anybody else to read the speech carefully. He thought he could humiliate Cruz by having him booed and that would be sufficient punishment for not endorsing.
Remember, Trump just doesn't think in terms of rational strategies for accomplishing goals. He thinks in terms of dominance and threats.
I'd rather them hit the NATO thing hard. There are so many controversies, so little time.
User 463088
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Okay but no little dinosaurs or dried fruit. You get oatmeal and a teaspoon of Splenda.
*gags*
I think between the NATO comments and Trump's praise for dictators, the Clinton campaign should be able to effectively portray voting for Trump as an unacceptable risk - a danger to the country and the world. Now, obviously there's going to be ~40% that will vote for him no matter what, but I can definitely see this message keeping Hillary comfortably ahead if they can get it out there well enough.
Aww.;.;
I'm just glad we got a relatively liberal and progressive nominee in Hillary. So while a bit disappointing, it's nothing to be bummed out about. I'm sure Kaine will be do just fine.
User 463088
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Cruz released a fund raising email tonight. Why am I still awake???
Prodigal Son
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Do we know it's gonna be Kaine?
Won't know for sure until it's announced. Rumored to be leaking tomorrow/today depending on what time it is for you. I doubt Bill stating a preference is the leak.
NYCmetsfan
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PD had this theory that there was some kind of deal made that Tom Perriello would get a senate seat out of thisif he didn't run for Gov in 2013, making way for McAuliffe. I'm kinda starting to believe it if Kane is the pick
Yes, I may have jumped the gun a bit lol. We shall see.
Well, he speaks Spanish.
Except they're not Neo-Cons. The party is about 4 things:
White supremacy
Christian supremacy
Male supremacy
Heterosexual supremacy.
95% of what the party does filters through that prism. They were neo-cons when we were killing Muslims. They don't give a shit what Russians or Germans do or don't do.
It's like how they filter the constitution through white/male/heterosexual/supremacy. Separation of church and state doesn't apply to christianity. No religious test doesn't apply to Muslims. 5th ammendment protections don't apply to women or minorities. On down the line.
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