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[Plinko]

Oh my goodness I had no idea how bad Fox News was nowadays. It's basically Drudge. Every single story is pro-Trump or anti-Hillary.

 

[Skiptastic]

Bayh up 58-32 according to leaked Democrat internal polling.

He's just terrible, but still a +1 vote for many bills.

He's also a way to buffer against Joe Donnelly possibly losing his seat in a midterm election, when Democrat turnout goes way down. Gotta keep at least one D Senator in Indiana.

I'm going to try to help Joe keep his seat in two years, but it won't be easy...

 

[Hopfrog]

I mean, these comments are just the icing on an already incredibly shitty cake. It really is astonishing what Trump has already said during this campaign that would have been unimaginable for candidates in previous years. Let us not forget that this is a man who has already suggested that he believes the general election will be rigged against him - that is far worse than Romney's 47% remark.

He deserves to lose Mondale or Goldwater-style - that is his level.

 

[Balphon]

The reset almost made it a full 24 hours.

 

[Slacker]

Oh my goodness I had no idea how bad Fox News was nowadays. It's basically Drudge. Every single story is pro-Trump or anti-Hillary.

That's a new development?

 

[Cesare Borgia]

Paul Ryan continues to look like the coward he is.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Net worth usually includes assets, no?

According to the news above by studyguy, Sanders just bought a 600k vacation home (article was dated just yesterday), there's no way his net worth is lower than the money he put down on that.

Only if he bought it outright? If he put $200,000 towards it and the rest is in a $400,000 mortgage, it would only count for $200,000 - $600,000 is a positive asset from the house, $400,000 is negative debt from the mortgage. Unless he's lying and has excluded half his wealth from his disclosure, I'm pretty certain Sanders isn't a millionaire. I mean, it's kind of irrelevant to that meme now because he won't become president anyway, but facts are facts.

 

[Captain Pants]

I feel like dogwhistle doesn't apply to Trump anymore. These are Trumpwhistles. The only vague language in his sentences is there for implausible deniability.

 

[User 463088]

2nd Amendment trending on twitter right now.

Please, let this be the thing that makes him shut the fuck up.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

2nd Amendment trending on twitter right now.

Please, let this be the thing that makes him shut the fuck up.

We dont want him to shut the fuck up

 

[TumblingHippo]

Whenever I see someone post the "pivot" gif I always imagine the Trump campaign posting this one immediately after:

 

[Roland_Gunner]

That's a new development?

I don't watch Fox news but several people have mentioned that with Ailes out the content is way less focused. The hosts can say whatever they want while the execs are trying to keep their jobs.

 

[Teggy]

"statement on dishonest media." That shit is embarrassing.

 

[BlastProcessing]

WAIT WHAT

https://twitter.com/CandaceSmith_/status/763089093957787649

Beyond the fucking pale.

 

[RustyNails]

Secret Service is probably going to contact him and Trump will be like, "I talked to the secret service guys and they said Mr. Trump, thank you for saying those words"

 

[User 463088]

We dont want him to shut the fuck up

I do, actually. I want him to shut up because he is going to end up getting someone very badly hurt or killed.

 

[Dominican Power]

Trump is such a fucking idiot. I don't know why every strategist still working for the RNC hasn't assaulted him with expletives in private. Let's recap, GAF:

His last economic policy was going to increase the debt by $10 trillion dollars, slash spending, and was essentially blended nonsense. He just now walked that back with a well rehearsed speech written word for word by conservative strategists into a vanilla Republican economic plan. Better yet, he completely behaved himself despite twelve protests during the speech. TWELVE. It was a reset, folks, a much needed reset after two weeks of being grilled for insulting a gold star family several times. It was a legitimate reset.

And now he just blew it by suggesting people should shoot the supreme court nominee. Wow. It just keeps happening.

There's no such thing as a reset with Trump.

 

[mo60]

It's unlikely trump gets arrested for this, but this may gra the secret services attention and they will probably try to increase hilary's security.

 

[PantherLotus]

Some gems from twitter over the past 30 minutes:

Benjy Sarlin
@BenjySarlin
The campaign that's spent the last week shouting Clinton accidentally said "are" instead of "aren't" one time is now pleading for context.

3:27pm · 9 Aug 2016 · TweetDeck

Michael Crowley
@michaelcrowley
Govt has investigated two Trump associates—his butler and a campaign advisor—for HRC threats. Roger Stone has also called for her execution

3:29pm · 9 Aug 2016 · TweetDeck

Teresa
@TeresaKopec
Press complains that Hillary is stiff and “scripted.” Maybe because saying any damn thing that crosses your mind is dangerous. #Trump

3:25pm · 9 Aug 2016 · Tweetbot for iΟS

Kevin Collier
@kevincollier
Just called @SecretService re: "2nd Amendment people":

"We're familiar with the comment," not yet prepared to make statement.

3:23pm · 9 Aug 2016 · Twitter Web Client

LOLGOP
@LOLGOP
We should trust a crowd who thinks fake firing Flavor Flav is qualification to be president to see the subtleties of an armed rebellion joke

3:24pm · 9 Aug 2016 · TweetDeck

David Frum
@davidfrum
Hinting broadly at gun violence is a good way to distract attention from your morning comment that the stock market was overvalued

3:18pm · 9 Aug 2016 · TweetDeck

Benjy Sarlin
@BenjySarlin
Let's apply Occam's razor. Which sounds more like Trump? A) Casually invokes violence B) Organizes single-issue activist pressure campaigns

3:15pm · 9 Aug 2016 · TweetDeck

Chris Murphy
@ChrisMurphyCT
Don't treat this as a political misstep. It's an assassination threat, seriously upping the possibility of a national tragedy & crisis.

3:14pm · 9 Aug 2016 · Twitter for iPhone

 

[Rubenov]

2nd Amendment trending on twitter right now.

Please, let this be the thing that makes him shut the fuck up.

There's gotta be more scandalous stuff in store for us. If things go like "normal" for too long, he gets restless and BAM! Another limit breached.

 

[Y2Kev]

Only if he bought it outright? If he put $200,000 towards it and the rest is in a $400,000 mortgage, it would only count for $200,000 - $600,000 is a positive asset from the house, $400,000 is negative debt from the mortgage. Unless he's lying and has excluded half his wealth from his disclosure, I'm pretty certain Sanders isn't a millionaire. I mean, it's kind of irrelevant to that meme now because he won't become president anyway, but facts are facts.

This is also wrong. If he buys a house for 600k, regardless of how he finances it, he gets a 600k asset. In your case assets go up by 400k (600k house - 200k cash) and liabilities go up by 400k. Buying a house of X has no impact on your net worth.

Balance sheet must balance here.

 

[mo60]

I do, actually. I want him to shut up because he is going to end up getting someone very badly hurt or killed.

Yep. The fun and games are over. Someome is eventually going to get hurt or killed because of the rhetoric he has been spouting recently and in the past.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

There's gotta be more scandalous stuff in store for us. If things go like "normal" for too long, he gets restless and BAM! Another limit breached.

I'm pretty sure he can't go past "assassinate Hillary Clinton" unless he brags about raping those women who have accused him of rape.

 

[Box of Kittens]

Trump's basically only going to get his base to vote for him at this point. The exit polls re going to be ridiculous. As badly as he's doing right now, these comments are going to hurt him further.

 

[hawk2025]

As someone accurately stated on OT, this kind of spin is basically when a mob boss says "This is a nice family you've got here, would be a shame if something happened to it"...


...and then a bunch of fools started pretending what he actually meant was that the guy really should get insurance.

 

[mo60]

Trump's basically only going to get his base to vote for him at this point. The exit polls re going to be ridiculous. As badly as he's doing right now, these comments are going to hurt him further.

He's probably not going to break 40% at this point if he continues to say awful things like what he said today.

 

[Dominican Power]

If nut jobs on the right can get riled and do crazy shit over abortion, what do you think they'll do if there was a perception that a candidate is going to take their guns away? You're playing with fucking fire.

 

[whyamihere]

Deadline decided to chime in with the worst cartoon possible.

 

[RustyNails]

I'm honestly afeared for Hillary now. This incident combined with the tinderbox of hate at his rallies is very alarming. Like, they freely shout cunt, bitch, hang her, lock her up etc. All it takes is one psychopath.

Doesnt matter if Trump really meant NRA mobilize voters or whatever. The crazy hear the crazy.

 

[nature boy]

Zeddonymous ‏@ZeddRebel 1h1 hour ago
Trump voter: "I like Trump because he says exactly what he means."
Trump: 'Somebody shoot my opponent'
Trump voter: 'He didn't mean that'

Exactly.

 

[kess]

No denial of violent intent from either the Trump campaign or the NRA. This election is a nightmare.

 

[Spoiled Milk]

Only if he bought it outright? If he put $200,000 towards it and the rest is in a $400,000 mortgage, it would only count for $200,000 - $600,000 is a positive asset from the house, $400,000 is negative debt from the mortgage. Unless he's lying and has excluded half his wealth from his disclosure, I'm pretty certain Sanders isn't a millionaire. I mean, it's kind of irrelevant to that meme now because he won't become president anyway, but facts are facts.

To answer your earlier question, I found my information from a bogus article that erroneously counted all of his homes as payed for. But there's more to this.

First, the number you found is actually the average of the range he disclosed, which went from about 200k to about 800k, which is where the 500+ number comes from. We have no idea where he falls in that range. Further, personal financial disclosure forms don't have to reveal properties at all. And they also don't have to reveal any information about mortgages. As of this writing, Bernie Sanders owns three homes: one in a DC neighborhood where the median home price is about 700k, one in Burlington, and now a 600k summer home. Further, it is common to take a couple's net worth, divide it in half, and then disclose that as your individual net worth.

So the truth is that not only do we have no idea how much Bernie Sanders' net worth actually is, it is in fact highly likely that he has enough equity in those 3 homes to put him over 1 million.

 

[PantherLotus]

Qualifications for the Presidency:

[x] 35 years old
[x] US Citizen
[ ] Understands Nuclear basics -- MAD, the triad, non-proliferation, etc.
[ ] Understands necessity of NATO
[ ] Understands the limits of government power vis a vis the US Constitution
[ ] Understands the Bill of Rights
[ ] Understands the limits of a voluntary military service is that you never, under any circumstance, fuck with the parents of a soldier who died in service, ever.
[ ] Understands that calling for violence against a national politician is immediate grounds for arrest and prosecution under the full extent of US law.
[ ] Understands that not understanding all of the above while running for the US Presidency is tantamount to treason.

 

[Black Mamba]

Deadline decided to chime in with the worst cartoon possible.

worse than this one?

 

[BlastProcessing]

Does the secret service investigate someone who's under secret service protection? How would this work.

Well, it wouldn't be too far out of their way...

I used to think that Trump's final breakdown would be saying something like "Stop that Bitch!", now I think it will be "Kill that cunt."

 

[Deleted member 231381]

To answer your earlier question, I found my information from a bogus article that erroneously counted all of his homes as payed for. But there's more to this.

First, the number you found is actually the average of the range he disclosed, which went from about 200k to about 800k, which is where the 500+ number comes from. We have no idea where he falls in that range. Further, personal financial disclosure forms don't have to reveal properties at all. And they also don't have to reveal any information about mortgages. As of this writing, Bernie Sanders owns three homes: one in a DC neighborhood where the median home price is about 700k, one in Burlington, and now a 600k summer home. Further, it is common to take a couple's net worth, divide it in half, and then disclose that as your individual net worth.

So the truth is that not only do we have no idea how much Bernie Sanders' net worth actually is, it is in fact highly likely that he has enough equity in those 3 homes to put him over 1 million.

Fair, that's interesting. In the UK, the disclosure forms do have to list property (because MPs get a housing allowance which they can't claim if they have a relevant property).

 

[Bowdz]

Fuck Trump for this shit. This is SO FAR beyond the pale of what is even fringe in American politics. This is not the first Trumpite to suggest political violence. By my count, three Trumpites have literally called for Clinton's execution, the entire RNC has chanted lock her up, and Trump's rallies have TONS of people who call for her execution. The media had better grow so fucking balls and just out and out call on Trump and only Trump to repudiate this statement. If he doesn't, bring it up EVERY fucking day until he does.

I'm fucking blown away. This is so dangerous and irresponsible and even borderline illegal. The GOP had better repudiate this or the Dems should hang this anchor around thejr neck and dominate. Fucking goddamnit.

 

[RustyNails]

Any chance Ryan drops Trump after winning the primary tonight?

 

[The Lamonster]

Ex-CIA director saying Trump could be arrested for 2nd amendment comments lmao holy shit

This is insane

huh? how so?

also: please be true

 

[Loudninja]

Anyone else sick of "Maybe its a joke!" nonsense?

 

[Bowdz]

Any chance Ryan drops Trump after winning the primary tonight?

After today, he better. This is so unacceptable.

 

[Voysa Reezun]

HOLY SHIT, NRA

@NRA RealDonaldTrump is right. If @HillaryClinton gets to pick her anti-#2A #SCOTUS judges, there’s nothing we can do. #NeverHillary

 

[Owzers]

The media will let Trump off the hook for this comment, but it's blatant he was talking about violence against Hillary. This is even less up for interpretation than Megyn's bleeding areas, who substitutes:

“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people––maybe there is, I dunno…”

I'm sure people running for president lose track of telling people to vote. Such a hard thing to be consistent on. I dunno...i guess you could vote.

 

[User 463088]

Anyone else sick of "Maybe its a joke!" nonsense?

I am, but I don't think most people's brains know how to process this. It's so insane. It's so outside what we normally consider political discourse in this country.

 

[nature boy]

Next weeks' polls: Clinton +15, 400+ projected Electoral College.

Meanwhile:

Annie Karni ‏@anniekarni 3h3 hours ago
Meg Whitman just the tip of the GOP for HRC business spear -- am told she's going to announce big, biz community group for Hillary

Jim Sciutto ‏@jimsciutto 15m15 minutes ago
Just in: “The US Secret Service is aware of Mr. Trump’s comments” - USSS Comms Director Cathy Milhoan to #CNN

 

[whyamihere]

90 MORE DAYS

 

[metalslimer]

huh? how so?

also: please be true

No he needs to be the face of the Republican Party. I hope the SS investigates though

 

[The Technomancer]

This is insane

 

[Box of Kittens]

Anyone else sick of "Maybe its a joke!" nonsense?

I've been sick of it at least since his Russia comments.

 

[Spoiled Milk]

Fair, that's interesting. In the UK, the disclosure forms do have to list property (because MPs get a housing allowance which they can't claim if they have a relevant property).

That's just further proof that the rich are truly coddled in my country compared to the UK.