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[Wilsongt]

Thought you guys might get a laugh out of this

#NeverForgetUnlessICanUseitAgainstObamaandHillary

 

[sc0la]

If this person has stepped foot inside a college, I'll eat my shoe.

I mean I met lots of demonstrably stupid people in college. It's not a stretch.

 

[Hazmat]

Is he playing the harmonica now in response to John Oliver or is this some sort of brilliant coincidence

It's a well-known hobby of his. I think he's played like this while campaigning for other positions.

 

[Brawndo Addict]

How does the campaign's thought process work lol? Hmm, the Ukraine/Russian story on Manafort is getting some attention, better throw some kerosene on the fire by attacking Hillary for Putin connections. That will help get the media to talk about something else.

 

[Aylinato]

If this person has stepped foot inside a college, I'll eat my shoe.

They over sampled republicans, republicans are not 33% of the country. Republicans are at 26% of the country, democrats are at 28%. Right off the bat you can tell they didn't sample correctly.

If we look at independents for a second, they should be sampled at 42% of the population.

I'd like to say that 1000 per state also over samples republican states while under sampling population rich states like NY, Cali. I am also assuming by them counting "real people" they didn't include Spanish speakers.


They also didn't post any methodology for me to examine, nor the wording of their questions to ensure non-biased approaches. From their website it leads me to believe they used the terms "illegal immigration" most likely having "GOP-esque" style questions where the questions lead people to the conclusion they want.


Did they only do landlines? If so, did they weight it for over sampling old people? Did they take into account most people have cell phones? What is their screening process for saying someone is a real person? Basically it's all malarky until they actually release how they conducted the "poll"

http://www.gallup.com/poll/188096/democratic-republican-identification-near-historical-lows.aspx

 

[sc0la]

Is he playing the harmonica now in response to John Oliver or is this some sort of brilliant coincidence

it would be incredibly difficult to learn the harmonica at all proficiently in just a few weeks. So clearly he knew before, but I guess he could be playing it more in response to it.

They have clearly embraced the Big Daddy Kaine America's goofy Dad meme.

 

[Dan]

Where were you people? Kaine's love of harmonicas was one of the primary facts about him the media touted right after he got the VP slot.

 

[TheFatOne]

Thought you guys might get a laugh out of this

I forgot NY papers don't fuck around.

 

[jevity]

How does the campaign's thought process work lol? Hmm, the Ukraine/Russian story on Manafort is getting some attention, better throw some kerosene on the fire by attacking Hillary for Putin connections. That will help get the media to talk about something else.

But not only that, his surrogates has also spent the day repeatedly defending the parts in the speech about fighting ISIS together with Russia, and claimed that only Trump could pull that off, because Russia/Putin does not like Hillary. It's all beyond stupid.

 

[B-Dubs]

I forgot NY papers don't fuck around.

If you think that's bad you should see how they treat under-performing athletes.

 

[metalslimer]

Man I wish I could hear what these roundtable discuss during commercial breaks with the Trump surrogates. I wonder if they break character

 

[FloydtheFathead]

If you think that's bad you should see how they treat under-performing athletes.

And that's why no one wants to play QB for the Jets?

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Man I wish I could hear what these roundtable discuss during commercial breaks with the Trump surrogates. I wonder if they break character

I don't think Katrina "9/11 was an inside job" Pierson is playing a character.

 

[B-Dubs]

And that's why no one wants to play QB for the Jets?

The NY media as a whole is ruthless when it comes to sports.

It's Brady, but this is the sort of thing they'll hit hometown guys with too:

 

[jevity]

MSNBC just qouted HOVA !!!

and not just a single or hit-song

But a bar from a Jeezy remix

THE CYPHA IS NOW COMPLETE

 

[jevity]

Info :

Big Daddy Kaine & wifey on MSNBC wednesday

 

[Wilsongt]

omg...

 

[gutter_trash]

catching up with The Rachel Maddow Show

her Putin, Russia segment was great.

Biden had a great speech today reassuring berating Trump

 

[thcsquad]

it would be incredibly difficult to learn the harmonica at all proficiently in just a few weeks. So clearly he knew before, but I guess he could be playing it more in response to it.

They have clearly embraced the Big Daddy Kaine America's goofy Dad meme.

He learned it in seventh grade, and he's jammed with bluegrass bands in Virginia for many years. NYTimes did a good summary:

https://youtu.be/XbE6-KjnRlU

 

[Cerium]

https://twitter.com/TomBeaumont/status/765365764010479616

Where is the video of this.

 

[ampere]

Thought you guys might get a laugh out of this

I wonder if Rudy is mentally ok

I don't why they don't just push the "Obama isn't beating ISIS" angle, why do they manufacture stories and omit history. It's just odd

 

[itschris]

Where is the video of this.

https://twitter.com/kailanikm/status/765377276930383872

 

[Cerium]

https://twitter.com/kailanikm/status/765377276930383872

Thanks. Found another one too:

https://twitter.com/betsy_klein/status/765366361086431232

 

[Link]

I wonder if Rudy is mentally ok

I don't why they don't just push the "Obama isn't beating ISIS" angle, why do they manufacture stories and omit history. It's just odd

Because they can't help themselves and I thank them for it.

 

[AnotherDayAnotherDollar]

What the fuck is Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn talking about on CNN? He just told Anderson Cooper that FL and TX have some groups trying to implement Sharia Law? What? Did I mishear this?

 

[docbon]

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/765210977625370624

186Mb archive of apparent NSA malware released

whew lads.

 

[royalan]

Thanks. Found another one too:

https://twitter.com/betsy_klein/status/765366361086431232

Let's not miss his wife off to the side workin it!

https://twitter.com/betsy_klein/status/765374803721191424

 

[hawk2025]

Didn't notice until today, but Wikileaks is now linking directly to Clinton Cash, lol

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/764488675627528192

 

[NihonTiger90]

Didn't notice until today, but Wikileaks is now linking directly to Clinton Cash, lol

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/764488675627528192

No agenda here, guys.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Bill Barron polling at 6% while having 56 total Twitter followers on his campaign account is either impressive or "I'm protesting voting on this poll and this guy has Independent next to his name"

I hope Bill does reasonably well this election though

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

I am now reading all posts with a series of one-sentence paragraphs to see if they spell things.

 

[Holmes]

Bill Barron polling at 6% while having 56 total Twitter followers on his campaign account is either impressive or "I'm protesting voting on this poll and this guy has Independent next to his name"

I hope Bill does reasonably well this election though

Independents/third parties rarely do as well in the results as they do in polling. Many protest voters either don't show up at the polls or decide not to pull the lever for their protest candidate in the end.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Sisi's Egypt has followed up refusing to investigate murdering Mexican tourists with a strategy of never telling anyone what happened to the EgyptAir flight.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/c...w?shareToken=0b5251d032debdbbf118bc0883eea02b

Independents/third parties rarely do as well in the results as they do in polling. Many protest voters either don't show up at the polls or decide not to pull the lever for their protest candidate in the end.

I know he's going to be pretty fucking lucky to break 2%, I'm realistic.

 

[hawk2025]

So, if protest candidates never do all that well, why do we think that those 6 to 9% of Johnson voters won't break for Trump?

 

[phisheep]

Independents/third parties rarely do as well in the results as they do in polling. Many protest voters either don't show up at the polls or decide not to pull the lever for their protest candidate in the end.

I double-take every time someone uses this expression. Over here (UK) in my lifetime (long ago) pulling the lever is what the hangman does to open the trapdoor on the gallows.

You'll understand that this kind of reverses the meaning of, say, "pulling the lever for Hillary".

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

So, if protest candidates never do all that well, why do we think that those 6 to 9% of Johnson voters won't break for Trump?

Hillary is up by 8 points with and without Johnson in the mix and both Trump and Hillary lose 3 points from Johnson being included.

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-general-election-trump-vs-clinton-vs-johnson

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-general-election-trump-vs-clinton

It's just people protest voting in general, they don't like or know Gary Johnson and thus they aren't protesting voting based on ideology.

 

[thebloo]

Now I am too.

Oh, PantherLotus, what have you done?

Really did nothing, he only

Established a new order

Killing the joys of you simply reading the

Thread

 

[itschris]

New York Magazine: Donald Trump Reportedly Tried to Invite Himself to Chelsea Clinton’s Wedding

And finally there was Donald Trump, who had hosted a somewhat reluctant Bill and Hillary at his third wedding in 2005. The real estate mogul was the sort of person who, though not an actual friend, still aspired to attend Chelsea’s wedding, which he clearly considered a prestigious event. An avid reader of gossip columns, he had probably seen mentions of a guest list that was expected to include the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, and Ted Turner (none of whom ultimately turned up).

And having given Bill Clinton free access to his northern Westchester golf club, Trump National, where he proudly hung photos of the former president — and had even cleared the links once for the Clintons to play on Bill’s birthday, Trump may well have felt they owed him. So when the wedding invitation didn’t arrive, he called Doug Band to try to invite himself.

‘I’m supposed to be at the wedding, Doug,’ said Trump briskly, ‘but I didn’t receive the invitation, and I need to know where to go.’ Band knew Trump wasn’t on the list, of course, and politely urged him to get in touch with Chelsea for directions. At that point, the would-be wedding crasher apparently gave up.

Trump later called an ad placed for the wedding venue “tacky,” so take that, haters and losers.

 

[davepoobond]

The second triumph election special was a lot of fun. Some segments went on too long though.

 

[CCS]

I double-take every time someone uses this expression. Over here (UK) in my lifetime (long ago) pulling the lever is what the hangman does to open the trapdoor on the gallows.

You'll understand that this kind of reverses the meaning of, say, "pulling the lever for Hillary".

Pulling the lever for a candidate is how you end up with a hung parliament!

Spoiler

That was a rubbish joke

 

[Maledict]

Pulling the lever for a candidate is how you end up with a hung parliament!

Spoiler

That was a rubbish joke

You should be ashamed... ;-)

Also, I've always used the term 'pulling the lever' to mean voting for a candidate - but I suspect I just picked that up from obsessively watching USA politics too much.

 

[CCS]

You should be ashamed... ;-)

Also, I've always used the term 'pulling the lever' to mean voting for a candidate - but I suspect I just picked that up from obsessively watching USA politics too much.

Actually, technically that would be a hanged parliament.

A hung parliament would be something else entirely :O

 

[phisheep]

Pulling the lever for a candidate is how you end up with a hung parliament!

Spoiler

That was a rubbish joke

Rubbish it may be, but I'm really ashamed I didn't spot it myself.

 

[nature boy]

Poll: Clinton Maintains Big Lead as Voters Doubt Trump's Temperament

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 9 points — 50 percent to 41 percent — in the latest NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll.

The numbers were virtually unchanged since last week's poll. Generally low favorability and negative attitudes among voters plague both candidates, however, as they make appeals to voters in key swing states in the weeks ahead.

 

[AniHawk]

hillary at 50 or more is where i want her to be. leading by 5 when she's at 46 points doesn't sit right with me. i want this to be a blowout.

 

[neurosisxeno]

hillary at 50 or more is where i want her to be. leading by 5 when she's at 46 points doesn't sit right with me. i want this to be a blowout.

I think people still don't realize how much of a fucking joke Trump is, so people are still treating him as "Generic Republican X". When forced to make the actual decision I choose to believe people will say "wait a minute" and not vote for him. I think a lot more people are going to vote for Hillary or even Johnson just to avoid voting for Trump--but might still tell people they would vote for Trump.

 

[aspiegamer]

CNN asking the tough questions to start the day. Is American really ready for a Dew & Doritos™ vetting process? Or perhaps Trump meant that all vetting will be done a laser tag facility, or potentially a theme park if we have a lot of applicants?

 

[CCS]

Interesting read from the Guardian today, too long for me to really summarise but if you want something to read for 15 minutes give it a look

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/aug/16/secret-history-trumpism-donald-trump

 

[Emarv]

I think people still don't realize how much of a fucking joke Trump is, so people are still treating him as "Generic Republican X". When forced to make the actual decision I choose to believe people will say "wait a minute" and not vote for him. I think a lot more people are going to vote for Hillary or even Johnson just to avoid voting for Trump--but might still tell people they would vote for Trump.

To me, the key will be the first debate. Many people will be seeing just how unintelligent and unfit he is for the first time.

 

[neurosisxeno]

To me, the key will be the first debate. Many people will be seeing just how unintelligent and unfit he is for the first time.

All Hillary has to do is challenge him to specifics. Trump like to make these grandiose claims, but never gives details on how he's going to pay for it, where he's going to get the money, and often even what he's going to do. If Hillary can show up and lay out actual policy while Trump does nothing but hurl insults and obfuscate, she's going to crush him.