ItWasMeantToBe19
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Trump has gone from a random goon you find at a car dealership (Corey) to a dictator stooge (Manafort) to a guy who sniffs gasoline before using it to burn a cross onto the lawn of a black family (Bannon).
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PoliGAF 2016 |OT9| The Wrath of Khan!
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I don't think there was a moment. The campaign he built was doomed from the start. 2016 is all about demographics and the ones Trump appeals to just aren't capable of winning an election on their lonesome.
Officerrob
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This is kinda making me diablos
Why? He's literally hiring people who will encourage him to go off the rails more. This is not the Republican primary, acting like a fucking wacko is hurting him
Is the grisly reaper mowing? Yes, the danger must be growing, for the rowers keep on rowing!No doubt.
‏@costareports 39m39 minutes ago
Trump is keeping on Manafort as chairman but wanted to bring on someone like Bannon who shares his populism & relishes combat
Finally, time to take the gloves off!
whyamihere
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This is kinda making me diablos
This should do the opposite.
The rhetorics can become even more dangerous though
ItWasMeantToBe19
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This is kinda making me diablos
News: Constitutional Amendment passed so that only the ACLU can ever make Supreme Court appointments from now on and all conservative judges must resign.
Liberals: "Panic!"
lol
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
That's the only downside I can see
Officerrob
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Primary Trump was successful to a Republican primary electorate. The general election is night and day from that, that's why you always hear about politicians pivoting.
As for the second part, Trump fucked that long ago and was never going to go down quietly
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
There had to be a shark under the escalators when he came down
eBay Huckster
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if i'm not misremembering the national polls, primary trump was basically down 10-15 points the entire way through
whyamihere
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Johnson
Kirk
(Young)
Toomey
Ayotte
Rubio
Burr
(Heck)
Portman
McCain
Blunt
Grassley
Isakson
Who survives this now.
Kirk
(Young)
Toomey
Ayotte
Rubio
Burr
(Heck)
Portman
McCain
Blunt
Grassley
Isakson
Who survives this now.
Officerrob
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Trump doesn't care
Spoiled Milk
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no one makes it out of here alive
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Unhinged Trump supporter: "Hillary is rigging the polls. If Trump wins, Obama will install martial law. If Hillary wins, we'll start an armed insurrection and kill government officials."
Mike Pence: "Trump has big rallies and will win the presidency."
https://twitter.com/American_Bridge/status/765679901307506689
This guy is the biggest coward.
Mike Pence: "Trump has big rallies and will win the presidency."
https://twitter.com/American_Bridge/status/765679901307506689
This guy is the biggest coward.
Wake up PoliGAF, it's happening.
To be fair he got absorbed in a moment of Trump at peak sedation. He is probably wishing he could evacuate on one of those inflatable slides like that flight attendant a few years back.
Also yes. He is a coward too.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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I mean "Hey, please go kill Hillary Clinton." is not less extreme than his primary statements.
StopMakingSense
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trump isn't campaigning for president anymore, he's campaigning to be the head of the right, consolidating the fringe and the alt-right.
It's sad that both McCain and Rubio will win re-election this.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
McCain maybe, but Rubio? nope, I don't think he will.
Rubio is probably the safer of the two.
Spiritreaver
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I fully expect Trump to shake up his campaign team 3 times before the first debate.
primary trump won with a really crowded field dividing votes. he only really had 30-40% of the gop vote for a lot of states and sometimes that was enough to carry them with the winner-take-all method. of course, he did get more votes than anyone else, but we'd probably be looking at a different, more contested landscape if it had come down to cruz or rubio or kasich and trump in early february.
right after the dnc, trump said harrisburg looked like a warzone, kicked a baby out of a rally, got upset at fire marshals for doing their job, ignited a feud with the parents of a war hero... and this was the trump that voters hated and manafort's been trying to tone down. things are going to really go nuts if we're back to mexico sending us rapists, john mccain sucks, making fun of the disabled, etc. i think people kind of forgot about that part of the election, or couldn't vote and didn't care. if it's out in the forefront again, and sustained for the next couple of months, it's going to be a nightmare for the gop.
The kids can fuck right off and go shop/hunt exotic animals halfway across the world, too.
Zero patience or sympathy for their enabling bullshit at this point. They should have institutionalized their father as soon as the birther shit started.
OrangeGrayBlue
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Yup, the general election is a reflection of the entire country minus those who are apathetic, while the republican primary is a reflection of the most die-hard segment of one party. It is a totally different audience. Not just a republican audience, but one that is passionately so. Those who participated in the Republican primaries this year represent less than 15% of all eligible voters, and only a bit over half of that 15% actually voted for Donald Trump, meaning that Donald Trump's nomination was willed into being by about 8% of the most far-right voters in the country. Needless to say, what appeals to that 8% is not at all in line with what appeals to the other 92%.
Officerrob
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Although Costa's story does say that Trump reached out to Ivanka's husband (the guy who's really running this campaign), before going through with this
OrangeGrayBlue
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I'd have to imagine that at this point, Ivanka's husband hears what Trump wants to do and is just like, "Sure man, fuck it. Do what makes you happy."
ItWasMeantToBe19
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I blame Trump for Metal Gear Survive.
Officerrob
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Which is exactly what Trump wants to hear
The funny thing about Costa's story is how Lewandowski encouraged Trump to do this, that guy HATES Manafort
StopMakingSense
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edit: ah, already posted.
Officerrob
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The Republican candidate for president is now being controlled by the head of Breitbart and the guy who used to run Fox News, you can't make this shit up
OrangeGrayBlue
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He never said which direction he'd pivot.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Jesus Christ, he's a shitty politician, but don't write "I told you so!" after a guy's son gets decapitated.
http://sandrarose.com/2016/08/caleb-schwab-10-decapitated-on-worlds-tallest-water-slide/
Schwab's son went on the tallest waterslide in the world and died on it.
http://sandrarose.com/2016/08/caleb-schwab-10-decapitated-on-worlds-tallest-water-slide/
Schwab's son went on the tallest waterslide in the world and died on it.
User 463088
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I'n sick and went to bed at 7 and missed all of this.
SAD.
SAD.
shinra-bansho
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Ivanka is busy hanging out with Wendy Deng Murdoch.
And the Trump boys are probably off killing a white rhino or something.
And the Trump boys are probably off killing a white rhino or something.
User 463088
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So Manafort is "staying on," but why is he? He doesn't get paid!
Also, Hillary up to a 10 point lead in that state up north. She was plus 6 before the convention.
http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/elections-2016/192382552-story
Also, Hillary up to a 10 point lead in that state up north. She was plus 6 before the convention.
http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/elections-2016/192382552-story
OrangeGrayBlue
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That tweet saying "If Trump were trying to lose, what would he be doing differently?" is feeling especially relevant today.
metalslimer
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I'm only worried in the sense that he is going to drag his hardcore supporters even more farther right which will be extremely dangerous when he loses.
Officerrob
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Morning Joe is trying to spin this as a pivot towards being disciplined...
For my first time ever, I think I'm just ready for this campaign to be over. The next 80something days are going to be ugly.
And a shout-out to Trump: the media could be discussing Hillary's weak spots, but instead this will be The Topic for Wednesday. Another week, almost gone.
And a shout-out to Trump: the media could be discussing Hillary's weak spots, but instead this will be The Topic for Wednesday. Another week, almost gone.
I like this new laughable statement that is at odds with trumps entire campaign, pivot?
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