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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Some people have been taking this quote to mean that Trump is going to call for violence when he loses, but I feel like they're forgetting something very important about Trump. Trump's public persona and everything that he does is centered around being A Winner(tm), or at the very least not a Loser. It's a central part of his campaign, from talking about how America is going to be winning all the time when he's president (so much winning! You'll be sick of winning!), to feverishly jumping on every poll that shows him ahead so he can brag about how much he's going to win the election by. When he started getting attention and support during the primaries, he brushed off all criticism of his statements by pointing to the fact that he was winning, and he used the fact that he was already winning as a reason why people should vote for him. If there's anything that is actually important to Trump, it's this perception of him being A Winner, and with Clinton in the lead, that perception is seriously under threat in a very public way. Yeah, and that's probably the best way for the Clinton camp to respond - point out that not only is this talk dangerous and irresponsible, it's also the talk of someone who's terrified of losing.
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Hermsgervørden posted:I'm probably going to travel to a swing state to do GOTV for Clinton. Is there a city where really good turnout flips both a senate seat and a house seat? PA is always a prime choice because its basically Philly and Pitt versus the rest of the state
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I have never felt schadenfreude quite this strong before Lets all bask in the glory that Trump has been totally hosed by literally a Muslim Immigrant. Like... if that doesn't put a huge smile on your face literally nothing will.
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Hermsgervørden posted:I'm probably going to travel to a swing state to do GOTV for Clinton. Is there a city where really good turnout flips both a senate seat and a house seat? Arizona edit - actually no, because even if AZ looks like it's going to flip, Trump won't split his resources there because he has no resources anywhere. PA probably,bring a sack of HRC campaign D cells and pass them out in Philly Epic High Five fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Aug 1, 2016 |
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Epic High Five posted:Arizona Yeah, this lovely state may actually flip if the Hispanic community goes out big this year. Doubly so if the Native community decides to say no to Trump. Sun City and the white rural areas aren't going to stop that.
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FilthyImp posted:I need Clinton to walk away with like 370 EVs. Cmon Nate stop edging me Eu4 called it: 
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Dr Christmas posted:Are there examples of any presidential candidate talking about a private citizen who spoke against them at a convention at all? Can you imagine Obama talking about Joe he Plumber or Bush talking about Cindy Sheehan on the campaign trail? bush, when asked about cindy had very empathetic words for her
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Yeah the Khans can just back out now. Trump is Centralia, all the Khans did was light a match. More like the yuan dynasty if we are lucky
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Jill Stein is working very hard to make me regret not voting for Rocky Anderson in 2012.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:PA is always a prime choice because its basically Philly and Pitt versus the rest of the state Is there a house seat in play? Edit: I guess it'd be Pennsylvania's 8th. Hermsgervørden fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Aug 2, 2016 |
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DaveWoo posted:Yeah, and that's probably the best way for the Clinton camp to respond - point out that not only is this talk dangerous and irresponsible, it's also the talk of someone who's terrified of losing.
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KiteAuraan posted:Yeah, this lovely state may actually flip if the Hispanic community goes out big this year. Doubly so if the Native community decides to say no to Trump. Sun City and the white rural areas aren't going to stop that. Arizona might be really exciting! In Maricopa County, I have high hopes for a new recorder after the fuckup of the Presidential Preference Primary. I spent all day hanging out with voters, and there were a ton of people who were voting for the first time, and said that Trump was their motivation. Several times a car slowly drove by and some guy leaned out the window to yell "gently caress TRUMP!" and got fairly enthusiastic cheers from the crowd. These were different people in different cars, all independently acting. At that location, line was closed at 7. Last vote was cast shortly after 11. People were showing up and being turned away for being late until about 8. People are really loving scared of Trump.
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Hermsgervørden posted:I'm probably going to travel to a swing state to do GOTV for Clinton. Is there a city where really good turnout flips both a senate seat and a house seat? Pennsylvania 8th District. Northern suburb (Bucks county) of Philadelphia. This is the guy running for the House seat - http://santarsieroforcongress.com/ And this is our Dem Senate hopeful - http://katiemcginty.com/ Ranges from working class to "soccer mom" to rural, 82% white (also it's the district next to me, and I'll gladly join you goon)
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Jill Stein is working very hard to make me regret not voting for Rocky Anderson in 2012. and yet i see leftists defend her and act like all that stuff is a lie or that she is trying to explain things slowly to the anti-vaxers/anti-gmo/whatever. TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Some people have been taking this quote to mean that Trump is going to call for violence when he loses, but I feel like they're forgetting something very important about Trump. Trump's public persona and everything that he does is centered around being A Winner(tm), or at the very least not a Loser. It's a central part of his campaign, from talking about how America is going to be winning all the time when he's president (so much winning! You'll be sick of winning!), to feverishly jumping on every poll that shows him ahead so he can brag about how much he's going to win the election by. When he started getting attention and support during the primaries, he brushed off all criticism of his statements by pointing to the fact that he was winning, and he used the fact that he was already winning as a reason why people should vote for him. If there's anything that is actually important to Trump, it's this perception of him being A Winner, and with Clinton in the lead, that perception is seriously under threat in a very public way. I can see that. it explains alot of his projection.
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Raenir Salazar posted:This thread is really hard to keep up with at times.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:and yet i see leftists defend her and act like all that stuff is a lie or that she is trying to explain things slowly to the anti-vaxers/anti-gmo/whatever. Yeah they're idiots if they think Jill Stein is anything but an antiscience hack at this point.
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DemeaninDemon posted:Yeah they're idiots if they think Jill Stein is anything but an antiscience hack at this point. I don't think that Jill Stein is an anti science hack. I think her base is antiscience and if she makes a firm statement in support of vaccines without any caveats about the FDA being corrupted, they'll turn on her.
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I wonder why Trump's fake cufflinks haven't been more of a story. (Or did I miss the big blow up on them in a previous month's USPOL?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp6BIDCZRic And Sheen's not the only one either: http://nypost.com/2016/06/21/trump-has-been-giving-out-fake-diamond-cuff-links-for-years/
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Higher turnout in Arizona gets rid of Arpaio. God, that would make this year.
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Would you believe me if I told you that Donald Trump now appears to have an ongoing beef with fire marshals? What other conclusion can we draw after a second tantrum about event capacity in less than a week? Donnie is really reaching peak frenzy right now, to the point where it's tricky to keep track of all the 'gaffes,' but this stands out to me as particularly bizarre. Like, what the gently caress is going through his head here?
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MonkeyOnFire posted:Would you believe me if I told you that Donald Trump now appears to have an ongoing beef with fire marshals? It's just good politics to attack firefighters. It's like bashing the TSA or the IRS, that'll really get him some brownie points with the average joe.
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https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/760258150926782464 Trump just guaranteed himself another day of media coverage over this Khan flap.
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DaveWoo posted:https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/760258150926782464 Whoever it was that booked Mr Khan to appear at the convention should get a cabinet position.
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Hermsgervørden posted:I'm probably going to travel to a swing state to do GOTV for Clinton. Is there a city where really good turnout flips both a senate seat and a house seat? NC could flip to a Dem Senator and Governor, dunno about house races. The recent SCOTUS ordered redistricting means last election results are out the window.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:I don't think that Jill Stein is an anti science hack. I think her base is antiscience and if she makes a firm statement in support of vaccines without any caveats about the FDA being corrupted, they'll turn on her. Her devout pandering crosses the line to antiscience hack. Same result: children suffering of diseases that should have been eliminated in the united states.
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DaveWoo posted:https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/760258150926782464 What does this even mean?!
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CannonFodder posted:NC could flip to a Dem Senator and Governor, dunno about house races. The recent SCOTUS ordered redistricting means last election results are out the window. Please come to NC we need the Governor gone NOW.
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ImpAtom posted:What does this even mean?! Muslim = Terrorist?
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Matlock Birthmark posted:Muslim = Terrorist? Yeah but I like... is he saying that he was upset because terrorists or coming into the country (and is secretly on Trump's side) or is he saying he is a terrorist or... I honestly just can't tell his point.
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DemeaninDemon posted:Her devout pandering crosses the line to antiscience hack. Same result: children suffering of diseases that should have been eliminated in the united states. Most of her supporters in my group of friends that have pretty much said #NeverClinton and #NeverTrump are forgiving all her weird medical poo poo or hand waived it off. "she isn't anti-vax but anti Lobbyist" or Cllinton/Trump will start WWIII so who is the real monster  " has been the term thrown out at me every time. I've ignored them for the most part now.That or they want Johnson and I still can never understand their rational from going Bernie to Johnson. That is the ultimate 
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The Ninth Layer posted:He's saying Khan is upset because Trump won't let his terrorist buddies in. I guess I was thinking that Donald Trump would not go so far as to call the parents of a dead war hero terrorists and that is my mistake.
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The Ninth Layer posted:terrorist buddies The weakest in the Air Bud franchise.
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Matlock Birthmark posted:Muslim = Terrorist? This right here. Radical Islam = Muslim in the eyes of him and his base. Radical is just the more PC way for them to try to appeal to potential independents. The Dog whistle just came audible in that statement is all.
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All the conspiracy theorist and alt-right sites have taken the position of "Kzhir Khan is an agent of the Muslim Brotherhood" so maybe that's where Trump is coming from (but not outright stating).
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ImpAtom posted:Yeah but I like... is he saying that he was upset because terrorists or coming into the country (and is secretly on Trump's side) or is he saying he is a terrorist or... I honestly just can't tell his point. He's saying Khan is upset with Trump because Trump will stop allowing Radical Islamic Terrorists TM from entering the country, implying that Khan himself is a Radical Islamic Terrorist TM supporter.
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Spiffster posted:Most of her supporters in my group of friends that have pretty much said #NeverClinton and #NeverTrump are forgiving all her weird medical poo poo or hand waived it off. "she isn't anti-vax but anti Lobbyist" or Cllinton/Trump will start WWIII so who is the real monster She's also vehemently anti nuclear and that's another knock in my book.
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