Juliajms

The FBI didn't want to come out and tell us the Russians are trying to interfere in our elections because it's so close to the election. http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/31/fbis-comey-opposed-naming-russians-citing-election-timing-source.html

I know, but there are children and poor people paying the price.

I wonder which state is more screwed Kansas or Wisconsin? It's down right shameful what's going on in both states.

No, they just gerrymandered the district he won in, so he lost it in 2012. Trump is so godawful I think HRC might just get it again this year though. Some of the models have her winning it.

That seems possible. I live in a mostly red state, although the Omaha area went to Obama in 2008, so I'm not seeing a ton of ads. The few I have seen are really good, so I can only hope that she is flooding the markets that matter with those.

That's one of the most inexplicable things Bill Clinton has ever done. I don't care if he's 70 and frail, he knows better. And over all I agree with you. When there's a witch hunt on it's time to stop leaving brooms and pointy hats all over your house, but the Clinton's just can't do it. And yeah, when people say it's all the media or it's all the Republicans, I look at the Obama's and go, nope, not really. Their house is messy and it has been for a long time. They have given their enemies a lot to work with. The one thing Hillary has in her corner is almost anything that might be a little shady surrounding her, Trump has inevitably done the same only worse. There was a story awhile back about Bill doing a speech for the Saudi's, but they were really just paying him to help rehabilitate their image (not illegal, just kind of shady). I'll admit I find it distasteful, but is it anywhere near as bad as what goes on with Trump's foundation where he just takes the money for himself? Nope. How about Trump University where he flat out scammed desperate people. So yeah, Trump and Clinton are not equivalent, but I don't think that gives her a free pass either.

After watching an hour of CNN, I'm kind of terrified. I have to believe this will come to nothing, but they are treating it like such a big deal. Then pulling out the chart showing how Trump can get to 270.

And now a new Trump video comes out. http://www.vox.com/identities/2016/10/28/13459750/trump-video-miss-universe-grab-kiss-jennifer-hawkins

Thank goodness. I hate that Trump is so close to the presidency. I've never been more invested in a stranger's well being as I am HRC's right now.

I just saw the FBI is reopening the case into Hillary's private server. This is so tiresome.

CNN just showed a Spanish language ad that President Obama did with Patrick Murphy. I will be so please if Marco Rubio loses.

CNN really has some good female commentators. In addition to Ana Navarro, Angela Rye is really smart and assertive. I love watching her take on people like Kayleigh Mcenany.

Obama's revenge tour. This article makes me happy. I hope he manages to take a few of them down. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/barack-obama-revenge-tour-darrell-issa

The ratings were really good with around 17 million viewers. http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/25/media/walking-dead-ratings-amc-season-seven/index.html Like some other people in the thread I'd like the show to come up with some kind of end game, even if it takes them a few years to get there. At this rate I don't think AMC has any reason to do that though. I imagine keeping production costs down isn't that hard when the cast changes so much.

Yeah, that was a rough one. It kind of felt like watching an hour of torture porn. I'm optimistic this will be a good season in the long run though.

Here's an interesting article on the dangers of a candidate claiming electoral fraud. All I can say is thank god this national nightmare is almost over and our institutions are too strong to be overcome by a wannabe dictator. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/world/americas/donald-trump-rigged-election.html?_r=1

I don't discount what Bernie said but frankly he also acted as if he were entitled to that support which was a bit hypocritical considering he only became a democrat to run for president. If his ideals were so pristine, why not run as an independent, which is what he is. My biggest issue with Sanders was how he discounted huge segments of the democratic base. He called blacks low information voters and really did nothing to appeal to many of the core constituencies of the party, pandering to the white leftist idealists. I'm not discounting his appeal or movement, it's important, and he and his supporters should be proud they got the platform changed. But there are some who will never be placated. And it's those same people who only come out to vote once every 4 years and do absolutely nothing to help or support candidates in midterms when it matters just as much. And then complain when Obama couldn't do what they wanted. I'm not disagreeing with the bulk of what you've said here. All I'm saying is I think questioning the fairness and nature of the party system is a world apart from someone saying that they will win the vote, but the election will be stolen from them. Honest people can disagree about the fairness of the party system. Claiming that the actual election is a rigged event without the slightest evidence (in fact all evidence is to the contrary) is a whole other matter. One thing this election has done is made me realize maybe the establishment isn't always so bad. Do I think having power concentrated in the hands of the few is great, nope. But when that broke down on the Republican side we got a Trump. I shudder to think what would have happened if he had been just a bit more savvy.

One thing Bernie's campaign really opened my eyes to was the toxic strain of white and male privilege running through the left. The horrible gendered attacks on Clinton. The harassment of John Lewis. The Susan Sarandons and their blithe willingness to throw our most vulnerable under the bus just because Bernie lost. It's funny to see some of those people criticize Trump for claiming the process is rigged when Sanders did the same damn thing. I don't agree. Trump is saying there is mass voter fraud and the election is being stolen from him. Bernie was saying the process by which people are chosen as the nominee is rigged. Two totally different issues, imo. The type of rigging that Bernie is talking about is backroom politics, something most people hold their nose and accept as part of the political machine. It seems pretty self evident that back room deals are made to decide who gets the most party support. It's unfortunate, but it doesn't completely undermine the notion of democracy. What Trump is talking about makes us sound like a banana republic and it's incredibly dangerous. Bernie never denied that HRC won by a legitimate vote of the people.

I read an article about blue collar white women turning on Trump. We'll see if it's true, but I wouldn't be that surprised. These are women who are sexually harassed without the option to just "get another job", as one of the Trump boys thought Ivanka would do.

Garland may not be my preferred choice but if the dems take over the senate, I want him to be allowed to serve. I think it would be tacky to pull back his nomination. Would they be pulling back his nomination or does it expire at the end of the term? Some Republicans seem desperate to confirm him in a lame duck session, so it seems like they think it's their last chance, but I don't know how the process works. Probably 20 years ago I would have thought HRC should keep Obama's nomination or renominate him, but not any more, especially not after Trump. Now I think she should shove someone more liberal right down their throats if she can.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/650e7508-9634-36b1-9d6b-fb0bf7f5e581/ss_ayotte-down-8-points-in.html Looks like Ayotte will lose. I wonder if the Dems really could win the Senate? I'm also loving that the Republicans are too disarrayed to vote Garland in while they have the chance.

An article on how children are picking up on the racist rhetoric in this campaign. Ugh. There's a special place in hell for people who infect children with this ***t. http://www.vox.com/identities/2016/10/20/13319366/donald-trump-racism-bigotry-children-bullying-muslim-mexican-black-immigrant

This is one more night were this whole election just feels so unreal to me. I wonder if Hillary is livid underneath it all at being forced to run against this idiot? If nothing else she certainly proved tonight that she has an unshakable demeanor. All of these debates have been beneath her (and all of our) dignity to put up with, but tonight, I'm sure I would have lost my temper when he started with that "nasty woman" nonsense.

Aaron is the gay man's name. I can't remember if the priest is with them. I also can't remember where Enid was at the end of the season. Michonne would definitely be a shock. I can't see her going out that way. I'm going to be really surprised if Maggie's baby makes it into the world alive, but that doesn't mean she has to die in the opening.

I find some of the Wikileaks interesting, but it's not the kind of stuff that's going to change minds, imo. So Bill pressured the FDA to let a dying donor try an experimental cancer drug. I guess I should find that terribly unfair and in a way I do, but aren't people generally compelled to help the people they know if they can? It's hard for me to see that as straight up play for pay. With the Juanita Broderick stuff the leak might have helped the Clintons, if anyone actually cared in the first place. The fact that she signed affidavits saying the allegations are false back in the 90's hurts her credibility. I guess some of the leaks might undermine Hillary's relationships with foreign leaders, but I don't see any terrible scandals here. Not when women are coming out in droves to say Trump assaulted them. The Omaha World Herald endorsed Hillary. I know it doesn't really matter, but it still blows my mind. I want to hug whoever leaked that Trump/Billy Bush tape.