The Politics Thread

[DramatistDreamer]

@DRW50, Christie is hyped in much the same manor that Giuliani is hyped, except Giuliani seems to be a far fouler human being.  

 

Giuliani did one good thing in his career which was to marginalize the mob which led to them being diminished in stature. He parlayed that into mayor of NYC which he was mostly mediocre at and did much to inflame police brutality, deaths in police custody and racial violence while simultaneously relegating the working class and poor to guests in their own city while Disney-fying the Big Apple.  What no one talks about is that even the White working class who were some of Giuliani's biggest supporters had had their fill of him when September 11, 2001 happened and Giuliani became the self appointed "America's Mayor", parading around lower Manhattan and 'Ground Zero' without protective gear, setting a poor example for emergency workers and volunteers who were doing 9, 10 hour shifts in an area still enveloped in smoke and toxins without protective gear.  Giuliani lying to the public and telling them lower Manhattan was "Open for Business" when the acrid smell of burning flesh, twisted metal and smoke could be smelled in Brooklyn and as far as Washington Heights. He didn't even have the class to step aside when Bloomberg was elected mayor after a postponed election could finally take place, instead placing himself on a guest spot on Saturday Night Live, yukking it up and trying to further burnish his career prospects. He's been living off of 9/11 ever since.

 

Honestly, as much disregard and lack of respect as I have for Christie, I have nothing but contempt for Rudolph W. Giuliani.

Edited August 18, 2016 by DramatistDreamer

[DramatistDreamer]

Warning: this is pretty gross, do not look if you have a week stomach because you cannot unsee. 

 

11 nauseating photos of NYC’s naked Trump statue

 

In other embarrassing Trump news, Ivanka inadvertently donates to Hillary's campaign.

 

Ivanka Trump donates to the Hillary Clinton campaign... unwittingly

 

 

Edited August 18, 2016 by DramatistDreamer

[slick jones]

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[JaneAusten]

The NYC Parks I guess removed the statue. Their reasoning:

 

“NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small.”

[NothinButAttitude]

[JaneAusten]

eMails show Trump advisors waged covert influence campaign on behalf of Pro-Russian Ukrainian leadership

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-advisers-lobbying-ukraine-russia-20160818-story.html

 

[Ms. Quartermaine]

Is Trump pivoting for real? 

 

He expresses regret... 

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqLobIcXYAA1KNy.jpg:small

 

Then, he (errr, his speech writers) seem to borrow Hillary's stronger together theme:  "We are one nation. When one state hurts, we all hurt and we must all work together to lift each other up.

 

Edited August 19, 2016 by Ms. Quartermaine

[marceline]

He's incapable of "pivoting" for real. Whenever he acts halfway normal he follows it up with insanity. I suspect that sometime in the next few days he'll fire a gun into the crowd and piss on an American flag.

[Vee]

He's tried it before and it hasn't worked. The press will once again, just like the last 'pivot', breathlessly declare this 'the moment' and go all in for a horse race narrative the race has been sadly lacking for the past few months, but Trump will blow again. He can't not. He hates being on-message, he hates apologizing, he hates not just Being Himself. As Josh Marshall from TPM says, this is who he is.

 

I give it five days, tops. The media will try very hard to keep it going though. They need the numbers of a closer race.

Edited August 19, 2016 by Vee

[marceline]

Not even five days. He'll crack by his next rally. He can't control himself when he's in front of his fans. They demand the bomb thrower, the insults, the attacking of the press and dammit, he's going to give it to them. Not only will he give it to them, he'll double down.

[DramatistDreamer]

 

 

 God, I miss NYC!

 

FYI: Manafort resigned.

Edited August 19, 2016 by DramatistDreamer

[marceline]

I just found out this morning that we had a Naked Trump statue here in Cleveland. I assume because the convention was here. It's already been taken away. I'm hoping another one pops up. 

[Roman]

Paul Manafort has resigned from Trump's campaign. The growing Russian connections that were not reported are the reason that is being reported why, because it's started to become a problem. 

[dragonflies]

CEO of General Motors endorses Hillary

 

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/08/18/just-in-republican-ceo-of-general-motors-makes-stunning-presidential-endorsement/

[Vee]

And here we see Softer, Hopeful Trump collide with Actual Freewheeling Trump: