Kind of alarming that the media is just starting to look at Paul Manafort, who apparently has a history of advising authoritarian leaders like Mobutu Sese Seko (Zaire)  and Ferdinand Marcos (Phillipines) in addition to Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine whom everybody knows was being guided by Russia and now protected by Russia after he fled the Ukraine and left it in chaos.  I would assume that Manafort is the real mouth piece for Trump's views on Russia.

I read that article after I saw you mention it. Big money and ties to dictators is certainly nothing new for either party but this really is an eye-opener.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/us/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html?_r=0

 

It's saddening, if not surprising, that the "liberal" media lets Trump get away with his blatant shilling with only a minimum of pushback. 

 

I posted this before but it's an article about his years with Marcos:

 

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/2016-donald-trump-paul-manafort-ferinand-marcos-philippines-1980s-213952

It's particularly startling when someone builds their entire campaign around not being 'owned' by anyone.

 

The 'liberal' media was fixated on the 'Never Hillary' people which drew attention away from the fact that there is this underbelly of not just money but influence peddling from Russia that has oligarchs (and possibly Putin himself through well-connected associates) that invest in Trump properties/ventures and vice versa. This is probably worse than Dick Cheney and Halliburton.

"Shade...boy, bye!" LOL. This was so funny and so good. 

 

 

Edited August 1, 20169 yr by DramatistDreamer

The VFW condemns Trump. Clinton now leads him by at least 7 points, according to right-leaning polls.

 

Politico asks if the Khan debacle is Trump's 'have you no decency?' moment (it's actually at least his 49th).

 

McCain defends the Khans while struggling, like most GOP heads, with not finding the spine to fully condemn Trump.

 

Trump's latest excuse for his Crimea/Ukraine comments, which are being lashed from every corner almost as hard as his comments on the Khans:

 

 

Mr. Khan, who does not know me, viciously attacked me from the stage of the DNC and is now all over T.V. doing the same - Nice!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

August 1, 2016

This story is not about Mr. Khan, who is all over the place doing interviews, but rather RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM and the U.S. Get smart!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

August 1, 2016

When I said in an interview that Putin is "not going into Ukraine, you can mark it down," I am saying if I am President. Already in Crimea!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

August 1, 2016

So with all of the Obama tough talk on Russia and the Ukraine, they have already taken Crimea and continue to push. That's what I said!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

August 1, 2016

 

I still suspect this man does not make it to November. He is incapable of walking away from a mess, admitting failure or giving an inch. He is clearly infuriated by the DNC's success, his own convention's troubles, his falling numbers and most of all, the public humiliation by first the Khans and now his latest interview. He is in freefall. His only recourse to avoid being the Biggest Loser will be to walk away from the campaign calling himself a winner by default for not playing "crooked Washington's game".

 

Oh, and: He just started talking about fearing the election would be 'rigged' against him at a rally today.

Edited August 1, 20169 yr by Vee

That montage at the end was absolutely perfect. I laughed at seeing that old man with his tongue hanging out, which already became a gif. 

 

Meanwhile, the usual suspects start the smears:

 

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/roger-stone-khizr-khan-muslim-brotherhood-conspiracy

Not gonna work with anyone but his existing 35% hardcore.

Bill Maher is hit and miss for me, but this is hilarious!  

 

Loved that video, but the whole episode with Cornell West insanely rambling and those comments but the Berniebros have me shaking my head

CNN has Hillary up by 9. Trump's RNC bounce is gone and his convention coupled with the Dems' seems to have badly hurt him.

Sally Bradshaw, top Jeb Bush Advisor, leaves GOP. Will vote for Clinton if Florida vote is close

www.cnn.com/2016/08/01/politics/sally-bradshaw-jeb-bush-donald-trump-florida/

 

 

 

 

Oh, and: He just started talking about fearing the election would be 'rigged' against him at a rally today.

Some of my "friends" on FB started saying this same thing over the weekend.  I'm basically keeping them around until the election and then I'll boot em.  

 

I still can't fathom why anyone would support this man after all he's done and said.  Among them evangelicals.  Isn't Trump the antithesis of everything Christians strive to be and profess to admire?!?  It makes no sense to me.  

He seems to be getting more and more lost in the head. I know Vee has already mentioned this but I'm truly baffled at his ranting about how fire marshals are trying to hurt his campaign. I think he is the type of person who always has to feel victimized and aggrieved. And that's dangerous as hell in someone who wants to be President.

He seems to be getting more and more lost in the head. I know Vee has already mentioned this but I'm truly baffled at his ranting about how fire marshals are trying to hurt his campaign. I think he is the type of person who always has to feel victimized and aggrieved. And that's dangerous as hell in someone who wants to be President.

He's setting up excuses for his inevitable loss. He's going to keep throwing out examples of people working against him as a way to build the "rigged" narrative.

Gallup - yes, Gallup - says voters are now less likely to vote for Trump post-RNC and DNC.

 

Poor foolish Mike Pence apparently just attempted to defend an Air Force mother who decried Trump's insults at a rally after she was booed by the crowd. I'm beginning to wonder if he'll drop from the ticket.

Edited August 2, 20169 yr by Vee

Unbelievable.

 

This is bigger than the Dean Scream or Romney's 47%.

 

Meanwhile, in an unsurprising move for Trumpy's Bunker, the aide who organized the disastrous RNC has been fired.

 

Warren Buffett dares Trump to release his taxes and invokes the McCarthy hearings and Joseph Welch.

 

Trump's campaign begged the GOP for help with Khan, to no avail.

Edited August 2, 20169 yr by Vee

I honestly don't get why he and his campaign continue this deflection to Islamic terrorists? I don't believe in this case it's working and now he is accusing Mr. Kahn of being or wanting Islamic Terrorists to enter the United States?