LOL.

 

 

You guys are all talking about the letter and totally missed the fact that Trump's doctor still uses *Windows XP*! pic.twitter.com/RaZjCBSrgu

— Pat Dennis (@patdennis)

August 26, 2016

Edited August 27, 20169 yr by DramatistDreamer

Disgusting.

 

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-dwyane-wade-227467

 

Waiting for a response from that "liberal media" who tried turning Hillary's beautiful speech into some hate fest against poor Trump. Might we have Chris Matthews again saying Hillary went too far when presented with more evidence of this man's bigotry and hatred or will this further shame him as Andrew Weinstein finally managed to.

 

I'm more and more with Charles Blow. These so called "journalists" are insulting minorities to the nth degree by giving Trump any latitude on his hateraide and are showing themselves as racists.

 

Edited August 27, 20169 yr by JaneAusten

Disgusting.

 

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-dwyane-wade-227467

I'm surprised that his wife, Gabby Union, has not pounced on Trump's ass yet. I'm gonna give her time b/c she's gonna pounce soon enough and rightfully so.

The Trump's history of racial discrimination in Trump rental properties is well known but this NYT article features a personal story of people involved in one case in Queens New York and one in Cincinnati, OH the subject of a lawsuit brought on by the Justice Dept against the Trumps.

 

‘No Vacancies’ for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias

 

The contrast is striking between Trump, in his youth working at his father's knee, deep in these policies being investigated by 'testers' sent out by the New York Urban League  while HRC worked as a 'tester' for Marian Wright Edelman and the Children's Defense Fund, documenting instances of deliberate racial segregation of schools in the South.

 

 

An article about the AP (which has been hack central for years - just look up Ron Fournier) and their Trump shilling.

 

http://bluenationreview.com/ap-tweets-then-deletes-trump-puff-piece/

AP has been on a "roll" lately with the Clinton Foundation article, re-print, and then tweeting how Dwyane and Trump "speak out" about Chicago death... When Dwyane mourned and Trump used it to get votes, but you would never know that from the tweet. Turns out Trump campaign staff met with AP and told them how they wanted to news shared?!?! 

Politico says it's too late for Trump.

 

His task, GOP insiders readily concede, seems close to impossible. In an interview Wednesday night, Trump’s new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, recognized how long it may take to improve the public’s negative perceptions of the GOP nominee, likening her turnaround project to turning a tanker.

 

Trump may not have that kind of time. Early voting begins in 26 days in Minnesota and in 32 other states soon after that. And already, as summer inches to its end, 90 percent of Americans say they’ve decided. For all the televised daily drama this race has provided, the final outcome itself is shaping up to be less dramatic than any presidential election since 1984.

 

“Kellyanne is good at this, but she’s got a very damaged candidate and it’s very late in the game,” said Tony Fratto, a GOP operative in Washington and former deputy press secretary to President George W. Bush. “I think it’s too late, in fact. I don’t believe he can change. All of this is trying to trick voters into thinking there is a better Donald Trump out there. There is no better Donald Trump.”

 

Although Trump has been seemingly slow to realize it, the more than $2 billion in free media he rode to the GOP nomination was simultaneously hardening the broader country’s negative view of Trump just as it was endearing him to the conservative base. The cascade of Trump-created controversies following the conventions that precipitated Conway’s hiring appear to have irrevocably damaged his credibility as a plausible commander in chief and could prove to be the turning point in the general election itself.

 

More than 60 percent of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of Trump, leaving Clinton, with a 54 percent unfavorable rating, as only the second most unpopular presidential candidate in history. Both candidates, in fact, have held unfavorable ratings above 50 percent since launching their respective campaigns, with Trump hovering around the 60 percent mark, only a few points above Clinton. Asked to name a smell they might associate with this election, participants in a focus group conducted by Peter Hart in Wisconsin last week gave the following responses: “sulfur,” “rotten eggs,” "garbage,” “manure” and a “skunk’s fart.”

 

Barring any unforeseen revelations about Clinton, the next 70 days likely aren’t going to change people’s view of either presidential contender. According to a national survey released Thursday by Quinnipiac University, 90 percent of likely voters have already made up their mind about the presidential race and are unlikely to change."We are starting to hear the faint rumblings of a Hillary Clinton landslide as her 10-point lead is further proof that Donald Trump is in a downward spiral as the clock ticks," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. "Trump's missteps, stumbles and gaffes seem to outweigh Clinton's shaky trust status and perceived shady dealings.”

 

With the electoral map tipping so sharply in Clinton’s favor in the weeks following the two party conventions (her lead has widened beyond the margin of error in seven of 11 swing states), Trump’s new team is scrambling to stay afloat even with his robust campaign regimen that has him doing four times as many events as Clinton. Recent efforts to muddle the GOP nominee’s hard-line positions on immigration — catnip for conservative primary voters but repellent to many general election swing voters — and to couch them in softer language are part of an eleventh-hour effort to broaden his narrow appeal beyond older, mostly white men. Trump’s direct overtures to Hispanic and African-American voters last week were made with the same purpose.

 

But with Trump pulling in just 1 percent of African-American voters in Pennsylvania, many political observers view the sinking candidate — and his Hail Mary attempt — as the one with little left to lose.

 

“Minority outreach is an example of a campaign addressing a fake issue and not a real issue, which is Donald Trump’s character,” said Drew Cline, a GOP operative in Bedford. “It’s not about policy or that people like Hillary, because they don’t. It’s that people aren’t comfortable with the idea of him having that much power.

 

"He could have the exact same policies that he has and be doing much better and be giving Hillary a more competitive challenge if he just came across as a reasonable person that you would trust with the levers of power. There’s no salvaging this campaign because there’s no changing Donald Trump.”

Below 80% on Nate Silver...I don't like that.

 

I feel like Trump gets called out on stuff for a day or two before they go back to giving Hillary a hard time... The fact that people think her not giving a press conference is the same as Trump not releasing his taxes is ridiculous.

Below 80% is nothing. Trump is still nowhere close to being President with those odds.

MSNBC and CNN want this to stay close to keep ratings up......which will nosedive after the election. Trump looks like he's actively trying to throw the whole thing. Or he's just a complete idiot. I still can't make up my mind. 

I know Obama was at 50 something around this time, but I don't like the steady decline... 

Both conventions were also later in 2012 which meant a shorter general election csmpsign.

Hillary Clinton IMO hasn't really started aggressively campaigning yet. Trump is doing 4 times more events than she is. I don't think this country will elect a Donald Trump but we all still need to vote. 

The media will do anything to help Trump and Republicans win. It will be a very close race. 

I doubt that very much. Nate Silver often over-compensates on the polling, but he knows Trump has been crashing out for months.

 

It won't be close, but the media will pretend it is in an attempt to goose their ratings. "Under 80%" for a day, if that, is nothing to get all concerned about. People got all scared of Romney over nothing for similar reasons, and Obama had that shut down by 10 PM.

 

And actually, I believe Hillary is the one campaigning more, and running very effective ads. If you look at the last few months of coverage and reporting, it's Trump who has virtually no ground game, constantly has no public events on his schedule each week until the last minute, keeps changing and pulling out of events (like last week) and seems to have absolutely no stomach for or interest in campaigning anywhere but venues that are either close to his home or solidly red. He only just made a national ad buy.

 

All he has is rallies which make him feel good. As the GOP has often clucked about, there's very little actual campaigning. Because he doesn't want to, and he doesn't like spending money.

Edited August 29, 20169 yr by Vee