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“My advice to our nominee would be to start talking about the issues that the American people care about, and to start doing it now,” McConnell said. “In addition to that, it’s time to quit attacking various people that you competed with, or various minority groups in the country, and get on message.”

McConnell's an asshole. Will trump have the balls to attack him? Sir tweets a lot has miles to go before he sleeps.

mell says

Trump has a program on his website, it is the left who constantly chooses not to debate the policies but go for "racist", "misogynist", "fat birther".

Thanks for the clarification.

I was under the mistaken impression that Trump has called Rubio "Little Marco," that he routinely tweets "crooked Hillary" and has said "lock her up," and that he said Ted Cruz's wife was ugly, bragged Melania was prettier.

Thank you for the information that Trump is a deep policy thinker running a high-road campaign.

Here is a list of 250 people, places and things Trump has insulted on Twitter: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/28/upshot/donald-trump-twitter-insults.html

HydroCabron says

Ted Cruz's wife was ugly, bragged Melania was prettier.

LOL. He really said that? I told you he was honest.

Ironman says

Oh, you forgot to say "Fat Birther".

That triggers you, doesn't it? You sure have a sad every time you see it.

Why don't you go to your safe space?

mell says

A losing strategy thus far. It's the wrong way if you want to beat him.

I'm looking around patnet for some high-minded discussion of Hillary's policies. You know, something persuasive, not stooping to personal vilification.

But I'm finding mostly threads full of terms like "gunt." These threads were certainly started by the left, as the right is too high-minded for that sort of thing.

I'll keep poking around.

HydroCabron says

I was under the mistaken impression that Trump has called Rubio "Little Marco," that he routinely tweets "crooked Hillary" and has said "lock her up," and that he said Ted Cruz's wife was ugly, bragged Melania was prettier.

If you take most of these incidents it usually was the other side starting out with a personal attack. They never even bothered to debate his policies. He was the first one to successfully overcome Godwin's law. Gotta give him fat credit for that. For most politicians it's usually the end of the line once the racist mysoginist gendrist bullshit card is played. I think it's fine to debate along the lines of whether he is presidential enough or even not smart enough/stupid as long as arguments are made based on policies. But calling somebody misogynist who had many successful relationships and happy spouses/kids or calling somebody racist who fought for Jewish and black people to live/work at his properties back then when it was much harder to be a SJW is simply dumber than trumper.

Let's go back to 9/11. If we had a stricter Visa policy, and vetting actually meant something, 9/11 wouldn't have happened, then the kid wouldn't have had to die and would have been alive.

HydroCabron says

That triggers you, doesn't it? You sure have a sad every time you see it.

Impossible.

A thin-skinned, two-faced, easily offended, treading-lightly, politically correct politician is the last thing this or any other first world nation needs right now.

Whether they are only using it as an excuse or not, radical Islamic (not Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, or Zoroastrian) terrorists are at the center of this runaway, cowardly barbarism.

They have sexism, child abuse, scripture and most importantly oil money and rapid worldwide publicity already working in their favor. We do not need an enabler as commander in chief.

Waving the constitution at Trump is not where this man or this media should be focusing their anger.

Hypocritically, you would clearly disregard the gold star Bengazi mother in the same way. There is no point in denying that double standard. Unlike Hillary Clinton, Trump had no direct or indirect part in the death of the soldier. You are foolish if you think she has more respect for their religion. She simply lies and hides her true feelings.

Personally, I don't like Donald Trump. I think he games the system and has taken far too much advantage of the Federal Reserve system for his own engradizement, but he is thick-skinned and politically incorrect on an issue that is spreading like last stage cancer through the entire first world.

Today we need George Patton at the helm more than we need the quintessential double-speaking, above the law, elitist politician.

Radical Islam mixed with oil money and worldwide publicity IS the problem. They wear no uniform, have no honor, and chant in the name of a false god as they murder innocent civilians. The gold star father's anger would be better targeted at those radicals.

Why do I know the Arabic word for "infidel" and not an Arabic word for slime-ball, evil, murderous, backward, sexist, abusers of the Koran?

It is the first and greatest responsibility of decent Muslims everywhere to come up with that new insulting and derogatory term for these cowardly jerks. They need to stand-up and call it out to these radicals with the same fervor as he waved the constitution at Mr. Trump - even if it means taking up arms against their fellow Muslims in defense of righteousness - because the division reveals true evil. Let an internal Muslim revolution settle this in the name of Allah. It is impossible that a true God would sanction this behavior, let alone reward it.

mell says

But calling somebody misogynist who had many successful relationships and happy spouses

"Many successful relationships?"

That's one way to spin "twice-divorced serial adulterer who'd like to bang his daughter."

I also enjoyed "Fox viewers give low marks to bimbo @MegynKelly will consider other programs!" and "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever."

The list of nasty remarks Trump has made about women is a target-rich environment.

What is Trump's angle here? He was still tweeting about it this morning. Is he trying to win this debate, distract from the Crimea debacle, or distract from Hillary's four Pinocchio gaffe yesterday?

YesYNot says

What is Trump's angle here?

None.

He has spent his adult life surrounded by yes-men who say "Yeah, Boss!", "Great idea, Boss!" and "Whatever you say, Boss!"

He sees every personal interaction as a contest, in which one party wins and the other loses. He has no idea how to back down, or how to handle being despised without hitting back. As Willie Brown said, if you're going to be in politics, you have to handle having millions of people openly despise you.

This is not a calculated strategy. Trump can't control himself, because he's a malignant narcissist who's spent his life among lickspittles. Look how he treats Christie, Pence, Rubio: destroy, humiliate, enslave, fuck, kill. To remain silent in the face of the Khan's criticism is to become their bitch, in his mind. He's somewhere in 2nd grade.

It's why Trump shouldn't be given the nuclear codes.

Hillary's voting record in the Senate got his son Killed.
This guy is spitting on his own son's grave.

Tenpoundbass says

Hillary's voting record in the Senate got his son Killed.

Yes, Hillary supported that war.

Trump openly supported that war. You supported that war. It's probably that everyone you have ever voted for supported that war.

You put that boy in his grave.

Tenpoundbass says

Hillary's voting record in the Senate got his son Killed.

Yup. And 400,000 Syrians. Destabilizing a regime where ISIS has a presence will do that. And many tens of thousands if not more, Libyans.

tRUMP triples down. Smears parents as Sharia Jihadists. Are we supposed to believe that these Jihadists raised a son that would fight in the US military? How dumb do the smearists think we are?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/khizr-khan-smeared_us_579f5c3ae4b0e2e15eb65db1

HEY YOU says

Fuck anyone that says Trump hasn't read The U.S. Constitution,

although it was 140 characters at a time.

Obama read the constitution, so what? Didn't stop him from bastardizing it.

Fuck anyone who says that Nancy Pelosi didn't read the affordable care act...we have to forgive them, they needed "pass it to see what was in it"...I guess that's constitutional as well.

Hillary Clinton voted for patriot act, I guess that's constitutional as well.

YesYNot says

Smears parents as Sharia Jihadists.

That's the conundrum with moderate Muslims, they may/may not openly angle for sharia but most will happily acquiesce if someone else fights for it on their behalf and succeeds in gaining the opportunity to practice sharia law

MMR says

Obama read the constitution, so what? Didn't stop him from bastardizing it.

I think that you are admitting that Trump hasn't read the constitution, but that is OK. Your reasoning is that Obama has read it, but you think he bastardized it in some way. Good stuff.

YesYNot says

Smears parents as Sharia Jihadists.

Well, he certainly faced down that baby at his rally.

If he wins a dissing battle with the family of a heroic dead US soldier, hell, that would be impressive. I hope he keeps this up, and spares nothing in this fight. We need to put the families of dead soldiers in their place, so America can be great again!

HydroCabron says

We need to put the families of dead soldiers in their place, so America can be great again!

Funny enough, Colbert did a skit last night asking "Is there anyone Trump won't attack?" The next morning, he goes after a baby.

www.youtube.com/embed/Oh4BUE0c6FQ

https://mobile.twitter.com/Dakota_Meyer/status/760592745178083328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Palin son in law rebukes trump. Who will the Palin side with?

YesYNot says

Funny enough, Colbert did a skit last night asking "Is there anyone Trump won't attack?" The next morning, he goes after a baby.

Think about this.

One candidate has a proven voting record of supporting every war, Patriot Act passage and renewal, and as Sec of State presided over two horrible Civil Wars resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands. While ISIS was expanding in Syria, she was working with Google to track and encourage Assad Defectors to destabilize and weaken his regime's capacity to fight ISIS.

But Trump says mean things sometimes.

That video doesn't play. When you post a youtube video, if you do an edit after that, you have to repost the youtube url because its broken in the process.

Here, found it:www.youtube.com/embed/UcSV2MkFENk

marcus says

That video doesn't play.

Thanks. Fixed. The video is mediocre, but timing is funny.

thunderlips11 says

But Trump says mean things sometimes.

He also says inconsistent things. Literally i don't know if there is a position he hadn't been on both sides of, including Iraq and Syria conflicts. He lies constantly, and is totally unprepared and doesn't seem to care. Being mean doesn't cover it. Having no decency is more apt.

Oh, I see I found a different one. Good though.

YesYNot says

thunderlips11 says

But Trump says mean things sometimes.

He also says inconsistent things. Literally i don't know if there is a position he hadn't been on both sides of, including Iraq and Syria conflicts. He lies constantly, and is totally unprepared and doesn't seem to care. Being mean doesn't cover it. Having no decency is more apt.

Trump's odds of winning just declined. I believe it was due to Khan.
I think the Dems intentionally had Khan speak at the convention, knowing Trump would foolishly attack him back. Brilliant strategy.

It doesn't take strategy to get Trump to screw himself over.

Does anyone think that when he originally decided to run, that even he thought he could make it this far ? Arguably he doesn't want to President.

Strategist says

Trump's odds of winning just declined. I believe it was due to Khan

It's fitting that a Muslim war hero provided the sword for him to fall on. Perhaps he was baited. Perhaps Kahn was one of many people trotted out to present an image of America that reflects Hillary's vision and rebukes Donald's. Trump did the same thing in his convention, trotting out two mother's of diplomats who blamed Hillary. It was probably just to make her look bad. Fortunately, she stayed on message, and let the grieving parents tell their story without picking a fight with them.

YesYNot says

Trump did the same thing in his convention, trotting out two mother's of diplomats who blamed Hillary. It was probably just to make her look bad. Fortunately, she stayed on message, and let the grieving parents tell their story without picking a fight with them.

No, the media coverage was skewed. CNN and others didn't even cover the State Workers' parents or only played a soundbite in passing. Moar of them covered Khan in his entirety.

Trump needs to take a step back to avoid being baited. However, Khan is not the squeaky clean, faultless, uncontroversial Good Muslim (tm) the Hillary Campaign and Media Allies have made him out to be, which is a mitigating factor. The last time Trump made this kind of mistake was Curiel. It was okay to have surrogates point out Curiel's La Raza connections and relationships with the opposing attorneys; ditto for Khan the Immigration Lawyer for wealthy Arabs and Pakistanis who worked at a Saudi Lobbyist Law Firm.

In the final analysis, it will be the economy and desire for changing course that will decide the election. Only if Trump makes several mistakes like this will it really translate.

What we do need is a proper three debates, with at least two of them featuring all the candidates. After all, the MSM is bragging about Johnson (while all but ignoring Stein); their numbers are good enough to include them.

Hillary wants to make it "Crazy Guy, or Boring Me". The people need to see the spectrum of viable alternatives.

BTW, McCain is not an asset.

"Even McCain said..." actually makes most independents and republican voters more committed, and turns off a few lefties too. McCain lost his "Independent Maverick" credentials before the 2008 campaign got underway. He's a toxic brand like the Bushes right now.

thunderlips11 says

No, the media coverage was skewed. CNN and others didn't even cover the State Workers' parents or only played a soundbite in passing. Moar of them covered Khan in his entirety.

No doubt the media is anti Trump.

Hillary can be blamed for things, because she has been in the game. The only thing Trump has going for him, is that he doesn't have a record, so we don't have proof of how bad he will be. As for his lying, he's proven to lie far more than anyone else, unless you buy the conspiracy story that the press is out to get him.
Strategist says

No doubt the media is anti Trump.

Trump has been crying about the media from day one. He cries about everyone not treating him fairly. When one thinks that the whole world is out to get him, he ought to take a step back, and reevaluate the situation. The press loves his candidacy. He's made all sorts of money for them, and they've given him millions in free air time. If the press are coming out against him now more than not, it's because he keeps fucking up. That is the best way for them to make money - by selling a ticket to the circus. To a degree, he's still probably grabbing negative attention on purpose. There's no way he's so stupid that he's making mistake after mistake.

thunderlips11 says

Moar of them covered Khan in his entirety.

Maybe Kahn's speech was better. It was a killer speech, possibly upstaging Clinton. They got most of their press after Trump went 'oh no you ditent' on them.

She was menstruating onstage. So what? That's what fertile women do.
It would be PC to say she had a 'zita' bite.
Trump however just calls it as it is.
The left has a voracious appetite for political correctness, but a bulimic twitch for the truth...

HydroCabron says

I also enjoyed "Fox viewers give low marks to bimbo @MegynKelly will consider other programs!" and "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever."

thunderlips11 says

Let's go back to 9/11. If we had a stricter Visa policy, and vetting actually meant something, 9/11 wouldn't have happened, then the kid wouldn't have had to die and would have been alive.

Don't freak out... I've not gone to the dark side... HOWEVER.... Seems like we wanted to assert ourselves over there in order to protect US oil interests... If it hadn't been 9/11, might it have been something else? Was the war really avoidable?

Those people are out there murdering our soldiers, and if they could they would be murdering us all here. Yet, Trump is somehow a bad guy (according to liberals) because he says we shouldn't invite those assholes from middle east into our country? DNC and Hillary need their head examined!

'Dishonest demagogue' loses another prominent republican:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/us/politics/meg-whitman-hillary-clinton.html

FortWayne says

DNC and Hillary need their head examined!

They sure do. To be honest, so does the Pope.