Election 2016 (Page 15)

I guess we must be fair and use the same racism thresholds for both parties.  It's been 5 months since this endorsement and there has been no disavowment, so Hillary is officially a racist.  Technically, even if she disavows she still has to be a racist by the Trump standard. 

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/08/video-kkk-grand-dragon-endorses-hillary-clinton/

That last sentence is true, but you'll note that the (Republican) congressional investigation of this whole thing has *never* mentioned ANY other name involved in those emails.  Probably because it would create some uncomfortable questions.  The Secretary of State often communicates with Congress.  Given the average age of those reps / senators, and lack of technical ability -- it's very likely that Hillary wasn't the only one you could call "extremely careless".

Plus they know the justice department under Obama would go after them with a vengeance if anything like that came to light.

Best article title ever:

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/291759-poll-jill-stein-tied-with-harambe-trailing-deez-nutz-in-texas

haha, but we need to understand why the "dead gorilla" has lost so much support in such a short time.

CNN is so funny.  They need to work harder to at least make it appear as though Clinton doesn't run their "news" organization:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/29/bias-alert-cnn-scrubs-crooked-from-trump-tweet.html

Fortunately Hillary set a precedent for things like this.  All he has to say is "I'll gladly release that information right after the election"  

About the same time Trump releases his medical records and taxes? 

Trump already agreed to release his full and detailed medical records as long as Hillary agrees to the same.  She has not.
The taxes are just funny because nobody even cares.

Is Hillary still in the race?  I heard she dropped out?  Haven't seen her on TV at any rallies or anything.  According to her website, she has a speech planned today at the American legion club and then has the next 4 days off.  I don't blame her....it is a holiday weekend.  Then again, I'm not running for office.

But going back to December of last year he tweeted the following "As a presidential candidate, I have instructed my long-time doctor to issue, within two weeks, a full medical report-it will show perfection". Guess when he gives an order, even his own people don't listen to him. 

As for his tax records, I think a whole lot of people care. At least according to one poll, 74% of likely voters and 62% of Republicans think he needs to release his taxes. (Quinnipiac Poll). Even if that's an extremely liberal-biased poll, that's a far way away from nobody. 

I truly believe that he's using his audit as a bullchit excuse to hide something. Personally, I think he's hiding the fact that he pays next to nothing in taxes. I don't mean that he pays a relatively low tax rate, he's boasted plenty of times about using every loop hole possible to pay as little as possible. If he's just paying a low rate, his followers wouldn't care. But if people found out that Trump pays less dollars than the average middle class family, I think his working man support would turn on him real quick. Like that old Cheers episode where Sam won a week's salary from Robin Colcord and got paid $1. People can appreciate a shrewd business man, but I don't think they'd support someone blatantly cheating the system while they watch 1/3 of their paycheck go to the government.

Or maybe he's just not nearly as wealthy as he says he is and his tax returns would show another one of his lies. Or maybe he's taking money from Russians. I heard he won't release his taxes because he regularly donates to NAMBLA. Of course, all this baseless speculation could be squashed if he just opened up his records.

I tend to agree with the idea that he's not quite as rich as he portrays.  I think him paying zero taxes would play into his hand more than hurt it because he would simply say that the system is rigged for the rich and that's the way Obama and Hillary made it because he could legally do it while the working class are getting screwed with taxes, etc.

I don't think paying a low rate would hurt him. I think paying little to no taxes would cripple him. Remember 4 years ago when the Republicans were so upset about the 47% of this country that don't pay federal taxes? That anger was directed at people who don't have a pot to pizz in. How are they going to feel when one of those non-tax paying people is worth $10 billion? 

Fortunately with the economy in full recovery there shouldn't be anyone out there that poor.  ;-)

If you asked me if I'd rather see his returns than not see them I'd definitely say yes but more out of curiosity.  I know one thing is for sure this election cycle though, the normal rules do not apply at all.  If Romney didn't release his returns in 2012 it would have been scandal all day long with wall to wall coverage on every media outlet.  With Trump it's maybe 97 on the list.  hah

Some good articles talking substantively about the trip to Mexico yesterday:

Donald Trump: International Man of Diplomacy — yes, really

Trump immigration speech: A president was born on Wednesday

Or not. 

https://thinkprogress.org/mexican-president-fact-checks-donald-trump-to-his-face-in-spanish-94bb3491efa3#.kgt7wcdp8

From the first article you posted. "Oh, and Hillary Clinton was consoling her most trusted consigliere who has just left her dirtbag husband after he sexted a picture of his “private” part alongside his baby son, lying in bed."  Nope, no bias to be found in that journalist. 

I'll give Trump credit, he went back to the hardline stance that carried him through the primaries. Ann Coulter must be breathing a sigh of relief. We'll have to wait and see what affect, positive or negative, it has on moderates. The GOP specifically identified losing the Hispanic vote as one of the key reasons Romney lost in 2012. Guess Trump's advisers didn't read that report.

I think Trump has made a calculated decision.  He decided he can gain enough USA! USA! USA! USA! voters to more than offset the Hispanics he will lose.

That Fox Op Ed posted above is going viral.....well, in my circles anyway.  :-) 

That's a good point.  Guess we won't know until the next round of polls come out.

I think the general rule of politics is being front page is generally good.  People are talking about you and not your opponent.

Trump held a press conference in Mexico for pete's sake!!  And Clinton hasn't held a press conference in 269 days.  Why is that?  What are they afraid of?  I heard this over and over yesterday.....even the most liberal commentators acknowledged that....and quickly tried to brush it off.  Maybe they could put one of those little hidden ear plugs in her ear so someone off-stage can prompt on how to answer questions.

That's quite a spin piece there.  lol

So basically if I parse what that article is saying it's exactly what everyone else is saying.  They agree that the US has the right to build a wall and it would be mutually beneficial and Mexico doesn't want to pay for it. /duh

What was the blatant lie, I must have missed it?

I fully support Clinton riding her lead.  The Romney strategy has a proven track record.  ;-)