Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

The GOP is a fucking disgrace.

The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

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Even if you have an allergy to pop music, how can you look at so many people enjoying themselves and not feel a little better about the world?

What’s on the agenda, apart from prepping for this evening’s debate?

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  1. 1.

    Trentrunner

    …and the New York Times can go eat a bag of grabbed dicks.

    They have been predictably disgraceful to their profession this cycle. Shame!

  2. 2.

    redshirt

    I finally gave in and signed up to my local newspaper, online. 10 a month as well.

    We should all do so if we feel the paper practices good journalism. Reward those who should be rewarded.

    The internet has a very strange cost calculus. I think it’s the default notion that everything should be free.

  6. 6.

    Zinsky

    I was thinking today that David Fahrenholdt has almost single-handedly destroyed Dickhead Donald’s presidential aspirations. God bless him! I wish he could get a Nobel prize for this. It’s worth a million dollars to me, anyway!

  7. 7.

    redshirt

    I might sign up for the Post too, since I am an Amazon member and I’ve dug how they’ve covered this election in comparison to others.

  9. 9.

    R-Jud

    No lie; I’ve watched that flash mob video and shared it about four times tonight. I’ve also shared the fact that expats (like me) need to register to vote TODAY. If you out there know any expats, give a nudge!

  10. 10.

    germy

    @Zinsky: Someone asked him if there was a way to send him tips.

    David FahrentholdVerified account
    ‏@Fahrenthold David Fahrenthold Retweeted Becky Zosia Dernbach

    There is!!! The @washingtonpost homepage has a “secure DropBox” function on the lower right. It works. I know.David Fahrenthold,

  11. 11.

    Tara the Antisocial Social Worker

    @schrodinger’s cat:

    Trump has the goods on the owners of NYT? It would be irresponsible not to speculate.

    There are shadows around their coverage. It certainly raises questions.

  12. 12.

    Baud

    Agree. I’m in the cusp of giving the Post a shot.

    That said, I saw a horrible non election article the other day, so they are still far from perfect.

  13. 13.

    FlyingToaster

    I didn’t know about the 6-mo-free, and even after, it’s $3.99/mo for Amazon Prime members.

    So I upped, too.

    And, from the environs of Bwhastin, Fuck the New York Times.

  14. 14.

    piratedan

    to be fair, I’m not even nervous about this. if he goes personal, she’ll eviscerate him. If he pivots to policy, she’ll castrate him. The questions acatually (at the last glance, from the public don’t look as bad as I feared) look like they’re mostly in her wheelhouse for a change versus the media using the pre-approved GOP framing.

    In comparison, there is no comparison, one is a candidate, the other is a characatchure of a human being.

  16. 16.

    Lizzy L

    I subscribed to the WaPo about two weeks ago. Yeah me. And I love that video. Good dancing!

  19. 19.

    TaMara (HFG)

    Just read that Clinton SuperPac backer David Brock is offering to pay any fine for leaked Apprentice tapes – oh, how I hope that is true and all that stands between us and that tsunami of Trump footage.

    The whole walking through beauty pageant contests dressing rooms while they were naked was so disgusting… depraved, sexual predator who needs to lose everything, not just the election.

  20. 20.

    Lizzy L

    @piratedan: The only thing I’ve seen about the questions for tonight is something from CNN stating that the first question is going to be about the Trump tape, that Clinton is going to be asked to speak first, and that Guiliani has said that if asked about the tape,

    Trump will “probably” apologize for the tape again when he is on stage Sunday night.

    Do you have actual information about the debate questions? From where?

  21. 21.

    catclub

    @piratedan: It was interesting to learn that Bill Clinton first asked for a townhall format – because he comes through really well in those.
    Trump campaign not turning it down – because he does them so badly – is another sign of lack of campaign expertise costing.

  23. 23.

    encephalopath

    Trump still appears to be basing his debate strategy on an erroneous high risk high reward model. Essentially he’s thinking that if he stands on the bomb and pushes the button there is a high probability chance that he will be blown to pieces, so that must mean there is a low probability chance that he will be catapulted into heaven. No… no there isn’t.

    He’s going to stand on stage and talk about Bill Clinton’s dick while the national teevee audience goes, “Ewwww,” and Hillary Clinton follows that up by actually answering policy questions. There’s just no upside for Trump in this dynamic.

  24. 24.

    p.a.

    @Lizzy L: I won’t watch tRump in any media: blood pressure concerns. So if I may ask, in his current apology, does he apologize for his language, or for the actual sexual assaults?

  25. 25.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @catclub

    : It was interesting to learn that Bill Clinton first asked for a townhall format – because he comes through really well in those.

    (bolding mine) Did you mean to write Hillary and she?

  26. 26.

    Old Broad In California

    Thank you for posting that feel-good video. It’s especially nice to see so many young Hillary supporters.

  28. 28.

    RoonieRoo

    Just signed up using the Prime offer! Thank you for that info as I was wanting to subscribe but working out if we could add the $10 a month in our already very tight budget. This deal is fantastic!

  29. 29.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    two tweets that reflect my own thoughts, as my internet/politics addiction triumphs over the sheer boredom of fall chores

    Josh Barro ‏ jbarro 24m24 minutes ago
    I think the biggest electoral hazard to Republicans right now is Trump fans who withhold support downballot.

    hoping against hope this takes McCain down, cause I’m as spiteful as that old coot

    Gabe Delahaye ‏ gabedelahaye 24h24 hours ago
    Imagine being 59 years old, famous, married, a father, worth a billion dollars, and so so so desperate to impress Billy Bush.

    I would’ve said “allegedly worth..” but then, again, I’m spiteful

  30. 30.

    Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn

    @efgoldman:

    Heh. I first read that as, “Much more amusing to read the bloodstream.” I mean, it fits.

  31. 31.

    Lizzy L

    @p.a.: No way he copes to sexual assualts, p.a. The first apology was all about the language when it was about anything at all: that and attacking Bill and Hillary Clinton.

    “I’ve said some foolish things, but there’s a big difference between the words and actions of other people. Bill Clinton has actually abused women, and Hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victims. We will discuss this more in the coming days. See you at the debate on Sunday.”

    If indeed he offers an apology tonight, I’m sure it will be more of the same.

  33. 33.

    sigaba

    @TaMara (HFG): It’d be tough for crew to leak something like that under any circumstance, even if Brock pays your court fees you’re still going to get blackballed in the industry.

  34. 34.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Owen Ellickson imagines photo-op Catholic Paul Ryan seeking spiritual counseling

    Owen Ellickson ‏@ onlxn 23m23 minutes ago
    RYAN: He was referring to a hypothetical woman’s-
    PRIEST: Stop embarrassing yourself.
    RYAN: Look. Father. He’s not a perfect person.
    PRIEST:

    RYAN: Okay. Okay. Trump’s a bad person. Terrible, even.
    PRIEST: Yes.
    RYAN: But I can USE him, Father! He’ll pass my stuff!
    PRIEST: Good Lord

    @Lizzy L: Alec Baldwin’s “ap-plogey” thing cracked me up

    ETA: and one more
    CHRISTIE: Why’d you attack Jeb?
    CONWAY: Just trying to feel something.
    CHRISTIE: You quitting?
    CONWAY: Think so. Best way to hurt it

  35. 35.

    Felonius Monk

    @efgoldman:

    Much more amusing to read the blogstorm, especially this one.

    I’m with you on this. Also have the Giants and Packers tonight.

  37. 37.

    Mudge

    Lest anyone forget..the editor of the Post is now Marty Baron (see Charlie Pierce’s hagiography) late of the Boston Globe who was instrumental in the Boston priest pedophilia investigative reporting (see the film “Spotlight”). The Globe is now owned by the NY Times. Baron is why Farenthold has been let off his leash. He may be the best there is. This was a brilliant hire, even if the Post editorial board is still pitiful (see Fred Hiatt).

  39. 39.

    hovercraft

    @germy:
    His Trump Foundation work is how he got the puzzy video tip. Tipster called him at 11 am on Friday, he saw the tape and verified it’s authenticity, and it was up on the web by 4. Because he was seen as a real journalist, tipster went to him.

  40. 40.

    Cleardale

    Unlurking to say thanks for mentioning the Amazon Prime deal. Signed up for at least that long.

  42. 42.

    Kathleen

    Video made me happy. I haven’t watched any debates so far and don’t plan to now. I can’t bear to see Trump and hear the media BS. Just can’t.

    OT – canvassed for Hillary in my neighborhood yesterday, and found out 3 of my neighbors are dedicated Democrats who love Hillary (one includes a former Republican).

    ETA: Per the Dem coordinator for my area, I live in a swing precinct in a swing county in a swing state. Woot!

  43. 43.

    Jeffro

    Looks like more coming out about how the Hillary emails/speeches were faked…and not even good fakes…

  44. 44.

    Hal

    I’m already an amazon prime member, so I signed up for a 6 month free trial. I’ve been meaning to do more reading on a political/foreign policy/world politics level, so this might be a good start.

  45. 45.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Mary Spicuzza ‏ 7h7 hours ago
    Speaker PRyan has canceled a Monday campaign stop in Burlington. He was expected to talk to volunteers & take questions from reporters.

    Sad, sad Paul Ryan. He’s going to crunch away the sad.

  47. 47.

    hovercraft

    @TaMara (HFG):
    The fine is supposedly $ 5 million, the internets need to send the word out that we the people will cover the legal fees and fines for any such leaker. For this type of bombshell the liberalshere can rustle up a few million.

  48. 48.

    Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    “I think the biggest electoral hazard to Republicans right now is Trump fans who withhold support downballot.”

    From where I sit, the GOP’s choice is does it want to die this Nov in the frying pan, or in the fire? And, given, that, I think the smart thing would be for PENCE to drop out with the GOP’s blessing, as the latter outfit cuts off every tie to Trump as it possibly can, stat.

    I don’t see how the GOP reclaims the moderates that have left the fold if it comes that the GOP stayed with a barely-closeted white nationalist right through the very bitter end. But if it cuts Trump completely and runs, the resulting electoral harakiri notwithstanding, such a proclamation (though still craven) could re-capture minds (if not hearts), and show that it really does put country above party. (Meantime, they can chase the female and minority vote like a temporarily-panicked abusive boyfriend with sweet promises, only less credibly.)

    The plan as I see it also calls for Magical Ponies crapping minty-fresh Tic Tacs, so there might be some details to iron out.

  49. 49.

    Silvery

    Thanks for the info. I also had no idea about the amazon special and now I just subscribed.

  51. 51.

    James E Powell

    Didn’t watch either of the two previous debates and I won’t see tonight’s. I will, once again, rely upon the sharp minds and biting wits of this community to describe and analyze for me. Thanking you in advance.

  52. 52.

    Lizzy L

    I took a look at the questions, thanks to piratedan. The first two questions are about guns. The third question is about immigration. The fourth question is about climate change. The fifth question is about funding for public health.

    That’s not bad, and I think it’s probably a fair representation of some of the issues people in this country are concerned about. If these questions, or others like them, were actually asked, and if Hillary Clinton were the only person responding, we might even learn something about the policies of the candidates.

  55. 55.

    SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch

    @piratedan:

    Very glad to see two climate change/green energy questions among the top ten (#4 and #10 when I checked). Those are topics that have been sadly ignored, for the most part, in previous debates and town halls. (ETA: By “top ten,” I sorted from most votes to least. Should have made that more clear.)

    I think Hillary is much better equipped to show the connective tissue between climate change, energy, infrastructure, jobs and the economy, and education (and so may other things I haven’t listed). She understands that all the big issues are linked, and that choices in any one area necessarily affect choices and outcomes in all the others.

  56. 56.

    hovercraft

    @p.a.:
    Here is the full text of the 90 second video:

    “I’ve never said I’m a perfect person, nor pretended to be someone that I’m not. I’ve said and done things I regret, and the words released today on this more than a decade-old video are one of them. Anyone who knows me knows these words don’t reflect who I am. I said it, I was wrong and I apologize.

    I have traveled the country talking about change for America, but my travels have also changed me. I’ve spent time with grieving mothers who’ve lost their children, laid-off workers whose jobs have gone to other countries, and people from all walks of life who just want a better future. I have gotten to know the great people of our country and I’ve been humbled by the faith they’ve placed in me. I pledge to be a better man tomorrow, and will never, ever let you down.

    Let’s be honest, we’re living in the real world. This is nothing more than a distraction from the important issues we’re facing today.

    We are losing our jobs, we are less safe than we were eight years ago and Washington is totally broken. Hillary Clinton and her kind have run our country into the ground. I’ve said some foolish things, but there’s a big difference between the words and actions of other people. Bill Clinton has actually abused women, and Hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victims. We will discuss this more in the coming days. See you at the debate on Sunday.”

    As you see just the first part is his apology for his words, the rest is excuses and Clenis blaming.

    EDIT: I see they beat me to this, oh well.

  57. 57.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch: in 2012, IIRC, the town hall debate was the only one of the four that had a climate change question

    also, too

    Andrew Rafferty Retweeted Scott Walker
    Someone’s not watching the debate…
    Scott Walker ScottWalker
    Ready for Packers on #SNF! #NYGvsGB #GoPackGo

  58. 58.

    Emerald

    Got the post subscription! Yes, they’ve earned it. No doubt I’ll be wildly frustrated with them fairly often, but I’ve had it with the New York Times.

  61. 61.

    p.a.

    Gotta buy some marshmallows, start a fire. A 4 week fire. Maybe some hot dogs too. And some gooood bourbon.

    Jonathan Martin ✔ @jmartNYT
    NEWS: Trump urges surrogates to unload on Republicans abandoning him, per new talking pts just forwarded to me (1/)
    10:48 AM – 9 Oct 2016

  62. 62.

    Raven

    A transformer blew with 5 to go in the Georgia game and it looks like the power dudes are all gone too the hurricane

  63. 63.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @Zinsky: And let’s not forget Newsweek’s Kurt Eichenwald, who’s also done good work and was “rewarded” with an epileptogenic video in a tweet from a fan of the Orange Groper.

  65. 65.

    Patricia Kayden

    Already subscribe to the Washington Post and get it delivered daily. Yay for excellent, investigative journalism. Not sure why the New York Times almost completely dropped the ball this election cycle but hope it recovers enough to cover the Republican meltdown after November 8th.

  66. 66.

    FlyingToaster

    @Mudge: No, the Times sold the Boston Glob to John Henry, owner of the Red Sox. We don’t see a heck of a lot of investigative reporting anymore.

  67. 67.

    bemused

    We are definitely watching. Can’t miss this after Trump’s previous debate performance. I’m too curious to see how much more of a mess he makes of his campaign this time.

  68. 68.

    Anne Laurie

    @schrodinger’s cat: Just sent you an email apology!

    I’m thinking tomorrow is still ‘weekend’, technically, so we can post after the debate, once people can pay proper attention…

  69. 69.

    RAM

    The news side of the NYT sucks, but the editorial page is good, especially given Krugman. On the other hand, the Post’s news side is great but their stable of aging neocon columnists and their totally awful editorial page editor suck. Too bad we can’t combine NYT’s edit page and Post’s news side. As bad as the NYT is, I refuse to have anything to do with anything Fred Hiatt has his smarmy fingers in.

  71. 71.

    Hal

    I think I’m going to bed early tonight, with hopes of vanquish greeting me in the morning. In honor of Clinton vs. Trump round 2, a blonde joke…

    A blonde and a lawyer are seated next to each other on a flight from LA to NY. The lawyer asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blonde, tired, just wants to take a nap and politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists and explains that the game is easy and a lot of fun.

    He explains, “I ask you a question, and if you don’t know the answer, you pay me $5.00, and vise versa.” Again, she declines and tries to get some sleep.

    The lawyer, now agitated, says, “Okay, if you don’t know the answer you pay me $5.00, and if I don’t know the answer, I will pay you $500.00.” This catches the blonde’s attention and, figuring there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, agrees to the game. The lawyer asks the first question.

    “What’s the distance from the earth to the moon?” The blonde doesn’t say a word, reaches into her purse, pulls out a $5.00 bill and hands it to the lawyer.

    Okay says the lawyer, your turn. She asks the lawyer, “What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four legs?” The lawyer, puzzled, takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references, but gets no answer. He taps into the air phone with his modem and searches the net and the Library of Congress, but still no answer. Frustrated, he sends e-mails to all his friends and coworker, to no avail. After an hour, he wakes the blonde, and hands her $500. The blonde says,”Thank you,” and turns back to get some more sleep.

    The lawyer, who is more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and asks, “Well, what’s the answer?”

    Without a word, the blonde reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5.00, and goes back to sleep. And you thought blondes were dumb.

  73. 73.

    SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch

    @hovercraft:

    I’ve never said I’m a perfect person,

    Actually, Donald, you’ve spent most of your adult life claiming to be a perfect person — the best, the richest, the most handsome, the most manly, the best words, the smartest, the greatest education, the savviest real estate developer, the cleverest businessman — you can’t open your mouth without claiming all the superlatives for yourself.

    nor pretended to be someone that I’m not.

    Two words: bull and shit. You routinely posed as John Miller and John Barron, variously Trump spox, PR people, or newly-hired senior staff in the Trump Organization. You absolutely loved pretending to be someone you’re not.

    So, Donald, since literally the first fifteen words of your weak, lame, pathetic, loser, low-energy, sad excuse for an apology were flat-out lies, tell me why the fuck we should believe anything that follows:

    I’ve said and done things I regret, and the words released today on this more than a decade-old video are one of them. Anyone who knows me knows these words don’t reflect who I am. I said it, I was wrong and I apologize.

  75. 75.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Jeffro: Can you elaborate/link? Most of what I’ve seen is Malcolm Nance saying there were some obvious problems with them emails, but I haven’t seen any examples yet.

  76. 76.

    SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    in 2012, IIRC, the town hall debate was the only one of the four that had a climate change question

    I had forgotten the specifics, but I’m not surprised. The MSM avoid the hell out of the topic unless they’re doing a made-for-teevee “documentary,” and that, as we know, requires and even-handed, balanced “both sides” approach. Real people, OTOH, have genuine concerns.

  78. 78.

    Baud

    The problem with Eichenwald and Fahrenholdt are that their names are hard to spell. How can I praise them regularly under those conditions.

  79. 79.

    Patricia Kayden

    @Lizzy L: It’s hard to believe that there are real live voters who are undecided at this point in the election cycle. It’s not as if the two leading candidates are close to each other in any meaningful way.

  80. 80.

    JPL

    Tomorrow Trump has an event here..
    AMBRIDGE, PA
    Donald J. Trump
    ​Ambridge Area Senior High School Gymnasium
    3:30 PM
    Because of parental concerns, schools are closing early.

    SAD

  83. 83.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: The other two problems are that they both seem to be good german names and they are the same number of syllables.

    I was somehow conflating the two in my head until one day earlier this week someone on BJ said something like “there has only been on journalist doing their job this season” and someone else chimed chimed in and mentioned the guy from Newsweek. That’s when the bell went off in my head and I realized there were two of them. Sad!

  85. 85.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    this, apparently is being broadcast on Facebook?

    Maggie HabermanVerified account
    maggieNYT
    Trump is doing a presser with women who claim Bill Clinton assaulted them

  86. 86.

    bemused

    @Patricia Kayden:

    Our dil said she can’t believe this is happening. Two weeks in a row, Bill Mahr said in his monologues, can you believe this is really happening? I think most Americans, sane, reality-based Americans are saying the same thing.

    We’ve got a candidate that is almost certifiable and his supporters are in even worse mental shape.

  87. 87.

    Kay

    Geraldo Rivera: ‘I have tapes’ of ‘embarrassing’ statements from Trump

    Everyone has tapes, we find out. Because he’s been blabbing nonstop for 30 years.

  88. 88.

    hovercraft

    @JPL:
    I wouldn’t make any solid plans to attend or watch till after the debate and the verdict are in. If it goes as badly for him as we all expect, then it will be must see TV. He will be like a cornered rabid dog, everybody watch out, and definitely keep the kids away.

  90. 90.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @bemused: Did you watch last night? I looked at the description and I didn’t recognize any of the conservative shooters her usually insists on having on, either to feed him straight lines or to flatter his ego that he can handle them, I’m never sure. People like Stephen Moore or Ann Coulter who usually wind up shouting down the other guests with bullshit, and Maher eventually wants to move on to a set piece or some story that tickles what’s left of his contrarian/libertrianism

  91. 91.

    bemused

    @Kay:

    Ha. So true. Trump’s whole sordid life on audio and video are going to be belching out like a volcano.

  92. 92.

    SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch

    @hovercraft:

    It’s not surprising at all. It’s just that even many of his strongest critics are giving him a pass for the first bit of the “apology” and challenging him only on the part where he begins attacking the Clintons. My point is simply, he was lying from Word One. As somebody cleverer than I once said, “I wouldn’t believe him if his tongue came notarized.”

  93. 93.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @JPL: I was just wondering who he had with him. I’m guessing Flowers and Willey, maybe Broadderick, and I’ve been wondering if somebody’s gonna dig up Paula Jones, or that weird lady– I think she just claimed an affair– with the Michelle Bachmann eyes who always insisted on calling Clinton “Billy”.

    O, the 90’s, how I’ve missed you! At least the being in my twenties part.

    ETA:

    @SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch: “I wouldn’t believe him if his tongue came notarized.”

    His Girl Friday?

  95. 95.

    ThresherK

    Bob’s Burgers dropped another incredible pun re a harborside restaurant. Anyone else catch the “Schoon Hound”?

  96. 96.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @piratedan:

    The top question is about the sacred 2nd Amendment without the first clause:

    Too much crime is blamed on the tool, not the person. How will you protect law abiding citizens to protect themselves.

    The crime would not happen without the tool, ammosexual scum.

    If it were only logistically possible to take these deadly toys away from these snotty toddlers.

  101. 101.

    hovercraft

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:
    Costa just spoke to the campaign, and this is the strategy Trump has believed from the beginning, this is how to beat Clinton, the Bimbo eruptions will energize the base and help him win the election. Everyone in his inner circle now comes from that era in American politics, though Kellyanne doesn’t agree with the strategy she also comes from there and hates the Clintons. This is their hail Mary, but Trump feels it should have been their plan A.

  102. 102.

    SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch

    @bemused:

    Trump’s whole sordid life on audio and video are going to be belching out like a volcano.

    I guarantee he’ll try to monetize it by putting together yuuuge, very classy boxed sets of Donald J. Trump: The Life, tossing in a laminated 2″ square of cloth of gold upholstery fabric upon which his rump has rested; a full-colour photograph, suitable for framing (“complements any decor!”) of Donald and all the kids, plus Tiffany; and matching, faux-leather-with-“gold”-leaf-bound volumes of all eight of the books he’s “authored.” He will shill these at 2:30 a.m. on the sleaziest cable channels in 30-minute informercials, all yours for just four easy payments of $50.00 $30.00 only $19.98 plus a small shipping fee. But wait, there’s more! Call in the next 10 minutes and we’ll also send you a Trump Steak….

  103. 103.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @hovercraft: . Everyone in his inner circle now comes from that era in American politics, though Kellyanne doesn’t agree with the strategy she also comes from there and hates the Clintons.

    She owes her career to the great Clenius Wars of Nascent Political Cable, and even she knows this is a loser? I wonder how tightly her contract binds her? Loyalty is said to be an obsession of Trump’s, I wonder if she’s tied to the mast of this shipwreck

  105. 105.

    hovercraft

    @bemused:
    Buckle up it’s going to be a total shit storm. They are now running the tape from the “presser”.
    Jone’s – I’m here to support Trump, he’s a good person
    Some lady says Hillary put her through something when she was 12 years old something that no one should be put through.
    Broderick – Bill raped me, Hillary threatened me
    Wiley – When Bill announced for the presidency I cried, Trump is the right person to lead America.
    EDIT: Kathy Shelton was the lady 12 yrs old

    Wow, just wow

  108. 108.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Jeffro: My old Naderite friends (not necessarily Busters, but grudgingly) are treating them as genuine, and preparing to spend the next four years arguing that Hillary is a walking disaster who only won because she had an even worse opponent.

  109. 109.

    SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch

    @bemused:

    Oh Lordy, he probably would.

    Of course he would. He was born to be an infomercial pitchman. It’s like his entire life has been inexorably taking him by his tiny wee little hand and leading him to this pinnacle.

  110. 110.

    SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch

    @hovercraft:

    Sorry it took me a couple of minutes to respond. My jaw had dropped all over the table, and I actually had to go in search of my gob, it had been smacked so hard. My desk has been headed, my palm has been faced.

    I’m pretty confident he won’t ever be president, but I hate the fact that I breathe some of the same air molecules as some of the people who will vote for him.

  112. 112.

    Mary G

    Has anyone posted the Robert De Niro video here?

    It was supposed to be one of those generic things urging people to vote, but he gets carried away in an awesome manner, including saying he wants to punch Trump in the face.

  115. 115.

    Ruckus

    @hovercraft:

    definitely keep the kids away.

    This looks like a very, very teachable moment for the kids. What kind of asshole not to be, what kind of asshole to look out for, how many people seem to like assholes like this, rampant bigotry, mental illness, crassness, I could probably go on but really, I’d almost make my kids watch. But I’m not anywhere near that big of asshole.

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