Election 2016

[Primemuscle]

Am I imagining it, or is Trump sharpening up as we close in?  When's the last time he's said anything outrageous?

Last night.

[240 is Back]

Last night.

9 things last night actually, in 24 minutes. 

the debates will be hilarious.  Trump just makes up scary, undisciplined shit on the spot. 

there is no way this man is indeed, this stupid.

[Primemuscle]

I've been thinking about this ever since reading it.  If Trump isn't serious about the race, we sure wouldn't know it by these proposals.  

Two points in particular, that imo give all reason necessary to want to see him in office:

The first one is something everyone should be very concerned about, because the threat has all the potential to destroy everything we love about our country as it kills people by the millions.  And it remains unaddressed to any serious degree, which should piss-off every person here.

The second one involves putting everything ISIS-related on the table, and getting to the facts about who is doing what and how.  Make it perfectly clear as to the best way to remove the potential from it, so we can get back to our lives without anyone being able to use it as an excuse to impose and intrude on us.

Straight away, these things tell us he wants to end the game that's been played for the past two administrations.  It also says someone very aware and in-tune is advising him, and that he's listening to that advice.

If Trump is or will listen to advice, It will be a complete reversal of what he's done up to now. I don't buy it.

Are the General's who he expects to come up with a game plan in 30 day's the same one's he said were in ruins. As for taking their advice, he said he would do that only if he liked it.

[Las Vegas]

If Trump is or will listen to advice, It will be a complete reversal of what he's done up to now. I don't buy it.

Are the General's who he expects to come up with a game plan in 30 day's the same one's he said were in ruins. As for taking their advice, he said he would do that only if he liked it.

From what I see, the trouble involves the ones who tell Obama what he "needs" to hear, in order to continue the ways which have allowed growth of ISIS.

All this time, and the "we're really trying, but that gosh darn ISIS keeps spreading and the threat is sooo scary" is about to be audited.

[240 is Back]

If Obama is indeed one of Isis and a founder...

Why is trump blaming the generals?

[Yamcha]

Another packed house for Hillary in a city that has 2.4 million people... Great turnout. High energy!

"The average undecided voter is getting snippets of news from television personalities like [Matt] Lauer, who are failing to convey the fact that the election pits a normal politician with normal political failings against an ignorant, bigoted, pathologically dishonest authoritarian."

[Yamcha]

 

[Soul Crusher]

Another packed house for Hillary in a city that has 2.4 million people... Great turnout. High energy!

She is a pos - its only a few blacks, old white libs like prime, feminist bra burners, and commies in the media supporting her

[Yamcha]

She is a pos - its only a few blacks, old white libs like prime, feminist bra burners, and commies in the media supporting her

When the Baptists don't like your rhetoric, you know you've gone too far

[Dos Equis]

Quinnipiac Poll: Clinton, Trump Close in 4 Swing States
By Greg Richter   |   Thursday, 08 Sep 2016

A new Quinnipiac University poll of four swing states shows a tight presidential race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The two major party candidates are within the poll's 3.5-to-3.6 margin of error except in Pennsylvania, where Clinton leads by 4 points.

Here are the results from Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania:

Florida:

Clinton: 47 percent
Trump: 47 percent
North Carolina:

Clinton: 47 percent
Trump: 43 percent
Ohio:

Trump: 46 percent
Clinton: 45 percent
Pennsylvania:

Clinton: 48 percent
Trump: 43 percent

Here are the results when Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein are included:

Florida:

Clinton: 43 percent
Trump: 43 percent
Johnson: 8 percent
Stein: 2 percent

North Carolina:

Clinton: 42 percent
Trump: 38 percent
Johnson: 15 percent
Stein: Not on ballot

Ohio:

Trump: 41 percent
Clinton: 37 percent
Johnson: 14 percent
Stein: 4 percent

Pennsylvania:

Clinton: 44 percent
Trump: 39 percent
Johnson: 9 percent
Stein: 3 percent

"The effect of the Republican and Democratic conventions on the presidential race has run its course," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. "As the campaign enters its final stage, Florida and Ohio, two of the largest and most important Swing States, are too close to call, while North Carolina and Pennsylvania give Hillary Clinton the narrowest of leads."

Brown said the "obvious takeaway" is that Trump has staged a comeback from his post-Democratic convention lows. "Taking a bit longer view, however, we see a race that appears little changed from where it was as the GOP convention began in July, and at least in these four key states is very much up for grabs," he said.

The polls were conducted August 29-September 7 on landline and cell phones and spoke to people identifying themselves as "likely voters."

http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/hillary-trump-close-swing-states/2016/09/08/id/747355/#ixzz4K3tJU1UP

[Dos Equis]

After Health Scare, Hillary Clinton Cancels California Fundraising Tour
by ADELLE NAZARIAN
11 Sep 2016

Politico reports that Hillary Clinton has canceled her travel plans to California on Monday and Tuesday.

“Hillary Clinton has canceled a trip to California planned for Monday and Tuesday, her campaign said late Sunday,” Politico reported in a breaking news alert late Sunday night. “The cancellation came after Clinton abruptly departed a 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York City on Sunday morning. Her campaign later disclosed that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday.”

The cancellation comes after hours of uncertainty, where her aides were unclear with press whether she would be able to carry on with a planned West Coast fundraising trip on Monday and Tuesday after a medical emergency she experienced during the September 11 commemoration event in New York on Sunday.

The medical problem was blamed on “overheating and dehydration,” and a pneumonia infection which was diagnosed on Friday, according to campaign statements.

Clinton was set to appear at several events throughout San Francisco and Los Angeles on Monday and Tuesday. Those are now off, according to Politico. It’s thus far unclear whether she will carry on with a scheduled rally in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Until after 10:30 p.m. on Sunday night, her aides were reportedly “still unclear” as to whether she would change her schedule in light of her health and per her own doctor’s recommendation.

A video captured by a memorial attendee shows Clinton appearing to collapse, requiring the help of several aides to place her in the vehicle.

Clinton’s spokesman Nick Merrill issued a statement Sunday morning: “Secretary Clinton attended the September 11th Commemoration Ceremony for just an hour and thirty minutes this morning to pay her respects and greet some of the families of the fallen. During the ceremony, she felt overheated so [she] departed to go to her daughter’s apartment, and is feeling much better.”

Her Doctor, Lisa Bardack, said “I have just examined here and she is now re-hydrated and recovering nicely.”

She issued the following statement:

Secretary Clinton has been experiencing a cough related to allergies. On Friday, during a follow up evaluation of her prolonged cough, she was diagnosed with pneumonia, She was put on antibiotics, and advised to rest and modify her schedule. While at this morning’s event, she became overheated and dehydrated. I have just examined her and she is now re-hydrated and recovering nicely.

Prior to Sunday’s episode, Clinton’s health had been the subject of numerous reports in the media. Some had dismissed the reports as mere conspiracy theories, and Dr. Drew Pinsky’s show on CNN’s HLN was even cancelled after he questioned her health.

Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore, who had endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for president, also weighed in on Clinton’s Sunday health scare.

http://www.breitbart.com/california/2016/09/11/clinton-aides-unclear-about-upcoming-cali-trip-after-medical-emergency/

[Dos Equis]

Election Update: The Swing States Are Tightening, Too
By Nate Silver
SEP 8, 2016

In the more poll-obsessed corners of the internet, we’ve been arguing about Hillary Clinton’s decline in the polls against Donald Trump. Everyone seems to agree that Clinton’s lead is down quite a bit in national polls, to an average of around 3 percentage points from a peak of about 8 points shortly after the Democratic convention. But there’s a debate about how this translates to the state level.

My position is that a decline in Clinton’s national polls necessarily means that she’s declined in the states. There’s just no way around this; as we learned on Schoolhouse Rock, the United States is composed of 50 states and the District of Columbia. Perhaps it’s possible Clinton’s declined more in noncompetitive states than competitive ones — for instance, if Trump’s gains have mostly come from Republicans, widening his margins in red states but less in purple states. But that sort of conclusion is usually wishful thinking.

Still, there’s no better way to prove or disprove this than to look at polls of swing states directly. We’ve gotten a lot more of those polls recently, and they show pretty much just what the national polls do: Clinton’s lead in the states most likely to tip the balance of the election is somewhere around 3 percentage points.

Take the set of polls that Quinnipiac University released on Thursday afternoon. In the versions of the polls that include third-party candidates, Clinton led Trump by 5 percentage points in Pennsylvania and 4 points in North Carolina, but was tied with him in Florida and trailed him by 4 points in Ohio. The North Carolina result is slightly better for Clinton than our model expected, and the Ohio result was slightly worse — but overall, these results are consistent with the model’s hypothesis of a 3- or 4-percentage point national lead for Clinton.

Quinnipiac’s aren’t the only polls out there, of course. The table below contains a simple average3 of recent polls in what we call “states to watch” — the set of 14 states that are most important to the national outcome. The average includes all polls in each state with a median field date of Aug. 21 or later — that is, polls conducted over the past two or three weeks. In some states, such as Nevada, the only polls that qualify by this definition are the 50-state online polls from Ipsos and SurveyMonkey, but in most others, such as Pennsylvania and North Carolina, there’s quite a lot of data to work with.

Recent swing state polls show Clinton narrowly ahead

Based on polls with a median field date of Aug. 21 or later. Michigan would be the tipping-point state if recent polls are right.

I’ve highlighted Michigan in the table because it would be the tipping-point state if the recent polls are right — that is, the state that would get Clinton to 270 electoral votes if she wins it along with all the states above it. She leads in Michigan by 3 percentage points in the simple average of recent polls, almost exactly matching her lead in national polls. That’s further confirmation that national polls and state polls tell pretty much the same story.

It’s interesting that Michigan shapes up as the tipping-point state in this analysis, since it’s one that had been considered relatively safe for Clinton before. But Clinton’s decline has been steeper recently in the Midwest, including in Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio and Iowa. Conversely, her numbers have held up a little better elsewhere, such as in New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. That’s not to say there’s been no decline in these states, however. Recent Pennsylvania polls have had Clinton ahead by an average of 5 or 6 percentage points, which is nothing to complain about, but is down from the roughly 9-point lead she held in the state in mid-August.

Clinton’s Florida and North Carolina numbers have also held up comparatively well (although there’s a lot of disagreement among pollsters in both states). As a result, they’ve moved slightly closer to the tipping point and have become more important for Clinton, serving as a potential hedge for her in the event of a further deterioration of her numbers in the Midwest. On the flip side, some states presumed to be safe for Clinton might not be. Her lead in Colorado has fallen quite a bit, for instance, although this is somewhat counteracted by stronger polls in Nevada.

Some of these results look a bit different if you use the FiveThirtyEight model’s fancy-schmancy averaging methods, instead of the simple one I used above. For example, our adjusted polling average in Iowa has Clinton down 1 percentage point there, instead of 2 or 3 points. But the results don’t look that much different. Either way, Clinton is up by 3 points, give or take, in the states that matter the most.

Overall, Clinton’s chances of winning the Electoral College are 70 percent, according to our polls-only forecast, and 68 percent according to polls-plus. That’s a slight improvement in both cases from Wednesday, when her numbers were 67 percent and 66 percent, respectively.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-the-swing-states-are-tightening-too/

[Dos Equis]

This is a lot worse than Romney's 47 percent comments.  Let's see how much traction they get. 

'Basket of deplorables': For once, Hillary told the truth about what she really thinks
By Wayne Allyn Root 
Published September 12, 2016 
FoxNews.com

Hillary let the cat out of a bag Friday. For once, she told us what she really thinks. the truth. No lies, no filters, no politically correct editing.

Hillary finally shared her true feelings at a fundraising event in Manhattan on Friday night, with her old pal Barbara Streisand hosting. Just like Mitt Romney exposed his true feelings about "the 47 percent" at a private fundraiser in 2012.

Hillary said that half of Donald Trump’s supporters  belong in a “basket of deplorables.”

This was the real Hillary -- raw and unfiltered. She must be taking lessons from Donald Trump.

Everything I love -- and millions of conservatives, Christians and patriots love -- is under attack from Hillary and the Democrats. They resent us. They disrespect us. They want to silence us.

Of course, she now regrets saying it. Politicians often regret letting their true feelings out. But it's clear what Hillary meant. Hillary and her supporters despise and disrespect anyone who loves God, country, family and our Constitution.

Hillary was talking about me and my friends. I’m Exhibit A for her rant. I’m the author of the new book “ANGRY WHITE MALE.” It’s my testimony about exactly what millions of angry white males who support Donald Trump believe in…and exactly what liberals like Hillary and President Obama think of us. How they are trying to target us, muzzle us, punish us and destroy us.

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Thanks Hillary. We already knew how you felt, but it's nice to get it out into the open. Now you're on record.

Everything I love -- and millions of conservatives, Christians and patriots love -- is under attack from Hillary and the Democrats. They resent us. They disrespect us. They want to silence us. They want to financially cripple us (to redistribute our income in the name of "fairness" and "social justice").

Millions of Trump supporters believe the things that made America great are simple: Faith in God, family, patriotism, American exceptionalism, capitalism, Judeo-Christian values, Constitution, military and police. But Hillary and the Democrats despise those symbols. To them, belief in those symbols makes you..."deplorable."

Well, I’m proud that Hillary and her socialist cabal see me as “deplorable.” Let’s look at who else is in this “basket" with me.  Here is a list of my teammates in Hillary's "basket of deplorables":

- The soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. We know they are Trump supporters. The latest poll shows Trump winning the military vote by a landslide. Hillary thinks they are "deplorable."

-  Military veterans. These are the Americans who were willing to die for our freedoms. Vets were included in that military poll that showed Trump winning by a landslide.

- Vets who came home from Iraq and Afghanistan with no arms, or no legs, or both. I’m betting most of them are for Trump too. Does Hillary think they’re “deplorable?”

-  Policemen murdered in the line of duty -- like the five officers recently killed in Dallas, or the three who were killed in Baton Rouge. Most every police officer I meet is voting for Trump.

-  The spouses and children of policemen murdered in the line of duty. What if they're voting for Trump? Are they “deplorable” to Hillary and her supporters?

-  Every red-blooded regular church-goer on Sunday mornings in America. We know a large majority of regular church-goers are for Trump.

-  A majority of the 28 million small business owners in America. This group will be voting overwhelmingly for Trump. They get up early, work 16 hour days, risk their own money, and create the majority of America's private sector jobs. But Hillary doesn't like them very much. She thinks if they vote for Trump they're "deplorable."

Now Hillary is walking back her comment. She says she regrets calling us all "a basket of deplorables." But it's too late. We all know your first comment was the raw truth, Hillary. That was how you really feel about us.

The only thing Hillary regrets is that she let the cat out of the bag.

Well, I have news for Hillary…

I'm for Donald Trump. And... 

I am proud to be part of "the basket of deplorables."

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/09/12/basket-deplorables-for-once-hillary-told-truth-about-what-really-thinks.html

[Dos Equis]

James Woolsey, CIA Director Under Bill Clinton, Joins Trump Campaign
ALEX PAPPAS
Political Reporter
09/12/2016

James Woolsey, who served as CIA director under Bill Clinton, is joining Donald Trump’s campaign for president as a senior adviser, the campaign announced Monday.

The Trump campaign, in a news release, said Woolsey is crossing “party lines” to help the Republican nominee.

“I have been a ‘Scoop Jackson,’ ‘Joe Lieberman,’ Democrat all of my adult life, but I am pleased to be asked to participate with others I respect in advising GOP candidate Donald J. Trump on the urgent need to reinvest in and modernize our military in order to confront the challenges of the 21st century,” Woolsey said in a statement.

“Mr. Trump’s commitment to reversing the harmful defense budget cuts signed into law by the current administration, while acknowledging the need for debt reduction, is an essential step toward reinstating the United States’ primacy in the conventional and digital battlespace,” he added.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/12/james-woolsey-cia-director-under-bill-clinton-joins-trump-campaign/#ixzz4K3vdBtoq

[240 is Back]

This is a lot worse than Romney's 47 percent comments.  Let's see how much traction they get. 

Yes. Insulting racist pricks is way worse than insulting welfare moms and seniors on social security.

[Yamcha]

Yes. Insulting racist pricks is way worse than insulting welfare moms and seniors on social security.

"They're gonna put you all back in chains!"

[Dos Equis]

Yes. Insulting racist pricks is way worse than insulting welfare moms and seniors on social security.

Don't you ever get tired of being a water carrying liberal lapdog?  Rhetorical question. 

[240 is Back]

Don't you ever get tired of being a water carrying liberal lapdog?  Rhetorical question. 

let me guess, you are personally offended by hilary insulting racists?  Come on.  This one is easy.  They are looking to be offended.  It wasn't half, but it was some %.

A % of hilary supporters are also deplorable racists. 

[Yamcha]

let me guess, you are personally offended by hilary insulting racists?  Come on.  This one is easy.  They are looking to be offended.  It wasn't half, but it was some %.

A % of hilary supporters are also deplorable deportable racists. 

Fixed that for you.

[Dos Equis]

let me guess, you are personally offended by hilary insulting racists?  Come on.  This one is easy.  They are looking to be offended.  It wasn't half, but it was some %.

A % of hilary supporters are also deplorable racists. 

You don't need to guess.  I called you a water carrying liberal lapdog.  I thought that was pretty clear. 

[240 is Back]

You don't need to guess.  I called you a water carrying liberal lapdog.  I thought that was pretty clear. 

you're just being deplorable, my friend. 

[Dos Equis]

you're just being deplorable, my friend. 

[Dos Equis]

Liberals must be in panic mode.

CNN: Hillary's Odds of Winning Drop to 58 Percent After Health Scare

Image: CNN: Hillary's Odds of Winning Drop to 58 Percent After Health Scare
Hillary Clinton (AP Photo)
By Jason Devaney   |    Monday, 12 Sep 2016

Hillary Clinton's odds of winning the presidential election have plummeted 14 points since Friday, according to one analysis, in the wake of controversial comments she made and her health scare.

CNN's Political Prediction Market had Clinton's chances of winning at 72 percent Friday, but it was down to 58 percent Monday afternoon. Republican Donald Trump rose from 28 percent to 42 percent in the same timeframe.

Clinton's "basket of deplorables" comment Friday initially cost her 2 percentage points in the CNN system. The outcry that followed led to an additional drop, and combined with her health concerns that became apparent when she abruptly left a Sept. 11 memorial service in New York City, her numbers fell even more.

Clinton's campaign announced Sunday she was suffering from pneumonia. It also said heat and dehydration contributed to her troubles Sunday.

A CNN/ORC poll last week showed Republican Donald Trump had a 2-point lead over Clinton, 45 percent to 43 percent.

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Hillary-Clinton-Donald-Trump-presidential-election/2016/09/12/id/747892/#ixzz4K5X8JUYK

[240 is Back]

CNN: Hillary's Odds of Winning Drop to 58 Percent After Health Scare

Once it hits 49%, Biden takes over.   

[polychronopolous]

Once it hits 49%, Biden takes over.   

Nobody is taking over unless she wants them to.

They cannot force her to leave and from her behavior yesterday post-fall, she isn't going anywhere.