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"Anthony Sabato Jr. is Donald Trump's favorite kind of immigrant: a European model."
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Just watching the RNC... Is it me or are these people just all crazy? I don't mean I disagree with them politically, I mean certifiably f@cking nuts? Holy sh1te...
No, you're right. Most of them are all crazy and living in an alternate reality. Certifiably nuts?? Yeah, i'd agree with that. No wonder all rednecks, racists and bigots lean heavily towards that party.
You are right. I mean look at Daydreamer41's posts. This guy is REALLY lost and confused. He sees the world with his ass backwards
ound:I'm not convinced that anyone that would be armed to the teeth would care much about laws anyway
You are right. I mean look at Daydreamer41's posts. This guy is REALLY lost and confused. He sees the world with his ass backwards
I can't disagree with what you said. But there are millions like our little buddy who live in that alternate reality world. A big reason for this is Fox News and right-wing talk radio. Roger Ailes (whom i was told yesterday will be fired) and other right-wing media people learned from the best: Josef Goebbels. He was an extremely effective Nazi Propaganda Minister.
I've studied the history of Nazi Germany intensely over my lifetime and the similarities between their use of propaganda and how the right-wing media has used it are very similar. The late Lee Atwater, whom Karl Rove was a disciple of, wrote the book on dirty politics and his tactics were very similar to propaganda tactics used by the Nazis and other totalitarian regimes of the past.
The German people were brainwashed by Nazi propaganda in the 1930's and 1940's. I see a lot of similarities between them and today's right-wing voters who are not only obsessed with Donald Trump, but with the likes of Ted Cruz and many other charmers who'll scare them to death and tell them whatever they want to hear in order to MAKE THIS COUNTRY GREAT AGAIN. False hopes, false aspirations.....it's nothing but a mirage.
I was surprised at how loose the gun laws are in Ohio. People are allowed to carry weapons in the open!!!! I saw a guy yesterday on tv walking outside with what looked like an assault weapon attached to his back. Holy crap!!!!
By the way, the famous line uttered by Wayne Lapierre of the NRA: "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." I suppose this can't apply to the cops who have been getting shot lately. They all had guns. How come they couldn't stop the bad guy with a gun??
It's ridiculous!!! I'm all for Trump building a wall if he'll also build one on the Canadian border. Heck, i'm even for Canadians paying their share of it!!!
You are right. I mean look at Daydreamer41's posts. This guy is REALLY lost and confused. He sees the world with his ass backwards
But you have to admit that he's extremely entertaining, though. And funny. He's always good for a good laugh!!
ound:p.s. Although unintentionally.
So was I. I heard it would be extremely hard just to create a zone where no weapons could be carried. It's insane. Police on edge. Blacks on edge. Everyone worried something will happen. A bombastic candidate inciting social and racial divisions. Anyone allowed to carry. It's a recipe for disaster.
As commentators pointed out, if a firecracker goes off the gun carriers will be the first suspects, then it gets like dodge City tenfold.
Mashugana.
Lewandowski calls for Manafort resignation
Lewandowski stressed that he did not know if Manafort was the last high level staffer to review the speech.
By Caroline Kelly
Corey Lewandowski said Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, should resign if he was the last person to review Melania Trump’s speech, which has some overlap with Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech.
“I agree with Reince Priebus. Whoever wrote the speech should be made accountable and fired,” said Lewandowski, lamenting that the focus had shifted from Melania. Trump to a staff error. Lewandowski was fired as Trump’s campaign manager in June, after clashing with Manafort.
He also expressed specific suggestions for Manafort, should the error have been his. “When I was the campaign manager, the buck stopped with me, and I'm sitting here with CNN now,” he said. “I think if it was Paul Manafort, he’d do the right thing and resign. If he was the last person who saw this, and saw this happen, and has brought this on the candidate’s wife, I think he’d resign because that’s the type of person he would be. “
Lewandowski stressed that he did not know whether Manafort was the last high-level staffer to review the speech, but that whoever did should be held responsible. “Someone at the senior levels of that campaign did see that speech,” he said. “There’s accountability in life."
He showed sympathy for Melania Trump and praised the speech. “I think it's unfortunate that Mrs. Trump is subject to this because of a staff mistake and she should never have been subject to it. She's too good for that,” he said.
Lewandowski calls for Manafort to resign
Lewandowski stressed that he did not know if Manafort was the last high level staffer to review the speech.
By Caroline Kelly
Corey Lewandowski said Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, should resign if he was the last person to review Melania Trump’s speech, which has some overlap with Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech.
“I agree with Reince Priebus. Whoever wrote the speech should be made accountable and fired,” said Lewandowski, lamenting that the focus had shifted from Melania. Trump to a staff error. Lewandowski was fired as Trump’s campaign manager in June, after clashing with Manafort.
He also expressed specific suggestions for Manafort, should the error have been his. “When I was the campaign manager, the buck stopped with me, and I'm sitting here with CNN now,” he said. “I think if it was Paul Manafort, he’d do the right thing and resign. If he was the last person who saw this, and saw this happen, and has brought this on the candidate’s wife, I think he’d resign because that’s the type of person he would be. “
Lewandowski stressed that he did not know whether Manafort was the last high-level staffer to review the speech, but that whoever did should be held responsible. “Someone at the senior levels of that campaign did see that speech,” he said. “There’s accountability in life."
He showed sympathy for Melania Trump and praised the speech. “I think it's unfortunate that Mrs. Trump is subject to this because of a staff mistake and she should never have been subject to it. She's too good for that,” he said.
Lewandowski calls for Manafort to resign
Donald Trump's very white convention
More than four in five prime-time speakers are Caucasian, according to a POLITICO analysis.
By Alex Isenstadt and Tyler Pager
CLEVELAND — The GOP’s post-2012 autopsy reached a bold conclusion: If the party wanted to survive, it needed to make inroads among the Hispanic, black and female voters who were convinced the party had deserted them.
Now the party has nominated a candidate who is polling at historic lows among all those groups. But the speakers who will take the stage at a convention that was supposed to showcase the party's crossover appeal are overwhelmingly white.
Of the 71 prime-time speakers who are expected to take the podium over the course of the four-day convention here, more than 80 percent are white, according to a POLITICO analysis. Perhaps most striking, only seven of the speakers are black and just three are Latino. Women compose one-third of the speaking slots.
“Looks like the 2012 autopsy report might need a little CPR,” said Rep. Carlos Curbelo, a Miami Republican who isn't attending the convention.
While the GOP has a number of leaders who reflect the country’s diversity, “it is regrettable so few of them will be in Cleveland for the national convention and that fewer will be stepping on the dais before the American people to make their voices heard. It is a reflection of where we are as a party at this moment, and anyone saying otherwise is simply being less than forthcoming,” added Danny Diaz, a prominent party strategist who managed Jeb Bush's primary campaign.
To many, the problem is simple: Trump.
Far from appealing to Hispanics, the presumptive nominee has fashioned himself not just as an immigration hard-liner — he’s turned the idea of building a border wall into the centerpiece of his campaign — but as someone who’s accused Mexico of sending “rapists” to the United States. Trump’s poll numbers among blacks are abysmally low, bottoming out near zero in some states. Particularly galling to GOP leaders has been Trump’s apparent reluctance at one point to disavow support from white supremacist David Duke.
And while Trump’s decision to tap Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, a Capitol Hill veteran, as his running mate has soothed the concerns of many Republicans, some worry that he missed an opportunity to select a woman. The New York businessman, who’s clashed with everyone from Megyn Kelly to Elizabeth Warren, has lagged badly among female voters.
Trump’s approach has collided sharply with the findings of the autopsy, which was commissioned by the Republican National Committee. The report’s authors stressed that the party needs to change how it “engages with Hispanic communities,” and that “if Hispanic Americans hear that the GOP doesn’t want them in the United States, they won’t pay attention to our next sentence.”
The report went on to recommend that the party embrace immigration reform, mentioning the term a half-dozen times.
An RNC spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
Now, as Republicans prepare to nominate Trump this week, many of the party’s bold-faced minority figures — such as Sen. Tim Scott and Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina, and New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, who’s butted heads with Trump — decided not to take the stage.
Most of those who are speaking are political unknowns. The slim list of minority prime-time speakers includes Darryl Glenn, a Colorado Senate candidate, and Ralph Alvarado, a Kentucky state senator who also works as a physician. “He’s got a great story and the convention planners were smart to take a guy like Ralph and elevate him to such a good slot,” said Scott Jennings, an Alvarado adviser.
Of the 24 women taking the stage, three are Trump family members — his wife, Melania, and daughters Ivanka and Tiffany.
Taken together, the numbers are bleak — and represent a drop-off from the pre-autopsy 2012 convention, when minorities held more than a quarter of the speaking slots.
Ana Navarro, a Florida-based Republican donor and strategist, noted that GOP conventions typically brought together most of the party’s Latino stars. Many of South Florida’s Republican elected officials, including Marco Rubio, aren’t traveling to Cleveland, she pointed out.
“We have gone back decades in terms of diversity in this convention. You are more likely to see an actual dinosaur speaking at the convention, than an actual Hispanic,” Navarro said. “When I take a mental inventory of the top 100 Hispanic Republicans I know of, maybe five or six are here, and most of them because they have to be here for work purposes, not because they want to be. It‘s rather sad.”
“It’s not only a step back but an indicator of the future if Trump is elected,” said Mike Fernandez, a Florida health care executive and GOP megadonor.
To Trump’s team, the speaking schedule is a more complex calculation — not merely about lining up a diverse group of up-and-coming speakers, but reinforcing his image as a political outsider.
“I love that Trump line that he was going to have sport stars and things talking. And he said, ‘I’m tired of these loser politicians. I want winners for a change.’ It’s a different thing, he’s not a normal politician,” said Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, a Trump supporter and adviser. “He doesn’t come out of the political party system.”
Others, though, worry this week’s schedule is indicative of a deeper problem: that the party has taken a step back.
“The diversity of a party is a chief measure of its strength and depth,” said Diaz. “It also presents a picture of what the future will look like whether on a statewide or national level.”
Trump's white convention
More than four in five prime-time speakers are Caucasian, according to a POLITICO analysis.
By Alex Isenstadt and Tyler Pager
CLEVELAND — The GOP’s post-2012 autopsy reached a bold conclusion: If the party wanted to survive, it needed to make inroads among the Hispanic, black and female voters who were convinced the party had deserted them.
Now the party has nominated a candidate who is polling at historic lows among all those groups. But the speakers who will take the stage at a convention that was supposed to showcase the party's crossover appeal are overwhelmingly white.
Of the 71 prime-time speakers who are expected to take the podium over the course of the four-day convention here, more than 80 percent are white, according to a POLITICO analysis. Perhaps most striking, only seven of the speakers are black and just three are Latino. Women compose one-third of the speaking slots.
“Looks like the 2012 autopsy report might need a little CPR,” said Rep. Carlos Curbelo, a Miami Republican who isn't attending the convention.
While the GOP has a number of leaders who reflect the country’s diversity, “it is regrettable so few of them will be in Cleveland for the national convention and that fewer will be stepping on the dais before the American people to make their voices heard. It is a reflection of where we are as a party at this moment, and anyone saying otherwise is simply being less than forthcoming,” added Danny Diaz, a prominent party strategist who managed Jeb Bush's primary campaign.
To many, the problem is simple: Trump.
Far from appealing to Hispanics, the presumptive nominee has fashioned himself not just as an immigration hard-liner — he’s turned the idea of building a border wall into the centerpiece of his campaign — but as someone who’s accused Mexico of sending “rapists” to the United States. Trump’s poll numbers among blacks are abysmally low, bottoming out near zero in some states. Particularly galling to GOP leaders has been Trump’s apparent reluctance at one point to disavow support from white supremacist David Duke.
And while Trump’s decision to tap Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, a Capitol Hill veteran, as his running mate has soothed the concerns of many Republicans, some worry that he missed an opportunity to select a woman. The New York businessman, who’s clashed with everyone from Megyn Kelly to Elizabeth Warren, has lagged badly among female voters.
Trump’s approach has collided sharply with the findings of the autopsy, which was commissioned by the Republican National Committee. The report’s authors stressed that the party needs to change how it “engages with Hispanic communities,” and that “if Hispanic Americans hear that the GOP doesn’t want them in the United States, they won’t pay attention to our next sentence.”
The report went on to recommend that the party embrace immigration reform, mentioning the term a half-dozen times.
An RNC spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
Now, as Republicans prepare to nominate Trump this week, many of the party’s bold-faced minority figures — such as Sen. Tim Scott and Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina, and New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, who’s butted heads with Trump — decided not to take the stage.
Most of those who are speaking are political unknowns. The slim list of minority prime-time speakers includes Darryl Glenn, a Colorado Senate candidate, and Ralph Alvarado, a Kentucky state senator who also works as a physician. “He’s got a great story and the convention planners were smart to take a guy like Ralph and elevate him to such a good slot,” said Scott Jennings, an Alvarado adviser.
Of the 24 women taking the stage, three are Trump family members — his wife, Melania, and daughters Ivanka and Tiffany.
Taken together, the numbers are bleak — and represent a drop-off from the pre-autopsy 2012 convention, when minorities held more than a quarter of the speaking slots.
Ana Navarro, a Florida-based Republican donor and strategist, noted that GOP conventions typically brought together most of the party’s Latino stars. Many of South Florida’s Republican elected officials, including Marco Rubio, aren’t traveling to Cleveland, she pointed out.
“We have gone back decades in terms of diversity in this convention. You are more likely to see an actual dinosaur speaking at the convention, than an actual Hispanic,” Navarro said. “When I take a mental inventory of the top 100 Hispanic Republicans I know of, maybe five or six are here, and most of them because they have to be here for work purposes, not because they want to be. It‘s rather sad.”
“It’s not only a step back but an indicator of the future if Trump is elected,” said Mike Fernandez, a Florida health care executive and GOP megadonor.
To Trump’s team, the speaking schedule is a more complex calculation — not merely about lining up a diverse group of up-and-coming speakers, but reinforcing his image as a political outsider.
“I love that Trump line that he was going to have sport stars and things talking. And he said, ‘I’m tired of these loser politicians. I want winners for a change.’ It’s a different thing, he’s not a normal politician,” said Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, a Trump supporter and adviser. “He doesn’t come out of the political party system.”
Others, though, worry this week’s schedule is indicative of a deeper problem: that the party has taken a step back.
“The diversity of a party is a chief measure of its strength and depth,” said Diaz. “It also presents a picture of what the future will look like whether on a statewide or national level.”
Trump's white convention
But you have to admit that he's extremely entertaining, though. And funny. He's always good for a good laugh!!
With that I agree his posts are so silly
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Megyn Kelly Told Murdoch Investigators That Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed Her
by Gabriel Sherman
As a chorus of prominent Fox News women have gone public defending Roger Ailes against the wave of sexual-harassment allegations sparked by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit, the network’s biggest star, Megyn Kelly, has been conspicuously silent. Kelly’s refusal to join in Ailes’s orchestrated defense has led to speculation about why.
Now we have the answer. According to two sources briefed on parent company 21st Century Fox’s outside probe of the Fox News executive, led by New York–based law firm Paul, Weiss, Kelly has told investigators that Ailes made unwanted sexual advances toward her about ten years ago when she was a young correspondent at Fox. Kelly, according to the sources, has described her harassment by Ailes in detail.
Kelly’s comments to investigators might explain why the Murdochs are moving so quickly to oust Ailes. As New York reported yesterday, Rupert and sons James and Lachlan, the three top executives at 21st Century Fox, have, according to multiple sources, decided that Ailes needs to be removed. Kelly, who has become something of a feminist icon thanks to her tangles with GOP nominee Donald Trump, is seen by many inside Fox as the future of the network. She’s currently in contract negotiations, and given that Bill O’Reilly has said he’s considering retirement, Fox can’t afford to lose her.
According to two sources, Monday afternoon lawyers for 21st Century Fox gave Ailes a deadline of August 1 to resign or face being fired for cause. Ailes’s legal team — which now includes Susan Estrich, former campaign manager for Michael Dukakis — has yet to respond to the offer. Ailes has also received advice on strategy from Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, sources say.
Ailes’s strategy so far has included attacking Kelly in the press. According to sources, Ailes spokesperson Irena Briganti has been criticizing Kelly to reporters, saying she is selfish to not stand up for the man who gave her career opportunities. Roughly a dozen Fox women have praised Ailes since Carlson filed her suit. According to a Fox source, the pro-Ailes campaign has been led by Fox anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle, who has filled in hosting Carlson's former 2 p.m. time slot.
Briganti did not respond to a request for comment.
Back in the mid-2000s, when Ailes allegedly harassed her, Kelly, a former corporate attorney, was a legal correspondent in Fox’s Washington bureau. Soon she was appearing regularly on Bill O’Reilly’s show and hosting her own legal segments. In 2010, Ailes gave her a two-hour daytime show, and in 2013, he moved her into prime time to replace Sean Hannity at 9 p.m.
Kelly’s agent Matthew DelPiano at CAA did not respond to requests for comment. 21st Century Fox did not comment.
Meanwhile, the Paul, Weiss lawyers are attempting to interview former Fox employees who have stories of harassment but haven’t spoken because they signed settlements with Ailes’s Fox attorney, Dianne Brandi. 21st Century Fox is now waiving the NDAs to allow women to speak.
Megyn Kelly told investigators Roger Ailes also sexually harassed her
by Gabriel Sherman
As a chorus of prominent Fox News women have gone public defending Roger Ailes against the wave of sexual-harassment allegations sparked by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit, the network’s biggest star, Megyn Kelly, has been conspicuously silent. Kelly’s refusal to join in Ailes’s orchestrated defense has led to speculation about why.
Now we have the answer. According to two sources briefed on parent company 21st Century Fox’s outside probe of the Fox News executive, led by New York–based law firm Paul, Weiss, Kelly has told investigators that Ailes made unwanted sexual advances toward her about ten years ago when she was a young correspondent at Fox. Kelly, according to the sources, has described her harassment by Ailes in detail.
Kelly’s comments to investigators might explain why the Murdochs are moving so quickly to oust Ailes. As New York reported yesterday, Rupert and sons James and Lachlan, the three top executives at 21st Century Fox, have, according to multiple sources, decided that Ailes needs to be removed. Kelly, who has become something of a feminist icon thanks to her tangles with GOP nominee Donald Trump, is seen by many inside Fox as the future of the network. She’s currently in contract negotiations, and given that Bill O’Reilly has said he’s considering retirement, Fox can’t afford to lose her.
According to two sources, Monday afternoon lawyers for 21st Century Fox gave Ailes a deadline of August 1 to resign or face being fired for cause. Ailes’s legal team — which now includes Susan Estrich, former campaign manager for Michael Dukakis — has yet to respond to the offer. Ailes has also received advice on strategy from Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, sources say.
Ailes’s strategy so far has included attacking Kelly in the press. According to sources, Ailes spokesperson Irena Briganti has been criticizing Kelly to reporters, saying she is selfish to not stand up for the man who gave her career opportunities. Roughly a dozen Fox women have praised Ailes since Carlson filed her suit. According to a Fox source, the pro-Ailes campaign has been led by Fox anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle, who has filled in hosting Carlson's former 2 p.m. time slot.
Briganti did not respond to a request for comment.
Back in the mid-2000s, when Ailes allegedly harassed her, Kelly, a former corporate attorney, was a legal correspondent in Fox’s Washington bureau. Soon she was appearing regularly on Bill O’Reilly’s show and hosting her own legal segments. In 2010, Ailes gave her a two-hour daytime show, and in 2013, he moved her into prime time to replace Sean Hannity at 9 p.m.
Kelly’s agent Matthew DelPiano at CAA did not respond to requests for comment. 21st Century Fox did not comment.
Meanwhile, the Paul, Weiss lawyers are attempting to interview former Fox employees who have stories of harassment but haven’t spoken because they signed settlements with Ailes’s Fox attorney, Dianne Brandi. 21st Century Fox is now waiving the NDAs to allow women to speak.
Megyn Kelly told investigators Roger Ailes also sexually harassed her
Like most rightist politicians and history has proven itself whenever they take power the economy goes into a recession. Well if Trump were to go in power now this is coming from a guy who have never worked or earned his wealth he just got lucky and was born into a rich family and this is the same guy who took a bunch of companies to Chapter 11 but trickle downers like Daydreamer41 thinks the rich keep the economy going. Loool Well these Trump proposals would increase the national debt and kill 3.5 millions jobs according to economists-> http://www.marketwatch.com/story/to...-kill-35-million-jobs-2016-07-19?link=sfmw_tw
Everything the Republicans touch they ruin. They've been wrong on everything for as long as i can remember. Bush gave the wealthy tax cuts while bringing the country into a war. That's always a no-no. You don't cut taxes when you're in a war!!!!
Tonight's theme at the RNC is 'Make the country work again'. These idiots have brainwashed their followers into thinking that the US economy is shit. That's what they believe in their alternate reality. They probably believe that 50% of the people don't work. The truth is, the numbers haven't been better in decades. Obama has improved on the numbers even more than even Mitt Romney had promised to would he be elected. The US economy is doing very well, but people living in the right-wing bubble do not realize this. As a Canadian, i'm envious of the US economy. Whenever i hear that phony Trump say "I want to make America great again", i utter the words: "YOU DUMBASS!!! AMERICA IS GREAT AS WE SPEAK!!!!!"
If the next President (Hillary R. Clinton) keeps doing the good President Obama has done and continues to run the country using his policies, then my American cousins are in very good hands and the country is in great shape. He's been tremendous as a President and would have been even greater had the GOP congress work with him in improving the country and looking out for the good of the citizens they represent instead of being an obstacle in everything he tried to accomplish.
By the way.....am i the only one who finds Mike Pence kind of creepy??? I've viewed the Nuremberg trials over and over during my lifetime and damn it, it hit me today: HE REMINDS ME OF ONE OF THOSE NAZIS!!!!
Well the republicans believe it or not was a great party it was built on what the American revolution was about but right-wing conservatives ruined it. Notice how they always use freedom in their speeches? Have you ever heard a Democrat use it? The republicans use it as a tool to gain votes but they are anything about freedom. Oh yess the famous trickle downers. One cannot forget Ronald Reagan's legacy? Lol Everyone knows how the economy prospered between WW2 to the 1973 oil crisis. Most people were well off and paid well. It is interesting to note that corporate taxes were at their highest in those days? Daydreamer41 will deny all of this even though all of this is in the history. No lies here. HaHa!
Yep. Daydreamer41 will say that Nazism is far-left wing. Lol When in reality Nazism is part of far-right politics.
One of my favorite tv series a few years ago was The Newsroom. In one episode, the main character (Will McAvoy) played by Jeff Daniels referred to the Tea Party as the American Taliban. After hearing this, i remember thinking: "My God! He hit it on the nose!"
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