madmaverick

Exactly. He's not impressing. So few of the journalists reign in Trump when he goes on and on, or nail him on not giving specific policy answers.

Putin working out in a $3220 track suit.

He doesn't know Putin but he's got a crush on him. Lol.

Anyone who is anyone gets big bucks for making speeches. Demand and supply. That's just the way it is. Why is anyone shocked by this? Don't Americans love capitalism? ;)

LOL, no respect. Yeah, nail him on Russia where he can show his ignorance.

Wasn't she talking about free trade borders, not about immigration in her leaked speech? Anyone who is anyone gets paid big bucks for speeches. That's just the way it is.

Believe me. Bigly x 2. Sniff.

I get the split screen MSNBC live feed overseas and I think the split screen is great, especially for showing Trump's disdainful facial expressions that he can't control though he seems to have gotten better at this debate, in contrast to Hillary's clam demeanor. I'd assumed the split screen was standard and everyone got the same feed, but is this not the case for all U.S. channels?

Usual scare tactics on the wall. I am afraid he works when he's in scare mongering mode.

Trump is such a frakking hypocrite. I doubt he ever cared about guns and abortion before he was a candidate.

No offence to Americans, but I really don't understand why abortion still comes up as an issue in every election. It's 2016! When there are so many other important issues to discuss... The decision to have a baby or not, the right to choose, is a basic human right and a personal choice, and most societies have accepted that.

As a lawyer, I appreciate Hillary's lawyerly response on gun control. But I wonder if something a more emotive appeal about common sense gun control would be more effective with the public? Seriously, how many kids have been killed already?

He references Ginsberg's apology but of course he's the person who doesn't believe in apologies.

The white is fine, but my first thought was it looks like a chef's jacket. America's Chef in Chief!

Thanks for the correction, Kitty. That is heartening, although still a bit depressing! And I fear how Trump's 'success' will inspire others to run campaigns in his mold in the future. Most of my family and friends share similar political views though of course there have been times there have been differences, and I know how heated things can get when society is polarized. I can't imagine how aggravated I would feel if some of my nearest and dearest were voting for Trump. I find it's very hard to change people's political views in general, even those close to you. Have those of you who have family and friends that are planning to vote for Trump had any luck in changing their minds? In other news, Michael Moore is releasing a surprise film about Trump ahead of the election: Michael Moore in Trumpland.

I don't know much about InfoWars or Alex Jones but isn't that the guy whoclaims that Obama and Hillary are literally demons? It's just disturbing that someone like that has a large following. Is it like a cult of conspiracy believers? I think one of the things that has been most disturbing to me throughout this campaign is that it's illustrated that even in an open society, an open democracy like the U.S., with unlimited access to factual information on the internet and a free press, large swathes of the population are susceptible to brainwashing, propaganda, incitement to hatred on a large scale. Trump goes on and on about a rigged election, many start believing that. Trump cries that Hillary should be put in prison, people start demanding that. This fact free, anything goes, alt reality is scary. When I study history, I often wonder how someone like Hitler got elected by a fairly well educated German populace at the time, and how much of that population believed in Nazi propaganda, or turned a blind eye, or genuinely didn't know, depends on what you believe, to the kind of policies he was instituting in the 1930s. Even if Trump loses, America still has to grapple with the fact that close to 40% of the population still thought a guy like this was supportable as President of the United States. 40%! Not 10%, not 20% as you see some right wing populists getting elsewhere, but 40%! That's still very disturbing to me.

So much that, Spartan Girl. I never felt sorry for her even before all this. Melania's clearly a smart woman and knew what she was getting with Trump, and the kind of man he was, when she got into bed with him. She wouldn't have gotten to where she is without being smart and having her wiles as well. Reminds me of Wendi Deng- Murdoch's ex. From the same tree. Shudder. Melania knew how to stay on message better than her husband. Hit all the key words, played the blame game. You don't get to where she is without being disciplined. Her message will play well with Trump's base and maybe the undecideds who only watched the interview and know nothing else. She was lying about a lot of stuff of course, but people will low BS meters won't detect that. I wanted to gag when she went on about boy talk and victim blaming and all the hypocrisy about bullying etc. considering her husband's behavior.

For frak's sake, the man needs to take responsibility for his own load of turd.

OT but lol at ABC's Body of Proof twitter account (still active :0) tweeting people to watch Conviction, which had Dana Delany going huh? Castle ABC account did the same thing earlier. Is ABC telling all their show accounts to tell people to watch Conviction? Probably still won't save it. ;) Not sure they ever used other shows' social media accounts to tell people to watch Castle.

Australia has compulsory voting. I wonder how that would affect outcomes if that were the case in the U.S. Would you have more informed voters or just about the same mix of informed and ill-informed?

If people really believe that, then sorry, they really are stupid. A U.S. presidential election isn't twitter voting for a People's Choice Award- plenty of rigged voting there I'll bet ;)- though the Prez does win the ultimate People's Choice Award, I guess. But so many people will simply believe something is true just because they see it on the internet, without verifying anything, without seeking truly reputable sources. I despair sometimes.

I agree that a lot of factors go into ratings and I'd be wary of suggesting any one factor explains any uptick or downturn. That goes for any show. Jon Huertas was in this week's Elementary playing a baddie for a change. That show does some things better than Castle including character side stories and COTWs but this episode was fairly dull and the case was boring to me. Nathan was a guest in a theatre show, where, among other things, he played a garment factory owner which manufactured Browncoats heh.

Castle is a money maker for TV Line so they'll never give it up. ;) And those haters can't quit the TV Line comment section either. ;) Beggars belief, but both parties will probably be at it for years.

Two articles from a UK pov on how Trump could still win. I agree, there's no room for complacency. Especially after this strange, unpredictable mess of a campaign so far. http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37650994 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/trump-win-election-brexit-right-wing-214359#ixzz4NIvKpRNp I don't know enough about US politics at a state level to know anything about this guy. But what chilling and irresponsible words imo, from a governor no less! Then again, I saw Sam B's segment on the Governor of Maine. I had no idea that there were already such crazies in govt. https://www.yahoo.com/news/kentucky-gov-matt-bevin-says-bloodshed-might-be-165058821.html I don't know who thought of the "Make America Great Again" slogan but I have to say that was a genius stroke from their campaign. It encapsulates that nostalgia for the economic/racial past that is so very appealing to Trump's core demo.

I really would not be surprised if Trump TV is coming to us soon, though for the life of me I can't stomach that man talking pure nonsense without end.