Hillary Rodham Clinton: 2016 Democratic Presidential Nominee

[HumblePi]

I couldn't find the Donald Trump forum, did it evaporate into thin air?  I got a penalty point the other day for posting a political comment under the Real Housewives of Orange County because I had been commenting on both and mistakenly put my political post there. Anyway I can't find the Donald Trump forum so I'll post this video here.

This video was put out today by Tony Schwartz who wrote The Art of the Deal for Trump. Tony Schwartz spent a lot of time with Donald Trump while gathering information for this book. I don't think anyone knows Donald Trump better than Tony Schwartz does.

[scriggle]

Posted the link in the Orange Cheeto's thread, Was a Trump Server Communicating With Russia?

Now the Clinton campaign has picked up on it so posting it here too.

It's time for Trump to answer serious questions about his ties to Russia.

 

Edited November 1, 2016 by scriggle

[Padma]

For anyone who wants to watch a great news program about Comey and the email, the first 20 minutes of tonight's "Alll In with Chris Hayes" really fits the bill!  (Painter, Granholm, Whitehouse and others)

Also, thanks for the Tony Schwartz video. I'm not surprised he would seriously be afraid for himself and his family if Trump is elected--enough to move to family's country, Amsterdam.

The supporters have no idea about the vindictiveness and pettiness, the arrogance and the ignorance of the man they love so much. Schwartz calls it--Trump will say or do anything if he thinks it benefits him. There's no action too vile or lie too great. "He has no conscience".

Tony Schwartz is my hero for being afraid of him, but still speaking out about this man! (And donating all 2015-2016 royalties from "The Art of the Deal" to liberal causes that Trump would hate!)

Edited November 1, 2016 by Padma

[Kromm]

12 minutes ago, HumblePi said:

I couldn't find the Donald Trump forum

There is no Donald Trump forum, there's just a single topic.

Clicking this should lead to it:

[needschocolate]

1 hour ago, magdalene said:

Nods.  I am so disappointed in CNN.  I expect biased "news" from Fox, because they are Fox.  But CNN has really declined in standards and quality and their election coverage has been favoring Trump for months now.

It is like they are so afraid of appearing biased and pro-Clinton that they end up being pro-Trump.  

17 minutes ago, HumblePi said:

I couldn't find the Donald Trump forum, did it evaporate into thin air? 

There are 32 topics in the Current Events and Politics Forum.  Sometimes we all get so sick of thinking about Donald Trump that his topic moves down.  

[Morrigan2575]

I've been reading all the articles on Trump's possible connections to Russia. We've got the Geeks/Nerds accidentally finding questionable communication between a Trump Campaign Server and, a Banking Server in Russia. Now reports from a Spy that was funneling Information to the FBI pertaining to Putin/Russia corrupting American Democracy and trying to throw everything in favor if Trump in order to embarrass the USA.  Additionally it appears as though the FBI has been investigating the connection between Trump and Russia since August.

I am frankly shocked, dismayed and furious. I'm shocked that all those conspiracy theories I've been reading about since July appear to be legit. I'm dismayed that people in this country (political and Judicial) are willing to put their own party needs/desires over the good of the country. Finally, I'm furious that the media are more interested in some bullshit false equivalency and this stupid email "scandal" than something potentially devastating to the USA.

[Macbeth]

How is it that the fact that Comey was deputy special counsel on the Whitewater investigation not bigger news.  
All I hear is how principled he is- really?  I think he has clearly shown that he isn't and is trying to affect the outcome of the presidential race.

[Keepitmoving]

Can someone please explain to me how Anthony Weiner is still alive? You know, seeing as the Clinton "Crime Family" is the most ruthless crime family of all time with HRC at the head of it. Wouldn't she have to had him put down  a long time ago?  They have a list of names of the people she supposedly had murdered yet Weiner still breathes.

6 minutes ago, Macbeth said:

How is it that the fact that Comey was deputy special counsel on the Whitewater investigation not bigger news.  
All I hear is how principled he is- really?  I think he has clearly shown that he isn't and is trying to affect the outcome of the presidential race.

Oh, so he clearly remembers the enemy HRC on the committee working against Nixon right? Damn they want to take her down so badly, so badly.

Edited November 1, 2016 by Keepitmoving

[MulletorHater]

You know, I'm really getting sick and tired of this shit.  Okay.  I know that there are people out there that believe in their little raisin-sized hearts that the Clintons are the most evil people that ever eviled.  I know that people despise Hillary and believe she is the source of every bit of human suffering imaginable.  But, why do people think it's okay to "joke" about assassinating people?  The fact that this "joke" was made by a GOP lawmaker is beyond the pale.

Senator Richard Burr, you are the bastard of the day!  Congratulations...or something...

GOP Senator "Jokes" About Shooting Hillary

[HumblePi]

2 hours ago, Kromm said:

There is no Donald Trump forum, there's just a single topic.

Clicking this should lead to it:

Well thanks! I had it and somehow it disappeared and only the Hillary topic was there.

[Padma]

44 minutes ago, Macbeth said:

How is it that the fact that Comey was deputy special counsel on the Whitewater investigation not bigger news.  
All I hear is how principled he is- really?  I think he has clearly shown that he isn't and is trying to affect the outcome of the presidential race.

That's got to get out there! (For those too young to remember, Whitewater was a Republican -led investigation during the Clinton presidency into the Clintons' investments in Arkansas. Like the Benghazi hearing, they tried to milk it for everything they could--investigating every possible impropriety with the special council, rightwing witchhunt-obsessed, Ken Starr and eventually his "diligence" nabbed Bill over Monica and led to his impeachment for lying that "I did not have sex with that woman" (although, technically.....). 

Comey was the deputy special counsel for the Senate's Whitewater investigation, not Starr's.

That seems super-important, along with his complete refusal to be any part of the government's statement about Russia interfering in the election -- because he was afraid it would taint Trump too close to the election.

Hillary wasn't wrong when she talked about the "right wing conspiracy" against them for years, was she? Comey, connected to Whitewater, should have recused himself from the email investigation. 

[HumblePi]

6 hours ago, auntl said:

I am one of the truly, evil, uncommitted voters.

I see Hillary as a person that has absolutely no morals. Her and Bill will do whatever it takes to line their pockets.

I see Trump as a person who doesn't know how to act that could put our country in danger because he has no class.

One person I do care about is Huma. That poor woman tries to do the right thing and gets let down by her trusted partner, her husband.

The one thing that makes me have some respect for Hillary is that she is willing to stand by Huma, rather than throw her to the dogs in order to win the election.

All I can say to anyone that is still undecided at this point is to try to eliminate the political static and peripheral noise. Focus on where the core of each candidate really is. Forget Donald's bragging he can grab women whenever and wherever. Forget Hillary's emails and taking a hammer to her Blackberry. Those distractions are just noise for our brains. Two people.....one an entrepreneur and a billionaire. The other a politician and a millionaire. Doesn't matter how he or she got the billions and millions. The question is who is emotionally prepared and intellectually capable of actually governing this country for the better good for all people, not only for some, not only for certain races, genders, creeds or beliefs but for all. 

Edited November 1, 2016 by HumblePi

[HumblePi]

1 hour ago, MulletorHater said:

You know, I'm really getting sick and tired of this shit.  Okay.  I know that there are people out there that believe in their little raisin-sized hearts that the Clintons are the most evil people that ever eviled.  I know that people despise Hillary and believe she is the source of every bit of human suffering imaginable.  But, why do people think it's okay to "joke" about assassinating people?  The fact that this "joke" was made by a GOP lawmaker is beyond the pale.

Senator Richard Burr, you are the bastard of the day!  Congratulations...or something...

GOP Senator "Jokes" About Shooting Hillary

They want it. They want anarchy. They want to use the guns they've been storing up for the 'uprising'.  The thing is, they might just get their wish.

[Kitty Redstone]

I doubt Harry Reid believes he violated it either; the letter and the accusation that Comey may have done so was just a way to bring attention to Cheetos' Russian problem and balance the scales.  Hopefully his effort will succeed.

[ebk57]

1 hour ago, HumblePi said:

Well thanks! I had it and somehow it disappeared and only the Hillary topic was there.

Which, in an ideal world, would be the way it should be... 

[ChromaKelly]

12 hours ago, Padma said:

So THIS is the big helpful question from Donna Brazile? Really?

DB., appears to have informed Hillary Clinton’s campaign about a question to expect at a primary debate that the network was hosting in Flint, Michigan, the following night. 

She said a woman at the network's townhall in Flint, Michigan “...will ask what, if anything, will Hillary do as president to help the people of Flint."

You think?

I despair for the journalists and voters of this country if THAT is in anyway considered "help".

I totally don't even get this. Why would Donna Brazile even leak this question? It's so basic! 

[Darian]

Richard Burr, the GOP senator who joked about Hillary being shot also said this, which is NOT a joke:

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"If Hillary Clinton becomes president, I am going to do everything I can do to make sure four years from now, we still got an opening on the Supreme Court." 

Really, really sick of the entire GOP. 

[Morrigan2575]

That's why we need the Senate and the White House. These children are already planning another 4 years of obstruction and doing NOTHING because the wittle babies didn't get their way.

[clb1016]

7 hours ago, ebk57 said:

Which, in an ideal world, would be the way it should be... 

In a perfect world, he would lose the election, the press would continue to dig into all his issues--taxes (unpaid), charity (lack of), ties to Russia, execrable behavior toward women (and other groups)--resulting in his brand being ruined.  His hotel business is already experiencing a serious drop-off in business.  I dream of seeing the moving vans pull up in front of Trump Tower, he and Melania schlepping trash bags full of their few remaining belongings behind them.
 

[HumblePi]

The Write-In Vote.

I heard today that John Kasich voted for John McCain by writing in his name on the ballot when he voted. I also heard that Ana Navarro plans to write in her mother's name on her ballot. I think that many people may do this exact thing because they just can't make the decision to vote for either Hillary or Donald.

I know they feel they're making a statement but I don't think it's smart. By writing in a name like 'Alfred E. Newman' a person is saying one thing, they don't like either candidate and they'll just sit back and let other people make the decision for them. But that's not how democracy works. Democracy is based on the election process and the right of all legal citizens to participate in that process. Why even bother going to vote? It only sends the message "I don't care".

If anyone is even remotely considering following the lead of Kasich and Navarro by writing in some fictitious candidate instead of making the decision of one over the other, I'd just say you might as well stay home, have a nice breakfast that day and maybe go shopping for a new crying towel.

[HumblePi]

The ongoing controversy about Donald Trump and his taxes came into focus once more this morning with an article in the New York Times.  In this newest report, John F Buckley, Former Chief of Staff, Joint Congressional Committee on Taxation is quoted, "He deducted somebody else's losses....He is double dipping big time."

Let me explain how he did this. For example let's say he borrowed $100 million for Trump casino. He went bankrupt with that casino and repaid the bank $60 million. The bank 'wrote off' $40 million of their losses on their income tax. But Donald deducted that $40 million and wrote it off as a loss on HIS income taxes, which it wasn't of course because he never repaid it to the bank. Essentially, that $40 million was deducted twice, once by the bank which was legitimate and once by Donald Trump which is not legal.

I would not be surprised in these last few days of this campaign that someone doesn't leak information about his undisclosed tax return that would definitely have a negative effect on his campaign. Last week, his son Donald Trump Jr. gave a different excuse for not releasing the documents, saying the returns would be “distracting.” Did he really mean 'damaging'? New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet and Washington Post Associate Editor Bob Woodward said at a Harvard University forum this month that they would love to publish Trump’s returns if someone leaked them, even if it meant serving jail time.According to tax experts and former IRS employees, tens of thousands of people have access to Trump’s tax information, if not his complete returns.

Wouldn't it be great if.........

Edited November 1, 2016 by HumblePi
oops found a typo

[Nidratime]

I couldn't believe what I was hearing on the news this morning. So, Director Comey decides to go against longstanding policy and protocol and update Congress with vague information about an ongoing investigation that may or may not be relevant to Hillary, but would definitely place doubt in some voters' minds BECAUSE he was afraid it would've been leaked by one of his subordinates. He leaked first because he was afraid of a leak from his own agency. WTH?! That is very troubling. It says to me he has no control over the Bureau he's supposed to be directing. Talk about the tail wagging the dog.

That being said, where are all the FBI agents who are incensed about the Donald's and his campaign's connections to Russia? I guess they're just fine with that.

[MulletorHater]

1 minute ago, Nidratime said:

I couldn't believe what I was hearing on the news this morning. So, Director Comey decides to go against longstanding policy and protocol and update Congress with vague information about an ongoing investigation that may or may not be relevant to Hillary, but would definitely place doubt in some voters' minds BECAUSE he was afraid it would've been leaked by one of his subordinates. He leaked first because he was afraid of a leak from his own agency. WTH?! That is very troubling. It says to me he has no control over the Bureau he's supposed to be directing. Talk about the tail wagging the dog.

That being said, where are all the FBI agents who are incensed about the Donald's and his campaign's connections to Russia? I guess they're just fine with that.

I'm sure that in his little corner of hell, J. Edgar Hoover is grinning and saying, "Well done, my good and faithful acolyte!  Well done!"  I read this op-ed piece in The New York Times this morning on my way into work:  The Long Shadow of J. Edgar Hoover

What particularly struck me was this:  "F.B.I. agents in Washington and New York were frustrated after laboring mightily on the former secretary of state’s handling of classified emails and producing no indictable offense. Mr. Comey, who must flourish or fail by the respect in which his agents hold him, revived the thrill of their chase when a federal case against the aforementioned ex-congressman developed, and now the F.B.I. was on the hunt again."

So, evidently the "Get Something on the Clintons--Anything!" faction may have driven a lot of this.  Not to mention Comey's masters on the Hill.  It's been somewhat amusing watching some GOP leaders join the chorus in condemning Comey.  My question is, why?  Is it because his deliberate actions may actually backfire on your asses?  

It's amazing how the Hillary hatred continues to make fools out of these people.

[ChromaKelly]

Did Obama appoint Comey? Was he trying to appease the GOP or something? Where did this guy come from? I am infuriated at this continued attempt to pin something on HRC. How many investigations do we need?

[Morrigan2575]

Obama appointed Comey in 2013, he's got a 10 year appointment.  

[needschocolate]

2 hours ago, HumblePi said:

The ongoing controversy about Donald Trump and his taxes came into focus once more this morning with an article in the New York Times.  In this newest report, John F Buckley, Former Chief of Staff, Joint Congressional Committee on Taxation is quoted, "He deducted somebody else's losses....He is double dipping big time."

Let me explain how he did this. For example let's say he borrowed $100 million for Trump casino. He went bankrupt with that casino and repaid the bank $60 million. The bank 'wrote off' $40 million of their losses on their income tax. But Donald deducted that $40 million and wrote it off as a loss on HIS income taxes, which it wasn't of course because he never repaid it to the bank. Essentially, that $40 million was deducted twice, once by the bank which was legitimate and once by Donald Trump which is not legal.

I would not be surprised in these last few days of this campaign that someone doesn't leak information about his undisclosed tax return that would definitely have a negative effect on his campaign. Last week, his son Donald Trump Jr. gave a different excuse for not releasing the documents, saying the returns would be “distracting.” Did he really mean 'damaging'? New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet and Washington Post Associate Editor Bob Woodward said at a Harvard University forum this month that they would love to publish Trump’s returns if someone leaked them, even if it meant serving jail time.According to tax experts and former IRS employees, tens of thousands of people have access to Trump’s tax information, if not his complete returns.

Wouldn't it be great if.........

Putting my response in the Trump thread

[Kromm]

Saw a copy of the National Enquirer hanging on a drug store magazine rack today. The headline is "HILLARY BLACKMAILS FBI TO DROP INVESTIGATION".

No idea if this issue of N.E. came out before or after the Comey nonsense, but either way it's pretty incredible that even a shitty rag like the Enquirer goes with that. They do scandal first and foremost, but I also have to wonder if they're owned by right-wing fruitloops behind the scenes as well.

[LoneHaranguer]

4 hours ago, HumblePi said:

Let me explain how he did this. For example let's say he borrowed $100 million for Trump casino. He went bankrupt with that casino and repaid the bank $60 million. The bank 'wrote off' $40 million of their losses on their income tax. But Donald deducted that $40 million and wrote it off as a loss on HIS income taxes, which it wasn't of course because he never repaid it to the bank. Essentially, that $40 million was deducted twice, once by the bank which was legitimate and once by Donald Trump which is not legal.

You're forgetting about the $40 million of income that Trump would have declared when the bank wrote off the debt (almost certainly in a later tax year than the $40 million investment loss), so everything adds up as it should, but it illustrates why he has no confidence in people being able to understand his tax returns were he to release them.

[Padma]

3 hours ago, Nidratime said:

I couldn't believe what I was hearing on the news this morning. So, Director Comey decides to go against longstanding policy and protocol and update Congress with vague information about an ongoing investigation that may or may not be relevant to Hillary, but would definitely place doubt in some voters' minds BECAUSE he was afraid it would've been leaked by one of his subordinates. He leaked first because he was afraid of a leak from his own agency. WTH?! That is very troubling. It says to me he has no control over the Bureau he's supposed to be directing. Talk about the tail wagging the dog.

That being said, where are all the FBI agents who are incensed about the Donald's and his campaign's connections to Russia? I guess they're just fine with that.

It's also a pretty feeble excuse. Didn't they say the other day that the FBI had had Weiner's laptop for quite a while? We didn't even know. Also that the email--which they hadn't seen--were neither TO nor FROM Hillary.  I think its insulting to his agents to use the excuse of "preemptively leaking". Plus, if that WERE the case, his wording in his letter to Congress would have been careful and precise to eliminate negative speculation.

It was the exact opposite of careful and precise--and encouraged speculation, obviously the intent. I guess Comey, now on the dark side, has added "lying" to his resume.

Imagine that if Comey is signaling that he is willing to use the FBI as a political tool for settling scores for President Trump, what our country will be like if Trump gets elected, with Comey at the FBI and Giuliani in charge of the Justice Department.  (Hayden probably at CIA). Scary!

[HumblePi]

13 minutes ago, LoneHaranguer said:

You're forgetting about the $40 million of income that Trump would have declared when the bank wrote off the debt (almost certainly in a later tax year than the $40 million investment loss), so everything adds up as it should, but it illustrates why he has no confidence in people being able to understand his tax returns were he to release them.

If I ever hear a teaser for upcoming news that Donald's tax return has been released, I'd run to change into my pajamas, pop some popcorn, grab a Coke, and hit 'record' on the channel. I wouldn't miss that for anything.

[Padma]

24 minutes ago, LoneHaranguer said:

You're forgetting about the $40 million of income that Trump would have declared when the bank wrote off the debt (almost certainly in a later tax year than the $40 million investment loss), so everything adds up as it should, but it illustrates why he has no confidence in people being able to understand his tax returns were he to release them.

I'm sure people could understand and explain it easily if they were allowed to see it (including how he had a $1 billion loss in one year while stiffing all his contractors and their employees and still living like a king himself).

It's incredible, given his holdings abroad, how HRC has not kept up a drumbeat about his tax return--and the need to know his foreign lenders and partnerships for his 500+ companies.

Two more messaging failures were on display this morning--(1) HRC appearing in Florida and STILL never bringing up how Trump broke the law by doing business with Castro during the embargo and (2) Trump STILL talking as he did this morning about "bringing our manufacturing jobs back from overseas" which listeners IMMEDIATELY thinking "what a hypocrite" since both he and Ivanka have taken THEIR manufacturing jobs abroad, not only to China and Mexico but 10 other countries. This should be drummed into voters' brains like "repeal and replace Obamacare on Day 1" and "build the wall!" and "Crooked Hillary who should be locked up for email".

Even given such a wealth of negative information on Trump, as usual the Democrats don't seem able to create at a clear, consistent and highly negative image of their opponent, one that is drummed in over and over and easy to remember. Portraying him as a liar? A con man who's bilked a lot of ordinary people, a so-called billionaire who's never even given to charity in nearly a decade? 

"Liar" probably describes Trump the best, in the most situations, even including sexual assault, where he disputed his own description of what he did as a lie (and the women who confirmed that was -exactly- what he did, as liars).

If that's too harsh, then "con man" should work and they could even quote Marco Rubio (Cruz, of course, called Trump a "pathological liar". Yet we never are reminded of any of it!!!)

Edited November 1, 2016 by Padma

[ExplainItAgain]

Just wanted to slip in here and say I went to early vote today and I colored in that scantron bubble for HRC like a boss. North Carolina represent - let's turn this state blue again!!

Edited November 1, 2016 by ExplainItAgain

[Advance35]

Well I've had it.  This Comey mess was the limit for me.  I pray god Hillary wins so that I can be bought 4 years before this place goes completely to Soddom and Gamora.  I am getting myself out of here.   Who knows what will crawl out in 2020.   HRC just needs to get in White House and then I can get myself to another part of the world.   Absolutely disgusting.   I hope the Republican's rot in hell.

And the FBI will never NOT make my skin crawl.

[Kromm]

Apparently Hillary REALLY roasted Trump's nuts over the fire in the speech she gave in Florida today.

I see YouTube links to the entire event---which is over 100 minutes--but have not yet found a nice excerpted video yet with just the juicy bits.

Alicia Machado introduced her, by the way. Here's a video of just THAT part:

[ABitOFluff]

19 hours ago, MulletorHater said:

You know, I'm really getting sick and tired of this shit.  Okay.  I know that there are people out there that believe in their little raisin-sized hearts that the Clintons are the most evil people that ever eviled.  I know that people despise Hillary and believe she is the source of every bit of human suffering imaginable.  But, why do people think it's okay to "joke" about assassinating people?  The fact that this "joke" was made by a GOP lawmaker is beyond the pale.

Senator Richard Burr, you are the bastard of the day!  Congratulations...or something...

GOP Senator "Jokes" About Shooting Hillary

Some members of a local NC morning radio team said they were voting for Burr even though he hasn't done anything good as a Senator, he hasn't done anything bad. I'm sure they won't even blink at this.

I was a cub reporter on the country beat for a small-town newspaper back when Burr was a Congressman for that district, and I thought he was an asshole even then.

Edited November 1, 2016 by ABitOFluff
I meant county, but we were pretty country, I guess.

[Kromm]

BBC News: New FBI dump raises questions - FBI unexpectedly releases 129 pages of documents related to a 2001 investigation into Bill Clinton - Clinton team raises questions about timing of the dump

Crooks & Liars Website: FBI Officially Goes Rogue, Dumps 15-Year Old Records Of Clinton Foundation Inquiry Online

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After being dark since 2015, the FBI account which tweets out record dumps they place online began tweeting this weekend after Comey's letter went public.

Edited November 1, 2016 by Kromm

[Kromm]

More from Crooks & Liars website:

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Yes, you read that right. They tweeted out a link to a document dump today of mostly redacted records of a 15-year old inquiry into the Clinton Foundation and some insinuated link between President Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich and donations to the foundation.

Of course, they only released the initial summary of the inquiry and no actual resolution, leaving open the suggestion that either the investigation remains on the books, despite the fact that a Grand Jury was convened and apparently did not find any cause to proceed.

This is outrageous. There is something really wrong with the FBI right now. And I should add that FBI Director James Comey was an investigator on the original Marc Rich case, and retired Assistant Director James Kallstrom was the director of the New York office and a mentor to Comey.

[clb1016]

And James Kallstrom recently referred to the Clintons as the heads of a criminal enterprise.  

[Kromm]

1 minute ago, clb1016 said:

And James Kallstrom recently referred to the Clintons as the heads of a criminal enterprise.  

What?  You mean 7 days before an election is NOT a logical time to reactivate a Twitter account not used for a year, in order to tweet misleading information about a 15 year old case which went nowhere (and which wasn't even about a candidate but about a spouse), right on the heels of Mr. Comey telling everyone he was compelled to report to Congress and that OF COURSE HE WASN'T VIOLATING THE HATCH ACT!  And surely it must simply be a TOTAL coincidence that James Comey was involved in every piece of this? (STILL NOT VIOLATING THE HATCH ACT... RIGHHHHHHHHT?)

[Pixel]

What the actual fuck?!? I just can't even anymore. I'm exhausted. 

[Kromm]

9 minutes ago, Kromm said:

What?  You mean 7 days before an election is NOT a logical time to reactivate a Twitter account not used for a year, in order to tweet misleading information about a 15 year old case which went nowhere (and which wasn't even about a candidate but about a spouse), right on the heels of Mr. Comey telling everyone he was compelled to report to Congress and that OF COURSE HE WASN'T VIOLATING THE HATCH ACT!  And surely it must simply be a TOTAL coincidence that James Comey was involved in every piece of this? (STILL NOT VIOLATING THE HATCH ACT... RIGHHHHHHHHT?)

 

7 minutes ago, Pixel said:

What the actual fuck?!? I just can't even anymore. I'm exhausted. 

They don't jail people over the Hatch Act, they just fire them. But I honestly don't see how Comey is going to even PRETEND any longer that he hasn't totally pissed on it. I mean he's going to have covered his ass enough I suppose that this reactivation of this old Twitter doesn't seem to link to him. And will claim that the tweets about the Rich case are just a coincidence, and alongside other tweets... but... exactly how gullible does he think everyone is?

[Padma]

Spoiler

 

I'm so glad that there was quick Democratic push back on Comey. And when this is over, he has to go. Can Obama or Lynch fire him? It would save HRC the bad PR for doing it (but, seriously, why should she have to be stuck with such an UNethical FBI director, an enemy to her, as she begins her presidency?)

I hate how everything is tightening up. Fortunately, all these dirty tricks may have come two weeks too late (I hope!) Especially as Trump has no ground game and its possible without special effort to get out the vote, some of his supporters, new to political participation, won't do it.

Polling is very nervewracking, but the electoral college numbers still look safe, even though not the blowout they would have been if it were held a week ago.

[Kromm]

UK Independent: Even Republicans are criticising FBI chief James Comey over Hillary Clinton email probe handling

And that was even BEFORE this J. Edgar Hoover level Dirty Trick with the sudden tweets about the old Rich case.

[Captain Carrot]

So, the New York Times had a story today about the fact that the FBI has investigated Trumps involvement with Russia, and found no conclusive evidence.

So, I'm reading the article and I realize two things. One is that they are probably correct about the lack of proof. The other is that I don't actually believe them. How can we believe anything the FBI says about Clinton or Trump as long as Comey's the director?

(Gee, I wonder if that's one of the reasons they created the Hatch act)?

[MulletorHater]

22 minutes ago, Padma said:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

I'm so glad that there was quick Democratic push back on Comey. And when this is over, he has to go. Can Obama or Lynch fire him? It would save HRC the bad PR for doing it (but, seriously, why should she have to be stuck with such an UNethical FBI director, an enemy to her, as she begins her presidency?)

I hate how everything is tightening up. Fortunately, all these dirty tricks may have come two weeks too late (I hope!) Especially as Trump has no ground game and its possible without special effort to get out the vote, some of his supporters, new to political participation, won't do it.

Polling is very nervewracking, but the electoral college numbers still look safe, even though not the blowout they would have been if it were held a week ago.

It's also exasperating that the mainstream media is hardly talking about the impact Muslim and Latino voters may have in this election.  I vaguely recall in 2012 how Black voters didn't even figure in the media's early equation or polling.  That is until those pesky "urban voters" that Lyin' Ryan complained about had the nerve to show up in large numbers and vote.

I'm trying to stay away from the polling now.  Even 538 has given me some anxiety.  Oy!

And, yes, J. Edgar Comey has to go.  But, that shouldn't be the end of it.  I want that bastard's emails and other communications thoroughly examined along with Chaffetz, who conveniently climbed back aboard the Drumpf train just before all this blew up.  I want their asses dragged and I want the Puffy Cheeto and his crime family humiliated.

[Princess Sparkle]

Apparently, the Texas Agriculture Commissioner called Hillary Clinton a cunt on twitter: http://trib.al/T6kn91G

See You Next Tuesday asshole. 

[clb1016]

55 minutes ago, Pixel said:

What the actual fuck?!? I just can't even anymore. I'm exhausted. 

^^^ This x 1,000.

[Silver Raven]

5 hours ago, Kromm said:

Saw a copy of the National Enquirer hanging on a drug store magazine rack today. The headline is "HILLARY BLACKMAILS FBI TO DROP INVESTIGATION".

No idea if this issue of N.E. came out before or after the Comey nonsense, but either way it's pretty incredible that even a shitty rag like the Enquirer goes with that. They do scandal first and foremost, but I also have to wonder if they're owned by right-wing fruitloops behind the scenes as well.

The Enquirer's headquarters is just down the street from Trump's mansion in Florida.  Their owner and Trump are very good friends.  And the Enquirer has endorsed Trump, one of the few (including Trump's son-in-law's newspaper and the official KKK newspaper).

Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin, tweeted today, "If you liked the last eight years, vote for Hillary Clinton."  To which Democrats and the Clinton staff replied, "Thank you."

Edited November 1, 2016 by Silver Raven
Walker is governor of WI, not FL

[Advance35]

Joy Reid ‏@JoyAnnReid Retweeted Ian Sams
The FBI is leaking like a sieve, which is a sign of a leadership vacuum. Comey brought this chaos on himself and the agency.

Ian Sams@IanSams
.@CNN report confirms multiple FBI investigations into Trump's Russia ties (Manafort/Page) & Roger Stone/Wikileaks https://t.co/qICitAR5Hr

And maybe some good news, I am off to check my phone listings for anyone I know in Florida.

Sam Stein ‏@samsteinhp
For Dems in need of good news, some silver linings from Florida

 

Schale added a few more point to that

Steve Schale ‏@steveschale 
And more of our VBM ballot holders are "low propensity" 7/

Steve Schale ‏@steveschale 
But there are as many if not more Dems who voted in 2012 yet to vote than Republicans. And more Dems with VBM than Republicans... 8/

Steve Schale ‏@steveschale 
And more "low propensity" Dems voting than GOP...and the electorate is trending more diverse than 2012... 9/

Steve Schale ‏@steveschale
In other words, Dems, Florida is right there. Now go to @HillaryforFL & help her get it across the line. She wins her, and it is over. 10/

Steve Schale ‏@steveschale 
And yes, Trump can win Florida...especially if Dems don't vote. In fact, that is the only way he can win. So don't panic, organize & VOTE.

[film noire]

5 hours ago, Princess Sparkle said:

Apparently, the Texas Agriculture Commissioner called Hillary Clinton a cunt on twitter: http://trib.al/T6kn91G

See You Next Tuesday asshole. 

Exactly -- that pimpass is going to get a big old dose of Hillary's charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent. 

Edited November 2, 2016 by film noire
may the best woman win!