"It's only a scratch"

[ChairmanAgnostic]

"I've cut off both your legs!"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-manafort-trump-turmoil_us_57a218cfe4b0104052a0a203

WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, pushed back against reports of turmoil within the Republican nominee’s campaign on Wednesday, accusing Hillary Clinton’s campaign of spreading a false narrative.

“The candidate is in control of his campaign. That’s number one, and I’m in control of doing the things he wants me to do in the campaign,” Manafort said in an interview on Fox News.

“The turmoil, this is another Clinton narrative that she put out there and that the media is picking up on,” he added, describing the campaign as “in very good shape” after reportedly raising $82 million in July ― its best month yet.

The campaign careened off the rails over the weekend after the Trump picked a fight with the Gold Star parents of a slain Muslim American war hero. Ignoring aides and prominent GOP members, he doubled down by saying he didn’t “regret anything” about critiquing the family.

The real estate mogul didn’t stop there, however, racking up an astonishing number of controversies in the last 48 hours that threatened to disintegrate his already shaky support among elected officials in his party.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. and then there is this:

Following a week of high-profile blunders, Donald Trump’s antics have left the chair of the Republican National Committee “apoplectic” and his own aides “suicidal,” according to several reports.

RNC Chair Reince Priebus was reportedly “apoplectic” over Trump’s bucking the party line by refusing to back House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) or Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for re-election and called several of Trump’s staffers to voice his discontent, according to NBC's Katy Tur.

An anonymous RNC staffer told the Huffington Post that Priebus frequently has to "talk Trump down off a ledge."

A longtime ally of top Trump staffer Paul Manafort also told CNBC’s John Harwood that Manafort is “not challenging Trump anymore” and is “mailing it in,” while the campaign staff is “suicidal." Manafort, for his part, denied the substance of Harwood's report.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rnc-chair-trump-staff-implosion-after-week-of-blunders

[elleng]

2. “The candidate is in control of his campaign."

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. Is it wrong to enjoy this so much?

My worry has always been that trump would not last until the election, and that the GOP would choose someone more rational.

[elleng]

4. Let's take our 'enjoyment' where we can at this point, Chairman.

We can't tell what will happen, so what else is there to do?

[Solomon]

5. Tis but a scratch!

LOL

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. I slouch corrected.

[lpbk2713]

6. In other words ...

Clinton is running a very good campaign.

While the Trump campaign is a disaster.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. Methinks you scored a hit, a palpable hit.

"He's touched, he's touched, I do confess?"

[Gabi Hayes]

8. remember how he staunchly, abrasively, obnoxiously, insistently LIED his ass off

about the plagiarism for two days?

then abruptly admitted it, then refused to address it?

that manafort?

why would ANY reporter NOT remind him of that little exhibition EVERY time they asked him a question?

I'd love to do that.

[HereSince1628]

10. Trump is the Evel Knieval of US politics, he's into hyping the impossible jump

and he -loves- this part of it. Every outrageous thing he says, just puts another Lincoln Towncar in the line.

[peggysue2]

11. Hahahaha!

In other words don't trust your lying eyes and ears. And it's a Clinton narrative. I love that. Hillary Clinton is so-o-o powerful she can make Donald Trump cray-cray, instructing him to say bizarre, outlandish things. And act accordingly.

The words came out of The Donald's mouth but Hillary was inside his brain controlling everything.

That Hillary, she's definitely has the mojo. A freaking Superhero. Hahahaha.

I'm laughing but the man and his crew are certifiable.

Sad.