August 24, 2016

Ask not what you have to lose, ask what DONALD has to lose.

Working up a list - any items to add would be welcome...

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Hey, Donald...what do YOU have to lose...

by releasing your tax return, or even recent post-audited tax returns?

by providing a real statement of your health, along with test results, from a bona fide physician?

by telling us how much you owe Chinese government-owned banks, and how you'll eliminate the debt prior to November 8th?

by telling us how much you owe Russian financiers, and eliminating that debt as well?

by agreeing to terminate your family-owned foundation charity?

by doing the right thing now that your wealth is in the billions - and paying back those creditors that were forced to accept pennies on the dollar, if anything - each time you walked away from previous debts?

by waiting for actual evidence before claiming the election is rigged?

by not skyrocketing rental rates for your Trump HQ when your supporters start footing the bill?

August 19, 2016

Says who?

Michael Cohan did an incredible job yesterday on CNN of providing an example of what a disastrous television surrogate appearance looks like.

In a clear evolutionary elevation from ‘I know you are, but what am I’, his words essentially reflect the depth right-wing arguments have about most anything.

Let’s put it into action:


But you guys are down.

Says who?

The FBI finds no charges to be brought against Hillary Clinton..

Says who?

Either way, she’s innocent unless proven guilty…

Says who?

She doesn’t want to take your guns away.

Says who?

She also says she doesn’t want to abolish the 2nd Amendment.

Says who?

Well, Clinton’s doctor gave her a clean bill of health.

Says who?

Okay! so it was great talking with you.

Says who?

Exactly.

August 15, 2016

Watching Trump's speech, he's making soundbites for Hillary's next attack ad against him.

And the audience responds with the subdued respect of a golf audience.

August 10, 2016

The S.S. "He Alone" is sinking, and Captain Trump is swinging his ax at the waterline.

What he did tonight, though, isn't funny. Somewhere, some countdown clock to a national disaster just ticked off 2 minutes.

August 9, 2016

How do you campaign in Georgia now?

I think the reason for this change is largely due to Clinton's ad showing Trump being a buffoon (I know, sorry buffoons), and beyond that, Trump being Trump.

Two questions:

Do you talk up Hillary, do you compare and contrast, or do you just keep slamming Trump?

For those in GA, do you attribute Barksdale's numbers to Clinton/Trump, or is he there on his own?

To me, all Trump all the time is working well for now. So much material to draw from, motivates minorities and women, demoralizing the right.

If Hillary's number goes up over 50% here in GA, I bring her or Bill, or other surrogates, and handcuff whoever else comes down to Barksdale. Two for one. They each need the other. From what I understand, Isakson isn't so much the Republican darling other red states embrace.

We're going to need all the (D) in the Senate we can get for the 2018 cycle.

Really gotta GOTV big time in the metro. Seriously big time.

Would love to hear your strategies.

August 7, 2016

Need suggestions/feedback

Hi all -

I've been communicating with a guy who doesn't seem to share the views that most of us here share, and he's challenged me to respond to some points he's made.

I've broken his post up into snippets in order to respond to each one. This is a college fan/alumni website, and in the post I identify a particular well-loved football coach by name - I've changed it here to [football coach].

I'd love to get some feedback on what you think the stronger points are, and any suggestions on how I can improve it. Thanks for looking.

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Other guy: Keep saying Trump isn't qualified to lead.

Me: Trump isn't qualified to lead.

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Other guy: She is for gays, lesbians, communists, socialists, black militants, illegal militants, illegal immigrants, muslims and muslim immigrants, including the families that raised them. She speaks of the sovereignty of U.S. citizenship of Muslims but does not provide the same respect for natural non Muslim U.S. citizens. Of course unless they are gays, lesbians, communists, socialists, black militants, illegal militants, illegal immigrants, muslims and muslim immigrants, including the families that raised them.

Me: Your list ignores women for one. How about Latinos, black "non-militants" (does such a category exist in Republican's stereotypes, or are they automatically dispersed into the BLM)? Have you not seen her reach out to those groups?

Or do you think, by omission of sublime shout-outs, she must be opposed to, what is it they say now..."those of Western-European descent"? Tell me if I'm wrong, but isn't that really what you're getting at? Is it really necessary for a candidate to reach out to what is currently and historically our nation's most favored, prospered group, to be diverse?

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Other guy: Because her point is not talk diversity, but to create divisiveness in our country.

Me: In an objective sense, I don't understand, given the two candidates, how you can take the finger of a quote like that, and point it Clinton's way. On a 1-100 scale, 100 being the most diverse, where would you score the two candidates? How would you rate each on divisiveness?

First you say she's too diverse, then you minimize her diversity. It's like complaining on your first visit to a nice restaurant that your Chateaubriand took too long to get to your table, and the second visit they got it out faster, but it was undercooked. (I'm hungry now.)

Have you read "It Takes a Village"? If not, would it better inform you - for better or for worse - in drawing a conclusion about her regarding these attributes? If you have read it, what did you get out of it?

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Other guy: Have never seen her speak to a Bapt Church group. Never to a Christian coalition of women. Why?

Me: I find it unappealing and judgmentally intrusive when someone makes a purposefully vague statement about someone else's personal faith, and puts a question mark to it, as Trump did at the Christian conference he addressed.

If someone wanted to gain insight into the faith of a public figure like Clinton, there are objective credible sources through Google that will help inform, as well as a 300+ page book that focuses specifically on her personal faith, written by a Conservative author who directly interviewed her.

Hmm...when is Trump's birthday?

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Other guy: Every paid close attention to the groups she speaks to? And she promises each group what they want so she can get elected.

Me: Enough with the !#@$ Chateaubriand!

First you give her credit for being a life-long politician, then you denounce her for demonstrating the traits of same. That's what a politician, today and since the dawn of leadership, does.

Go to a gun club, talk about guns. Go to a banking conference, talk about money. Go to a pride festival, talk about tolerance. Nature of the game. And I'm still hungry.

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Other guy: Donald Trump. Builder of jobs, buildings and financial empires. He says what he thinks is the right way to do the job. If you don't like his way, don't vote for him. But he has more training is working through financial matters and dealing with authorities than any lib candidate ever has.

Me: What's the life cycle of an individual Trump success? Seriously, think about it.

Ever seen Stephen King's Langoliers? (GREAT miniseries.) Those things, minutes behind real time, come advancing like a Canadian cold-front, chewing earth, space and time as they advance.

Trump's series of business ventures largely resemble that action. The market destroys a bit slower than he builds. The bankruptcies, the casinos, Trump Mortgage, Trump Airlines, his university. etc.

And one more thing about Trump being a leader. I read a while back that [football coach] endorsed him. Tell me this..

Did you ever hear [football coach] whine that a game was, or would likely be, rigged?
Did you ever hear [football coach] mock or belittle his opponent?
Did any opponent ever get under [football coach]'s skin to the point he lashed out and became irrational?
Did he ever get into spats with opposing players or fans?
Would he hinder a colleague's opportunity for advancement or success?
Make light of sideline reporter's speech impediment (disability)?
Blame a bad call on a referee's Mexican ancestry?

I could go on, but I think it's easy to see there's a difference between being a leader and being Donald J Trump. Further, there's a difference between a Football Coach and President of the United States - we should expect even more from the latter, not less.

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Other guy:Just saying. Bring it on. Let's talk about who is truly qualified.

Me: That's it, exactly. Who is truly qualified.

I look at Trump, and I see an undisciplined, unfocused, lazy egotist. And that's me being nice.

I saw a query in another thread asking how Clinton would perform under pressure. I immediately thought of the 11 hour Benghazi hearings with Gowdy, et al.

If, for a moment, you can get past the subject matter and your opinion of the content involved in the hearing, she was clearly focused, unflappable, and calm. She certainly demonstrated that she's able to perform under pressure.

Close your eyes (not right now, but after this and the next paragraph), and put Donald J Trump in that chair of testimony. And again, disregard the subject matter - this comparison is solely to measure performance under pressure.

How far into the hearing can you get him before he goes off message. Before he becomes Combative. Defensive. Riled. Angry. Blaming. Insulting. Accusatory. You've seen him do all of that, at the drop of a hat. All it takes is someone pressing his button.

And the results of him exercising those stages have never ended up casting him or his cause in a particularly positive light.

Or maybe he'd try being affable Donald J. Trump:

"Porky Pompeo. You gotta cut down a little big guy, okay? I mean aye y'aye. And the noise in Pasadena, I'm telling ya folks, they need to do something about that noise...It's awful...reminds me of the time…is there anybody here from Austin? Austin, there you go...great town... Gowdy? Gowdy looks like he’s been up all night. Need a nap? Grouchy Gowdy. Call him Grouchy Gowdy cuz he's always grouchy all the time. And look at that nose! Have you ever...okay? Go take a nap Trey."

Even if his kids, Manafort, Guiliani, Gingrich, and Pence intervened him that morning, how long would Trump last?

Ten minutes? A half-hour? An hour?

Trump, under pressure? In his own words, "It's a disaster folks."

Oop! Time for supper!

August 4, 2016

Hillary's fight over the years has been my Mom's fight...

...and my Mom's fight throughout her life has been Hillary's fight. It's easy to sense that millions of Americans share that same story.

And the experience of driving my 83-year old Mom to the Polling Precinct during the primary (again), rolling her in, and watching her proudly cast her vote, it is priceless.

My vote for Hillary in November will be because she's the much better choice.

My Mom's vote is for that as well, but for soooo much more.

I think we're going to love the next 180 days.

OP - Thanks for sharing the video.