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Thankkkkkkkkkkk YOUUUUU Nerdy Wonkaaaaaaaa
Congratulations, Prettyfoot! First looks nice on you!
Tea? And crumpets?
Tea and Biscuits!! with strawberry jam
YUM!🙂 Afternoon, pf!
greetingsssssss….i make great biscuits…maybe not a good as meta’s (smilin) but not too bad….and i make good strawberry jam….smilin
You do??? Tell us the secret:) I’m no baker….though I would love to learn to make strawberry preserves that don’t require all the canning business….
don’t want to promote Frank Luntz…but this storify on elections is worth reading
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/15/politics/darryl-glenn-voting-for-trump/index.html
One week after calling on Donald Trump to step aside as the Republican nominee, the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in Colorado now says he will vote for him on Election Day, according to audio obtained by CNN’s KFile.
Darryl Glenn, who is challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, issued a statement when news broke of Trump’s lewd comments on a 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape, calling on Trump to voluntarily step aside and saying the GOP nominee was “simply disqualified from being Commander-in-Chief.”
A week later, however, Glenn now says he’ll vote for Trump but still doesn’t endorse him.
In audio obtained by CNN’s KFile from a source who attended the closed-door Colorado Concern forum on Friday, Glenn tells attendees he will be voting for the Republican platform and the GOP nominee.
“So where I’m at right now is that I absolutely will be supporting the Republican platform and voting for Mr. Trump,” Glenn said. “I will not be personally endorsing Mr. Trump and there is a clear distinction. When I personally endorse you that means I know your heart, I know your character and I can personally attest to that and I can not. If that changes we can revisit that, when it comes to evaluating the policies of what we’re going to be able to do with regard to weighing the Republican policy platform versus the Democrats, it is not even a choice. I will be voting for the Republican ticket and Republican candidates.”
Hope that Michael Bennett cleans his clock….
Are we stupid? What the hell does it mean to vote for someone but not endorse him/her? Doesn’t make a lick of sense except to spineless Republican politicians who are trying to play on both sides of the street. Their Trump supports needs to sink them.
GA/GE TODville.
Breaking news from SoCal… it’s OVERCAST where I am now!!!!
Think the last time it was like this was when Scalia died in April (but no rain, only sprinkles😦 ).
Weather.com says there’s a 40% of rain tomorrow night, keeping my fingers crossed.
LOVE the Obama Administration (on pins and needles now, based on the tweets Dr. Bob posted on previous thread)… #DontGo.
#Mosul …. it’s definitely ON ….
But, Amb McGurk is trying to keep the lid on ….
…. tough to do in the era of Twitter …. but it will be ‘official’ when PM Abadi says it is ….
From Saturday morning Iraq time ….
Awaiting independent confirmation on these ….
Bob, I respect so much how you keep us all informed of the world outside of our own concerns. People everyday fighting the good fight, their lives in peril, but they strive. Teaches us a lot about the meaning of the one life we all have been granted. Thank you.
^x10
Thank you so much edp4bho & Mary …. and Good Morning🙂
Why Attacking Hillary Clinton for her Goldman Sachs Speaking Fees Is Hypocritical
http://fortune.com/2016/01/23/hillary-clinton-speaking-fees-goldman-sachs/
But if it’s wrong for a Democratic presidential candidate to take money from deep-pocketed American businesses, why is it okay for a Republican Super PAC to be funded by such organizations? The only way to completely eliminate the influence of corporations in politics is through the kind of campaign finance reform that many Republicans and Democrats alike are loath to bring about. And it’s no wonder. Thanks to U.S. Supreme Court decisions like McCutcheon v. FEC and Citizens United v. FEC, it’s in elected officials’ interests to keep the money coming in.
Politicians can’t have it both ways. Either big money is off-limits, or it’s not. Right now, it’s not, so it’s hypocritical for people like Rove to say “stop” to Hillary Clinton’s speaking fees and “go” to money from the same source for his political action committee.
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The fracas about Clinton as a million-dollar speaker is merely name-calling, ad hominem attacks, and political maneuvering masquerading as legitimate criticism.
I AM EXTREMELY SADDENED BY THE FOOLISHNESS OF THOSE WHO ARE SUPPORTING TRUMP…IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE SOCIETY HOVER IN THE GUTTER…MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS AND PROTECT THE ‘O’ FAMILY..I’LL BE GLAD WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF THE DIRT DUNGEON!..<3
~Comprehensive welfare states are very, very good. They do not solve racism. Whites in both Europe and America have made it very clear that they will not accept becoming a demographic minority without a fight, and will continue to vote for candidates that speak to that concern and promise immigration policies that put off white minority status for as long as possible.~
White Supremacists CONTROL all corporate broadcast/cable. If it were otherwise, Trump would have been stopped, cold, the moment he started the birther crap.
#ALL50
Thanks for this article, pf,. It’s good to tep back to a wider view and see the same pattern in other countries.
We must beat these forces back….who will challenge them world wide if we don’t…what will become of us if we don’t…
“If not us, who? If not now, when?”
It’s not stupid, it’s bigoted.
and totally beyond the Donald’s capacity to direct much less implement- what did he know? only what he made up in his head. when did he know it? when the demons whispered it in his ear. and by ‘demons’ I mean Vlad’s pals.
This needs to be investigated. It’s no secret that Trump is working in cahoots with Russians in an attempt to interfere with the American election. Why is the media not all over this hacking scandal? This is a travesty.
That White Supremacy infiltration of various police forces is truly serious …..
#ALL50
Says a lot about police unions in this country that they would support an unqualified bigot like Trump over a qualified woman.
Indeed, pkayden, and what it says is entirely consistent with the routine murdering of POC without any hint of accountability … for starters ….
Huh. Wait. What?
her timeline tells one all one needs to know —- she is writing or re-tweeting mainly negative stories about SoS HRC
Good night TOD …..
Take care everyone ….
Good night; rest well. 🙂
Hope you had a restful night VC and good morning🙂
I did, thank you, Bfr, and a very good Sunday to you!🙂
Thank you Nerdy for your commitment to TOD. You are the BEST!
You go, Daisy!
psst: Did you guys notice the ‘be the change you want to be’ advice mentioned by the dad at the end? 😉
YESSSS
Absentee ballot update…
Michael McDonald
@ElectProject
Something motivated GA and NC women to become more engaged after the first debate. I wonder what it was…
Reminder!!
Never going to know - “very unlikely” - each way bet
Let’s not shed any tears for Kasich. He’s definitely not someone to vote for under any circumstance. He should stay with the Rs. His beliefs do not in anyway share the empathy and values of the Democratic Party.
No-one here be crying for him Allison - He’ll end up voting for the stalking misogynist because that’s what republicans do.
Very unlikely probably means: “I’m too spineless to actually say I refuse to vote for a sexual harasser and unqualified bigot because I’m afraid of the Republican base”,
There’s Donald’s time when his business destroyed emails when the court demanded to see them too.
I love POTUS’ smile🙂
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/10/14/google_news_is_adding_a_fact_check_tag_good_timing.html
In a U.S. election cycle that has stoked unprecedented demand for fact-checking, Google is taking a step to highlight news stories that perform that sober task. The company announced Friday that it has added a new “Fact check” tag to Google News, which it will apply to stories from select outlets that follow a specific protocol to label them as such. The tag will join an array of others that Google already uses to highlight certain types of articles, including “in-depth,” “highly cited,” and “local source.”
To be clear, Google itself will not be fact-checking anything, except perhaps the qualifications of publications that would like to make their stories eligible for the tag. To do so, they’ll have to demonstrate that they’re nonpartisan and that their reporting follows fact-checking conventions, such as clearly identifying the claims that they’re checking and checking multiple claims in the same article. Eligible stories will also need to be tagged using a markup called ClaimReview. As of now, fewer than 10 websites are using that markup, according to schema.org.
Unbelievable.
this is why it matters who sits in these seats
so, they are gonna replace police uniforms with kkk hoods?
posted a question for Josh Shapiro who is running for Pa State’s AG…i want his take on this bill…as it relates to transparency and accountability….will let you know what his answer is
Thanks. We aren’t playing !
Democrats control Pennsylvania so I’m shocked that they would pass a bill like this. Disgusting.
no…the GOP controls the State Legislature…just as PA sends majority GOP to Congress…this is the result of gerrymandering…our Gov Wolf is DEM…most likely he will veto the bill but they may have the votes to override..
LMAO! John Podesta is totally trolling Julian Assange & Wikileaks…and I’m here for it!! 🙂
Wow.
Jon is engaged as well. He mentioned it at the DNC convention when he was interviewed about helping PBO write his convention speech.
That’s so great! (Love Jon. Well, actually all “Obama men”!)
I love Dan Pfeiffer and wish him the very best. He and Jon have these hilarious conversations on their podcast but also show a lot of wisdom about politics.
Both Dan and David Plouffe now live here in my city and I keep wishing I’d somehow run into them, just to say thank you! LOLz.
Knowing you, they’ll come looking to run into YOU soon! 🙂 How fabulous.
meta - Just a quick one - did you know Anthony Bourdain’s friend Chef Eric Ripert (whom I think you also like) will be on his show on CNN tonight?
Hey, Booms! No I didn’t know. I don’t get CNN so have to wait until the series comes out on Netflix………Thank you!
I forgot about that part - enjoy it in the future, then!
The BEST! Ben Wiseman’s depiction of Michelle’s speech! Made my day.
Frank Bruni writes about it. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/opinion/sunday/the-authentic-power-of-michelle-obama.html
Like a bug on a rug! Hysterical.
LOL. Karmic squelch by a black woman. A twofer.
i read this article…i did not like that while he praised the First Lady he took continual shots at the President and Hillary Clinton..
I haven’t read it pf - but note that virtually EVERY positive story about one of the top democrats attacks another democrat. The media cannot help themselves.
Now that the GOP nominee is somewhat out of favor the same media is looking for other republicans to raise up - Kasich, Ryan, Flake etc etc.
Same. The NYT just can’t help themselves. For that reason, I had actually cancelled my subscription around 18 months ago and switched to the WaPo. But alas, with election season I ended up subscribing again. But the photo is fabulous.
i understand
Exactly. They’re co-signing Trump’s bigotry by supporting him. This is something that they should never be allowed to live down.
Never!
Gail and Alycee
That’s so special. Hope they’ll be well protected.
Hmm…I dare say — BAD NEWS FOR TRUMPUTIN…
Let’s hope.
Not bad enough.
🙂
It’s true, we are alternately called women, but we much prefer “global power structure.”
And, with that, I shall depart for the evening! Hope all is well with you, amk!
still in madiba land, bored out of mind. planned for a week of activity and completed all in two days. either I am a lousy planner or a good doer. another 30 hours to kill before I fly home. sigh.
heh bt, ate pizza with fork and knife yesterday night. that’s right. come and get me.
Sorry about the boredom (which I find hard to believe with that mind of yours … but I digress). I’m from New Jersey where many of us eat pizza with a knife and fork … not sure why anybody would think that’s a bad thing - Ha!
Excellent news for John McCain!
She’s only up 4? I don’t get it? I mean he’s appealing to 43% of Americans?
👎🤔
I agree jojovie131. Reading all of the analysis and questions asked in these polls could be confusing to folks. Sometime questions are different but sound the same.
Don’t cherry pick the outlier polls. Here’s what’s out in the past few days.
yet another horse race!!! bs poll from the msm. I peg his ceiling at around 35%.
More excellent news for John McCain!
Also, paging Wikileaks, who told us that HRC would be “done” after last Wednesday…
Predictwise holding strong for Hillary at 91% probability of victory, Sam Wang at Princeton Electoral Consortium holding stronger at 98% probability of victory for Hillary.
🙂
the percentage of Americans still supporting the home-grown demagogue is very telling about the people we live near and/or work with
I agree globalcitizen. The ABC poll results are a little frightening. Of course this is one in a thousand polls. The only poll that matter is on November 8 and who turn out to vote. I would like to see the status of polls in the battleground states.
Here are all the polls- I don’t know I would expect better TBH
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/president/
Real Clear Politics publishes the two most worthless polls in their averages, LATimes and Rasmussen. You would be much better off looking at the Huffpo averages to get a more accurate read. The average is right at +8 Clinton. And follow @JeffersonObama on twitter. He publishes current national polls pretty regularly. If you’re going to cherry pick the outlier polls you’ll just make yourself anxious all the time. http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-general-election-trump-vs-clinton
The reality is it is important to not take anything for granted and vote with a passion. That’s the take away in all cases. Moving forward with Obama’s respect, empower, include agenda is our north star in this election and every election we have the privilege and responsibility to vote in.
I just have to believe that most of the women who say they are voting for the one who abuses women are too scared of their partners to say anything else. His rating with women should be similar to his rating with minorities - below 10%
One of my friends posted a very telling FB post of some other Republican, and it’s about the Supreme Court for them. They don’t want Hillary to be able to appoint a liberal judge.
how could this many Americans lack any sense of human decency?
Thank you NW for keeping this site going. Much appreciated🙂
The only rigging in this election is done by DT with his brainwashing of his supporters by claiming election is rigged. Why isn’t Wiki leaks releasing hacked emails from RNC and Trump campaign folks?
Not much mention of his casino (Taj Mahal) closure this/last week.
Good Morning, TODers!
gm swbluega - my mom used to say the first one over and over - and would add “wish I had to pay more taxes”.
Good Evening, 99ts. I hope you had an enjoyable day.
I can agree with your mom about that tax thing. 🙂
It’s been chilly in my world - we thought winter had been and gone - but still a chill. Saw the super moon rising this evening - not sure when it happens in the north - but was a great display of the wonders of the universe.
Yeah. We’re getting hints of autumn (my favorite season), but summer seems reluctant to completely let go.
that’s a very good reminder to be grateful for what we have. thanks!
Sunday morning talk will be about this Washington Post/ABC poll which has Hillary up by only 4 points.
Well of course they’re going to focus on the one that doesn’t look as good.
Lovely!! RIP Mandela.
Martha raditz on this week, says that Hillary has an 11 point drop amongst uneducated white women and that they are running to trump.
Huh?
Maybe she should getting drug tested🙃
Do she mean educated or uneducated? I would have thought the uneducated were already in Trump’s camp.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/which-polls-fared-best-and-worst-in-the-2012-presidential-race/?_r=0
http://www.politisite.com/2012/10/01/analysis-most-accurate-political-polls-from-2008-presidential-election/
enough with the freaking out, jovie. you do this every frickin’ time.
Uhm…as our good President recently said, I believe in forgiveness, BUT….
Can’t forget that although he was always a NeverTrump, he *was* a Cruz supporter which isn’t much better.
no absolutely not. above there’s frank duntz having similar mea culpas, the radio show idiot in milwaukee, and now clem beck?!? hell no! these are people who have become multi-multi-millionaires lying about democrats and liberal FOR DECADES and “building” this trump train. no democrat should be forgiving these con men. they are simply seeing the trend and trying to stay relevant. f- them two times on sunday!
And on a Sunday, I say Amen !!
Why don’t they just stop going to these freak shows - problem solved.
INORITE!?
<—THIS right here.
exactly 99
They built this so it is right and proper that they are on the frontlines of the horror show. Let them rue what they have done in the large role that the broadcast media player in the carnival barber’s ascension.
The media allowed themselves to be debased and demeaned — confined to pinned areas, adhering to rules they would normally ignore or protest — in order to have access to him. Some media persons have been threatened at rallies; some assaulted, but they chose to continue chasing after him and abiding by his rules. They watched him and his supporters go off the deep end but continued to give him free air time. Hard to be very sympathetic when the media has basically given permission to be treated this way.
Oh hell, it was at 54% somewhere else atleast a day ago. These miscreants are certifiably lunatic.
I’ve seen 55%, edp4bho. Obviously, different polls are being cited…all saying his approval rating is going high but from different starting points.
I saw 56% on Friday so …..
Good morning TOD🙂
#ALL50
GM Dr Bob and TODville.
Wishing a beautiful Sunday for all of you …
bbl ….
Another picture of beauty to start the day. Thank you, Bobfr.
Good Morning Everybody.
BAN SNL: Donald Trump goes on a Twitter rant calling for the end of “unfunny” @nbcsnl. http://nydn.us/2ebWRta
Can’t wait for the election to be over. (Sign of losing my grip on reality: I’m actually watching MTP today. Of course, mostly to see Joe Biden, who was magnificent! But I continued listening and, but for having to mute RWNJ Hugh Hewitt the Human Howdy Doody, I’m still at it.)
Good Sunday morning, TODville!
LOL. Thin skinned whiner
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/10/16/early-bird-chat-869/