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Clinton, Trump blitz through battleground states Monday in final bid to energize supporters

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“Or honestly, we’ve all wasted our time.”

And Donnie`s money, hopefully all of it will have evaporated after his failed bid which is looking increasingly likely. And then the lawsuits will come I hope. How sweet the day....... but no letting up! Last chance to keep this extremely dangerous, racist, vile, narcissistic fraud out of the White House. Vote BLUE!

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"As Clinton took the stage in Pittsburgh, supporters yelled out, “We love you” — an unusual occurrence for the Democratic presidential candidate who has sometimes struggled to connect with voters."

I wonder why...

“I love you all, too. Absolutely,” Clinton said with a slight chuckle."

Yeah, she loves 'em all right, lol.

Oh my...

"America Has1 More Day Before Election and It’s Trump or Crooked Hillary"

Huckabee: Comey's credibility has become a 'pile of dirt'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWKPTfJmccs

Why voters trust Trump with money issues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utY5gjTeUes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e-h54QxUHM

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Oh my...

Crooked FBI Refuses To Indict Crooked Hillary Clinton! There Is No Law In The Land! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SrpwBw4cgo

America Has1 More Day Before Election and It’s Trump or Crooked Hillary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e-h54QxUHM

WIKILEAKS 33 JUST RELEASED: Clinton Facing Benghazi Perjury Charges. FBI IRS Probes Foundation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIHaFnK0vnw

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Hillary may be no saint, but I'd welcome her over a xenophobic, thin-skinned, egotistical, orange sexual predator fukwit, with grubby little hands !

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It will be very interesting to see how accurate the polls have been. One unprecedented feature of this election cycle has been that support for Trump has been seen not only as a bad choice, but also as being socially repugnant. I wonder if there may actually be quite a few closet Trump supporters who haven't dared to admit this in polite company or to a pollster but will end up voting for him.

I guess all I can do is wish my American friends good luck. Millions of people will wake up tomorrow with either a shrug of their shoulders at the foregone conclusion or feel absolutely sickened by an unexpected surprise. Neither seems very desirable.

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It will all come down to who non HC & non-DT supporters vote for tomorrow as they represent the vast majority of American ppl.

Naomi Klein, a bernie supporter, summed things up pretty well last night urging fellow democrats/bernie supporters to vote HC, get the win THEN put pressure on HC from day 1. My thoughts exactly.

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Trump may be no saint, but I'll take him over that lying corrupt nasty woman who jeopardized national security.

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Trump days in his latest public message, that he'll stop corrupt politicians bleeding the country dry and giving to big corporations. This guy is the corporation, and he makes his products in China.

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It is going to be non stop investigations if she gets in.

http://observer.com/2016/11/latest-wikileaks-reveals-clinton-critics-were-right-all-along/

Latest WikiLeaks Reveals Clinton Critics Were Right All Along Clinton's private server was a serious concern among staff

For years, Clinton partisans have blindly defended every criticism of the Clinton Foundation by pointing to the good work the charity has done. But the WikiLeaks emails from John Podesta, Hillary Clinton‘s campaign chair, have confirmed nearly every criticism of the Clinton Foundation, debunking the claim that it is solely a philanthropic endeavor run by the Clintons.

Jeff Stein, a writer at the generally pro-Clinton Vox, rescinded previous claims he made that the Clinton Foundation wasn’t used to personally enrich the family’s wealth after WikiLeaks released an email revealing Chelsea Clinton used the foundation to direct investors to her husband’s hedge fund and treated Clinton Foundation funds as a personal bank account.

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Forgive us if we take every one of those claims with a pound of salt Lizz. When pressed for supporting evidence in your previous claims, they always turn out to be either incorrect entirely or filled with half truths. You haven't shown a great ability to fact check that which you post.

Interesting that Trump's affair while married to his current wife hasn't been given that much press. They are reporting it on the Japanese news now. You have to wonder who he paid to get the National Enquirer to stifle the story, usually they are the first to jump on a story. Instead they bought the story and tried to keep it quiet. It didn't work though, as now it's out there and known:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/05/national-enquirer-paid-150g-for-trump-affair-story-then-suppressed-it.html

http://time.com/4559610/donald-trump-national-enquirer-karen-mcdougal/

http://people.com/politics/donald-trump-karen-mcdougal-affair-national-enquirer/

This is the guy who was trying to give Hillary a hard time about her husband's affairs, all the while being a total philanderer himself. What a rube.

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"Trump may be no saint, but I'll take him..."

No, Trump will take YOU and your country, over a barrel.

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Forgive us if we take every one of those claims with a pound of salt Lizz. When pressed for supporting evidence in your previous claims, they always turn out to be either incorrect entirely or filled with half truths. You haven't shown a great ability to fact check that which you post.

So you think the investigations are going to stop because she is president ?

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So you think the investigations are going to stop because she is president ?

I think the right will continue their campaign of obstructionism for the next four years, and more if the Democrats win the next election again.

I don't see the FBI continuing to investigate her if there is nothing to investigate.

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They is an ongoing investigation into the Clinton Foundation and I don't see that ending anytime soon.

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They is an ongoing investigation into the Clinton Foundation and I don't see that ending anytime soon.

Yeah, you keep claiming that. You claim a lot of things.

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You have Obama AND Biden both campaigning for Clinton today....

WHO IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY!?!??!?!?!?!?!

SO now it is Obamas top priority to get Clinton elected!? If this, wikileaks, project veritas, clinton foundation pay for play, the clinton body count, taking millions of dollars from banks, taking saudi money than claiming womans rights, clinton foundation keeping over 90% of contributions, email scandal, top aide Huma`s mother being one of the heads for the muslim sisterhood, connections to pedophiles and human traffickers (Laura Selsby), NO FLY ZONE! is Syria, open border policy,

NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING is ever going to wake you up!

I swear to God America will deserves Clinton!

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Yeah, you keep claiming that. You claim a lot of things.

The FBI director himself acknowledged that at the July hearings. Just FYI.

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This has to be the worst election in history, I mean these two are the best candidates !!??? Both are pathetic at their attempts to pretend they can relate to the average American, they both look like the red witch from game of thrones in her true form,this is a truly sad and disturbing time when you have to vote for either one of these two.

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if she wins its only because of election fraud. no one is coming to her rallies. americans want her in jail. if she wins impeachment proceedings will start the same day. of the thousands of americans i know personally, only one is voting for her.

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No, Trump will take YOU and your country, over a barrel.

Naw, Obama has already done that and now after an 8year beating, we could possibly get his Scion in the WH and drag the country deeper into the Washington cesspool.

But hey, I'm good if the GOP can at least retain the Senate should Hillary win. I'll be able to relax a bit more.

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No comments from the right about Trump cheating on his current wife, and how that relates to him harping on Hillary for her husband's indiscretions of two decades ago? Bass? Lizz? JeffreyDormer? Are you all just going to ignore this and hope it will not be noticed?

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Washington cesspool = the GOP controlled senate that have wasted eight years, trying to block every progressive move by Obama, thus creating such stinking stagnation.

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I find it amazing how after going on so much about Bill's indiscretions, how the right is absolutely silent when faced with the fact that Trump cheated on his current wife.

I wonder how she feels about this. Will his marriage be worth the cost of running for president to him?

Of course she may stay with him. After all, if he can grope women without repercussion simply because he's rich, I suppose he can probably cheat with repercussion for the same reasons.

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Goodbye, slug. Hello, Mrs. President.

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we could possibly get his Scion in the WH

An unacknowledged son of Obama? Well that would be interesting.

Oh my...

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Readers, please tone down your rhetoric. Insulting comments won't affect the outcome of the election and only reflects badly on yourselves.

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looking forward to eliminate him totally on the news and his garbage talk after tomorrow.

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I honestly wish that a 3rd party candidate would be popular because both candidates are nothing special.

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No comments from the right about Trump cheating on his current wife,

If the allegations are true, we don't know that yet and even if he WERE, none of my business what he does in his own privacy.

Washington cesspool = the GOP controlled senate that have wasted eight years, trying to block every progressive move by Obama, thus creating such stinking stagnation.

Sorry, had it not been for the GOP senate, we would be Greece now. Thank God for them.

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Oh my...

WIKILEAKS 1-33: Hillary Clinton Helps Wall Street Avoid Taxes. Trump Winning Battleground States

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3DoaPlOmwE

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Bass,

Here, finished your sentence for you...

If the allegations are true, we don't know that yet and even if he WERE, none of my business what he does in his own privacy, but Clinton, now that's a different story!

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Did I see Trump on tv this morning saying America has become a laughing stock in the eyes of people around the world because of Hillary?

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Oh my...

Clinton has poll edge, Fox News map shifts in Trump's favor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WshZYwES2YQ

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The GOP's dirty little secret: Kansas.

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-kansas-economy-20161031-story.html

The Kansas experience is important because the notion that dramatic tax cuts pay for themselves by spurring economic growth still unaccountably has an allure for conservative policymakers, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

In case you missed it, Kansas got a fringe right governor who sold them on the idea that deep tax cuts would spur growth. Instead, growth has lagged behind the US while their budget now has a massive hole from lost revenue.

How did they react? But raising sales taxes and other sin taxes, burdens that disporportiinatly affect the working man. All those tax cuts for the rich stay in place, though.

Maybe Trump is better than establishment Republicans, but it's hard to tell.

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Here, finished your sentence for you...

Yes and the reason was, Bill was a sitting president, so yes, it was a big deal, privately, I could care less what Bill or any other person does in the bedroom.

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America has become a laughing stock because of Comey not doing his job and because of all the Hillary supporters blind to her absolute corruption.

That is most definitely not why America is a laughing stock. Have you never stepped out of your bubble to see what the rest of the world thinks about Trump?

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In Japan it is time to play Auld Lang Syne. In the USA it is time to sing "Turn off the lights, it's time to go home." The more southern the accent and the slower it is sung, the more meaningful it is. There will be a new president on Wednesday, USA time.

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If hillary is elected it will be one of those star-crossed events that shouldnt have happened ( only possible this election, weird and strange as it has been ) but did. The US and probably the world will be much worse off because of it.

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" There was a protester and a protester that likes us. And what happened is they wouldn't put the cameras on him. They kept the cameras on Obama... He was talking to a protester, screaming at him, really screaming at him. By the way, if I spoke the way Obama spoke to that protester, they would say he became unhinged."

LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES !

He really knows how to get the pig-ignorant, baying for blood.

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/politics/john-weaver-axe-files/index.html

GOP strategist: Clinton will win -- but Congress won't work with her

"Unfortunately, instead of seeing this as an opportunity for Republicans to do a little self-introspection, a chance to look beyond ourselves, and to rise to the moment -- which would help us grow nationally," said Weaver, "the instinct will be to throw landmines, not to govern and to cause problems above and beyond being just the normal loyal opposition ideologically."

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That is most definitely not why America is a laughing stock.

That started 8 years ago when this spineless president took over and the last 8 years made us a complete joke, especially to our enemies.

Have you never stepped out of your bubble to see what the rest of the world thinks about Trump?

Who really cares what the wold thinks. It's a US election, not the UN election.

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That started 8 years ago when this spineless president took over and the last 8 years made us a complete joke, especially to our enemies.

Nope. The image of the US has only improved in the world in the past 8 years, and the enemies of the US fear the US just as much as they ever did.

You should step out of the bubble occasionally just to see what the real world is actually like.

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the last 8 years made us a complete joke, especially to our enemies.

and then in the next utterance

Who really cares what the wold thinks.

Not very consistent are you.

Yes, it does matter what the world thinks, unless you think the US economy is unconnected to markets elsewhere.

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Whatever is happening or whatever will happen in this election but imagining Trump as a president is really scary.

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Gee, Jeffery, you and your cabal seem to have one big chip on your shoulder for the media. This happened at Trump's most recent rally in a Scranton school gymnasium:

"See the dishonest people back there?" Trump told the crowd, repeating a staple of his campaign speech that prompted a more aggressive reaction than the usual round of boos.

"CNN sucks," the audience hollered over and over. "CNN sucks."

"New York Times is a total lie," Trump said, taking aim at a newspaper that has chronicled his dodging of income taxes and unwanted sexual advances toward women. "It is so false ... such lies. Such fabrication."

As the media left the gym, a man holding a toddler in one arm thrust the other toward reporters and photographers, waving his fist and shouting "traitor" at each one of them.

"You're all traitors!" he screamed.

So sad that you seem to be losing Fox as a reliable echo-chamber. Breitbart should get you through, though, until Trump TV is up and running. Meanwhile, Melania Trump can give up her plan to battle bullying on social media as first lady. (Seriously - that's the only thing I'll miss by Trump losing: the spectacle of this man's wife making this her agenda.)

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Donald Trump is a symptom, not a cause, of what ails America in general, he is reaction to a change in the relationship between the governed and the government, and a healthy well earned distrust of the political class.

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Unbelievable. Trump the Psychopath hopes to create a revolutionary movement after the Election Day. The question should be asked is how much money from the election accounts left? Did he use all the election funđs) Dieu seul le sait. Don't forget that Crooked Trump didn't pay income tax for about 18 years. "Transparency" doesn't exist in Trump's daily vocabulary. Let's hope that the Attorney General will appoint a Special Prosecutor to look at his possible connections with the enemies. And congratulations to the would be first Lady President of the USA.

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Well, the racists in North Carolina are definitely out in full. THey've even kept a 100 year old black woman from voting because another voter challenged her right to vote -- since she is 100 years old and could not run about to prove that she is valid, as she has been for a very long time, her registration could not be given back to her and she was kept from voting. Same goes with a HUGE number of African American voters -- they are being challenged thanks to the backwards laws of the state, and the GOP having shut down all but ONE voting station per country -- the bare minimum by law -- leading to thousands being unable to move the huge distance to vote. So, yes, the vote is being rigged -- by Trump and the GOP. What a great nation you guys have!

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So, yes, the vote is being rigged -- by Trump and the GOP.

I never expected anything else. The GOP has been doing stuff like gerrymandering for years now, it's not surprising that Trump and his deplorables would take that even further.

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The day has finally come I wonder after Trump loses how his supporters will react...

I voted for Trump last week. If he wins, he will be my president. If Clinton wins, she will be my president.

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I voted for Trump last week. If he wins, he will be my president. If Clinton wins, she will be my president.

Good on you. (honest comment)

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So, yes, the vote is being rigged -- by Trump and the GOP.

Smith, guess you'd heard that long lines at an early-voting poll station in Nevada led authorities to extend its operating hours. Now, in a healthy democracy, citizens would applaud their counterparts in their efforts to make their votes heard despite their hectic days and whatever inconveniences arise. The head of the Nevada Republican Party, Michael McDonald? - meh, not so much. He said at a Trump rally two days ago:

Last night, in Clark County, they kept a poll open 'til 10 o'clock at night so a certain group could vote. The polls are supposed to close at 7. This was kept open until 10. Yeah, you feel free right now? You think this is a free and easy election? That's why it's important.

Trump apparently caught on to this outrageous effort to enable hardworking citizens to vote and hours later chimed in:

It's being reported that certain key Democratic polling locations in Clark County were kept open for hours and hours beyond closing time to bus and bring democratic voters in. Folks, it's a rigged system. It's a rigged system and we're going to beat it. We're going to beat it.

A note for both of these American patriots: Polling locations are non-partisan, and voters who have already lined before the polls closed are commonly allowed to vote at any location across the country. Imagine if poll doors had been bolted in a reliably conservative area simply due to an arbitrary time limit - there would have been outrage! But then, that would not have involved "a certain group" (wink, wink). To answer McDonald's question, "Yeah, you feel free right now?" - yes, I do, more so than if you'd disenfranchised hardworking Americans.

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Nope. The image of the US has only improved in the world in the past 8 years, and the enemies of the US fear the US just as much as they ever did.

That's fine, but at this point, most Americans could care less what the world thinks. If they are happy with the current optics of the US, good for them, doesn't help us, just like, I could care less about European politics for the most part.

You should step out of the bubble occasionally just to see that most Americans just don't give a darn.

Yes, it does matter what the world thinks, unless you think the US economy is unconnected to markets elsewhere.

It doesn't matter as far as the election itself is concerned or will the Democrats try busing in Germans, Dutch, the Swedes and every other European to take part in our election.

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Sean Hannity: If Hillary wins, you own it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbjKeTz0SsM

Hey, she does still have like a 2 point "lead" in the polls, lol

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Well now we know why trump thinks the vote is rigged - in his mind, people voting for Hillary are rigging the vote against him. He just has a different definition of rigged from the rest of us.

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Amazing how Trump and his followers live in an alternative universe. Amazing that he, and he alone can be judge and jury. The system is rigged, except when he perceives that he's ahead. Always someone else's fault. Zero dignity for the office, or America. Keep telling bald face lies, over and over again. I cannot wait for Trump and his campaign to disappear. The damage he has done is astonishing - may we never see anything like this again.

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most Americans could care less what the world thinks

They do care to some extent, then.

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may we never see anything like this again.

Wishful thinking. Soon to be launched Trump TV is going to continue to push conspiracy theories plus newer and even more twisted and slimed truths to the reactionaries in his basket of followers. In so doing they'll make FOX 'news' look 'fair and balanced' in comparison. Trump TV will have the Hannity's, Limbaugh's, Alex Jones and other proven liars further riling up angry white nationalists. No doubt the gun industry will be primary advertisers.

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Trump may very well win.

http://us13.campaign-archive1.com/?u=99839c1f5b2cbb6320408fcb8&id=e8554a1cd7

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ChinhDao at Nov. 08, 2016 - 01:03PM JST

Let's hope that the Attorney General will appoint a Special Prosecutor to look at his possible connections with the enemies.

... ... So, who are these enemies? Wait! Let me guess: the Russians? On another note, since when did the trend to use the term "migrants" rather than "refugees" begin? What you call something matters enormously as the words you come to habitually use can influence attitudes and, worse, responses.

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I cannot wait for this to be over, it's way too drawn out.

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"Clinton, Trump blitz through battleground states Monday in final bid to energize supporters" ... ... ... I'm sure glad supporters are energized now. By the end of this election week things will be back to normal - lethargy among the masses and full steam ahead for HRC after her "landslide" win. (which will mean less than 50% of the electorate - that means those eligible to vote not the number who have actually voted for those who don't understand the distinction) Of course, Bernie's "Our Revolution" will continue, but with HRC's election that will be relegated to the Democratic Party's equivalent of McDonald's PlayPlace. Conflict with Russia over Syria will loom and that will energize the military and accompanying industries. HRC will be able to show she can make "hard" choices although they won't be hard on her. I'll have to spend energy on calculating just how far my house is from the nearest military base. My family and I could be energized, too. Or is that vaporized?

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There you go again, "most Americans this, most Americans that..." as if you speak for the vast majority when you clearly don't.

Sorry, but if it weren't true Hillary would be 0ver 14 to 20 points ahead and NOT at a close tie, so yes, not including the Hillarybots, the majority of well, let's say, the Heartland of America and the Americans that are legal in the US.

They do care to some extent, then.

Minuscule and insignificant

Wishful thinking. Soon to be launched Trump TV is going to continue to push conspiracy theories plus newer and even more twisted and slimed truths to the reactionaries in his basket of followers. In so doing they'll make FOX 'news' look 'fair and balanced' in comparison.

Ahhh, the thoughts of the funny liberals wishful thinking, the Unicornverse is expanding and I'm thinking not all of the liberals in the US can fit under its umbrella.

Trump TV will have the Hannity's, Limbaugh's, Alex Jones and other proven liars further riling up angry white nationalists. No doubt the gun industry will be primary advertisers.

If ANYONE is a liar it's not them or do you have any on the right passing notes to Trump to get him ready for a national debate. These are the embodiment of what the radical left represents! By the way, where are Donna Brazile, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Rick Sanchez, Roland Martin, Ed Schultz, Keith Olbermann, Stephanie Powers??? All this radical libs are pretty much done, off the air and gone off to greener...or browner pastures, thankfully.

Anyway, for me, the most important thing in all of this, Obama is finally gone, the dream is almost here and I pray the GOP keeps the Senate. Everything else, I can deal with!

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On the eve of the complete collapse of modern conservatism, Bret Stephens at the Wall Street Journal (of all places!) has made some very keen observations, including this:

most conservative intellectuals have proved incapable of self-examination or even simple observation. Donald Trump is a demagogue. Period. The fervor of his crowds recalls Nasser’s Egypt. His convictions are illiberal. His manners are disgusting. His temper is frightening. It ought to have been the job of thoughtful conservatives in this season to point this out, time and again. If they can’t do that, what good are they?

For more fun, read it all here! http://www.wsj.com/articles/2016s-big-reveal-1478564830?emailToken=JRr8fvlyaH%2BVhtM2Z8xmjAR2dewCCuDMXF7JIXnOfxGQ6yyI/77xnP0%3D

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BillMurphy, Excellent post.

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On the eve of the complete collapse of modern conservatism.

This is very true and stay tuned for the slow disintegration of the Democratic party following the election which has already started.

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This is very true and stay tuned for the slow disintegration of the Democratic party following the election which has already started.

It has? Care to support that statement?

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It is a strange world that it possible that the US will have Ma Clinton as the next President considering all the baggage she has. The mind boggles.

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I'd rather see Trump win, if only for the entertainment value. Hillary is tragically boring and stodgy. If the Democrats can drag her carcass across the finish line, then good for them. Quite an accomplishment given what they had to work with.

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Quite an accomplishment given what they had to work with.

Not really, considering what we were up against.....

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@bass slow disintegration of the Democratic party

Given that most Sander's supporters have been backing HRC since the convention, I think post-election the Democratic Party will be reformed and will emerge stronger than it has been. My hope is the Party power base will be broadened and more inclusive, and that those who have been at the top will have the sense to recognize the need for them to relinquish control so the Democratic Party will be governed more democratically. E. Warren in 2020!

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It has? Care to support that statement?

What happened to Bernie Sanders?

It is a strange world that it possible that the US will have Ma Clinton as the next President considering all the baggage she has. The mind boggles.

Pretty much.

Given that most Sander's supporters have been backing HRC since the convention, I think post-election the Democratic Party will be reformed and will emerge stronger than it has been.

If that were true, then they would have supported Hillary unconditionally. Some may do so, but the majority, Naw!

My hope is the Party power base will be broadened and more inclusive, and that those who have been at the top will have the sense to recognize the need for them to relinquish control so the Democratic Party will be governed more democratically. E. Warren in 2020!

LMAO!!

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Oh my...

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/more-42-million-people-already-222000466.html

Trump hasn't missed out, though, given that he's back to slamming Latinos and other bigotry and racism in his closing remarks. Well done, GOP! One of these days you'll perhaps realize that the way to attract a wider demographic is NOT to nominate a racist/anti-LGBT (including vice nominee)/misogynist/crazy fool.

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Even Colonel Sanders won't be able to save America never mind the Democrats if Clinton becomes President.

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bass4funkNOV. 08, 2016 - 03:43PM JST

Sorry, but if it weren't true Hillary would be 0ver 14 to 20 points ahead and NOT at a close tie, so yes, not including the Hillarybots, the majority of well, let's say, the Heartland of America and the Americans that are legal in the US.

In which case Trump would be ahead in the polls. In fact he's still trailing in most. So isn't calling it a close tie just a bit disingenuous? Just like Trump claiming President Obama was screaming at a protester when in actual fact he wasn't doing anything of the sort? But the actual result will be a better indicator than the polls.

PTownsendNOV. 08, 2016 - 02:58PM JST

Wishful thinking. Soon to be launched Trump TV is going to continue to push conspiracy theories plus newer and even more twisted and slimed truths to the reactionaries in his basket of followers.

Unless, that is, it quickly goes the same way as other such enterprises as Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, Trump Airlines and Trump University.

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What happened to Bernie Sanders?

Oh, I see you wouldn't care to support that statement.

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@bass Some may do so, but the majority, Naw!

I know you use words differently from most people, but the dictionary meaning of majority is: a number that is greater than half of a total

YouGov/The Economist poll conducted Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 93 percent of those polled who preferred Sanders have either already voted or plan to vote. The poll also found that 68 percent of likely voters who backed Sanders plan to vote for Clinton From Chicago Tribune Nov. 8, 2016

They may not be happy doing so, but they realize how frightening a Trump presidency would be.

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According to colon Powell bill Clinton is still bangin secretaries 2 at a time with Hilary's full knowledge.

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According to colon Powell bill Clinton is still bangin secretaries 2 at a time with Hilary's full knowledge.

No. You guys really need to fact check yourselves. Powell's email says that according to the NYP (New York Post?) Bill is still 'd***ing' secretaries. Nothing about Hillary's knowledge, nothing about two at a time, and nothing that suggests he even has any first-hand knowledge about it.

Just another post that shows how disgusting the right is getting.

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It's CRUNCH time, guys ! In a little less than three hours (USA, EST) the polls will begin to open across the nation. What kind of POTUS will we choose ? The best predictor of future behavior is past prevalent behavior. Surely you can recall the coarse language, the negativity, the innuendo and the fact-free statements. BUT don't vote against him. Vote FOR HER. FOR HER life-long history of helping ALL people. FOR HER stance on issues important to families, and FOR HER to be the first female POPTUS. It's HER time ! Vote FOR HER for president today. ! 1/20/17 - "Madame President" !

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They do care to some extent, then.

Minuscule and insignificant

The comment was about the ignorant and incorrect use of the phrase 'could care less' when the opposite, 'couldn't care less' is what was meant. The affirmative 'could care less' is always wrong.

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theeastisred, that is American style.

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Smith, just trying to lighten the tension.

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"Wishful thinking. Soon to be launched Trump TV is going to continue to push conspiracy theories plus newer and even more twisted and slimed truths to the reactionaries in his basket of followers."

Trump TV could be looking for rightwing journalists with vast experience of TV news, polished, elegant prose styles and quick on the draw with a biting ROFL.

I wonder....

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Oh, I see you wouldn't care to support that statement.

I did. Where is he? Not in the running and why is that? What was the main reason Sanders failed? Who stood in his way? What was her name? Which party was she affiliated with? By the way, Where is Debbie?

In which case Trump would be ahead in the polls. In fact he's still trailing in most. So isn't calling it a close tie just a bit disingenuous?

Not at all.

Just like Trump claiming President Obama was screaming at a protester when in actual fact he wasn't doing anything of the sort?

Maybe he was yelling at him. Hey, even Obama has a bad side.

They may not be happy doing so, but they realize how frightening a Trump presidency would be.

Or even worse, a Hillary presidency, shutter the thought!

No. You guys really need to fact check yourselves. Powell's email says that according to the NYP (New York Post?) Bill is still 'd***ing' secretaries.

Wow! So they have an open relationship, interesting!

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Bass4funk: "Maybe he was yelling at him. Hey, even Obama has a bad side."

But he clearly wasn't; there's no "maybe" to it. Trump, and others who claimed he was yelling at the protestor when in fact Obama said he has a right to protest, are flat out lying.

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we've got one here with the ROFL, though he lacks all else. Still, considering that this is right-wing journalism, he might have a chance.,.,

He might, he just might. But at this point, I just really care about the House and Senate. LOL

But he clearly wasn't; there's no "maybe" to it.

Because the anointed one thinks so?

Trump, and others who claimed he was yelling at the protestor when in fact Obama said he has a right to protest, are flat out lying.

And you know this because.......

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Finally, the circus will soon be over, one way or another. And Hillary and Trump will be in their home bases both in Manhattan NY just blocks away from each other! Imagine the security headache, lol

(BTW, this isn't the first time both major US candidates are based in the same state.)

Still, it's amazing how much the world gets to know about US elections. What other country in the world where we find out so much about who and what's going on? Do we even know who's running against whom in other elections and what they stand for?

Also, in the US, vote-swapping is legal as long as nothing else is swapped but votes. Basically what happens for example: a Hillary voter in the blue state of NY where Hillary is expected to win handily, agrees to swap votes with a (3rd-party candidate) Jill Stein voter in the battle state of Arizona. So the # of votes don't change, just the place where it's voted. It helps the Hillary voter win in Arizona where a few votes could make a difference, while the Stein voter gets more exposure in NY.

(There's actually apps for doing this. But of course, one can't really know if the other person will keep their promise.)

Anyways, there's a lot of good deals for those people voting today - from free food in restaurants to big discounts in commercial rides. Just show ya voted and ya get the instant savings, lol

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It's amazing that people are pretending this is a close race when even FOX News is predicting a Hillary win.

The question isn't whether Trump will lose. The question is how many Republicans he'll drag down with him when he loses.

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Fred Wallace, haha, excellent post. The "progressives" are a hypocritical bunch and no mistake.

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The question isn't whether Trump will lose. The question is how many Republicans he'll drag down with him when he loses.

Hopefully all the obstructionists, and none of the sane.

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I watched Obama deal with the heckler. He was cool, respectful and turned it to his advantage very smoothly.

I'm not a very literate man and I can't find the perfect word or phrase to describe how he dealt with it. What's the opposite of angry, unadulterated, deplorable trash?

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It's amazing that people are pretending this is a close race when even FOX News is predicting a Hillary win.

What a bunch of BS! Not everyone has been saying that, it depends on each person, some say that, others don't. This is exactly how the left gets information botched up constantly!

The question isn't whether Trump will lose. The question is how many Republicans he'll drag down with him when he loses.

But if Hillary loses, then what? She won't have the chance to steal the China again at least! Phew!

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"It's amazing that people are pretending this is a close race when even FOX News is predicting a Hillary win."

Have they? That's a pity. Watching the Fox muppets in utter meltdown with Karl Rove having a psychotic episode when Obama thrashed Romney last time was a real spectacle.

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The only reason Trump has a prayer at this stage is because of the diabolical timing of Comey's blundering into the fray. Comey has now belatedly admitted it was all nothing, of course, but the damage has been done, to some extent. With luck enough people will revert to their pre-Comey instincts and realise they can't really have this brainless pampered brat at the controls, and sense will prevail.

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Accept it folks. He is going to LOSE . SHE is going to WIN. The Trump-level name calling and bickering (even on this site) will soon be over. GO HILLARY ! ! ! HRC 2016 ! ! !

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Maybe, maybe not, but we still have the House and Senate, so all is good!

Ah - those two of the four branches of government you so often discuss.

Outrider, you have a wonderful future in the GOP outreach program! ¡Adelante, poor favor!

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Speaking of Fox News, they've just been caught out in a false story linking the man who protested at the Trump rally with voter fraud. It appears his mother is alive and well rather than dead for 14 years as Fox reported.

A deplorable news outlet.

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I'm not a very literate man and I can't find the perfect word or phrase to describe how he dealt with it. What's the opposite of angry, unadulterated, deplorable trash?

Obama.

Oh my bad, here it is in its entirety.

Nope. That's now an entirely different quote. The deceit continues.

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Speaking of Fox News, they've just been caught out in a false story linking the man who protested at the Trump rally with voter fraud. It appears his mother is alive and well rather than dead for 14 years as Fox reported.

A deplorable news outlet.

Hey, if we compare that to the mistakes, lies and the Clinton Network News tells as well as the National Barack Channel and the retractions they had to do, that little hiccup is nothing. Unlike liberals, conservatives don't believe in chopping off someone at the neck for a minor infraction. Liberals on the other hand, one mistake and they want to disembowel you.

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A clear sign of strong America on a decline with either a choice of a self-serving unprincipled 69 years old, old insider taking over from a pandering "food stamps" President or a bragging hot-headed youth of 70 years old in a more divided and polarized nation. What a choice! No celebration. Be prepared for lots of pain that is to come.

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Speaking of Fox News, they've just been caught out in a false story linking the man who protested at the Trump rally with voter fraud. It appears his mother is alive and well rather than dead for 14 years as Fox reported.

So now we have the only voter so fraud so far being a Trumpet, and now they are making up stories to try to make it equal.

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bass4funkNOV. 08, 2016 - 06:50PM JST

"You can see the actual event still, online, if you can open up to the truth for long enough."

I did, but how do we know what happened prior or after the video was taken?

Perhaps a sympathetic media outlet might corroborate Trump's version of the event? Happen to know any that have done just that?

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Trump supporters encouraging people to get out and vote:

https://gma.yahoo.com/video-shows-man-chanting-trump-way-calling-driver-234806910--abc-news-topstories.html

bass4funk: "Lack of? Sorry, but you have me mistaken for someone else, dude."

Nope -- talking about you. Oh, you most certainly have a lot of VOLUME in terms of reply, just not the quality I mentioned when speaking of a proper retort. "I know you are but what am I" -- the sandbox argument you guys often use, is not what most people would call a rebuttal. Glad you did not try and say you're not partisan this time. That's a step up, my friend.

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FizzBit: I like how you post a link to Twitter when Trump has actually had his Twitter privileges revoked by his family and campaign. Now, if they know the man can't be trusted like an adult in the lead-up to the election, why have they duped themselves into thinking he could be trusted to run the White House? haha.

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Smith, don't know who's gonna win, but if Hillary pulls it off, I will harp on you day in and day out when Hillary ramps up her war machine. And that goes for all you Hillary supporters. Blood will be on your hands, but I doubt it you will bother you that much. NATO places 300,000 on high alert towards Russia. Be happy warmongers.

http://theduran.com/nato-places-300000-troops-on-high-alert-ready-to-attack-russia-over-fictional-cyber-attacks-and-propaganda/

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Vote today!

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Sorry, people. My post regarding the appalling Fox story should have read 'grandmother' and not 'mother'.

I don't want to be alarmist here but UK bookies have cut Trump's odds from 9/2 to 7/2....

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Accept it folks. He is going to LOSE . SHE is going to WIN.

Do you live here ? I tried voting an hour after the polls opened, around 7 am, but there was already a line already down the hall and out the door. No place to park in sight. At that time of the morning I’ve never seen more than maybe five people ahead of me. I've never seen anything like it. Says a lot about enthusiasm for Trump in a state that isn’t even considered a battleground...

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Lizz, you might want to check to see if your state has a Republican legislature. If so, they have been closing down a lot of polling places and creating long lines at the ones that do remain open. Here is Arizona we had the same issue with lines around the block because the GOP decided to close 60% of the polling places. Much harder the working Moms, students, and the elerdely to participate but you should be fine if you aren't one of them.

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SuperLib: " Here is Arizona we had the same issue with lines around the block because the GOP decided to close 60% of the polling places. Much harder the working Moms, students, and the elerdely to participate but you should be fine if you aren't one of them."

They also have inane laws in states like North Carolina where any voter can challenge another's registration, even allowing in one case a 100 year old woman to be denied because a coward suggested she was not legal. Do you think a 100 year old can run around and have it reinstated so that she can run miles and miles to the only station in the county not closed by these bigots?

If the vote is rigged, it's by the GOP without a doubt.

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Speaking of CNN...

The latest WikiLeaks release shows CNN reaching out to Democratic officials to suggest questions for host Wolf Blitzer to ask Donald Trump in an interview, a practice the network defended Monday as "completely unremarkable and sound journalism

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wikileaks-show-cnn-reaching-dems-trump-questions-210554587.html

Nope. That's now an entirely different quote. The deceit continues.

Sure.. Whatever floats your boat.

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CNN has to be the most one sided news outlet in American history-false news,contrived news,deceitful news;they got a handle on it all..........

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Poor Freddie left off this part from his continuing attempts to deceive -- "speaking of CNN": (from his own link)

"But CNN said it does the same with Republicans as part of efforts to present the best interviews."

If CNN reaches out with the same treatment to both parties -- how does that favor one of them? (Well, naturally, truth and facts tend to lie on the side that's not trying to deceive.)

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THey've even kept a 100 year old black woman from voting because another voter challenged her right to vote -- since she is 100 years old and could not run about to prove that she is valid,

The incident occurred weeks before even early voting was allowed, and she has in fact voted.

But this perfectly illustrates the very real problem with competing against democrats. Ultimately the debate becomes not about facts, but about the narrative. Lies are communicated as fact, through a manipulated media, with enough frequency that people start to believe them.

They are showing an inability to leave behind Alinsky’s tactics that were intended for the weak against the strong. Civil discourse suffers as a result.

http://www.salon.com/2016/10/28/north-carolina-purged-a-100-year-old-black-woman-from-the-voter-rolls/

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"CNN has to be the most one sided news outlet in American history-false news,contrived news,deceitful news;they got a handle on it all.........."

I'm not a CNN watcher ( I have the channel ). I don't think much of it.

I'd still prefer it to an outlet which informed its audience that Jesus and Santa are white, the entire city of Birmingham in the UK is Muslim and is now spreading dangerous lies about voter fraud on the eve of the election as Trump winds up an audience containing unhinged deplorables.

Unpleasant.

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Here's an interesting comment from Colorado:

"Here in Colorado the HRC campaign has gone door to door around my huge apartment complex TWICE, Saturday early morning and again today! The lady who came to my door today was VERY AGGRESSIVE, she demanded to know If I/we voted, what we did with our Ballots, if she could TAKE our ballots, and straight up DID WE VOTE FOR HRC!!??? Total shadiness afoot!"

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Both of them had rallies. Lady Gaga was yell,,ig rioendlyy to Hillary, hers was like free outdoor concert, If Trump is elected, nr will appoint Geiliannk and Gingrich

Hillary is up more,

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No joke here - Stevie Wonder said voting for Trump is like asking him to drive.

'Misstra know-it-all' could have been written about Trump:

Makes a deal with a smile Knowin' all the time that his lie's a mile He's Misstra know-it-all.

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But this perfectly illustrates the very real problem with competing against democrats. Ultimately the debate becomes not about facts, but about the narrative.....

Alinsky’s tactics

Your use of the term "Alinsky's tactics" is not using facts, but a very instructive example of the narrative you claim to decry.

Clinton is now leading in the polls in key battleground states

And Serrano will weep with joy at every one of the checks that President Hillary Clinton signs. (Or will he continue to hate the US government that pays him while he complains?)

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But CNN said it does the same with Republicans as part of efforts to present the best interviews."

I believe their credibility went out the window when they decided to hand clinton questions prior to the debate.

How would you being deceitful 'float my boat'?

Sigh...

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you might want to check to see if your state has a Republican legislature

We have been switched over to consolidated Vote Centers from neighborhood precinct stations but that was before 2012 and this is still a heavier turnout. Activity way down in the minority neighborhood places I passed, though, which is consistent with all the reports of low black enthusiasm.

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Trump began his campaign with lies and he ended it with lies:

The Republican nominee held his last two rallies at arenas in New Hampshire and Michigan, and in his inimitable fashion, Trump played up how large a crowd came out to see him. Appearing by phone on Fox and Friends, Trump proclaimed in the span of a few minutes that 21,000 people and then 28,000 were in attendance in Grand Rapids in the wee hours on Tuesday morning. He later said that 22,000 had turned out a couple hours earlier in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Aside from his claims growing by one-third while he was talking on the phone, Trump is almost certainly wrong on both accounts. The maximum capacity for the SNHU Arena in Manchester is under 12,000 people, according to its website. And the Detroit Free Press reported that the Grand Gallery in Grand Rapids holds just 4,200 people, citing the fire marshal.

Results from Guam are in. Guam has been an accurate bellwether for predicting presidential elections for the past 32 years. This year has Hillary beating Trump 72% to 24%. May this result continue through the rest of the USA.

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Trump roup sued Nevada and lost. Polling should be closed sesame time everywhere. But the judge dismissed. Poll counting showing Hillary countsfar exceeds zTrump. And she already have. more than 270

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Trump began his campaign with lies and he ended it with lies:

But Hillary's lies were a lot worse. Actually, gargantuan would be more fitting.

Aside from his claims growing by one-third while he was talking on the phone, Trump is almost certainly wrong on both accounts. The maximum capacity for the SNHU Arena in Manchester is under 12,000 people, according to its website. And the Detroit Free Press reported that the Grand Gallery in Grand Rapids holds just 4,200 people, citing the fire marshal.

Results from Guam are in. Guam has been an accurate bellwether for predicting presidential elections for the past 32 years. This year has Hillary beating Trump 72% to 24%. May this result continue through the rest of the USA.

I love Guam, been there 9 times, even they can be wrong every now and then.

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bass4funk: "But Hillary's lies were a lot worse."

No, not at all.

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