2016 USA Presidential election thread II: And. Here. We. Go!

[Niiro]

yes yes it should.

a disingenuous strawposition as i don't know anyone of any affiliation who thinks the country is fine as is, but a dangerous demagogue being repudiated by the masses is and will always be a victory.

I guess it just depends on whether you see a Trump defeat as the end or beginning of a movement.

His loss is undoubtedly a good thing but the kind of thinking that got him there won't just disappear the day after. One would hope the lesson learned by the Republican party from this election is how to avoid future Trumps, not how to wield them more effectively.

[Byrthnoth]

Kimye ticket 2020

[Aerin]

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/...izer-breitbart

Apparently the FBI used a fucking Breitbart source as a basis for opening the investigation into the Clinton Foundation. Holy shit lol. The FBI is gon' b gon' after January.

Both of my parents worked for the government. They used to tell me a lot of people at the FBI were territorial children, whatever furthered their careers is what mattered. But they certainly weren't the only branch guilty of such things.

Reminds me, I talked to my dad recently. He's voted Republican all his life. He said he already voted for Clinton though because he wasn't going to be responsible for American Hitler. He's white, grew up on a farm.

[Quicklet]

Does this guy regularly break big stories? Sounds to me based on his previous articles it'll jus be a hot take. Probably a good one though; enjoyed his other articles.

He's a serious journalist, but given that the standard for a Trump story to get attention is so high now (basically need audio/video of him doing something outrageous), I'm not holding my breath that it's going to dominate the news the way it would in any other year.

If it's the Russian entrapment story, it's hard to see him getting his hands on the audio/video given that it would have had to come from the KGB/FSB. There is obviously something there with Trump and the Russians, but the question is whether or not a reporter can tie it all together with rock-solid documentation.

In other news, Ben Howe, who is a NeverTrump guy from RedState, is releasing a documentary on Trump called "The Sociopath" tonight. No idea if it's any good but those who are inclined can check it out when it comes out.

https://twitter.com/BenHowe
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM0...619gsZl2I_kp9Q <- YouTube channel where it's going to be uploaded

[Yuri-G]

Kimye ticket 2020

at this point, honestly ok with this.

[Fondue]

Reminds me, I talked to my dad recently. He's voted Republican all his life. He said he already voted for Clinton though because he wasn't going to be responsible for American Hitler. He's white, grew up on a farm.

Is donald trump gassing the mexicans something you guys really worry about? I'm not sure where the hyperbole ends for this literally hitler thing

[myreality]

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/...izer-breitbart

HAS THE F.B.I. GONE FULL BREITBART?
New reports reveal how the F.B.I. relied on an infamous Breitbart source as the basis for its investigation into the Clinton Foundation—and that agents see Clinton as “the antichrist personified.”
BY ABIGAIL TRACY NOVEMBER 3, 2016 12:48 PM

Troughout her campaign, Hillary Clinton has battled accusations of fostering a “pay for play” culture at the State Department, giving undue access to major Clinton Foundation donors. So far, Republicans have failed to find a smoking gun, but the narrative has served its purpose: tarnishing the public perception of the Democratic nominee and her family’s namesake charity. For this, no one deserves more credit than Peter Schweizer, Breitbart editor-at-large and the author of Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich. The controversial, mostly discredited book has been held up by many as irrefutable proof of wrongdoing, or at least common venality, by the Clintons. It also found plenty of eager readers within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Wall Street Journal and New York Times report, galvanizing a number of F.B.I. agents to launch an investigation into the Clinton Foundation, based mostly on assertions made by Schweizer in the book.

On Thursday, the Journal reported that last summer, shortly after Clinton Cash was published, a number of F.B.I. agents began investigating claims made against the Clinton Foundation in the book, ultimately prompting an internal battle between the agents and F.B.I. and Justice Department officials. The agents secretly recorded conversations with two informants—both of whom were involved in separate public-corruption investigations—about the Clinton Foundation, and believed that they had enough evidence to build a case. Senior officials in the F.B.I. and the Justice Department, however, were skeptical of the evidence and the primary source, Schweizer’s book. Public-integrity prosecutors reportedly “weren’t impressed” and “thought the talk was hearsay and a weak basis to warrant aggressive tactics, like presenting evidence to a grand jury, because the person who was secretly recorded wasn’t inside the Clinton Foundation,” according to the Journal’s report.

hahahahahahaha

[Tyche]

I beat you!

[Gryffes]

[myreality]

I beat you!

Dammnit!

[Aerin]

Is donald trump gassing the mexicans something you guys really worry about? I'm not sure where the hyperbole ends for this literally hitler thing

Sorry, are Trump supporters the only ones allowed to be hyperbolic?

[Quicklet]

Is donald trump gassing the mexicans something you guys really worry about? I'm not sure where the hyperbole ends for this literally hitler thing

Trump says he wants to bring back torture.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b04164640f6597

[Tyrath]

06/30/2016

Olde.

[Quicklet]

He repeated it a few days ago too.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/30/politi...ion-criticism/

"These savages are chopping off heads, drowning people. This is medieval times and then we can't do waterboarding? 'It's far too tough,'" Trump said, mocking critics of the technique used by the CIA in interrogations of terror suspects under President George W. Bush's post-9/11 administration.

Trump has previously called for reinstating waterboarding and "much worse" methods of torture if he becomes president.
"We have to be tough and we have to be smart. And we have to be in some cases pretty vicious I have to tell you," he added.

[thetruepandagod]

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/794296185003667456

[Melena]

Is donald trump gassing the mexicans something you guys really worry about? I'm not sure where the hyperbole ends for this literally hitler thing

Maybe it's due to the fact he's blaming an entire race and religion for the nations ills, much like hitler. Saying he will round up and get rid of said religion, just like hitler. I mean the comparisons can go on and on, but we already established that facts could bitch slap you up the face until you were unconscious and you'd still ignore it.

[myreality]

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/794296185003667456

Considering that Wiki just copy pasted an article from The_Donald, i don't think their reliable to take seriously anymore.

Also reported as false apparently.

[thetruepandagod]

Considering that Wiki just copy pasted an article from The_Donald, i don't think their reliable to take seriously anymore.

Enjoy your time while you can, the next generation is a coming.

[myreality]

Enjoy your time while you can, the next generation is a coming.

Shit, should've fixed those lead pipes.

[thetruepandagod]

Shit, should've fixed those lead pipes.

I'm more open to the notion of adding more lead, in tandem with toxic waste.