The New American Politics thread

[Senator Clay Davis]

Trump now claiming he was given a defective microphone. Many people are saying it was laced with cocaine, hence the sniffles.

[Swift]

We all know the 400lb guy sitting in his bedroom hacking the DNC was Chris Christie.

[Flash Walken]

stuart stevens ‏@stuartpstevens 1h1 hour ago
Should not get lost in the noise: Trump did not dispute he pays zero federal income tax.

[Swift]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

stuart stevens ‏@stuartpstevens 1h1 hour ago
Should not get lost in the noise: Trump did not dispute he pays zero federal income tax.

Yep, and he said "it would've been squandered" [by the govt.], not "it was squandered" in regards to it.

[Senator Clay Davis]

This has been great all election, but Owen really nailed it tonight

https://twitter.com/onlxn

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by bob-loblaw

Is it my imagination, or did Trump insinuate that his 10 year-old son hacked the DNC and not the Russians? He's so good on the computer.

I'm no spring chicken, but he sounded like such an out-of-touch geezer on that subject. "My son is so good with the computers... cyber is such a concern, we have to defend cyber...", like "cyber" is a thing.

We've seen his mastery of Twitter, but he's said he doesn't even use email, because cyber.

[PsYcNeT]

Viewers Impressed By How Male Trump Looked During Debate

http://www.theonion.com/article/view...ring-deb-54030

[Dogbert]

The only thing I'd want to see Corey Lewandowski doing on TV is having Robert Lewandowski kick him in the face.

[Kavvy]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

stuart stevens ‏@stuartpstevens 1h1 hour ago
Should not get lost in the noise: Trump did not dispute he pays zero federal income tax.

I don't get this, so what? He shouldn't over pay tax, that is just stupid.

He should be embarrassed he doesn't give to Charity with all his tax savings, but not embarrassed he uses the system legally.

To me, and I can't explain why, this is much different then his legal use of not paying workers/bankruptcy

[photon]

Ouch

https://vine.co/v/5rzQgHFU6zO

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Kavvy

I don't get this, so what? He shouldn't over pay tax, that is just stupid.

He should be embarrassed he doesn't give to Charity with all his tax savings, but not embarrassed he uses the system legally.

To me, and I can't explain why, this is much different then his legal use of not paying workers/bankruptcy

But Trump really got stuck on this question, arguing with the moderator. He had the good line of 'ill release my taxes when you release your deleted emails" but then abandoned it.

[Kavvy]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

But Trump really got stuck on this question, arguing with the moderator. He had the good line of 'ill release my taxes when you release your deleted emails" but then abandoned it.

That's a point, but not really what the discussion was about when I quoted Flash's post. I agree the lack of tax returns is dumb, but specifically regarding the fact he may not be paying tax is what I was responding too.

[Flash Walken]

Patrick Monahan
‏@pattymo
Trump's jab at 400-pound guys sitting online in bed may have lost him the alt-right

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Kavvy

I don't get this, so what? He shouldn't over pay tax, that is just stupid.

And I don't get this. By that measure, a man who claimed he will make $694,000,000 this year would be overpaying if he paid $1 in federal income tax.

Everyone wants to pay less taxes. I know I do. But this is clearly cheating the (apparently broken) system.

[calumniate]

Relieved to see Clinton in this environment. Pretty composed. Meanwhile greatest awesome way disaster greatest. That's trumps vocabulary. Love how he accused Clinton of not reading her own book... ha!

[Kavvy]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

And I don't get this. By that measure, a man who claimed he will make $694,000,000 this year would be overpaying if he paid $1 in federal income tax.

Everyone wants to pay less taxes. I know I do. But this is clearly cheating the (apparently broken) system.

He isn't cheating any tax system, if he was, the audit would send him to jail.

For the record, I despise him, I feel the need to say that!

[flylock shox]

That was like watching the teacher's pet debate the D-student who's decent at shot-put. The biggest challenge for Hillary was not looking too smug.

It was so bad, in fact, that it made me start to think again that Trump is maybe a Clinton plant - doing what he can to hand her the election.

Such a weird bit of TV, and hard to believe it wasn't SNL.

[octothorp]

Okay, as I review the transcript, this is the thing that blows me away about Trump's economy argument: Essentially asking people to trust that big businesses will direct their increased profits under lower taxes toward more jobs and better salaries; and simultaneously acknowledging that as a business-owner, he often chose not to pay the people working for him, even when he was paying either no taxes or close to no taxes.

You cannot listen to what Trump claims is 'good business', and then simultaneously believe that his proposed tax cuts to businesses will result in any sort of benefit for American workers. Unless you also believe that Donald Trump is simply the most morally bankrupt businessman in America. (Which might be possible, but that's hardly reason to vote for him, either.)

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by photon

Ouch

https://vine.co/v/5rzQgHFU6zO

If you watch it longer he goes back and shakes Holt's hand

[Looch City]

What's sad is when Trump loses this election, that won't be the end of him.

He'll go down screaming and crying about fraud, emails and will not admit defeat. The man is crazy, there is really something wrong in his head.