The New American Politics thread

[Vulcan]

Stein - 98%
Clinton - 98%
Johnson - 51%
Castle - 16% had to look him up.
Frump - 5%

I believe this has already been said but Trump trying to be palatable to minorities is just trying to assuage the conscious of the middle class.

[Senator Clay Davis]

From Ms. Coulter's new book, about Trump and mocking the disabled reporter. Standard ######....what a twat.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

'A standard ######'?

That's pathetic, cripes.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Hah, yes, that would have been much better. Mocking the mentally handicapped rather than those with debilitating physical illness. Surely no one could fault him for that!

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

'A standard ######'?

So he was doing an Ann Coulter impression?

[Senator Clay Davis]

His pivot will never work because he has such horrible surrogates and big supporters. And if Hillary were smart they'd hit hard on him mocking a disabled person, and his surrogates mental gymnastics to cover for him. This is the one Trump got the worst disapproval from of all his stupidity (I think it was like 86% disapprove).

[justafan]

Loved Hillary Clintons speech. Donald Trump is beyond redemption in my opinion.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by New Era

So he was doing an Ann Coulter impression?

This perpetuates it.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Possible voter fraud....by Trump's campaign chief. Good lord you cannot make this #### up.

Donald Trump’s new presidential campaign chief is registered to vote in a key swing state at an empty house where he does not live, in an apparent breach of election laws.

Stephen Bannon, the chief executive of Trump’s election campaign, has an active voter registration at the house in Miami-Dade County, Florida, which is vacant and due to be demolished to make way for a new development.

“I have emptied the property,” Luis Guevara, the owner of the house, which is in the Coconut Grove section of the city, said in an interview. “Nobody lives there … we are going to make a construction there.” Neighbors said the property had been abandoned for several months.

Bannon, 62, formerly rented the house for use by his ex-wife, Diane Clohesy, but did not live there himself. Clohesy, a Tea Party activist, moved out of the house earlier this year and has her own irregular voting registration arrangement. According to public records, Bannon and Clohesy divorced seven years ago

Under Florida law, voters must be legal residents of the state and of the county where they register to vote. Guidelines from the Florida department of state say that Florida courts and state authorities have defined legal residency as the place “where a person mentally intends to make his or her permanent residence”.

Wilfully submitting false information on a Florida voter registration – or helping someone to do so – is a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

Election officials in Miami-Dade make clear to prospective voters that they are required to actually live in the county and to use their home address in election paperwork. “You must reside in Miami-Dade County,” their website states. It adds: “When you register to vote, an actual residence address is required by law.” A county spokeswoman did not respond to questions relating to Bannon’s situation.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...P=share_btn_tw

[GGG]

It's more likely a tax evasion scheme then a voter fraud scheme. Somewhere in one of the articles accountants recommend getting on the voter registry to show hat Florida is your residence. Then all investment income isn't subject to state tax.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Isn't that the Trump campaign defined? The other possibility is still terrible? Voter fraud or tax evasion...take your pick I guess.

[ernie]

I wonder what Trump's immigration stance is going to be today....


Clinton with a great speech last night IMO. Really hammered Trump and it needed to be done especially with the bigot BS that has been coming from his mouth the last couple of days. I think she showed that if attacked personally she can effectively push back using facts.

Bannon....tax evasion or voter fraud it doesn't matter it's yet another example of the type of people his campaign hires. Not saying Clinton's staff is squeaky clean but it doesn't compare to taking payments from a Putin puppet or being CEO of what is a disgusting news organization etc.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Isn't that the Trump campaign defined? The other possibility is still terrible? Voter fraud or tax evasion...take your pick I guess.

He's too nice of a guy to be that bad...

Stephen Bannon, the head of the#Donald Trump#presidential campaign, faced domestic violence charges after a fight with a woman he was married to 20 years ago, in which she accused him of grabbing her by the neck “violently” and destroying a telephone when she tried to summon police.

Bannon was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence, battery and dissuading a witness. The case was dismissed. The woman claims in the divorce filing that it was dismissed because Bannon convinced her to leave town, because “if I wasn’t in town they couldn’t serve me and I wouldn’t have to go to court”.

“He also told me that if I went to court he and his attorney would make sure that I would be the one who was guilty. I was told that I could go anywhere in the world.”

The couple’s decision to marry was described in a separate declaration filed by the woman in their divorce case,#obtained#by the New York Post.

“Bannon made it clear that he would not marry me just because I was pregnant,” the Post quotes the document as saying. “I was scheduled for an amniocentesis and was told by the respondent that if the babies were normal we would get married … After the test showed that the babies were normal the respondent sent over a prenuptial agreement for me to review.”

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...p-campaign-ceo

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by New Era

So he was doing an Ann Coulter impression?

Please don't disparage the mentally handicapped by comparing them to Ann Coulter.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

He's too nice of a guy to be that bad...

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...p-campaign-ceo

Ahh, wholesome, American values. So nice to see true love in this mad and crazy world.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Well #### this is almost must see TV so we can confirm that insane looking doctor is in fact a real person

NBC NewsVerified account
‏@NBCNews
Tune in to @NBCNightlyNews for exclusive interview with doctor who called Trump's health "astonishingly excellent"

[2Stonedbirds]

Ya but can he open a jar of pickles?

[Izzle]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Well #### this is almost must see TV so we can confirm that insane looking doctor is in fact a real person

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...waited-n638526

Legit hilarious. Trump only hires a bunch of cartoons.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Oh my goodness, what a clown. How does he even have a license?

[photon]

I loved him in the first Independence Day, but not so much in the sequel.