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02-18-2017 , 05:46 PM

#11501

einbert

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Trump got straight-up crushed in three debates in front of millions of viewers. 62 million people still showed up to vote for him.

02-18-2017 , 05:48 PM

#11502

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AllTheCheese

lol @ McCain saying "I hate you especially," to Chuck Todd. Wtf?

I'm guessing it was a bit tongue-in-cheek because he deliberately mentioned his subsequent point was serious.

02-18-2017 , 05:49 PM

#11503

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Wonder what the talking points would be if Bernie Sanders was president?

Republicans trying to impeach him for... ???

02-18-2017 , 05:49 PM

#11504

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McCain is brilliant. He's a fascist ("I hate the press, I hate you especially") but he's coming off as the rogue Senator here while voting with Trump >90% of the time. Democrats need to get on his level and fast, but I'm not sure the press is even willing to give them a platform.

02-18-2017 , 05:50 PM

#11505

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Originally Posted by wheatrich

Trump overall #'s appear to still be around in the mid 40's. People gotta stop cherry picking the lowest #'d polls.

Fair. I'm mostly interested in the trend rather than the absolute number (which I have a hard time evaluating with accuracy).

02-18-2017 , 05:52 PM

#11506

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Originally Posted by einbert

nobody cares what democrats are saying right now though, only the republicans can save the country from their frankenstein monster

02-18-2017 , 05:55 PM

#11507

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AllTheCheese

lol @ McCain saying "I hate you especially," to Chuck Todd. Wtf?

Pretty sure he has a pretty good sense of humour

02-18-2017 , 06:02 PM

#11508

Fatal Checkraise

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I just turned the stream on, it looks like **** quality and a noisy black woman is hyping him up.

"It's time to LEAVE HIM THE HELL ALONE!"

loool

02-18-2017 , 06:04 PM

#11509

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02-18-2017 , 06:05 PM

#11510

Huehuecoyotl

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what's up with every stream looking like it's playing on RealAudio Player circa 2001

02-18-2017 , 06:07 PM

#11511

Fatal Checkraise

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Apparently these two are known: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_and_Silk

Found a stream with better quality:

02-18-2017 , 06:08 PM

#11512

suzzer99

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CNN isn't even mentioning the rally.

02-18-2017 , 06:08 PM

#11513

thenewsavman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by suzzer99

Any Trumpites want to defend this?

Obama Spent $97M on Travel in 8 Years. Trump Family Will Hit That in 7 Months
Taxpayers will be footing Trump family's massive travel bill.

Meanwhile we have to kill PBS and the NEA because reasons.

Of course you're right, but what in the actual **** is costing NYC 500k per day to provide supplemental Trump Tower security.

That's just ludicrous. That's 180m per year; or 720m over the course of his first term. You could build the damn thing from scratch for that amount of money. Something doesn't add up here.

I mean if the fully burdened cost of a foot soldier is like 400 dollars a day (~60k/year salary + made-up overhead #) NYC could post 1000 of them outside Trump Tower and still have 100k/day leftover to go to Atlantic City with.

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02-18-2017 , 06:08 PM

#11514

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in all seriousness, what is the actual ostensible point of this rally? Is it really an official 2020 campaign rally?

02-18-2017 , 06:11 PM

#11515

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Distraction

02-18-2017 , 06:12 PM

#11516

Fatal Checkraise

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LostOstrich

in all seriousness, what is the actual ostensible point of this rally? Is it really an official 2020 campaign rally?

None. Ego boost for Trump, perhaps raise a bit of funds for 2020 as well.

02-18-2017 , 06:14 PM

#11517

suzzer99

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One time dealer: Trump mentions Obamacare and the crowd spontaneously breaks into chants of "Save our Healthcare!"

02-18-2017 , 06:14 PM

#11518

einbert

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LostOstrich

in all seriousness, what is the actual ostensible point of this rally? Is it really an official 2020 campaign rally?

I think Spicer said it's a "campaign event," so yeah.

02-18-2017 , 06:14 PM

#11519

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LostOstrich

in all seriousness, what is the actual ostensible point of this rally? Is it really an official 2020 campaign rally?

Trump wants to be loved.

02-18-2017 , 06:16 PM

#11520

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Originally Posted by einbert

Trump got straight-up crushed in three debates in front of millions of viewers. 62 million people still showed up to vote for him.

The majority of those people watched those debates and believed he won.
That's the scary part to me.

02-18-2017 , 06:16 PM

#11521

einbert

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I don't think we are supposed to confirm Supreme Court justices during an election year.

02-18-2017 , 06:17 PM

#11522

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Originally Posted by otatop

The majority of those people watched those debates and believed he won.
That's the scary part to me.

Actually his popularity dipped after each debate, then slid back up between debates and spiked after the Comey letter (which was after all the debates). If anything, it seems like the debates had a positive but not-lasting effect for Hillary.