Donald Trump 2020

[otisdog 365]

7 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Season 6 of "Big Love" looks lame as shit, and is trying too hard to be like "Veep."  I mean there is one cool plot twist, the patriarch who has three sister wives (Ivana, Marla, and Melania) does suddenly take on a fourth wife...Ivanka.  But it feels forced.  Almost rapey.  

HUH?

[Biff Tannen 45678]

1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

is it simply possible that some have no idea that Obamacare covers pre-existing conditions, because Fox News?

100%

[tx 3 putt 76928]

5 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

Even if he could do these things, which he can’t, deferring the payroll tax until the end of the year is such a blatant con artist tactic.  

 

this would be a horrible, horrible move 

[Satchel 6938]

8 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Yeah, I don't see Catholics as monolithic.  There's one strain, that I call the Opus Dei'y types (Kavanaugh, Mel Gibson, Escriva) that are pretty hard right, but there's a strong liberal tradition in the Catholic church.

Yep. The Kennedy-Pelosi wing of the Church

[Gatorubet 30230]

6 hours ago, Continental Op said:

Are you Samuel L. Bronkowitz?

 Lenka Novak and I had a close relationship.

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2 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

For sure. They will never do it, but calling his bluff would blow it all up. His payroll tax credit isn't going to do shit. His UI isn't going to be $600, and we'll see what he does with the eviction moratorium. None of it will be enough and it will be all his baby 

Dems need to propose a better paying plan and then tell America that Dotard is penny-pinching them. 

[honolulu horn 6158]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

so he's pro obama care ?

Exactly what the Dems should be advertising. 

[Wanker Bob 379]

1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

Not being able to pronounce Yosemite is one of the most un-American things I can think of.  That alone is enough for me to believe he's a Russian asset.

He's definitely a russian asset. He may be an unwitting asset but he's proven to be a russian asset. He flat out lied to cover up a foreign dictator's bounties contingent on the killings of American soldiers. His own people admitted that intel was in his March daily briefings. He's known about it but did nothing and full on lied to cover it up. Aiding and abetting a foreign enemy in killing US troops is treason. 

[Kermit 3156]

2 hours ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

This is 100% wrong.  No matter what happens he would still blame someone. He would still blame the Democrats or “the Squad” or AOC or Biden/Obama or Kermit the Freaking Frog and his base would believe him.  People are too stupid to know they have been conned at this point so they will continue to follow der fuhrer all the way into the bunker.  Actually that bunker part would be a great outcome at this point of the simulation.

Nah, we’re cool. 

[Ted Lange 16085]

COUNTRY CLUBBERS FOR TRUMP!

 

[WhatTheBuck 28777]

1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

Not being able to pronounce Yosemite is one of the most un-American things I can think of.  That alone is enough for me to believe he's a Russian asset.

It's not just un-American. It's un-Republican. And just a month after visiting Mt. Rushmore.

Edited August 8, 2020 by WhatTheBuck

[Wanker Bob 379]

6 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

It's not just un-American. It's un-Republican. And just a month after visiting Mt. Rushmore.

I'm sorry sir, you must have missed the memo. Republican has been changed to "anti-intelligence, selfish, ignorant, sister fucking imbeciles". Please note this very important change in all future elections. Good bye. 

[Ted Lange 16085]

Many people who have traveled the world pronounce it YO-SEMITE

-Dinesh D’Souza

[bluto 4925]

Ernie Kaulbach, by chance?

Holy hell I took him in spring of 06 probably, how the hell long was that guy at UT?! Class was the least organized and wildest lecture I ever had, just him rambling about random ass stuff.

[Mdhorn 5949]

Trump is setting the economy to blow under the next president. And they absolutely will get blamed. And if he wins it’ll still blow but he’ll get his payroll tax rollback extended as a way to stimulate the economy. It may not make sense but it’s what he will do. It’s only about his grift and his enablers. He doesn’t give a shit about covid and why would he care about social security or anything else he has not been held accountable for? He’s produced 0 plans. He’s using the govt to enrich himself, his enablers and his comrades. He’ll tank it all.

Edited August 8, 2020 by Mdhorn

[tx 3 putt 76928]

100% the next president is deeply fucked 

[henrygandorf 29190]

6 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

Let him have the executive orders, and battle it out in court after the fact. Not a lawyer, so I don't know if that's possible, but I think I agree with this:

 

this tweet ignores the one irrefutable fact:

trump. doesn’t. actually. do. things. 

[Vito Andolini 9126]

15 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Woah, woah, woah. I thought Paula White was the President's Spiritual Advisor? Is she a victim of the revolving door policy too?

 

Assholes like Robison spend their entire grifting career claiming Almighty God is more powerful than Satan, yet in this case, Satan gets to do what he wants? Occam’s Razor this shit, if there’s any divine intervention, it’s the “good” guy trying to flush the turd from office. (Of course, the easy way would just be a massive coronary on Hole #8, but I don’t want “easy” and if there’s a God, he doesn’t want easy either. Let’s get a mandate/repudiation, then a criminal prosecution of the entire damned crime family.)

[Dbeasy 15048]

COUNTRY CLUBBERS FOR TRUMP!
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He such a bad role model people waiting to see him don’t even have to have masks. He truly is personally responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths and trillions on wasted government spending.

[Bevo14 8310]

7 hours ago, bluto said:

Holy hell I took him in spring of 06 probably, how the hell long was that guy at UT?! Class was the least organized and wildest lecture I ever had, just him rambling about random ass stuff.

He was there in 2010 at least. I took a freshman class with him. He was probably the most entertaining professor I ever met.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13511]

Explain to me a payroll tax payment delay? It disappears now but 4-5 months of taxes hit your last 2020/first 2021 paycheck? Or is it calculated how much more you owe when you calc your 2020 taxes next April?

Edited August 8, 2020 by Nice Guy Eddie

[Jiggy-Z 3432]

8 hours ago, bluto said:

Holy hell I took him in spring of 06 probably, how the hell long was that guy at UT?! Class was the least organized and wildest lecture I ever had, just him rambling about random ass stuff.

Took sophomore English in the fall of '87. He took strict attendance in those days and had the TAs on top of things.  Lectures were pretty organized and there was lots of class participation.  He must have lost a step or two between 87 and 06.

[Francisco 2.0 32389]

Trump.  The Art of the Deal.

Remember, he gave this man's wife the Presidential Medal of Freedom:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/08/trump-antagonizes-sheldon-adelson-phone-call-392688

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When President Donald Trump connected by phone last week with Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson — perhaps the only person in the party who can cut a nine-figure check to aid his reelection — the phone call unexpectedly turned contentious.

 

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The 87-year-old casino mogul had reached out to Trump to talk about the coronavirus relief bill and the economy. But then Trump brought the conversation around to the campaign and confronted Adelson about why he wasn’t doing more to bolster his reelection, according to three people with direct knowledge of the call. One of the people said it was apparent the president had no idea how much Adelson, who’s donated tens of millions of dollars to pro-Trump efforts over the years, had helped him. Adelson chose not to come back at Trump.

 

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When word of the call circulated afterward, Republican Party officials grew alarmed the president had antagonized one of his biggest benefactors at a precarious moment in his campaign. They rushed to smooth things over with him, but the damage may have been done. 

Adelson's allies say it’s unclear whether the episode will dissuade the Las Vegas mogul — long regarded as a financial linchpin for Trump’s reelection — from helping the president down the home stretch.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

 

 

Spoiler

The president needs the money. With less than three months until the election, he is overwhelmed by a flood of liberal super PAC spending that his party has failed to match. Since this spring, outside groups supporting Joe Biden have outspent their pro-Trump counterparts nearly 3-to-1, an influx that’s helped to erase the president’s longstanding financial advantage. 

Now, Republican leaders are pleading to billionaires for help. Trump advisers are pining for new outside groups to form, and the White House is growing anxious to see what Adelson, who has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into Republican super PACs over the past decade, will do.

“It’s important that the word get out to donors that we need the super PACs and we need them to step up to the plate,” said Club for Growth President David McIntosh, whose group is poised to launch a $5 million TV campaign next week. “There hasn’t been the urgency on the super PAC side. But now we’re seeing that you’ve got to take care of that, too.”

The avalanche of spending on the left isn’t expected to end anytime soon. Pro-Biden groups have reserved over $70 million on the TV airwaves between now and the election, while Trump-allied groups have booked just $42 million, according to the media tracking firm Advertising Analytics.

The Trump-blessed America First Action has been outraised and outspent by the leading pro-Biden Super PAC Priorities USA, which has been running an array of blistering commercials hitting Trump over his response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Republicans point to an array of reasons for America First's struggles. Some of the president’s aides point out that, much to their frustration, he has shown less interest in super PAC fundraising than Barack Obama did ahead of his successful 2012 reelection. He’s also shown a reluctance to do the kind of glad-handing, cold-calling, and grooming of billionaires needed to cultivate a well-funded super PAC. 

Others say big Republican givers are holding back checks because of the potential business fallout of being a major Trump contributor. After word surfaced that fitness company executive Stephen Ross was hosting a Hamptons fundraiser for Trump, patrons at his Equinox and SoulCycle chains staged a boycott.

With Trump trailing badly, some donors are more interested in bankrolling efforts to save the GOP’s Senate majority. Among the contributors who’ve cut checks to the super PAC for Senate Republicans but not Trump’s are hedge fund manager Paul Singer, investor Charles Schwab, and real estate developer Mel Sembler.

Others say there is simply exhaustion with Trump and disgust at his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Dan Eberhart, a Republican donor who has contributed to America First Action, pointed to what he described as an “enthusiasm gap among super PAC donors.”

“We are getting clobbered,” he said. “The left-leaning super PACs are bringing a lot more air support to team Biden than the ones on the right are bringing to team Trump, unfortunately.”

The president’s advisers blame America First for its struggles. They point to its decision to wait until spring to take on Biden and to its $4 million investment on a TV commercial that spotlighted Vice President Mike Pence but made no mention of Trump. The move infuriated the president’s advisers; on the morning the commercial was launched, a Trump adviser reached out to a POLITICO reporter unprompted to blast the move.

America First Action President Brian Walsh said the organization’s nonprofit arm had chosen to feature Pence to highlight remarks he had made at an event it had hosted focused on the economic recovery.

“No other outside group has raised or spent more to help reelect Donald Trump. No other outside group has stood with our president since day one. Period,” Walsh said. “We have been on the air, online and in mailboxes since April and continue to be so today.”

While America First Action has the White House’s imprimatur, ongoing concerns about the group have triggered conversations about whether an alternative super PAC should form. While Adelson is unlikely to donate to America First Action, allies say, he is open to funding another pro-Trump outfit.

But some Republicans say that having multiple super PACs could cause confusion among donors about which outfit to support.

Christopher Ekstrom, a Dallas investor who backed Ted Cruz’s 2016 primary campaign, recalled that the Texas senator had an array of super PACs. Some potential givers, he recalled, wound up not giving to any of them.

“Team Trump was wise to centralize their super PAC after his victory and prevent their super PAC from being Balkanized,” said Ekstrom, who has given over $20,000 to pro-Trump causes this election cycle.

Republicans are confronting an array of liberal groups, ranging from Priorities USA to American Bridge to Future Forward, all of which have booked millions of dollars in TV spending. Even as Biden has struggled to keep pace with Trump on the fundraising front, there are concerns in Republican circles that the liberal organizations could do damage to the president.

Republican strategist Ken Spain noted that "neither candidate will lose because of lack of resources at this point," but added: "The Democratic donor class has coalesced and built a rival apparatus to that of the Trump campaign and its allies."

With both sides flush with cash, there will be no shortage of TV commercials from either side. Alex Castellanos, a veteran Republican ad maker who helped to steer a pro-Trump super PAC in 2016, said voters would be more focused on the individual performances of Trump and Biden.

"The most powerful media driver in a presidential [campaign] is the candidate. The candidate makes news and drives the agenda. That’s the good news for Donald Trump," Castellanos said. "Sometimes, that’s the bad news for Trump, too."

 

[Neonmoon 38129]

Should the media be more hostile with the President? I understand respecting the Office but at what point is respecting the office detrimental to the truth. 160K people are dead. 

[Vito Andolini 9126]

Imagine being an actual billionaire, who has had wildly successful casino businesses, many in China, and you have to sit on the other end of a phone line and listen to this complete fraud talk shit... a fraud to whom you’ve given tens of millions of dollars. 

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13584]

Avatar checks out.

[Vito Andolini 9126]

I’m in olive oil. But I can see my son Santino, or maybe Fredo getting in the gambling business someday. They’ll just need to do it straight, or little brother Michael will crack down on them, he’s gonna be Governor!

[TwiceHorn 31456]

13 hours ago, Pig Bellmont said:

First, they aren’t signed yet so whatever. But it depends on which aspect you’re talking about. I don’t think the Pres has executive authority to prevent evictions, so I can see landlords taking him to court for example 

I don't think he has authority to do any of it, and yeah maybe you're right.  But I don't think any Democrat-based organization is going to challenge them, the optics would be too bad, particularly with him squawking about it nonstop on twitter.

[TwiceHorn 31456]

2 hours ago, Jiggy-Z said:

Took sophomore English in the fall of '87. He took strict attendance in those days and had the TAs on top of things.  Lectures were pretty organized and there was lots of class participation.  He must have lost a step or two between 87 and 06.

I had him for E316 World Literature in 85 or 86.  He was great.  It was one of those 300 person classes in a Jester auditorium, but I enjoyed it and him immensely.  Quite a character.  You could turn in your midterm paper any time up until the end of the course and also had a final paper.

He read my midterm paper to the class as an example of what to write.  That was wild.

Then, for the final, several of us borrowed a guy's Kaypro to type the thing up.  He apparently used one of our papers as his own and both the source and the guy got Fs for plagiarism.  The Kaypro owner fessed up so the source didn't get the F.

[Bevo14 8310]

1 hour ago, Vito Andolini said:

Imagine being an actual billionaire, who has had wildly successful casino businesses, many in China, and you have to sit on the other end of a phone line and listen to this complete fraud talk shit... a fraud to whom you’ve given tens of millions of dollars. 

I question the legitimacy of any billionaire that gave millions to Donald Trump.

[joe dirt 285]

6 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

He such a bad role model people waiting to see him don’t even have to have masks. He truly is personally responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths and trillions on wasted government spending.

what are you talking about? he blocked travel from jyna thereby saving millions of lives. some say billions.

[joe dirt 285]

double post

Edited August 8, 2020 by joe dirt
sad!

[Francisco 2.0 32389]

9 minutes ago, Bevo14 said:

I question the legitimacy of any billionaire that gave millions to Donald Trump.

Aldeson is legitimate, financially speaking. 

Besides, dude has supported Team GOP for years now with his largess.  Had Cruz or Rubio or whoever had won the nomination in 2016, Aldeson would have donated millions then as well.  The story here is how Trump just turned him off from giving, from the sound of it, this election cycle.

Edited August 8, 2020 by Francisco 2.0

[Mrs Whiggins 13050]

1 hour ago, Neonmoon said:

Should the media be more hostile with the President? I understand respecting the Office but at what point is respecting the office detrimental to the truth. 160K people are dead. 

The WH could deny press admission, but at this point with the President jabbering away for the last four years about how nasty and fake they are, I would posit they ought to at least give the nasty part a good run. One can deliver a nasty respect quite easily. Call up some of the old school journalists and profs on a Zoom and they will probably give some pointers.

[StassneyHorn 6575]

I was more of a Joseph Kruppa E316 guy.

[RPM 26318]

31 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

The WH could deny press admission, but at this point with the President jabbering away for the last four years about how nasty and fake they are, I would posit they ought to at least give the nasty part a good run. One can deliver a nasty respect quite easily. Call up some of the old school journalists and profs on a Zoom and they will probably give some pointers.

They just need to watch Sam Donaldson tapes.

['stache 21807]

16 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Doesn't that play in Trump's favor? "Look at what I'm trying to do for you and the Democratic Party is fighting me."

Nobody who falls for it was voting dem anyway. A true centrist will remember that they called Obama a dictator for executive orders and his were closer calls constitutionally than trying to control the purse. The fake centrists are trumpkins who don’t want to admit it publicly.

Edited August 8, 2020 by 'stache

[Jive Turkey 12595]

 

[Yuk 1532]

 

[RomaVicta 29907]

20 hours ago, elfenix said:

oh it gets more trolly:

 

Put him in the North Sea bound cage with the others. 

[Guest Lobo]

27 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

 

Alright, Trumpers...here we go...not saying Biden hasn't mistaken a state for another over the years but listen to the point your God-King is trying to make.  This is verbatim, not selective editing:

"And the worst is when he's in, like, Indiana.  And he says, 'It's great to be with the people of Florida.'  And you have palm trees all over." 

So let's break that down since you guys are smarter than non-Trumpers.  So does that mean that Biden is actually in Indiana, but thought he was in Florida?  Then how does that explain the palm trees in Trump's scenario since Indiana doesn't have palm trees?  Does that mean that because he sees palm trees, indicative of Florida, that Biden mistakes it for Indiana?  Does Biden think Indiana has palm trees?  Which is it?  Because it you just read it word for word, anybody who can spot an elephant can tell that Trump wants to suggest Biden said he was with the people of Florida, but was actually in the state of Indiana, despite their being abundant palm trees visible to Biden.  

"And the worst is when he's in, like, Indiana.  And he says, 'It's great to be with the people of Florida.'  And you have palm trees all over."

That's one of the most insane things ever said from behind that Presidential Seal.  And somehow you dumb fucking worshippers will walk away saying, 'Yeah, Biden's going senile...doesn't even know when he's in Indiana.'  For a guy that lives in Florida, that Trump thinks the palm trees are indicative of the time Biden was really in Indiana losing his memory...and you guys think you won the day...holy shit.  How do you guys talk to your children?  

 

[Burt 4080]

18 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

Saw this one on a house not far from mine earlier today.  Classy:

 

 

 

 

Here's the one I keep hoping I can put out before the end of the year.

[JimmyJames 12271]

18 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Alright, Trumpers...here we go...not saying Biden hasn't mistaken a state for another over the years but listen to the point your God-King is trying to make.  This is verbatim, not selective editing:

"And the worst is when he's in, like, Indiana.  And he says, 'It's great to be with the people of Florida.'  And you have palm trees all over." 

So let's break that down since you guys are smarter than non-Trumpers.  So does that mean that Biden is actually in Indiana, but thought he was in Florida?  Then how does that explain the palm trees in Trump's scenario since Indiana doesn't have palm trees?  Does that mean that because he sees palm trees, indicative of Florida, that Biden mistakes it for Indiana?  Does Biden think Indiana has palm trees?  Which is it?  Because it you just read it word for word, anybody who can spot an elephant can tell that Trump wants to suggest Biden said he was with the people of Florida, but was actually in the state of Indiana, despite their being abundant palm trees visible to Biden.  

"And the worst is when he's in, like, Indiana.  And he says, 'It's great to be with the people of Florida.'  And you have palm trees all over."

That's one of the most insane things ever said from behind that Presidential Seal.  And somehow you dumb fucking worshippers will walk away saying, 'Yeah, Biden's going senile...doesn't even know when he's in Indiana.'  For a guy that lives in Florida, that Trump thinks the palm trees are indicative of the time Biden was really in Indiana losing his memory...and you guys think you won the day...holy shit.  How do you guys talk to your children?  

 

“Palm trees don’t exist in Florida. That’s fake news.” - The fucking idiot some brain dead GOP members call the president. 

[Horn Dog 9829]

18 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Alright, Trumpers...here we go...not saying Biden hasn't mistaken a state for another over the years but listen to the point your God-King is trying to make.  This is verbatim, not selective editing:

"And the worst is when he's in, like, Indiana.  And he says, 'It's great to be with the people of Florida.'  And you have palm trees all over." 

So let's break that down since you guys are smarter than non-Trumpers.  So does that mean that Biden is actually in Indiana, but thought he was in Florida?  Then how does that explain the palm trees in Trump's scenario since Indiana doesn't have palm trees?  Does that mean that because he sees palm trees, indicative of Florida, that Biden mistakes it for Indiana?  Does Biden think Indiana has palm trees?  Which is it?  Because it you just read it word for word, anybody who can spot an elephant can tell that Trump wants to suggest Biden said he was with the people of Florida, but was actually in the state of Indiana, despite their being abundant palm trees visible to Biden.  

"And the worst is when he's in, like, Indiana.  And he says, 'It's great to be with the people of Florida.'  And you have palm trees all over."

That's one of the most insane things ever said from behind that Presidential Seal.  And somehow you dumb fucking worshippers will walk away saying, 'Yeah, Biden's going senile...doesn't even know when he's in Indiana.'  For a guy that lives in Florida, that Trump thinks the palm trees are indicative of the time Biden was really in Indiana losing his memory...and you guys think you won the day...holy shit.  How do you guys talk to your children?  

 

Yea that quote was a head-scratcher.  There’s something going on.....

[JimmyJames 12271]

And he says that while trying to claim Biden is demented. 
 

Every single accusation is a confession. The man needs to be committed to a mental institution yesterday. 

[Guest Lobo]

Just now, Horn Dog said:

Yea that quote was a head-scratcher.  There’s something going on.....

I mean, you knew what he was trying to do.  Trying to say that Biden could be in Florida thanking people whilst looking at the palm trees, but then say something about being in Indiana.  We all get what he was trying to do, and yeah---people over 70 (Trump, Biden, and my mom included) would make that misstep/gaffe.  But it was the way he delivered it, he gave that long run-up to get to the punchline where Biden is mistaking the people of Florida for the people he's with in Indiana and you can tell by Trump's body language that he couldn't wait to get to the palm tree finale...but he not only makes zero fucking sense, he fucks up the cadence/timing of it all as well.  I mean, he just fucked up every party of it.  You could tell he had rehearsed it, the first two examples were just little setups to the big punchline and not only was it not funny, it was a buildup to nowhere.  Like reading one of my posts.  

Imagine hearing this from a grown man at a major corporate event.  

"And the worst is when he's in, like, Virginia.  And he says, 'It's great to be with the people of Arizona.'  And you have cactus plants all over."

Tell me how in the world that makes any fucking sense?  Tell me that Chief Executive wouldn't be shitcanned by his board the next day?  

[RomaVicta 29907]

22 minutes ago, Yuk said:

 

I know! I know! I know!

Doesn't rise to the level of impeachment and conviction?

Thank you, Senator Horshack. That's correct.

[Fozzz 152]

I had written off this election, but the polling coming out showing high polarization around in-person and mail-in voting is intriguing me. Imagine if, after all that has happened, Trump is able to win re-election by simply nerfing mail-in voting. Would be the most hilarious shit. 

[jimmyjazz 45909]

Yeah, hilarious.

[JimmyJames 12271]

Maybe I’m an idiot but wouldn’t depressing voting by mail hurt trump and the GOP more than the dems? Specifically among the olds and rurals in Arizona, Florida and Wisconsin?  Am I missing something here?