2016 elections - because it's never too early

[Liep]

Feeds directly into Trump's "rigged system" narrative.

This makes absolutely no sense at all.

That fits directly into the rest of this election's narrative.

[jimmy olsen]

 

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/opinion/campaign-stops/fat-shamer-in-chief.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0&referer=http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3788694&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=766

At 6-foot- 2, the height that he has long given profile writers, Trump weighs 236 pounds, he told Dr. Oz. Not quite Taftian — he ballooned to 354 pounds by his inauguration in 1909 — but not healthy, either. By government guidelines, Trump is obese. In a weasel move to avoid that classification, Trump now says he is 6-foot-3, which makes him merely overweight. How he grew an inch, at the age of 70, is a story that has escaped his hagiographers at Fox.

[HVC]

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/opinion/campaign-stops/fat-shamer-in-chief.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0&referer=http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3788694&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=766

At 6-foot- 2, the height that he has long given profile writers, Trump weighs 236 pounds, he told Dr. Oz. Not quite Taftian — he ballooned to 354 pounds by his inauguration in 1909 — but not healthy, either. By government guidelines, Trump is obese. In a weasel move to avoid that classification, Trump now says he is 6-foot-3, which makes him merely overweight. How he grew an inch, at the age of 70, is a story that has escaped his hagiographers at Fox.

1909? There can be only one!

[garbon]

Feeds directly into Trump's "rigged system" narrative.

This makes absolutely no sense at all.

That fits directly into the rest of this election's narrative.

I think we lost the plot a long time ago.

[Ed Anger]

Donald sez to look up the sex tape on the fat chick. But doesn't provide a link.

Bad form Donnie. 

[Phillip V]

Donald sez to look up the sex tape on the fat chick. But doesn't provide a link.

Bad form Donnie. 

Why do I keep letting Trump surprise me. Mind continues to be boggled that a major presidential candidate created this headline (on front page of New York Times), let alone it being a month before the vote.

[Barrister]

I've read there is no sex tape, but that she did pose nude in Playboy at one time.

Which given that Melania posed in Playboy, would be an odd thing for Trump to try and shame her about.

[lustindarkness]

Because her life justifies his shaming? Nice.

[viper37]

I've read there is no sex tape, but that she did pose nude in Playboy at one time.

she was in a venezuelan tv reality show and we apparently see her in action, under the sheets.

[Berkut]

How the fuck is this a topic in the Presidential election?

Is it ok that he called her a pig because she made a sex tape, or didn't make a sex tape?

[CountDeMoney]

Who the fuck gives a shit anyway?  Why is a presidential candidate up all night Tweeting like an angry 14 year old girl over shit from 5 days ago?

The election is in less than 40 days, and the trailing candidate is still railing about something that his opponent explicitly and strategically wanted to distract him with.  Hillary Clinton wanted to show that he could be baited into tweeting, so she baited him, and he is tweeting.  It's sort of amazing.

And people want this guy to have the Justice Department at his disposal?  The IRS? The NSA? The CIA?  Hell...Fish and Wildlife?

[Malthus]

How the fuck is this a topic in the Presidential election?

Is it ok that he called her a pig because she made a sex tape, or didn't make a sex tape?

I'd say he looks about equally presidential either way.

[Syt]

Trump and Clinton have now both said that Angela Merkel is a world leader they admire. 

[CountDeMoney]

What's wrong with her, other than having tits?

[garbon]

Trump and Clinton have now both said that Angela Merkel is a world leader they admire. 

I kind of feel like they have to (/I believe both had said positive things about her in past, despite Trump then assailing her during this campaign). What other world leaders look good (and Americans would know)? I mean Gary Johnson eventually went with a former leader...