2016 elections - because it's never too early

[HVC]

Is calling a white guy a monkey racist now?

[CountDeMoney]

Is calling a white guy a monkey racist now?

I'm sure dersimian would take umbrage with it.

[HVC]

CNN leaked a question for a debate to Clinton. Wasn't a trump one, at least not for the email so far found in the last leak. That's pretty shady, and if it happened once there's a greater than zero chance it happened other times. Best part? The person who gave the question away is Brazile, the interim DNC chair.   

Something something crooked Hillary

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/10/11/then-cnn-contributor-donna-brazile-to-clinton-camp-sometimes-i-get-the-questions-in-advance/?utm_term=.0f3f2210f593

[CountDeMoney]

They could've mailed Il Donny all the questions a month in advance; he did so much coke that night he never answered them anyway.

[HVC]

They could've mailed Il Donny all the questions a month in advance; he did so much coke that night he never answered them anyway.

Come on, no outrage? Not even a smidge? If Fox was given the question to the republican candidate you'd be punching a random bystander

[CountDeMoney]

Come on, no outrage? Not even a smidge? If Fox was given the question to the republican candidate you'd be punching a random bystander

The Right got their freebie nutkick when Bernie Shaw hit Dukakis with the "Pop-quiz-hotshot-Willie-Horton-rapes-your-wife-what-do-you-do-WHAT-DO-YOU-DO" ambush in '88.

[HVC]

I don't know what that's referencing. I'd tell you how old I was in 88, but you'd get mad.

[CountDeMoney]

You're probably right.   

[jimmy olsen]

Is calling a white guy a monkey racist now?

No, but if he treats the white staff like that, imagine what's on tape for any minorities he interacted with.


Moving on to Utah, we have McMuffinmentum!

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865664606/Poll-Trump-falls-into-tie-with-Clinton-among-Utah-voters.html?pg=all

The poll shows Clinton and Trump tied at 26 percent, McMullin with 22 percent and Libertarian Gary Johnson getting 14 percent if the election were held today

[jimmy olsen]

I don't know what that's referencing. I'd tell you how old I was in 88, but you'd get mad.

Dukakis was a well known opponent to capital punishment. He was asked at a debate whether he would feel the same if his wife was raped and killed.

[garbon]

A couple of the Reps have rescinded their rescinding of their endorsement for Trump. 

Truly, he owns the GOP now. It is his, now and forever.

So sad.

[garbon]

CNN leaked a question for a debate to Clinton. Wasn't a trump one, at least not for the email so far found in the last leak. That's pretty shady, and if it happened once there's a greater than zero chance it happened other times. Best part? The person who gave the question away is Brazile, the interim DNC chair.   

Something something crooked Hillary

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/10/11/then-cnn-contributor-donna-brazile-to-clinton-camp-sometimes-i-get-the-questions-in-advance/?utm_term=.0f3f2210f593

Donna Brazile said it isn't true. Could be true, of course, but also seems a bit concerning that we now are supposed to take every hacked email at face value. Whatever happened to verification?

[garbon]

Hopefully Trump keeps this up.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/300542-trump-tells-supporters-to-go-vote-for-him-on-november-28th

Donald Trump is asking his supporters to go out and vote him — 20 days after the presidential election is scheduled to take place.

"Make sure you get out and vote," Trump told supporters on Tuesday at rally in Florida. "November 28th."

Election Day is Nov. 8, 2016.

To make matters worse, voters in the Sunshine State don't have much time to register for the election.

The voter registration deadline was originally Oct. 10, but a federal judge extended it to Oct. 11 due to damage caused by Hurricane Matthew.

There is a possibility the deadline will be extended further. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Wednesday at 10 a.m.

Nov. 28 is the start date of a longstanding class action suit against Trump University, the now-defunct get-rich-on-real-estate seminar program started by Trump, CNN Money notes.

[Syt]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-texas-idUSKCN12C0CX

Texas police face discipline for wearing Trump caps on duty

Several San Antonio police officers who wore Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" hats during his stop in Texas on Tuesday face discipline for violating a policy against endorsing a candidate while on duty, the police chief said.

More than a dozen officers in uniform wore the red caps with Trump's slogan as they stood with the candidate at an airport, in a video posted on Trump's Twitter page.

The 25-second clip bears the words "We will make America safe & great again, together" as the officers walk away.

San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor later said on Facebook she was "deeply disappointed" by the display and Police Chief William McManus said in a statement the officers showed "poor judgment."

"I expect them to know better than to give the appearance of endorsing a candidate while on duty and in uniform, regardless of the political campaign or the candidate," McManus said.

The identities of the officers was not immediately clear and they could not be reached for comment.

They were escorting Trump at the end of his visit, said Michael Helle, president of the San Antonio Police Officers Association, in a statement.

"Frankly, the officers were most likely caught up in the moment and did not consider the political nature of their actions," Helle said.

Helle told the San Antonio Express-News he expected the officers to only face "benign" punishment, such as a written reprimand.

Last month, the Fraternal Order of Police, the largest U.S. organization of its kind, endorsed Trump. The group's president said at the time his members believed the Republican nominee would "make America safe again."

Trump has described himself as the "law-and-order" candidate at a time when law enforcement has become a major focus of public discussion in the United States.

Violent crime rose last year though it remains far below peak levels of the 1990s.

In the last two years, the country has seen a number of major protests against the deaths of black men in encounters with police, which has sparked a debate over police use of force and the role of racial bias in the criminal justice system.

San Antonio prohibits employees from taking action to support a political candidate while on paid duty but it allows them to engage in political speech on their own time, according to a policy document on the city's website.

[jimmy olsen]

Clinton up 9 in the most recent Ohio poll. That would track with an 11 or 12 point national lead I think.

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2016/10/new_ohio_poll_puts_hillary_cli.html