trump is serious!!!!!

[Lord Jim]

Christie's approval dropped from 27% to 26%.

Hey, that's not so bad...

It's still three points higher than Richard Nixon's approval rating on the day he resigned....

[Gob]

[Lord Jim]

Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk Retracts Donald Trump Endorsement

Republican Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk on Tuesday retracted his endorsement of Donald Trump, saying the presidential candidate lacks the “temperament” to lead the country following comments Trump made about a judge’s Mexican heritage.

Kirk, who is up for re-election this year in President Barack Obama’s home state, announced he has pulled his support for Trump in a statement that also slammed the mogul’s campaign rhetoric.

“I have spent my life building bridges and tearing down barriers—not building walls. That’s why I find Donald Trump’s belief that an American-born judge of Mexican descent is incapable of fairly presiding over his case is not only dead wrong, it is un-American,” the statement said, according to the Chicago Sun Times.

“As the Presidential campaign progressed, I was hoping the rhetoric would tone down and reflect a campaign that was inclusive, thoughtful and principled,” Kirk added. “While I oppose the Democratic nominee, Donald Trump’s latest statements, in context with past attacks on Hispanics, women and the disabled like me, make it certain that I cannot and will not support my party’s nominee for President regardless of the political impact on my candidacy or the Republican Party.”

Trump has come under fire from several GOP leaders who condemned him for suggesting Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is presiding over a legal case against Trump University, is biased because of his Mexican ancestry.

http://time.com/4360450/illinois-senato ... ald-trump/

[Sue U]

Trolling trolling trolling, Paul hide!

June 08, 2016, 11:07 am

Fake news release says Ryan hiding from reporters to avoid Trump questions

By Harper Neidig

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) jabbed at Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday with a mock press release announcing that the Wisconsin Republican will be hiding from reporters on Wednesday to avoid being asked about presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

“Speaker Paul Ryan will not be available to answer your questions today about his surrender to Donald Trump,” the “media advisory” from Pelosi’s office reads.

“Speaker Ryan has cancelled his regular Wednesday press conference so you don’t ask him about Donald Trump’s racist commentary against a federal judge, and why, ahead of their national security agenda rollout tomorrow, the House GOP wants to hand the nuclear codes to a person who engages in textbook racism.”

Ryan's office had announced that a regular Wednesday question-and-answer session with reporters would be canceled due to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to a joint session of Congress. Ryan is hosting Modi at the Capitol.

At a Tuesday press conference meant to unveil the House's plan to combat poverty, Ryan instead faced a barrage of questions regarding Trump's remarks about the Mexican heritage of the judge overseeing lawsuits against Trump University. Ryan said the comments were a “textbook” example of racism.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing- ... void-trump

[Joe Guy]

[Econoline]

to Mark Kirk (and Lindsay Graham, too, who beat Kirk to the punch)

But I'm still voting for Tammy Duckworth in November. A lot of integrity beats a little bit of integrity.

[Lord Jim]

Trump’s fundraisers see no chance of hitting $1 billion

[b]Dramatic shortfall expected as donor dismay about their candidate takes a toll.[/b]

Donald Trump’s top financiers are slashing their fundraising expectations and warning the GOP’s presumptive nominee could find himself massively out-gunned by Hillary Clinton.

In interviews, over a dozen major Republican Party donors and fundraisers who’ve signed on to help Trump raise money said they expected Trump to net only a fraction of his original $1 billion goal, perhaps netting less than a third of that.

Trump himself is already starting to distance himself from the $1 billion goal, telling Bloomberg News that he doesn’t need that much to win. But his refusal to commit to raise even half of that reflects reluctance among the GOP’s benefactors to collect cash on his behalf. Many of them say he might have trouble raising even $300 million.

That would almost certainly leave Trump at a steep disadvantage: Clinton is widely expected to hit the $1 billion mark, as President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney did in 2012. And it could have serious ripple-effects, leaving Republican down-ballot candidates, who are dependent on the national party to mount a well-funded turnout operation, in the lurch.

The dire predictions come as Trump and his top fundraisers prepare to meet Thursday in New York City to discuss the path forward. One person who plans on attending said a number of topics were likely to be on the agenda, including scheduling and overall goals. The gathering is expected to bring together many of those who’ve signed on to help a joint Trump and Republican National Committee account.

Those involved in the effort concede that Trump, a political newcomer who lacks the national fundraising network major party nominees typically have, is far behind.

Perhaps the biggest hurdle, though, is that Trump is reviled by much of the donor class, who consider him as an unpredictable bomb-thrower. Many say they simply don’t want to have anything to do with him.

“He isn’t personally loved by most of the Republican donors. When you compare Mitt Romney to Donald Trump, Donald Trump says all these outrageous things. People are really concerned about what he’ll do as president. There’s just a lot of negativity about Trump as a person,” said Dale Dykema, a major GOP contributor who recently contributed to the RNC and who is supporting a Trump super PAC. “When he comes out with these crazy things, like with the judge, people just want to turn off.”

Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks did not respond to a request for comment.

Last month, in launching the Trump Victory joint fundraising committee, the RNC unveiled a list of nearly two dozen vice chairs and trustees who were tasked with helping raise money. Many of those involved, though, say they’ve since turned downright morose about their role. Some have been confronted with complaints from family members – “How could you?” one reported their children asking - while others say coming out in support of Trump have left them feeling vulnerable for their personal safety. Others say they signed on to help out of loyalty to the party but are struggling to stay motivated.

Some say they’ve considered quitting. Others said they’ve done little to help the fund, but allowed the RNC to use their name because the committee asked.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/d ... ion-224080

[Guinevere]

He wil be left with the Bernie approach - $10 at a time. We will see if that translates to the general election.

[Bicycle Bill]

Ever seen those so-called 'homeless'/'down-on-my-luck-please-help' people standing with their cardboard signs on the corner by the McDonald's at the mall?  Anybody who knows me knows that I would rather kiss a pig full on the lips than let myself be suckered into giving them any money.

But even so, that guy still has a better chance of getting ten bucks out of me than Trump does.
 
-"BB"-

[BoSoxGal]

Doesn't the Presidential candidate always fund raise for the down-ballot candidates, too?

Doesn't this mean that the Republican party is likely to lose seats in Congress as well?



God bless you, Donald Drumpf!

[Lord Jim]

The emphasis is going to be on down-ballot fund raising...

Super PACs are going to be focused on Senatorial and Congressional races...

I am somewhat concerned about the fact that "ticket splitting" has fallen out of favor...

In the 80's, 50% of voters voted split ticket... its been declining steadily ever since...

In the past 2014 midterms, the overall percentage was down to 10%...

But I believe Donald Trump presents a unique opportunity for making the practice more popular...

[Bicycle Bill]

LJ, when I see what Republican legislators have been doing to this nation, not just in the US Congress but in statehouses across the country, I have long since reached the point where I wouldn't even vote for Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior if He were running for office on a Republican ticket.

-"BB"-

[Lord Jim]

I wouldn't even vote for Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior if He were running for office on a Republican ticket.

Well, obviously we come from very different points of view on this...

I would in fact vote for " Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior" if He were running for office on a Republican ticket...

Unless Donald J. Trump was topping that ticket...

One can only accomplish so much...

[Econoline]

"That firework.."

A perfect metaphor.

[Guinevere]

Trumpalumoa has now revoked the press credentials of the Washington Post! He has done the same to Politico and the Huffpost, but this is the Washington Post - with some of the top political news reporting in the nation (Marty Baron, yes, that Marty Baron from the Globe/Spotlight is now the executive editor of the Post).

What's next for this asshole? Apparently there is nothing he won't do to squelch free speech, free exercise, and free thought.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0YZ2DA

[Bicycle Bill]

What's next for this asshole? Apparently there is nothing he won't do to squelch free speech, free exercise, and free thought.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time
with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ... T. Jefferson, 1787

And I can't help but notice that both "Trump" and "tyrant" start with the letter 'T'...

-"BB"-

[BoSoxGal]

It would be nice if a patriot would spill the blood of this wannabe tyrant!

Sorry, but he's a dangerous threat to the wellbeing of my beloved country and I wish him dead. Heart attack would be fine, painful toxic overdose of orange self-tanner is fine too.

[wesw]

there you go.

what disgusting excuses forhuman beings you are .

at least trump doesn t have to worry about you two.

you are neither patriotic nor courageous.

perhaps bs gal should marry bb. they are a match made in hell.

there is a reason that you two are alone and unliked and unwanted and unable to fit in anywhere.

you may as well be miserable together.



....

[Bicycle Bill]

Actually, wes, Trump does need to worry about people like BSG and myself ... and LJ, and Long Run, and RayThom, and Big RR, and Guinevere, and MG, and — well, frankly, just about everybody on this board but you and people like Gob, who have no dog in this fight.

You see, we are intelligent, concerned citizens, and we WILL vote.  In fact, I plan to vote early and often .   Not sure for whom — probably Hillary, but definitely not for "The Hairpiece That Talks Through Its Asshole".

And come November (assuming his own party hasn't already kicked him to the curb at the convention) you will find that there's lots more of us than there are imbeciles and morons like you.

-"BB"-
p.s. — the second line in the second paragraph is a joke, OK?  I'm telling you this just in case your sense of humor is as out of whack as is your political compass.

[wesw]

I wonder if the people you named agree that a candidate that they disagree with should be assassinated.....

.....now stalin hitler pol pot mao and Chavez would certainly agree with you. what strange heroes you have..


I despise Obama, but I prefer elections to change the path we are on.