drumpf is a rodent who must never be dogcatcher - forget POTUS

this person who was apparently just hired to play the role of villainous incompetent Melania speechwriter/plagiarizer so that someone could be fired - nice work if you can get it

Still talking about the Trump wife plagiarism nonsense. Do some real journalism if you know how to do that you clowns. FFS.

14 ships from the Turkish Navy are floating around the Med and Black Sea...they aren't coming home...hmmm...

drsmooth wrote:this person who was apparently just hired to play the role of villainous incompetent Melania speechwriter/plagiarizer so that someone could be fired - nice work if you can get it

melania greatly admires michelle obama, apparently

smitty wrote:Still talking about the Trump wife plagiarism nonsense. Do some real journalism if you know how to do that you clowns. FFS.

you know what they tell writers, smitty - "write about what you know"

but I have to say that while frivolous, as others have pointed out, these stories are about stuff that many more people will understand than, say, clarifying for people that drumpf is not actually a business success and has no genuine plans, whether or not potentially successful, for doing anything to fortify the US economy. Too many simply don't have any conception of what a plan actually looks like or why having one might matter.

Gimpy wrote:http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288471-report-trump-camp-offered-to-make-kasich-most-powerful-vp

Trump's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., reached out to a Kasich adviser after the Ohio governor ended his own Republican presidential campaign, promising that if he accepted the vice presidency, Kasich would be in charge of domestic and foreign policy.

The adviser asked what Trump would be in charge of, the report said, and Trump Jr. responded: "Making America great again."

Really though?

Trump has to have time to keep his eye on the winery, golf courses, etc.

CalvinBall wrote:

drsmooth wrote:this person who was apparently just hired to play the role of villainous incompetent Melania speechwriter/plagiarizer so that someone could be fired - nice work if you can get it

melania greatly admires michelle obama, apparently

supposedly this is the first time anyone from trumps campaign has publicly apologized for anything since the campaign began. thats something.

Look, let's be clear about what this story is and is not. It's not about borrowing some language from someone you admire and using it yourself even when, as here, it was done without attribution. Sure that's wrong but, in the scheme of things, not such a big deal.

What the story IS about is yet another instance of Trump and his campaign showing that, when it comes to politics and the administration of his campaign, it's amateur hour. Being an outsider cuts both ways: It's great if you're not beholden to the establishment, but not so great if you don't know how to captain the ship -- and this is a really, really important ship with lots of people's lives, liberties and pursuits of happiness involved.

Worse yet, this would-be captain is allergic to expert advice on how to run his ship. Maps? Radar? Sonar? Charts? Navigation equipment? Not for this guy. He trusts his gut! As I've said before, even with all his other problems, maybe the single biggest reason he should never be President is he doesn't know what he doesn't know and, worse yet, doesn't WANT to know.

It sounds like Trump just wants the title of President. I wish people would wake up and realize this is a scam.

How long would a Trump presidency actually last though? I'd be shocked if he made it six months before getting removed from office.

Gimpy wrote:How long would a Trump presidency actually last though? I'd be shocked if he made it six months before getting removed from office.

The problem is Pence is a Ted Cruz clone.

was thinking about that the other day. wonder if we would have a coup of our own. could be fun!

Gimpy wrote:http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288471-report-trump-camp-offered-to-make-kasich-most-powerful-vp

Trump's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., reached out to a Kasich adviser after the Ohio governor ended his own Republican presidential campaign, promising that if he accepted the vice presidency, Kasich would be in charge of domestic and foreign policy.

The adviser asked what Trump would be in charge of, the report said, and Trump Jr. responded: "Making America great again."

Really though?

this is probably the most shocking thing I've heard about Trump.

This Meredith McIver apology is a little too convenient. Are we sure she even exists?

drsmooth wrote:

smitty wrote:Still talking about the Trump wife plagiarism nonsense. Do some real journalism if you know how to do that you clowns. FFS.

you know what they tell writers, smitty - "write about what you know"

but I have to say that while frivolous, as others have pointed out, these stories are about stuff that many more people will understand than, say, clarifying for people that drumpf is not actually a business success and has no genuine plans, whether or not potentially successful, for doing anything to fortify the US economy. Too many simply don't have any conception of what a plan actually looks like or why having one might matter.

Maybe. I tend to think these various tempests in teapots just help coalesce among the disaffected the image of Democrats as braying fingerwaggers. I don't mean among hard core Trump supporters, who are hopeless, but among those who only pay attention to politics around convention and election times, who are then likely to either stay home or cast their "screw the lot of you" votes Trump's way.

it's another rickroll

remember that tv detective who could make useful things out of seemingly nothing

I do like how Melania is just taking no responsibility for this at all and no one in the media is blaming her. "Who put these words in front of her to blindly say!"

doesn't this contrast a little strangely with the whole Democratic base giving Hillary a pass for exposing confidential information?

Houshphandzadeh wrote:doesn't this contrast a little strangely with the whole Democratic base giving Hillary a pass for exposing confidential information?

I think cognitive dissonance is everyone's friend.