The nation may survive, but the wound to hope and order will never fully heal - US elections 2016: the october surprises

I soudl also point out that the Murphy/Rubio race in Florida has tightened considerably in the last week. Rubio's ahead but not by much. I used to think that even if Trump lost Florida we'd still see The Moron with the Haircut back in the Senate; now I'm seeing increasing signs that Rubio and Trump's fates are coupled.

oh dear God please take Rubio

I mean in the election, don't kill him

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/october-web-only/speak-truth-to-trump.html?start=1

Enthusiasm for a candidate like Trump gives our neighbors ample reason to doubt that we believe Jesus is Lord. They see that some of us are so self-interested, and so self-protective, that we will ally ourselves with someone who violates all that is sacred to us—in hope, almost certainly a vain hope given his mendacity and record of betrayal, that his rule will save us.

most convincing Trump endorsement i've seen yet...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWzGLF2yN1E

Yeah, that was my favorite paragraph in that Christianity Today editorial. xp

omigod Robert Wyatt endorsed Trump!

post

nonsense, that's obviously w.g. grace

Per the CT editiorial and all this, this is worth a quick read:

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/donald-trump-evangelical-women-2016-videotape-214346

Beth Moore, named near the start, is one of those people who I'd honestly never heard of but who, based on a LOT of chatter I saw on Twitter and elsewhere, is absolutely massive in evangelical women's circles, and by all accounts her posts on Sunday were indicative of a huge break.

omg
https://twitter.com/Jzokun/status/785708353360060416

― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, October 12, 2016 6:54 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i love this so much

i've been eyeing the few trump signs in my neighborhood lately to see if the tape changed any minds, and this morning i saw that one house removed theirs. they still have a rob portman sign up and a few other republican candidates but the trump sign is gone

A high school friend of mine who lives in Nebraska and is a deeply committed Christian (and more or less libertarian) has really been chiding his friends who are Trump supporters.

Latest Cook Political Report:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CulBJiKWcAEYJeM.png

That's Senate races

Nuke the Confederacy

finish what Grant and Sherman started imo

incredible Geoff Darrow Trump illo

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CuhTcFBW8AERxQs.jpg

I have never seen this thing on Clinton's website before. It compares what Clinton and Trump were doing at random points in time.

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/tools/way-back-when/

e.g.

1973: After Yale Law, Hillary goes to work at the Children’s Defense Fund. She travels door-to-door collecting stories about why so many disabled children are not attending school.

The Justice Department is suing Trump for housing discrimination—after he refuses to rent apartment units “because of race and color.”
New York Times, October 16, 1973

wow.

Yeah, that's pretty strong.

it's good stuff, but i don't like that it's only viewable randomly. also, it should be updated to show what david bowie was doing that year as well.

1986: After a long night at the Rose Law Firm, First Lady of Arkansas Hillary Clinton drives to the Governor's Mansion, kicks off her shoe, and pours herself a Johnny Walker Black.

1986: Donald J Trump kicks off his shoes and picks his toes.

1986: David Bowie stars in the major motion picture "Labyrinth".

this is so great

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/major-gop-donors-are-asking-trump-their-money-back-n664661

The long-time Republican bundler, who has raised money in Florida, Ohio, Los Angeles and in the Northeast, said that he is ashamed of his solicitations of cash for Trump, adding that he raised money for him as recently as last week.

"I'm embarrassed. I'm really embarrassed" he said. "I shook hands with him last week and now I want to wash my hand."

I mean yeah you wanna go "wait really did you not hear the campaign, you know, last week and the week before" but OTOH this is an utterly great time for people to go "you know what, I'm done"

sounds like that second debate performance really staunched the bleeding huh

for the people un-unendorsing rn, i wonder what they'll do when the next oppo drops

from a political standpoint, the timing couldn't be better, damage to GOP is maximized

xp

clinton leading the infamous LA time tracker as of today btw

And speaking of which, a must-read:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/upshot/how-one-19-year-old-illinois-man-is-distorting-national-polling-averages.html?_r=0

lol i spent ages trying to work up a bowie/labyrinth/shoes/toes gag and couldn't find one

Roffle:

https://twitter.com/rachaelmbade/status/786241701761409025

well that's obv she's still trying to help him win her thing all along has been "keep yr eyes on the prize"

countdown to Conway getting fired...

for the people un-unendorsing rn, i wonder what they'll do when the next oppo drops

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, October 12, 2016 12:53 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

totally, people like kasich who have just been in hiding this whole time will look the smartest in the long run

anyway, like I was saying re: Ryan

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/jim-bridenstine-no-support-paul-ryan-229666

what does getting ryan even accomplish other than feeding another body to the nihilist beast running the gop

if most of these guys were operating based on making rational long-term decisions we wouldn't be where we are

https://twitter.com/camanpour/status/786215156430680064

iatee otm these are idiotic nihilists, plain and simple, with no understanding of or interest in governing

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CulWOHvWYAApI-m.jpg

o_O

Could there be an aftershock in Idaho if Utah went for McMullin? It's a border state, plenty of Mormons, low population, a U.S. senator who's a #NeverTrump guy...

If McMullin gains further attention, perhaps, but I can't see it going that far.

there might be some snowball effect from this poll

Even Clinton Valley Center lies about where she was on 9/11...jogging in Battery Park LOL. She was 4 miles uptown. Poor woman, imagine having those parents. She never had a chance.

Xxp yeah ok Rudi don't let any photographic evidence get in your way

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CulWOHuW8AEW9j7.jpg

shes totally behind him how do you expect him to 'see' her

:D

Give the guy a break, she's got a mask on.

Lol