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

Going back a bit I believe there will be a de facto truce in the GOP civil war, at least for a while.

Trumpians and Ryanoids may despise each other, but they both hate the government and they both hate Hillary. They'll have to unite (or at least stay out of one another's way) in order fight her, and to continue obstructing legislation. "Republican" is still the best way to say "Not-Democrat."

After a flurry of post-election blame-trading, I think there may be a détente that lasts maybe 12-18 months. Say, from about December to the runup for the next round of midterms. GOP infighting will tick up again as quisling cuck incumbents face angry hard-right primary challenges. Meanwhile, other Trompist insurgents will be trying to coalesce around a new third party. They will fail, because they are stupid and they suck. The result will be a half dozen "People's Front of Judea" / "Judean People's Front" situations.

The DCCC had better work to have a very solid bench of sober, grownup Democrats in place to take advantage of the disarray on the right. This time around there have not been enough credible challengers for downballot races in "safe" Republican districts. By the midterms there I hope there is no such thing as a safe Republican district.

2006 was the last D wave midterm, what drove that? Other than Howard Dean.

Mark Foley iirc

besides Bush hatred obv

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/10/idaho-statesman-endorses-hillary-clinton-229781

america is a rich tapestry

https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/786733379567820800

#celebrities

http://i.imgur.com/NNhe9Hk.jpg

yung nazis pioneering a shocking tactic

https://twitter.com/jazzhandmcfeels/status/786995238950666240

https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/787004831525253120

Trump on Obama: "Why doesn't some woman say what they say about me about him?"

For one thing, it should be possible for a reporter to determine whether that woman was ever in the same room as Obama.

These morons genuinely do understand how anything works.

https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/786952997418962944

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoPXBhWcAQ4

The comment thread there is so telling. "That's not PRO journalism to ask for comment" [Yes, it is] "My friends who are journalists don't do that." [Oh, really, do they work for Prison Planet or some other bastion of journalism?]

Feel sick contemplating the possibility of the Trump campaign fabricating accusations against Obama. On the other hand, I don't think he aould telegraph this strategy if this was his plan.

Yeah, that was the most hilarious one. "You publish first THEN ask for comment!" I believe that's Chapter 1 of "How to Lose All Your Libel Cases."

xpost Yeah, but what does she have beyond a bunch of very specific details?

2006 was the last D wave midterm, what drove that? Other than Howard Dean.

― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby

so long as the Dems don't repeat Rahm Emmanuel's Blue Dog strategy we're OK

I'd mean I'd rather the GOP keep the House than deal with wishy-washy Dems in 2017.

Trump's repeated defenses have been variations of "Believe me, she would not be my first choice."

"If I'm gonna grab some lady's snatch she's gonna be an 8.5 or higher. Believe me."

"You want a president who shows sound judgement in the women he harasses, assaults and abuses."

did we miss this one

http://www.msnbc.com/thomas-roberts/watch/apprentice-contestant-comes-forward-786195011669

who can keep track of all of them

thread moves fast . that's her up there in the youtube clip

damn this election is a fucking disgrace

Reid J. Epstein
‏@reidepstein

Trump crowd in NC now yelling "lock her up" in reference to the women accusing him of touching them without consent.

(A bunch of anti-Semitic replies to this tweet, btw.)

of course

yeah I can't listen to this woman anymore, this is so gross

Like this is literally happening in real time.

Roger Simon
‏@politicoroger

Trump:"I am standing at the podium and she (Hillary) walks in front of me. And believe me when she walks in front of me I wasn’t impressed."

is he saying he was checking out dat ass ??? wtf?

What does that mean?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CuwK10jWcAApy0M.jpg:large

so how long until some woman comes forward with a claim against obama? this is clearly what he's fishing for here, right

although lol @ Trump telling her to default on her mortgage because it's a "mini-version of what he does"

These morons genuinely do understand how anything works.

https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/786952997418962944

― GUNSHOW POOPHOLE (Phil D.), Friday, 14 October 2016 19:18 (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Pardon?

lol at trump saying telly-telly

that woman's story is so awful

really sad part to me is that she goes to friends and family about it and they pretty much tell her to continue contacting him.

I've been too busy to check in through the day, should I even guess how many more victims have emerged since 8 am

xxp yeah!

how bankrupt can you be as a person. (trump.)

i think there were two more today, but maybe 3.

#StrongerTogether taking on whole new meanings

what's mystifying to me is what people see in trump on tv. but then i've never watched him.

now Mark G has me confused

Do? Or do not?

That is the question...

https://twitter.com/hollybdc/status/787007524708941824

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/a-donald-trump-party-was-too-wild-for-even-2-live-crews-uncle-luke.html

“Isn’t this the party that came after me,” Luke begins in a video posted on Instagram. “The right wing conservative Republican party that said, ‘We don’t wanna hear no, ‘I want some…’ We don’t wanna hear no, ‘Face down…’ We don’t wanna hear no, ‘Pop that…’ I spent millions and millions of dollars dealing with this Republican party, and now your nominee is out there talking about ‘Grab her by the coochie’? Are you serious? I want all my money back.”

Phil that's the second time today I've seen an angry black pro-Trump supporter. what gives.

Man, I wish I knew.

xxp lol amazing Luke quote

so funny to me that Luke ended up weighing in on this because during the last debate I was specifically arguing about the differences between what Trump's done and what 2 Live Crew did w a friend