282 thoughts on “Clever title for tonight’s debate thread

  1. At 4:45 PM PST as I watch live images of Trump presiding at a seminar of women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual stuff, I think we're in some strange new universe where force does not equal mass times acceleration.

  2. OK, serious question for you all that smokey and I have been pondering: What could Trump say (not do, but say) that would cause him to lose a majority of his supporters? And by supporters, I mean the people who voted for him in the primaries. Not sitting or retired Congress critters, etc. The Average Joe-Trumpster-Fire.

    It wouldn't matter if he denigrated any racial, ethnic, or religious minority. He's already done that. Most of his followers would agree with him if he called every n—–, sp–, ki–, etc. It wouldn't matter.

    So we came up a theory: Either he has to promise, upon election, to give the eastern half of the country to the Russians and the western half to the Chinese and tell everyone they will be their slaves, "the best slaves," or, he has to announce he will outlaw ranch dressing. Thoughts?

    I'm quite serious. I've been drinking thinking about this for hours and I can't come up with anything else.

        1. If we're talking closet MRA cases like Scott Adams here, who still thinks Trump has a 98% chance of winning, that's a tall order. Trump would have to say he's undergoing gender reassignment surgery to understand things from the other side, and take a vow of poverty.

    1. Maybe you're just not drinking enough and/or eating enough mushrooms. Don't blame Trump for the limitations of your imagination!

    2. Tell them that for his mass deportation scheme to work, all American Citizens will have to be issued a Federal I.D. They'll be asked for this every time they interact with any level of Government: Police stops, voting, benefits, licences, firearms purchases. It'll be a smart, programmable chip card, with all the data that proves Joe & Jane Trump Supporter are American Citizens – SS#, fingerprints, address, employment history, etc. Like a TWIC card. They'll have to have it on their person all the time, or have ready access to it. Police at traffic stops and checkpoints will essentially be asking for "your papers, please."

      Because – logistically – that is the only way it could possibly work. "Undocumented" people can have drivers licences, union cards, student id's but they can't get this. American Citizens will need to prove they are American Citizens. all the time. Trump is suggesting a radically different society than anything the US has ever seen.

      Can you imagine the outrage on these chubby white fuckers if they knew this was in store? They're perfectly happy if the inconvenience and the loss of rights and the hammer of the Law comes down on Those People, but, not Them.
      Right Wing paranoia about Federal I.D's has been irrationally off the charts for as long as I can remember. Usually during Democratic administrations, though.

      1. Oooh, that's really very good. That could do it. I forgot to mention, one of the other ideas was giving the southwest back to Mexico, but I decided that people from Ohio, Indiana, etc. would still vote for him and probably most of the Hispanic people of those states would be for that, also, too.

  3. I can't believe that we're starting off an interview for the most important and consequential position in human history with a question about unwanted groping. It's like some disgusting French Absurdist play.

  4. You started the clapping, Trumpsters!

    I saw on the twitters, after many Rethugs grasped their pearls and said, "I have daughters and a wife!1!!!11!" they'd finally had enough. Someone wrote something like, Do none of you know any Muslims? Any immigrants?

  5. I can hear the tone of his voice from downstairs, but not the words. What's the over/under on when he blows his cool?

  6. Michael Cohen ‏@speechboy71

    This is a full and complete meltdown for Trump. Also a complete degradation of our political system

    78 retweets 97 likes

    Yeah, pretty much.

  7. Wow, the woman who wrote Bird by Bird? One of the most patient people on planet? This is basically like Buddha and Jesus saying, "Dude, you got issues."

  8. Wonkette's beloved Snippy on Twitter:
    snipy ‏@snipy 11s12 seconds ago
    trump getting in her personal space is creepy even for trump

  9. Most people pissing and moaning about the ACA's increased premiums had and have no idea that their bullshit "coverage" would never have actually covered anything had they gone to the doctor or the hospital.

    1. The ACA *is* the free-market compromise! Obama couldn't do single payer because the entire health care industry in the US would have collapsed. More people should know this, but, FOX News.

  10. Oh that's rich. "They have to come in and report the problems when they see them." lololol. That's worth a week's worth of mockery.

  11. I think I see his problem. He's a mouth-breather whose voice coach told to breathe through his nose. How do you mic a guy like3 that?

  12. Ya know, I think I figured what Drumpf could say that would turn his supporters off: "I promise I will root out, arrest, and disarm all white militias from Maine to Washington, from Arizona to Florida, from West Virginie to Virginie, from Tennessee to Kentucky, from Ohio to Ohio…"

    1. I will issue an executive order to dismantle the 2nd amendment, and appoint Supreme Court justices towards that end.

      1. I forgot to mention the Carolinas, Mississippi, Alabama, Louiisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Wyoming, Montana, etc. Sorry, but sometimes people don't listen unless you mention their state by name.

  13. Apologies to Alfred, but I flash on the beginning of the old TV show when T. paces slowly back and forth.
    [ noted that Hitch was creepy with women also ]

  14. How is it that people don't recognize what a used car salesman bullshit artist this guy is. There is literally no substance behind any of his claims. Nothing. Zero. Nada.

  15. "She talks about health care, why doesn't she do anything about it?"

    SHE'S BEEN DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT FOR 25 PLUS YEARS MOTHER FUCKER

  16. Wat? He's saying that because Ghadaffi is gone and Libya is not a stable nation, Hillary is Baaaad?

    Also, WTF, he said that she was sneaking into the White House and secretly advising Obama?

  17. Trump, Patton would not be rolling in his grave. He fought in WWI and saw what stalemate led to, which is why he tore through Europe w/o stopping in WWII

  18. my ass!

    (slang, vulgar) Indicates disapproval, disagreement, or disbelief, often with a tone of disregard, disdain, or disgust.

  19. It's amusing how when he's talking she shrewdly sits where the cameras can show her patiently listening. when she's talking he paces, which looks juvenile and pugilistic and also distracting.

    1. Hmm, you've got at least one, probably two, possibly three up on me.

      What's the third thing, you ask? Well, have you been arrested yet? Have I? We shall see!

  20. This concludes this clusterfuck, please join us for the next clusterfuck, which will just be a screening of "Idiocracy."

    1. “A minute later, Three White Cartoon Clowns chopped off each other's limbs to the accompaniment of immense incoming tides of laughter. Two minutes more and the room whipped out of town to the jet cars wildly circling an arena, bashing and backing up and bashing each other again. Montag saw a number of bodies fly in the air. "Millie, did you see that?" "I saw it, I saw it!"

  21. I think Trump came off as particularly deranged tonight, pacing the stage, shouting and absolutely incoherent during a foreign policy question. Any Media pundit who thinks otherwise is a total wanker.

  22. Twitter:
    e. spivey ‏@spivey_e Oct 7
    I think we can all agree that we've all done and said very immature things when we were 59.

  23. Twitter:
    Gabrielle Giffords ‏@GabbyGiffords 18m18 minutes ago
    Speaking is difficult for me. But come January, I want to say these two words: “Madam President.” #debate

  24. This is where grading on a curve is coming into effect. "He was absolutely terrible, but he didn't physically assault her, so I thought he did a good job."

  25. Via BJ – Apparently Ari Fleischer (!) said this on Twitter:

    Winning candidates don’t threaten to put opponents in jail. Presidents don’t threaten prosecution of individuals. Trump is wrong on this.

  26. Twitter:
    Sally KohnVerified account
    ‏@sallykohn
    Are we seriously having a debate in St. Louis without a SINGLE QUESTION about racial bias, policing and #BlackLivesMatter?!?!?!?

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