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Germany was having trouble What a sad, sad story Needed a new leader to restore Its former glory Where, oh, where was he? Where could that man be? We looked around and then we found The man for you and me And now it's... Springtime for Hitler and Germany from The Producers I think Trump has a script.
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Germany was having trouble What a sad, sad story Needed a new leader to restore Its former glory Where, oh, where was he? Where could that man be? We looked around and then we found The man for you and me And now it's... Springtime for Hitler and Germany from The Producers I think Trump has a script.  Sounds about right.
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
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Now, in the world of VOTING AGAINST YOUR INTERESTS: The whole thing made me angry. Here in Northern California, I feel like I’m a unicorn: I’m a gay Hispanic who’s a Republican. It was much harder to come out as a Trump supporter than it was to come out as gay — the minute you say you’re for Trump, everyone comes at you — but this has pushed me out of the closet about it completely. What in the hell is he thinking? Maybe he just isn't... WaPo
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Donald Trump Has No Platform. Paul Ryan Isn’t Helping.HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN spent the past week announcing policy plans designed to fill the void left by the party’s presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, who has virtually no detailed policy proposals save for outrageous propositions like building a giant wall on the U.S.-Mexico border at no cost to the U.S. taxpayer.
But Ryan’s plans are themselves little more than platitudes and proverbs, offering few actionable policies.
Take the poverty plan. It states that we should “expect work-capable adults to work or prepare for work in exchange for welfare benefits,” something that’s already required under the 1996 welfare reform law.
Under “Policy Recommendations,” Ryan calls on Congress to use the next authorization of the nation’s welfare programs “to strengthen the focus on work and work preparation by requiring states to engage more recipients in activities that will help them advance up the economic ladder.”
What exactly that means is anyone’s guess. Does he mean more job training, a temporary public works program, government-backed internships? If Ryan is proposing to toughen work requirements or the sanctions against people who fail to meet them, why doesn’t he explain that in any detail? Who will it apply to, how will states implement it, and what is the timeline for that implementation? What’s the proposed budgetary impact?
“The language is incredibly vague, it’s full of mantras and platitudes and old Republican talking points,” Rebecca Vallas, a poverty expert at the Center for American Progress, told The Intercept. “At points he acknowledges problems that exist — the importance of child care in terms of removing barriers to employment for parents who have children — … and then he has no solutions for it.” "... and like Pharaoh's tribe, they'll be drownded in the tide, and like Goliath they'll be conquered" - Bob Dylan
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"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
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A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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Ever wonder where the T-Baggers went? They became Trump supporters. Speaking of T-Baggers, both looney pants Nevada T-Bagger ladies Sharron Angle and Michele Fiore lost their re-election primaries. Sad face.
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Lastest poll, Drumpf's unfavorables at record highs: 73 percent of moderates 77 percent of women 89 percent of Hispanics 88 percent of nonwhites 75 percent of voters under 40 59 percent of whites 71 percent of white college graduates 67 percent of white women 52 percent of white men 53 percent of non-college whites CNN.com
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Massacre numbers. We may be seeing the end of the Republican Party. It will certainly be different for a very long time if a Democrat gets to pick Supreme Court justices for a while. Possibly for the rest of my life.
I can see a coalition of Moderates (formerly moderate Republicans) that vote with the Democrats (as long as they don't run anybody too crazy left.) Then the Trump-Tea Party could spin it's wheels with 25% of the votes. Their slogan could be: "You kids get off my lawn!" (because they are all old straight white guys)
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He's even losing in his main demographic: non college educated whites. They should add the category "morons of all stripes". Probably lose even there 
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
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For all intents and purposes, this election is over.
Which isn't to say that there's no excitement left in it. There's a fair chance that John McCain will lose his seat to a Democrat due to the Trump Factor and we may well see the Senate flip along with a few seats in the House. That's pretty heady stuff. Also, Orlando wasn't good for Republicans as it further highlighted their lack of support for the LGBTQ community. The way things are heading, the only chance trump has to avoid a massive landslide is that Democratic voters might pay too much attention to the polls, which will likely convince many that a Democratic win is in the bag and they don't need to get off their asses to vote. Even that is likely to be offset by Republicans who just can't be bothered to vote for an asshat like Trump.
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