Vox Populi – 9-9-2016

Hey Ad! Nice article on Trump’s love affair with Putin.

KillgoreTrout

How are you tovarich?

KillgoreTrout

A good point in your article is just how spineless the republicans are being in their failure to criticize Trump.

KillgoreTrout

There’s a Moscow in Maine! A tiny little burg.

KillgoreTrout

The Russians Are Coming, The Russians are Coming!

KillgoreTrout

How about the CIC forum? What a disgusting Trump stroke fest. Lauer must be afraid of Trump.

KillgoreTrout

not one question about Trump’s attacks on a Gold Star family, or his remarks about John McCain being captured.

KillgoreTrout

I hope Lauer is not moderating any of them.

KillgoreTrout

Exactly. when Hillary was pseaking, as soon as she even began to attack Trump, Lauer shut her down and when Trump started attacking not only Hillary, but the president, Lauer just sat there and let him babble on. Steam was shooting out of my ears! I’m so sick of Trump being coddled by the media!

KillgoreTrout

good thing is, Hillary eviscerated him the next day though.

KillgoreTrout

Trump that is.

KillgoreTrout

Completely sexist. What a completely wasted opportunity for veterans and active military.

KillgoreTrout

Hey commrade!

KillgoreTrout

Commrade Murph!

KillgoreTrout

Hey sister commrade!

KillgoreTrout

Unasked questions: What about his recently removed campaign manager with big financial ties to the pro-Russian Ukrainian Party whose leader had to flee the country in a popular uprising. What about Trump’s suggestions to expand the number of nations with nuclear weapons; or his lack of knowledge about the nature of the U.S. nuclear force? What about his stated intention to permit the use of torture to get information from those apprehended in the war on terrorist groups in violation of U.S. and International Law?

MurphTheSurf3

It was a Trump stroke fest Murph. Plain and simple!

KillgoreTrout

Good evening, comrades! I say putin (that’s a spitting sound) on trump!

glenn

Patooi-in?

KillgoreTrout

Trump’s new campaign song.

KillgoreTrout

KT–as long as it’s spit! I am beginning to hate our so-called liberal media! When, oh when, is Hillary going to be able to say, when questioned about her emails, “I don’t talk about that any more.” That’s what trump has said about his birtherism! Why doesn’t Hillary get to put the emails to rest?

glenn

KillgoreTrout

Lauer ….. that is what the Trump campaign would accept. My bet Trump will only do one debate…they will not be able to control NBC’s Lester Holt, CNN’s Anderson Cooper and ABC’s Martha Raddatz, and Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace.

MurphTheSurf3

i agree glenn. She should just say that issue has been settled, let’s move on.

KillgoreTrout

LOL! Too funny Ad!

KillgoreTrout

Murph–I love the hashtag, “laueringthebar”!

glenn

Ad–great nickname!

glenn

I WAS glad to see a lot of Lauer’s peers criticize him for such a poor performance.

KillgoreTrout

KT–that’s the way she should answer.

glenn

KT–me too. You can’t send an entertainment shill to do a political reporter’s job….not that most of the political reporters are much better!

glenn

I agree Murph. He pretty much HAS to do at least one. He’s probably soiling his depends at the prospect.

KillgoreTrout

she doesn’t want to look like a victim Ad, especially a “female,” victim.

KillgoreTrout

Ad–I agree. That’s strange that she doesn’t have a strategy for those “damn emails.” Hopefully, she will have one in place during the debates.

glenn

The best Hillary answer to the e mail issue….per the Washington Post….

MurphTheSurf3

KT–actually, I don’t think trump is at all worried about the debates. No matter what happens, he will say he “won”, just like he has said about the CIC forum the other night. And, how his Mexico trip was such a success because the man who invited him got fired (or quit, I can’t remember which one).

glenn

hopefully, all the backlash against Lauer and his lousy performance, further questions about her e-mails will deminish. Then again!

KillgoreTrout

I agree Ad.

KillgoreTrout

I disagree glenn. Trump always puts on a bravado act. I think secretly he’s dreading the debates.

KillgoreTrout

KT–perhaps you’re right. But in some ways, it doesn’t matter what he’s thinking…all that matters is the nonsense he spews.

glenn

Especially since N. Korea just detonated another nuke. A big one too. Plus they’ve launched three ballistic missiles toward Japan.

KillgoreTrout

The post article hits three points….the newly revealed Powell blessing for working around a flawed State Dept. system; another set of empty Benghazi e mails and a memo from FBI Comey about a case that could not be made

MurphTheSurf3

Ad and Murph–I agree with you Ad about the WP article. Hillary needs to start shutting down this shit NOW!

glenn

Agreed glen. Hillary is not going to fall for his reality TV antics.

KillgoreTrout

If Trump can take a walk on birtherism….then Hillary can do the same on memoism.

MurphTheSurf3

Kerry just settled a deal with Russia, to conduct joint bombing of targets in Syria. in

KillgoreTrout

Memoism! I love it Murph! That’s some pretty good wordsmithing there!

KillgoreTrout

Murph–trump has taken a walk on way too many things, IMO. I still cannot believe that cowardly republicans are actually defending Putin. They have taken their Obama Derangement Syndrome way too far. Can you imagine if Hillary had praised Putin?

glenn

Trump is an adult child. A child grown old, but still a child.

KillgoreTrout

agree glenn, and the MSM has given way too many free passes.

pinkpantheroz

Hey P! How you guys doing?

KillgoreTrout

Hey PPO–how’s your Fergie doing?

glenn

The GOP defense of the Donald comes down to this….he is the only chance they have to keep two SCOTUS seats out of Clinton’s hands.

MurphTheSurf3

our Fergie is still fighting the infection, but it seems to be getting a little better. The leg swellings aren’t as big. Mobility starting to increase. Hopefully things will accellerate from now.

pinkpantheroz

That’s really it Murph. still they are obviously, once again, putting party before country. Trump is just dangerous.

KillgoreTrout

Ad…Powell…I have never been a fan since he left the Bush admin “for cause” but failed to pin it on them or to stop up to GOP nonsense as represented by Trump.

MurphTheSurf3

Murph–so repubs will allow a madman to become POTUS because they think his choices will be better than HIllary’s? Do they think they will be able to control anything trump does?

glenn

mobility is a great sign, P! Glad to hear it.

KillgoreTrout

thanks, Kt

pinkpantheroz

did I see reports that Trump appears to be drawing closer to Hillary? How Come?

pinkpantheroz

Our media P. They do everything they can to keep this a close race. They seem to care more about ratings than the future of our nation.

KillgoreTrout

PPO–glad to hear she’s getting better. Hopefully she’ll beat that infection!

glenn

PPO For Fergie

MurphTheSurf3

Ah, KT that explains it. If HRC is clearly winning, the interest will die down

pinkpantheroz

obama took shit for two years because he said, on an overseas trip, that America has made some past mistakes we’re not proud of. Two YEARS!

KillgoreTrout

Many thanks, Murph!

pinkpantheroz

exactly P. gotta grab those ratings dollars.

KillgoreTrout

PPO welcome.

MurphTheSurf3

GOP is morally bankrupt!

MurphTheSurf3

Ad–I know, I just don’t get it. I thought we were so worried about facists, with what President Obama being one and all, but the republican love for putin is just despicable! I thought we hated facists. I guess if it’s your facist, it’s okay. Or, there is always the old standby: IOIYAR.

glenn

I heard a lady say today, that the media’s treatment of Trump makes her feel like she’s screaming warnings, but no one can hear her.

KillgoreTrout

Doen’t the MSM get it that, if Trump is elected, they can’t ever say ‘Boo”, because he’ll blackball every last one of ’em, except Fox, of course.

pinkpantheroz

KT–that’s a smart lady! I do think some people are hearing her; I just don’t think the liberal media is reporting on those people.

glenn

I know how she feels though glenn. I felt just like that during the CIC forum. The bogus CIC forum.

KillgoreTrout

PPO–oh, trump will blackball the weaselly tv station (oops, I mean fox) if they piss him off enough. Of course, then the media can complain that he hasn’t held a press conference in ….days!

glenn

Great point Murph. I think that’s another reason they tread lightly around him.

KillgoreTrout

There are rumours that Trump is planning to start his own “news,” network if he loses.

KillgoreTrout

glenn, which ‘liberal’ media are we talking about? the Fundamentalist Religious liberals, the Murdoch liberals?

pinkpantheroz

kT TRUMP=AILES=BREITBART

MurphTheSurf3

Ad, I hope Bondi is Beached pretty soon, and Trump indicted

pinkpantheroz

Exactly Murph!

KillgoreTrout

BRB

pinkpantheroz

I sure hope you’re right Ad.

KillgoreTrout

Ad–I agree with what you’re saying. When will the liberal media start pointing that out? I also think that the Democratic Party and any Democrat in Congress should be finding a microphone at every opportunity and calling out trump for all his lies, all his unpatriotic statements, and should be calling for an investigation into the trump foundation. Every democrat, every day should be shouting these things from whatever podium, medium, and/or microphone they can. This shit of the republicans controlling the narrative has gone on long enough!

glenn

ad, surely they must realize that if the damage is severe enough, it will effect them too, and not in a good way.

KillgoreTrout

AD….I HOPE YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT THE DEBATE…given the recent polling both national and by state….the fickle low info easily impressed voter at work

MurphTheSurf3

Glenn…I am with you Trump must be taken down by any means necessary.

MurphTheSurf3

PPO–the liberal media that the republicans talk about all the time. It must be true, if republicans say it is, right?

glenn

Murph–and Bondi and the AG in Texas should be taken down with him.

glenn

Ad–I so hope you’re right. And I hope Hillary NEVER smiles during the debates, except to mock trump!

glenn

I just have to say, I’ve been pretty impressed with Hillary lately. She is absolutely presidential. I just hope she doesn’t go overboard in her fight against ISIS!

KillgoreTrout

Trump astounds me. He is juggling a half dozen outrageous lies – all of which are easily deflated…but it fails to impress those who lean his way.

MurphTheSurf3

KT–I agree. As I mentioned above in my post to Ad about her smiling, I think she had the perfect response to the preibus tweet. “That’s what presidents are supposed to look like.”

glenn

glenn, Hillary was criticized for not smiling during the CIC forum. Isn’t thaat so typical of a misogynist world. Oh she a female, so she should be smiling and pleasant.

KillgoreTrout

Murph–it’s not so much trump who astounds me as the people who support him. I just don’t get it!

glenn

exactly. One of the things that made W look so insincere was that he get this goofy smile, or grin when talking about very serious matters.

KillgoreTrout

Ad….hope you are correct. With your ok, I would like to use your image and post re. Putin and Trump (with credit of course) to drive that particular crap home.

MurphTheSurf3

KT–yup, and my response as a female is fuck you and the horse you rode in on if you don’t like my facial expressions. Have you noticed trump’s expressions? When does he smile?

glenn

That’s why I love ya glenn!

KillgoreTrout

Thanks, KT!

glenn

Hillary is killing him with the TV ads though Ad. They’re pretty devastating.

KillgoreTrout

KT but ads or no, the polls are closing

MurphTheSurf3

Thanks to the MSM. I don’t think that’s going to last for much longer.

KillgoreTrout

Has anyone seen the documentary CNN did on trump? Any thoughts on that? The only good thing I heard about it is that trump hated it.

glenn

Oh….AD….Where does the image come from?

MurphTheSurf3

It really is a great graphic!

KillgoreTrout

Sorry folks, gotta go. the memsahib is feeling very seedy today. Gotta take care of her.

pinkpantheroz

A picture being worth a thousand words, and all.

KillgoreTrout

Glenn..I saw both documentaries…..both impressed me….I was more for Hillary after, and more against Trump after.

MurphTheSurf3

G’night PPO–take care of your Fergie. Hope she continues to improve.

glenn

Wish her well for me P. Take care of both of you!

KillgoreTrout

Bye PPO best to your dear one.

MurphTheSurf3

Murph–you refer to both documentaries. Both on trump? Or one on Hillary and one on trump?

glenn

not me. It really depends a lot on the moderation ad.

KillgoreTrout

Ad–You win the question of the night with that one! The only way trump will beat Hillary in the debates is when trump declares himself the winner the next day on twitter.

glenn

Wonkette! I need to take a look.

MurphTheSurf3

Glenn…the one on her, the one on him.

MurphTheSurf3

Ad….that I got and will credit. And Link.

MurphTheSurf3

Murph–I have a terrible attention span lately, (which means I can’t pay attention to these things too long), but I guess I’m going to have to watch them on line when I can.

glenn

oh, I agree, I just don’t trust the moderators to be tough on him. Hillary will win, but many will say Trump did. I bet on it.

KillgoreTrout

I just googled Putin and baby Trump, and clicked on the image header. There it was.

KillgoreTrout

And now that it looks like LIbertarians will not be on the stage…it will be just Trump and Clinton

MurphTheSurf3

A leppo?

KillgoreTrout

Ad–trump has no control of facts, because he doesn’t use facts. He only uses what his brain tells him, which is attack Hillary and President Obama. I wonder if anyone has ever told him that he’s not running against President Obama?

glenn

You betcha!

MurphTheSurf3

i guess Gary doesn’t follow current events much!

KillgoreTrout

Gary was gobsmacked!

MurphTheSurf3

Ad–he’s already proven he can’t conduct himself in a presidential way during the CIC forum, but that hasn’t stopped his supporters from saying he “won.”

glenn

glenn, in Trump’s mind, Hillary and Obama are one and the same. They’re interchangeable.

KillgoreTrout

Glenn…yeppers.

MurphTheSurf3

KT–well, that explains a lot.

glenn

so was the interviewer, Murph!

KillgoreTrout

i hope she eviscerates him.

KillgoreTrout

A verbal disembowling, if you will!

KillgoreTrout

KT–I hope he starts bleeding from his whatever…and that it’s visible bleeding!

glenn

Question! Is rump going to be forced to face up to his birther legacy?

MurphTheSurf3

LOL glenn. Poetic justice!

KillgoreTrout

Murph–much as I dislike Chris Matthews, seems that he is trying to hold trump and his supporters “accountable” for that.

glenn

johnson thought he was being asked about a popular canned dog food!

KillgoreTrout

Ad..he thought it was an acronym.

MurphTheSurf3

Especially an Italian one!

KillgoreTrout

Wasn’t Al Leppo one of the Marx Brothers?

KillgoreTrout

Ad and Murph–you know, in Johnson’s defense, aren’t libertarians opposed to foreign interventions, wars, etc. So, I really don’t think foreign affairs are his strong suit.

glenn

Grouch, Chico, Harpo and Leppo?

KillgoreTrout

But it really was funny watching the panelists reaction?

glenn

hilarious glenn!

KillgoreTrout

I think Gary may have had an “herbal suppliment,” before the interview!

KillgoreTrout

thanks ad.

KillgoreTrout

Ad–what really matters is that enough people vote against trump and that he loses in a landslide!

glenn

KT–perhaps one too many herbal supplements?

glenn

I like the ND events….Obama to the rescue.

MurphTheSurf3

Possibly!

KillgoreTrout

Murph–as usual POTUS to the rescue. I am going to miss that man in the Oval Office!

glenn

Fantastic decision Murph! Frickin great!

KillgoreTrout

Glenn….me too…very much so.

MurphTheSurf3

Ad–I know it’s not a good excuse, just saying it’s probably why he didn’t know it immediately.

glenn

Gary is going to start his own party. The NORMAL party.

KillgoreTrout

Ad–and I bet if you asked trump the same question, he wouldn’t know it, either.

glenn

Now that’s a Tea Party!

KillgoreTrout

i bet your right glenn. Well after the Johnson flap, he probably knows it now. Ooo Johnson flap sounded a bit dirty!

KillgoreTrout

Ad–I love the idea of taco trucks as voter registration centers! It’s really catching on, I think. I read an article today that trump has only about 11-12% support from Latinos–even lower than Johnson’s Latino support! Love it!

glenn

Lawrence O’Donnell Great Line….Trump never has to say one true thing to his audiences, not one true thing.

MurphTheSurf3

i’m amazed there is that much Latino support for Trump. Sad!

KillgoreTrout

Exactly Murph.

KillgoreTrout

KT….what Latino support are you addressing?

MurphTheSurf3

KT–“Johnson flap” sounds a bit anti-Semitic to me!

glenn

Trump supporters, the 12%,supposedly!

KillgoreTrout

LOL! Good one glenn!

KillgoreTrout

12 percent..got it…The 3 percent black shock me as well.

MurphTheSurf3

KT–

glenn

Funny Ad. I have a secret plan to defeat Leppo! My first hour in office.

KillgoreTrout

I think among black voters it’s really only 1%.

KillgoreTrout

KT–damn, if trump ever gets near the Oval Office, that first hour is going to be jam-packed with “policy”.

glenn

I wonder if Trump is getting pissed at Pence….response to the intelligence briefing perfectly appropriate, releasing 10 years of tax info, and his full medical report.

MurphTheSurf3

Hey, voters gotta eat!

KillgoreTrout

it’ll be AMAZING glenn, like nothing you’ve ever seen before, simply fabulous! Baleeeve me!

KillgoreTrout

Ad–but the only one who is going to tell trump he’s lying is Hillary. Apparently the moderators are not going to “fact check” trump.

glenn

KT–I believe you, bro!

glenn

KillgoreTrout

Oh man, o leopard shit all over the place!

KillgoreTrout

Ad–will that be carpet bombing, drone bombing, or dirty bombing? And will Mexico pay for it?

glenn

kinda like the bible!

KillgoreTrout

That whole 6,000 year thingy!

KillgoreTrout

Ad–but if trump did apologize, it would be the best apology, using the best words, dontcha know?

glenn

Smear some jelly on Pence…he’s toast!

KillgoreTrout

KT–good one! But a not very appealing visual!

glenn

Eeeew!

KillgoreTrout

sorry!

KillgoreTrout

KT

MurphTheSurf3

LOL Murph. Is that an image of Pence, burned into the toast, under the jelly?

KillgoreTrout

Could be.

MurphTheSurf3

it’s a miricle I tells ya!

KillgoreTrout

ad, I agree with Murph. There may be only one debate. I mean, Trump HAS to do at least one, or he’ll look like a real chicken shit.

KillgoreTrout

Hey, a Wall with rooms!

KillgoreTrout

Trump was on a radio talk show yesterday…a conservative one…usual BS…but the interviewer was not having it…the third time Trump said “Believe Me” the host said….”I will only believe you if you convince me and that takes facts, figures and specific plans.” The interview ended shortly thereafter.

MurphTheSurf3

on a conservative show? Wow! Maybe there’s hope after all.

KillgoreTrout

Friday Night Rally Trump: “With Iran, when they circle our beautiful destroyers with their little boats and they make gestures at our people that they shouldn’t be allowed to make, they will be shot out of the water,” Trump said.

MurphTheSurf3

He’s a real commrade! A regular tovarich!

KillgoreTrout

More Friday Night Trump: Trump said Clinton avoiding prosecution over her email scandal was her single greatest accomplishment, and added that she could kill somebody at the rally and get away with it. “Because she’s being so protected, she could walk into this arena right now and shoot someone with 20,000 people watching, right smack in the middle of the heart, and she wouldn’t be prosecuted,” Trump said. “That’s what’s happened to our country.” The comments brought to mind a statement Trump made in the GOP primary, when he said he could kill people and not lose the favor of his supporters. “I have the most loyal people, did you ever see that? I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot people and I wouldn’t lose voters,” he said in Iowa in January.

MurphTheSurf3

I heard that Murph. Trump is not just a joke, he’s actually dangerous, on a global scale.

KillgoreTrout

His madness has become the acceptable background noise in this campaign. His recklessness and inanity is no longer news.

MurphTheSurf3

Ad….I heard the report on POTUS SIrius radio but missed the station and interviewer. Hoping to find it.

MurphTheSurf3

Ad….Trump is detested by many on the real right.

MurphTheSurf3

Well, gang, got to go. This has been fun.

MurphTheSurf3

Murph–more projection from trump. As you say, trump has already said he could shoot someone, so why wouldn’t his tiny little brain think that Hillary thinks the same way he does? Did he really say that? What is wrong with that man? Or more specifically, what is wrong with the people who support him? What is wrong with repubs that they think it’s okay that their candidate for president says things like that?

glenn

G’night Murph. Have a good one!

glenn

Glenn…the quote is from tonight’s rally….hot off the presses.

MurphTheSurf3

Unfu**ingbelievable!

glenn

I just wish I trust the electorate more….

MurphTheSurf3

And as the witching hour approaches here on the East Coast, this witch is calling it a night! I’m taking my broom out of here! G’night gentlemen!

glenn

Glenn….you have Monkeys and are not afraid to use them?!

MurphTheSurf3

Murph–damn straight!

glenn

Glenn….

MurphTheSurf3

I too trust the electorate Murph, Take it easy.

KillgoreTrout

Thanks, Murph! That made my night!

glenn

Later glenn.

KillgoreTrout

Welcome, Glenn.

MurphTheSurf3

I am not as creative as Funk, but I can google quick.

MurphTheSurf3

HItler youth, only they’re old enough to know better ad.

KillgoreTrout

I guess I will have to rest my hope in the faith that Ad, KT have.

MurphTheSurf3

Ok..really gone now…..

MurphTheSurf3

KillgoreTrout

The Trump Youth!

KillgoreTrout

That’s about it!

KillgoreTrout

That’s a scary scene from the film Cabaret!

KillgoreTrout

There are simply too many paralells between some of the things TRump says, that are completey in line with things he surely read in Mein Kampf! Seriously. I can’t think of an example right now, but i’ve noticed several, in the past. His whole attitude toward foreign affairs for example.

KillgoreTrout

I agree. He’s ultimately just a bit too fanatical for reasonable, thinking people.

KillgoreTrout

yeah, that supposed to be true. Probably one of the few he’s ever read.. That’s makes it even scarier.

KillgoreTrout

There you go!

KillgoreTrout

i would say Machiavelli too, but that’s probably a little too dense for Trump!

KillgoreTrout

His admiration for “strong leaders,” is quite telling.

KillgoreTrout

i know that Roy Coen taught Trump well.

KillgoreTrout

coen, among other evils, was a mafia defense lawyer.

KillgoreTrout

He was more Trump’s tutor.

KillgoreTrout

cohn, not Coen. I must have been thing of the filmaker brothers.

KillgoreTrout

oh yeah, He and Tail Gunner Joe were thick as thieves.

KillgoreTrout

mine too. I love their films. Unique.

KillgoreTrout

Haven’t seen Hail Ceasar yet. I hear it’s good.

KillgoreTrout

Only “the best,” people, Ad. Baleeeve me!

KillgoreTrout

i need to check out this weekend.

KillgoreTrout

they have my undying loyalty, just for Oh Brother and The Big Lebowski…and blood Simple, of course.

KillgoreTrout

oh yeah, it’s tough to pick just one. Like Lay’s potato chips.

KillgoreTrout

That has got to be, in my opinion, one of the funniest movies ever made. The sheer brilliant sarcasm and give a shit attitude is priceless. not to mention Walter Sobchak!

KillgoreTrout

Burn After Reading was another good one, I thought.

KillgoreTrout

another good one. I think of that often when Trump says anything. Shut the fuck up Donny!

KillgoreTrout

I love Clooney in comedic roles. Another sleeper was one about a divorce lawyer, I can’t think of the name of it. Clooney was the lawyer.

KillgoreTrout

Poor Donny!

KillgoreTrout

Oh yeah, he does.

KillgoreTrout

LOL! I’m a Dapper Dan man!

KillgoreTrout

i loved the mayor scene towards the end…”I’m gonna make you boys my brain trust! LOLOLOLOL!

KillgoreTrout

Too funny.

KillgoreTrout

He got run out of town on a rail!

KillgoreTrout

That’s what we should do to Trump!

KillgoreTrout

Man of Constant Sorrow!

KillgoreTrout

We need to R un offt!

KillgoreTrout

Pappy O’Daniel Flower Hour!

KillgoreTrout

i winged the census man…..there’s a good boy!

KillgoreTrout

yes sir, were all colored.

KillgoreTrout

do do Old Timey?

KillgoreTrout

Oh, the siren scene was hilarious! I SEEN EM FIRST!

KillgoreTrout

I hadn’t realised it until now, but there are almost as many quotable lines in Oh Brother as there are in The Big Lebowski!

KillgoreTrout

Funny lines too.

KillgoreTrout

Well, gotta call in a night. Getting pretty late here in the big O!

KillgoreTrout

See ya tomorrow.

KillgoreTrout