Vox Populi – 7-22-2016

Vox Populi, our weekly live chat begins tonight at 7:00pm PDT. Hope to see you then!

AdLib 4 hours ago

Howdy!

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Hey glenn! Yep, it’s fine. I knew Warren wouldn’t be picked and Hillary was just making a gesture to Bernie supporters.

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S-Man – Nice to see you! Yep, had everything but goosestepping…but I might have missed that.

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S-Man – I checked out reviews in the papers right afterwards and it confirmed that most saw it as we did, as a prelude to burning down the Reichstag…er…SCOTUS.

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All hail Lord Trump! He can wave his hand and solve all problems! Bow down to your master!

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S-Man – Chris Matthews was snuggling up to Manafort and other Repubs about how great the night was for Repubs. Nauseating.

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S-Man – Yes, she’s not a second banana and Warren would outshine Hillary as VP. Not a natural fit and she can indeed accomplish much more in a Dem controlled Senate.

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glenn – Trump only promised to protect LGBTQs from foreign extremists…not domestic ones in the GOP.

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Hey Kes! Heh, it will take a few tire fires to improve the odor that the RNC left in OH.

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It’s been 115 here in LA, 111 today which we call “cool”.

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S-Man – I actually saw Trump’s speech broadly condemned on tv and elswhere, only the RW outlets complimented it for the most part. And now the DNC comes (to your town) with a chance to be positive against that backdrop of darkness and hatred. Hillary will get a real bounce, I doubt Trump will.

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Kes – Can you believe what a 1-2 punch it was to the GOP yesterday? Trump takes over their party and Ailes is removed from promoting it. A good day for democracy.

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Not thrilled by the Kaine pick but not a big enough deal to be too bothered by it. I knew Hillary would pick a conservative Dem most likely, that’s more in keeping with her sensibilities. But compared to Trump?

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S-Man, yes, saw the quote from Kasparov. Pretty funny!

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Kes – Kaine’s going to be irrelevant especially if the Dems retake The Senate. So if he helps her win VA, fine. He will not however be in line as a strong candidate for Pres.

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Kes – Kaine doesn’t appeal to Bernie supporters for the most part but hard to see many, other than the hysterical purists, being that bothered by it. And as you say, some Repubs may feel better about voting for the Dem ticket. Not bad, not great, it’s okay.

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S-Man – Same here. I have heard of some Bernie supporters who swear they’ll never vote for Hillary and will vote Jill Stein though but such a small percentage, it will prove moot.

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glenn – Those Bernie supporters howling about Kaine are just throwing childish tantrums. After watching Trump’s speech, any voter whoo won’t vote for Hillary to keep Trump out is too much of a self-centered purist.

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Hey PPO!

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What’s up KT?

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glenn – Kaine would be VP, what can he do to impact abortion? Nothing. Main thing is defeating Trump and Kaine doesn’t represent any compromises on principles. He will be a throwback to ornamental VPs, apparently a nice and kind of bland guy. Not a big deal.

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PPO – My prediction is that Trump will not get much of a bump from the convention. It was a disaster, another bankruptcy for Trump.

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glenn – Stein seems like a good and solid person and candidate. But this election is about either stopping or allowing Trump to become President, not an election where one has the luxury to make a statement with their vote.

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Found a publicity pic of Trump Jr:

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PPO – Yep, we’ve been spoiled having Obama as Pres and Joe as VP. They can’t be emulated by Hillary and Kaine, just replaced.

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glenn – I think it will be an electoral blowout for Hillary. She’ll likely win PA, FL and now VA, maybe OH too. That would mean a crushing of Trump.

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Separated at birth? You decide!

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Seeya, S-Man! Have a great weekend!

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Kes – Yep, the skills of a tv show host, the insincere and over the top, “I love ya!”.

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I’m convinced Rudy was slipped a crystal meth latte before his speech. Video of that is now linked to the definition of “Wild-Eyed Lunatic” in Merriam Webster’s online dictionary.

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Kes – I’d guess that pretty much all of Trump’s supporters are tribal in their thinking, Trump is the leader of their tribe against their enemies and they will follow him off a cliff no matter what he says…like the lemmings they are. You can’t change the minds of people who don’t use them.

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PPO – I think the dynamics of the race are pretty cemented so all the Hillary attacks will fail. This is a referendum on Trump becoming President now and the hatred aimed at Hillary will only poison more voters against the hateful Trump. It won’t work now.

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Kes – I don’t think so, Trump has already promised his drones that he’ll make them wealthy once he becomes president. Such morons who would follow and believe him won’t be affected by practical suggestioons of raising the min wage to $15.

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glenn – Completely agree with you, the DNC should be positive, realistic and empathetic. People should feel that their troubles are recoognized and that Dems have real plans to help them. They should be more dismissive and ridiculing of Trump and the GOP, not angry at all.

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Kes – Trump followers are likely using money they can’t afford to throw away on lottery tickets honestly thinking that this time, they might win millions. Desperate and ignorant, the perfect Trump demographic.

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glenn – How pathetic is that? Ivanka using the RNC as a commercial for her “line”? She is a polished con woman like her dad but a bit ridiculous for her to prove it so quickly.

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Kes – Well, how about saying that he may not help defend NATOO members who are attacked if they’re not up to date on their contributions to NATO? Basically telling Putin, “Go on, invade whoever you want!” Just to extort money out of “allies”? It goes beyond cheap to psychotic over money.

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Kes –

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glenn – Imported? How funny!!! And she was the one lying bald faced about how Trump wants to force companies to manufacture in the US!

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glenn – I don’t think there’s any issue with campaign rules on self-promoting, that’s why most of the douches that ran in the GOP primary ran, to promote their books and Fox News shows.

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Kes – Yes! “It would be too bad if Russia invaded your country. Now where’s my $10 mil?”

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glenn – Easy, you elect Trump as President. That alone will force companies to manufacture in the US again, end crime and terrorism and stop ISIS quickly.

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KT – Trump got a bargain on the best one syllable words, he was too cheap to buy any three syllable ones…like “principles”.

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Kes – That’s it!

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And how about the 8 year old practice of giving insulting nicknames to his opponents and neither his supporters or the media calls him out oon that as infantile and beneath the dignity of a candidate for President?

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Night Kes! We should have a very good week ahead!

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And Pence standing beside Trump today looked like a hostage, like Christie did. So funny how Trump’s presence alone diminishes the people around him.

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PPO – Yes, was planning on having a live chat during Hillary’s speech. Wasn’t sure too many would be watching Donald’s so I didn’t set it up for his speech.

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Trump does suck indeed, PPO!

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And consider how the rest of the world is shaken by what they’re seeing!

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I do think that as we get closer too election day and people begin to really consider the rampant destruction to our country and the world that Trump would commit as President, more and more will vote for Hillary. I am predicting a lanslide electorally for Hillary.

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I think she’ll win the rust belt states, VA and maybe even NC along with FL, adding to the blue leaning states. Trump will be squashed flat. His act will only get more stale after 3 months more of it.

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And can anyone wait until the debates???

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Trump is a fool, he won the GOP debates by just flinging insults which in the GOP, is how you win debates. He’ll bring that ignorance to a GE debate with Hillary and crash and burn despite his overconfidence. Can’t wait!

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glenn – I think Trump’s ego won’t allow for him to be called a coward by Hillary which should be her response if he refuses to debate her. He’ll debate at least once…then he can be called a coward after refusing to debate if he goes that route.

AdLib 2 hours ago

So in a debate, Trump will need to wear his DePence?

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Hey Murph!

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KT – Yep, I’ll bet that will be his game plan. Calling her “Crooked Hillary” and other names, trying to replicate the childish insulting that he used to win GOP debates and trying to recite lies and fabrications aboout her so plentiful, she would have to spend the whole debate defending herself from the lies. I think she’ll be well prepared to parry those insults and accusations and cut him down at the knees. She is a strong debater and he is just a 5 year old bully.

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Murph – Showers doesn’t get that kind of filth ooff, you have to remove the whole top layer of skin.

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glenn – Trump yelled through almost all of the speech, like a red-faced snapping turtle. I think he lost any hope of ever looking Presidential, he looks like a spoiled brat who never grew up mentally.

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Murph – Yes, mentioned it above, Pence looked as much as a hostage of Trump’s as Christie has. It’s The Trump Effect, it diminishes anyone foolish enough to stand near him on a stage. And Pence has a lot more humiliation coming his way…thank goodness!

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glenn – “The Commission on Presidential Debates announced on Sept. 23, 2015, the schedule for three 2016 presidential debates and one vice presidential. The current schedule is: First presidential debate: Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. The first debate will consist of six 15-minute segments selected by the moderator and announced ahead of the debate. Vice presidential debate: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, at Longwood University in Farmville, Va. The vice presidential debate will be divided into nine 10-minute segments. Second presidential debate: Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, at Washington University in St. Louis The second presidential debate will be a town meeting, where half of the questions will come from participants and the other from the moderator. The moderator’s questions will be based on public interest topics determined via social media and other sources. Third presidential debate: Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas The third presidential debate will have the same format as the first, with six 15-minute segments.”

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Seeya PPO!!!

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KT – Very funny!

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Murph – Pence needs to call a SWAT team to rescue him from Trump’s ticket!

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I just hope the DNC can get Erin Moran from Happy Days to speak at their convention!

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Pence won’t necessarily help in IN on top of everything else! He could have been beaten if he ran for re-election!

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Murph – Not a big deal. Kaine will be an ornamental VP basically, wish she had picked someone who wasn’t as conservative but she wanted someone more in line with her. But if she abandons the promises to fight for Progressive issues, she’s not going to get re-elected.

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Murph – They’re not out of the woods yet, is the Repub replacing him in the run for Gov going to support the same things he did?

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KT – Hillary has no intentioon of handing the Presidency over, just a line she used. She wanted a safe pick, someone who wouldn’t be a lightning rod and could help mellow out the ticket. And was in the same political space as her, a conservative Dem. Not an issue though as long as they respect their promises to Progressives.

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Hillary’s strategy is to help pick off moderate Repubs who are appalled by Trump. Kaine helps with that strategy and helps her keep a lead in VA which could make a real difference electorally, limiting Trump’s path to a very narrow and unlikely one.

AdLib an hour ago

Right, my suggestion is that it really isn’t a thought that would cross her mind, picking a VP based on who would step in if something happened to her. She had to juggle a few things. Bringing on Warren or Sherrod would allow Repub Govs too replace them in The Senate with Repubs so she needed a VP who wouldn’t harm the Dems winning back The Senate. She wanted someone who wouldn’t bring a lot oof attacks since she’s bringing enough as it is, someone who would help her win a swing state and someone conservative enough to help her win disaffected Repubs. Kaine is a goood strategic pick for those reasons.

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I don’t think she ever would have asked Bernie to be her VP, he’s not a second banana type and she’s probably angry deep down about having to fight to win the primary against him.

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Night KT!

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Hey Harleigh!

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Harleigh – Hey, can any ticket really be worse with Trump on it? No VP could make the Trump crap sandwich taste any worse.

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Harleigh – Were you sleeptyping???

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Murph – So do you think Trump has a better or worse chance to win after the RNC?

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Agreed Harleigh, Trump is really transforming the GOP into The Stupid Party…or just revealing it?

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See ya Harleigh!

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So in the long run, this exposure hurts him?

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I think Scott Baio really turned this election for Trump. It was pathetic and embarrassing.

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I actually was thinking Hillary should laughingly say, “Did you see the RNC? They’re so angry, they want to put me in prison, shoot me and string me up. Really? Is that a political party or a terrorist cell?”

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I should say, “They’re so angry this election is democratic and someone’s running against their candidate…”

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Thanks! Will have a live chat for Hillary’s speech BTW. Bye!

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Have a great weekend!

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