Showing posts with label Trump. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trump. Show all posts
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Monday, October 10, 2016
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Pence vs. Kaine
"Niether"? They must have Hillary's fact checkers for editors.
(New Jersey)
(Michigan)
(Alabama)
(Ohio)
(Pennsylvania)
(Virginia)
Even the way they ask the question implies an answer.
Too bad for them that it didn't work.
Poll Maker from the Legal Broadcast Network
Pence is winning, even when it looks like the heavy voting is from Clinton-likely areas.
How many votes are because Pence did better? How many out of party loyalty? How many because viewers have had enough of the blatant preferential treatment the moderators have been giving to the Democrats.
*Moderator/cheerleader/coach, whatever you want to call them.
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Who Won the First Debate?
Here are some online polls that are tracking opinions on the winner:
Drudge - at the time of this posting it shows Trump at 81.5% to Clinton's 18.5%
NJ.com - which also offers "neither" and "I don't know" as options. It has Trump at 53.99% and Clinton at 41.31%
Time.com - Trump is currently at 58% and Clinton is at 42%
Fortune.com - they're tied at 50% each over all, Trump at 54% to Clinton's 46% on the economy, his 53% to her 47% on national security, and 50% each on clearest vision for America. Most people who responded (80%) didn't have their minds changed by the debate.
Drudge - at the time of this posting it shows Trump at 81.5% to Clinton's 18.5%
NJ.com - which also offers "neither" and "I don't know" as options. It has Trump at 53.99% and Clinton at 41.31%
Time.com - Trump is currently at 58% and Clinton is at 42%
Fortune.com - they're tied at 50% each over all, Trump at 54% to Clinton's 46% on the economy, his 53% to her 47% on national security, and 50% each on clearest vision for America. Most people who responded (80%) didn't have their minds changed by the debate.
Las Vegas Sun readers think that Trump was the winner.
CNBC - finally there's one with Clinton in the lead 52% to Trump's 48%.
Update: The CNBC has reversed (and then some). Trump is at 56% and Clinton at 44%. He's also pulled ahead in the Fortune.com poll and has increased his lead in the others.
Monday, September 26, 2016
First Presidential Debate 9/26/2016
Watch the debate live on C-SPAN. They're doing a split screen so you can watch both candidates the whole time.
HRC goes first. She says we need jobs. Wants to raise minimum wage and, finally, equal pay for women. Wealthy will pay their fair share.
DJT sounds a little subdued compared to what we're used to. He talks about Ford leaving the U.S. and losing manufacturing/jobs to other countries.
He points out Clinton has been working in government 30 years and still hasn't done anything about improving jobs here.
He describes the disadvantage we have in trade with Mexico since they have a VAT and everything we sell there is automatically taxed. We don't have that tax so they don't have to pay it here.
She accuses him of saying climate change is a hoax, he denies it.
Holt allows HRC to continue to talk even though he said they were taking a break.
Trump says he'll release his taxes as soon as she releases her emails. Someone in the audience cheered. Holt reminds them that they promised to stay silent.
Hillary needs to shut up about her father. I hope none of the debate drinking games have people doing a shot every time she says "my father". They'd be halfway to done in by now.
DJT - under budget, ahead of schedule.
The next section is on race.
HRC wants police to stop killing people unnecessarily like they're doing it for the lulz now.
She talks about systemic racism and how young black men are more likely to be arrested and jailed for the same thing a white man could do. I hope he points out how she called them super-predators.
She wants people on the no-fly list to be prohibited from buying a gun. (Is she against due process?)
He called her on the super-predator thing. Good job.
He's not much for due process before taking gun rights either.
HRC
DJT talks about Sidney Blumenthal being one of the ones that started the thing with asking about Obama's birth certificate. I doubt many listeners know who Blumenthal is.
HRC says cyberwarfare will be one of the biggest challenges. She's deeply concerned about attacks by Russia.
She's the last person I would want to take cybersecurity advice from.
She says "Donald" invited Russians to hack Americans.
He points out that we really don't know who the hackers were but agrees that we need to be concerned about computer security.
Where are the questions about her private server?
They are giving Trump a good chance to counter her claims that he supported the war in Iraq.
Trump throughout calls her "Secretary Clinton", she keeps calling him "Donald".
DJT has attacked her political decisions. She's attacked him personally. Now they're arguing about who has better temperament.
She accused him of not caring if Japan, South Korea or Saudi Arabia get nuclear weapons. Why didn't he bring up the hundreds of millions the Clinton Foundation got from Saudi Arabia? It seems like it would have been a good chance for him to work it in.
He says Hillary has experience, but it's bad experience.
Final question, or it would be but Hillary keeps talking and Holt doesn't stop her.
HRC talks about a female beauty pageant contestant that has become an American citizen and is going to vote this November. It seems glaring that she doesn't say, "is going to vote for me".
Will you support the outcome of the election, regardless of who wins.
Both say yes along with a lot of other blather.
HRC goes first. She says we need jobs. Wants to raise minimum wage and, finally, equal pay for women. Wealthy will pay their fair share.
DJT sounds a little subdued compared to what we're used to. He talks about Ford leaving the U.S. and losing manufacturing/jobs to other countries.
He points out Clinton has been working in government 30 years and still hasn't done anything about improving jobs here.
He describes the disadvantage we have in trade with Mexico since they have a VAT and everything we sell there is automatically taxed. We don't have that tax so they don't have to pay it here.
She accuses him of saying climate change is a hoax, he denies it.
Holt allows HRC to continue to talk even though he said they were taking a break.
Trump says he'll release his taxes as soon as she releases her emails. Someone in the audience cheered. Holt reminds them that they promised to stay silent.
Hillary needs to shut up about her father. I hope none of the debate drinking games have people doing a shot every time she says "my father". They'd be halfway to done in by now.
DJT - under budget, ahead of schedule.
The next section is on race.
HRC wants police to stop killing people unnecessarily like they're doing it for the lulz now.
We have to restore trust between communities and police. We have to make sure police are using the best techniques and training, and are well-prepared to use force only when necessary.Holt intervenes to "correct" Trump. Trump responds that Holt is mischaracterizing the "stop and frisk" decision.
She talks about systemic racism and how young black men are more likely to be arrested and jailed for the same thing a white man could do. I hope he points out how she called them super-predators.
She wants people on the no-fly list to be prohibited from buying a gun. (Is she against due process?)
He called her on the super-predator thing. Good job.
He's not much for due process before taking gun rights either.
HRC
I think Donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate... and yes, I did.He did?
DJT talks about Sidney Blumenthal being one of the ones that started the thing with asking about Obama's birth certificate. I doubt many listeners know who Blumenthal is.
HRC says cyberwarfare will be one of the biggest challenges. She's deeply concerned about attacks by Russia.
She's the last person I would want to take cybersecurity advice from.
She says "Donald" invited Russians to hack Americans.
He points out that we really don't know who the hackers were but agrees that we need to be concerned about computer security.
The tops of their heads are even but compare their shoulder height. Would they have zoomed in more on a man to make him look equally tall they way they've done for Clinton?
Where are the questions about her private server?
They are giving Trump a good chance to counter her claims that he supported the war in Iraq.
Trump throughout calls her "Secretary Clinton", she keeps calling him "Donald".
DJT has attacked her political decisions. She's attacked him personally. Now they're arguing about who has better temperament.
She accused him of not caring if Japan, South Korea or Saudi Arabia get nuclear weapons. Why didn't he bring up the hundreds of millions the Clinton Foundation got from Saudi Arabia? It seems like it would have been a good chance for him to work it in.
He says Hillary has experience, but it's bad experience.
Final question, or it would be but Hillary keeps talking and Holt doesn't stop her.
HRC talks about a female beauty pageant contestant that has become an American citizen and is going to vote this November. It seems glaring that she doesn't say, "is going to vote for me".
Will you support the outcome of the election, regardless of who wins.
Both say yes along with a lot of other blather.
First Presidential Debate 9/26/2016
Watch the debate live on C-SPAN. They're doing a split screen so you can watch both candidates the whole time.
HRC goes first. She says we need jobs. Wants to raise minimum wage and, finally, equal pay for women. Wealthy will pay their fair share.
DJT sounds a little subdued compared to what we're used to. He talks about Ford leaving the U.S. and losing manufacturing/jobs to other countries.
He points out Clinton has been working in government 30 years and still hasn't done anything about improving jobs here.
He describes the disadvantage we have in trade with Mexico since they have a VAT and everything we sell there is automatically taxed. We don't have that tax so they don't have to pay it here.
She accuses him of saying climate change is a hoax, he denies it.
Holt allows HRC to continue to talk even though he said they were taking a break.
Trump says he'll release his taxes as soon as she releases her emails. Someone in the audience cheered. Holt reminds them that they promised to stay silent.
HRC hypothesizes why DJT won't release his taxes. He's not as rich as he says, not as charitable as he says, that he has debt to foreign banks, or that he doesn't pay federal taxes.
Someone cheered a comment by Clinton. Let's see if Holt admonishes them too.
HRC goes first. She says we need jobs. Wants to raise minimum wage and, finally, equal pay for women. Wealthy will pay their fair share.
DJT sounds a little subdued compared to what we're used to. He talks about Ford leaving the U.S. and losing manufacturing/jobs to other countries.
He points out Clinton has been working in government 30 years and still hasn't done anything about improving jobs here.
He describes the disadvantage we have in trade with Mexico since they have a VAT and everything we sell there is automatically taxed. We don't have that tax so they don't have to pay it here.
She accuses him of saying climate change is a hoax, he denies it.
Holt allows HRC to continue to talk even though he said they were taking a break.
Trump says he'll release his taxes as soon as she releases her emails. Someone in the audience cheered. Holt reminds them that they promised to stay silent.
HRC hypothesizes why DJT won't release his taxes. He's not as rich as he says, not as charitable as he says, that he has debt to foreign banks, or that he doesn't pay federal taxes.
Someone cheered a comment by Clinton. Let's see if Holt admonishes them too.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Front Row
Hillary Clinton invited Mark Cuban to sit in the first row at Monday's debate.
Invite Monica too...
"Just got a front row seat to watch @HillaryClinton overwhelm @realDonaldTrump at the "Humbling at Hofstra" on Monday," Cuban tweeted. "It Is On!"
Cuban has tried to publicly shame Trump throughout the 2016 campaign, regularly slamming the Republican nominee for not releasing his taxes. The attacks have been particularly effective, given Cuban's status as a fellow billionaire and his public persona as a similarly brash businessman.If the goal was to make Trump uncomfortable with some trolling by Cuban, they didn't think this out very well. Now, as a response, Trump has invited Gennifer Flowers to attend the debate. Who will make whom more uncomfortable?
Invite Monica too...
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Sunday, September 11, 2016
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Basket of Deplorables
To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the 'basket of deplorables'. Unfortunately there are people like that, and he has lifted them up.Hillary Clinton said this at a LGBT fundraiser in NYC where tickets were reported to start at $1,200 and go up to $250,000. The event was announced by an email saying "We will come together on Friday evening September 9 in New York to celebrate equality, build support for our campaign for a stronger America and aim our focus squarely on continued progress by sending Hillary to the White House."
We want to celebrate equality...except for those deplorables.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
The Trump Family That I Know
You can read more about the speaker, Lynne Patton, in this Daily Mail article that was published after the video went viral.
(Side note: I just have to add that I love this photo she took of three of the Trump kids and their spouses. Silly paper hats!)
Does News Coverage Affect Perception?
The most recent CNN poll says:
Among the four major tickets (Clinton, Trump, Johnson, and Stein), 43% of likely voters plan on voting Clinton/Kaine and 45% of likely voters plan on voting for Trump/Pence.
If they had to choose between just Clinton/Kaine and Trump/Pence, 48% would pick Clinton and 49% would pick Trump.
Then they asked, "Regardless of who you support and trying to be as objective as possible, who do you think will win the presidential election this November?" (Note, it's not asking who they want to win, but who they think will win.)
59% said Clinton and 34% said Trump. In spite of Trump having a slight majority, people still think that others are going to vote for Clinton.
The poll also asks whether people have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of each candidate. Trump's favorable rating is higher than Clinton's. Also, more people have an unfavorable opinion of her than of him.
Not only are Trump's numbers getting better, Clinton's are steadily falling. The more people see her, the more they dislike her. (That bodes well for a Clinton presidency, doesn't it?) Yet if you look at headlines for campaign-related news on major news sites, it seems as if Clinton is the most popular candidate ever! (And that she farts fairy dust that will make all of your dreams come true while Trump is a big meany. And he has cooties.) She doesn't, he doesn't, but who are you going to believe - me or your lying eyes?
Among the four major tickets (Clinton, Trump, Johnson, and Stein), 43% of likely voters plan on voting Clinton/Kaine and 45% of likely voters plan on voting for Trump/Pence.
If they had to choose between just Clinton/Kaine and Trump/Pence, 48% would pick Clinton and 49% would pick Trump.
Then they asked, "Regardless of who you support and trying to be as objective as possible, who do you think will win the presidential election this November?" (Note, it's not asking who they want to win, but who they think will win.)
59% said Clinton and 34% said Trump. In spite of Trump having a slight majority, people still think that others are going to vote for Clinton.
The poll also asks whether people have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of each candidate. Trump's favorable rating is higher than Clinton's. Also, more people have an unfavorable opinion of her than of him.
Not only are Trump's numbers getting better, Clinton's are steadily falling. The more people see her, the more they dislike her. (That bodes well for a Clinton presidency, doesn't it?) Yet if you look at headlines for campaign-related news on major news sites, it seems as if Clinton is the most popular candidate ever! (And that she farts fairy dust that will make all of your dreams come true while Trump is a big meany. And he has cooties.) She doesn't, he doesn't, but who are you going to believe - me or your lying eyes?
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Saturday, September 3, 2016
Shut It Down!
Reuters shuts down the video feed while Trump is receiving a blessing from Bishop Wayne T. Jackson.
Trump's speech was over, was the rest just going on too long or was there another reason for shutting it down? Too much God business? Too pro-Trump? It's a shame (for the reporters) that all news events can't be as scripted as Hillary's are.
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