You know what has impressed me over the past few days? The fact that there are a lot of Republicans who think FBI Director James Comey is a giant, ass-covering, hacky bureaucrat who cares more about his reputation than the American democracy. It’s refreshing. Senator Harry Reid wasn’t the first person to basically ask, “so when is Comey going to announce that the FBI is investigating Donald Trump” but Reid said it the loudest, when he published an open letter demanding that Comey also come clean about Donald Trump’s links to Russia, and Russia’s meddling in the American election.
According to CNBC (and it’s been confirmed by other outlets and sources), Comey argued privately within the FBI that the agency should not publicly confirm that Russia has been meddling in the American election. Comey’s argument? That the FBI shouldn’t confirm that kind of information so close to Election Day (this was in early October). Then NBC News reported that the FBI has been conducting a preliminary inquiry into Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, who absolutely has ties to Russia and pro-Putin factions. There’s also a lot of reporting around Trump’s foreign policy advisor Carter Page, who has business and financial ties to Russia. A veteran spy claims that there is a Russian scheme to “cultivate” Donald Trump. Nowadays, even People Magazine is doing in-depth stories about Trump’s alleged entanglements with Russia and Russian operatives.
At this point, James Comey has become the talking point of the last week of the election. And personally, I don’t think he has anyone to blame but himself. He was so thin-skinned, he was worried what Republican lawmakers might say about him, that’s why he released the letter last Friday. Everyone’s screaming about Comey’s double standards with regards to HRC and Donald Trump and those people are absolutely right. For now, the White House isn’t defending Comey, but they’re not criticizing him either. It feels like it’s just a matter of when-not-if Comey will lose his job though. Will Pres. Obama have to “accept his resignation” after the election no matter what?
One last thing… this Time Mag article about Hillary Clinton’s emails and what the whole thing says about our society is really interesting. The idea that Wikileaks and James Comey are “punishing” Hillary Clinton for merely communicating… it’s a great read.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
I was discussing this with my mom a little while ago (before this “new investigation” cr*p broke) and I pointed out to her how shady it was that Wikileaks hasn’t put out a single thing – as far as I know – that could possibly be construed as anti-Trump. Not one email or recorded convo from anyone on Team Trump which…is a bit suspicious, to say the least. I’m not saying that Wikileaks is trying to influence the election but come on, are you seriously trying to get me to believe that there’s NOTHING out there that could have possibly been detrimental to Trump?
Or is it just that he’s done such a good job on his own shooting himself in the foot again and again that Wikileaks figured it’d be like beating a dead horse? LOL. Don’t even get me started on how shady Comey’s actions were. Releasing a statement before they even had the warrants? Whaaaat?
FWIW I’m Canadian so can’t vote, but I’m still with her.
Wikileaks has completely lost the plot.
I keep remembering that series of Scandal that was about a whistleblowing website!
I was thinking the same thing about Wikileaks. I can not recall any information about Trump being released. Does seem odd
Isn’t Wikileaks working for Russia? Putin wants his puppet Trump to win so they are feeding emails to Wikileaks to release?
No puppet! No Puppet! YOU’RE the puppet!
It’s personal. The Wikileaks guy HATES Hillary with a passion. He also knows she and President Obama are united on prosecuting him for leaking confidential information. He thinks Trump will be softer on him.
Here is an interview where Wikileaks guy shows his true colors:
https://youtu.be/kmIlc9qE2i0
Wow, I had no idea he had such a hate-on. Of course, that does explain why Wikileaks is so anti-Clinton but still! You’d think someone in the media would have called him on it, or at least pointed out that the site isn’t exactly neutral.
@Lady MTL
Bill Maher (interviewer) is very controversial and has a lot of negatives but one thing that I applaud him for is being able to admit when he is wrong. Maher was a major Wikileaks fan and supporter, that’s why he got the interview. But Maher is not afraid to call Bull Sh$t or point out hypocrisy in people he supports.
Thank you! Wikileaks is not about exposing the truth- it’s about taking down Hillary. He hates her and this is personal. How did our media not make this point clear to the public?! Except for Bill Maher……
Speaking of Bill Maher, he finally landed POTUS for his show – this Friday. Probably prerecorded rather than live, but I’ll take it anyway.
WikiLeaks and Comey’s letter show you the “grossness” of our citizens. Had WikiLeaks released anything on Donald Trump his supporters would be outraged, had Comey released anything about Trump’s ties to Russia – probably riots from his supporters. But since it’s Hillary and she’s guilty of everything then it’s ok. The ability of external sources to influence the election to such a degree really is the beginning of the end to our democracy. The sheep are being strung along, now with the help of other forces, to vote for Trump. Makes you wonder why ?
I really don’t think his supporters care about his Russian ties. The ones who are more moderate, maybe, but his base, no. I bet too many Republicans would come out and say, We Need to Denounce Trump’s Ties to Russia. We Cannot Support Him. And then a few days later something may come up regarding Hilly & Billy and those same Republicans would say, While we don’t support his ties with Russia, we will vote for him to be President. Hillary Clinton’s server is one issue, but we are in this hot freaking mess because Republicans didn’t stand up to Trump when they had the chance, during the primary. Hillary owned Donald Trump during the debates. Where were the other Republicans during the Republican primary? Why did they let it get this far. Granted Marco Rubio would make a TERRIBLE PRESIDENT because he is a Republican puppet, but he is much more tolerable than Trump. The only candidate I am glad isn’t in place of Trump is Ted Cruz. For reasons that are many, he scares the absolute crap out of me. I think a Ted Cruz presidency will absolutely threaten everything women have fought to obtain as equal citizens.
@Rhiley
“I really don’t think his supporters care about his Russian ties.”
They don’t, but….
I hope the following isn’t true:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/clinton-problem-voter-turnout_us_581883fbe4b0390e69d25a65
“The only candidate I am glad isn’t in place of Trump is Ted Cruz. For reasons that are many, he scares the absolute crap out of me. I think a Ted Cruz presidency will absolutely threaten everything women have fought to obtain as equal citizens.”
Pence is dangerous as hell. Kasich– the worst. Look at all the anti-abortion/anti-Planned Parenthood laws he’s, quietly, passed.
This entire thing really hits home for me what an incredible double standard HRC has faced throughout her time in the public eye. She is not a perfect candidate, who is, but the hard on conservatives have to try to find anything on her is sickening. I’m nervous about the investigations Republicans will try to drum up over the next four years when/if she is elected. How about we stop trying to vilify this woman and let’s work together to run this country instead.
Wikileaks, Comey and the far right are punishing Hillary for something she cannot change – being a woman. They will never stop attacking her because they embrace extreme sexism as a legitimate platform from which they can demean, subjugate, and assault women.
Dream on, darling, dream on.
Unless the senate flips, it will be 4-8 more years of diddly squat, legislatively speaking.
I agree. I started out as a Bernie supporter who switched her support to HRC after she won the Dem nom, so I didn’t pay too much attention to her until the last portion of her campaign. But I must say, that since I’ve been supporting her, I can’t help but be blown away by the magnitude of sexism that she works against constantly. I didn’t realize it’s depth until I saw just how much she has to deal with every damn day. It only makes me respect her more. I would have snapped ages ago.
Same. The amount of crap she has to deal with is ridiculous. I absolutely believe that if it were a man who had the career she had this wouldn’t be a problem. More people would overlook the things she has been accused and cleared of and the rest wouldn’t make the news for days at a time. It’s pathetic that people would rather have an ignorant, bigoted, lying, loud mouth bully of a man for a President than an experienced woman who is better than a lot men people keep electing. Despite all the crap she is still pushing and trying. Being Canadian I can’t vote for her, but I really hope she wins.
Ditto! Her toughness and determination in the face of such constant, hateful sexism is inspiring. When I have to deal with more run of the mill, mundane sexism in the workplace I think about Hillary and keep on going, although I’m also bitching louder and louder about it.
Yes, I feel exactly the same way. The sexism is so bad, if I hadn’t witnessed all this with the rest of the world, I wouldn’t believe it. It still shocks me. HRC is one resilient, strong human being to deal with all this.
I honestly think some of this Russophobia going on is bordering on chemtrails conspiracy theory. It’s not a game of Bond villains, for heavens sakes.
But are we saying that people in Trump’s camp have actual links with the Russian gangster capitalists? Or Atlanticists, as they like to call themselves. Cos that lobby in Russia is pro-America, not anti-America. Also, largely anti-Putin, not pro-Putin.
Aside from thoroughly terrifying the populace, I really don’t understand this at all.
(ETA: this isn’t a pro-Trump or pro-Russia comment!)
It appears that Trumps links would be with the Putin camp, so not pro-America.
And it’s not terrifying the population, because most of the population isn’t not paying attention.
I’d love to put this as just conspiracy theories run amok, but I’m not ruling it out, either.
And part of the reaction to this is because of the overreaction to Hillary; Emails!!! Benghazi!!! While Trump’s documented behavior on sexual assualt, taxes, etc., hasn’t hurt him much.
Our airwaves are also full of Russophobia here in Britland.
I hold absolutely no candle for President Putin but I also hold no candle for scaremongering, you know? There seems to be a complete lack of any attempt to understand what is actually going on in Russia, what factions exist and what those factions want to achieve. We need to understand that so that we can properly evaluate what is going on. I have no time for reds under the beds McCarthyism because it’s dangerous.
That said, I have a great admiration for HRC in the way she has handled this deplorable campaign, so I hear what you’re saying.
But having read about his Russian connections over the months the connection is with the Putin faction, I think if it were with the Atlanticists it wouldn’t be getting much attention at all. The links are in the post, these are accusations being made by people with knowledge of Russia, it’s not just straight up scaremongering.
I don’t pay attention to Russia like I did when I was younger, but I pay enough attention to Putin to not rule this out completely.
ETA: The writer for the Mother Jones article is David Corn. He’s a lefty, but I’ve not known him to be a conspiracy theorist or not to try and follow up and verify his sources.
As a Dutch person I’m baffled that there isn’t more anti-Russian sentiment out there. The international investigation into the downing of passenger flight MH17 clearly points to strong Russian involvement. That was a flight with regular people on it and it was shot down with an Russian missile. I’m not against Russia as an entire country, I think the Russian people deserve so much more than the incapable rulers they’ve had in the last couple of centuries. Things are not well in Russia, poverty, a life expectancy that’s unheard of in first world countries, no free press and a former KGB-agent at the top, trying to stay in power at all costs, raising the spectre of enemies in (lbgt, people of different ethnicities) and outside of Russia (Ukraine, the US) to get the people to put up with him. Don’t get me started on Putin’s actions in Syria, warcrimes designed to keep a grip on the region, not to help the citizens of Syria. I’m not sure what other countries could and should do. I know that my own country still deals with Russia because we need their gas and oil, but I sincerely hope that there will come a point where human rights and human dignity prevail over business and power politics.
Wilma, I think many in the US, the Trump supporters especially, don’t have enough knowledge of world affairs to be anti-Russian.
Esmom- did they not watch Hollywood movies from the 1980s???
My read of the news indicates a deep distrust of Putin here in the American media, which is influencing American sentiment. Their involvement in both Ukraine and Syria has deepened that distrust, I think. Add to that, the suspicion that Russions hackers are meddling in the election and bringing down servers.
While you make some valid points, I’m not sure that calling for anti-Russian sentiment is a way to solve anything, especially if you truly claim to care for the average Russian. I’m sure that sanctions hurt Putin’s finances somewhat, however, not in any way that he would feel. They have hit average Russians quite a lot, and they barely had 1 decade of stability and prosperity before then.
I think it’s naive to think that we can drum up anti-Russian sentiment, but limit it to politicians only. Regular people, who travel coach and don’t have bodyguards, will also bear the brunt of that.
Finally, your description of raising the specter of enemies sounds an awful lot like what’s going on in the US and much of Europe as well, wouldn’t you agree?
@timbuktu No, I would not agree. People do not get beaten to death for being the ‘wrong’ ethnicity or having the ‘wrong’ sexual orientation in my country, nor do jounalists get locked up for doing their job over here, there are no music acts in labour camps, we don’t have any labour camps, the opposition gets to exist and share their messages freely. So no, my country is not the same. Sure, there’s more populism than I care for, but it’s not even close. Sure, I don’t live in a perfect country, but I much rather live here than in Russia. As I said, I actually don’t know what should/could be done about Putin. I really don’t. I don’t think we should do things that hurt an already suffering people. But it’s really weird to see apologists popping up everywhere for this man and his vile regime.
@ Wilma
Some People just seen to hate Hillary so much, they will ignore anything that might possibly lead them towards voting for her. Never in my life have I seen people backing an unqualified person like Trump. But I think people who don’t like the way things went while Obama was in office, think Hillary will continue down the same route. Me, I’m cool with that, I think everyone should have the right to get married, have health care, etc. But people see in Trump someone who will take the country in the opposite direction. And some want that. So they will vote for him, regardless of how insane it is, IMO.
@Wilma, MH17 was not intentionally targeted. Surely, you don’t think that it was, do you? What must you think of us , if you think MH17 was shot down on purpose…
It also makes me wonder just what does the press in your country say about Russians.
MH17 was mistaken for a Ukrainian military airplane by the Russia backed rebels in the region, who were given advanced weapons but not much training. Ukrainian airforce was conducting bombing raids against rebel positions there at the time, and multiple Ukrainian military planes were shot down in that region that week.
As for what makes people put up with Putin, I can tell you, if you are interested. I lived through the fall of the USSR and I barely survived, many didn’t. And while we were starving and dying, we got very little help from the Western countries, but they sure did take full advantage of our desperate situation.
Ensuring survival, no matter how paranoid it seems to people who grew up in safety, is what drives Russians most of the time.
@Sasha: I think you should review all the evidence that was gathered by the international commitee devoted to researching the downing of MH17.
And again, I do feel awful for the people of Russia as I am well aware of what happened after the fall of communism and the way the country was shocked into capitalism in a way that, again, was not in the best interest of the people. But it should not be that because I am all for the regular Russians I should just overlook the way Russian government is acting in this world.
I think we should always be critical of the way any government operates and ensure that the people working in it are held accountable. I just think it’s a false equivalency to equate the US and Russia. Yes, the US government does a lot of things they shouldn’t, but the fact that there is a free press in the US, free elections and the rule of law means that you can’t equate these two countries.
Since our government believes that Russia is attempting to influence the outcome of the election, I don’t think this is a wild conspiracy theory. Given the Cold War history many of us remember all too well, the idea of Russia meddling in a presidential election is very unsettling.
Sixer all parties are beating the war drums for a confrontation with Russia. Nothing like a good war to distract from other issues.
A war with Russia won’t be “good” for anyone, unless the US has some kind of new advantage we’re not aware of.
Not to excuse what’s going on in the Middle East, but Russia ain’t Libya or Iraq…
Sixer,
Have a look at this: http://www.newsy.com/videos/mapping-donald-trump-s-many-ties-to-vladimir-putin-s-russia/
I just watched this clip. Sickening. Make sure and watch Pussy Riot’s anti-Trump music video as an antidote.
“Russiaphobia” implies that concerns are illegitimate.
The ONLY thing his campaign changed about the GOP platform was to remove a section that supported giving arms to the Ukrainians should they need to defend themselves from Russian invasion. Trump’s former campaign manager (which is a HUGE role in a campaign), Paul Manafort, worked for years for Viktor Yanukovych and received over $12M from him. Trump has made troubling comments regarding NATO, and has down played the threat Russia poses to the Ukraine, etc.
When you put the comments together with the connections with the actions, it is cause for concern.
As Donald Jr. admitted a while ago, Trump got a lot of funding from Russian oligarchs. As the oligarchs are part of Putin’s government, it’s in all their interests for Trump to be their stooge in the White House. They could dismantle so much in Eastern Europe with help from the US president! They could march into the Middle East and Africa with impunity! And so on.
The trouble is, the average Trump supporter has no idea (or cares) how the wider world works. To them it’s all about kicking out Muslims and Latinos, keeping African-Americans in their place, and stripping women and LGBTQI of their civil rights. Because then straight white men will RULE AGAIN. Who gives a crap about the rest of the world (they say before Trump institutes the draft to wage wars at the direction of Putin).
One week to go….VOTE…. I’m with her!
I posted this link last night on yesterday’s thread, but in case you didn’t see it:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/10/clinton_vs_trump_whose_crimes_are_worse.html
Excellent! Thanks for sharing.
Yes, thank you
Since the donald won’t release his taxes, the NYT has done some investigating:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/politics/trump-taxes-loophole.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1
Another link I posted last night that should be seen by all:
http://www.newsweek.com/2016/11/11/donald-trump-companies-destroyed-emails-documents-515120.html
Another view of Putin and his bff:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-and-putin-share-a-frightening-worldview/2016/10/31/a6f756da-9f9e-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html?utm_term=.9e2d0431d4a8
I disagree. Comey’s main concern seems to have been protecting public trust in the FBI and also minimizing potential leaks. If more emails hadn’t been discovered via Anthony Weiner, Comey would not have come forward. I mean, let’s keep our eyes on the ball here. His choice was, come forward about the new hoard of emails (not saying the emails are classified or anything, that’s an unknown right now) OR come forward after the election, when it would be an even more explosive revelation, assuming a Hillary win. Therefore, I interpret all this as more protective of Hillary than not.
The current screams for Trump ties to Russia to get equal FBI time is Hillary camp’s tactic to deflect. Instead, it just pours more toxic waste into this sh**thole of an election.
I completely agree. Comey had a damn tough decision to make and he would be subject to crucifying criticism whichever way he went.
He has long been thought of as a man of integrity by both sides. Why would he change now? He wouldn’t.
Comey was warned by the Just Department that making the emails public would violate DOJ rules about appearing to influence elections. Comey acted against the advice of the Attorney General, which is unprecedented. Moreover, he was made aware of the emails weeks ago, which makes his concerns about leaks superiors. Not to mention that that the content of the emails is completely unknown because the FBI received the search warrant to review them yesterday. They may be receipts from Zappos for all he knows.
For one of the nation’s highest ranking law enforcement officials to act as if he is above the rules and the law is mind blowing. I have certainly lost trust in the FBI.
The AGs ties to the Clintons is a concern by itself. (Remember the incident on the tarmac? ) The AG is hardly someone who is above reproach for her own judgment as it relates to the Clintons. Maybe Comey was damn well speaking truth to power.
I will continue to believe his historic reputation for integrity is earned. WHen someone acts with integrity and is on YOUR side–hes wonderful. But when he makes a difficult call and it goes against YOUR side–suddenly he’s the devil?
Makes no sense. ANd maybe those emails ARE receipts from Zappos. Truthfully I don’t think there is much of a smoking gun in there……..the whole thing is a tragedy of poor decision making from the get go.ANd likely not much more. THe problem is the same thing the problem was with Watergate–it wasn’t the act so much as the coverup. And the number of people who have either lied, misrepresented, taken the 5th etc….staggering display of stupidity and disappointing beyond belief.
If you can read this and not think some of the Trump-Putin smoke is a raging wildfire… http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/10/was_a_server_registered_to_the_trump_organization_communicating_with_russia.html
“If more emails hadn’t been discovered”
“Emails” is such a BROAD concept! They didn’t even know if they were emails from Hillary, to Hillary, regarding state work. All they knew was that Huma worked for HRC and she had emails on a home laptop.
Did they REALLY think they would check a laptop and find no emails on it? Why make a connection to HRC’s investigation when they had no idea if they were related on any level? That is what makes this seem odd to me.
Comey refused to call out the actual Russian hacking because it was too close to the election but now it’s okay to bring up the e-mail red herring even closer to the election? And some how he’s a hero making a tough call? Put down the kool-aid.
This^^
So, when are we going to war with Russia, again? Russia-related hysteria reached its peak lately, so I kinda want to say goodbye to my friends and family before the day X.
Well the hysteria is mostly by the Trump movement who cry that electing Hillary will automatically start a war with Russia because yay Trump.
It is not that simple. The US and Russia are on a crash course in the Middle East. And Hillary has shown that she is not effective in foreign policy. She is dogmatic and arrogant. It is going to be a very dangerous world with Hillary as a president.
“And Hillary has shown that she is not effective in foreign policy.”
how has she shown that?
Born yesterday were you Sasha? The US and Russia have never seen eye to eye in the Middle East, that didn’t just happen today or last week in Syria. And HRC may not be my dream candidate but she beats the holy hell out of the orange trash heap.
“She’s arrogant.” She’s arrogant?? LMAO!! Have you listened to donald trump? You certainly have a hate on for Hillary.
I am so worried that the orange doofus might actually win, I can’t sleep or watch the news anymore. Please, everyone, even if you don’t agree with HRC on everything, do you actually want to read tweets from a president who knows how to do nothing else then spout off about everything and everyone, who has no knowledge of foreign affairs and will put us in a very dangerous position in the world, who will bankrupt our financial markets, who will not pay taxes even if he is the president, who will advance judges who support his breitbart agenda, who has supported racist talk, and so much more. It will be a sad day for us if it happens, let’s vote for HRC!
They’re working hard to ensure that.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/north-carolina-naacp-voter-suppression_us_5817634fe4b064e1b4b385df
Nuclear weapons and climate change are the top two reasons to vote for Hillary Clinton/ against Donald Trump and for Democratic Senate and House candidates.
Supreme Court justices comes mighty close to those top 2.
This election cycle, I just can’t with it anymore. I cannot believe that in this wonderful country, THESE are the only two candidates we could come up with. We’re a global laughing stock.
Trump? I don’t even know where to begin and end on how many things are wrong with him. Dick Cheney: This is what you get for unleashing and giving voice to the likes of Sarah Palin, Paul Ryan and the Tea Party. Your chickens have come home to roost and I KNOW you are STUNNED that Donald Freaking Trump is representing your party. To think we thought Dan Quale was a bad choice. Yeesh. I still say Donald did this as a joke and somehow he got a following. He did not expect to get this far. Shame on the GOP.
As for Hillary, I’ve said it before: I’m a loyal Democrat for 30 years. She is NOT who I want representing my party. She IS a liar. I’m sorry, but she is a professional politician and I will not put up with this “They’re coming after her because she’s a woman”. I’ve been involved in political discussions for a very long time. She is shrill, she feels “owed” thus she’s arrogant AND she’s a liar. And she’s not very good at covering her a$$.
To THINK that with one week to go we are in the midst of an FBI investigation, that there ARE links to Putin, and that freaking Weiner could cost an election… I need a warm hug from Baby Jesus to make it through.
By the way, 5 months ago I had read that within 2 weeks of Election Day there would be a release of emails damaging to HRC. I’m a nobody. I am not a conspiracy nut. How did I know and HRC not? And by the way, I’m all for loyalty, but she should have cut Huma loose a very long time ago.
To the world, I apologize.
Anyone else out there thinking about either Chuck Schumer or McCain for president?
To think we have come to this!
U.K., you are all officially now exempt for carrying shame regarding Brexit. We got you covered now. Love from your former Colonies.
“By the way, 5 months ago I had read that within 2 weeks of Election Day there would be a release of emails damaging to HRC. I’m a nobody. I am not a conspiracy nut. How did I know and HRC not?”
IIRC, the knowledge of the DNC hack was known months ago. This new email ‘scandal’ isn’t part of that, as the emails aren’t from that. The FBI has known about the existence of the emails for weeks, as part of their investigation in Weiner, but didn’t get a warrant to look at them until Sunday. They don’t even know what’s in them.
Yes to all of this!!!
Thanks. Exactly my thoughts.
On a practical note, Hillary will be elected the president, I have no doubt. But she is highly disliked already, practically by everyone. She will not be an effective president.
“To the world, I apologize.
Anyone else out there thinking about either Chuck Schumer or McCain for president?”
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Right. Like Chuck Schumer and McCain don’t lie, haven’t lied politically. And McCain who picked Sarah Palin as a Vice Presidental nominee and was still with Trump during his racism, religious intolerance and nonpayment of charity funds to Veterans is whom we should want for President. Hillary Clinton was found to lie LESS than other politicians but let’s continue ignoring that information.
Since Schumer and McCain have the right skin color and the right genitals we should overlook all their negatives. Time and time again Democratic HRC detractors always use flawed and non-rational arguments. Because they cannot be honest and say their dislike is either superficial dislike, due to Bill’s cheating or gender specific.
Stop with the false equivalency BS. Name me a politician that doesn’t lie. And let’s stop acting like her thirty years of service to the nation compares at all with the cheeto fingered self-interested buffoon. You don’t like her, Grow up, I have never liked a single person I have ever voted for, they all suck, like always. This country is going to end up completely in the crapper because children aren’t happy. I don’t care about this endless, childish celebration of infantalization. Life sucks, you make the best choice in a bad situation, like every other day. The vote is crystal clear in this election unless you are some how so incredibly confused you believe Donald Trump cares about something other than himself. Believe me he intends to try to burn this f*cker down, let’s not help him.
wow. if i thought about the world the way that you do, i guess i’d just go off myself! this is the saddest thing i’ve read in a while, and i’ve read some pretty darn depressing things.
CoKatie has a right to her thoughts, as you have a right to yours. thankfully for her, her hopefulness has caused her to be disappointed about our election choices. thankfully for you, your jadedness enables you to simply go on in the spirit you seem to have always had, no matter what the choices.
I agree. It’s either a liar with 30 years experience who will keep the country together or an orange clown liar who will take this country down. I already voted, HRC for pres. Anything else is just ridiculous
I am quite affected by gobsmack atm – but while i am in this condition i would just like to invite the women here to hold their nose and visit this linked site to perform a “truth bomb” …. which i believe is a process whereby you subject yourself to a less than edifying video, and downvote it if you feel the need.
This guy has always been over-impressed with his own “cerebral capacity” and maybe the women in his life qualify for his “guidance” regarding their vote – but his hylarious patter on this particular video is rancid.
If his hits on this video are increased by this action it is a worthy indulgence to his ego in order that his name be more widely associated with “wankery”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwHXixxdZB8
PS – he cites some studies in his diatribe (his sources are worth checking out) which he then twists to assert his “belief” that there are yuuuge gender discrepancies re political knowledge – plus distorts the “women are built differently” findings to reduce us to “feelz” slaves ….. I could go on and on …. yes i am “triggered” !
PPS apologies if this post goes against the spirit of this site
I couldn’t even watch 5 minutes. Saying Hillary is trying to make trumps supporters out to be racist! They are! When you act like every non-white is a threat, you ARE a racist! And cankles in a pantsuit. I’m sorry, I didn’t know we were having a beauty pageant. And quite frankly, has he seen what Donald looks like? She’s a better looking woman than he is as a male in the looks Dept. If that isn’t some sexist stuff.
Thanks for having a go 🙂
Mr Molyneux is indeed a pro-trump sexist prick – and for some reason i have made a habit of checking out his shit every now and then in a “check out the enemy” kind of way.
This time tho i caught him being so bloody patronizing and dismissive of women (and his experience with women seems to be limited to those who are nothing like me :D) that i watched thro to the end, after which i was boiling with rage.
He ends by telling women that the election is about war, and we must listen to “our men” and who they want in power ^if we want to be saved^
I wanna save his carcass as a chew toy for my dog
Comey should be in prison for election tampering. Period.
Yes!
So Russia is still the boogeyman after all these decades? Tell that to the people of Syria! Unfortunately, Russian President Putin did not step in soon enough in beautiful Libya nor Iraq.
How is that we can kill prime ministers and presidents of other countries while patting ourselves on the back?
Take ten seconds and just picture that map of the colored states we see on the news during elections, and imagine each state being counted as blue, or for Hillary. Every news anchor in a montage repeating “Blue!” in their respective intonations. Imagine their surprise and delight as every single swing state and every single state vote for Hillary!
It’s actually a very calming visualization!