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The Debates Do Their Job

I love the presidential debates. Why, especially in a campaign that will go down in history as one of the nastiest? Because the debates uncover what the candidates want to cover. They ultimately show us the character of the candidates. And they tell us a great deal about how each person would rule, should they win the election.

This year was no different from any other.

For most of the campaign, the media reported that Donald Trump was unique and that he could say anything without exacting any penalty from the electorate. We were also told that Hillary Clinton was a flawed, unpopular, programmed candidate who could do nothing but damage herself in the debates because, surely, Trump and the moderators would pummel her with the emails and the foundation and Benghazi! It turned out that exactly the opposite was true.

Hillary Clinton’s performance in the three debates will become mandatory viewing for anyone who aspires to national office. She utterly defeated, deflated and defanged Donald Trump with clinical efficiency and cool professional effectiveness. She turned questions about her weaknesses into attacks on Trump, and was able to deflect the more damaging accusations into her past with a smile. Of course, we all want candidates to answer for their sins, but part of being a great debater is knowing how to parry and evade. Clinton did that; Trump did not. By the end of the third debate, it was crystal clear that Trump did not prepare or have any strategy other than to bully, interrupt, cite questionable evidence or hurl accusations.

And this is where the debates were so instructive. They really did show us that the Trump campaign is a Potemkin operation, built on personality and the teachings of Chairman Breitbart, with the GOP’s greatest conspiratorial hits from the 1990s thrown in. They also showed that Trump is not suited for the presidency. Given the biggest stage of the campaign, he didn’t prepare, and it showed. His answers were short and scattered, he didn’t press advantages that he did have, and his behavior was abominable. For someone who was supposed to be able to use his television experience, his body language showed him to be too aggressive, and his constant interruptions came off as ill-mannered. He went for every piece of chum that Hillary threw at him and he got angry, which rarely plays well on the tube (contrast Trump with Reagan’s “I paid for that microphone” line to see the difference between power and tantrum).

Clinton was not perfect, but she was close. Trump helped by letting her off the hook on many occasions and by reacting too emotionally when she brought up things that he didn’t expect, which is part of debate preparation. She interrupted him at times despite her promise to “go high,” but she understood that she had to seem even more in control because she’s a woman, so she couldn’t back down. At the third debate, where she essentially closed the deal on the election, Clinton spoke forcefully and in command of the issues. She’s clearly thought a great deal about them over the course of her adulthood and she enunciated them impeccably last week. Trump played along for a while, but his lack of preparation, personal control, and content sunk him.

In the end, we learned a great deal about each candidate. Clinton did her due diligence, Trump did not. She displayed a command of events and issues and explained them in cogent, factual terms. Trump was able to do that on occasion, but he then got caught in rhetorical whirlpools which led to what unfortunately became signature moments that didn’t help his campaign. She was able to put him on the defensive and keep him there; he tried, but didn’t have the intellectual stamina to press his points. He called her names and accused Clinton of conspiracies and plots that the right has manufactured for almost 30 years. He also, fatally, said he would not accept defeat.

As for Trump being able to say anything he wanted and get away with it, those days ended for good with the groping tape. Trump had always been penalized for what he said, rarely polling over 42% nationwide and never leading in the electoral college count, but the media couldn’t fold up its tent in July, so they continued to feed us the story that this campaign was different and that political correctness was on the run. Yes, there is a sizable group of people in this country who support Trump and what he says, but there are far more who finally saw through his tactics and are abandoning him with impressive speed.

The record low for a major party candidate in a presidential election is a popular vote of 39%. I predict that Trump will poll lower on election day. He’ll cry fraud, but he’s the only fraud in the race. Clinton beat him fair and square in three debates because she’s the most qualified of the two, and of many more, to be president.

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Adult Movie Star 11th Woman to Accuse Donald Trump of Sexual Misconduct

So today, Donald Trump announced that his top policy goal in the first 100 days of his presidency would be to sue all the women who accused him of inappropriate and unwanted sexual behavior. Shortly after Trump made his announcement, another woman came forward accusing the Republican presidential of inappropriate and unwanted sexual behavior.

Adult movie star Jessica Drake became the 11th woman to accuse Donald Trump of inappropriate sexual misconduct during a press conference in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 22.

Flanked by civil rights attorney Gloria Allred, Drake spoke publicly about her claims against the Republican presidential candidate, 70, for the first time in front of reporters on Saturday afternoon.

“Ten years ago, I was working for Wicked Pictures, an adult film company, at a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe,” the adult entertainment actress said during the press conference. “I was at Wicked’s booth when I met Donald Trump in the celebrity gift room early in the morning before he teed off. He flirted with me and invited me to walk along the golf course with him, which I did. During that time, he asked me for my phone number, which I gave to him. Later that evening, he invited me to his room. I said I didn’t feel right going alone, so two other women came with me.”

“In the penthouse suite, I met Donald again,” Drake continued. “When we entered the room, he grabbed each of us tightly in a hug and kissed each one of us without asking permission. He was wearing pajamas. A bodyguard was also present. He asked me about details on my job as an adult film star — about shooting porn, and he also asked us about our personal relationships and whether we were married or single. We answered his questions. It felt like an interview. About 30 or 45 minutes later, we left his room.”

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For his First 100 Days, Trump Promised to “Sue” the Women Accusing him of Sexual Abuse

Donald Trump went to Gettysburg PA to deliver his much anticipated policy initiatives for the first 100 days of a Trump administration. And at the top of his policy list, Trump promised to sue “all of these liars” who accused him of sexually abusing them.

There have been 10 women so far, and counting…

“All of these liars will be sued after the election,” Trump claimed, alleging that the 10 women who have so far accused him of unwanted advances came forward “to hurt my campaign.”

The Trump team billed the speech, held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in honor of Abraham Lincoln’s address, as an opportunity to lay out his top priorities.

Accusing the media and Clinton campaign of recruiting his accusers to smear his reputation, Trump said the stories of “these liars” were told with “virtually no fact checking whatsoever.”

“We’ll find out about their involvement at a later date through litigation,” Trump charged.

“I’m looking so forward to doing that,” the Republican nominee told the approving crowd.

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Trump Say America will Pay for the Wall… Mexico will Reimburse

For the entirety of his presidential campaign, Trump has promised his supporters that “Mexico will pay for a wall” along the southern border. In a recent campaign event however, Trump seems to suggest that Americans would be responsible for the full cost of the wall and that hopefully, at some point down the road, Mexico will crouch down in fear of the donald and reimburse the $25 billion price-tag for Trump’s 50 ft wall.

Insanity is abundant in this Republican party.

Donald Trump today indicated, maybe for the first time, that the United States would pay for the border wall with the understanding that Mexico will “reimburse” us for it.

When he mentioned he would set up something that “fully funds” the wall’s construction today, Trump told the crowd, “Don’t worry about it. Remember, I said Mexico’s paying for the wall.”

He added, “With the full understanding that the country of Mexico will be reimbursing the United States for the full cost of such a wall.”

This politician has branded himself as an outsider, but he is playing politics at a master’s level on his unsuspecting base, and his base is too dense to see it.

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Trump – “I have the best people” – Let’s Take a Look at Some of Them – Video

Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, brags about having “the best people.” In just about any campaign stop he makes, you can bet Trump will drop the line, “I have really good people. I have the best people.”

Well, Chris Hayes of MSNBC took a brief look at some of the “good people, the best people” Trump surrounds himself with.

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Joe Biden – If We Were in High School, “I could take [Trump] behind the gym”

The present Vice President of the United States told a crowd in Pennsylvania on Friday, that Trump should count his blessings, ’cause if they were both in high school, he would take the Republican presidential nominee “behind the gym!”

“The press always asks me, ‘don’t I wish I were debating him.’ No, I wish we were in high school—I could take him behind the gym. That’s what I wish,” Biden said, via video from ABC News posted by the Daily Beast.

Biden’s remark came after a impassioned condemnation of Trump’s comments — from a 2005 Access Hollywood hot mic tape that resurfaced recently — that his fame allowed him to touch and kiss women without their consent.

“What a disgusting assertion for anyone to make,” Biden said.

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Bridget Kelly Testifies – Christie Knew about Bridge-gate a Month Before it Happened

Somebody is lying. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has maintained that he knew nothing of the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, lane closures carried out by his closest administration officials. But testimony after testimony cast more and more doubt on Christie’s claim.

In bombshell testimony Friday, Bridget Anne Kelly said that she told New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) that access lanes to the George Washington Bridge would be closed for a traffic study a month before the plan actually was carried out in September 2013.

The former deputy chief of staff testified that the governor approved the study, which prosecutors allege actually was cover-up for a revenge plot against a local Democratic mayor.

Christie has long maintained that he knew nothing about the lane closures that brought traffic in the town of Fort Lee, New Jersey to a days-long standstill until he read about them in the press in late September or early October 2013. Yet Kelly and other former Christie allies have contradicted what Christie’s said about what he knew of the lane closures and when throughout the federal trial investigating the so-called Bridgegate scheme.

Telling her version of the saga for the first time from the witness stand Friday, Kelly testified that former Port Authority official David Wildstein informed her on Aug. 12, 2013 that he was moving forward with a traffic study that he said would create major traffic problems in Fort Lee, according to WABC. Kelly testified she then informed Christie about the study, and alleged he said he was alright with it.

“He said, ‘All right.’ He didn’t really react. He said that’s fine. He said, ‘How is the relationship with Mayor Sokolich’ of Fort Lee?” Kelly testified, according to Philly.com. “And I didn’t know. I really didn’t know.”

The next day she sent the email that would cast a shadow over Christie’s administration for years to come: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee,” she wrote to Wildstein.

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Trump Worker Speaks Out – “He’s Not a good boss, how can he be a good President?”

Considering the maturity of the man she’s talking about, you can count on this: She will be fired and called a very bad name by the Republican presidential candidate in 3,2,1…

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A Netflix Original Series Based on Barack Obama – Barry – Video

The following is a preview of a new Netflix original series called, Barry, based on the earlier years of President Obama’s life.

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SUNY Professor Predicts a Trump Win in November

Despite all the other predictions that the Trump-Train will come to a sudden crash on November 8th, there is a college professor in Long Island that says otherwise. In fact, Helmut Norpoth is not only predicting a win for Trump, Helmut is predicting a blowout – a Trump win by a 87 to 99 percentage point.

A SUNY professor continues to project Donald Trump as the likely winner of this year’s election and he’s critiquing polls that predict the opposite in a new opinion piece.

Helmut Norpoth has been predicting a Trump victory since early this year. His model currently projects a win for the Republican with a certainty of 87 to 99 percent.

Norpoth is a professor at Stony Brook University on Long Island.

That flies in the face of just about every other major election forecast out there, which mostly give an edge to Democrat Hillary Clinton, notes the Daily Mail.

Norpoth wrote in The Hill that although the race looks decided, current polling methods are “bunk.”

The projections for Clinton are all based on opinion polls, which are flawed because they don’t reflect actions, Norpoth wrote. They’re about what voters think of Clinton or Trump, but they can’t tell us exactly how voters will act on those thoughts.

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Keith Olbermann Delivers a Message to Trump Supporters – Video

Keith Olbermann was the best thing that happen to MSNBC. Videos like this is what made Olbermann a household name. Since his departure from the network, others have tried to fill his shoes, but the void still remains.

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A Message to Trump VotersAre you voting for Donald J. Trump? Watch this first.

Posted by GQ on Tuesday, October 18, 2016

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Donald Trump Cannot Commit to Accepting Results of U.S Election

The Republican presidential candidate said a lot of insane things in final presidential debate last night, but one thing in particular is causing a lot of stress throughout the political world.

The Republican nominee said that he will wait and see how the election turns out before deciding whether to accept the results. That stance, coupled with his recent unfounded conclusion that the election is “rigged” against him, is setting up for an interesting time in November.

Trump’s refusal, which his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton called “horrifying,” was the standout remark of their third and final debate and ratcheted up claims he has made for weeks that the election was rigged against him.

Asked by moderator Chris Wallace whether Trump would not commit to a peaceful transition of power, the businessman-turned-politician replied: “What I’m saying is that I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense. Ok?”

Trump’s statement may appeal to his anti-establishment followers, but it was unlikely to reverse opinion polls that show him losing, including in key states that will decide the election.

“That is not the way our democracy works,” Clinton said during the debate. “We’ve been around for 240 years. We’ve had free and fair elections. We’ve accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them. And that is what must be expected of anyone standing on a debate stage during a general election.”

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