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Monthly Archives: July 2016

Debatable

On Friday, Trump accused Hillary Clinton of rigging the presidential debate schedule, tweeting: There’s just one problem with that — it is a complete fabrication. “Hillary & the Dems” had nothing to do with the presidential debate schedule. While the primary debates are scheduled by the political parties, the debates for the general election were […]

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Trumper Tantrum!

Donald Trump famously has a very thin skin. If you say something negative about him, he attacks you and calls you names. Well, unless he wants something from you. But the worst thing you can do to Trump is not pay attention to him. It wouldn’t surprise me if he started a nuclear war just […]

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Pensive Hypocrisy

Friday, VP nominee Mike Pence appeared on conservative Hugh Hewitt’s radio show and condemned President Obama for referring to Donald Trump as a “homegrown demogogue”. Pence said, seemingly without irony “I don’t think name-calling has any place in public life. And I thought that was unfortunate that the president of the United States would use […]

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Release the Tax Returns

There are lies, and there are damn lies. In a TV interview with CBS, Trump’s campaign manager said “Mr. Trump has said that his taxes are under audit and he will not be releasing them. It has nothing to do with Russia, it has nothing to do with any country other than the United States, […]

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LMGTFY

Donald Trump Jr., Let Me Google That For You. I’m sure everybody knows how Trump’s wife Melania got in trouble for plagiarizing parts of her convention speech from First Lady Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic convention speech. I guess Trump’s son, Donald Jr., was trying to get his revenge. So today, Jr claimed that Barack Obama, […]

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The Devil in the Details

© Jen Sorensen Look, as someone who has started and run companies that did a lot of marketing, I understand what Trump is doing. He is “selling the sizzle, not the (Trump) steak”. Details and specifics just get in the way of removing money from your customers’ pockets. As a casino owner, he knows that […]

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Late Night Political Humor

[Jokes from July 12, 2016] “The L.A. Times just revealed that Bill Clinton has demanded private jets to get to speaking engagements. In their defense, Bill and Hillary need private jets ‘cuz they’re the only planes that can fit ALL of their baggage.” – Jimmy Fallon “Today, Bernie Sanders officially endorsed Hillary Clinton at a […]

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More Republican Racism

In her speech at the Democratic National Convention last night, Michelle Obama beautifully talked about the progress that has been made in America: That is the story of this country, the story that has brought me to this stage tonight, the story of generations of people who felt the lash of bondage, the shame of […]

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DNC Demographics

Many pundits talk about the profound influence of demographics on US elections, but what about the demographics of the national conventions of the political parties. Other than an observation of the dance skills of RNC attendees, what do we know about the relative makeup of the conventions? Without further ado, here is Scott Bateman’s ironic […]

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RNC Dance Moves

I’m not really sure why I find this so funny, but I do. I hope you enjoy it. From Funny or Die.

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Sexism

I’m really glad that the historic candidacy of Hillary Clinton is (finally) leading to some discussion about sexism in America. After all, many other countries have elected women leaders (over 70 women have become the leaders of their countries), but the US hasn’t ever nominated a woman even as the presidential candidate for a major […]

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Late Night Political Humor

[Jokes from July 11, 2016] “People are now saying that Hillary Clinton has narrowed her list of potential vice presidents down to five people. I’m sorry, she’s ‘deleted’ the list down to five people.” – Jimmy Fallon “The Hillary Clinton campaign recently released an ad that features clips of Donald Trump praising world dictators. In […]

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The ManTrumpian Candidate?

There’s an article going around by Josh Marshall titled “Trump & Putin. Yes, It’s Really a Thing“. People, including comedians, have made jokes about the seeming bromance between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. While it is scary enough that equal-opportunity-attacker Trump has nothing but good things to say about autocrat Putin, Marshall’s article points out […]

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Late Night Political Humor

[Jokes from July 7, 2016] “Donald Trump met with 200 House Republicans who were described as ‘nervous’. And following the meeting, many of them were described as ‘Democrats’.” – Conan O’Brien “Donald Trump is now saying the media took his praise of Saddam Hussein ‘out of context’. Trump also said the media misinterpreted his 5 […]

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Political Parties

Does anyone really believe that it is the job of political parties to be fair? It is the job of the political party to elect as many candidates from their party as possible. Nothing more. Why is the media holding the Democratic party to a different standard than other parties? Where are the leaked emails […]

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