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The Mythology Of The Trump Voter

"...the only thing poor about them is their judgement."

--and--

"Donald Trump has the impulse control of a grease fire."

I Think It's About Forgiveness, But

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Oddly, when they're talking about how we forgave the GOP after the 90s, and again after GW Bush, the word "appeasement" came to mind.

Today's GIF

Adapt. Improvise. Overcome.

From 538 Today

Same as always - Don't get happy. Get back to work.

Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball has it about the same, although they haven't shown the same movement in Iowa and Ohio.

And don't forget to follow the money:

Trump campaign is canceling hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising in Fla, NC, OH, possibly other states, per two buying sources.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 7, 2016

Connecting

I have no real idea if DumFux News is trying to fuck up in reverse or what - like if they're doing us a favor by pulling their usual shit, believing lots of people will see their antics through the filter of tacit support for GOP candidates, which accrues to Trump's detriment - which is what they're really up to even tho' they're trying hard to look like they aren't against Trump since Trump is the GOP right now, but this shit will be over at some point and DumFux desperately needs to find a way to maintain their position and what the fuck am I even talking about now?

All the flips and turns and attempted judo shit is just too weird.

We'll see what we see I guess, but when we have almost half of the system acting like they belong in the Day Room lined up waiting for Thorazine, there's just no real way to make sense of it.

Thank the fake lord we still have The Daily Show.

In The Boston Globe

I'm not gonna get my hopes up too much, but this seems like good news - like maybe the Press Poodles are starting to understand a thing or two about how telling us a politician is lying to us (when that politician is fucking lying to us) - like maybe that's part of the media's job after all.  Hmm.

Boston Globe:

The immediate media response to the debate was to grant Mike Pence the victory, largely on style points. Kaine was “trying too hard,” wrote The Washington Post. The same paper’s Chris Cilizza called Pence the winner because he “repeatedly turned to the camera when he answered questions, making clear he understood that the real audience wasn’t in the room but watching on TV. The Indiana governor was calm, cool and collected throughout — a stark contrast to the fast-talking (and seemingly nervous) Kaine.”

Kaine interrupted too much and tried to say too much. Pence was folksy, down-to-earth, and used his previous experience as a radio show host to deftly deflect Kaine’s attack lines.

But there’s one major problem with this analysis: It ignores the fact that when Pence wasn’t misrepresenting the statements of his running mate, he told one lie after another.

--and--

If journalists and pundits have one responsibility to the body politic it is to make clear that when a politician is lying, we call it a lie — not give them credit for lying with style.

Yay

No poodles here 

Samantha Bee

Today's Keith

He seems a bit agitated today.

NEW VIDEO: We. Have had. Enough. The "other" angry group in this election: those of us who believe in democracy. pic.twitter.com/9TLfBtJFkl

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) October 6, 2016

Some of it may be a little overblown, but sometimes you fight fire with fire.

But Don't Get Happy

We have Clinton's lead up to 5 points now. https://t.co/WLXtJodIzD pic.twitter.com/rcbE00H4iY

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 6, 2016

...Get to work. 
Make the calls. 
Hand out the fliers. 
Put up the yard signs.
Elect the people who'll keep the pressure on.