StrangeSox

The problem with that tape isn't sexuality or language, it's the bragging about sexual assault

wasn't one to someone who was underaged though?

Bill and Anthony are both creepy at best, but I don't think either of them are up for election this year!

Deepest bench ever! was how conservative media hyped it. They could have told Trump to pound sand from day 1, but they knew that parts of their base would be apoplectic.

Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III (R-Lost Cause) is very confused on what consititutes sexual assault.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 03:22 PM) ...he doesn't know anything about policies. One of the moments I haven't seen discussed too much from last night's debate was the moderator having to patiently explain to Trump why the US military might announce a major offensive ahead of time, and even after they laid out several reasons, he still responded with "well I can't think of any!"

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 02:10 PM) I don't disagree - but its the way the law currently works. Not using the benefits that the tax laws provide just to be a "nice guy" and pay more taxes than you actually have to would be asinine. The man's job has always been to maximize returns on his investments for himself and his partners/investors. Paying more taxes for funsies would go directly against that. Again, Trump is an asshat. But the fact that he LEGALLY used the US tax code to avoid paying personal income tax shouldn't be used again him. There are plenty of other things to rag on him about - but the fact that Hilary keeps going back to this, to me, seems like she doesn't understand it. It absolutely can and should be used to highlight the ways in which our tax code is broken, and yeah, if you're running for a major public office, you can expect to be hammered on this whether it's "fair" or not. Hillary understand this really well, and she understands that it's a great thing politically. Here's some history of his businesses not being above board when it came to taxes http://www.cbsnews.com/news/inside-a-donal...ual-accounting/

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 03:01 PM) It actually is pretty basic. Like I said, no real estate developers of any size pay personal income tax. What he is doing is the same as every other person who owns significant amount of commercial real estate. Yeah but that's bulls*** and highlighting that goes right to the Democrats position on taxes

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 02:40 PM) Sure, but that's not really the way Hilary portrays it. She moreso portrays it that he didn't help the country for all those years (last night she even listed off all the things tax dollars are used for - schools, military, infrastructure, etc.) because he didn't pay taxes. Loss carryforwards are a basic accounting practice; basically all real estate developers that have any significant holdings don't pay personal income tax. It's not exactly rocket science. Amortization and depreciation are non-cash expenses that lower the taxable net income of individual real estate holdings. When you own as many real estate assets as Trump owns, these numbers are quite significant. The fact that he took advantage of those tax laws (as all wealthy Americans should do), isn't exactly damning. It's sort of bewildering that Hilary keep focusing on it - its almost like she doesn't get it. What I don't get is why Donald doesn't just take a few minutes to explain this step by step in a debate. The fact that Trump ventured into the casino business and failed, which is the source of the lionshare of the ~$1B in loss carryforwards in 1995 should definitely be viewed as a negative, but the fact that he took that failure and used a basic tax law to shelter income for the foreseeable future is something that any person in that situation would do. It's possible that his tax sheltering wasn't actually legal though

Clinton up 11 in the first post video pre debate poll https://mobile.twitter.com/mmurraypolitics/...510205811482624 Ahaha it's plus 14 in the two way. House is in play https://mobile.twitter.com/BenjySarlin/stat...511204060065792

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 10:43 AM) It still blows my mind that voting is done on the honor system and you don't even need an ID. You still need to be registered in a specific place to a specific address and go to a specific polling place.

Shouldn't need an ID either, but yeah I'd call to check to make sure you're registered.

The biggest loser from last night seems to be the GOP. Trump didn't perform poorly enough to give them all the last excuse they needed to bail but if anything riled up the base even more. So they're stuck with him for now, many back in their quasi endorse/ support state, and something even worse than last week's tape is inevitably going to come out imo. They'll look all the worse when it does, and they will have a hell of a time distancing themselves from Trump for awhile. And just like that, to support that idea: https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/785498801062543360 https://mobile.twitter.com/scottwongDC/stat...500339965337600 "I won't defend this man or campaign with him, but I still think he should be the president of the most powerful country on earth" is a hell of a position to have to take.

I voted for sanders in the primary, but I think he'd be struggling a bit on the national stage especially on foreign policy as you point out russ. This from the latest wikileaks email dumb made me lol https://mobile.twitter.com/KFILE/status/785490376694038528

And Pence is now claiming that raddatz misrepresented his stance on Syria despite her reading his words from the transcript and says he's in total agreement with Trump despite his position just being incomprehensible word salad.

Some more details of the incredibly Breitbart plan that Trump had for the start of the debate last night. https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/785362625500737540

33 false claims by Trump last night https://mobile.twitter.com/ddale8/status/785448408039456768

Kasich has some pretty strong social conservative views and is an anti choice zealot. Lead story in USA today is the many lawsuits women have filed against Trump and his businesses for discrimination Anna harassment https://mobile.twitter.com/jkelly3rd/status...440697226633216

I forgot to vote last night, so I guess I'll be voting next weekend when I'm back home. Check your state's registration deadline and make sure you're registered in time!

Trump also seemed to confirm that he didn't by federal income taxes for at least 20 years. Plus he had his own Aleppo moment when he was asked about what would happen if the city fell.

Trump wanted to put some bill Clinton accusers in his family box at the debate, essentially right on the debate floor. And for all of tough guy trump's crying about the moderators, the time for each candidate was almost dead even with a few seconds advantage to Trump. Even on his own terms, strongman authoritarian, he's a sad failure. For the people that were freaking out about the immediate pundit coverage saying Trump may have won, the two instant polls both found people felt Clinton won. https://www.google.com/amp/www.vox.com/plat...android-verizon Breitbarts fact check is just lol https://mobile.twitter.com/SimonMaloy/statu...339932478955520 https://mobile.twitter.com/SimonMaloy/statu...340661604245504 https://mobile.twitter.com/SimonMaloy/statu...341331342229504 Trump just straight up lying about his tweets and then rambling about Clinton's staff tweeting in the early hours was pretty crazy. I don't think he has a strong grasp on reality.

It's pretty gross when Trump and his supporters act like every man brags about sexual assault when they're with other dudes. There's a difference between being lewd and what Trump said.

Ugh that is gross

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 9, 2016 -> 10:08 PM) I just don't understand how people are still undecided. If for some reason you're voting for Trump...whatever. But how can you be undecided at this point? And voting for neither is a decided vote. Lots of people just don't pay attention, but they're also not going to vote so