The 2016 Presidential Election Trainwreck

[Uncle Ted]

Trump calls Geneva Conventions 'the problem'

Donald Trump believes American troops are afraid to fight for fear of violating the Geneva Conventions, he said Wednesday.

“The problem is we have the Geneva Conventions, all sorts of rules and regulations, so the soldiers are afraid to fight,” Trump said at an afternoon town hall during remarks on torture.
[...]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-g...entions-221394

I am guessing that Drumpf will still lose the general election even if Hillary gets thrown in jail for that email server thing.

[Bo Diddley]

Afraid to fight because of Geneva Conventions?

[YOhio]

Trump would be too unbelievable as a character in a spy novel.

In preparation for what will surely be a heated Republican convention, Donald Trump has hired an experienced political operative to help wrangle GOP delegates: Paul Manafort, a strategist with three decades of Republican conventions under his belt, who has also worked for some unsavory international clients.
That roster includes the pro-Russian former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, who was deposed in a popular revolution in 2013.
As Quartz reported earlier this month, Trump’s foreign policy advisors also include Carter Page, a former advisor and current shareholder in the state-controlled Russian natural gas giant, Gazprom, who has advocated for a less adversarial US stance toward Moscow. Bloomberg spoke with Sergey Yatsenko, a former Gazprom official who is now an official adviser to Page’s firm, who said Page “understands what’s going on in Russia … He doesn’t make strong judgments.”
Manafort worked with the Ukrainian president in the several years leading up to his 2010 election win. Three years later, Yanukovych fled the country, ousted from his seat by the pro-European and pro-democracy protests.

http://qz.com/650201/donald-trump-hired-an-advisor-to-ukraines-notorious-former-president-putin-buddy-viktor-yanukovych/

[clackamascoug]

Is the Constitution hanging by a thread yet?

[byu71]

It was hanging by a thread when Romney ran against Obama. Due to Romney's loss the thread has snapped.

[frank ryan]

It was hanging by a thread when Romney ran against Obama. Due to Romney's loss the thread has snapped.

What happened? How did it snap?

[SeattleUte]

Trump is shaping up as a catastrophe for the erstwhile Republican party but not so much for America. The New York Times has reported exhaustively that his support stems substantially from segments of racist and sexist motivated voters not only in the South but in Northeastern blue states. Anyone who has lived in Northeastern blue states knows that there is plenty of that there--not just among angry lower educated white voters but white collar voters as well (though the latter group are more discreet about this). Hence, 49% of primary voters in Massachusetts supported Trump, higher even than 47% in Mississippi, and these blue states are populous, delivering a lot of delegates. But the problem for Trump is that he can't win these states in the general election because northeastern blue states have become inevitably democratic states in the general election. This will be even more true as Trump has mobilized the opposition to those angry voters who support him.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/up...ters.html?_r=0

The box Trump has put him and the Republican party into is highlighted by the fact that 47% of Republican women recently polled say that can't vote for him. 70% of all women say they can't vote for him. And this was before his disastrous comment about abortion yesterday. The damage he did to himself among women can't be overstated.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/examining-trump-s-problem-female-voters-n544901

The general election is going to be apocalyptic for Trump and the Republican party. Apparently, however, Trump is a reflection of a dominant segment of the Republican party. Four years ago we saw the outcome of the narrowing Republican base--with its dogmatic hate speech about same sex marriage, immigration, contraception and Planned Parenthood, etc. I don't even trust those Republican leaders who condemn Trump because I think that in their heart of hearts they're not much different. Cruz is loathsome!

So I say let the Republican party burn! Let it burn!

[creekster]

Trump is shaping up as a catastrophe for the erstwhile Republican party but not so much for America. The New York Times has reported exhaustively that his support stems substantially from segments of racist and sexist motivated voters not only in the South but in Northeastern blue states. Anyone who has lived in Northeastern blue states knows that there is plenty of that there--not just among angry lower educated white voters but white collar voters as well (though the latter group are more discreet about this). Hence, 49% of primary voters in Massachusetts supported Trump, higher even than 47% in Mississippi, and these blue states are populous, delivering a lot of delegates. But the problem for Trump is that he can't win these states in the general election because northeastern blue states have become inevitably democratic states in the general election. This will be even more true as Trump has mobilized the opposition to those angry voters who support him.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/up...ters.html?_r=0

The box Trump has put him and the Republican party into is highlighted by the fact that 47% of Republican women recently polled say that can't vote for him. 70% of all women say they can't vote for him. And this was before his disastrous comment about abortion yesterday. The damage he did to himself among women can't be overstated.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/examining-trump-s-problem-female-voters-n544901

The general election is going to be apocalyptic for Trump and the Republican party. Apparently, however, Trump is a reflection of a dominant segment of the Republican party. Four years ago we saw the outcome of the narrowing Republican base--with its dogmatic hate speech about same sex marriage, immigration, contraception and Planned Parenthood, etc. I don't even trust those Republican leaders who condemn Trump because I think that in their heart of hearts they're not much different. Cruz is loathsome!

So I say let the Republican party burn! Let it burn!

So Utah republicans (which is to say almost all of the mormons in the state) are neither racist nor sexist, it seems.

[Jeff Lebowski]

So Utah republicans (which is to say almost all of the mormons in the state) are neither racist nor sexist, it seems.

SUwish!

[SeattleUte]

So Utah republicans (which is to say almost all of the mormons in the state) are neither racist nor sexist, it seems.

I think they have mostly put their racism behind them. To the extent it lingers, it's not as aggressive and angry as that of the people I'm talking about in the above post. Utah is kind of insular. But sexism and homophobia remain a big problem. However, Utah sexism and Trump's misogyny are not the same thing--they're are different phenomena altogether.

But that's not all. Utahns don't like blustery, profane men like Trump. The archetype of a Mormon man is general conference intonation, superficially nice, etc. What Mormons do to their men is lamentable as well.

[Applejack]

I think they have mostly put their racism behind them. To the extent it lingers, it's not as aggressive and angry as that of the people I'm talking about in the above post. Utah is kind of insular. But sexism and homophobia remain a big problem. However, Utah sexism and Trump's misogyny are not the same thing--they're are different phenomena altogether.

But that's not all. Utahns don't like blustery, profane men like Trump. The archetype of a Mormon man is general conference intonation, superficially nice, etc. What Mormons do to their men is lamentable as well.

I'll agree with SU here (although, as per usual, he has better prose): Utah is one of the least racist places you'll ever meet (kind of like the Donald, actually). But it has a sexist problem.

[CardiacCoug]

I'll agree with SU here (although, as per usual, he has better prose): Utah is one of the least racist places you'll ever meet (kind of like the Donald, actually). But it has a sexist problem.

Yeah I think Utah voting for socialist Bernie over Hillary is ridiculous and pretty sexist.

[imanihonjin]

Yeah I think Utah voting for socialist Bernie over Hillary is ridiculous and pretty sexist.

You serious, Clark?

[creekster]

You serious, Clark?

OF course. ANy tijme HIllary loses it's due to sexism. A female friend of mine told me that just the other day.

[Applejack]

Yeah I think Utah voting for socialist Bernie over Hillary is ridiculous and pretty sexist.

I don't know if this is TIC or not, but using a democratic caucus in Utah as an example of anything is not a good idea.