Новости за 13.09.2016

This is why Hillary Clinton did what she did last Friday night when she spoke of Trump's "Basket of Deplorables." It seems that our media doesn't quite grok the strategy, but we can see it in action right here.

Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway defended Donald's right to privacy when it comes to his medical records and then attacked Hillary Clinton for not being forthcoming about her pneumonia.

During his rally in Philadelphia earlier today, President Obama took a few minutes to give the press hell for the way they've covered this campaign.

President Obama is on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania for Hillary Clinton today to turn out voters and ramp up some enthusiasm.

Trump's supposed campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, was uncharacteristically nasty during an interview on CNN's New Day.

Wolf Blitzer is a reliable professional.

A reliable professional, in that he didn't burst out laughing at Mike Pence when the Republican Vice Presidential nominee said that Donald Trump's tax returns are a "distraction."

Distraction from what, exactly? Distraction from what a bigot he is? How misogynistic his supporters are? How badly he is likely to lose this election?

It's not a distraction from how much he owes Vladimir Putin, morally and financially. It's the smoking gun, dude. Читать дальше...

GQ.com:

In the debut episode of his new series, "The Closer," GQ's Keith Olbermann tallies the most outrageous of Donald Trump's offenses in what is now his 15-month assault on American democracy.

It's called "176 Reasons Donald Trump Shouldn't Be President."

As we remember him doing so many times, Olbermann starts off with a strong kick, then keeps punching:

Every few generations, we Americans are called upon to defend our country. To defend it not so much from foreign dictators or war or terrorism... Читать дальше...

Samantha Bee returned from hiatus last night to this remarkable diatribe against false equivalency in cable news coverage of the election.

Politico reports that the Trump campaign is intimately involved with moderator selection for the debates, seeing to it that Trump gets what Trump wants -- gentle questioning by friendly faces.

I'd like to believe that this symbolizes removing the stain of Ailes' odious legacy from the American political landscape, but Fox News is still on the air, with or without Roger Ailes.

Nobody misconstrues the true meaning of the logical sequence of words spoken by Democrats more deceptively and effectively than a Republican strategist. In fact, that's what they are paid to do; to give their opinions on these opponents, because who's better to deceive the public than a silver-tongued charlatan who is well-versed in misinformation? If the words of Democrats, like Secretary Clinton, were taken at face value and not intentionally contorted as malevolent, they would resonate with far more people. Читать дальше...

Yeah, okay, this hasn't been the Clinton campaign's best weekend ever. The media and the Trump campaign both have reasons to play the 'basket of deplorables' quote and the health issue up, so of course we will hear a lot of overheated talk about how horrible all this is for Hillary. The simple fact, though, is that neither a quote that needed a little tweaking (if she had said "some" of Trump supporters rather than "half," the quote would not have been news), nor the news about walking pneumonia... Читать дальше...

Field Negro - Tar Heel "Deplorables"?

Dustin Moskovitz - A Facebook co-founder puts his money where his mouth wasn't until this horrible year. (I wonder if The Deplorables will boycott Facebook?)

Strangely Blogged: How is "deplorable" even debateable?

No More Mister Nice Blog: Voices of Sanity

Blog round up by Fran / Blue Gal of The Professional Left Podcast. Send tips to MBRU (at) Crooksandliars (dot) com.

Samantha Bee dived right back into this insane election season with an in-depth look at last week's disastrous Commander-in-Chief forum, Matt Lauer, and the dismal state of our Fourth Estate.

Open thread below...

Chris Wallace's Fox News Sunday addressed the appearance of Donald Trump on Larry King's show which airs on Russia Today, which is, like it or not, owned by Vladimir Putin. Coming to his defense, like a good lapdog, is the embarrassingly disgraced former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich who has expressed great interest in becoming a pivotal member of (God Forbid!) Trump's cabinet.

I know it's cliche to say it but day that George Jones was born should be a national holiday. That day is today. The Possum would've been 85 years old.

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin made an appearance at the "Values Voter Summit" last weekend to rev up the haters and "patriots" for November.

Governor Mike Pence made an appearance on CNN a few minutes ago and was asked directly whether David Duke is deplorable.