Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

[ferrets_bueller]

Quote from today's Financial Times:

The right way to view Larry Kudlow's appointment "is as if Trump were to name William Shatner to command the Navy's Seventh Fleet."

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

I'm not sure I see this. Trump is pretty consistent with the Republican positions espoused over the last decade on Fox and by the real party leaders like Rush Limbaugh.

Sure, he's anti-trade, but the Republicans have been moving toward anti-trade positions on lots of issues for a while. But he's anti-tax, pro-gun, anti-choice, anti-health care, willing to incur debt for military spending... where does he differ from the mainstream?

During the campaign he said he was pro-health care, and wouldn't cut social security (which he hasn't yet but will if given the opportunity).

But yeah, aside from that, anti-trade and anti-immigrant, he's the Fox GOP, not the Washington GOP.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

And as I recall the data, she was picked to win PA by 3-5 points. That's not a dead heat.

That's within the margin of error of most polls, so, yeah that's a dead heat.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I actually asked if I could abstain from voting for Pres, but pull all the other levers. That was not allowed.

Whom did you ask, because that is wrong.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

You and Scott Adams.

I do recall you worrying about a Trump victory. I do not recall you having terribly convincing data to support your fear.

I was pretty confident of a Hillary win, but I do recall warning you about the nature of Wisconsin politics.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Adder

That's within the margin of error of most polls, so, yeah that's a dead heat.

He's also wrong. RCP leans right-center when they write op-ed, and perhaps with what they select to post. But polls are taken across the spectrum and averaged. Maybe some left friendly poll had her up, but others went the other way. And the average was within a point.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-s...d=sm_fb_maddow

TM

In Illinois, the democrats put up two fake candidates in the speaker's primary race. His challenger has the last name of Gonzales. The Machine put up "two sham candidates with Hispanic last names to split up the Hispanic vote". At least that's what Gonzales's lawsuit alleges.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...913-story.html

"The decision also indicates an interest in digging into the time-honored tradition of placing sham candidates on a ballot." Only in Illinois is this a time-honored tradition.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

That's you, numb nuts.

TM

Hold on here. It's "numb nuts"? As in your nuts are numb? Almost 43 years on this planet and until today I thought it was numnuts or num-nuts. Huh.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Adder

Whom did you ask, because that is wrong.

Poll assistant. Said I had to vote all races or write in someone.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Hold on here. It's "numb nuts"? As in your nuts are numb? Almost 43 years on this planet and until today I thought it was numnuts or num-nuts. Huh.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=numnuts inconclusive

https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...0%28num-nut%29

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

He's also wrong. RCP leans right-center when they write op-ed, and perhaps with what they select to post. But polls are taken across the spectrum and averaged. Maybe some left friendly poll had her up, but others went the other way. And the average was within a point.

You have two outliers skewing the average. The poll from the closest city to Philly had her up 6 points. The most reputable of that bunch, Monmouth, had her up 4.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/ep...633.html#polls

Whole lotta blue here thru October:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/ep...633.html#polls

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Adder

I was pretty confident of a Hillary win, but I do recall warning you about the nature of Wisconsin politics.

I was confident of it as well, and not much concerned about PA politics. Mathematically, it seemed to me that if the Philly ring counties went for Hillary, as predicted, it was impossible for Trump to win.

Philly + Pittsburgh + Philly Suburbs = Democrat win. It's practically a law of physics.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

In Illinois, the democrats put up two fake candidates in the speaker's primary race. His challenger has the last name of Gonzales. The Machine put up "two sham candidates with Hispanic last names to split up the Hispanic vote". At least that's what Gonzales's lawsuit alleges.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...913-story.html

"The decision also indicates an interest in digging into the time-honored tradition of placing sham candidates on a ballot." Only in Illinois is this a time-honored tradition.

In Montana a Green candidate was on the GOP payroll.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Poll assistant. Said I had to vote all races or write in someone.

Why didn't you write in "Abstain"? Or A.B. Stain. Or Tyrone Slothrop. You're a lawyer and you couldn't figure that one out?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

In Montana a Green candidate was on the GOP payroll.

Oh I just wanted the opportunity to bash the Chicago Machine. I wrote to my D senators (Durbin and Duckworth) telling them how pissed off I was that they are supporting our unbelievably corrupt speaker of the Illinois house, basically saying that he (Michael Madigan) is the only politician in this country worse than Trump.