Republicans fear Trump's parade of insults might help cost him the election
2016 could be a winnable election for the GOP, especially given Clinton’s continued email woes – yet all year Trump has lurched from one self-inflicted crisis to another
David Smith in Washington
Tuesday 1 November 2016 21.00 AEDT
Last modified on Tuesday 1 November 2016 21.33 AEDT
What do Rosie O’Donnell, Serge Kovaleski, Megyn Kelly, John McCain, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Gonzalo Curiel, Khizr Khan and Alicia Machado have in common?
All have been on the receiving end of Donald Trump’s insults as the businessman spent more than a year pursuing futile feuds that may go a long way toward costing him the White House.
A chorus of hands slapping against Republican foreheads was almost audible each time the nominee threw off any pretence of self-discipline and lashed out, distracting onlookers from his efforts to present himself as moderate or exploit Hillary Clinton’s weaknesses. This week they are doubtless praying that he doesn’t squander the golden opportunity presented by the FBI’s investigation into a new batch of emails that may be related to Clinton’s private server.
“Trump is on the verge of blowing it,” Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary, tweeted on 30 September. “Free advice: Focus on Hillary. No one else. Hillary is your opponent. No one else is.”
For William Cohen, a former defence secretary and Republican senator for Maine, the breaking point came in July last year. Soon after launching his presidential campaign, Trump said of the Arizona senator and former Vietnam prisoner of war John McCain: “He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
It later emerged that Trump had been granted four education draft deferments and one medical. The latter was due to bone spurs in his heels.
Cohen, who was McCain’s best man, recalled: “I was outraged about it. To this day John McCain can’t lift his arm to shoulder level. To say that about what he went through being tortured, his sense of patriotism, from a man who avoided the draft with a bone spur? No, I don’t think so. It turned me immediately.”
http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-e...lins-fiveyear-trump-plan-20161101-gsfcay.htmlTrump hotline to Moscow bank revealed as FBI probes Kremlin's five-year plan: reports
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Washington: The word "explosive" has been rendered meaningless in this US presidential election – so I'll just state this baldly. The FBI is investigating a deliberate, years-long Russian effort by which Moscow co-opted Donald Trump, and the Republican Party candidate had, until very recently, a super-secret internet server, which carried heavy, two-way traffic between his Manhattan tower and a Russian bank with close ties to the Kremlin.
In a campaign without filters, in which the improbable has proved likely, it has become difficult to rule out anything as impossible.
But three new, and separate, investigative reports by The New York Times, Mother Jones and Slate magazines are stunning "other shoe dropping" developments as Trump recovers from his "sexual predator" revelations, and just as Democrat Hillary Clinton is swamped by the fallout from the "Comey letter".
Here's what Mother Jones is reporting:
"A former senior Western intelligence operative, a specialist in Russian counterintelligence deemed credible in Washington, has provided the FBI with evidence that Trump 'and his inner circle have accepted a regular flow of intelligence from the Kremlin, including on Clinton, since Russian intelligence had compromised Trump during his visits to Moscow – so that he could be blackmailed'.
"The intelligence report, which the operative had provided to the FBI, reads: 'Russian regime has been cultivating, supporting and assisting TRUMP for at least 5 years. Aim, endorsed by PUTIN, has been to encourage splits and divisions in western alliance'.
"The Clinton data was a dossier based on bugged conversations by Clinton during various visits to Moscow and on intercepted phone calls, it says.
"Initially retained by a Republican client, but later by a Democrat, to research Trump, the operative said his investigations confirmed the existence of an 'established exchange of information between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin of mutual benefit'.
"After multiple exchanges and information sharing about Trump and his inner circle with the FBI since August 2016, the operative concluded: 'It's quite clear there was or is a pretty substantial [FBI] inquiry going on'.
absolutlely hillarious seiing the so called left attacking Trump as a soviet agent, remember Mac Carty guys?And talking of Reds under the bed what do we make of these reports ? Whose pulling the strings in the USA election ?
http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-e...lins-fiveyear-trump-plan-20161101-gsfcay.html
The rest of the story is way out there. Looks like it came from The Manchurian Candidate.
The hilarity (no pun intended) comes from the mental twisting the so called left is doing to offer valid arguments in supporting Hillary;a politician who is worse than the neo con in foreign affairs, who is heavily in bed with wall street, news propaganda machine and the military lobby and who sabotaged Bernie:There is clear evidence of Russian involvement in the election but there is also obvious domestic influences. I don't really think it matters that Russia is helping Trump as if he gets in the CIA will ensure that any influence will be negated. It's not hilarious however.
Fair, but not sure we will have such a relief rally with any strength in case of hillary win. a few % before being back to status quo is my uninformed opinionIn hindsight, investing in arms firms and Halliburton when Bush II and his crony Vice president was in would have made a fortune.
I have gone to cash for 1/3 of my portfolio due to the Trump comeback. Saw other investors around the world selling today. Good for shorters. Still think Clinton should win which would create a relief rally. If Trump wins, Brexit will look like a picnic. Trump is not a true Republican. I agree with his new right hand man about what to do about corruption but there is little policy in other areas. I disagree strongly with the tax cuts to the rich and rise in defence spending. Goes against all his rhetoric.
Will he be a good President? He has no depth however I am hoping his team could pull something together. would be nice to see policy in advance however as they may be got at.
I have gone to cash for 1/3 of my portfolio due to the Trump comeback.
And talking of Reds under the bed what do we make of these reports ? Whose pulling the strings in the USA election ?
http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-e...lins-fiveyear-trump-plan-20161101-gsfcay.html
The rest of the story is way out there. Looks like it came from The Manchurian Candidate.
LOL
STUDY: Big Three Networks Attack Comey Over Clinton by 3 to 1
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This election in the USA has actually been a good thing. Now we know where the biased U.S. media stand
(Sorry if link or editing doesn't work as l previously do, posting from a mobile)
In hindsight, investing in arms firms and Halliburton when Bush II and his crony Vice president was in would have made a fortune.
I have gone to cash for 1/3 of my portfolio due to the Trump comeback. Saw other investors around the world selling today. Good for shorters. Still think Clinton should win which would create a relief rally. If Trump wins, Brexit will look like a picnic. Trump is not a true Republican. I agree with his new right hand man about what to do about corruption but there is little policy in other areas. I disagree strongly with the tax cuts to the rich and rise in defence spending. Goes against all his rhetoric.
Will he be a good President? He has no depth however I am hoping his team could pull something together. would be nice to see policy in advance however as they may be got at.
The hilarity (no pun intended) comes from the mental twisting the so called left is doing to offer valid arguments in supporting Hillary;a politician who is worse than the neo con in foreign affairs, who is heavily in bed with wall street, news propaganda machine and the military lobby and who sabotaged Bernie:
Not may, but has and will;
I believe Bernie had some real left thinking and honesty, even if I am in disagreement with some of his proposed policies.
And should Trump win, I will breath easier knowing no war with Russia is coming.Being a stock forum, I believ members should ensure they are actually ready for that event: a Trump victory ;
a bet that way is more rewarding than a win from hillary in risk return ratio.
And if Hillary win, invest in US arm firms
My 2c
Will he be a good President? He has no depth however I am hoping his team could pull something together. would be nice to see policy in advance however as they may be got at.
Never underestimate the need for people to saddle up to a notion that best describes their bias, no matter how distant and disconnected the choices are.
He reigns as congenitally uncouth and it would require a masterclass to rein him in. A dangerous experiment by the republican party and supporters.
They need Trump to be a Ronald Reagan and read what's written for him; do as he's told.
The Donald is too much of himself and might get out of line. Unlike Hillary who's been in the game long enough and gain a lot of wisdom on the workings of the world.
It's still not too late.
Lockheed Martin's [or one of those arms pushers] said last year that SE Asia is a "new growth opportunity" area.
But are there no other businesses to get behind?
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