Trail Mix Southern Command (Orlando) — Team Trump has some catching up to do in Florida TV ads, and elsewhere. Supposedly it begins Friday with spots here and in four other battlegrounds: Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Virginia.
The Clinton campaign and its Super Pac have knocked out $23.7 million in Florida ads so far. Nothing from the Trump campaign itself, and only $3.3 million from support groups.
Same story for the Florida ground game. As of today, Clinton has opened 19 offices statewide: Clinton has a headquarters in Tampa and field offices in Wynwood, Miami Gardens, Fort Lauderdale, Lake Worth, Port St. Lucie, East Orlando, Sanford, Naples, Fort Myers, Tampa’s Ybor City, Lakeland, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and Pensacola. Today they open four more: Clearwater, Gainesville, Melbourne and Tamarac.
As of now Trump only has its headquarters in Sarasota.
“As of now Trump only has its headquarters in Sarasota”
craig, don’t forget mar-a- lago
kgc, thanks for noting rachel maddow’s expo of the faux sick Hillary story. here’s some of the transcript courtesy of
media matters:
There are fake Hillary Clinton medical records circulating in the right-wing blogosphere. They have her real life doctor’s name printed at the top, though not her correct title as a doctor. And this fake letter purports to show that Secretary Clinton has severe neurological impairments. There’s even a fake MRI circulating in the right-wing Twittersphere, supposedly showing damage to Hillary Clinton’s brain. See can’t you tell that’s Hillary Clinton’s brain? Looks like her, it’s wearing a pant suit. Look! Both the fake records and the fake brain scan were tweeted out by a Twitter account that has since been deleted, but they’ve been shared over and over and over again on the right-wing web and talked about on right-wing talk radio. There’s also an absolutely nutballs video produced by Alex Jones’ InfoWars, a conspiracy theory website that uses slowed down video of Hillary Clinton joking around with reporters, to claim that she’s having a seizure. [….] ….the video from InfoWars also says that in addition to these seizures that they accuse her of having, they say that she also has autism and that she has syphilis. They can tell.
And then sure enough, this same conspiracy theory makes its way to the Fox News Channel. One of their hosts is named Sean Hannity. That’s him here. He devoted an entire segment of his show this past week to investigating whether Hillary Clinton is experiencing a serious undisclosed medical condition. Yesterday the morning show at Fox News, which is called Fox & Friends, they spent a portion of their morning asking whether Hillary Clinton is too tired or too unhealthy to be president. [….] Now that the head of a really, really, really conspiratorial right-wing website is actually running the Donald Trump campaign, I think we should expect it to get more like that.
politico: Is Putin playing Trump like he did Berlusconi?
“The parallels with Trump are a little too disturbing,” says a U.S. government analyst who closely tracked Russia’s relationship with Europe when Berlusconi was in office. “Putin is very strategic. He would focus on people’s vulnerabilities — whether their vanity or greed or financial needs.”
That view echoes the analysis of former deputy CIA director Michael Morell, who recently wrote in The New York Times that Putin, drawing from his background as an intelligence officer, had made a “calculated” overture to Trump early in the presidential campaign, “playing upon Mr. Trump’s vulnerabilities by complimenting him,” and turning Trump into an “unwitting agent” of Russia.
Asked about Trump in December, Putin described the New Yorker as “bright and talented,” words that clearly pleased Trump: “It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond,” the mogul told reporters soon after. Since then, Trump has praised and defended Putin — including against the charge of having Russian journalists killed — and has pledged to establish better relations with Moscow.
her new ad
https://youtu.be/qmF2Yi4yuT4
patd,
….. rumor has it Secretary Clinton is also suffering from quinsy, ague & bad humours. Quick, send a pony to summon George Washington’s bloodletting experts …..
At least she isn’t mentally ill. Or a fascist. Or someone bought with a compliment like a two bit [expletive deleted]. Of course, there was the alien baby she adopted during her tenure as First Lady. Wonder how the little green egg head is doing.
Secretary Clinton, why do you hide your alien child? 😉
You don’t get up every day and campaign for president unless you are physically fit. It’s hard and grueling. People younger than HRC have found that out. It’s one of the reasons that people consider doing it then opt out.
speaking of candidates’ health problems, have there been any recent stories on how drumpf is doing with his germaphobia vis a vis gladhanding his adoring crowds? mother jones earlier this year titled “Donald Trump Is Very Easily Disgusted” noting
On his well-known germaphobia: “Trump doesn’t even like to push a ground floor elevator button because it’s been tapped by so many people….Trump especially avoids shaking hands with teachers, since they are likely to be have been ‘in touch’ with too many germy kids. Trump has what he calls a borderline case of germaphobia — aka msyophobia — that the American Psychological Association defines as one of the more common forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder.”
does he even work the rope line a la big dawg or allow hugs & kisses (see kiddies, mommies, obama and biden with hillary)? in fact, how close does he get to the faithful fans and media let alone just strangers on the elevator?
I can see Hillary starting out the day with a tasty bowl of gruel as I often do. I wouldn’t waste it on the don.
remember when wapo told us that jeb posted a quiz on his Web site that accused the GOP front-runner of being … a “germophobe”
and dailykos story
How much psychopathology can be crammed under that orange hair? Now we discover that crew who worked on “The Apprentice” say, among other decidedly unflattering things about him, that he was a germophobe.“He’s not good with people touching him, he’s very germophobic,” said one crew member. “We were instructed never to touch him—he wouldn’t shake hands,” said another. (From “Apprentice crew members on their old boss” in Slate.) [….]
We don’t know if his germophobia (if he has it) leads to frequent hand cleaning, but dollars to donuts it does, and like on the TV show Monk, he has his assistant nearby to hand him antibacterial wipes.
I would be remiss in my duty to use my expertise as a Kos diarist who is a mental health professional to delve into the possibility that Trump has characteristics of DSM-5 psychiatric disorders. I have already written about Trump and narcissistic personality disorder (“A psychologist analyzes Trump the narcissist”) and paranoid personality disorder (“Another diagnosis for Trump. Is he really paranoid?”). That’s why I titled this diary Chapter 3. How many more of these will I have to write?
But why does it even matter if he has a germ phobia, lots of people do?
The answer is simple. Because there are other characteristics which people with this phobia may have which may be undesirable in a president.
Of course, germophobia is a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder. If he engages in anxiety reducing compulsive checking, or counting like the opssessive-compuslive TV detective Adrian Monk, that would lend significant credence to making this diagnosis.
Update on fivethirtyeight projections: Trumps’s chances of winning – 10.5%-21.3%. Place your bets.
HIllary has about a 63% chance of winning both FL & OH, and her chances have been improving from a tie at the first of the month.
I guess we’ll have to see what the Conway/Bannon effect is.
garrison Keillor: Make the most of your brief time on Earth
apparently the new plan is troll is losing so they are going to try to destroy clinton before she gets into office
as evidenced by the health crap — there is nothing they won’t do
all lies and fake documents all paid for by Trump and/or Brietbart
gov scottie’s super pac is running ads…trump is relying on free media revolving around zika, too. Forbes Mag stated trump could win the election on the issue of zika. Many old jokes on trump and zika…he will build a net around florida and get the mosquitos to pay for it. Yesterday and today, trump is getting loads of free media. Ben Shapiro bitterly called it a turdnado. I do believe the poop fest will ramp-up…with a great emphasis on debates. The old rumor of trump forming his own media network the day after the election? Still rampant online…conway looks like she needs to check-out of the crystal palace motel of Breaking Bad fame…she is strung-out on trumpmeth. Meanwhile, the trump whisperers and ghosts are surrounding him in a political seance. It will not be for the weak of heart and look for a lot of bad political heroin to hit the streets for the cable, radio and online junkies.
Speak of the various crooks on the Trump team, the one who seems to be getting a pass is Kellyanne Conway as a pollster. Here is an interesting article on the types of polls where she is cited as one of the more egregious examples of a “Push Poller” under the heading of “Hired Gun Polls”
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
sj writes regarding the dire straits of Hillary’s health — send a pony to summon George Washington’s bloodletting experts — it is 2016, we must try cupping!!
fifth media outlet formed by bannon, ailes and trump (BATv) or ailes, bannon and trump (ABouTv), trump ailes bannon (TABtv)…radio, online, print, tv and cyberhack productions.
Kellyann Conway not only is she an asshole and liar but as a bottom feeding faux true conservative she is perfectly willing to sell out her values (sic) for cash
Andrea Mitchell once again Trump whore by pretending that the health issue for Clinton is real what a ffin bitch Mrs. Greenspan needs to go
KGC…don’t blame andrea…she is living with corpse greenspan and he has been mummified for years…his clinton-hating vapors filling the haunted house in which she resides.
Rachael needs to take Andrea out in the hallway and explain what is going on other wise she remains a dupe for Trump
what a stupid bitch she has to know better and did it anyway. I’m sure she thinks she is so clever —
Joy Reid just told Mrs. Greenspan she was full of shit and she is
currently looking for bad photos of Mrs. G
Pat, Re the media matters excerpts: “Yesterday the morning show at Fox News, which is called Fox & Friends, they spent a portion of their morning asking whether Hillary Clinton is too tired or too unhealthy to be president. [….]”
Looks like someone is trying to pull off a Doctor Who trick. In the final scene of season 2 episode 1 (The Christmas Invasion) he tells the PM that he can take her down with 6 words then he whispers “Don’t you think she looks tired” into the ear of an underling and later newcasts show her resigning amid poor health rumors. The Doctor was angry that she blew up some aliens willy nilly after they had given up and were returning to their home world. Not much of a parallel, but that story made me think of it. LOL!
Maybe the lesson here is that HRC and those of us supporting her need to be diligent and take these ridiculous smear campaigns more seriously.
Blonde Wino, OMG I just watched a demo of cupping last night during my Red Sox game. Gross, but apparently effective for sports ailments and muscle soreness. Maybe HRC should try it since this campaign season has been like a marathon combined with a knock down drag out boxing match. Could give her energy for the final sprint aka the debates!
wearing fur too
This is the swiftboat bullshit all over again the health thing is a lie and everyone knows — the corrupt media of the horse race variety are making it about how she addresses the issue not the truth of it
Ann Gearin of the Wowpoo just showed her true colors I bet she and Andrea have drinks all the time
So Clinton should call a press conference give out her doctors records and challenge trump to do the same and tell Mrs. Greenspan to shove it up her boney butt
Talk about liars — Mrs. Greenspan panties must be on fire
drudge and hannity have had HRC at death’s door since 2012. Faux news in flux? Time for a new propaganda network…similar to RT news. Unfortunately, the unbounded nature of rich humans to inflict their temper on the little people? Endless. Employing extremists on both sides to fear, disease and hate of biblical proportions to do their dirty work. They can only win by destroying…I do believe the middle is strong enough to withstand, but the fringes will fall and we will all be covered in poop. Of elephant proportions.
this was sent to me on email today…doubt the authenticity, but the info is most likely true, if not reproduced. What was trump’s medical deferment?
speaking of liars check out that long long long nose
he had a bone spur on his foot
meet mercer….the new money behind trump…formerly a cruzer. the decision money behind trump’s move. Another New Mexican gone astray.
Found in Union SQ NYC
huffpo re above statue:
This Naked Donald Trump Statue Cannot Be Unseen
It seems the emperor “has no balls.”
this link also has a video as well as graphic photos.
patch:
UPDATE 1:15 p.m.: Hopefully you got down to see naked Trump quickly, because the statue is gone.
Representatives from parks department removed the statue, well, all except for the feet, just after 1 p.m. on Thursday.
A police officer told Patch it was removed because it was “unattended property.”
Once again the media fails in its job to report the news -not referee the race
the sad history of the swiftboat liars is that no one ever vetted their claims …kind of like the phony health claims against Clinton
the feckless Mrs. Greenspan said Clinton had to respond. So maroona where is your obligation to vet the claim
you are a sorry excuse for journalism if you are supposed to be among the most experienced Your pal Rachael Maddow didher job why didn’t you do yours….I guess you just phone it in now you old bag trying out for the Liz Trotta award…the old and bitter.
hope that statue keeps popping up in more places than it already is in now (according to huffpo, it’s also in la, frisco, seattle and more). would be fun to turn it into a national “poke-a-man” kind of game. perfect to relieve the late august boredoms and doldrums of dog days.
they could have an enhanced level of adding appropriate signs he can hold, hats, companion pieces like dogs lifting legs etc.
maybe make money for charity selling throwable rotten tomatoes a buck a piece?
Apparently the artist was not impressed by Trump’s bragged about “assets” either.
Brooke Baldwin must like fat old men with bad hair
Baldwin the lowest common denominator – the answer to how low can you go in reporting
wonkette: Did Aetna Quit Obamacare When It Didn’t Get Big Fat Merger? Elizabeth Warren Says Ayup!
you know, those life-sized naked statues may take on a life of their own. better than “where’s the beef” and seeing Russia from one’s front porch comment.
any bets on how soon the drumpf explodes?
Sturgeon moon and lunar eclipse, tonight!
Are we at war with Russia? They’re acting like it.
Julian Bond has died he was only 75
I’m sad
7/7
FBI Director revises stance, says none of Hillary Clinton’s emails were classified at the time
KGC
I know it’s making the rounds, but Bond died last year.
The full video for “No Balls” is here:
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNowThisElection%2Fvideos%2F1252520988112722%2F&show_text=0&width=400&__mref=message_bubble
KGC
I know it’s making the rounds, but Bond died last year.
wtf for?
And another thing Mrs. Greenspan did she asked about the tape (which any reporter with a smidge of decency knows is doctored) showing Clinton apparently unable to control her head movements. Mitchell imitates the doctored tapes and asks the Clinton rep about it. When he responds that it is all faked she giggles and says it’s the news
she is a disgusting piece of crap I’m sure she wouldn’t have found Roger Ailes attention harassment. I wonder what her real relationship was with Frank Rizzo –good access for sure
KGC Started as anniversary remembrance and then picked up and shuffled around.
wapo:
Sens. Ron Wyden (Ore.) and Chris Murphy (Conn.) told reporters Thursday that they would press for consideration of Wyden’s bill requiring major-party presidential nominees to disclose at least three years of tax returns. The bill, if passed, would allow the Treasury Department to release Trump’s returns over the objections of the New York businessman, who has cited an ongoing Internal Revenue Service audit as his reason for breaking with a 40-year tradition of disclosure by presidential candidates.
“The American people have just come to expect that tax returns would be released,” Murphy said Thursday. “This an exceptional moment where a long-standing precedent has been broken, and it presents enormous peril to the public to have this information as private.”
Wyden and Murphy said Trump could potentially act as president to benefit his investments abroad, including in Russia. They also raised questions about his charitable giving and whether he has withheld income or payroll taxes for personal employees — an issue that has tripped up several high-profile executive nominees.
Jaime
Thanks
Must share my favorite Julian Bond story. When I was working for Mondale/Ferraro campaign in Georgia we were at a fundraiser with black corporate executives. As I often did at these affairs with Bond we were off to the side cracking jokes between us. I pointed out one guest I didn’t recognize, asked him who it was. He said, “Ah, you know, these black millionaires all look alike.”
Washington Post gave Trump 4 Pinocchio’s the same goes for Andrea Mitchell she repeated the lie and gave it credence
Is Clinton naming a transition team over confident? Is that the dumbest question ever given Chris Christie and yet this another question that is mentioned over and over.
What is wrong with you people are you stupid or what
So turd face Mitchell says the campaign should respond. The campaign responds and Kristen Whelker says- well we are only discussing it because you responded ack ack ack
Jennifer Granholm is my hero
Washington Post: “Florida is always the swingiest of swing states, and once again it is ground zero in the presidential contest. The twist this year is that Donald Trump runs uniquely well there.”
As my Dad just said, “People down here don’t know how to vote. They elected Rick Scott twice!”
It’s the snowbirds that really screw-up Sunshine State voting; the people have no real stake except low taxes.
I kind of doubt Trump is healthy he is a red-faced tub of lard
Well, once again I dive bomb in, long days and nights do get in the way of fun.
The lard one has low “T”. You can tell by the stupid stuff he spouts. And the way he feels up his daughter. At what point will the guy admit he is on speed.
What will be interesting is which group will create a political party to replace the R’s. The Republican party is now officially a KKK, white supremacist, john bircher, anti-Semitic, and against anything that resembles a civil society. Congrats to the POS under the stupid orange mass of coconut scrappings, you did what the Dems could not accomplish.
Although voting begins in a month, I would like to have the idiot go off to spend a week with his bunk buddy in the Soviet headquarters. He needs some time to get new talking points. I do feel bad for the Russians who thought they no longer were in the Soviet Union. Back in the USSR. Putin would really like to stand in Ms. Liberty’s head.
the bar is so low for Trump if he doen’t throw up on himself or make fun of the disabled, people think he’s fabulous
Halperin just did a fluffer piece on Troll can’t wait to see his next interview with Conway. Who is just pleased as punch to be the first female campaign manager (even though she had NO idea) fr a Republican candidate…ok wellKellyann in case you forgot the Democrats had their first woman campaign manager years ago not too mention a woman of color after that
And of course compared to a female presidential candidate I don’t think anyone cares
Kelly ann Conway just admitted they are spreading the health care story
Tweety let her walk all over him he kissed her whatever
Trump surrogates need to be shut down when they are lying
Conway started talking about what Trump was going to do on women’s issues – why didn’t Tweety ask why his childcare program only helps wealthy women is that what we can expect
but Tweety was too busy doing whatever to ask follow up questions so she had a 5 minute ad for Troll not only wasn’t it hardball it wasn’t even nerf ball
Trump is insane
wapo
The Clinton Foundation announced Thursday that it would no longer accept donations from corporations or foreign entities if Hillary Clinton is elected president.
The decision comes amid mounting criticism of how the foundation operated during her tenure as secretary of state, potentially allowing donors to seek special access through her government post.
Former president Bill Clinton also announced to staff Thursday that the final meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative would be held in September in New York City, regardless of the outcome of the election.
okay, so now will the drumpf do likewise and shut down or at least put a firewall between his international holdings and himself and family? will he even be questioned about it?
If Trump wants to be the great white hope for the minority communities someone should ask him where he stands on the voting rights acts particularly where he is tonight
According to the Gothamist, Parks Department spokesperson Sam Biederman delivered a tongue-in-cheek reason for removing the statue, while taking a pointed jab at the GOP’s presidential nominee.
“NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small,” he stated.
wsj:
Larry Wilmore: ‘When We Protect Powerful Men, We Make Women Invisible’
On his second-to-last episode, the ‘Nightly Show’ host had some parting words for Bill Cosby and Roger Ailes
“Look, there is a reason Cosby and Ailes and other serial harassers have so many victims, because for years, we let them get away with it. Because when we tell victims that their assaults didn’t happen, we also tell assailants that they don’t need permission. And when we protect powerful men, we make women invisible.
“I know I’m a man saying this, but men, we need to do the work, too.”
Ah, sweet memories of Theodoric of York and Brungilda……..
I swear, sometimes reading you guys is like listening to Chuck Berry the first time….
Don’tcha just know that when they were framing that skit, one of the names they ultimately rejected was Theodork of York…….
Yet there are those who say it never came up…….
Whatever crap house karma Trump brings to Sarasota, Florida…….it is knocked down into the dust by the fact that Sarasota is also the home of Dickie Smothers.
Trump’s ass.
So, Putin realized The GOP nom had a chance, had a mole/plant installed, while simultaneously attempting to undemine the Dem nom with an internet geurilla war, essentially making a play at having a Russian-controlled puppet as Leader of the Free World. All while gaining influence in the middle east and europe despite a crippled economy and an inferior military. Dude is 6 moves ahead of us and our esteemed intelligence services.
(All that and the Reds still had time and resources to fix Olympic events, rather impressive)
Torrential downpour for the eclipse of the Sturg moon 🙁
I had a whole evening planned.
sturg, and of course also the ancestral home of circus freaks
ah Sturg, thanks for the memories, couldn’t resist: Theodoric of York
Say! Who’s the barber here?
I would like to thank the academy and all the little people and circus freaks for giving me this Sturgeone Moon…….and you might just inform them that they have misspelled Sturgeone, casting vague angst-ridden reverberations amongst my widely esteemed and thoroughly southern forebears…….
my dad always said that forebears are better than none……..
http://bluescrab.blogspot.com/search?q=Grampa+Sturgeone
Grampa Sturgeone
The last great comment I had on my stupid little blog was from that acclaimed hi-jinkster, The Noble Ignex, on the occasion of his discovering that I had once passed before the Raging Sea God Neptune in a sacred ceremony out there In the Great Pacific during which I was initiated into that mystical realm held dear by all those of the sea.
Trump’s regrets using Ill chosen words and hurting people? Really? What a load of BULLSHIT.
There is The Sea………and there are fish camps ……it’s the same thing, only different.
Trump’s ass.
Call him Sturgeone. November in his soul, hat tipping, etc.
Melville, I’m not.
Tip somebody’s hat off now and they’re liable to be some kind of disgruntled ex-navy seal dude who wouldn’t mind taking you off at the knees…..
hat tippers………slowly, slowly, with the stick…..
You’ve pre-epmted my “Why Moby Dick is still relevant” spiel… Damnit.
Ok, I’m burning moonlight- always a pleasure, speaking of hat-tips.
The last time anyone took Moby Dick seriously was the day before he shot that oil billionaire in the face for looking like a pheasant.
A pheasant is a galliform fowl, not a foul Gallic form.
Anywho, Ole Moby, he jus’ said,*hic*.
Meanwhile, queequeg trump carves his coffin with his mouthful of sharpened teeth.
Here is your 2016 Iowa State Fair Butter Cow.