Trump turns down debate !!!!

[OnDoutside]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by tammywammy (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: Trump website

Donald J. Trump Statement on Debating Bernie Sanders

Based on the fact that the Democratic nominating process is totally rigged and Crooked Hillary Clinton and Deborah Wasserman Schultz will not allow Bernie Sanders to win, and now that I am the presumptive Republican nominee, it seems inappropriate that I would debate the second place finisher. Likewise, the networks want to make a killing on these events and are not proving to be too generous to charitable causes, in this case, women’s health issues. Therefore, as much as I want to debate Bernie Sanders - and it would be an easy payday - I will wait to debate the first place finisher in the Democratic Party, probably Crooked Hillary Clinton, or whoever it may be.


Read more: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-statement-on-debating-bernie-sanders

[Jack Rabbit]

1. Chicken!

[brooklynite]

3. Didn't see THAT coming...

Correction: WHO didn't see that coming...?

[MADem]

115. LOL!!!!!!! nt

[brooklynite]

4. Debbie must feel hurt that Trump didn't give her a nickname...

[beastie boy]

20. Bernie as well.

This must hurt almost as much as not getting free airtime.

[roguevalley]

31. Here is what happened. A Dem with a spine challenged a nazi to a debate and dared him to

step forward. HRC at the same time was home hiding because the Inspector General's report showed she was lying for over a year on her server fiasco. The only grown up in this mess challenged Trump and showed him to be a coward, a blowhard and a sissy. Bernie did that, not HRC who is still trying to absorb her 9% trustworthy rating v NINETY ONE PERCENT untrustworthy rating in the last poll.

Consider in that total that EVEN HER SUPPORTERS DON'T TRUST HER! Among the 91% who said she's untrustworthy were her 'supporters'.

Bernie showed what a DEMOCRAT looks like. HRC is still counting her fingers.

[Duval]

47. Exactly!

But, at least we know there won't be a debate and that should ease recent angst among Hillary supporters.

[fleabiscuit]

62. I would think BS voters would be used to ain't never gonna happen pipe dream proposals.

No need to point fingers elsewhere other than the BS campaign.

[SCantiGOP]

80. Read Trump's post

It could easily be a post here on DU slamming our nominee, Hillary Clinton.

[fleabiscuit]

97. Yes, I noticed that striking similarity. Fits right in, and a good call out. nt

[SunSeeker]

50. Here is what happened. Bernie tried to pull off a stunt to upstage Hillary and FAILED.

Hillary is not home hiding. She is holding rallies and meeting with Democrats all across California. She is listening to what California Democrats have to say, instead of trying to hatch publicity stunts with late night hosts.

[riversedge]

54. Sanders got punked by Trumpy -simple as that.

[MADem]

117. The only one who didn't see him telegraphing that pitch was the poor fella yelling "Game on!"

Trump ate up 48 hours of the news cycle and it was almost all Donald-Donald-Donald.

And his "Idiocracy" supporters ate it up with a spork!

[Pluvious]

133. Keep working on winning over the Bernie supporters n/t

[Poincare]

99. No she's hiding after reneging on her promise to Bernie

And it seems that the Donald is afraid to face the Bern. Keep this in mind when you go to vote for her, she promised to debate Bernie 3 additional times, they had an agreement. She doesn't even have that with you the voter. So, how can you assume that she will stick to her promises.

[FailureToCommunicate]

122. You don't post often, my friend, but when you do, it's spot on.

[maddiemom]

130. Nicely done!

[FailureToCommunicate]

146. Thanks!

(Tis the season of reconciliation. Hillary supporters vs Bernie supporters)

[SunSeeker]

145. What about Sanders' promise to America during the last debate to produce his 2015 tax return?

Sanders got 9 debates, he managed to mooch 3 more than the 6 that were originally planned and agreed to by the campaigns.

Hillary is not "hiding." She is traveling all over California holding rallies and talking with Californians about what they want done in Washington. Unlike Sanders, she is not trying to pull grandstanding stunts.

And I already voted for her here in California (mail ballot). Can't wait to vote for her again in November!

[Amimnoch]

106. Hmm, "A Dem with a spine challenged a nazi to a debate"?

As I recall Trump was the one who laid out the challenge and Bernie accepted, so what are you intimating? That Trump is a Dem with a spine?

[riderinthestorm]

140. Jimmy Kimmel asked Bernie to provide him 1 question for Trump. Bernie responded w let's debate!

Trump agreed. Bernie said great. Hillary’s folks got mad because she was shown as the reneging bad faith actor that she is. Now Trump backs out once negotiations got serious.

Bernie came out of this looking great, especially in comparison to those two.

[99th_Monkey]

66. Bernie is "Crazy Bernie"

"Crazy Bernie" at 2:15

[maddiemom]

134. No offense to the stereotypical third grade bully, but...come on , "Stubfinger"...

How can any rational adult mix it up with you?

[brooklynite]

5. QUICK: Give Trump some explanations as to how Bernie can win the nomination!

[Jackie Wilson Said]

6. Like I said, no chance, he is a chickenshit.

Hillary, if nominee, will tear his ass apart.

[Robbins]

8. No

clinton has many problems that trump can use against her.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

15. No, only fake liberals who go on and on about how bad she is. That is all he has.

[BuelahWitch]

19. No, Hillary is the fake liberal

and Trump will rip her to shreds.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

70. These PRO DRUMPF posts on DU should be notice by folks I hope PRO TRUMP Person here!

Hello, Pro Trump or Drumpf on DU


Hello!

[floppyboo]

93. Does that make Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd and WaPo pro Trump too?

His supporters are growing by the hour! Be afraid. We are the 9%! not as musically lilting as 99% but makes a good march!

[Matt_in_STL]

104. Agreed. Just commented on a vocal Hillary supporter lauding Trump.

So much love for Trump.

[coco77]

90. Hillary is republiCon Lite.

As well as DWS and a lot of the Democratic Party.

[RKP5637]

129. That's what it's come too. I left and became Independent/Unaffiliated. n/t

[0rganism]

44. disagree, she's pretty damn good in debates

the rest of her campaign may look weak, especially right now, but damn, she is a good debater. she really should have sought out more televised debates, as many as possible, because they totally play to her strengths. essentially free advertising.

[elljay]

94. Except it is not going to be a debate

It will be trying to win an argument with a 10 year old who keeps saying "I know you are but what am I." She can answer a policy question, but she lacks the skill to respond to juvenile Trump and his insults.

[OwlinAZ]

112. Not really but she can dazzle us with her BS

[Duval]

49. And we can be sure he will.

It isn't going to be pretty.

[coco77]

81. Hillary will spend the whole debate explaing herself..

About Bill,Emails,Benghazi,whitewater and who knows what else that is what Trump is counting on and he won't be answering shit just name calling and going down his list of nothings,but the media will let him get away with it for the ratings.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

88. No, she will spend the whole time eviscerating the sociopath

WE are liberals here.

[coco77]

96. Really???

So why does everyone in the media say Bernie has moved her to the left and why does she and her talking heads say once she wraps up th nomination she will run back to the right,why? because she is republiCON lite.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Trumpler can debate himself

it will be a great debate, the best ... easy peasy win for women and children

[0rganism]

46. and, as he'd be quick to remind us, he's a master debater

hmm, too obvious? shouldn't have gone there? oh well.

[redwitch]

75. :-)

Anything goes when trump is involved.

His hands are awfully tiny aren't they?

[geomon666]

9. Chicken shit coward n/t

[Robbins]

10. why is trump afaird of bernie

just like they said bernie was scared of BLM protestors.

[jmowreader]

11. They actually put a press release like that on his official website?

I wonder if he realizes how much that reads like something that belongs on Nil Admirari or one of the other third-string satire sites.

[awoke_in_2003]

138. The Onion will go out of business...

if this guy is elected.

[4now]

12. Put your shinebox away Bernie

Trump doesn't need you now.

[roguevalley]

34. what a disgusting remark even from a Hillarian. Its clear that there are a lot of people on this

list who don't have a clue what a real dem looks like. HRC hiding under her bed from the Inspector General is all they know.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. Dear God, is that supposed to be real or a satire page?

That literally reads like it was written by an 11 year old. I'm completely serious.

[madaboutharry]

14. From the man trapped in middle school.

I think one of the reasons I can't stand him (in addition to him being a racist, a misogynist, a liar, and a fraud) is that he reminds me of every nasty boy I knew in sixth grade who made fun of my curly hair.

[procon]

16. Trump used all of Sander's anti Hillary talking points as his reasons for backing out.

Chris Hayes just read a printout with Trump's response, and he was laughing so hard he could barely speak. MSNBC should have the text uploaded soon.

Sanders was counting on that debate, but he got pawned by Trump who just used him for a couple of punchlines, had a good laugh at the poor ole gullible fool and then tossed him aside. Ouch.

[procon]

23. Here's Trump's original statement:

URGENT - Trump says he will not debate Sanders
Published 4:21 PM EDT May 27, 2016



(CNN) -- Donald Trump on Friday said he would not debate Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders because it would be "inappropriate" to square off against the candidate who currently trails Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary fight. "Based on the fact that the Democratic nominating process is totally rigged and Crooked Hillary Clinton and (Debbie) Wasserman-Schultz will not allow Bernie Sanders to win, and now that I am the presumptive Republican nominee, it seems inappropriate that I would debate the second-place finisher," Trump said in a statement. Trump also said news networks "are not proving to be too generous to charitable causes," which he previously had said would be a goal of debating Sanders. The two populist candidates had floated the idea of debating each other throughout the week. Sanders has been trying to debate Clinton ahead of the California primary on June 7, but she, too, declined.

http://www.wyff4.com/politics/urgent-trump-says-he-will-not-debate-sanders/39763098

[Duval]

51. Thanks for this!! nt

[Surya Gayatri]

24. "...poor ole gullible fool" LOL!

Sanders was counting on that debate, but he got pawned by Trump who just used him for a couple of punchlines.

[roguevalley]

37. You two are so clueless. Trump is the fool. Bernie lost nothing. HRC is still hiding and Trump looks

like the biggest ass hole in the world. Bernie lost nothing. Nada. As for the ageism in your remarks, you show your true selves.

[Surya Gayatri]

40. "inappropriate that I would debate the second place finisher.” LOLOL!

[LenaBaby61]

63. Hillary Clinton is not hiding...

She's campaigning in California, which is likely she's set to win not too long from now.

[elljay]

98. She actually found 200 San Francisco supporters last night!

No doubt, who paid to attend her "rally." Someone had to work pretty hard to find those people up here! I'm sure it would have taken Bernie about a second to attract a crowd that large just by standing on a random SF street corner.

[LenaBaby61]

101. Funny...

But she hasn't had any problems finding a 3 million plus vote lead over her Dem primary opponent.

[coco77]

108. Trump didn't need any help from Bernie..

It s all been out there for years and Bernie has called her anything but what she is a....republiCON lite who can't see that the party is tired of that shit. She is no liberal.

[Gregorian]

17. Haha. Totally as anticipated. But what I would like to know is what his thought process was.

Oh shit, what have I got myself into? Or did he premeditate it, thinking he could smear Bernie with his second place status?

Damn, this guy would be fun to watch during a real emergency.

[RealAmericanDem]

18. Trump might try to get Bernie to be his VP

You saw it here first.

[oldandhappy]

32. no but clinton would be a good fit

[w4rma]

48. Both Clinton and Trump have now loudly proclaimed they would debate Sanders and lied about it.

Trump/Clinton, Clinton/Trump. Best buds forever.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

21. No surprise... nt

[riderinthestorm]

22. I would bet money Trump doesn't debate again. Not even Hillary

This isn't a surprise at all to me. I've said it before. It's his worst forum. No way he gets out there where the side by side comparison is so stark.

From earlier today:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2068127

[Nirgendwo]

25. For charity! What a laugh!

[Schema Thing]

26. lol, I thought that paragraph was you editorializing his real statement.

Geez, even his written statements sound Bozolian.

[TwilightZone]

27. Trump set 'em up. And Trump knocked 'em down.

Anyone who's paid attention to Trump should have known this was coming.

I'm surprised that no one leaked the script.

[LenaBaby61]

58. Welp...

That's Donald Trump in a nutshell.

Draws the media in with some huge proclamation, gets tons of FREE media like PT Barnum did and then *POOF* he's gone. He'll probably say something like "Crazy Bernie, who wanted to debate him?" knowing full well that it was HIM (Trump) that initiated this debate which he knew he was never going to participate IN

I can't repeat this enough: June 14th can come soon enough

[beastie boy]

28. Bernie got played by Trump.

Bernie thought he could get some free publicity out of this, but all the free publicity went to Trump.

Back to the business of losing California, with no distractions. Well, maybe a couple of frivolous lawsuits filed jointly with the right-wingers, but that's just an afterthought.

[roguevalley]

39. No he didn't. He allowed Trump to show how stupid and venal he is. Bernie only gained. He was ready

and trump did a hillary and backed off.

[LibDemAlways]

42. Bernie will not lose California. He'll win by a

comfortable margin. Bank on it.

[Jesus Malverde]

57. Does the popular vote matter?

California has political machines like anywhere else.

[underpants]

29. I've considered this while having my picture near some McDonald's food type stuff...

[99th_Monkey]

68. You'd think with all that money ...

he'd eat more healthy and sensibly. Maybe that was the only food source within
50 miles? Otherwise --> on McDonald's

[oldandhappy]

30. what a chicken!

[EndElectoral]

33. Gutless. Now HRC and Bernie can debate.

[99th_Monkey]

69. But wait .. Hillary has refused to debate Bernie. Shucks! No more debates.

[LibDemAlways]

35. I've thought all along that Trump got

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into this thing on a lark and to feed his ego. He never expected to be the nominee and he certainly didn't expect to get away with all the racist/sexist crap. I think he's been looking for ways to sabotage his campaign, and this "crooked Hillary" stuff on an official press release is yet another one. I think the idea of moving into the White House and taking on the responsibilities of the Presidency is some scary shit for him and between now and November he'll be angling for ways to lose by making ever more outrageous statements. Problem is, he's pretty much teflon. He'd probably have to announce that he was going to ban guns by executive order before his followers would abandon him in any great numbers.

[Pluvious]

142. I too have thought this all along

It's just too tough of a job, and under constant attacks. And of course to be blamed for everything that goes wrong.

The only upside is all the money he can generate for himself.

What is wrong with our people, the rest of the World must believe we're all batshit crazy !

[Gamecock Lefty]

36. MadAboutHarrry, I agree 100%!

Trump reminds me of the schoolyard bully that kicks sand at people, calls them names and then runs off to hide behind his teacher.

Certainly America would not vote for this piece of crap, would they???

[RBInMaine]

38. CRAZY CON MAN TRUMP IS A CRAZY COWARD!!

[stillwaiting]

41. No one wants to debate Bernie. I wonder why?!?!

Crooked politicians will be exposed.

[Eric J in MN]

43. Trump is tough and authentic!

Or Trump is a coward who lies.

[liberal N proud]

45. Another Bernie stunt fail.

[RoccoR5955]

52. Chicken Drumpf!

[Skittles]

53. LOL

if he really believed that nonsense, it would be the reason he WOULD debate Bernie

[Jopin Klobe]

55. Baaaaaaaaaaaawk ... bock-bock-bock ... baaaaaaaaaaaawk ...

... isn't it amazing how many eggs he can lay while having his fuzzy, fuzzy head wedged so tightly up there? ...

[Scientific]

56. What a whimp. Issue a challenge, and then chicken out.

How Republican is that?

[OnDoutside]

59. Bernie is fortunate this debate isn't happening

Someone serious needs to grab a hold of him.

Democratic Senators are unloading on Bernie Sanders for a courting a debate with Donald Trump.

Politico rounded up some reactions to Senate Democrats over the Sanders vs. Trump debate dance:

“Bullshit,” said Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. “That confirms what we’ve been saying. Why would you expect Bernie should be considerate or be nice or be working to bring everyone together? Why? He’s not a Democrat.”

The party’s frustrations are boiling over with Sanders as the primary season winds down: Namely that Sanders seems unwilling or unable to admit that Hillary Clinton is on course for the nomination. The ire toward Sanders began earlier this year among the loudest Democratic cheerleaders for Clinton — and now it’s seeping into nearly the entire Senate Democratic caucus.

….

“I don’t know why he would do that. I think it’s time to start to winding down the primary,” said Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.). “It’s time to move on.”

“It’s peculiar,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). “It’s all about Bernie trying to get the advantage in California. It’s not going to work.”

The easiest way to understand what Bernie Sanders is doing is to think of Sen. Sanders as a man who is not ready to let go. The one consistency in every answer that Sanders gives about the state of the race is a willingness to keep going. It doesn’t matter what the delegate math, popular vote, or pledged delegate count says, Bernie Sanders is going to keep going.

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[link:http://www.politicususa.com/2016/05/26/senate-democrats-fed-bernie-sanders-trump-debate-stunt.html|

[litlbilly]

67. OMG another member since this morning. Are you kidding me with this shit? Say anything

but emails right? You guys are just getting funnier by the minute

[OnDoutside]

84. It's May 27, catch up :)

[litlbilly]

87. Oh sorry, youre a long timer then:))))))

[OnDoutside]

92. Well a week is a long time in politics .... at least you're incapable of brow beating noobs :)

[litlbilly]

116. Oh so painful. You guys must be losing sleep like there's no tomorrow. oh wait, there isnt.

[OnDoutside]

124. Garth !

[Kall]

73. Hmm, Joe Manchin.

He's the one who shot (as in, with a gun) Obama's cap-and-trade bill in a TV ad, right?

[OnDoutside]

89. A superdelegate, y'know one of the ones Bernie's supposed to be a'courtin

[JonLeibowitz]

100. And you as well, if I am not mistaken.

[OnDoutside]

119. Oi ! Bernie has NEVER courted me ....

[JonLeibowitz]

121. No I mean you are courting superdelegates ... ;-)

[OnDoutside]

125. In the bag already ;)

[JonLeibowitz]

132. Don't forget to thank them! .... ;-)

[OnDoutside]

141. They're thanking me !!!

[Kall]

109. Carry on

covering for Joe Manchin's flagrant hypocrisy.

[OnDoutside]

123. Whoosh, the implications of the attempted treachery has gone over your head

[C Moon]

60. That's what I predicted in another thread last night...

except I thought he was going to somehow use the "donation to charity" as an out.
What a 100% fool.

[truthisfreedom]

61. Chicken Don!

Chicken Don! Chicken Don! Chicken Don!

[rock]

64. Welcome to DU

Hope you stay a while.

[brooklynite]

65. UNREC

LBN calls for the specific headline in the item.

[99th_Monkey]

71. Haa! This only shows what a spineless blusterer Trump is.

[ancianita]

72. He didn't turn it down, he welched on what he said he'd do. The two-bit chickenshit shyster.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

74. My 10 year old daughter writes more eloquently than that. nt

[coco77]

76. Knew it...

Told my friends the other day watch this POS back out. Fucker is scared. He doesn't know shit Bernie would tear his ass up!

[modestybl]

77. Trump turns yellow - just like HRC!

... neither wants to be on stage with Sanders... both are bloviating gas-bags of insincerity and fake posturing.

[merrily]

78. Trump didn't turn down diddly. He preened, then he backed out.

[lunamagica]

79. He never meant to do it. He was just toying with Sanders

[OnDoutside]

95. Correct. Dominates the news (again) and has Bernie on a string. nt

[imagine2015]

105. Huh? Bernie called his bluff!

[OnDoutside]

113. Water off a duck's back to Trump, it's what he does. However now Bernie has to deal with

a Democratic Party who are even more pissed off with him than ever. It looks awful. They tried to pull a fast one over Clinton by requesting a debate with Trump, but he has just played them. Can you not see that ? Now Bernie has got nothing out of it, except put the backs up of Democrats when HE was in the higher moral position.

[GreydeeThos]

82. Trump's done this twice and both times he is at the top of the news

I can see plainly what this carnival barker is doing. He is an attention hound and show off milking his outrageous behavior for every last second in the spot light. By the time the General Election rolls around people will be so tired of this huckster he may not get a single Electoral vote.

[winter is coming]

83. He knew Hillary was the Dem frontrunner when he agreed to the debate.

Someone's agreed to meet his $10 million donation to charity condition.

And now he backs out? Yeah, Trump, way to show the whole country you're nothing but a gutless braggart.

[valerief]

85. Chickenshit asshole. nt

[bucolic_frolic]

86. Trump tells California: "There is no drought!"

Can't find a link yet, but it's out there.

[Matariki]

91. Bill probably called him again

[99th_Monkey]

102. Hey Donald!! TYT/Cenk Unger offered up $1 Million to charity to host the debate

chicken.

[MFM008]

103. Wish a fault would open

and swallow just Trump.

[DinahMoeHum]

107. Psss psss psss psss psss. Meow meow.

n/t

[nolabear]

110. I wish everything here didn't become a squabble. This is delicious.

Trump is an outstandingly puerile clown and his followers want a show. It's what they always want. I think a debate would be a fiasco, in part because of the styles of speaking of those two, and in part because can you imagine a stadium full of Bernie and Trump supporters? There would be blood.

That said I'm delighted the loudmouth got called out and backed down. But we adults should act like such and stop using everything ever said anywhere to troll the candidates and one another.

[emulatorloo]

111. NBC: Trump Says Debate w Sanders Would Be 'Inappropriate'

Trump Now Says Debate With Sanders Would Be 'Inappropriate'

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/no-show-trump-now-says-debate-sanders-would-be-inappropriate-n581826

:

[winter is coming]

118. Heaven forbid Trump would ever say or do something inappropriate!

Pass the smelling salts!!

[emulatorloo]

120. ...

[BigBearJohn]

114. Oh yeah Trump worries all the time about being inappropriate

He's scared of Bernie. End of story. Que Porky Pig.
That's All Folks!

[modestybl]

126. The Donald joins HRC in the coward's club...

Funny how the most feared man in America is the one most devoted to peace.

[modestybl]

127. Brave sir Donald!!

Brave Sir Donald ran away
Bravely ran away away
When danger reared its ugly head
He bravely turned his tail and fled
Yes, brave Sir Donald turned about
And gallantly he chickened out
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat
Brave brave brave brave, Sir Donald!

[Helen Borg]

128. Wow, he's scared.

[pressbox69]

131. tRumps house of yellow

[awoke_in_2003]

135. That is a press release?

Can you imagine this chump giving a SOTU address?

[Zorra]

136. Bernie called his bluff and kicked his sorry silver spoon spoiled rich white boy ass!

[TomCADem]

137. Amazing. Bernie Gets Trolled By Trump, but Claims Victory

Trump starts inventing random conditions and Bernie keeps chasing after the goal posts, all the while allowing Trump to dictate terms. Worse, Bernie just fed Trump's massive ego, then get slapped aside by Trump as a mere tool to attack Hillary. To think I was seriously considering Bernie only to see him debase himself by letting Trump dictate terms. I can see Bernie saying that he would be more than willing to debate Trump, but then cooperating with efforts to pay Trump $10-$15 million to a charity of Trump's choice.

The only thing sadder is Bernie trying to portray this as a victory. That was not a victory. That was a joke.

[Wisc Progressive]

139. I don't understand, Donald Trump is actually not the most prominent person to turn down a debate

So we mock Trump as a chicken to refuse a debate with a candidate for the ongoing Democratic nomination that appears to be written off by many here and that Rachel Maddow claims that it is "all but impossible" for him to gain his party's nominee.

Yet when Hillary Clinton backs out on an early promise to debate the same candidate, many are fine with that. WTF?

And just because I know some will want to see sourcing, click HERE

If anyone wants to claim that San Fransisco Chronicle is a teabaggin' rag (it is a Hearst publication), they can use the google and find another source to this objective fact that is more to their liking -- that is if the sources they trust would even publish this story.

There is other documentation out there -- I provided one reasonable, although imperfect link. I fear it is not good when things are OK when "our pick" does it and not when the "other guy" does it.

[greyl]

144. Right. You don't yet understand that "our pick" = Bernie nt

[Politicub]

143. Is that made up? It's the ramblings of man gone absolutely mad.

This is the strangest campaign season ever.

[tammywammy]

147. Locking

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