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March 4, 2016
http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/03/04/shameful-disgusting-despicable-fox-news-focus-g/209015
“Shameful,” “Disgusting,” "Embarrassment", "Despicable” – Fox News Focus Group Slams Fox News Debate
FRANK LUNTZ: Megyn, I don't know how happy you all at Fox are going to be, but I want a word or phrase to describe tonight's debate, and I'm going to start in the second row.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Sophomoric.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Embarrassment
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Disappointing.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Shameful.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Despicable.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Angering.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Low on substance.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Disgusting.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: School yard brawl.
LUNTZ: OK, now this ain't good, because there are millions and millions of people who watched the debate tonight, and this is the most negative response I have had. I got one more question. By a show of hands, how many of you thought this helped the Republican party, what they saw tonight across the country? Raise your hands if it helped the GOP. None of you. So what is the problem? What is your anger? Explain it to me.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: They're not getting their points across. They're not telling us about what they want to do as president.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: They're giving sound bite fuel for the Democrats.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: I think it's a lot of baiting by the moderators at times, Frank.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: They're constantly attacking Donald Trump.
LUNTZ: Oh, so they're attacking Donald Trump --
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Yes.
LUNTZ: -- And that's the reason why you are so unhappy?
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Rubio, Cruz, they're sandwiching him for the last two debates.
LUNTZ: Megyn, I want you to watch this. How many of you walked in here, be honest, how many of you walked in here supporting Donald Trump? Raise your hands. How many of you thought Donald Trump won the debate tonight? Raise your hands. One person.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Sophomoric.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Embarrassment
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Disappointing.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Shameful.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Despicable.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Angering.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Low on substance.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Disgusting.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: School yard brawl.
LUNTZ: OK, now this ain't good, because there are millions and millions of people who watched the debate tonight, and this is the most negative response I have had. I got one more question. By a show of hands, how many of you thought this helped the Republican party, what they saw tonight across the country? Raise your hands if it helped the GOP. None of you. So what is the problem? What is your anger? Explain it to me.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: They're not getting their points across. They're not telling us about what they want to do as president.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: They're giving sound bite fuel for the Democrats.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: I think it's a lot of baiting by the moderators at times, Frank.
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: They're constantly attacking Donald Trump.
LUNTZ: Oh, so they're attacking Donald Trump --
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Yes.
LUNTZ: -- And that's the reason why you are so unhappy?
FOCUS GROUP MEMBER: Rubio, Cruz, they're sandwiching him for the last two debates.
LUNTZ: Megyn, I want you to watch this. How many of you walked in here, be honest, how many of you walked in here supporting Donald Trump? Raise your hands. How many of you thought Donald Trump won the debate tonight? Raise your hands. One person.
http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/03/04/shameful-disgusting-despicable-fox-news-focus-g/209015
March 4, 2016
Behold Tumblr user HomoPower's mosaic of Trump composed entirely of dick pics. 500 of 'em.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/heres-a-dick-pic-mosaic-of-donald-trump-and-its-breathtaking_us_56464bb5e4b08cda3488c07e
http://znn.fr/22771/500-penis-pour-faire-le-portait-de-donald-trump-peut-etre-le-futur-president-des-usa/
For ZOOM:
http://homopower.tumblr.com/image/132804378370
http://www.theonion.com/article/donald-trump-stares-forlornly-at-tiny-aged-penis-i-28589
Donald Trump: A Penis Portrait
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/heres-a-dick-pic-mosaic-of-donald-trump-and-its-breathtaking_us_56464bb5e4b08cda3488c07eBehold Tumblr user HomoPower's mosaic of Trump composed entirely of dick pics. 500 of 'em.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/heres-a-dick-pic-mosaic-of-donald-trump-and-its-breathtaking_us_56464bb5e4b08cda3488c07e
http://znn.fr/22771/500-penis-pour-faire-le-portait-de-donald-trump-peut-etre-le-futur-president-des-usa/
For ZOOM:
http://homopower.tumblr.com/image/132804378370
Donald Trump Stares Forlornly At Tiny, Aged Penis In Mirror Before Putting On Clothes, Beginning Day
"God, look at this thing," said a dejected Trump, hoisting up a large quantity of belly flab with his forearm to make his stunted organ visible. "Pitiful."
"God, look at this thing," said a dejected Trump, hoisting up a large quantity of belly flab with his forearm to make his stunted organ visible. "Pitiful."
http://www.theonion.com/article/donald-trump-stares-forlornly-at-tiny-aged-penis-i-28589
March 4, 2016
More, plus video:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-bash-to-trump-i-cant-believe-im-gonna-ask-you-this-but-about-that-dick-joke/
CNN’s Bash to Trump: ‘I Can’t Believe I’m Gonna Ask You This,’ But About That Dick Joke…
I cant believe Im gonna ask you this question, Bash asked, but do you realize youre probably the first person in American history, maybe world history, to make a joke about your you-know-what on a debate stage?
Trump coyly said he was only talking about his hands, literally saying, Look at these hands, arent they beautiful? I have very powerful hands, large hands. Relatively large hands.
Trump coyly said he was only talking about his hands, literally saying, Look at these hands, arent they beautiful? I have very powerful hands, large hands. Relatively large hands.
More, plus video:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-bash-to-trump-i-cant-believe-im-gonna-ask-you-this-but-about-that-dick-joke/
March 4, 2016
.....the Trump phenomenon threatens the con the G.O.P. establishment has been playing on its own base. Im talking about the bait and switch in which white voters are induced to hate big government by dog whistles about Those People, but actual policies are all about rewarding the donor class.
What Donald Trump has done is tell the base that it doesnt have to accept the whole package. He promises to make America white again surely everyone knows thats the real slogan, right? while simultaneously promising to protect Social Security and Medicare, and hinting at (though not actually proposing) higher taxes on the rich. Outraged establishment Republicans splutter that hes not a real conservative, but neither, it turns out, are many of their own voters.
Just to be clear, I find the prospect of a Trump administration terrifying, and so should you. But you should also be terrified by the prospect of a President Rubio, sitting in the White House with his circle of warmongers, or a President Cruz, whom one suspects would love to bring back the Spanish Inquisition.
As I see it, then, we should actually welcome Mr. Trumps ascent. Yes, hes a con man, but he is also effectively acting as a whistle-blower on other peoples cons. That is, believe it or not, a step forward in these weird, troubled times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/opinion/clash-of-republican-con-artists.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1
KRUGMAN: "The establishment’s problem with Trump isn’t the con he brings; it’s the cons he disrupts"
.....the Trump phenomenon threatens the con the G.O.P. establishment has been playing on its own base. Im talking about the bait and switch in which white voters are induced to hate big government by dog whistles about Those People, but actual policies are all about rewarding the donor class.
What Donald Trump has done is tell the base that it doesnt have to accept the whole package. He promises to make America white again surely everyone knows thats the real slogan, right? while simultaneously promising to protect Social Security and Medicare, and hinting at (though not actually proposing) higher taxes on the rich. Outraged establishment Republicans splutter that hes not a real conservative, but neither, it turns out, are many of their own voters.
Just to be clear, I find the prospect of a Trump administration terrifying, and so should you. But you should also be terrified by the prospect of a President Rubio, sitting in the White House with his circle of warmongers, or a President Cruz, whom one suspects would love to bring back the Spanish Inquisition.
As I see it, then, we should actually welcome Mr. Trumps ascent. Yes, hes a con man, but he is also effectively acting as a whistle-blower on other peoples cons. That is, believe it or not, a step forward in these weird, troubled times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/opinion/clash-of-republican-con-artists.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1
March 4, 2016
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/supreme_court_dispatches/2016/03/in_oral_arguments_for_the_texas_abortion_case_the_three_female_justices.html
RBG Smackdown
?w=600&hhttp://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/supreme_court_dispatches/2016/03/in_oral_arguments_for_the_texas_abortion_case_the_three_female_justices.html
March 4, 2016
on your mark.....
March 4, 2016
Fortune Magazine to Trump: Actually, NO - you don't run a Fortune 500 company.
PSA: Donald Trump does not operate a #Fortune500 company
On Wednesday, the magazine also published an article challenging Trump's claims that his income was $362 million in 2014. The report says the real estate mogul's actual income is most likely only about a third of that and says a generous estimate would be that it is only about half.
https://twitter.com/FortuneMagazine/status/705480607560822784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/donald-trump-fortune-500-university-success-fact-check
March 4, 2016
Trump U
March 4, 2016
liberals watching the debate.....
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