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getagrip_already

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14. But they don't care.....

Reply to KingCharlemagne (Reply #13)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 01:16 PM

Jul 2016

Trump lives for the hate. It allows him to own the news cycle and take attention off the Clinton campaign.

He is trying to suck the air out of the room. And the media is helping him.

This trade has all but stopped the positive messages from the dnc, and has pushed the bus tour stops off the map.

He is doing exactly what he wants to. He sees it as working, And he might be right. Hopefully it will all crash down on him, but so far it hasn't.

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Ghazala Khan Wash. Post Op/Ed: "Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice." [View all] Hissyspit Jul 2016 OP

Wow rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #1

Powerful! Lochloosa Jul 2016 #2

Trump is betting that there are enough racist in this country to put him over the top in November VMA131Marine Jul 2016 #3

Trump knows.... getagrip_already Jul 2016 #5

Indeed. Fox did NOT cover the Khans' appearance. calimary Jul 2016 #10

If Trump had let it drop, the whole thing might have ended right there. But he violated a KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #13

But they don't care..... getagrip_already Jul 2016 #14

Thanks to Trump's ineptitude, his supporters now have massive cognitive dissonance (read, anxiety) KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #19

He never stops digging... TipTok Jul 2016 #21

No matter who they back, there isn't a mother in the country that doesn't feel her pain. nolabear Jul 2016 #4

K and R. Your post deserves a thread of its own Ishoutandscream2 Jul 2016 #8

Hear hear!!! calimary Jul 2016 #11

This 1000000000 percent. Dorian Gray Jul 2016 #23

Damn.. a tear just fell into my coffee. Adrahil Jul 2016 #6

winds are shifting - will never touch the 'base' but the NoMoreRepugs Jul 2016 #7

It used to be a RW meme that Hillary snubbed Gold Star mothers... JHB Jul 2016 #9

K&R napkinz Jul 2016 #12

Kick Hissyspit Jul 2016 #15

Trump's going to lose some support from military families IronLionZion Jul 2016 #16

+1, I am a 'Gold Star mother. Whoever saw me felt me in their heart." uponit7771 Jul 2016 #17

K&R gademocrat7 Jul 2016 #18

I swear I could hear that woman's thoughts during the speech lindysalsagal Jul 2016 #20

. Hissyspit Jul 2016 #22