What kind of person would want to root for 9 million families losing their homes?
I think that was meant as a rhetorical question. We all already know the answer.
This comment struck me as one that would reverberate and that seems to be the case. Another that I think will get legs is his blowing off all his Chapter 11s as just âusing certain lawsâ , âif you (Hillary) donât like them, change themâ (paraphrasing).
Yeah, Iâm waiting to see some legs sprout on this one. But, you know, those emailsâŚ
Romney: Trump is The God. I canât believe I have been paying 9% in Fed Taxes.
Imagine if we were all as âsmartâ as Trump and paid no taxesâŚ
There was a moment in the debate last night when Trump gave the excuse âusing the laws of a countryâ for stiffing contractors.
Edit to add:
CLINTON: Do the thousands of people that you have stiffed over the course of your business not deserve some kind of apology from someone who has taken their labor, taken the goods that they produced, and then refused to pay them?
TRUMP: blah blahâŚ
But on occasion, four times, we used certain laws that are there. And when Secretary Clinton talks about people that didnât get paid, first of all, they did get paid a lot, but taken advantage of the laws of the nation.
Now, if you want to change the laws, youâve been there a long time, change the laws. But I take advantage of the laws of the nation because Iâm running a company. My obligation right now is to do well for myself, my family, my employees, for my companies. And thatâs what I do.
Hillary will be a president who is a very against business and smarts president.
(edited to match Trumpâs word salad sandwich from last night)
âWe believe with the blessings weâve been givingâŚ"
Once again TPM is still in need of a proofreader. Sec. Clinton said ââŚblessings weâve been givenâŚâ
Last night, Trump proved himself to be a Schmoo, a cute little thing with a âkick meâ sign on its butt.
Itâs telling that Clinton really never needs to do anything than repeat what Trump blathers. She could get by without ever once presenting anything resembling policy.
For everyone to pay no taxes is the Republican dream. Roads, schools and defense come from the Infrastructure Fairy.
And if youâre so âsmartâ for not paying taxes, then show us the returns and let us admire your mad biz skillz, DT. Wouldnât you want us all to see just how freaking smart you really are?
It wouldnât hurt if she mentioned that he has also received approx. $1Billion in US and NYC tax-payer subsidies, including one subsidy that has cost NYC approx. 4 times what the building cost to build.
I was hoping that she might introduce some speculation about the Russian mob financing that he is also hiding from scrutiny. Given the disclosure of his tax returns, it would probably take more than 6 weeks to ferret out the connections, but I would be very surprised if he is not financially beholden to, I mean, connected to the Russian mob, I mean, Putin âgovernment.â
Yes, but he doesnât want you to see that heâs not really a billionaire.
Like all those ads he was complaining about last night that were so âmeanâ to him.
Yes, I was hoping she would riff on that a little, too. As in, âSo youâre not a billionaire? Thereâs nothing wrong with being a millionaire, Donald. You can still be a big shot, even though youâre not as bigly as your dreams. Being a big shot is mostly about the hot air, anyway.â
DT at the debate looked like I feel in that dream where I not only havenât studied for the math test, I havenât gone to class or been in high school for 35 years.
Like claiming our economy is ruined, and American business is fleeing to Mexico.
Then turning around and claiming Mexicans are flooding across the border, to take American jobs.
Only a really, really smart person could simultaneously hold logically-inconsistent positions like those.
Maybe Sec. Clinton could point out this ever-so-tiny contradiction at the next debate.
The split screen was very effective. I doubt weâll see that again.