Discussion: Trump Used Foundation To Connect With Social Conservatives Ahead Of 2016 Bid

Republican smear tactic #1: Accuse your opponent of your own shortcomings/illegal activity.

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So Trump was making donations to groups in exchange for speaking to them, while the Clintons were getting paid for their speaking engagements.

You know what that makes the Clintons? Smart!

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The way itā€™s going, the only scandals that will be worse than the scandals reported on October 4 are the scandals that will be reported on October 5. So far, October seems to be a sublime month to be a Democrat.

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As unbelievable as it seems, Andrea Mitchell just went after Trumpā€™s claim of business genius

Holy crap, I just saw a huge swine float by in the air outside my window. I think I need to lay down.

Maybe Alan finally took her aside at home and said, ā€œUm, dear, do you have the slightest fucking idea what will happen to our own goddamn stock portfolio if that anti-Semitic numbskull youā€™ve been fluffing actually gets to the Oval Office? Will you please do your goddamn job as a journalist if for no other reason that we donā€™t take a goddamn bath ourselves?ā€

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The reporting on Trumpā€™s scams and scampaign is very instructive. It looks like it might be worthwhile for every taxpayer with some disposable income to explore and possibly establish a charitable foundation and fabricate operating losses via real estate schemes to reduce their tax burden.

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Thatā€™s called projection.

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The Ratwing are the Masters of Projection.

Itā€™s almost funny how reliable it is from them.

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Dumpster is just going to go on and on with all thisā€¦

Until he figures out that mental health treatment is tax deductible ā€”

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Every damned thing he is involved with will have a level of corruption. Heā€™s simply incapable of doing anything on the up and up ā€“ always searching for an angle to maximize benefits to him regardless of the ethics or legality. How the GOP can stand by this pathological thief and liar, is a pox upon them forever.

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When history looks back on all this, Putinā€™s interference and the GOPā€™s participation are going to be the real plot, and Trumpā€™s taxes will be backstory.

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I agree. Putinā€™s involvement in this election is the biggest story of this election and the one that will survive it and go in the history books for sure.

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Based on Donaldā€™s boasting, however, we know the entire point was quid pro quo.

The reason conservatives need their tax breaks and exorbitant salaries is to buy lawyers who hide the quid pro quo, so the elite can boast about how highly they regard law and order.

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Dude is just a complete and utter cheat and not even good at it. His success hinges on the gullibility of others not any expertise he has.

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I think it is incorrect to call Trump ā€œthe New York billionaireā€. How about the" New York business person". Because no one clearly knows what his worth is. Just a suggestion. Always love Sneedā€™s reporting.

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The NYT print edition put its report on the the NY AGā€™s C&D on page A-17.

The Trump Foundation has brazenly, crassly, grossly, and not at all subtly done every single last thing the NYT (and the AP) spent most of the summer trying, and failing (and insinuating despite the failure), to prove the Clinton Foundation was doing. This story should represent a shaming event, one that leads to introspection, reflection and self-improvement. Instead, they grudgingly bury rehashes of the stuff other reporters have discovered on page A17. And I think they do it because it shames them, exposes their relentless pursuit of Clouds and Shadows as a prime example of the institutionalized CDS that has damaged their reporting, and their reputation, for two and a half decades. And they hate it.

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Heā€™s got his hands full.

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Donald Trump a self-dealer?? I am shocked, SHOCKED, I tell ya!

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Well, they are very small hands, so yeah.

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Rules? He doesnā€™t need any rules, he doesnā€™t have to show us any stinking rules! Heā€™s a special little flower, donchyaknow?

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