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On August 02 2016 06:23 LegalLord wrote:

He's getting called out for it but I'm not seeing anything bad happening. As far as I can tell it's bad for him in the same way that "build a wall and make Mexico pay for it" is bad for him.

On August 02 2016 06:37 LegalLord wrote:

Yes, but I'm also trying to explain why the line of reasoning, "THIS will finally sink Trump's campaign" is wrong. The Onion put it well:

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On August 02 2016 06:45 LegalLord wrote:

All of the Trump supporters in this thread have indicated at least one attack of his that they found to be in poor taste.

On August 02 2016 06:49 Doodsmack wrote:


Questionable

DODGE CITY, Kansas — It was a scene out of 1950s Americana: Tim Huelskamp waved to constituents at a parade in this old cowboy town, smiling as his sons handed out bubble gum and campaign fliers urging a vote on Tuesday for the Republican congressman — a “Proven Principled Conservative.”

But the niceties on display last weekend belied a ferocious intra-Republican feud unfolding here in Kansas’ sprawling 1st Congressional District. Residents of the onetime stomping grounds of Wyatt Earp have been bombarded with competing TV ads and mailers, blasting Huelskamp as an ineffective troublemaker who’s lost his sway on critical agricultural issues. They’re urging voters to replace the Freedom Caucus member with Roger Marshall, an obstetrician running for office for the first time.

What’s resulted in “the Big First,” as locals in the rural 63-county district call it, is an unlikely, multimillion dollar proxy fight this summer between some of the most powerful interests in the Republican Party. Outside conservative groups, including the Club for Growth and Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity, have swooped in to try and save Huelskamp in Tuesday’s primary, while the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Ricketts family’s “Ending Spending” group are spending big to send the three-term congressman back to Kansas.

The showdown has flipped the script on GOP warring in recent election cycles. Often it’s been an establishment-friendly incumbent scrambling to fend off a primary election challenger from the right. This time, it’s one of the most uncompromising conservatives in the House — a man who instigated John Boehner’s ouster as speaker and has bucked GOP leaders time and again on major votes — ironically being attacked as a D.C. insider and fighting for his political life.

Huelskamp’s critics back in Kansas say his “rigid” conservative ideology and unwillingness to work with his own party have deemed him ineffective. Three years ago, he was kicked off the House Agriculture Committee for spurning party leadership, in what is now, by far, his biggest vulnerability in the race. Marshall, conversely, is pitching himself as a pragmatic Republican who would give farmers a voice in Washington.

“I’m not voting for Washing-Tim,” quipped one man at a barbecue cook-off, directly quoting an ad paid for by the Ricketts-backed group. “Huelskamp I always felt was for the farmer, but I’m not sure he is anymore,” said another voter said as Marshall passed by in the parade.

It’s unclear how close the race is due to limited polling, but one early July survey had Marshall up 7 points. (Marshall says his internals have them tied.) But there’s no question both sides see it as winnable: Almost $3 million in outside money has flooded the district; the spending is tilted, by a margin of several hundred thousand dollars, in favor of efforts to defeat Huelskamp.

“You have a million and a half against me — they’re trying to buy this election,” Huelskamp told POLITICO. “I think it’s a testament that I’m making a difference in Washington, otherwise all these insiders wouldn’t be so upset.”

Indeed, many GOP insiders in Washington are privately hoping he loses.

On August 02 2016 06:51 Sermokala wrote:

really? you think so low of the posters in this thread that you don't think they found at least one of his comments hes made was in poor taste?

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According to STAT, CDC Director Tom Frieden said that this is the first time the CDC had issued a health-related travel advisory for the mainland United States. STAT further reported that Frieden also observed that ...

...despite aggressive efforts by Florida to lower populations of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes — the main species that spreads Zika — the state has seen no reduction in the numbers caught in the traps it sets. That suggests the efforts aren't working.

Frieden offered several explanations, including the possibility that the mosquitoes may have developed resistance to the chemicals being used to control them. Testing to see if that is the case will take at least a week and perhaps three or more.

If only there were a technology that could reduce the numbers of these deadly mosquitoes. Wait a minute - there is!

"Friendly" GMO mosquitoes could spread a gene that is lethal to the larva of the disease-carrying mosquitoes. In Brazil, the release of these genetically-modified mosquitoes reduced the transmission of dengue fever by more than 90 percent. Last week, the Cayman Islands government approved the release of the GMO mosquitoes to control Zika virus there. Unfortunately, this technology is not approved for use in the United States because FDA regulators are kowtowing to the fearmongering of anti-biotech activists.

On August 02 2016 06:58 Elroi wrote:
the smart thing about picking a muslim veterans parents was that either way trump was going to look bad. If he didnt say anything the islamophobic part of his followers (probably the majorty of them) would have been upset, but now the the big veteran loving part of the american electorat is upset instead. Smart move by the democrats.