US Politics Mega-thread - Page 5251

On September 29 2016 09:02 Doodsmack wrote:
Imagine if Trump had said "Yeah well how about the women your husband racked up on you?"

On September 29 2016 09:00 Nyxisto wrote:


He can't suddenly become equanimous policy donald. He doesn't have the temperament for it. He's not actually a super-smart con man who just acts like a bully to please all his followers. Hillary just needs to bait him again with something and he'll start to ramble. Also that's exactly what his followers like. If he goes deep into content he's going to disappoint his base.

On September 29 2016 09:02 Doodsmack wrote:
Imagine if Trump had said "Yeah well how about the women your husband racked up on you?"

On September 29 2016 09:02 Nevuk wrote:
I'm pretty sure he got ultra-tilted when she suggested that the reason he wasn't releasing tax returns was that he wasn't as rich as he says he is.


I don't think Hillary would really be phased by that

On September 29 2016 09:07 KwarK wrote:
Hillary got cheated on, Trump is a cheater. There's really not much good in that line of attack.

On September 29 2016 09:22 GreenHorizons wrote:


The line of attack isn't on Bill but on how Hillary and the people around Bill dealt with his accusers, add that to David Brock's history and you start to see a somewhat unscrupulous pattern.

I have no doubt that Trump couldn't walk the audience through it without botching it horribly though.

On September 29 2016 10:42 Dromar wrote:
Can anyone give some insight into why Trump hates Rosie O'Donnell so much? He even brought her up in the debate, for basically no reason, just to say she's the worst ever "and everyone would agree with me."

On September 29 2016 10:42 Dromar wrote:
Can anyone give some insight into why Trump hates Rosie O'Donnell so much? He even brought her up in the debate, for basically no reason, just to say she's the worst ever "and everyone would agree with me."

Fresh off of berating Kellyanne Conway for all but refusing to admit that her employer, Donald Trump, isn’t doing well with women ahead of the election, Megyn Kelly brought out fellow Fox News host Dana Perino to talk about Trump’s reported mistreatment of the former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado.

Kelly and Perino discussed just how bad it is that the story has been dominating the press for 48 hours and Kelly reminded viewers that in August of 2015, she gave Trump the chance to prepare for future questions about his misogynistic statements. He spent nine months feuding with her because she asked him about them instead of getting ready for the inevitable moment Hillary Clinton would publicly ask him, too.


Perino sighed and agreed that Trump had plenty of time to prepare but simply didn’t do it, which is why it was so easy for Clinton to lay a trap with Machado.

“Stop talking about women’s weight altogether!” she suggested.

“If you want to increase your numbers with women, yeah, just stop telling us how fat we are!” chimed in Kelly. “As it turns out, it doesn’t make us feel very good!”

“That might help…” added Perino.

Kelly finished off by bringing up the fact that Trump was recently classified as overweight in a much-touted doctor’s assessment, which actually caused someone working on her set to laugh out loud.

“We definitely don’t want to hear it anymore… bigly,” said Perino, in what might just have been a nod to Trump’s Trumpiest Trumpism.

DENVER -- Surplus marijuana tax revenue could soon benefit your kids, as the state is set to distribute millions to schools in the next few months.

The money comes from Proposition BB, passed by voters last November, which allows the state to keep surplus marijuana tax revenues.

The surplus funds currently amount to about $66 million.

One of the programs benefiting from the surplus funds will be a new bully prevention grant from the Colorado Department of Education.

Just this week, a video of a middle school bully at a bus stop in Commerce City went viral and sparked outrage among community members.

"I think it's a huge problem,” said East High senior Isabel Dias-Bertch. “It's something that haunts you the rest of your life."

“I experienced bullying a little more than occasionally,” said East High senior Preston Harcourt. "You learn to love yourself more after time."

"As far as we know, we're the only state that is providing such significant funds to prevent bullying in schools," said Dr. Adam Collins, bullying prevention and education grant coordinator for the CDE. “We are excited to have these funds.”

The CDE is offering new grants up to $40,000 per school per year for bully prevention.

"It's a lot of money,” said Collins. “It's a great opportunity for schools to apply and make sure the social and emotional wellness of their students is taken care of."

All the money is coming from surplus marijuana tax dollars. As part of the grant, schools will receive specialized training from a prevention coach.

"You're getting time as well as funds," said Collins. “And so those funds come from marijuana tax dollars. So, what that is allowing us to do is actually provide help for bullying prevention in schools directly.

“I think this is a great thing,” said Harcourt. “We need more awareness and more money going to preventing it.”

Collins said the programs implemented will all be evidence-based programs that have a proven track record. Each school will form a bully prevention committee of teachers, staff and parents.

On September 29 2016 11:12 Nevuk wrote:
Huh, apparently Megyn Kelly is actually sort of bothered by the attacks on the beauty contestant. Not sure why I'm surprised, but she's doing some anti-Trump segments today - a fairly critical interview, and then this :

(video at link)
http://www.mediaite.com/online/foxs-megyn-kelly-and-dana-perino-team-up-to-tear-down-trump-for-treatment-of-former-miss-universe/

On September 29 2016 13:27 oBlade wrote:
It will be nice to have a new American family, probably the most potential since the Kennedys, and break up this absurd Clinton/Bush dynasty.