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Donald Trump’s Anything-Goes Campaign Sets an Alarming Political Precedent (Call the Waambulance!)
New York Slimes ^ | Sept. 17, 2016 | Jonathan Martin

Posted on 09/17/2016 8:03:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

WASHINGTON — When Donald J. Trump descended on the capital Friday, he was expected to finally concede that the racially tinged falsehood he had gleefully propagated, that President Obama was born outside of the United States, had in fact been a lie.

But before Mr. Trump got around to what was a grudging and terse admission, which itself included a falsehood about the provenance of so-called birtherism, he had some business to tend to.

“Nice hotel,” said Mr. Trump, the Republican nominee for president, delighting in his newest property and the opportunity to plug it free on live television. He was holding his news conference at his new hotel in the Old Post Office building on Pennsylvania Avenue, which, he promised, is “going to be something very special.”

He seemed untroubled in using an ostensible campaign event just a few blocks from the White House to openly promote his personal commercial interests 52 days before the election.

In fact, this past week offered a vivid illustration of how little regard Mr. Trump has for the long-held expectations of America’s leaders. He is not only breaking the country’s political norms, he and his campaign aides are now all but mocking them.


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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Oh nooooo. the concern trolls are whining again


21 posted on 09/17/2016 8:34:44 PM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: gubamyster

Same Jonathan Martin saw nothing amiss in Bill Clinton committing perjury in court and dismissing it as lying about sex.

If Trump is mocking liberal hypocrisy and absence of standards, Martin has no standing to criticize him.

Our country is depraved and corrupt and not because of Trump.


22 posted on 09/17/2016 8:41:31 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

23 posted on 09/17/2016 8:42:28 PM PDT by 4Liberty (Can't WAIT to start saying -"TRUMP'S FAULT!!")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
That's right, Slimes. You'll realize what's thought of you real soon.
24 posted on 09/17/2016 8:43:19 PM PDT by combat_boots (MSM: We lie to you sheep at the slaughterhouse to keep you calm during slaughter)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I have to laugh. Hillary and her minions literally spew filth and hate and somehow Trump is bad because he stands up to them.


25 posted on 09/17/2016 8:46:30 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Unum - do you really need to post so much crappy propaganda from the Slimes? We all know what they think, so save the bandwidth. Post something about how water is wet - that would be more newsworthy.


26 posted on 09/17/2016 8:50:52 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Lurkinanloomin

You are absolutely right about the collaboration of the Republicans in the subversion of the Constituion’s requirements for Presidential eligibility.


27 posted on 09/17/2016 8:51:31 PM PDT by Piranha (Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have - Saul Alinsky)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

You are absolutely right about the collaboration of the Republicans in the subversion of the Constituion’s requirements for Presidential eligibility.


28 posted on 09/17/2016 8:51:33 PM PDT by Piranha (Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have - Saul Alinsky)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Chester Alan Arthur claimed to have been born in Vermont. Some opponents claimed he was actually born north of the border in Canada. Was that claim "racially charged"? If not, why is wondering if Obama was born in Kenya (as he had earlier asserted of himself) "racially charged"?

I guess the simple answer is that anything which stands in the way of Democrat political advantage is racism.

29 posted on 09/17/2016 8:56:02 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Any criticism of any black,including the color of his necktie,is racism.

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30 posted on 09/17/2016 8:57:42 PM PDT by Mears
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump could do a Hula dance on Wall Street in manner of Sam Walton with an invitation to Hillary—sexist and racist at the same time. Willard and Weiner are mysteriously missing from their arguments. Old Faithful and Old Hillary—there is no joy in NYT Mudville tonight—are about to strike out. “It’s deja vu all over again”.


31 posted on 09/17/2016 9:05:09 PM PDT by Scram1
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

32 posted on 09/17/2016 9:22:41 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

HOORAY Trump

Genius


33 posted on 09/17/2016 9:27:22 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: HamiltonJay

Barack Obama’s own bio summary from 2007 states he was born in Kenya. Read it yourself from the internet archive from them: http://web.archive.org/web/20070403190001/http://www.dystel.com/clientlist.html#o


34 posted on 09/17/2016 9:53:58 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Using the IRS to suppress voter turnout should be a bigger concern.


35 posted on 09/17/2016 10:07:17 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Hillary's nominatin = 60's Violence. "Constant conflict is actually often good politics"-Clinton)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Left is complaining about crassness and deviancy. Ha! That’s rich!


36 posted on 09/17/2016 10:39:25 PM PDT by Crucial
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37 posted on 09/17/2016 11:15:24 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: HamiltonJay

The rumors were started by Clinton; but they were seconded and verified by Obunga’s own Grandmother, who claims she was present at his birth in Kenya.


38 posted on 09/18/2016 3:03:54 AM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Anything goes campaign, ear piece for “im not dead yet” hillary so she can be told what to say, heavy medication to keep her on task, false medical diagnosis and promotion “pneumonia” to mask her debilitating disease. Yeah we know where the anything goes campaign is..............Its a weekend at bernies


39 posted on 09/18/2016 4:33:16 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
In fact, this past week offered a vivid illustration of how little regard Mr. Trump has for the long-held expectations of America’s leaders.

Like money laundering, selling access, kickbacks, and funneling funds for personal benefit? Yeah, what a shame Trump is so far violating those expectations. Idiot.

40 posted on 09/18/2016 4:37:41 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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