The broadcast crew were saying something about how incredibly well Arrieta’s record had been when he’s been given a 3-run lead, and all I could think was, fuck “given,” he literally earned that lead!

What’s really sad is that her debate prep isn’t really on issues. She’s so much more experienced that he couldn’t possibly meet her on those.

I don’t think Clinton will celebrate until the election is won. Until then she’s going to campaign, campaign, campaign.

Won’t his Secret Service team then have to protect him against her Secret Service team? A full-on SS brawl in the middle of the debate would be a fitting end for this whole nightmare.

No judgement. I’d probably live in a padded cell if this man was my father. In a strange way, Tiffany is the luckiest Trump spawn...Daddy ignores her.

This was such an interesting thread. My dad is Mormon and he denounced Trump today. He’d been trying to hang on because he wants a (R) president more than he wants a good president, but this finally crossed the line for him. I am so happy, I have been arguing with him for a year about this shit!

Yeah. I got out earlier this year after having been a lifelong member. The cognitive dissonance of trying to be a good Mormon and also queer and a feminist was finally too overhwhelming. And although there are things I loved about the church, I’ve never been happier as I have since I sent in my resignation. 

Yes and no. The timing of this leak along with the content created a perfect storm — I’m not sure it would have had the impact it did if Trump hadn’t been tanking in the polls with only a month to go, combined with it being actual audio of him dissing a population that most people don’t just know but either are or…

Based on what I’m seeing from my LDS friends (though none of them Utah LDS), that is what I expect. Most of them just can’t bring themselves to morally vote for Trump, but they don’t agree with many of the Democratic party platforms. Of course, they are running into the problem of the third party candidates being not…

It’s only because he said “pussy” about a white woman. None of them cared before this.

The only thing that has changed is that now he’s attacking white women tbh, and regardless of their political parties, they feel personally victimized. We knew how much of a radioactive disgusting piece of monkey shit he was beforehand, and yet, now they draw the line???

RNC guidelines allow the Party to select a new presidential candidate post-convention if the current candidate dies, steps down, or is too ill to continue to run. There’s no provision for forcing a candidate out once he’s been ratified by the national convention. And even if they held an emergency session of the…

Speaking of parents’ uncharacteristic reactions, my 73 year-old mother, who is almost universally loved in her town for being a kind, generous, sweet lady, called me up yesterday and called him “That God damn Donald Trump”.

I was wondering the exact same thing. I’m really curious how it’s going to end up there. I don’t know if it’ll go blue, but it’ll be a cluster-fuck, at least.

Hillary is too smart to be gloating. She is in fact praying that Trump does not drop out: if the GOP swaps him out with a more palatable face (but with equally horrible policies), it could be just the thing to motivate Republicans to vote in droves. Remember: Hillary has depended on people hating Trump more than they…

John McCain, who didn’t think personal insults or an all-out attack on a Gold Star family were reasons not to support Trump, pulled his endorsement. Something is definitely different here.

Until you realize that it’s Hillary Clinton and she’s a goddamn boss and she’s still prepping for tomorrow night’s debate because she’s a professional.

I call her Hermione Clinton in my head now, because you just know that even though she could beat Trump without studying a goddamn bit, she still studies because she wants to be the best she can possibly be.

Utah has been utterly fascinating to watch this year, from my wonkette perspective. It took someone like Trump to show that there is a small, if noticeable split between what “conservative Christians” as a whole and “Mormons” find to be beyond the pale. From what I have come to understand about respectability politics…

It’s easy to imagine Hillary Clinton wiling the evening away with some close friends, laughing over champagne over all of this mishegoss.