Friday, September 30, 2016

Alicia Machado responds to Donald Trump's Tweet storm last night.

"El candidato republicano y su equipo de campaña nuevamente están generando ataques, insultos e intentando revivir difamaciones y falsas acusaciones sobre mi vida. Todo eso con la finalidad de intimidarme, humillarme y desequilibrarme una vez más. Los ataques que han surgido son calumnias y mentiras baratas generadas con malas intenciones, que no tienen fundamento que han sido difundidas por medios amarillistas. Ésta, por supuesto, no es la primera vez que enfrento una situación así. Por medio de su campaña de odio, el candidato republicano insiste en desacreditar y desmoralizar a una mujer, lo que definitivamente es una de sus características más aterradoras. Con esto, busca distraer la atención de sus reales problemas y de su incapacidad para pretender ser el líder de este gran país. Cuando era apenas una jovencita, el ahora candidato, me humilló, me insultó, me irrespetó públicamente, como lo hacía usualmente de forma privada de la forma más cruel. Así como esto me pasó a mí, es claro a través de los años, que sus acciones y conductas se han repetido con otras mujeres durante décadas. Por lo tanto, seguiré de pie, compartiendo mi historia, mi apoyo absoluto a la señora Clinton en nombre de las mujeres, de mis hermanas, tías, abuelas, primas, amigas y la comunidad femenina. A mis latinas y en general, quiero agradecerles todo el apoyo, el amor y el respeto, a mi carrera, a mi persona como ser humano y a mi familia. Yo me hice ciudadana de este gran país porque aquí nació mi hija y porque quería ejercer todos mis derechos, entre ellos votar. Continuaré de pie, firme en mi experiencia vivida como Miss Universo y ustedes conmigo apoyándome. He estado tan complacida por tantas palabras amables, por tanto amor. Yo estoy centrándome en mi ocupada carrera, en mi labor de madre y voy a seguir dando pasos positivos para la comunidad latina, seguiré como activista en pro de los derechos de la mujer y el respeto que nos merecemos. Aprecio todo su amor y todo su apoyo nuevamente, gracias". Miles de bendiciones.

A photo posted by Alicia Machado (@machadooficial) on


I don't speak Spanish either so here it is in English:

“The Republican candidate and his campaign team are again generating attacks, insults and trying to revive slanders and false accusations about my life. All this in order to intimidate, humiliate me and throw me off balance again. The attacks that have emerged are slander and lies cheap generated with bad intentions, which have no foundation that have been spread by sensationalist media. This, of course, is not the first time that I faced such a situation. Through their hate campaign, the Republican candidate insists discredit and demoralize a woman, which is definitely one of the most terrifying features. With this, they are seeking to distract attention from their real problems and [Trump’s] inability to pretend to be the leader of this great country. When I was a young girl, the now candidate humiliated, insulted me, disrespected me publicly, as he usually did privately in the cruelest way. As this happened to me, it is clear over the years that their actions and behavior have been repeated with other women for decades. Therefore, I will keep standing, sharing my story. I absolutely support Mrs. Clinton on behalf of women, my sisters, aunts, grandmothers, cousins, friends and female community. My Latin and in general, I want to thank all the support, love and respect, my career, my person as a human being and my family. I became a citizen of this great country because my daughter was born here and because I wanted to exercise my rights, including voting. I will continue standing firm in my lived experience as Miss Universe and you with me supporting me. I’ve been so pleased with many kind words, for so much love. I’m focusing on my busy career, in my work as mother and I will continue taking positive steps for the Latino community, I will continue as activist for women’s rights and respect we deserve. I appreciate all your love and all your support again, thanks. “Thousands of blessings. 

Hillary Clinton also weighed in on Trump's tweets.


Who indeed?

Like I said I think Trump's misogyny is going to be the thing that really turns voters against him in this election.

And the best part is that he clearly cannot help but provide fodder for those going after him over it.

87 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:51 PM

    Why Donald Trump can't stop feuding with Alicia Machado, explained

    Hillary Clinton knew exactly what she was doing at the first presidential debate when she mentioned Alicia Machado, the Venezuelan Miss Universe who provoked Donald Trump’s ire in the 1990s by gaining weight.

    She wasn’t just depicting Trump as a creep who “hangs around beauty pageants” and who insults women (he called Machado “Miss Piggy”) and Hispanic immigrants (he also called her “Miss Housekeeper”). She wasn’t just using Machado, who became an American citizen this year, to urge people to register to vote. She was hoping to draw her opponent into one of his signature self-inflicted damaging news cycles.

    And it worked. Trump has been relentlessly, publicly attacking Machado all week, most recently in a string of tweets at 5 am. His reaction proves he’s easy to bait, and demonstrates how badly Trump’s life experiences — his business career and his reality TV show — have prepared him for the presidency.

    http://www.vox.com/2016/9/30/13122814/trump-alicia-machado-feud

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    1. Anonymous4:44 PM

      Who really WAS in a porno film? Trump! http://bzfd.it/2dy0nlN
      (he didn't really do anything but STILL! he who smelt it dealt it!)

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  2. Anonymous2:05 PM

    Trump appears to be mentally ill ... big time. He's some type of misanthrope.

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    1. Anonymous2:12 PM

      hi·ki·ko·mo·ri

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    2. Anonymous2:32 PM

      Small wonder he and Palin hit it off so famously. They are peas in a pathological pod.

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    3. Anonymous3:30 PM

      he is a paranoid, sociopath.

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    4. Anonymous7:34 PM

      I think Bernie Sanders nails it.

      "It's pretty telling that Donald Trump thinks the problem with his sexist tweets is the time that they were sent.:"

      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-tweet_us_57eeb836e4b0c2407cddcf49?section=&

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  3. Anonymous2:11 PM

    Drumpf only wished he was as HUGE as the champaign bottle. , GUSHing all over those bunnys, hunny..
    "Donald Trump made an appearance in an explicit 2000 Playboy video."

    https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/donald-trump-appeared-in-a-2000-playboy-softcore-porn?utm_term=.jcE3Mjo9W#.em534kWK2

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  4. Anonymous2:14 PM

    Trump is a friggin' nutcase and should be sent to a mental institution!! I've never seen a man be so deplorable when it comes to women that don't measure up to 'his' friggin' standards.

    I detest him and he's assuredly not capable to ever be POTUS. He is a lunatic!

    Vote Hillary Clinton!

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  5. Anonymous2:15 PM

    OT:"East Tennessee State University has been charged with civil rights intimidation after attending a Black Lives Matter demonstration wearing a gorilla mask, and carrying bananas tied with a noose."
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/29/student-charged-after-wearing-gorilla-mask-to-black-lives-matter/

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  6. Anonymous2:19 PM

    "Check out sex tape" should be little donnie's middle name forevermore.

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  7. Anonymous2:20 PM

    The thing is, Trump has been mentally ill all along. He is unable to take any sort of criticism and, when someone dares to criticize him, he is compelled to attack them until he "wins". What a loser he is.

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  8. Anonymous2:22 PM

    I do not understand how any one still thinks this man would make a good president. Hell, if any one - including other world leaders - wanted to get under his skin and manipulate him, they'd just have to goad this thin skinned yam into reacting like a spoiled 2 year old. He may aspire to be another Putin, but I think he'd be another Kim Jong UN. Is that what American Republican's want??

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  9. Anonymous2:23 PM

    He is filled with rage and mommy issues.

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    1. Anonymous2:39 PM

      My thoughts EXACTLY! SICK MOMMY ISSUES!

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    2. Anonymous3:33 PM

      Interestingly, the Frontline program discussed his father, who sounded like a Nazi bully just like little Donnie, but never said anything about his mother.

      Wanna bet his father abused his mother.

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    3. Anonymous9:00 PM

      @3:33 More like (his) Mother abused little donnie drumpf...THAT would explain a HUGE gop...It is all about his mouth sex....YUK!
      ;-p

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  10. Randall2:28 PM

    You said it, and the key thing is,
    the most disturbing thing is:
    he can't help it.
    And all of us voters have to think about that:
    Donald Trump cannot help himself.

    that isn't hyperbole
    that isn't 'spin'
    the fact is: Donald Trump can't stop himself from these sophomoric, thoughtless, irrational middle-of-the-night tweets.

    Think about that when you consider voting for him:
    he can't help himself:
    he can't stop it.

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  11. Anonymous2:29 PM

    Donald Trump Appeared In A 2000 Playboy Softcore Porn

    Trump breaks a bottle of champagne on a Playboy-branded limo while several of the Playmates are visiting New York City. “Beauty is beauty, and let’s see what happens with New York,” Trump says.

    https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/donald-trump-appeared-in-a-2000-playboy-softcore-porn?utm_term=.jfkPM00MV#.uhKz1aa1y

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  12. Anonymous2:34 PM

    From TPM:

    Warren to Trump: ‘You Never Tweet At 3am With Ways To Create New Jobs'!

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    1. Anonymous3:08 PM

      Oh that's going to leave a mark.

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  13. Anonymous2:35 PM

    Donald Trump told America to check the sex tape, and unfortunately for him, what was found was the Republican candidate for president's appearance in a Playboy adult film.

    http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/30/trump-3.html

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  14. Anonymous2:41 PM

    What's up with Trump and Mexicans? They should be seen in his hotels and golf courses kitchens, cleaning his hotels rooms, cutting his golf courses grass and serving meals at his hotels and golf courses?

    If they're not they need to be deported because they are rapists, murders, drug dealers and gang bangers and he will get Mexico to pay for his fucking Trump Wall - The 1st Wonder of the Galaxy, to keep his underpaid Mexicans from fleeing the United States of America to work for Ford, Nabisco and Carrier in Mexico.

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  15. Anonymous2:42 PM

    “Imagine a woman who showed up [to a presidential debate] unprepared, sniffling like a coke addict and interrupting her opponent 70 times. Let’s further imagine that she had 5 kids by 3 men, was a repeated adulterer, had multiple bankruptcies, paid zero federal taxes and rooted for the housing crisis in which many thousands of families lost their homes. Wait… there’s more: she has never held any elected office in her life.”

    http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/9/30/1576271/-Art-professor-s-viral-quote-poignantly-encapsulates-the-double-standards-between-Trump-Clinton

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    1. Anonymous3:07 PM

      Right on, right on, right on 2:42 PM.

      Hillary Clinton is our ONLY choice. Donny Boy is a lunatic and has no right to even be seeking the presidency of the USA! He is an embarrassment to our country and world!

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  16. Anonymous2:44 PM

    Palin's fan-boy claims Media Freak-out has begun

    http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/9/30/1572429/-Palin-s-fan-boy-claims-Media-Freak-out-has-begun

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  17. Anonymous2:45 PM

    Correction @2:23, Revised

    He is filled with rage and mommy issues

    Should be

    He is filled with rage and Ivanka issues.

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  18. Anonymous2:46 PM

    Hillary Clinton Takes Your Questions

    As part of Glamour’s ongoing 51 Million Voices campaign, we asked female Democrats, Independents, and Republicans to submit their top queries, then sent them to Clinton. Perhaps surprisingly—debate moderators, take note!—women asked less about topics that typically dominate the news, like Clinton’s email server, and more about the issues that affect your everyday lives: your paycheck, your family, your safety.

    http://www.glamour.com/story/hillary-clinton-answers-reader-questions

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  19. Anonymous2:50 PM

    I'm not into flag wearing, but otherwise, thank you Alicia for your strength and the dignity you showed from the time you were a kid dealing with that creep. You must have thought, wow, I accomplished my dream...but I sure as hell didn't expect this creep to be part of it.

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  20. Anonymous2:51 PM

    He is a terribly immature narcissist. He really cannot let a slight slide and that is a very dangerous trait in a world leader. All the handlers in all the world cannot put little Donnie back together again or make him behave.

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  21. Anonymous2:51 PM

    https://twitter.com/MattNegrin/status/781954702170808320

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  22. Anonymous2:54 PM

    Hackers attack Newsweek after it exposes Trump's Cuba crimes. MEGAUPDATE: It's the Russians!

    http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/9/30/1576347/-Hackers-attack-Newsweek-after-it-exposes-Trump-s-Cuba-crimes

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  23. Anonymous2:59 PM

    Check out the sex tape? Alicia's or Melania's

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  24. Anonymous3:00 PM

    SHAME ON GOP ESPECIALLY RUBIO

    ... key Senate Republicans getting grilled over Donald Trump's Miss Universe comments say they either weren't watching or don't have an opinion on one of the night's signature moments.

    "I didn't get to see it. I was traveling back from Utah. Stupid plane wouldn't let us tie into CNN. So I felt bad about that. I'm going to talk to them," Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said.

    "I didn't see it guys, I was on an airplane," Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, one of Trump's former GOP primary rivals, told reporters.

    Sen Ted Cruz, who only fully embraced Trump last Friday, didn't want to talk to reporters.
    "We put out a statement last night," he told CNN, as he ran into the Senate chamber.
    Those who claimed to missed the debate had it the easiest.

    As they have all year long, GOP lawmakers have been in a bind as they were forced to confront the latest controversial statement from Trump.

    Read more at
    http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/27/politics/debate-republicans-trump-machado/index.html

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    1. Anonymous4:04 PM

      What a bunch of spineless wimps. They wouldn't be forced to confront the latest controversial statement from Trump if they had the moral and ethical character to shut him down in the primaries. They spent more time trying to stay out his line of fire than thinking about the good of the country.

      Hillary has done something those wimps couldn't and can't do, take on the Donald and save our democracy from the mentally ill.

      I have the feeling there is going to be a lot of republicans on airplanes in October and a lot of moving trucks in DC come January.

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  25. Anonymous3:05 PM

    Ha ha! She wears the flag much better than that weasel in Wasilla! Probably more American, too.

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    1. Anonymous10:33 PM

      I bet Bristle's next column will be based on that. Her 'mommy' was criticized for wearing a flag but not the heathen librul... Yes, she's that lame and clueless. And, very desperate for the slightest bit of attention or click.

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  26. Anonymous3:15 PM

    Alicia Machado isn’t the only Miss Universe contestant to accuse Donald Trump of fat-shaming: “He put a lot of the girls down”

    http://www.salon.com/2016/09/29/alicia-machado-isnt-the-only-miss-universe-contestant-to-accuse-donald-trump-of-fat-shaming-he-put-a-lot-of-the-girls-down

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  27. Anonymous3:30 PM

    The Many Scandals of Donald Trump: A Cheat Sheet

    http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/donald-trump-scandals/474726/

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  28. Anonymous3:30 PM

    The Newspapers Taking an Unprecedented Stand Against Trump

    http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/what-undecided-voters-should-know-about-the-media/502385/#article-comments

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  29. Anonymous3:31 PM

    Trump's Abdication of Personal Responsibility

    http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/trumps-abdication-of-personal-responsibility/501893/

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  30. Anonymous3:35 PM

    She doesn't look fat to me.

    If she was an "eating machine" and gained 60-70 lbs in a matter of months when she was 20, she'd be heavy now, 15 years later.

    She's not.

    Because she is at a healthy weight for her height and age. And I'll bet it is around 135-140 lbs. About 15-20 lbs more than she weighed when she was 19.

    Alicia Machado is a double-edged sword against Trump.

    She is a woman he abused and so will lose him votes the longer he rants against and continues to abuse her.

    She is also Latina. So he will also lose the Hispanic vote. Those he hasn't lost already. She will be working to get out the Latino vote against Trump and for Clinton.

    No wonder his is having a hissy-tweetfest. He's probably foaming at the mouth.

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  31. Anonymous3:39 PM

    Melania you should be backing Alicia Machado.

    Ewwww no I'm not talking about your nasty naked spooning pictures

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  32. Anonymous3:45 PM

    So, the guy whose wife is in nude photos spooning with another nude woman and nude photos with her fingers in-between her thighs (among many other nude photos), and he was on Howard Stern years ago discussing how he viewed a sex tape of the daughter of people he considers "friends" (Paris Hilton), a young woman he watched grow up? This is the man who is busy waging a Twitter attack on a young woman for posing in Playboy and allegedly making a (nonexistent) sex tape? How hypocritical.

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  33. Anonymous3:48 PM

    Nate Silver is ready to say that Hillary Clinton's debate performance is helping her in swing states.

    http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-clintons-debate-performance-is-helping-her-in-swing-states/

    "Here’s what I wrote on Thursday about what we might expect to see in swing state polls, assuming that Clinton led Trump by 3 to 5 percentage points nationally, as national polls seem to show:

    A 4- to 8-point lead in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Colorado, Virginia, Wisconsin and Michigan, which have been slightly bluer than the national average this cycle.

    Somewhere between a tie and a 4-point Clinton lead in Florida and North Carolina, which have been slightly redder than the national average.

    A roughly tied race in Ohio and Iowa, which have been significantly redder than the national average.
    So, what data have we gotten since then?

    In New Hampshire, a MassINC Polling Group poll (live caller) had Clinton up by 7 points.

    In Michigan, a Glengariff Group poll (live caller) had Clinton up by 7 points.

    In Florida, a Mason-Dixon poll (live caller) had Clinton up by 4 points.

    Also in Florida, an Opinion Savvy poll (conducted by automated telephone and online) had the race essentially tied (Clinton up by 0.3 points).

    And finally, in Nevada, a Suffolk University poll (live caller) had Clinton ahead by 6 points."

    Nevada is flipping blue, Florida is drifting blue. Even North Carolina is starting to swing a bit blue.

    http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=rrpromo

    301 electoral votes with 47% of the popular vote.

    Trump isn't looking so good.

    236 electoral and 44% of the popular vote.

    Clinton now has a 67% chance of winning against Trump's 32% chance of winning.

    I think he's really going to put a stake through his campaign at the next debate. I suspect he'll try attacking Clinton on her e-mails and Bill's adultery. She'll turn the tide quickly and deftly. And Trump will be shown for the coarse bully he is.

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    1. Anonymous9:43 PM

      I think, these polls have not yet taken the Cuba issue into account. Now that it has been established, that he spent - illegally - $68K in the 1990s in Cuba, I am pretty sure he has lost the vast Cuban community in Miami and in Florida in general!

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  34. Anonymous3:51 PM

    Kick that fuck in his pocket$$>"Trump, through his subsidiary operating the hotel, sued Zakarian, alleging the broken deal cost him more than $10 million.
    In the deposition, Trump also said his comments about Mexicans illegally crossing the border had helped him win the Republican presidential nomination, a sign his views were “pretty mainstream.”
    http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/trump-says-attacks-on-mexicans-good-for-restaurant-business-documents/

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  35. Anonymous4:00 PM

    What a bunch of spineless wimps. They wouldn't be forced to confront the latest controversial statement from Trump if they had the moral and ethical character to shut him down in the primaries. They spent more time trying to stay out his line of fire than thinking about the good of the country.

    Hillary has done something those wimps couldn't and can't do, take on the Donald and save our democracy from the mentally ill.

    I have the feeling there is going to be a lot of republicans on airplanes in October and a lot of moving trucks in DC come January.

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  36. Anonymous4:04 PM

    We went to a rally here in Traverse City MI that featured Chelsea Clinton this afternoon. Lots of people there. Chelsea Clinton did a great job. She spoke in general terms for a while and then fielded lots of questions and comment from the audience. She is very articulate and thoughtful towards the persons asking questions. Great afternoon. Now to get through the next few weeks.


    By the way, while we were waiting to get into the auditorium, some people behind us overheard two men: one said to the other that he would get in line if Trump Jr. were in town and the other one suggested that someone should liven up the crowd by shooting a gun into the air. Gosh, Republicans are such quality people, aren't they?

    Besides, all of us standing in line were having a great time and did not need to be "livened up": it's always good to be surrounded by those who feel the same way you do. Here, where the GOP pretty much reigns supreme, we Democrats sometimes feel very isolated.
    Beaglemom

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    1. Anonymous5:58 PM

      Yeah! Beaglemom! Another Michigander here. I live in the the lower part so am not a Yooper. But Traverse City is the playground of the rich from Chicago and Bloomfield Hills Detroit.

      I hope some of the locals attended and heard the message.

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    2. Anonymous7:11 PM

      Hillary needs to go to the poor sections of Detroit or LA.

      Why do candidates always stay in their safe zone? These are the people who need to be heard. Take the arrows and they will respect that.

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    3. I heard about Chelsea's appearance in Traverse City and was impressed, Beaglemom. So glad you had the chance to hear her. We only very very rarely would have a presidential campaign, let alone nominee, make it all the way to the Keweenaw.

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  37. Anonymous4:17 PM

    I think Americans would approve if @realDonaldTrump used funds from his Foundation to get a mental health evaluation.

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  38. Anonymous4:56 PM

    I'm gonna guess the Clinton campaign cringed at that picture of Machado wrapping herself with the flag and looking topless underneath. Trashy.

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  39. Anonymous5:20 PM

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BK3xg-uDt0Y/

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    1. Anonymous6:42 PM

      She's draped in a flag that's dragging the ground in that photo above.

      She wraps herself in the U.S. Flag in the one at the top of this story.

      What gives with people using the flag as a blanket???!!!

      I suspect they don't teach flag etiquette anymore. And it makes for a colorful, dramatic photo.

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    2. Anonymous7:12 PM

      6:42, it's a bit disrespectful, according to protocol, but it is a piece of cloth. Not disastrous in the scheme of what is going on in this country right now.

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    3. Anonymous7:27 PM

      I see no flag dragging on the ground. Even if it did touch the ground, so many who claim to love this country more than anything have let the flag touch the ground as they've engaged in using it in a decorative way. And these have often been the same people who would do anything to publicly--when being watched by a camera--stop the flag from being burned or from touching the ground, but that flag could be right next to someone starving or hurting in some way and the flag lovers would choose to protect the cloth rather than help an actual human being.

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    4. Anonymous7:33 PM

      I see nothing sleazy in the photo. Machado's wrapped in the flag with pride. She's not looking like so many other females who have posed provocatively in the flag. What I see is someone who might be naked, and if she is it's to get across that she stands there wrapped protectively and with pride and without the humiliation that certain people are trying to make her feel. She's embracing the flag, embracing America. She's barely showing any akin and her hand placement might appear to cup a breast but it more so looks like someone with her hand over her heart in respect. As well, the photo reminds me of the kind of Lady Liberty pictures and sculptures you see in art, including on our coins--and there, there is an exposed breast and it's not sexual in the way some people always see breasts (ah, the oxymoron of puritanical pervs).

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    5. Anonymous7:43 PM

      If she is gonna wrap herself in our flag the least she could do is write in English.
      /s

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    6. Anonymous3:20 AM

      Every medal winning athlete in the Olympics draped themselves in a flag.

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    7. "Machado's wrapped in the flag with pride. She's not looking like so many other females who have posed provocatively in the flag. What I see is someone ... stands there wrapped protectively ... She's embracing the flag, embracing America. She's barely showing any akin and her hand placement ... looks like someone with her hand over her heart in respect."
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      I agree, 7:33.

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    8. Anonymous7:13 PM

      3:20 I don't think Olympic athletes should drape themselves in the flag. Sets a bad example.

      If we want it to be OK to drape one's self in the flag. Fine. Let's all be on the same page.

      If not, let's not make it OK to do it.

      Why not cradle the flag? That shows respect, love and caring.

      ps, and also, too. It seems it's OK for Machado and Olympic athletes to drape themselves in the flag, but not You-Know-Who.

      I say all or nothing. Either way, I'm fine with it. Just pointing out some hypocrisy.

      And, yes, I can see more than one side of this and can understand why many see this, especially since she's an immigrant, as a beautiful photo and expressive of her journey.

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  40. Anonymous5:26 PM

    She is a beautiful woman!

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  41. Anonymous6:10 PM

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtoOI3qW8AAGxG3.jpg

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  42. Anonymous7:20 PM

    Yep, he watched the sex tape with Melania:

    http://www.dailywire.com/news/6456/trump-paris-hilton-was-hot-12-i-watched-her-sex-hank-berrien#

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  43. Anonymous7:24 PM

    WOULD YOU ALLOW YOUR GRADE SCHOOL DAUGHTER TO ATTEND THE WHITE HOUSE EASTER EGG HUNT WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP?

    "... she’s 12, her parents are friends of mine, and the first time I saw her she walked into the room and I said, ‘Who the hell is that?’"
    -Donald Trump

    THIS GUY EVEN WATCHED HIS DAUGHTER IVANKA FRIEND'S SEX TAPE

    Clean up in Trump Tower movie/video room... bring pressure washer and Hazmat suits


    Huffington Post
    TRUMP ADMITS HE FOUND A 12 YEAR OLD PARIS HILTON ATTRACTIVE

    Your daily dose of *ugh vomiting forever* comes courtesy of an old Howard Stern interview with Donald Trump.

    While Trump was discussing women he did or did not find attractive, he brought up Paris Hilton, a friend of his daughter Ivanka’s.

    “Now, somebody who a lot of people don’t give credit to but in actuality is really beautiful is Paris Hilton,” he said. “I’ve known Paris Hilton from the time she’s 12, her parents are friends of mine, and the first time I saw her she walked into the room and I said, ‘Who the hell is that?’

    Did you wanna bang her?” Stern asked.

    “Well, at 12, I wasn’t interested,” Trump said, “I’ve never been into that ... but she was beautiful.”

    (WOULD THE DONALD BE INTERESTED IF SHE WAS 13?)

    He then went on to call Hilton “dumb like a fox” and admitted that he had watched her sex tape.

    This kind of comment is unsurprising coming from a man who has weighed in on the appearance of seemingly everyone from his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to supermodel Heidi Klum. He also infamously told The View in 2006 that if Ivanka wasn’t his daughter, “perhaps I would be dating her.”

    Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S

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    1. Anonymous7:48 PM

      Trump should have made a face and squirmed when Stern asked if he wanted to bang Paris as a preteen, but of course Trump didn't. Ick.

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  44. Anonymous7:31 PM

    He's married now. Not supposed to be dating. Right?

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  45. Anonymous7:35 PM

    So Melania watched Paris Hilton's sex tape? The same naked Melania who was skin to skin with that naked lady? That must have gotten the Donald hot. Was he thinking if I dropped Marla Maples and marry Melania, she will bring her friends home so he can watch?

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    1. Anonymous7:47 PM

      On Stern's show he said it was Melania who gave him the tape! I bet SHE was hot watching Paris. If she then had sex with Trump, Melanis may have experienced her one and only orgasm during sex with the pig. Hah, that may have even been the night she conceived Barron. She probably silently thanked Paris for making it possible for her to endure sex with Trump--she probably recalled the tape every time she had sex with Trump again.

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  46. Anonymous7:39 PM

    Oh, boy. Elizabeth Warren has entered the fray.

    "Is this what keeps you up at night, @realDonaldTrump? Thinking of new & interesting ways to call women fat or ugly or sluts?"

    "You never tweet at 3am with ways to help students getting crushed by debt or seniors struggling on Social Security,"

    "You never tweet at 3am with ways to create new jobs for workers or hold Wall Street accountable,"

    "Nope, @realDonaldTrump: the only things that keep your mind racing at night are your next racist, sexist tweets & disgusting lies."

    "A thin-skinned bully who thinks humiliating women at 3am qualifies him to be President does not understand America & is not fit to lead."

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-trump-alicia-machado_us_57eee1f2e4b024a52d2f1db2?section=&

    Basically the Democrats let Trump hang himself this week. He ranted about Machado and his broken microphone all week. Finally today, Hillary, Elizabeth and Bernie took him down.

    I expect Kellyanne is going to take his phone away again. He's on restriction for a few days to think about what he's done and what he will do differently in the future. Until then, no more 3am tweets. (Unless she can't control him anymore either. )

    Isn't this the guy who is supposed to be cramming for his next debate? Instead he's up at 3am attacking a 1996 beauty queen.

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  47. Anonymous7:42 PM

    Is this what a romantic evening in the Trump Tower was like?

    Melania it is time for a quickie.

    Okay Dunald, here Paris Hildon's sexotape, a buttle eh lube und kleenex. Call me ven you are finisho.

    Melania can you close the door when you leave

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  48. Anonymous7:44 PM

    What a sicko. Trump was 47 when Paris was 12. When he saw her he said, "Who the hell is that?" What adult, let alone a middle aged male, uses those words when he sees a child who he thinks is very cute or pretty? A normal person would say, "Who's that pretty girl?" or "Whose daughter is that very cute little girl?" but he talked about a 12-year-old using the kind of line he'd use for an adult female he saw sexually. ICK ICK ICK.

    And on Stern's show Trump also said that Melania got hold of the sex tape and then she and he watched it together. This woman should be FLOTUS?!

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  49. Anonymous7:48 PM

    So Donald was checking out Paris.
    Did that make Ivanka jealous enough for her to sit between daddy's thighs and stroke his face ever so softly? Hope that wasn't the scenario for the daddy and daughter picture next to the statue of two birds doing it like doggies?

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    1. Anonymous8:50 PM

      "Trump admitted that he and his then-girlfriend EAGERLY watched Paris Hilton’s grainy video together."“I’ve known Paris Hilton from the time she’s 12, her parents are friends of mine, and the first time I saw her she walked into the room and I said, ‘Who the hell is that?’ At 12, I wasn’t interested… but she was beautiful.”
      http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/trump-trolled-machado-about-a-sex-tape-but-hers-is-nothing-like-the-ones-hes-watched/

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  50. Anonymous7:55 PM

    Ah, this thread reminds me of a thread on IM a while ago...

    http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2015/06/sarah-palin-is-getting-head-start-on.html

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  51. Anonymous7:56 PM

    The softcore porn film has been found!

    Only problem is, Alicia Machado isn't in it.

    Donald Trump is.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-playboy-porn_us_57eee2fbe4b0c2407cde0fd2

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  52. Anonymous8:07 PM

    ... Republican leaders and strategists are unnerved by Donald Trump’s erratic attacks on a Latina beauty queen and other outbursts this week, increasingly fearful that the GOP nominee is damaging his White House hopes and doing lasting harm to the party in the campaign’s final stretch.

    Party officials said they are newly embarrassed by Trump’s impulsive behavior and exasperated by his inability to concentrate on his change message and frame the race as a referendum on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, according to interviews with more than two dozen of them...

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-bad-week-is-a-nightmare-for-the-gop/2016/09/30/e9290ad8-8727-11e6-92c2-14b64f3d453f_story.html

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  53. Anonymous8:18 PM

    OT? Little prick #2>
    “It looks bad. The question is, who’s benefitting?”

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/30/eric-trump-charity-spent-880k-at-family-owned-golf-resorts.html

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  54. Anonymous8:43 PM

    Perhaps Hillary has a 13 year old volunteer who could engage in this stupid twatter war with Drumpf. It's beneath her to stoop to his level with this nonsense.

    President? I wouldn't want that douchenozzle as a next-door neighbor let alone a powerful elected official. He's one seriously fucked-up dude.

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  55. Anonymous8:44 PM

    Eight TACO trucks are now registering voters in Houston.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/guac-vote-houston-taco-trucks-seek-register-voters-155730416--election.html

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  56. Anonymous10:39 PM

    This woman, with her broken English and shady past, could very well be the US citizen who saves this country. I believe she was well aware of the dirt that would be dug up on her if she put herself out there. But she also knew she'd shine a light on the vile person that is The Donald.

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  57. Anonymous11:03 PM

    I think Donald is pissed that today Alicia Machado looks better than Melania. Alicia is a true beauty. Even at almost 40 years old.

    Melania is about 46. Not that much older. But compare the two side by side. Years of abuse will wear on a person. I think you see it in Melania's face.

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  58. Anonymous3:25 AM

    I think perhaps Donald tried to boink the hispanic beauty queen and was rebuffed.
    Smart girl.

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    1. I'm sure Trump believes as owner of the pageant that he has droit de seigneur rights over each newly crowned Miss Universe. Perhaps Miss Machado didn't go along with his imagined rights.

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  59. Anonymous8:23 AM

    I haven’t seen this soap opera that has scandalized little Donnie, however I do know that foreign tv programs are more explicit than American network tv.

    I remember RAI, Italy in the 80’s had variety shows with topless women.

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