Doctored T And The Women

If you want evidence that the greatest failure humanity possesses is the near-infinite capacity for self-delusion in the pursuit of political power, look no further than the millions of women who are more than happy to vote for Donald Trump in a few weeks. Five Thirty Eight's Clare Malone reports:

“Locker room talk” has been the national buzz phrase of the last week; in the 2016 campaign, it’s not just videos that go viral, it’s talking points too.

“Do you have men in your family?” Mary Anne Huggins asked me when I brought up the now-infamous Donald Trump “Access Hollywood” tape. Huggins is the GOP chairwoman for Gaston County, North Carolina, and we were speaking in the county headquarters about the close race in her neck of the woods. “I hear that’s a lot of locker room talk,” she said. “Don’t you think that’s minor?”

People on Twitter and television and many in the Republican Party’s national leadership do not think the tape a minor issue, but most rank-and-file party members do; according to a Morning Consult/Politico poll conducted the day after the video’s release, 74 percent said that party officials should continue to support their nominee. That number, of course, includes Republican women — 73 percent of them said the party should still back Trump. Another Gaston County Republican I talked to, Lou Armstrong, has supported Trump since the primaries and said she didn’t like the tape, but it didn’t make a real difference because “everyone messes up and makes mistakes, and when you get in the public eye, they bring all that stuff up just because they’re making jabs.”

The strength of partisanship has proven more powerful than many could have imagined, as Republicans, including Republican women, decide that the agenda of their party matters above all else this election. That Morning Consult poll found that support for Trump was about equal between Republican men and women. And 82 percent of Republican women and 84 percent of Republican men are still supporting Trump, according to SurveyMonkey data from October 3-9.1

It doesn't matter to them.  Trump Uber Alles.

These are the folks in America that put Trump in the nominee's position, these are the folks who look the other way because all they care about is winning.  They truly believe that as bad as Trump is, that it is his enemies that will suffer, and you, me, all the rest of the non-Trump folks out there in America?

We're the enemy.

It's A House Afire

The latest Cook Political Report analysis of the House shows Democrats assured to pick up a handful of seats, with more than a dozen additional GOP seats vulnerable to flipping as toss-ups and a dozen more in play on top of that.



The total number of seats in play is astonishing: 11 Democratic seats and only one is in real jeopardy,  retiring Rep. Gwen Graham is leaving as Tallahassee's congresswoman and at best 7 seats are really in play.

On the GOP side however there are 46 seats up for grabs in total, at least five are lost and a wave election could cost them more than two dozen more.  The Dems need 30 to flip the House and put the gavel back in Pelosi's hands, and kick Paul Ryan out of the Speaker's office.

And I think Donald Trump might be the key to doing just that.

The Orange Martyrs Brigade, Con't.

Remember folks, Donald Trump's virulent rhetoric involving Muslims as enemies of America is just that, words, and certainly nothing bad was ever caused by mere words right?

Three men were arrested on Friday for threatening to attack an apartment complex and mosque in Garden City. 

Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall says Curtis Allen, 49, Gavin Wright, 51, and Patrick Stein were all charged with domestic terrorism. 

Beall said the three were planning to bomb an apartment complex and mosque in Garden City occupied by about 120 Somali refugees. 

Beall said the men planned to carry out the attack on Nov. 9, the day after Election Day. 

He said the men stockpiled a large cache of firearms, and ammunition. They planned to park vehicles full of explosives at all four corners of the Garden City apartment complex. 

Beall said the men wrote a manifesto, which they wanted published after the bombing. They were a part of a group called "Crusaders," which is a hidden culture using hatred and violence, he said. 

Beall said the men's arrest is a part of an eight month long investigation. 

Eyewitness News first learned about the investigation when Liberal police and the FBI shutdown multiple streets in town on Tuesday. 

If convicted, all three men could face life in prison.

This was in Kansas, by the way, about as far from the decadent coastal enclaves as it gets.  Three white guys who were planning multiple car bombs to kill as many Muslims as possible, including women and children, you know not a big deal or anything.

So when do we start racially profiling Midwestern white guys as possible terrorists?