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originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: Sublimecraft
They got it right down under. The whole world sees what a fool trump is. The whole world is laughing at him.
And Russia wants him because it will be easy to play him. They don't want Hillary because she knows what she's doing. They can't manipulate her the way they can trump.
Almost lost among the many revelations is the fact that Russia’s biggest bank uses The Podesta Group as its lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Though hardly a household name, this firm is well known inside the Beltway, not least because its CEO is Tony Podesta, one of the best-connected Democratic machers in the country. He founded the firm in 1998 with his brother John, formerly chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, then counselor to President Barack Obama, Mr. Podesta is the very definition of a Democratic insider. Outsiders engage the Podestas and their well-connected lobbying firm to improve their image and get access to Democratic bigwigs.
Which is exactly what Sberbank, Russia’s biggest financial institution, did this spring. As reported at the end of March, the Podesta Group registered with the U.S. Government as a lobbyist for Sberbank, as required by law, naming three Podesta Group staffers: Tony Podesta plus Stephen Rademaker and David Adams, the last two former assistant secretaries of state. It should be noted that Tony Podesta is a big-money bundler for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign while his brother John is the chairman of that campaign, the chief architect of her plans to take the White House this November.
originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: Vdubya
Wrong. She won because we voted for her. She will be president because we elect her.
Pretend all you want. Hillary supporters are real and we believe in our candidate.
She is miles above trump in knowledge, education, experience.
Believe me we are real.
Here I'm a minority but not in the real world.
originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: Sublimecraft
They got it right down under. The whole world sees what a fool trump is. The whole world is laughing at him.
And Russia wants him because it will be easy to play him. They don't want Hillary because she knows what she's doing. They can't manipulate her the way they can trump.
originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: Sublimecraft
Oh sure. Why not. They can pay taxes too. We could use a little extra.
And what? Gatherings you attend....in Australia?
So Im wondering, has the events of the last few days, and Trumps response to the Terrorist problem, influenced how you plan to vote?
But Trump has yet to mobilize GOP donors, which could put him at a large financial disadvantage. Trump claimed on Saturday if he couldn’t raise enough funds, “I would just put up my own money,” like he did for his primary campaign, but his financial disclosures indicate that he does not have sufficient funds to run a general election campaign.
Trump has about $160 million in pretax income, The Wall Street Journal estimates. In the 2012 general election, Barack Obama spent $721 million and Mitt Romney spent $449 million.
His reliance on free media, in the form of wall-to-wall network television coverage of his raucous campaign rallies, may not work for a general election campaign. His message will have to be targeted toward specific swing states and constituencies, which so far he has not done. Instead, in the month since he officially won the nomination, he has made several campaign stops in traditionally Republican states and has doubled down on brash and divisive rhetoric, sinking his already abysmal favorability ratings.
Behind the scenes, his campaign has shown little evidence of organization and strategy. Trump fired national political director Rick Wiley after only a few weeks on the job, even though Wiley was brought in specifically to coordinate with party officials and help shift the campaign toward the general election.
Trump’s campaign structure remains scant. Despite being a national-level campaign, it lacks basic elements such as a communications team and a rapid response director. When an adviser told Trump to hire a rapid response director, the mogul reportedly said: “I am the rapid response person.”