Post Convention Thread - 2016

"CLINTON'S CLAIM: "If you believe that we should say 'no' to unfair trade deals ... then join us."

THE FACTS: Clinton now says that she opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement, but she championed it when serving as President Obama's secretary of state, even calling the agreement the "gold standard" in trade deals. "This TPP sets the gold standard in trade agreements to open free, transparent, fair trade, the kind of environment that has the rule of law and a level playing field. And when negotiated, this agreement will cover 40 percent of the world's total trade and build in strong protections for workers and the environment," she said in Nov. 2012."  NBC News 

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-conventions/fact-checking-hillary-clinton-s-speech-n619481

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"Donald Trump captured his second lead this year in the polls in the days following the Republican National Convention, where he officially nabbed the GOP’s presidential nomination. Trump edged out Democrat Hillary Clinton on July 24 and has grown his lead to about 1 percent as of July 26, according to polling averages from RealClearPolitics.

While 1 percent might not sound like much, it’s worth noting that Trump’s previous headline-grabbing lead in May held steady for three days at 0.2 percent. As the InsideGov visualization shows, Trump’s current trajectory seems to continue on its upswing rather than staying level.' 

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/28/trump-nabs-largest-lead-so-far-over-clinton/

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Well, the Dems definitely won the grand production prize for the conventions.  What is your opinion over-all of where we are?  Foreigners feel free to join in.  Your interests are at stake as well.  pl

Comments

[Thomas]

"This, then, is the devil's plan, to rule the whole world, and his people are almost ready to deliver it to him."

The ending of the story is already known, they lose.

[Mark Logan]

Tyler, jtd...and other "low information voters" (ahem)

"Is Kerry's opinion of Assad changing" can be googled. Or are y'all the sort of naifs who expect public figures to loudly and clearly admit mistakes and whose minds are closed to anything less?

The idiocy of our initial policy towards that situation was so great it is possible even Kerry could, over the course of a few years perhaps, detect it. You know this to be true.

[Amir]

no one in my circle will vote for Clinton, regardless of their near unanimous support for Bernie. I can divide them in equal three groups: one third will stay home, the other will vote for Jill Stein and to everyone's surprise, the last third will vote for Trump (with their noses closed) just to block the Wolverine-in-Sheep's Clothing

[gowithit]

That's about as much a rational thought as claiming Trump is a Nazi! Clinton is as far from Marxism as Trump is from a Brown Shirt! Get real!

[Trey N]

I respect all three choices. I only hope that as more SHTF over the next three months re how corrupt Clinton and her cronies are, people from the first two groups will decide to join the third group. Keeping her wrinkled old fingers off the nuclear button today is even more important than keeping McCain's off was in 2004.