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Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 2, 2016, 12:15:15 PM8/2/16
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| First on CNN: Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP, will vote
| for Clinton if Florida close
| ...
<http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/01/politics/sally-bradshaw-jeb-bush-donald-trump-florida/index.html>

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| Representative Richard Hanna, Republican of New York, broke
| ranks with his party to endorse Hillary Clinton for
| president on Tuesday, denouncing Donald J. Trump's attacks
| on the Muslim parents of a soldier killed in Iraq and
| calling Mr. Trump "unfit to serve."
| ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/us/politics/donald-trump-republican-party-richard-hanna.html>

--bks

Maybe if the Orange Messiah released the Sacred Tax Returns ...

Beam Me Up Scotty

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Aug 2, 2016, 2:17:58 PM8/2/16
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You know Warren Buffet is almost always suing the government over his
companies taxes....

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*Rumination*
#24 - Business is the art of making painful choices and getting it right
often enough to stay in business.

Talib Logs

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Aug 2, 2016, 2:24:22 PM8/2/16
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Maybe if the Orange Vulgarian had someone besides himself as an
"advisor," he'd learn to STFU. But it's far better that he digs
himself in deeper.

PaxPerPoten

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Aug 2, 2016, 10:08:20 PM8/2/16
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Maybe Super Nigger in the White house should do the same with all of his
records.



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Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 2, 2016, 10:10:37 PM8/2/16
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>> | First on CNN: Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP, will vote
>> | for Clinton if Florida close
>> | ...

>> | Representative Richard Hanna, Republican of New York, broke
>> | ranks with his party to endorse Hillary Clinton for
>> | president on Tuesday, denouncing Donald J. Trump's attacks
>> | on the Muslim parents of a soldier killed in Iraq and
>> | calling Mr. Trump "unfit to serve."
>> | ...

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| Longtime Chris Christie aide Maria Comella says she plans
| to vote for Hillary Clinton -- saying that after Donald
| Trump's nomination, Republicans are "at a moment where
| silence isn't an option."
| ...
<http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/politics/maria-comella-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 2, 2016, 10:29:52 PM8/2/16
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>>> | First on CNN: Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP, will vote
>>> | for Clinton if Florida close

>>> | Representative Richard Hanna, Republican of New York, broke
>>> | ranks with his party to endorse Hillary Clinton for
>>> | president on Tuesday, denouncing Donald J. Trump's attacks

> | Longtime Chris Christie aide Maria Comella says she plans
> | to vote for Hillary Clinton -- saying that after Donald

|
| Meg Whitman, Calling Donald Trump a 'Demagogue,' Will
| Support Hillary Clinton for President
| ...
<http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/us/politics/meg-whitman-hillary-clinton.html>

--bks

PolicySpy

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Aug 3, 2016, 12:07:29 AM8/3/16
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DT is not in the trouble as he is being painted.

A carrot-on-a-stick Muslim-family-presented-at-the-convention is not an issue.

And then many voters can wonder, what is the harm of reducing immigration when facing terrorist attacks ? (I know, most of the terrorist attacks are just inspired and not connected. And the ones connected are connected to war zones and not to terrorist cells.)


Issues ?

HC wants equal pay for women. But executive pay and professional pay are negotiable. And on the other end of the spectrum is the minimum wage. Where does the regulation go ?

HC wants a larger minimum wage. But is all this regulation working when workers are cut down to part-time hours because of health insurance expense ?

HC wants more taxes from the higher incomes.

DT wants lower taxes which suggests economic activity at the expense of the deficit. It's more tax cuts than he can do.

Everyone wants infrastructure building. (But no one wants to use stainless-steel. No one wants public-works projects but just awarding of contracts. No one has a plan for elderly care. And no high-speed trains.)

Everyone wants to destroy ISIS. But BO is bombing them with B-52's. A bomb fixes everything except for a million refugees per-year trying to get to Europe. (The most recent offensive by Syria in Syria came after two offensives by Iraq in Iraq. All three offensives are against occupied towns.)

DT rich ? He's not that rich because the developments are based on debt. Interest paid on loans charge against earnings while principal paid on loans charge against cash flow.

DT surveillance of Muslims ? He can't really do that. Muslim religion is well established among Americans.

DT deportation of illegal immigrants ? He can do that.

DT increased patrol of the Mexican border ? He can do that.


What are the political platforms ? I would worry about the prospects of the side trying to hide their platform.

Bret Cahill

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Aug 3, 2016, 2:50:03 AM8/3/16
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Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 3, 2016, 12:01:27 PM8/3/16
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>>>> | First on CNN: Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP, will vote
>>>> | for Clinton if Florida close

>>>> | Representative Richard Hanna, Republican of New York, broke
>>>> | ranks with his party to endorse Hillary Clinton for
>>>> | president on Tuesday, denouncing Donald J. Trump's attacks

>> | Longtime Chris Christie aide Maria Comella says she plans
>> | to vote for Hillary Clinton -- saying that after Donald

> | Meg Whitman, Calling Donald Trump a 'Demagogue,' Will
> | Support Hillary Clinton for President

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| Vin Weber, a key early lieutenant in the Newt Gingrich
| revolution that transformed the U.S. House of
| Representatives and the GOP, rejected the candidacy of
| Donald Trump on Wednesday as "a mistake of historic
| proportions" for his party.
|
| "I won't vote for Trump," said Weber, who represented
| Minnesota in the House for 12 years beginning in the Reagan
| era. "I can't imagine I'd remain a Republican if he becomes
| president."
| ...
<http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/03/former-top-gingrich-ally-calls-trump-nom-mistake-of-historic-proportions.html>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 4, 2016, 3:10:27 PM8/4/16
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| Former Republican Sen. Gordon Humphrey tells NBC News that
| he will vote for Hillary Clinton if that's what it takes to
| prevent his own party's nominee, Donald Trump, from winning
| the White House.
|
| "I am ever more confirmed in my belief that Trump is a
| sociopath, without a conscience or feelings of guilt, shame
| or remorse. And he is pathologically insecure, recklessly
| attacking anyone who does not confirm him as the best there
| is," Humphrey said in an email to NBC News.
| ...
<http://www.nbcnews.com/card/former-gop-senator-might-vote-clinton-n622921>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 4, 2016, 7:27:06 PM8/4/16
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First time in 128 years that the group has not supported the
GOP nominee:
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| Harvard Republican Club Will Not Support Party Nominee
| Donald Trump
|
| The Harvard Republican Club announced it would not support
| Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, and called
| for Republican leaders to withdraw their support of the
| candidate they called a "threat to the survival of the
| Republic" in a press release Thursday.
|
| In the scathing statement, the largest conservative group
| at Harvard cited "both policy and temperamental concerns"
| about Trump and condemned his divisive campaign rhetoric
| they say "is poisoning our country and our children."
| ...
<http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/8/5/republican-club-not-support-trump/>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 5, 2016, 9:09:20 AM8/5/16
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| Billionaire hedge fund manager Seth Klarman said on
| Wednesday he would work to get Hillary Clinton elected
| president of the United States because he finds recent
| comments by Donald Trump "shockingly unacceptable."
| ...
| Klarman, whose Boston-based investment firm manages $29
| billion, is registered as an independent voter. But a
| review of filings showed that his political giving has
| largely benefited Republicans over the years, including
| donations this election cycle to political action
| committees that supported primary candidates Jeb Bush,
| Chris Christie and Marco Rubio.
| ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-klarman-idUSKCN10E2TR>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 5, 2016, 11:22:30 AM8/5/16
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| Insiders to Trump: Drop out
|
| 'I'd rather take our chances with nearly anyone else than
| continue with this certain loser who will likely cost the
| Senate and much more,' said a New Hampshire Republican.
| ...
<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/insiders-to-trump-drop-out-226689>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 5, 2016, 8:50:11 PM8/5/16
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| By Charles Krauthammer
|
| Trump's latest gaffe shows clearly how unfit he is for the
| presidency.
| ...
| Why did Trump do it? It wasn't a mistake. It was a
| revelation. It's that he can't help himself. His governing
| rule in life is to strike back when attacked, disrespected,
| or even slighted.
| ...
<http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438692/donald-trump-gold-star-family-can-trump-cross-fitness-threshold>

--bks

Not even the Sacred Tax Returns can save Orange Messiah
from the Hammer of Kraut!

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 6, 2016, 3:35:25 PM8/6/16
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| After a disastrous week of feuds and plummeting poll
| numbers, Republican leaders have concluded that Donald J.
| Trump is a threat to the party's fortunes and have begun
| discussing how soon their endangered candidates should
| explicitly distance themselves from the presidential
| nominee.
|
| For Republicans in close races, top strategists say, the
| issue is no longer in doubt. One House Republican has
| already started airing an ad vowing to stand up to Mr.
| Trump if he is elected president, and others are expected
| to press similar themes in the weeks ahead.
| ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/07/us/politics/donald-trump-gop.html>

--bks

Release the Sacred Tax Returns, Orange Messiah! Their eyes will
burn in their sockets.

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 8, 2016, 9:06:33 AM8/8/16
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By Rick Wilson, Republican political strategist:
|
| Beat him like a drum: Donald Trump must not just lose in
| November; to correct the institutions he's broken, he must
| suffer a humiliating defeat
| ...
<http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/rick-wilson-beat-trump-drum-article-1.2739979>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 8, 2016, 2:25:28 PM8/8/16
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| Former Michigan Republican Gov. Milliken endorses Clinton
| over Trump
| ...
<http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/08/08/former-gov-milliken-endorses-clinton-over-trump/88340600/>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 8, 2016, 5:28:33 PM8/8/16
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| Fifty of the nation's most senior Republican national
| security officials, many of them former top aides or
| cabinet members for President George W. Bush, have signed a
| letter declaring that Donald J. Trump "lacks the character,
| values and experience" to be president and "would put at
| risk our country's national security and well-being."
|
| Mr. Trump, the officials warn, "would be the most reckless
| president in American history."
| ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/us/politics/national-security-gop-donald-trump.html>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 8, 2016, 6:46:06 PM8/8/16
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| A top Florida Republican Party official said Monday he is
| quitting over presidential nominee Donald Trump, according
| to multiple reports.
|
| Wadi Gaitan, the chief spokesman for the Florida GOP who is
| Hispanic, is leaving his post to join the grassroots
| conservative organization the LIBRE Initiative, backed by
| billionaires Charles and David Koch.
| ...
<http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/290764-fla-gop-spokesman-leaving-job-over-trump>

--bks

Beam Me Up Scotty

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Aug 8, 2016, 7:00:16 PM8/8/16
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On 08/08/2016 06:46 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> |
> | A top Florida Republican Party official said Monday he is
> | quitting over presidential nominee Donald Trump, according
> | to multiple reports.

Can you get him to take John McCain or McConnell with him....?

Take Paul Ryan too. And as LONG as the bus is running stop and pick up
Romney and run them all to Mexico for us... and leave them there.


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*Rumination*
93.0.1 - The common thread isn't "gun violence" it's *black violence* .

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 8, 2016, 10:13:33 PM8/8/16
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Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 9, 2016, 9:24:12 AM8/9/16
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| Donors for Bush, Kasich and Christie Are Turning to Clinton
| More Than to Trump
|
| People who donated to establishment Republican candidates
| in the primary season are more likely to give money to
| Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, than to their own
| party's candidate, Donald J. Trump.
| ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/09/us/elections/Bush-Rubio-and-Kasich-Donors-give-to-Clinton.html>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 10, 2016, 11:31:28 AM8/10/16
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| WASHINGTON -- John Negroponte, a career diplomat who served
| under three Republican administrations and as the first
| director of national intelligence, has endorsed Democratic
| presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
|
| US Air Force Secretary Michael Donley has, too, according
| the Clinton campaign. Donley was appointed to the position
| by President George W. Bush and also served under President
| Barack Obama. In his 38 years in the national security
| community, Donley said, it was the first time he was
| publicly endorsing a candidate
| ...
<http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/international/americas/2016/08/10/hillary-clinton-negroponte-donley-bush/88513482/>

--bks

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 10, 2016, 9:50:45 PM8/10/16
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Conservative GOP ex-Congressman Joe Scarborough says:
|
| The GOP must dump Trump
|
| A bloody line has been crossed that cannot be ignored. At
| long last, Donald Trump has left the Republican Party few
| options but to act decisively and get this political train
| wreck off the tracks before something terrible happens.
| ...
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/08/09/the-gop-must-dump-trump/>

--bks

PaxPerPoten

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Aug 11, 2016, 8:44:44 PM8/11/16
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No! America must dump the Anti-Republic DNC and RNC. We need to get back
the power of the vote to the actual citizens of this once great country.
I suggest that we look very strongly at the Swiss system of Government.
After all they copied ours and made it more vialbe and less opportunity
to corrupt it by swine like the Klintons, the Kennedy's, the Bush's and
assholes like you.

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 19, 2016, 2:08:37 PM8/19/16
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David Nierenberg, Romney's National Finance Chair:
|
| I've been a Republican since 1980 but I'm voting for
| Hillary Clinton
| ...
<http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/19/ive-been-a-republican-since-1980-but-im-voting-for-hillary-clinton-commentary.html>

--bks

Is it too late for Trump to release his tax returns?

Bradley K. Sherman

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Aug 23, 2016, 8:28:12 AM8/23/16
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| Former President George W. Bush's Undersecretary of State
| for Public Diplomacy is the latest high-ranking Republican
| to announce his support for Hillary Clinton's White House
| bid.
|
| James Glassman, who is also the founding director of the
| George W. Bush Institute at the former president's library
| in Dallas, told MSNBC Monday evening that Clinton is "by
| far the superior candidate."
| ...
<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/james-glassman-hillary-clinton-endorsement-227289>

--bks

If Trump released the Sacred Tax Returns the bleeding might stop.

Bradley K. Sherman

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Sep 1, 2016, 12:20:05 PM9/1/16
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| Donald Trump is unqualified for the presidency, Mike
| Fernandez, a top Jeb Bush and Rick Scott donor, said
| Wednesday, announcing that he'll be voting across party
| lines for Hillary Clinton in November.
|
| Fernandez identified himself as "a firm believer in the
| fundamental tenets of the Republican Party" and as someone
| who takes his civic responsibilities seriously before
| slamming the GOP's standard-bearer.
|
| "Donald Trump is neither representative of our values nor
| qualified to lead the nation," he wrote in an op-ed
| published Wednesday evening in the Miami Herald.
| ...
<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/mike-fernandez-supports-clinton-227631>

--bks
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