Trumpled (Alternative Leading)

[LP]

They are desperate to win but mucked up badly by allowing Trump to get this far.

Trump is his own worst enemy, the more issues the Democrats raise the bigger the goose he is making of himself!

[ElwoodBlues1]

Trump is his own worst enemy, the more issues the Democrats raise the bigger the goose he is making of himself!

Bullets seem to miss or bounce off him.....he even got mileage out of a horrendous act like the Orlando shooting....only he could pat himself on the back over that and get away with it.
Hilary now has her husbands dirty laundry being aired thanks to some secret agent who isnt so secret anymore, things just keep on falling into place for the Trumpster...lets hope the sane electors remember to vote.

[Mav]

You crack me up!  Trump got away with it?  Kinda like the Japanese got away with Pearl Harbour ...

[Mav]

Well, Trump's Campaign Manager, Corey Lewandowski, didn't get away with it: Why Donald Trump Said 'You're Fired!' To Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski, the Age 19/6/16.

Lewandowski was safe as long as Trump kept winning.  Hell, he could even get away with manhandling a conservative female reporter, which must leave Eddie green with envy.  But his sacking points to the fact that the last couple of weeks have been terrible for Trump.  There's even new life in the Dump Trump movement and there's now talk of delegates refusing to vote for Trump in order to create a contested convention.

[DJC]

The US Senate has rejected four proposed measures to expand background checks on gun buyers and curb gun sales to those on terrorism watch lists.

[LP]

The US Senate has rejected four proposed measures to expand background checks on gun buyers and curb gun sales to those on terrorism watch lists.

They think they are Wyatt Earp, they are all fecked in the head!

[madbluboy]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2...t_out.html

[Mav]

Oh boy  :

Time for the men in white coats to round up the lunatics and give each of them a padded cell. 

The A/G and the FBI were of the view that redacting comments re ISIS would prevent ISIS using them as PR.  Seems reasonable.  What they didn't count on was the right-wing wingnuts being just as keen as ISIS to exploit the calls.  The GOP and ISIS are keen to be the 2 sides of the same coin here.  They each fuel the PR campaign of the other.  Reminds me of an episode of Get Smart in which Max worried that eliminating Kaos would result in everyone at Control losing a job.

So what revelations have there been?  The A/G noted that the redacted comments were related to ISIS.  Did the specific comments take it much further?  I don't think so.

But we have learnt that Mateen used the alleged ISIS link to make the police and FBI think he wasn't just a lone shooter.  He told them there were explosives which he could detonate to kill anyone who attempted to storm the bathroom where he was holed up.  He also claimed there would be other attacks within hours.  This did change how the police reacted.  They were far more cautious as a result.  Ironically, he went too far in the end as he claimed he had explosive vests which he might detonate to kill the hostages and this precipitated the rescue.  So, how much of the purported ISIS link was real and how much was it a ruse to convince law enforcement that he wasn't just a lone shooter and/or magnify the infamy of his big swansong?

[Woodstock]

Never mind the US Election...we've got our own next week. More important at the moment. At the Coopers Malthouse tonight to listen to a Guardian Newspaper live panel discussion. Some good panel guests on tonight.... ;D

[mateinone]

God this roller coaster is ridiculous.
Trump's efforts over this latest shooting have really been all over the place.
He's gone against one of his most powerful lobby groups in the NRA, you can't have the republican vote and not be 100% committed to guns... and big ones at that (this is America after all).

He has wanted to come out tough (against muslims), but has tried to be almost reasonable/sensible in the comment of restricting gun ownership (BANG OUT OF ORDER TRUMP!!)

See to the NRA of course ANY gun control is BAD and they have already threatened action against lawmakers. What this means is that a lot of republican candidates are going to find themselves up against rivals more in line with the lobby group if they don't maintain a hard line stance supporting the 2nd Amendment.

On Trump, with him fluffing his lines recently and sacking his top advisor.. He now is a LONG way behind Clinton, but he could turn that around in 1/2 a dozen tweets... Or he could stoop lower, who knows in this mess.

What is certain, is that the likes of Russia are heavily in favour of Trump becoming President of the USA, not really a great surprise there