I'm not paying attention to any polls. I think there is denial out there. I think these pollsters are afraid to report what they're seeing, ie that Trump is polling ahead in double digits. I think Trump's internal polling tell a different story.
How do they poll these people by phone, internet or in person? I will not answer the cell phone if I don't recognize the caller.
Many are also of some historic significance
Will probably miss tonight’s rally. Headed to football game. Annual trip with cousin and friends. It once included our parents. So the tradition is at least sixty years old. Good memories. Fun times. Now we meet at a restaurant instead of eating “moms” chili, As both of us have a drive from our homes and there are no locals
Good morning Nikos and everybody.
We have a land line as well as cell phones.
Our land line rings off the hook with political calls and polls.
Yesterday I decided to answer the questions since it was a human and not a robo call, just hang up on those.
Pretty sure it was a state polling because I was asked about a prop. for legalizing pot and who I was voting for for senate.
When asked about my prez preference I was proud to say, “Trump all the way!”
DJT is not sitting home resting up for the debate. He is out serving up a full-course meal - Red Meat, not potatoes.
He gets more out of the crowds, then those in the crowds.
He already loved the Nation, but these events are bringing him to love more then ever the people in the Nation.
He has honed his words, his strategy, his success as a reflection of how the crowds respond to him.
I really like the "Lock her up" chants, the over-powering reaction to "Repeal Obamacare" and his strident support for the Vets.
Monday night will be the best watched blood sport event in political history.
A friend went by at 7 am people are already gathering. Rumor is 12,000 ticket requests for today. The center hold about 10,000 depending on the floor seating configuration.
I agree Nik. I get phone calls every day on my land line from Washington DC, California and Florida. I do have some on my cell but as you I don’t answer.*****************************Good morning and thanks again for the new thread.
Glad in a way that the past few days haven't had big political news. Not so much campaign news to catch up on. Trump is holding at a "new normal" (post 9/11) in the USC/LAT/Dornsife daily tracking poll, with a lead. The "old normal" was a tie, more or less.
The FBI did its usual Friday news dump, little leaks from Wikileaks, Charlotte snubbed Crooked, and while Crooked studies for the debate, Trump campaigns. Looking forward to watching the rally tonight
I can’t believe he’s doing an event two days before the debate. He exudes confidence. Gotta love that!
Normally....I would usually make my daily Trump Rally rant & rave, urging all Trump supporters & voters in the rally area to turn out to cheer and see Donald J. Trump!!! The entire nation is fully aware of these massive voter/supporter rally turnouts of good, cross-section of all kinds of loving Americans. So...in reality they, these rallies stoke themselves.
I will not rant nor, rave....but, I will do everything in my power to aide and help DJT get elected to become “The People’s” POTUS!!! Anyway....all my Freeper friends & everyone...keep the faucet running...pouring out hundreds of thousands of great Trump Deplorables to attend these wonderful, uplifting, gala, massive TRUMP rallies!!! Have fun!!! GO DONALD J. TRUMP!!!
Morning All....
Well, I heard that Hitlery’s going to hit Trump at the debate with a list of lies, and that she’s going to have her accomplices in the media check them live time so Trump can be called a liar at the debate.
What universe am I living in? Hillary is calling someone a liar. Hillary. I hope Trump doubles over with laughter.
Trump does select beautiful places for his rallies. He has impeccable taste and that is reflected in business and personal life.
I agree that Trump’s internal polling is telling a different story than what we have been told. They select or target his venues accordingly.
Georgia has to be strongly in the win column, anything less, does not make sense.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Have the Pundiots declared Harpy the debate winner yet or are they going to wait til Monday, but enough about FOX SNOOZE. There is no question just like the primaries the experts are going to say she won on points, demeanor and knowledge while Trump failed in every phase of the contest. The Echo Chamber will get all wonky and completely miss the point of the debate and declare Trump the loser while the people will say otherwise.
All the pressure is on Hacking Hillary. She has to turn her campaign around and stop Trump’s momentum or her financing will begin drying up. She has been a DC wonk for forty years which means she should have the gummit answer for every question. As Secretary of State she better know the names of all the leaders and all the factions throughout the ME since most wrote checks to her. Any slip-up will be catastrophic and lead to more suspicions of a serious mental issue. If she cannot beat a commoner like Trump her campaign will be over and a post-debate Trump bump will be devastation.
What Donald has to understand and likely does is people don’t care about what the Establishmedia obsess about since they live in their bubble. The media cares about promoting the Marxist agenda and destroying Conservatism. Lester Holt will do whatever he can to help Hillary and stop Trump, it is his religion and what will get cheers from his peers. What he doesn’t understand is the commoners already expect his bias and will make Trump a sympathetic character.
Trump should assume most of Holt’s questions are going to be to either stump him or get him. They are going to be the usual racist, sexist, homophobe accusations to make him another Repub Boogerman, it is their only hope. Trump should ignore those questions and simply answer the questions he wants in his usual NY style. When Holt comes at him with the Income Tax question he needs to say the American people are not interested in his taxes since they understand why his well-paid lawyers demand he not reveal them, but voters do care about their taxes and the rigged system. He can then go on a variety of tangents whether it is lowering corporate to bring jobs or lowering their taxes to help them pay for Obamacare, those are issues Americans care about and will make real points. There is no rule he has to answer those liberal worldview questions nobody cares about so don’t.
He needs to stay on offense and keep Hillary on defense. He has to bring up the emails, pay to play and the corruption of the Clinton Family Laundry. He needs to explain the difference between the building of skyscrapers and her selling American access. He has to keep it civil and explain it in a way the low IQ voter understands how she is corrupt and why she is a threat to their security. He can give a series of rally speeches which are interesting and to the point. He needs to stay with America first, and kitchen table issues which are the last things the Punditocracy wants to discuss. The mediots are going to hate what he says no matter what, so he may as well give them a reason.
The only thing he has to do in this debate is to give the American people a viable alternative. Most of the people do not want to vote for her and he has to give them somewhere to go. They see how bad the economy is and if he comes out with a Reagan jingo like, “A Recession is when your neighbor is out of work, while a Depression is when you are out of work.” A quick phrase that will define the situation most people are in and frame the fear around the country then hang it around her neck.
A verbal visual would be extremely effective and especially if he could tie his experience into it. She will say he is inexperienced and the presidency is no place for on the job training like we did for Obozo. He needs to come back and say that the President is the CEO of America and you hire the best and most talented manage the details while you tell them where you want to go. Just like when building a building he doesn’t know how to weld a steel girder or install windows and doors, but he knows how to hire the most talented people who do who can create his vision.
He can then explain how America is a building needing to be rebuilt from the ground up. It has been run down and all the windows are broken and he is just the man to rebuild it. He can bring in the fabricators who can fix the foundation with the Wall and renegotiating bad agreements. He can fix the windows by cutting the fat and corruption out of DC which should only take him a year or two by bringing in his sharks to look at the books for waste. He can say with his leadership he can turn this rundown building into Trump tower where everyone wants to live and work and Make America Great Again.
Why Harpy has needed to spend two weeks cramming for this debate is cough, cough, a mystery. After forty years inside the system at the highest levels what does she need to study? You are going to get the most boring, focus tested Frank Duntz clichés ever devised. She is going to sound exactly like Al Gore rambling on for two minutes making sure she never says anything about anything except to call Trump a racist, sexist, xenophobe. Her biggest problem is she has never been challenged in the last twenty years and she is not going to enjoy it happening now. The entire country is going to enjoy watching her stew in her juices while she tries to attempt to be likable yacking about her mother and daughter to bump that female vote while men push ice picks in their ears.
Her biggest problem is you cannot lie your way into trustworthiness. You cannot lie your way into the truth, and her Clinton speak answers are going to arouse suspicion. The last thing she wants at the end of the debate is the country to see they have a choice between a liar and Trump. A good share of the country already knows she is one and that she only wants to become President is to funnel more money into her pockets and how does she change her image especially if Trump reminds them over and over?
Donald only has to be standing at the end of the debate. As long as he doesn’t throw water on her or call her lying Ted, he will pass the test. Anything more is a bonus and when he beats her with knowledge on economics and capitalism while promoting conservatism he can win going away. If he does that, showing himself to be the superior leader then he will have all the momentum and draw bigger and bigger numbers into his campaign. He understands what it is like having a 1 shot lead at the turn and how to play the course the rest of the way in. He is about to tee up on 10 and has to decide on the 3 wood or the driver. With a million watching and waiting, he is playing his own Doral CC.
Harpy has already been declared the winner by the DC Echo Chamber. They have been working on their Trump snark for days waiting to unleash that one sound bite to underline their moral superiority their fellow mediots will chuckle at. He needs to treat this as a giant rally and speak directly at America to lay out what they are all feeling and how he can begin to work on their massive problems. If he does that there is no Marxist cliché she can recite to solve anything and the whispers of our Forefathers will begin to be heard again.
Pray America wakes
Maybe he learned from this guy.
“Ever notice that all of Trump’s venue’s are in beautiful places. Churches, arenas, auditoriums, theaters, stadiums. He goes to little places, she goes to big ones and no one shows.”
Yep, she goes to school cafeterias, gyms and union halls.
Had a call from the Trump campaign today for another donation.
I asked what their talking points were about the priorities for last month and this months fund raising. The lady was very nice and said the majority of last months funding went to rallies, organization for getting out the vote and a small amount for advertising. For current funding raising efforts she said rallies, GOTV and a substantial amount for advertising.
The rallies keep up the enthusiasm of his supporters, (they keep me pumped) but it is critical that their is more outreach to the undecideds. The debates are critical to reaching those people and he cannot keep getting killed in battleground states on the air.
Good mid-morning to everyone. Hmm, time for brunch??
I’m in line! Will try to post photos once we’re inside.
Someone on twitter may have found a prime suspect for the Cascade Mall shooting.
Suspect: Sunil Bohara.
Short video:
https://twitter.com/JayDub1210/status/779740088158724096
