Almost everyone, except Donald, can see he's disqualifying himself with every desperate defense

[bigtree]

...I'm just stunned that he can't wait to begin tweeting this nonsense every morning. It just screams desperation and immaturity. This from a seventy year-old.

All of this coming right on the heels of Trump making a major campaign push about Hillary's presidential temperament. Remember how this all started? A few lines from Hillary at the debate about Alicia Machado, Miss Universe, and Trump hasn't stopped dissembling since.


...here he is this very morning:

Bradd Jaffy ‏@BraddJaffy 22m22 minutes ago
Trump is up early and tweeting ... http://bos.gl/OtBrbU3

[saltpoint]

1. I'm wondering what the Trump campaign

team even does all day.

They don't seem to hold meetings to decide strategy, or if they do, Trump trashes the takeaways and just goes rogue.

Maybe they've given up on meetings altogether and just hang out in the casino.

[bigtree]

2. it's like they're trying to manage (babysit) a spoiled ten-year old

...here's an amazing tweet from his campaign manager, Kellyanne, yesterday - too close to the truth - in response to a report from a rally:

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins
Trump supporter in the back shouting at the candidate, "Stay on the issues!"

Kellyanne Conway ‏@KellyannePolls 17h17 hours ago
That was me! I was there...

...of course, Trump did everything but 'stay on the issues' yesterday, spending the bulk of his time defending himself with a combination of lurid attacks on Hillary and his accusers, and dialogue from the podium not unlike what you'd imagine he's say if he'd actually been having a conversation in his fictional 'locker room,' after all. Bizarre behavior, bordering on psychotic.

[saltpoint]

3. Yes. It really is bizarre. I didn't know much

about Kellyanne Conway until this election cycle, but it doesn't look as if she holds much sway in how Trump speaks or acts.

[hatrack]

4. She no longer cares, as long as the checks clear

.

[saltpoint]

5. : ) Yes. She's probably got a

future in some political campaign yet to come, which probably isn't true of her current boss.

[stopbush]

7. As if staying on the issues would be a winning strategy for the Rs.

Americans prefer D policies to R policies. The last thing they actually want is an issues-based discussion.

[bigtree]

10. true

...if they could get their own attacks to rise above the stink their candidate is raising, they'd gladly sidestep an 'issues' discussion.

Of course, Kellyanne and co. aren't looking for Donald to talk about issues, as much as they want him to stick to the script they've written for him. How to manage an ignorant buffoon.

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. He incriminated himself twice yesterday onstage.

At this point, they're just letting him tighten the noose.

Tweet away, Groper!

[madokie]

8. We had the gipper

then poppy and now we've, (hopefully not,) on the verge of having a groper as pResident. Sorry but I just can't put a capital letter on the word President when it has tRumps name associated with it. Fuck him and the lying ass horse he rode in on. In the same breath we need to ride his sorry ass out of town on a fucking rail.

[Stuart G]

9. I agree, and well stated bigtree...k and r.