Dianereynolds: I'm well aware of crooked Donny's justification that he doesn't agree with the same laws he uses to swindle fellow citzens out of multi millions. So his lack of self control has lead to one critical point you're conveniently avoiding ..... Trump does not use laws to gain advantage, he breaks those laws to gain advantage. He's a criminal. He was nailed for a 25 million in a fraud class action lawsuit. Willingness to fork over 25 million is defacto guilt and don't try to gloss over it.

The poor women who was raped at the age of 13 by him got so many death threats she backed out of her lawsuit. In light of all the other sex assault allegations that surfaced, I choose to believe her. Of course you like the media were still focused on Benghazi and emails when all of that surfaced, so no one remembers...I do though!

Trump has 75 pending lawsuits at this very moment. Lawsuits are used to enforce existing laws...for example It's illegal to hire someone and not pay for their services. It's illegal to grab a pussy without the women's permission etc. Wake up Diane...not only have you bought into the same old republican rich guy trickle down swindle, you've been had by a world class con artist. It's now going to be more of the same old destroy the working class crap that has been going on since Ron's voodoo....more of the the biggest lie ever told, even bigger than crooked Donny's lies.

Crooked Donny is not going to end free trade deals, he is not bringing jobs back, and he is not cutting your taxes, he is only reducing taxes on corp america and billionaires....although he doesn't even pay tax. That's called trickle down.

Other than tax cuts for the super rich, the Teapublican Party will not pass any legislation related to the issues I just mentioned...and you can take that to the Goldman Sachs bank...which reminds me...Trump said Hillary wasn't qualified to be president because she received speaking fees from Goldman. But somehow crooked Donny still managed to appoint Steven Mnuchin as his treasury secretary. Yeah right,...."Go Donald" ...wake up Diane!

Hey all you washed up lefties despite all your anger, threats, denial, lies, recounts, name calling and misdirection. Donald J. Trump will become the 46th President of the United States at noon on January 20, 2017.

1. It's always election fraud unless your guy wins. Fact pure and simple.

2. Trumps point to Clinton and the world in the debate was. "I use the laws and rules to my advantage. If you don't like it, change the laws or rules." Amen brother.

3. Trump is not yet president and he is being attacked by progressives for whatever position he takes. Calm down. If he changes the trade laws he too will have to change his country of manufacture or pay the appropriate tariffs.

4. Accept the fact you lost. It's over, done, dead, period. Trump will be YOUR president. Complaining is one of the progressives great attributes. You are good at it because you have had a lot of practice. You have eight years to regroup. Get at it.

Yes, Kend, you are in a bubble, one with very thick walls, wherein your math only calculates one side of the equation. What, you think you're something special because you're a business owner, cornering market savviness? Well, "Hooray for me." Or is it, "Woe is me." Hard to tell.

Where do you think your profits come from, if employees/customers don't have enough money in their pockets to buy products because of unlivable wages, when most of the profits rise to the top of the greed pyramid? And who do you think pays the taxes, if millionaires and billionaires and mega-corporations weasel out of their fair share -- the taxes for hi-ways and bridges, sewer and water systems, an educated and healthy workforce, government agencies that ensure product safety, clean air, water, and food, the military, the police force, the firefighters, the court system, and all the rest of the infrastructure, of which tax dodgers take full advantage yet for which they don't want to pay?

Taxes are the price of admission to live in a civilized society. Go live in Somalia; I hear their taxes are nearly nonexistent. See if a business model that pays starvation wages and no taxes can generate a profit there.

So that's how you can compare a tax cut (giveaway) for a greedy, unpatriotic corporation to a bailout for patriotic workers who pay taxes and buy products (perhaps even yours), and who are now earning a healthy profit for their owners. If you can't pay livable wages and just taxes, then you have a piss-poor business model and should shut your doors and allow a smarter business owner to profit on your share of the market.

Oh, by the way, Obama was prudent enough to put W. Bush's stratospheric, hidden debt openly on the books and to shoulder the responsibility. Besides, American Treasury bonds -- largely owned by American citizens -- are still the safest and most sought after investment in the world, affirmed by their low interest rates. So there's your so-called "evil" debt, which Democrats absolutely do count, and which Republicans absolutely do not.

Break out of your bubble, Kend, and look up the "two Santa Clauses theory." It's your guys who've consistently run up the debt to such heady heights, starting with your "Saint" Reagan, who tripled it, while he lavished "tax deductions" on millionaires (mostly Republican donors) and raised taxes on the middle class 11 times. Some studies say 13 times, if you count all the double bank shots and angles of the dangle.

Again (I'm serious), why do right-wing trolls bother to post comments on this blog without (obviously) listening to or reading what Thom has to say? If they did, it would engender more fruitful discussions. Thom is the first one to admit that he doesn't always get stuff right, but he sure tries hard to, and he is one helluva step ahead of most political observers out there, on either side of the aisle.

No deep space I am not in a bubble i am a business owner so have the unfortunate task of making a profit or I go out of business. How you can compare a tax deduction to a bailout is beyond me. Anyone can give away other people's money anyway to buy jobs. Obama put Americans about a trillion dollars a year in debt. Why is it that democrats don't count debt. All those interest payments are digging right into the healthcare and education budgets.

I guess Skeeter and his "Merica" are all basically braindead to the fact that crooked Donny manufactures all of his crap overseas....it's no secret, but never mentioned by the media, heaven forbid.

So we have a scoundrel profiting from the practice of free trade pretending to be upset about free trade. The god damn lies never end...and we're all at fault for not speaking out...hardly a word mentioned about his Trump U scam settlement, or his ongoing charity fraud. I give up!

Fact : Trump lost the election and the Teapublicans lost the Senate..swing states and all! Without NATO stepping in the election fraud will continue. I don't have stages of grief when it comes to fraud. I simply plan on being very very disobedient!!!!! I hope others join me. The fight has just begun.

Deepspace:

Nope, I have more, but for you it's all I need.:)

It could be that you don't understand "the left" (you know, those "other" people) because you're trapped in the "rightwing" bubble of lies and half-truths. Ya think?

Hold your nose and consider "lefty" Nobel-winning Paul Krugman's math: "... at the rate of one Carrier-size deal a week, it would take Mr Trump 30 years to save as many jobs as President Obama did with the auto bailout ..."

Evidently, your own math doesn't quite add up. Depending on which year you begin, ten to fifteen million jobs were generated during the Obama Administration -- not as many as Reagan or Clinton, for sure, but certainly more than W. Bush's dismal 8-some million. From whom, please remember, Obama inherited the worst economy since the Great Depression.

You can "understand the left" further by checking out the infamous "Bikini Graph." The biggest (disingenuous) criticism Republicans can come up with is that the economy didn't recover fast enough for their liking, after they totally tanked it. Well, EXCUUUSE me!

Perhaps your calculator needs a new battery.

Ou812: Ha! That's all ya got? When someone challenges empty, right-wing propaganda with easily verifiable facts, the only retort is a rather shallow and (if you must know) false portrayal of emotionalism? Actually -- not that personal feelings should matter to anyone else -- I thoroughly enjoy watching the spectacle of the gullible being taken in by such a ridiculous huckster. Real life is much more entertaining than a SNL skit. The narrative says more about the small minority of Fox "News"-type eligible voters (1/4th) than the phony-hair, pussy-grabbing fruitcake they are now compelled to defend. And the characters never cease to amaze! Please carry on...

Deep space: you should consider anger management therapy... All of your hate, anger and rage isn't going to change the fact than on January 20, 2017 at noon. Donald J Trump will become the 46th President of the United States. :)

@#16:
Your boy did not "spend" 7 million; Pense put Indiana's taxpayers on the hook for a bribe to an unethical company to save approximately 800 jobs (not "a little over a thousand," which is how many -- 13,000 -- will still be shipped to Mexico). Now, other low-life CEOs know exactly how to play with the Orange Fool's negotiating "skills." So much for his hard campaign promise to slap tariffs on the slackers.

Paul Krugman (that oh so hated liberal economist ... for being mostly right) crunched the numbers: "...at the rate of one Carrier-size deal a week, it would take 30 years to save as many jobs as President Obama did with the auto bailout..."

Everyone applauds saving jobs in America, but this was an obvious con job, so that The Faker could pat himself on the back. It's too little, too late ... a (middle) finger in the dike. Traditionally, it's been mostly Republicans who've facilitated companies' off-shoring endeavors for over three decades now, and it's been Democrats who've tried to stop them -- unfortunately without much success, thanks to a Republican gerrymandering House and a Republican filibustering Senate.

Oh, and they're not "implying that the people are cheats or stupid;" they're worried about faulty, outdated machines that can be easily hacked by nefarious Republican operatives. Watch the Greg Pallast documentary, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy."

By the way, why do rightwing trolls even bother to post on this blog without (obviously) listening to or reading a damn thing Thom has to say? The abject ignorance is stupefying! Embarrassing, really.