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If I were running for President – and you can all be glad I'm not – I would run ads touting my own accomplishments, not ads attacking my opponents. I believe voters are turned off by attack ads. A former New York City Mayor apparently disagrees.

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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to spend $100 million on an anti-Donald Trump ad blitz in key 2020 battleground states.
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The popular position for a politician to have is that they won't use attack ads and that voters are turned off. Yet every election there are attack ads. And while some voters may be turned off by them, I think the sad truth is that they are effective.

That being said, I don't think anti-Trump ads will do much. The people who still support him are pretty much immune to anything you could say about him.
 
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Hillary tried to stay positive during the debates, and it didn't seem to work well. When he was hovering behind her, I wished she'd have turned around and said "back off creep!".
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He kicked her in the box because she wasn't looking.
Once they start to fight dirty, you have to fight dirtier and do what needs to be done.
She should have said "Back off creep! What the hell is wrong with you?"

When I was a kid (8 or 9 years old) we were out doing some yard work, and one of my older brothers friends came by. He had his nunchucks. He thought he was tough. Started swinging them around and coming at me with them. He knocked me down and was laughing as he stood over me swinging them around. I picked up a garden hoe and stabbed him in the leg with it. He ran down the street crying with blood running down his leg.

He never bothered me again.

I ran into him at the German Festival 3 or 4 years ago and we started talking about it. He still has a scar from it. We laughed. But I laughed harder.
 
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Trump criticism got Colorado talk radio host fired while on air, he says

A radio host claims he was fired from his Colorado talk show — while he was on air — for criticizing President Trump.
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And now, as Paul Harvey used to say, here's the rest of the story: Silverman was fired after he appeared on a competing radio station.

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Denver radio station rebuts host’s claim that he was fired for criticizing Trump

DENVER -- A Denver based radio station says they made the decision to let a host go in the middle of a show because he said he was interested in appearing on other competing stations. Former Denver chief deputy district attorney Craig Silverman was hosting "The Craig Silverman Show" on 710 KNUS...
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WTF?

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"I want nothing. I want nothing. I want no quid pro quo. Tell Zellinsky to do the right thing. This is the final word from the Pres. of the U.S."
 
Trump misspelled "Zelensky." I believe Trump knew the political risks of offering a quid pro quo. He wrote those words for Sondland to quote, even though there was indeed a quid pro quo. We all know "I want nothing" was a lie. Trump and his legal team will surely focus on that handwritten statement and ignore what Trump actually did.

After Sondland donated $1,000,000 to Trump's inauguration, Trump appointed him Ambassador to the European Union. Just last month, Trump praised Sondland as "a really good man and great American." Today, Trump told reporters, "I don't know him very well." He's distancing himself after Sondland testified there was indeed a clear "quid pro quo" made at the "express direction" of Trump. Pompeo, Pence, Mulvaney and other officials were aware of it.

 
How do you argue back at someone who thinks the media should name the whistleblower, and that the Democrats should put them in front of Congress?
 
Federal whistleblowers are protected by law – and, in the current impeachment investigation, witnesses have corroborated all the information that was in the whistleblower's written complaint. There is no need for him to testify. The law dictates that an accused man has the right to confront his accuser – but the whistleblower made no accusations. He simply stated facts which NSC officials deemed "urgent" and "credible." (Last month, conspiracy theorists spread the false story that Eric Ciaramella, Obama's NSC director for Ukraine, was the whistleblower. He wasn't.)

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Sondland's self-preservation instinct has taken over. He now realizes it was wrong to lie to protect Donald Trump. As CNN editor-at-large Chris Cillizza notes, Sondland's testimony has destroyed the "no quid pro quo" argument of Trump and Republicans:

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Gordon Sondland just saved himself -- and jeopardized Donald Trump's presidency | CNN Politics

The question coming into Wednesday was whether Gordon Sondland would try to save himself or save President Donald Trump.
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Mister scotch, when Trump says he wants "nothing," he is lying. He wants something. Here is the answer to your "WTF" question from CNN's Marshall Cohen:

Trump keeps saying 'I want nothing.' Here's what's behind his new slogan.

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Trump keeps saying "I want nothing." Here's what's behind his new slogan.

The impeachment hearing enters another week. Three impeachment inquiry witnesses — Gordon Sondland, Laura Cooper and David Hale — will testify publicly. Follow here for our live coverage.
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When was that note written is my question? I got a text with a wider shot and his grubby lizard thumb. I just heard the sondland statement at the beginning. Ouch.
 
This analysis of the handwritten note makes it clear that Trump wrote the note today while Sondland was testifying. The words are what Trump had wanted Sondland to tell Zelensky in July. Of course his claim of "no quid pro quo" was false. There was a quid pro quo. Mick Mulvaney admitted it and now so have many others.

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Donald Trump's "I Want Nothing" Note refers to an image macro of United States President Donald Trump holding a note refuting testimony delivered by U.S. A
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Elie Honig was a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, 2004-12, and a prosecutor for the state of New Jersey, 2012-18. He now serves as general counsel to a law firm and writes legal anaylsis for CNN. Today he speculates that Trump now has only one way out of the Ukraine mess: blame Giuliani.

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Legal analyst: Trump's defenses are almost entirely gone | CNN

Elie Honig writes that in case there was any remaining doubt, Gordon Sondland's testimony at the impeachment hearings on Wednesday put to rest two mainstays of the Republican battery of defenses for President Donald Trump: That the investigation was not based on firsthand information and that...
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This is what I don't understand. The White House's own transcript contains both a request for foreign interference into our elections, and a statement of conditions on receiving aid. What else is even needed? And how can anyone claim that the assertions are false?
 
BTW, I had the misfortune to stop by the mother-in-law's place, with the TV that's permanently blasting the impeachment hearings. I saw about 10 minutes. In that time, I saw a senator from each side give a lengthy monologue, under the guise of asking a question, while Sondland said a total of 3 words. Pitiful.
 
Much of today's hearings was pitiful. The reason? Truth and facts have somehow become a partisan issue. One side thanks the witnesses for having the courage to come forward and tell the truth – and the other side attacks the witnesses for coming forward and telling the truth. CNN contributor Scott Jennings confirms that: The two sides already have their minds up and Sondland's testimony will not sway the President's blindly loyal supporters in Congress. What Trump said in 2016 is true. Sad but true. He could shoot somebody on 5th Avenue and not lose any support. He has somehow become a cult leader akin to Jim Jones, Sun Myung Moon and Marshall Applewhite Jr.

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Republicans won't be swayed by impeachment testimony | CNN

On the contrary, Sondland's testimony may well help Republican politicians chart a path through the impeachment inquiry that separates Trump from the most serious allegations, writes Scott Jennings.
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