More US election stuff

[BashfulAnthony]

. Her doctor says she is fit. So you think she is lying?

In the US anything is possible. I note that Trump's doctor's medical assessment has been subject to some doubt;  so why not Clinton's?

[Nearly Sane]

In the US anything is possible. I note that Trump's doctor's medical assessment has been subject to some doubt;  so why not Clinton's?

so you are backing your 'common sense' of something you have seen on video against the statement of the doctor who has examined Hillary Clinton.

[BashfulAnthony]

so you are backing your 'common sense' of something you have seen on video against the statement of the doctor who has examined
 Hillary Clinton.

In all honesty, I couldn't give a tinkers about Clinton as such, or Trump.  I just maintain that if there is any doubt whatsoever about her health, at her age, it is a serious situation, not just for the US, but for the world.

[Brownie]

It would be if she had a degenerative brain disease I suppose but I don't think having pneumonia or similar infection is a cause for concern.  For goodness sake, everyone has illness at some time or another but we aren't all in the public eye or charging about all over the country which is bound to lower the immune system.  So we recover in private and nobody thinks anything of it.

As has been previously stated, JFK and FDR had chronic debilitating health conditions which didn't stop them doing their job.  As for her age, she is 68 and Trump is 70.  They are both in pretty good nick for their ages.

[BashfulAnthony]

It would be if she had a degenerative brain disease I suppose but I don't think having pneumonia or similar infection is a cause for concern.  For goodness sake, everyone has illness at some time or another but we aren't all in the public eye or charging about all over the country which is bound to lower the immune system.  So we recover in private and nobody thinks anything of it.

As has been previously stated, JFK and FDR had chronic debilitating health conditions which didn't stop them doing their job.  As for her age, she is 68 and Trump is 70.  They are both in pretty good nick for their ages.

I'm of a similar age, and was a sportsman all my life, continuing my running into my late fifties.  Then my health more or less collapsed. And that is a common scenario. What if Trump or Clinton follow that path?  It is a risk with either of them.. If Clinton, for example, is elected, to assume she will spend the next four years without illness is very hopeful, and it then becomes a matter of how serious any illness might be.

[Aruntraveller]

Yes but you have to remember that Trump was too ill to serve in the army. He had a sore toe. Oh diddums. The man is a hypocrite and a coward.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/02/how-donald-trump-avoided-the-draft-during-the-vietnam-war/

[Brownie]

People have to take risks BA, not one of us can tell how our health will be in the future.  I wouldn't discount either (or Bernie), on account of age or possible future bad health.

Trent, I didn't know Trump was a Vietnam draft dodger.  Good for him!!!!  He was damned lucky to have a bone spur problem in his foot, at least he's still alive unlike so many who perished out there fighting a war that couldn't be won.
(He shouldn't crow about other people though.)

[BashfulAnthony]

Yes but you have to remember that Trump was too ill to serve in the army. He had a sore toe. Oh diddums. The man is a hypocrite and a coward.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/02/how-donald-trump-avoided-the-draft-during-the-vietnam-war/

I had a sore toe a week or two ago.  Very debilitating.. Surprising how one toe can affect you.  I fear I shall not be running for Parliament or anything, in case it recurs!

[Brownie]

Snap BA.  Mine turned out to be an ingrowing toenail, unusual in a middle toe.  A podiatrist put it right for me last week but it was painful while it lasted.  I certainly couldn't have run about in jungles shooting people.  Can now of course  , where's me rifle?

[BashfulAnthony]

Snap BA.  Mine turned out to be an ingrowing toenail, unusual in a middle toe.  A podiatrist put it right for me last week but it was painful while it lasted.  I certainly couldn't have run about in jungles shooting people.  Can now of course  , where's me rifle?

Funny how much apparently useless toes can cause so much bother.  I was cutting my nails and slipped and cut into my fourth toe.  It still isn't right;  I keep aggravating it walking.

Hope yours is okay now.  I once had an in-grown one, and I remember how painful that was.

[Nearly Sane]

Even sweetie companies think Trump is a dick

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/skittles-donald-trump-jr-tweet-skittles-are-candy-refugees-are-n651051?cid=sm_fb

[Harrowby Hall]

....  that an elderly woman ...

Don't be so fucking patronising.

Who are you to sneer about anyone's age? 68 is not old. If it is, what does that make the 70 year old porcine throwback she opposes?

[BashfulAnthony]

Don't be so fucking patronising.

Who are you to sneer about anyone's age? 68 is not old. If it is, what does that make the 70 year old porcine throwback she opposes?

 By what devious logic do you believe I was sneering?  She isn't exactly a spring chicken!  And no need for the foul language:  It adds nothing to your already lame post.

[Harrowby Hall]

Your standard response to anything you disagree with is to patronise. Your favourite put-down is "naive" - you never explain why a response deserves this criticism, it is merely a way of putting yourself into a superior position. You are doing it again ... "devious logic". It is sneering.

You are seldom interested in using rational argument, you merely find a way of dismissing your ... err ... discussant.

To consider age as a disqualification is insidious. Both candidates in this election are of similar ages. I wonder what Donald Trump's reaction would have been to a sudden bout of pneumonia? More to the point, what would your reaction have been?

[BashfulAnthony]

Your standard response to anything you disagree with is to patronise. Your favourite put-down is "naive" - you never explain why a response deserves this criticism, it is merely a way of putting yourself into a superior position. You are doing it again ... "devious logic". It is sneering.

You are seldom interested in using rational argument, you merely find a way of dismissing your ... err ... discussant.

To consider age as a disqualification is insidious. Both candidates in this election are of similar ages. I wonder what Donald Trump's reaction would have been to a sudden bout of pneumonia? More to the point, what would your reaction have been?

If I ever sneer it's because the point in question is deserving of it.  As to sneering at you:  well, use civilised speak and maybe I won't.  And then, as to being superior: no offence, but, judging by your last, sad, post, I am.  But then, you see, if I have a fault, and I haven't, it's modesty!

[Nearly Sane]

Good reply to Trump on skittles

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cs2Ryb7VMAAO2KT.jpg

[jeremyp]

If I ever sneer it's because the point in question is deserving of it.

Actually, on this forum you normally sneer when you can't answer a point.

[jeremyp]

Good reply to Trump on skittles

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cs2Ryb7VMAAO2KT.jpg

I'm stealing that.

[BashfulAnthony]

Actually, on this forum you normally sneer when you can't answer a point.

I sneer when it's appropriate, as many on here do at some time, and that includes you .  The difference is I manage to keep my cool, whereas some also resort to foul language.

[Nearly Sane]

Loving this from Randy Rainbow

https://www.youtube.com/#/watch?v=ldfF6chin5s

[Nearly Sane]

This is Stephen Colbert's take


https://www.youtube.com/#/watch?v=6YuI5T-gGlM

[Nearly Sane]

Not convinced this guy has worked as hard on the jokes


https://www.ft.com/content/804537f6-83d2-11e6-8897-2359a58ac7a5

[Nearly Sane]

Newspaper has never supported a Democrat for president  comes out in favour of Clinton


http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/editorial/2016/09/27/hillary-clinton-endorsement/91198668/

[wigginhall]

New Trump slogan: 'Seriously, ladies, many of you could lose a few pounds'.   

[wigginhall]

I wonder if this is the killer blow for Trump - reports that he lost nearly a billion dollars in the nineties, and was able to 'spread' this over the next 20 years, so that he hasn't paid federal taxes since 1995.   This is perfectly legal, but it may not go down well with people who just pay their taxes, since they have no choice.

Trump as welfare queen.  Quite a slogan.

http://www.salon.com/2016/10/03/trumps-no-good-very-bad-week-economic-genius-revealed-as-tax-scammer-who-lost-916-million-in-a-boom-market/