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I guess as the defending champion I should start putting my picks together for this season. Probably over the course of the past four NBA seasons I’d have to guess my overall score average is No. 1. Yawn. I’ve beaten Justin four years running. Dismissed of Royce Young as if he were Jim Traber or Jenni Carlson. I have to admit…I’m having trouble getting myself jacked up mentally for this right now. I’m bored with it. I need a challenge. I need Zach Lowe in the field to get my competitive juices flowing. I need him there so as there’s no doubt as to the alpha chain and how it goes. I need Zach Lowe in the field.

The one bright spot for me in this otherwise piece of shit presidential election has been Michelle Obama. If you have a daughter or a son this is a must view. Maybe Melania Trump should view this as well as she and her attorney can begin exercising her exit via the escape clause in her pre-nup with her dipshit husband.

This whole Trump candidacy is just ridiculous as all these women are coming forward basically saying what Trump said in the Access Hollywood video and in this interview with Chris Matthews are true. He shouldn’t even be running. He should buy Hustler magazine, open some strip bars in Atlantic City, and do the alt right racist cable television network with Bannon. Know your wheelhouse, Donald Trump, know your wheelhouse, buddy.

Here’s Trump with Chris Matthews pretty much saying what I just wrote.

Thank God for Bill Maher during all this bullshit. I’ve never in my fifty-eight years been this saddened and depressed about our country. Another banner day for Canidate Trump as he lashed out at both Paul Ryan and John McCain for assorted reasons.

The Nixon years were depressing, but even those weren’t close to what we’re observing right now. If I were twenty I’d probably just say enough and move to Mexico. How did this country become this blatantly stupid? Even in 1996 with Bill Clinton facing impeachment I never felt this doomed, this saddened for the country.

But at least there’s Bill Maher to make me laugh.

Interesting day on the campaign trail. A Wall Street Journal poll was released which shows Hillary Clinton leading by somewhere around 12% of registered voters polled. Paul Ryan somewhat distanced himself from Trump stating he’ll no longer defend any of Trump’s future actions. John McCain finally stated publicly he in no way can endorse Trump and said he’ll vote for Lindsey Graham. Mr. Kahn did another interview where he basically said Donald Trump is clueless and devoid of any character whatsoever.

And perhaps even more telling Trump revealed there is more tape out there similar to what we just heard where at the age of fifty-nine and just married to Melania he took a married Nancy O’Dell furniture shopping in the hope he could be a ‘bitch’ and ‘f–k’ her following the shopping spree. Or that his general principle in life is he’s a reality television star who can kiss any woman when he wants or do a ‘p—y grab’.

On the Trump trail today several Deplorables and Trumpettes were seen wearing newly made T-shirts which read ‘Better to Grab Some P—y Than Become One’.

Are we making America Great Again yet?

Here’s Trump on Face the Nation — June 5th. Sigh.

What do you even say about what transpired last night in St. Louis? Probably the lowest point in American presidential campaign history. Hard to be optimistic about the future of the country after watching it. As far as who won and who lost I’d have to say Trump did better than he did in the first debate, but at what cost?

I’d either call it a draw or give Trump a slight edge because Hillary Clinton was just rope a doping trying not to make a huge mistake given her lead. She took the punches and rode it out. The pre-debate press conference with the four women was unlike anything ever seen before in presidential campaigns. Trump even threw Mike Pence under the bus at one point in answering a question on his policy in Syria. You have to wonder how either of these canidates would be able to govern the country given the depth of hatred displayed last night. The only people happy about last night are the alt right who Trump, Conway, and Bannon pandered to from start to finish on Sunday night.

Donald Trump went even more rogue than he did in the GOP primary debates. It will probably resonate with his core followers, but beyond those people, I can’t imagine any other people in the country were impressed by the display. To win the White House in this day and age, it’s almost impossible to do so just pandering to angry white Americans who haven’t come to terms with globalization and the fact it’s not the 1950’s anymore. Perhaps if Trump hadn’t already torched both John McCain and Mitt Romney he could talk to them about the presidential demographics now in place. The world has changed as has America’s role as the leader of the free world.

To me—it re-inforces how far our culture has fallen in the forty-six years since Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace. But how could any of us be surprised? Trump basically followed this script when he systematically eliminated each of his sixteen GOP competitors during the primary process. No one was spared and why would Hillary Clinton be treated any differently. If you’re going to go rogue with George W Bush in the South Carolina primary debate why would it be different in the general election with Hillary and Bill Clinton.

To me, the intrigue isn’t in how the Clinton campaign will respond, but rather what happens to the Republican Party during these last thirty days of the campaign. One would hope it can’t drop to a lower rogue level than last night. To me it would hinge on how will the Trump campaign reach out to moderate independents, suburban Republican women, and both college educated men and women given the torched earth show displayed in St. Louis last night.

What does one even say about the likes of Lyin’ Ted Cruz, Little Marco Rubio, and Chris Christie at the end of the day? Have we ever seen three more pathetic, weaker, more genuinely feeble politicians in contemporary American history? I might put this one on my cell phone. Unbelievable.

Doubtful–because he pretty much only cares for himself. Unless there’s some adverse effect on his brand or net worth he could care less what’s for the good of the country. My guess is…his core followers will stand by him all the way through this. So he’ll have them for his website, his products which people in other countries make, and his brand. We didn’t have brands per se when Nixon resigned in ’74, but still I thought this might be interesting to view as Trump’s P—ygate scandal continues to gain legs with other women across the country coming forward with claims of sexual assault. On a bright side for the Deplorables is the thought if Mike Pence drops out perhaps Bill Cosby could be the new VP on the ticket.

Anyway…Nixon is extremely relevant with me as I only became eligible to vote in ’75 and the Nixon pardon was the driving issue in the Election of 1976. I ultimately voted for Gerald Ford.

This whole deal is just so incredibly stupid. And I’ll say this the GOP people who are now bailing out him are a joke in that they never should have endorsed him in the first place. Now–if you’re talking about Donald Trump running to be President of the Strip Bar Association in Atlantic City then I’d say…yeah, this guy is qualified to hold that position. If you’re going to tell me he’s going to buy Hustler magazine or be a writing voice on a punk alt right website–then, yeah I could see that as well. But to be president of the United States…are you kidding? Have you people lost your f—ing minds?

Anyway, here’s Donald Trump sex talking with Howard Stern and getting Stern all worked up.

Stunning week for the campaign of huckster GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. He embarrassed himself with the Miss Universe debaucle. Then the revelation he’s basically not paid any federal income tax in the past twenty years. Now—the revelations of the Access Hollywood video which in essence clearly shows he’s the most unfit presidential canidate in over two hundred years of American presidential politics.

And should anyone be surprised? I can’t imagine why unless you live with your head buried in the ground. This is who the guy is and he’s made no pretense about it whatsoever. None. If you’re a Trump supporter this isn’t on him, it’s squarely ON YOU for allowing this to get as far as it did. To me, this is the equivalent of a driver getting a DUI. If you voted for Trump in the GOP primaries your voting rights should be suspended for two years pending certain rehab procedures. Maybe reading a book would be a starting point.

Steven Schmidt, former John McCain campaign director, put it best this morning on Meet the Press when he candidly stated there’s been a complete intellectual rot in the current Republican party. He said it, I didn’t. So in essence the guy who ran John McCain’s presidential campaign said around half of the GOP voters in this country are too dumb to vote. Semantics aside, it sounds fairly similar to what Hillary Clinton said in regard to the Deplorables who see Trump fit to be president.

To me, what’s truly amazing is that it took this Access Hollywood video to actually kick start this discussion on why Donald Trump should never have been the nominee of either party for the Presidency to begin with. And I could care less what Bill Clinton did or didn’t do twenty years ago because I never voted for him.

None of you should bitch nary a syllable when Hillary Clinton becomes the 45th president of the United States because this is squarely on you. Not on the Dems. Not on Hillary Clinton. Not on the media. Not even Donald Trump. This is squarely on you.