der drumpfenfuhrer is getting exactly what he wants with the insane comments

[niyad]

about the khans, and whining about the debate schedule--LOTS AND LOTS of coverage of him, taking attention away from HRC, of course. and the media just plays right along with him. it is all theater to him.

[C_U_L8R]

1. it's true

a lot of our good message from last week is getting buried by the poo-flinging orangutang

[apnu]

4. But Trump doesn't know, he's turning off the GOP base.

Less than half of self-identified Republicans are 'rah-rah' for Trump and his antics. Most of them are physically ill by Trump. He has no coat tails and is depressing the Republican base of voters. The more he flings his poo, the further away he gets from the Oval Office. Middle America, independents in particular, are sprinting away from the GOP. I know a lot of Republicans who are voting for Gary Johnson this year.

[yeoman6987]

5. I didn't realize that until you stated that

Donald totally took the DNC convention off the news and it should have been the focus all weekend and this week until Tuesday at least. That jerk!

[C_U_L8R]

6. Good news is

He's totally shooting himself in the foot in the process.
We just need to help Hillary get her positive message out.
Hillary's the capable one. And Trump, well, he's doing an
impressive job of auto-destructing.

[Hortensis]

11. Yes, he is. The Khan gaffes are doing tremendous harm.

It's not deliberate. Trump literally doesn't know why he offends, or that he will, until the feedback comes and he finds that, for some unfathomable reason, he's not admired for them.

Remember the "hit them so hard" rant? He actually described one of his would-be handlers trying to soothe him back under some semblance of control by appealing to his vanity, with absolutely no idea that that was what was happening. "Don't hit down" -- in reference to a man, Bloomberg, Trump's almost certainly been extremely jealous of for decades. A fellow NYer, Bloomberg's far wealthier and has the social position and leadership Trump's always been denied.

[Ilsa]

2. And he's taking down public respect for military families, too.

Next, he'll just refer to them as blue collar workers, undeserving of GI Bill benefits. He'll poison the minds of those supporters, and that's how he'll convince them that military families and soldiers are "taking too much."

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. He thinks all publicity is good publicity.

But that's not true. He's looking like an ass right now, and Hillary is smart to just stand back and keep digging the hole deeper.

[auntpurl]

8. Agreed. The longer he doubles down on attacking this blameless family

the more it hurts him.

I have absolutely no problem with the convention ending and this immediately being the biggest story. The convention was extremely positive, and then immediately segued into Trump attacking a heroic, dignified American military family over and over again. The difference is striking, and the polls are reflecting that.

[geek tragedy]

7. pretty sure a very harsh and public rebuke from the VFW isn't what

a guy running as a champion of veterans was hoping for

[niyad]

9. the orange one believes that he is beloved by many.

[geek tragedy]

10. yes, ISIS, David Duke, Beelzebub, nt