Hillary Clinton TOTALLY EFFING PUNKS Trump with her choice of election night venue. YOOOOOOGE!

[Miles Archer]

Election night is 13 days away, and Politico reports that Hillary Clinton finally has a venue for her victory rally: the Jacob V. Javits Center, overlooking the Hudson River in Manhattan. The venue, with its soaring glass ceiling, comes with obvious symbolic value for a candidate vying to become the first woman president. But the Javits Center also has an added significance for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump—it's one of his least favorite buildings in all of New York City.

It wasn't always that way. Trump acquired the option to develop the site early in his career as a real estate developer, and he spent years trying to get the city to build a convention center at his location on West 34th Street. "There wouldn't be a new convention center in New York today if it hadn't been for the Trumps," he wrote in his first book, The Art of the Deal, Trump even lobbied the city to name the building named after his family, offering to waive his $833,000 fee if they slapped the "Trump" name on the center.

But when the city chose a different developer for the project, Trump turned on it. In his book, he held the ensuing project responsible for "perhaps the most horrendous construction delays and cost overruns in the history of the building business":

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-javits-center

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good for Hillary!

She obviously has a sense of humor and a great ironic sense too.

[treestar]

2. Great!

Whenever Dump does not get his way, everything is a "the most horrendous" whatever. He really is a sore loser.

[Laffy Kat]

3. That ceiling is going to shatter big time! nt

[DFW]

4. One other thing

Jacob ("Jake&quot Javits was a much-admired REPUBLICAN Senator from New York. My dad used to work with him all the time, and he was frequently over at our house in the late 50s and the 60s. Javits would have been primaried out of today's Republican Party's NY Senate race faster than one of those New York minutes they like to joke about.

[NBachers]

9. I grew up in New York State with Nelson Rockefeller as governor and Javits as Senator.

Ike was president 'till I was 10 years old. I loved Kennedy - the Kennedy Administration took place as I grew into my adolescence, and my New Life, Kennedy-Johnson, and The Beatles mark that time for me. But I really didn't turn bitterly away from the Republican Party 'till Nixon and the political atrocities of his administration.

I can actually remember a time when there were viable, sensible Republicans. I despise every damn one of them now, but it's a shame that the party can't find the way out of the insanity it has embraced. I doubt that they ever will; I think their condition is terminal.

[DFW]

10. They certainly seem to prefer digging their hole deeper to climbing out of it

Mass psychosis. If Chris Christie can get 30,000 of them to yell "lock her up!" for something they would howl in rage over, had they been the ones indicted for such "offenses," they are truly brainwashed on a mass basis and not capable of freeing themselves.

My dad preserved an old photo of me and a friend playing Russian music (!!) for a reception for Ford and Rockefeller in 1975 at the National Press Club. My dad knew ""Rocky" well, as in first name basis, but I was just a kid, and was told to call him "Governor," and Javits "Senator."

Although always a Democrat, I liked guys like Javits and Dirksen. At least they were friendly, funny, and had brains, not programmed mayhem spawned at Fox as a poor substitute for an intellect. Listening to Dirksen hold court at the Senate Press Gallery at the Capitol was always a hoot. I usually didn't know what he was talking about, but just the way he said it was fun to listen to. He was called the "Wizard of Ooze" with his slow, smoky smooth voice.

I never truly despised the "opposition" either until I experienced America under Nixon. Charlie Goodell was also a friend of my dad's, and he used to come out to the house, too. Nixon showed a side of us that was pure evil--mean, uncaring, and ruthless--pretty much the basis for what the whole Republican party has become today.

[NBachers]

11. The Ev and Charlie Show- later the Ev and Jerry Show . . "Dirksen was always the star of the show."

[Cooley Hurd]

14. Yep, Jacob Javits was a GREAT Senator!

You are VERY fortunate to have met him personally!

In a similar vein, I met Senator Pat Moynihan as a pre-teen (late 1970's) at an event in my hometown of Auburn NY. Sat next to him when he had a free moment. I asked him why doesn't he run for President. He replied, "Son, that's the LAST job I'd ever apply for!"

[DFW]

22. Moynihan was quite a character

At the 1995 Gridiron dinner, I was sitting across from him, and he got drunk a little too early. He walked the 3 feet up to the podium, and started reading Bill Clinton's speech before he gave it. Clinton was furious, both at Moynihan and at the Secret Service agent who should have stopped it. The agent was in a foul mood anyway, because my dad was told to give the guy his code name for the evening. My dad said he had no idea what code name to give a Secret Service agent, and they said whatever he wanted. My dad named him "Placido Flamingo." I think they were sorry they asked.

[central scrutinizer]

5. Probably made with US steel

Not Chinese

[thejoker123]

6. I've been there a number of times

For various trade shows. Really amazing place. Knowing the trump history now makes it awesome!

[IrishEyes]

15. I'm been there a bunch of times as well.

I go every year to the Auto Show, Comic Con and the Travel Show. It is a good choice. New York City will be celebrating with the rest of the country/world on election night.

[nolabear]

7. As if I couldn't love her more.

[allan01]

8. wonder if she is going to have taco trucks there . lovely site.

[George II]

17. I think tacos are going to be the main course at her Inaugural Balls.

[meow2u3]

12. Perfect building to have her victory rally

Glass ceiling and all. I have no doubt she'll foot the bill for the cost to replace the shattered glass.

[riversedge]

13. HAPPY FEET DANCE Hillary proposes "a big national dance" to bring the country together after Electi

After she metaphorically shatters that glass ceiling


HAPPY FEET DANCE Hillary proposes "a big national dance" to bring the country together after Election http://demu.gr/10141607882

[Cha]

16. LOL@trump.. blah blah blah

Mahalo, Miles!

[Jerry442]

18. "Secretary Clinton, we're really excited about hosting you, but..."

"...you know, you're not really going to, you know, do that thing, not literally, right?"

[niyad]

19. madam president and her team certainly know their optics--and the long knife!!

[NightWatcher]

20. I guess the "Ha Ha, Screw You Plaza" was booked already.

[genxlib]

21. It should also be noted

It was the base of operation for search and rescue after 9/11. Dozens of teams went through there including many first responders that have benefitted from Hilary's work.

Spent a few weeks there myself. I did get to meet Al Franken before he was a Senator. Genuinely nice guy. I'm sure I sounded like an idiot because I was so exhausted but he was great.

[RaymondLuxuryYacht]

23. That's too bad. I was outside the Old State House on election night 1992.

What a hoot! I was hoping they'd be back; it was a much tighter race then.

[lindysalsagal]

24. Anyone know where fRump will concede?

Taco Bell??

[DemInND]

25. Lots of natural light to stream into that place

That should provide a nice backdrop for a winning party.

After it's all said and done, there's going to be a lot of glass on the floor after Hillary breaks through that "glass ceiling".