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Doug Olson's avatar

That and trips to Chuck E Cheese’s

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DemoCat's avatar

When you take in millions of dollars in The Big Grift, you need to at least spend $47,000 on local ads to keep up appearances. It’s a tough balance, diverting the majority of funds to Trump’s endless legal problems and to keep him out of prison, while still trying to “win” an election to keep him out of prison.

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Major Is My Spirit Animal's avatar

The 15 second ad matches PAB's attention span.

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Zen Gali's avatar

better up the diaper budget

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Hank Napkin's avatar

"There’s a lot of donors in Palm Beach,” said a campaign insider...

"There're" is the correct form : Plural, you numbskull jackoff sloth.

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DemoCat's avatar

Unless he was referring to a “lot,” a singular term used to describe a group of older, wealthy donors who mainline Fox News and believe Trump is a messiah who can end crime and ease suffering, unite Americans, and bring prosperity to the masses. All the things he didn’t do during his time tweeting from the White House potty.

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Hank Napkin's avatar

Possible. But does not support my comment!!!!

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

You aren't allowed to be grammatically correct around Chump. He might think you're making fun of him.

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Hank Napkin's avatar

( But... how would he know? )

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tehbaddr's avatar

Sad. Weak. Scared. Poop.

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Erisian's avatar

"donations to the Trump campaign are going into a confusing “black hole” under the purview of Trump, his family, and his close buddies, with donors having little understanding exactly what they’re getting for their investment"

* "A foole [sic] and his money is [sic] soone [sic] parted" Dr. John Bridges (1587)

* Money can be fungible; I'm sure that the Fulvous Flatulence moved donations to personal accounts.

* They deserve the reaming that is coming their way.

* They actually seem to think that their donations give them some sort of power over the MAGA oberster Fuhrer, that in the end their money will bring him around to their way of thinking.

* They are either ignorant or naïve to the grift, fraud, and scams hatched out of the Goldenrod Grotesqueness' fevered orange pip of a brain.

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"They’re buying ads in the media market surrounding Mar-a-Lago — a safe Democratic district in a fairly safely red state — so the baby and the baby’s friends can see the baby on TV."

My money is on this is the *only* reason for the ad buys. The Amber Ardipithecus ramidus is not a happy camper unless his butt-ugly face is beamed out from multiple media sources on a constant basis. He doesn't grok that more and more people [NB: I'm only speaking for myself, but this is a very probable assumption] are sick of his naturally orange face, his dog's ass of a mouth, his toupee or combover whichever it is, his tiny little hands gesticulating wildly....

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"you’ll know they’re shitting their pants"

Personally, I think all of their Depends are full to overflowing. There are more blood red states coming into play that VP Harris can work on, influence, and possibly move to her column than there are blue states that the Mango Malignancy can turn competitive.

fnord

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Zen Gali's avatar

they can't afford to allow the bubble to pop. if shitler loses his confidence, the con is done.

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Hank Napkin's avatar

But...(*whimper*).. he's given us So Much!

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Evan. Dictator Tot is a loser. It is known.

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easelox is on timeout's avatar

Why are TFG's 3 main residences all in Democratic strongholds?

He does not like conservative neighborhoods, obviously.

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rick prose's avatar

"We're going to have so much whining, you'll get tired of whining," That's a paraphrase, but I'm pretty sure it's what he said.

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Meccalopolis's avatar

Tim Murtaugh must have been getting too old for this shit.

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Revenant's avatar

Since he lost in 2016, he has been deprived of the massive military parades in his honor that he dreamed of, not to mention the larger-than-life statues proclaiming his apotheosis. TV ads wasting his donors' money are a poor substitute for the grandiose spectacles he had sorta planned to be paid for by us

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Shire Jansen's avatar

My favorite part of the RNC this year was that they didn't get to denigrate the WH with their Hatch Act violating, dicktator wanna be, display of BS ala '20. Vote 💙

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DemoCat's avatar

Oh yeah? Well, Hulk Hogan SMASH! Suck it, libs!

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Shire Jansen's avatar

Lol, I have to keep my undershirt on in public these days too, keeps the Gawkers at bay. 💙

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Revenant's avatar

What a shame, he didn't get to use the People's House as a backdrop this year. He really is the most unfairly picked-on WATB in the political universe.

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Pliny the Younger's avatar

I'm going with the hypothesis that the PAB campaign's internal polling is showing that Florida is very much in play. Hence this rearguard action. They absolutely cannot lose Florida. No one would survive the ensuing ketchup storm.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

They'd finally get that Red Wave they were promised.

I hope he insists on Heinz, because he can't be seen using off-brand. Every tantrum improves John Kerry's stock holdings.

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Hank Napkin's avatar

"But Florida, like me, is very very dick like."

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Pexas Teat's avatar

Hurricane Heinz!

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Villago Delenda Est 🇺🇦's avatar

“We want members of Congress and our DC-based surrogates to see the ads so they know our strong arguments for President Trump and against Joe Biden,” then-spokesman Tim Murtaugh said at the time.

"Strong" arguments? The weakest of weak sauce. Nothing but water. No flavor, a bit wet.

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Zap's avatar

With PAB it's dehydrated water. Just add your own water.

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Louise Pattison's avatar

Same reason people are buying pro-Trump ads on Newsmax (totally OTT ads at that). Noone voluntarily watching Newsmax isn't already voting for Trump. But the Orange One might see your ad and know you spent money on his campaign!

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el duderino's avatar

Wow Kamala is in striking distance. Florida is one or two boat parade disasters from closing that 2 point gap

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DemoCat's avatar

Who’s Boat is this Boat?

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Mother Nature is a harsh mistress. She doesn't tolerate stupid.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Two points is within the margin of error.

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