Trump may have just won NC for good

[Figueira]

Told you so.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/donald-trump-north-carolina-gop-228550

All that article is saying is "Republicans are trying to win North Carolina." Like they weren't before?

[EliteLX]

BLM is a paramilitary racist group that has fanned violence by demonizing white cops and white people at large.

Those poor, poor white cops.

Oops, except the fact both the cop and the victim were both black? Whether black or white, they actually do deserve your pity for the fact instead of going home to a family like you did tonight they have to go sit in riot suits to protect a town from literally setting on fire from a group of criminals who are assaulting reporters, mugging white people because , and looting stores in stupid ignorance of one of thousands of cases? My heart goes out to those who peacefully voice their opinions there and expressed their concern and anger with respect to law and authority, the rest are an embarrassment for the African American community.

What a joke. Liberals really have it so damn twisted when it comes to sympathizing with blatant lawlessness. It's a special kind of stupid.

[Jesus save us]

Good riddance, Hillary doesn't need that horrid state to win anyway

[Arbitrage1980]

This sealed North Carolina for Trump.  Apparently, this was a 100 % justified shooting and the Police Chief  (black) is standing behind his Officer.  Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD is a pretty squared away department.  Those idiots are tearing up a really beautiful city for nothing.   The good voters won'tforget it come Nov.  The dems have became the anti-police party.   

The Democratic Party is now a socialist party that demonizes wealth, success, hard work, cops, white people, law and order.  I cannot wait for Trump to win, so he can kick some liberal ass.

[Arbitrage1980]

BLM is a paramilitary racist group that has fanned violence by demonizing white cops and white people at large.

Those poor, poor white cops.

I guess you are not aware of the Charlotte rioters attacking innocent people just because they are white. Typical liberal mindset: blame all of society's problems on white people.

Except that those rumors are mostly false, but please continue on your racist rants on this site.  Give your golden commentary on this pressing issue.

I guess these videos are all made up, right?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3802230/War-zone-Charlotte-White-man-begs-mercy-beaten-reporter-nearly-dragged-fire-rioters-people-told-stay-home-work-police-shooting-black-father.html

[Adam Griffin]

BLM is a paramilitary racist group that has fanned violence by demonizing white cops and white people at large.

Those poor, poor white cops.

Oops, except the fact both the cop and the victim were both black? Whether black or white, they actually do deserve your pity for the fact instead of going home to a family like you did tonight they have to go sit in riot suits to protect a town from literally setting on fire from a group of criminals who are assaulting reporters, mugging white people because , and looting stores in stupid ignorance of one of thousands of cases? My heart goes out to those who peacefully voice their opinions there and expressed their concern and anger with respect to law and authority, the rest are an embarrassment for the African American community.

What a joke. Liberals really have it so damn twisted when it comes to sympathizing with blatant lawlessness. It's a special kind of stupid.

Aww, those poor unpaid police officers. Somebody really oughta give 'em a paycheck for having to deal with those assaulting, mugging, looting, stupid, fire-setting criminal negroes!

[Hilldog]

No but why wasn't Obama on tv a couple nights ago calling for an end to African Americans shooting each other as was the case with the protesters.  There's been hundreds of African Americans killed by other African Americans this year and Hillary Clinton can't name one of them.  Yet, when it comes to politicizing a few African Americans killed by police officers, she lets no crisis go to waste.

[EliteLX]

BLM is a paramilitary racist group that has fanned violence by demonizing white cops and white people at large.

Those poor, poor white cops.

Oops, except the fact both the cop and the victim were both black? Whether black or white, they actually do deserve your pity for the fact instead of going home to a family like you did tonight they have to go sit in riot suits to protect a town from literally setting on fire from a group of criminals who are assaulting reporters, mugging white people because , and looting stores in stupid ignorance of one of thousands of cases? My heart goes out to those who peacefully voice their opinions there and expressed their concern and anger with respect to law and authority, the rest are an embarrassment for the African American community.

What a joke. Liberals really have it so damn twisted when it comes to sympathizing with blatant lawlessness. It's a special kind of stupid.

Aww, those poor unpaid police officers. Somebody really oughta give 'em a paycheck for having to deal with those assaulting, mugging, looting, stupid, fire-setting criminal negroes!

It's hilarious how you use a police officer's $50,000 salary as basic justification for the complete lawlessness? You really must be that ignorant.

But "assaulting, mugging, looting, stupid, fire-setting criminal" is actually the perfect term and if you'd like videos of examples of every one of these I'm proud to offer them. You tack on "negroes" as an attack term to make me look like a bigot when there simply is a reality that you can't seem to accept about the wrong-doings? You are the special kind of stupid I referred to, especially if you have the ability to STILL carry a favor of the rioters over the police in such a twisted situation like this.

Nothing that has taken place is okay and 80% of them should all be in jail. I dare you to try and refute that.

[Beezer]

BLM is a paramilitary racist group that has fanned violence by demonizing white cops and white people at large.

Those poor, poor white cops.

I guess you are not aware of the Charlotte rioters attacking innocent people just because they are white. Typical liberal mindset: blame all of society's problems on white people.

Except that those rumors are mostly false, but please continue on your racist rants on this site.  Give your golden commentary on this pressing issue.

Love how some people think there's nothing to worry about when "rumors" about blacks attacking whites are "mostly false". What would the response look like if the roles were reversed? You'd rightfully accuse anyone of being a racist who would come out and say "hey, nothing to worry about, for the most part those lynching rumors are just that."

[Adam Griffin]

Oops, except the fact both the cop and the victim were both black? Whether black or white, they actually do deserve your pity for the fact instead of going home to a family like you did tonight they have to go sit in riot suits to protect a town from literally setting on fire from a group of criminals who are assaulting reporters, mugging white people because , and looting stores in stupid ignorance of one of thousands of cases? My heart goes out to those who peacefully voice their opinions there and expressed their concern and anger with respect to law and authority, the rest are an embarrassment for the African American community.

What a joke. Liberals really have it so damn twisted when it comes to sympathizing with blatant lawlessness. It's a special kind of stupid.

Aww, those poor unpaid police officers. Somebody really oughta give 'em a paycheck for having to deal with those assaulting, mugging, looting, stupid, fire-setting criminal negroes!

It's hilarious how you use a police officer's $50,000 salary as basic justification for the complete lawlessness? You really must be that ignorant.

But "assaulting, mugging, looting, stupid, fire-setting criminal" is actually the perfect term and if you'd like videos of examples of every one of these I'm proud to offer them. You tack on "negroes" as an attack term to make me look like a bigot when there simply is a reality that you can't seem to accept about the wrong-doings? You are the special kind of stupid I referred to, especially if you have the ability to STILL carry a favor of the rioters over the police in such a twisted situation like this.

Nothing that has taken place is okay and 80% of them should all be in jail. I dare you to try and refute that.

Not a justification: merely a fact of life. Your melodramatic "thoughts and prayers"-style obsession is hilarious. Do we also need to feel sorry for the drive-thru worker at McDonald's because they had a really busy lunch hour today and the threshold for stress in their job description was experienced? They signed up for a paying gig and they knew the responsibilities of the job going in, including the maximum that would be required of them. There are a plethora of occupations that have higher mortality rates than cops, yet for some reason we're supposed to be in awe at the "bravery" of select groups of people who work for a living despite no correlation between that reverence and actual, statistical harm.

Those words you used: you used them for a reason.  I just did you a favor by putting all of your words together and saying what you really feel. They are the stereotypical words that get slapped onto black people no matter what they do or don't do by insecure white racists and their allies. People like you would literally start talking about "riots" and "looting" even if it were a perfectly peaceful protest that merely inconvenienced a bunch of out-of-touch white people, remarking about how "they must not have jobs to go to tomorrow if they're protesting tonight". You make yourself look like a bigot by dropping many of the numerous dog-whistles out of the book of cranky racism. Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll get to hear about "welfare queens", "thugs", "young bucks" and "Law and Order" before this thread is locked. Maybe a reference or two to "Pants Up! Don't Loot!"?

And I don't have to refute anything regarding your BS statistic: you've proven nothing. Make a claim, back it up with facts. The onus is on you. You and I both know that your "80% of them should all be in jail" is subjective, pulled-out-of-your-ass garbage.

I do have to say, though...it's amazing in this day and age to see so many non-Southern people want to lynch 'em one.

[Person Man]

Five pages of hate speech. What's the record?

[EliteLX]

Oops, except the fact both the cop and the victim were both black? Whether black or white, they actually do deserve your pity for the fact instead of going home to a family like you did tonight they have to go sit in riot suits to protect a town from literally setting on fire from a group of criminals who are assaulting reporters, mugging white people because , and looting stores in stupid ignorance of one of thousands of cases? My heart goes out to those who peacefully voice their opinions there and expressed their concern and anger with respect to law and authority, the rest are an embarrassment for the African American community.

What a joke. Liberals really have it so damn twisted when it comes to sympathizing with blatant lawlessness. It's a special kind of stupid.

Aww, those poor unpaid police officers. Somebody really oughta give 'em a paycheck for having to deal with those assaulting, mugging, looting, stupid, fire-setting criminal negroes!

It's hilarious how you use a police officer's $50,000 salary as basic justification for the complete lawlessness? You really must be that ignorant.

But "assaulting, mugging, looting, stupid, fire-setting criminal" is actually the perfect term and if you'd like videos of examples of every one of these I'm proud to offer them. You tack on "negroes" as an attack term to make me look like a bigot when there simply is a reality that you can't seem to accept about the wrong-doings? You are the special kind of stupid I referred to, especially if you have the ability to STILL carry a favor of the rioters over the police in such a twisted situation like this.

Nothing that has taken place is okay and 80% of them should all be in jail. I dare you to try and refute that.

Not a justification: merely a fact of life. Your melodramatic "thoughts and prayers"-style obsession is hilarious. Do we also need to feel sorry for the drive-thru worker at McDonald's because they had a really busy lunch hour today and the threshold for stress in their job description was experienced? They signed up for a paying gig and they knew the responsibilities of the job going in, including the maximum that would be required of them. There are a plethora of occupations that have higher mortality rates than cops, yet for some reason we're supposed to be in awe at the "bravery" of select groups of people who work for a living despite no correlation between that reverence and actual, statistical harm.

Those words you used: you used them for a reason.  I just did you a favor by putting all of your words together and saying what you really feel. They are the stereotypical words that get slapped onto black people no matter what they do or don't do by insecure white racists and their allies. People like you would literally start talking about "riots" and "looting" even if it were a perfectly peaceful protest that merely inconvenienced a bunch of out-of-touch white people, remarking about how "they must not have jobs to go to tomorrow if they're protesting tonight". You make yourself look like a bigot by dropping many of the numerous dog-whistles out of the book of cranky racism. Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll get to hear about "welfare queens", "thugs", "young bucks" and "Law and Order" before this thread is locked. Maybe a reference or two to "Pants Up! Don't Loot!"?

And I don't have to refute anything regarding your BS statistic: you've proven nothing. Make a claim, back it up with facts. The onus is on you. You and I both know that your "80% of them should all be in jail" is subjective, pulled-out-of-your-ass garbage.

I do have to say, though...it's amazing in this day and age to see so many non-Southern people want to lynch 'em one.

"Do we also need to feel sorry for the drive-thru worker at McDonald's because they had a really busy lunch hour today and the threshold for stress in their job description was experienced?"

You aren't required to feel bad for an officer doing their job. It's just a shame you sit in the safety of your chair behind your computer screen as you rag on them about putting up with a bunch of numbskulls setting havoc to a peaceful city. I don't think you're connecting the dots.

"People like you would literally start talking about "riots" and "looting" even if it were a perfectly peaceful protest that merely inconvenienced a bunch of out-of-touch white people, remarking about how "they must not have jobs to go to tomorrow if they're protesting tonight"."

This shows how out of touch and ignorant you truly are. Attempting to set fire to journalists, throwing rocks off freeway overpasses, smashing windows of police vehicles, shooting each other, vandalizing apartment buildings, dragging anyone of white skin tone on the ground (because muh race!!!) and literally mugging them, looting convenience stores and running away, and dozens of other examples are not forms of protests. I will gladly provide you individual film from the protests of all of those examples if you ask :-) They are most CERTAINLY riots and just about any journalist agrees as such. If you think otherwise you are not only the minority but an ignorant fool plugging his ears to a factual reality.

"Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll get to hear about "welfare queens", "thugs", "young bucks" and "Law and Order" before this thread is locked. Maybe a reference or two to "Pants Up! Don't Loot!"?"

I don't give a damn if you're pink, you will not vandalize a city and receive any sympathy. What a way to embarrass the African American community and give actual racists a real reason to hold to their hate then the Fergusons, Charlottes, .etc. You continue to have no argument but to run to the "A BIGOTED white supremacist!!!" argument because you can't handle the facts the majority of those in the crowds there were acting utterly lawless. You're so desperate to back-up a simple color of skin to protect your "I'm not racist!" badge that you forgot about the actions of the people themselves, regardless of skin tone. You are more insecure with protecting the pigment of their skin then their own actions.

We're not going to pardon riots every time a controversial police case arises out of the THOUSANDS that take place on a daily basis. The fact you attempt to portray what coincidentally occurs time and time again at these "protests" as peaceful and gentle gatherings is laughable. Look at yourself? Drop the "Communist power!!!! Black power!!! Muh political identity!!" for a minute and go watch some film and actually think logically. Jesus H.

[Badger]

This sealed North Carolina for Trump.  Apparently, this was a 100 % justified shooting and the Police Chief  (black) is standing behind his Officer.  Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD is a pretty squared away department.  Those idiots are tearing up a really beautiful city for nothing.   The good voters won'tforget it come Nov.  The dems have became the anti-police party.   

The Democratic Party is now a socialist party that demonizes wealth, success, hard work, cops, white people, law and order.  I cannot wait for Trump to win, so he can kick some liberal ass.

jesus, this guy sucks ass. seriously.

[Sorenroy]

Good riddance, Hillary doesn't need that horrid state to win anyway

Back off buddy, this state can still be redeemed.

[Person Man]

This sealed North Carolina for Trump.  Apparently, this was a 100 % justified shooting and the Police Chief  (black) is standing behind his Officer.  Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD is a pretty squared away department.  Those idiots are tearing up a really beautiful city for nothing.   The good voters won'tforget it come Nov.  The dems have became the anti-police party.   

The Democratic Party is now a socialist party that demonizes wealth, success, hard work, cops, white people, law and order.  I cannot wait for Trump to win, so he can kick some liberal ass.

jesus, this guy sucks ass. seriously.

Like an ad for Man in The High Castle. I've started rewatching it.

[Vern]

Good riddance, Hillary doesn't need that horrid state to win anyway

Back off buddy, this state can still be redeemed.

And it isn't a horrid state. The Governor might have views that you don't like, but that doesn't make a state bad. North Carolina is a great place to live. I would never want to live anywhere else. The people are great, the weather is great. You have the mountains, the big cities and the beaches all in one state. You can't beat it.

[KingSweden]

Good riddance, Hillary doesn't need that horrid state to win anyway

Back off buddy, this state can still be redeemed.

And it isn't a horrid state. The Governor might have views that you don't like, but that doesn't make a state bad. North Carolina is a great place to live. I would never want to live anywhere else. The people are great, the weather is great. You have the mountains, the big cities and the beaches all in one state. You can't beat it.

Incidentally, I'm very jealous of my folks doing the Outer Banks next spring for their wedding anniversary. It's on my list and I'm a tad peeved they thought of it first.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I have never much cared for the state I must say.

[Person Man]

I have never much cared for the state I must say.

I've thought about working down there.. It's probably like where I am now, but with it only snowing a couple of times in the winter..

[Badger]

I have never much cared for the state I must say.

(or just jk?)

[NOVA Green]

So far there is no polling evidence to suggest NC moving towards Trump as a result of what happened in Charlotte.

I suspect that the voters of the Great State of North Carolina see that as a local issue, and it will come down to shifts in national currents, GOTV, etc...

If Trump narrowly wins NC by 20-30k votes then maybe it was the deciding factor between a W and an L....

IDK if any reputable pollsters doing another round of polling will ask the question as to if this impacted their presidential preference, but I'm still on the skeptical side on this one.

[NOVA Green]

So far there is no polling evidence to suggest NC moving towards Trump as a result of what happened in Charlotte.

I suspect that the voters of the Great State of North Carolina see that as a local issue, and it will come down to shifts in national currents, GOTV, etc...

If Trump narrowly wins NC by 20-30k votes then maybe it was the deciding factor between a W and an L....

IDK if any reputable pollsters doing another round of polling will ask the question as to if this impacted their presidential preference, but I'm still on the skeptical side on this one.

Clinton got a break when the violence ended after just 2 days and things stabilized again.  This does not look to be a Ferguson/Baltimore scenario where hostilities drag on for months and it dominates the news indefinitely.  If things stay cool this will be a distant memory by Election Day.

But to use your two examples, it doesn't appear that unrest associated with controversial police killings of civilians, has done anything politically in either Baltimore/MD nor in the Great State of Missouri. In fact it looks like the Dems are on route to convincingly win the Governor's Mansion, and have a chance at picking off a US Senate seat.

Also, why didn't the Rodney King LA uprising cause a massive surge of support towards the Republican Party in Cali? Instead, it along with Prop 187 likely caused California to become a permanently Democratic State at the Presidential and State level.

Maybe you're right that if unrest had continued longer it might have had an impact, in what is a recently overwhelmingly Democratic city (Charlotte) and county (Mecklenberg), but I'm still dubious on the proposition that these types of incidents will generally have an impact on contested state Presidential results, considering that police departments report to the mayors and city councils, and NC of 2016 is not the NC of 1968....

[Fuzzy Says: "Abolish NPR!"]

So far there is no polling evidence to suggest NC moving towards Trump as a result of what happened in Charlotte.

I suspect that the voters of the Great State of North Carolina see that as a local issue, and it will come down to shifts in national currents, GOTV, etc...

If Trump narrowly wins NC by 20-30k votes then maybe it was the deciding factor between a W and an L....

IDK if any reputable pollsters doing another round of polling will ask the question as to if this impacted their presidential preference, but I'm still on the skeptical side on this one.

Clinton got a break when the violence ended after just 2 days and things stabilized again.  This does not look to be a Ferguson/Baltimore scenario where hostilities drag on for months and it dominates the news indefinitely.  If things stay cool this will be a distant memory by Election Day.

But to use your two examples, it doesn't appear that unrest associated with controversial police killings of civilians, has done anything politically in either Baltimore/MD nor in the Great State of Missouri. In fact it looks like the Dems are on route to convincingly win the Governor's Mansion, and have a chance at picking off a US Senate seat.

Also, why didn't the Rodney King LA uprising cause a massive surge of support towards the Republican Party in Cali? Instead, it along with Prop 187 likely caused California to become a permanently Democratic State at the Presidential and State level.

Maybe you're right that if unrest had continued longer it might have had an impact, in what is a recently overwhelmingly Democratic city (Charlotte) and county (Mecklenberg), but I'm still dubious on the proposition that these types of incidents will generally have an impact on contested state Presidential results, considering that police departments report to the mayors and city councils, and NC of 2016 is not the NC of 1968....

The riots that followed the Rodney King beating, while not something I condone, were the result of five (5) police officers beating an unarmed subject on the ground for 81 seconds.  That's a long time for the beating he took.  At that time, such films of events like this were rare; the cell phone proliferation hadn't occurred yet, and not everyone had a camcorder.  It shocked America; indeed, it shocked MIDDLE America in ways the events leading up to the Long Hot Summers of the 1960s did not.

[heatcharger]

Looks like the Charlotte "riots" haven't hurt Democrats in the state at all. Another fail by bronz.

[publicunofficial]

Looks like the Charlotte "riots" haven't hurt Democrats in the state at all. Another fail by bronz.

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