Trump Campaign Cuts Ties With Ohio GOP Chairman

[Stonepounder]

Source: Huffington Post

With just few weeks until Election Day, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is cutting off his campaign’s relationship with the head of the Ohio Republican Party, Matt Borges.

“Chairman Borges does not represent or speak for the candidate and he no longer has any affiliation with the Trump-Pence campaign,” Trump’s Ohio campaign chairman Bob Paduchik said in a letter on Saturday. “I spoke with Mr. Trump on Thursday and he is very disappointed in Matt’s duplicity.”

The move is another example of how fractious and disorganized Trump’s campaign for the White House has been. Ohio is a must-win state for Trump, and feuding with the state’s party chairman ― while having relatively little on-the-ground infrastructure ― is not how any campaign would prefer to spend the runup to Election Day.

In response to the letter, Borges said, “I speak and meet with Bob Paduchik and Trump team members regularly. Interestingly, none of Bob’s concerns were voiced until he shared them publicly today.”

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-campaign-ohio-gop-chair_us_5802a169e4b0162c043c7073?section=&

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Trump should probably be locked up as danger to himself and others. I am coming to believe more and more he really does want to lost the election.

[blm]

1. Trump TV only happens if he loses and makes millions of his voters paranoid and angry.

It's his ONLY plan for the future. Which is why he has to dig in deep with his lies and with all the conspiracies he's spouting.

[cstanleytech]

3. Question is how well will it compete with Fox News which pretty much already does all that?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. The top personalities at Fox have contract clause that permits them to break it if Ailes not there

So Hannity & O'Reilly & van Susteren and others can jump ship at a moment's notice. I think Kelly can too, but may have less interest following Ailes than others.

Ailes is advising Donald J tRump and is available. He of course was canned at Fox with a $40 million handshake after Carlson's harassment lawsuit hit. Kelly supported her.

[BlueStreak]

15. Trump would have to get on basic cable. That's not easy.

[SwankyXomb]

31. He'll buy Beck's network

Blaze TV already has carriage on most major systems.

[BumRushDaShow]

32. Beck has not been supportive of Trump

oddly enough, although if you wave enough $$$ in his face, he would most likely change his mind. But I expect that Trump would grab Breitbart, Alex Jones, and Drudge.

[hatrack]

41. With what money?

He can't get a dime in the States.

Russian gangsters, probably. Or some "libertarian" billionaire who likes little orange pets.

[tblue37]

26. Doesn't Ailes have a noncompete clause with FOX? nt

[BlueStreak]

35. Could be, but there are ways to work around that.

Ailes could turn up as a "consultant" for the Trump Foundation, and just happen to have his offices at the TV studio.

[Hortensis]

37. Yes, like now. He's not officially with the Trump campaign,

and maybe this is why.

I'm wondering, who actually buys the network or produces the program? Trump may be getting rather poor, by his standards, his brand among large developers and luxury hotel customers hurting very badly for instance. And we know he's comfortable being an employee as long as he can imagine himself the boss.

Trump must have become extremely aware that winning the presidency would mean serious money problems. His kids running a business he's extremely familiar with would guarantee problems should he try to augment an extremely paltry presidential salary. A reality that he was probably very slow to accept--and likely hasn't entirely even now.

[BlueStreak]

39. I bet in reality he has negative net worth

And those kids don't seem overly bright to me. They don't seem very far removed from the Kardashians or Hiltons. Donald got loads of money and help from his daddy along the way. The kids would be inheriting a bunch of problem properties, I bet we will learn.

I'm sure Donald is smart enough to siphon money out of the failed properties to but into safekeeping before the next bankruptcy, so none of them will be on the bread line. But I seriously doubt this is a thriving enterprise worth many billions of dollars. It is real estate, so it all depends on how the markets ebb and flow. If he had to sell every property in the next 180 days, I bet it would be billions underwater. Given more time, he may be able to finagle a profit here and there.

[Hortensis]

40. I wouldn't bet a penny you weren't right.

It's also possible that Donald may also have both leveraged out and depreciated years ahead most of the company holdings so that true worth is far less than a billion. He may not have time or ability, though. November 28 is only the first of 3 large cases related to Trump U, and the damages could be very serious, including to his "brand." Then there are other legal problems, current and potential, and dad's long gone and can't help him.

I have the same impression about the kids. Bet they're smart enough to move as much as possible of their own out.

[BlueStreak]

43. The man is an utter, complete fraud

And he is being exposed as such. Look for the whole thing to crumble by year-end 2017.

[Hortensis]

44. Yes. He should never have come into the spotlight...

[cstanleytech]

30. I wonder if they have a time limit though to exercise that clauses? nt

[cstanleytech]

2. The election was never about winning for Trump it was about feeding that giant ego of his

just like almost everything else he has done.

[Upthevibe]

6. Here's where I get confused. Doesn't it it cost a whole lot of money to start

a T.V. Station? It doesn't appear that he has the billions he says he has. And, it seems obvious that people with money wouldn't want to be financially involved with him since he's shown himself to be horrible in business. So, I don't know how this plan of his would even start to work. He's now become a conundrum!

[PSPS]

7. Finding money is easy

At this stage, we know Trump's "empire" is a mirage kept afloat by a pyramid of "loans" (i.e., money being laundered through him.) Russia would gladly underwrite Trump TV as it would give them a media megaphone in the US for their propaganda. No profit is needed. It could run at a loss. Its purpose would be to manipulate public opinion and policy, not make money -- the same business plan behind most of the RW Wurlitzer from Limbaugh to Fox.

[Upthevibe]

12. Yes. That makes sense. However, how does "the republican nominee" actually get cash.

I mean he still has to live. It's so damn confusing to me....

[Yavin4]

13. His network will get good ratings

People love watching car wrecks.

[JBoy]

18. Live from Attica State Prison - it's the Donald Trump Show!

[Hortensis]

38. Lol. The billionaire Spencers are funding Trump now and

and using him in an attempt to assert control over the future direction of the Republican Party. Kellyanne Conway and Bannon were both brought in by Spencer, and she at least is being paid by him as well as Trump. A really slimy Trump Show or network for political bottom feeders would likely be right up the Spencers alley.

And there are plenty of others, no doubt. The Koch alliance might be interested. Charles Koch's locust mentality is apparently somewhat different from the Spencers' plans, though both toxic to national prosperity and democracy.

[cstanleytech]

9. I suspect its within his budget since he would probably be on cable but the real question

is can he get any major cable companies to carry it because of everything he has said and done he is now extremely radioactive and any cable company that agrees to carry a channel by him risks pissing off and losing alot of customers.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Ailes would be on board and he has a "track record" that would interest investors.

However, the other side of his track record (sexual harassment) may turn some of them off.

[KittyWampus]

24. Ailes hasw a record as a sex offender. And so will Trump before this is all over.

[hatrack]

42. He's also morbidly obese, and will likely die soon . ..

Which doesn't exactly sweeten the pitch.

[blm]

29. Hating Clintons is cottage industry. Charlatans found GOP voter base to be easy pickins for them

and are experts at exploiting them every which way but loose.

[awoke_in_2003]

14. I really think

he is seriously trying to derail. He wanted the publicity, not expecting to get far. I would almost bet that he calls HRC a filthy word in the next debate.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. He could have protected his brand with many ways he could have lost less catastrophicly.

He's sunk and his brand is toxic.

He's an amateur, an idiot, blinded by ego. He's really far gone.

[awoke_in_2003]

23. Yep. nt

[Gothmog]

4. That means that Trump has no GOTV operations in Ohio

[Botany]

5. ‘Trump was so bad, he made the dog throw up’: Ohio GOP chair’s wife can’t stomach Sunday’s debate

While Donald Trump’s core supporters seemed to love last night’s debate performance, it seems that he did little to win over voters who weren’t already with him headed into Sunday’s showdown.

If you want an example of the problems Trump is having with college-educated women, for example, look no further than Kate Borges, the wife of Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges.

As the Cincinnati Enquirer reports, Borges found herself completely repulsed by Trump’s assertion that his comments about grabbing women’s genitals were just “locker room talk.”

As she watched Trump’s answer in disgust, the family dog just happened to vomit in the house. “Trump was so bad, he made the dog throw up,” she joked as she was cleaning up the mess.

Borges says that what initially turned her off to Trump was the time he made fun of a reporter’s physical disability, which was particularly hurtful to her because her own daughter is autistic. “I don’t think he respects women,” she told the Enquirer. “I don’t think he respects anybody.”

-snip-

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/trump-was-so-bad-he-made-the-dog-throw-up-ohio-gop-chairs-wife-cant-stomach-sundays-debate/

[Spitfire of ATJ]

25. Reaction from the Trump campaign....

[Jarqui]

8. Trump is a lot of bad things including too stupid to be president

[RKP5637]

17. I think Trump is losing his mental faculties, seriously, in a non-recoverable manner. n/t

[Stonepounder]

19. I agree. I think the fact that he is losing and losing badly

is really causing some sort of psychological breakdown. I caught him the other night where he was talking about the consortium of 'international bankers', 'the media', and 'Crooked Hillary' who were going to come and 'destroy you, they will destroy everything you have, simply destroy you, and I am the only person who can save you'. He also talked about how he knew the campaign would be rough but that he was willing to shed his blood in order to save this country. WTF? That's not a candidate, that is a Messiah-complex.

Really scary dude.

[RKP5637]

20. Yep, a Messiah-complex plus paranoia wrapped up in a sociopathic narcissistic package! n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

21. That's my assessment - and hope.

I have no feelings of compassion for that wretched man.

[RKP5637]

22. I don't either. He's dangerous and deranged, and growing worse. I hope he's checked

with metal detectors before debates.

[IronLionZion]

27. Do it Trumpers! Punish the GOP

oh yeah! be a rebel. Don't tread on me. Defeat those establishment republicans who looked down on you for so long. That'll teach them!

[Jon King]

28. Trump TV won't happen

Unless its a niche thing in some markets. Getting a prime basic cable slot won't happen. I don't think his pandering to the base is about that at all. I think he is a reactive rage filled man who is just going off. Some of his brand will be toxic, some hotels can be rebranded but he still gets the money.

He and his kids will live out their lives very well off, with other peoples money. I don't think this is some master plan at all. Just pure anger.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. "Getting a prime basic cable slot won't happen."

The major cable providers now have thousands of channels. There is no problem getting a "slot". With Ailes gone from Fox and potentially advising (the type and amount of time doing such depending on his exit agreement from Fox), there will be an antsy Fox-addicted audience ready to flee Fox to some other entity willing to provide the type of content that they are accustomed to.

Trump has his fingers involved in industries across the spectrum - from entertainment to travel to sports, along with real estate & business. His "business model" is to license his name and there are plenty out there who would love to have access to a cable channel (like Breitbart & Alex Jones). And by having a "Variety" channel covering all types of entertainment including reality shows, it would get viewers. In this case, he could just call it the "T" channel ("Tee" as in a play on his name and one of his loves - golf), which avoids direct use of the name "Trump" but could use his T logo.

The thing with him is that as long as he operated in "his space" (buying hotels and promoting ostentatious entertainment), Americans didn't care about his highly-jaded "past". Running for office became a whole different animal. But once this "lark" is done and he's back in his regular realm of operation, everything that happened before will be forgotten by his groupies.... unless he is finally made to account for his past and lands himself in jail.

[DeminPennswoods]

34. MSNBC

MSNBC isn't even on Comcast basic cable and it's owned by Comcast.

[0rganism]

36. train wreck in progress