What they are really thinking:
Rubio: I will attempt to slow your descent into Socialist Sodom.
Cruz: I will attempt to stop your descent into Socialist Sodom, but will probably fail.
Sanders: I will take you to Socialist Sodom tomorrow.
Hillary: I will continue the same pace to Socialist Sodom. If you contribute heavily to me, you may make some money off the trip.
Trump: I will rename the place “Trump Socialist Sodom” and it will be fabulous.
Carson: We need to stop this now. We need to put the power back in the hands of the parents and the communities and the States. We need to stop treating people like they can’t think and can’t survive without the Federal Government telling them how to breathe. We need to start treating each other with respect and dignity, allowing people to do their best.
I can see people’s dilemma with “he is a nice guy, just not presidential.” What? No, I can’t.
” Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that his party won’t permit a vote on any Supreme Court nominee submitted by President Barack Obama and will instead “revisit the matter” after the presidential election in November.
The Kentucky Republican acknowledged that Obama is within his rights to nominate a replacement for the late Antonin Scalia but said Republicans controlling the Senate would exercise their rights.
“Presidents have a right to nominate just as the Senate has its constitutional right to provide or withhold consent,” the Majority Leader said in a speech on the Senate floor. “In this case, the Senate will withhold it.”
McConnell quoted a 1992 Senate speech by Vice President Joe Biden, then-chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Delaware senator, in which Biden said that in a presidential election year the Senate should “not consider holding hearings until after the election. Instead, it would be our pragmatic conclusion that once the political season is under way, and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over.””
“Top Judiciary Committee Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont said the GOP’s promised obstruction was unprecedented.
“During my time on the committee, we have never refused to send a Supreme Court nominee to the full Senate for a confirmation vote, even when the majority of the committee opposed the nomination,” Leahy said. “And once reported to the full Senate, every Supreme Court nominee has received an up or down confirmation vote during my more than four decades in the Senate.””
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Except it’s not, and Leahy knows this, having personally done the same to a Rep. president numerous times. They just flat out lie.
And Tychicus put up the Biden bit yesterday. You gotta love ol; Biden, the human gaffe machine. He knew he was lying too.
And if you’re like me, and can’t help but push the shiny red doomsday button that says “comments”, you’ll see Democrats en masse losing their collective minds over it. 🙂 All the buzzwords are there- unprecedented, unheard of, obstructionist, do nothing Congress, blah, blah, blah and what not. Those pesky R’s are doing exactly what the voters who put them there want on the matter. As they’re fond of reminding us, elections have consequences. Barry wasn’t the only one re/elected.
So to the Dems it’s quite simple. Win the presidential election or the Senate in November. Since early primary results are showing, in the words of our side’s biggest problem, “Yuge” R turnout numbers, I say good luck with that.
Now what to do about Trump? I have no idea……. He’s the joker in the deck.
“President Obama’s plan to relocate dangerous terrorists to US soil is not only reckless but against the law. Time and time again, Congress has spoken clearly on this issue by passing, with bipartisan, veto-proof majorities, legislation barring the transfer of detainees to US soil. In fact, the most recent National Defense Authorization Act included such language and was signed into law by the President last November. Furthermore, AG Loretta Lynch and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter have confirmed the law “currently does not allow” Guantanamo Bay detainee transfers to the US. Rather than striving to fulfill campaign promises, President Obama must put our national security first, follow the law, and halt all plans to transfer Gitmo detainees to the US.” Trey Gowdy
Well, now that Bush is gone, it looks like Trump is beating up on Cruz. Sheesh. Just like a mean kid on a playground.
“Trump calls Cruz a ‘soft, weak, little baby'”
My serious question about Guantanamo is how ideally it ends (or if it never does)? Seems like a situation with no good way out, either we release these people (granted, bad); or we keep them until they die?
It’s always perplexed me what the exit strategy (or whether there was one) was for that facility.
… While America falls into cultural anarchy, dictators who mix nationalism with remnants of communism rule Russia and China, and Middle Eastern clerics worship a god created in man’s authoritarian imagination. The antidote to both anarchy and oligarchy is Cuban DNA.
The only good that came out of my youthful Communism was an appreciation of the reality of evil. Some ISIS-watchers are gaining a similar education.
Many millennials lack that understanding, but there’s still time. Maybe their teachers can be the two senators in our presidential race with Cuban DNA bequeathed them by their fathers, who saw Fidel Castro and ultimately refused to bow, scrape, and grin. I find both to be attractive candidates, but others may also have it: We’ll learn much during debates to come.
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Each night before curfew, 500 high school choir students gather on their balconies to sing the Star-Spangled Banner from the balconies of the 18-story atrium at Louisville’s downtown Hyatt Regency, as part of the Kentucky Music Educators convention.
With new polls out showing continuing strength for Trump and not much movement by any of the other candidates, I’m starting to think Trump may prove to be unstoppable. And the more I look back on it, the more this election cycle reminds me of . . . 1976.
The genius of Jimmy Carter was to understand that after Johnson and Nixon, what the country wanted in a president was someone who taught Sunday school. The genius of Trump is to understand that after the unhappy Bush presidency and the divisiveness of Obama, a large plurality of Americans wants someone who will smash up the existing order—the details of how are not important. …
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Carson and Kasich need to drop out and endorse one of the (Hispanics). Otherwise they wii be complicit in the nomination of the rude infidel Trump. That means they will be complicit in the election of Hillary.
If the people are so weakminded as to nominate Trump and elect Hillary, the people deserve what we get. Vote for the best candidate. If enough people would stop saying, nice guy, but not mean enough to be President, we could go far. A President does not need to be mean or angry to be good. He has to be able to think and plan and organize. He has to be able to lead and to serve. But for it to work, the people have to be strong enough to think about others, not just what the government will give them.
The people do deserve it and will likely get it. Nevertheless, Kasich and Carson are helping to divide the intelligent/sane vote while Trump has a monopoly on the ignorant/insane vote. If they bow out now they will bear little blame for the nightmare to follow.
Because if they stepped out of the way, people would be forced to open their eyes and deal with the policies. And they would say, Wow. why did the media not tell us about this guy?
I’m sorry Carson didn’t catch on more, but I was disappointed by some of his interview and debate responses, to be honest. He didn’t seem to have a lot of depth sometimes (which he could have acquired, at least in part, by hunkering down with some good tutors who knew about foreign affairs, etc.). So I suspect it was his own lackluster responses, if you will, that didn’t impress voters very much and he just started sinking in the polls early on.
It’s tough in a field that’s so crowded, especially for those with no public service experience. Trump overcame it, and that’s unfortunate. 😦
Trump will win tonight in Nevada — and next Tuesday is “Super” Tuesday where he’ll probably also do well (unless something changes between now and then, which seems unlikely). If he’s still leading the field by mid-March, he may actually be “unstoppable” at that point.
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What they are really thinking:
Rubio: I will attempt to slow your descent into Socialist Sodom.
Cruz: I will attempt to stop your descent into Socialist Sodom, but will probably fail.
Sanders: I will take you to Socialist Sodom tomorrow.
Hillary: I will continue the same pace to Socialist Sodom. If you contribute heavily to me, you may make some money off the trip.
Trump: I will rename the place “Trump Socialist Sodom” and it will be fabulous.
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Cruz: I will do everything I can to stop your descent into Socialist Sodom, but I could possibly fail.
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Tychicus, the Optimist!
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Carson: We need to stop this now. We need to put the power back in the hands of the parents and the communities and the States. We need to stop treating people like they can’t think and can’t survive without the Federal Government telling them how to breathe. We need to start treating each other with respect and dignity, allowing people to do their best.
I can see people’s dilemma with “he is a nice guy, just not presidential.” What? No, I can’t.
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And for some Ben Carson on race:
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Carson-Ben-Carson-Racism-Race/2016/02/23/id/715680/
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Looks like Republicans are gonna do the right thing.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-says-senate-wont-vote-on-obama-court-pick/ar-BBpRXDj?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U142DHP
” Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that his party won’t permit a vote on any Supreme Court nominee submitted by President Barack Obama and will instead “revisit the matter” after the presidential election in November.
The Kentucky Republican acknowledged that Obama is within his rights to nominate a replacement for the late Antonin Scalia but said Republicans controlling the Senate would exercise their rights.
“Presidents have a right to nominate just as the Senate has its constitutional right to provide or withhold consent,” the Majority Leader said in a speech on the Senate floor. “In this case, the Senate will withhold it.”
McConnell quoted a 1992 Senate speech by Vice President Joe Biden, then-chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Delaware senator, in which Biden said that in a presidential election year the Senate should “not consider holding hearings until after the election. Instead, it would be our pragmatic conclusion that once the political season is under way, and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over.””
“Top Judiciary Committee Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont said the GOP’s promised obstruction was unprecedented.
“During my time on the committee, we have never refused to send a Supreme Court nominee to the full Senate for a confirmation vote, even when the majority of the committee opposed the nomination,” Leahy said. “And once reported to the full Senate, every Supreme Court nominee has received an up or down confirmation vote during my more than four decades in the Senate.””
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Except it’s not, and Leahy knows this, having personally done the same to a Rep. president numerous times. They just flat out lie.
And Tychicus put up the Biden bit yesterday. You gotta love ol; Biden, the human gaffe machine. He knew he was lying too.
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And if you’re like me, and can’t help but push the shiny red doomsday button that says “comments”, you’ll see Democrats en masse losing their collective minds over it. 🙂 All the buzzwords are there- unprecedented, unheard of, obstructionist, do nothing Congress, blah, blah, blah and what not. Those pesky R’s are doing exactly what the voters who put them there want on the matter. As they’re fond of reminding us, elections have consequences. Barry wasn’t the only one re/elected.
So to the Dems it’s quite simple. Win the presidential election or the Senate in November. Since early primary results are showing, in the words of our side’s biggest problem, “Yuge” R turnout numbers, I say good luck with that.
Now what to do about Trump? I have no idea……. He’s the joker in the deck.
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“President Obama’s plan to relocate dangerous terrorists to US soil is not only reckless but against the law. Time and time again, Congress has spoken clearly on this issue by passing, with bipartisan, veto-proof majorities, legislation barring the transfer of detainees to US soil. In fact, the most recent National Defense Authorization Act included such language and was signed into law by the President last November. Furthermore, AG Loretta Lynch and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter have confirmed the law “currently does not allow” Guantanamo Bay detainee transfers to the US. Rather than striving to fulfill campaign promises, President Obama must put our national security first, follow the law, and halt all plans to transfer Gitmo detainees to the US.” Trey Gowdy
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How many of those people have been released and went directly to leadership positions with ISIS or whatever?
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Well, now that Bush is gone, it looks like Trump is beating up on Cruz. Sheesh. Just like a mean kid on a playground.
“Trump calls Cruz a ‘soft, weak, little baby'”
My serious question about Guantanamo is how ideally it ends (or if it never does)? Seems like a situation with no good way out, either we release these people (granted, bad); or we keep them until they die?
It’s always perplexed me what the exit strategy (or whether there was one) was for that facility.
Meanwhile:
(H/T to kbells via FB)
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From Twitter:
Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT
After Trump’s reign finally ends via assassination in 2037, “arguing about CPAC” will become a synonym for “fiddling while Rome burns.”
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Interesting piece from Olasky:
http://www.worldmag.com/2016/02/antidote_to_anarchy#.VszW4CXXpr4.twitter
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… While America falls into cultural anarchy, dictators who mix nationalism with remnants of communism rule Russia and China, and Middle Eastern clerics worship a god created in man’s authoritarian imagination. The antidote to both anarchy and oligarchy is Cuban DNA.
The only good that came out of my youthful Communism was an appreciation of the reality of evil. Some ISIS-watchers are gaining a similar education.
Many millennials lack that understanding, but there’s still time. Maybe their teachers can be the two senators in our presidential race with Cuban DNA bequeathed them by their fathers, who saw Fidel Castro and ultimately refused to bow, scrape, and grin. I find both to be attractive candidates, but others may also have it: We’ll learn much during debates to come.
____________________________________________
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Pretty awesome!
Each night before curfew, 500 high school choir students gather on their balconies to sing the Star-Spangled Banner from the balconies of the 18-story atrium at Louisville’s downtown Hyatt Regency, as part of the Kentucky Music Educators convention.
http://www.chonday.com/Videos/anthofius3
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nice.
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Well this is sobering. From Steven Hayward
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/02/could-it-be-almost-over.php
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With new polls out showing continuing strength for Trump and not much movement by any of the other candidates, I’m starting to think Trump may prove to be unstoppable. And the more I look back on it, the more this election cycle reminds me of . . . 1976.
The genius of Jimmy Carter was to understand that after Johnson and Nixon, what the country wanted in a president was someone who taught Sunday school. The genius of Trump is to understand that after the unhappy Bush presidency and the divisiveness of Obama, a large plurality of Americans wants someone who will smash up the existing order—the details of how are not important. …
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I still don’t think trump will get the nomination, let alone be elected president.
But … Considering I’ve been wrong about just about everything in this cycle, that isn’t giving me much comfort!
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Lest we forget, Ben Carson is still running. After you finish reading this article, you might want to watch the Ben Carson video. Paying especial attention to the questions asked by the populace at the end.
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/John-Kasich-Ben-Carson-Vow-Remain/2016/02/23/id/715731/
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And just in case you are looking for medical alternatives to waterboarding:
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/ben-carson-truth-medical-alternatives/2016/02/23/id/715754/
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Did I mention Ben Carson is running, and that he has some good plans and ideas?
http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35635009
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Carson and Kasich need to drop out and endorse one of the (Hispanics). Otherwise they wii be complicit in the nomination of the rude infidel Trump. That means they will be complicit in the election of Hillary.
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If the people are so weakminded as to nominate Trump and elect Hillary, the people deserve what we get. Vote for the best candidate. If enough people would stop saying, nice guy, but not mean enough to be President, we could go far. A President does not need to be mean or angry to be good. He has to be able to think and plan and organize. He has to be able to lead and to serve. But for it to work, the people have to be strong enough to think about others, not just what the government will give them.
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The people do deserve it and will likely get it. Nevertheless, Kasich and Carson are helping to divide the intelligent/sane vote while Trump has a monopoly on the ignorant/insane vote. If they bow out now they will bear little blame for the nightmare to follow.
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Or, if Cruz and Kasich bow out?
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Because if they stepped out of the way, people would be forced to open their eyes and deal with the policies. And they would say, Wow. why did the media not tell us about this guy?
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I’m sorry Carson didn’t catch on more, but I was disappointed by some of his interview and debate responses, to be honest. He didn’t seem to have a lot of depth sometimes (which he could have acquired, at least in part, by hunkering down with some good tutors who knew about foreign affairs, etc.). So I suspect it was his own lackluster responses, if you will, that didn’t impress voters very much and he just started sinking in the polls early on.
It’s tough in a field that’s so crowded, especially for those with no public service experience. Trump overcame it, and that’s unfortunate. 😦
Trump will win tonight in Nevada — and next Tuesday is “Super” Tuesday where he’ll probably also do well (unless something changes between now and then, which seems unlikely). If he’s still leading the field by mid-March, he may actually be “unstoppable” at that point.
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Interesting look at the latest national poll of republicans compiled by Reuters
http://polling.reuters.com/#poll/TR130/filters/PARTY_ID_:2/dates/20160219-20160223/type/day
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