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Carly Fiorina is pandering so hard to Iowans, she wants the Hawkeyes to beat her alma mater
Post Date: 2016-01-01 16:00:50 by Willie Green
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Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive and current candidate for the Republican nomination for president, is a 1976 graduate of Stanford University, whose football team is playing in Friday's Rose Bowl.This must be exciting for Fiorina. How many times does a university alumna get to watch her own alma mater play in the granddaddy of all college football bowl games, right in that school's home state? Pretty awesome, I'd bet. Except, Stanford is playing Iowa. And the Iowa caucuses – the first official voting in the presidential primary electoral process – are one month from Friday. Surely, that has nothing to do with Fiorina's view of this ...
Trump’s strongest Republican supporters: Registered Democrats?
Post Date: 2016-01-01 14:49:58 by Tooconservative
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That’s odd. What could Democrats possibly see in a lifelong true conservative like Donald Trump? There’s something for everyone in Nate Cohn’s new post. If you’re a Trump fan, here’s the smoking gun that he really is a new Reagan, the guy who’s going to broaden the tent and sweep to victory in November by bringing centrist Democrats into the GOP. If you’re a Trump critic, here’s further proof that he’s the RINO of RINOs, a man who’s blended nationalism, center-left economics, and Jacksonian foreign policy into something that tastes better to members of the other party than it does to conservatives. That sounds a lot like Perotism, frankly ...
Top Carson campaign staffers resign
Post Date: 2016-01-01 09:29:43 by Stoner
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Top Carson campaign staffers resign Published December 31, 2015 FoxNews.com Facebook1114 Twitter0 livefyre800 Email Print Now Playing Donald Trump rings in 2016 with Fox News Never autoplay videos Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson’s campaign was shaken up Thursday by the resignation of three of his most senior staffers -- as the former neurosurgeon sees a drop in poll numbers and is raking in more donations than his GOP rivals. Communications Director Doug Watts told Fox News in a statement that he and campaign manager Barry Bennett had resigned from the campaign. "Barry Bennett and I have resigned from the Carson campaign effective immediately,” Watts said. ...
Jeb Bush Blames Obama for Rise of Trump
Post Date: 2015-12-31 12:53:31 by Stoner
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Jeb Bush called Donald Trump "a creature of Barack Obama" in the latest example of the former governor's ever-present frustration with the billionaire businessman during an interview with NPR. "But for Barack Obama, Donald Trump's effect would not be nearly as strong as it is," Bush said. The comments come as Bush continues his full assault on Trump over the past several weeks questioning everything from his rival's seriousness to intellectual prowess. However, Bush expressed optimism to NPR that "the emotion of the here and now" with Trump "will subside." "The point is that we're living in this reality TV political ...
House Democrats Move to Criminalize Criticism of Islam
Post Date: 2015-12-30 11:28:48 by Stoner
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December 17, 2015 ought henceforth to be a date which will live in infamy, as that was the day that some of the leading Democrats in the House of Representatives came out in favor of the destruction of the First Amendment. Sponsored by among others, Muslim Congressmen Keith Ellison and Andre Carson, as well as Eleanor Holmes Norton, Loretta Sanchez, Charles Rangel, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Joe Kennedy, Al Green, Judy Chu, Debbie Dingell, Niki Tsongas, John Conyers, José Serrano, Hank Johnson, and many others, House Resolution 569 condemns “violence, bigotry, and hateful rhetoric towards Muslims in the United States.” The Resolution has been referred to the House ...
Donald Trump changes tune on wages after Bernie Sanders broadside [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2015-12-28 10:59:24 by sneakypete
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After previously saying wages were "too high," Trump instead stressed Sunday and again Monday that they were actually "too low." "Wages in are country are too low, good jobs are too few, and people have lost faith in our leaders. We need smart and strong leadership now!" Trump tweeted Monday morning. The apparent shift came after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), a Democratic presidential candidate, said in a Sunday interview that his message would resonate among Trump's working-class supporters. Click for Full Text!Poster Comment:Ya gotta admire the stongly-held beliefs and sincerity of The Donald,don't you?
Trump: If Hillary Brings Up Sexism, Bill Clinton Is ‘Fair Game’
Post Date: 2015-12-28 08:57:00 by cranky
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Sunday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said if the Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton attacks him as sexist, it is “fair game” to bring up her husband former President Bill Clinton’s indiscretions. Trump said. “I think he’s fair game because his presidency was considered to be troubled, to put it mildly, Because of all the things she’s mentioning to me. She actually said sexism, I don’t know if you saw the following tweet, but I turned her words against her from that standpoint. She’s got to be careful and fair. We all have to fight fairly and we have to fight for the ...
Trump Slams Gowdy For Supporting Rubio: His Benghazi Hearings ‘Were A Disaster’
Post Date: 2015-12-28 08:34:56 by cranky
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GOP frontrunner Donald Trump reacted to recent reports that Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) 86% may endorse Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) 79% for president by saying Gowdy’s Benghazi hearings “were a disaster.” “His hearings were a disaster. Everybody was looking forward to something that was going to be really productive,” Trump said Sunday morning on Fox & Friends. “And he didn’t win with those hearings. It was a total not-good for Republicans and for the country.” Trump was referring to Gowdy’s Benghazi committee hearing where Democrat frontrunner Hillary Clinton was questioned for 11 hours on her email scandal and the 2012 terrorist attack in ...
Admit It. You Just Want Your Own Dictator
Post Date: 2015-12-28 05:24:11 by Deckard
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Calls for "leadership" are unsavory, dangerous, and un-American.This incessant clamoring by voters and punditry for better "leaders" and more "leadership" is one of the most unsavory, dangerous and un-American tendencies in political discourse.When Donald Trump was asked last week by Joe Scarborough what he made of an endorsement from Vladimir Putin—a thug who's probably murdered journalists and political opponents and more—the GOP presidential front-runner responded, "He's running his country, and at least he's a leader, unlike what we have in this country." Then he offered an incredibly dumb moral equivalency about how the ...
Three-times married Trump takes aim at Bill Clinton's infidelities as he fights dirty with Hillary over her claims he's sexist
Post Date: 2015-12-27 12:56:14 by cranky
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Hillary Clinton had accused The Donald of having a 'penchant for sexism'Jibe came after Trump said she had got 'schlonged' in 2008 bid by ObamaThe Republican threatened Clinton to 'be careful' in sexism accusationsNow he has attacked her for allowing husband Bill to join the campaignTrump said Bill had 'a penchant for sexism' after his infamous infidelitiesMr Clinton paid $850,000 as president to settle sexual harassment suitDonald Trump has hit back at Hillary Clinton's 'sexist' jibe by attacking her husband Bill's infamous infidelities.The former secretary of state had accused the real estate mogul of 'having a penchant for sexism' ...
Jim Webb Attacks Clinton With Eye on Independent Run
Post Date: 2015-12-27 12:52:43 by Hondo68
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If he declared an outsider presidential bid, the former Democratic candidate could have an outsize effect on the race. When Jim Webb quit the Democratic presidential race on Oct. 20 amid low poll numbers and a minimal debate presence, the former Virginia senator left open the possibility he'd return for a White House run in a different political guise. Now he appears to be edging closer to making good on it. On Saturday morning, Webb used Twitter and his Facebook page to attack Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton for her handling of Libya during her time as secretary of state.https://twitter.com/JimWebbUSA/status/680750510236897280 (function(global) { ...
Minneapolis City Council Member Alondra Cano under fire for posting phone numbers, e-mail addresses of constituents
Post Date: 2015-12-25 19:24:20 by cranky
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Minneapolis City Council Member Alondra Cano is drawing sharp criticism after using Twitter to broadcast private cellphone numbers and e-mail addresses of critics who wrote in discontent about her involvement in Wednesday’s Black Lives Matter rally. Stephen Dent, who said he had previously contributed to Cano’s election campaign, wrote a message to Cano through the city website saying that she was no longer fit to serve on the council by “closing private property” and “supporting illegal actions” when she appeared at the protest.Cano then tweeted Dent’s message, as well as his private e-mail address and phone number to her roughly 2,000 followers, as well ...
McAfee Will Run as Libertarian Party Candidate for President
Post Date: 2015-12-25 14:20:52 by Hondo68
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"They have (10) candidates (for president), none of whom have personality" SAN MATEO, Calif. — John McAfee, Libertarian Party candidate for president of the United States.The mercurial McAfee, who this year announced his run for the presidency under the Cyber Party to "disrupt the political status quo" and warn of the "dangerously ignored issue of cybersecurity," said in a phone interview today he will join the Libertarian Party, where he is likely to land the nomination."They have (10) candidates (for president), none of whom have personality," said a laughing McAfee, who is is running on a platform to pardon all marijuana users in prison and ...
The Wall Street Journal Hates Ted Cruz. Here’s Why. [Rubio/amnesty shills]
Post Date: 2015-12-25 07:29:49 by Tooconservative
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The pages of The Wall Street Journal have not been kind to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.). Politico reports that Cruz accused the Journal of being shills for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe. "For the next three months, the Journal should change their header to the ‘Marco Rubio for President Newspaper,’ because their attacks — and it’s going to keep coming because Marco fights for the principles they care about," Cruz said. "There is no one, no conservatives in America who think The Wall Street Journal is the voice of conservatism." Politico tried to offer a lukewarm defense of the Journal, quoting ...
Kurt Russell: I'm Not a Republican, I'm Worse. A Hardcore Libertarian
Post Date: 2015-12-24 05:46:30 by Deckard
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While making the rounds promoting his star turn in Quentin Tarantino's new film The Hateful Eight, Kurt Russell told The Daily Beast's Marlow Stern that he's frequently had to deny his long-rumored association with the Republican Party. AVCO Embassy Pictures The truth, Russell says, is actually far worse: I wasn’t a Republican, I was worse: I was a hardcore libertarian. As Reason's Nick Gillespie has noted, Russell's politics have been coming up in interviews more frequently, mostly thanks to his unwavering support of the Second Amendment. But Russell rarely discusses his broader libertarianism publicly and, he tells the Beast, he has a policy of ...
NY Mag: GOP Establishment would Rather Lose to Clinton than Surrender to Trump
Post Date: 2015-12-23 10:59:13 by cranky
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At New York Magazine, Ed Kilgore looks at the battle between the grassroots and the establishment within the GOP.It’s hard for a political party to self-diagnose its problems when its thinkers are at odds about the nature and extent of the current symptoms. That’s the condition of the Republican Party, which began this presidential cycle highly confident about consolidating power gained at the congressional and state levels during the last two midterms with the capture of that last Democratic redoubt, the White House. Some Republicans think that is still the party’s trajectory, and dismiss the craziness of the early GOP presidential contest as an illusion or a temporary ...
Kasich co-chair on Trump: 'You've got to take him out with a head shot'
Post Date: 2015-12-22 22:58:43 by Stoner
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One of the Illinois co-chairs of Ohio Gov. John Kasich's presidential campaign is brushing off saying that the only way Trump can be beaten is with a "head shot." The comment, by Pat Brady, a former chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, came in an interview with Illinois's WGN Radio about a week ago after the last Republican presidential debate and was flagged Doug Ibendahl, a known critic of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration, which Brady supports. "If you're going to take on Donald Trump, you've got to take him out with a head shot," Brady said during the interview. Brady, asked about the comment after it was flagged by Trump ...
Lindsey Graham drops out of 2016 presidential race
Post Date: 2015-12-21 11:20:04 by Stoner
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South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. “Today, I’m suspending my campaign for president,” Graham said in a short video posted to YouTube. “I want to thank everyone who has taken this journey with me. You have honored me with your support. I believe we have run a campaign you can be proud of. We put forth bold and practical solutions to real problems.” “Four months ago at the very first debate, I said that any candidate who did not understand that we need more troops on the ground in Iraq and Syria to defeat ISIL was not ready to be Commander in Chief,” Graham wrote in an email to ...
Clinton campaign sweats out data breach damage
Post Date: 2015-12-21 10:32:25 by sneakypete
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Hillary Clinton's team is unsettled by what Bernie Sanders' staffers might have seen in their sneak peek. MANCHESTER, N.H. — Accusing your opponent of committing evil and unpardonable crimes is basic presidential campaign jujitsu. But Hillary’s Clinton’s team is genuinely jittery about the sneak peek taken by Bernie Sanders staffers into their secret voter file. The unauthorized fishing expedition into the database housing the names and demographic information of voters Clinton plans to target – which led to the sacking of a top Sanders staffer and the suspension of two more — has embittered the campaigns against one another, even if the two principals ...
Phyllis Schlafly: Trump is 'last hope for America'
Post Date: 2015-12-21 09:36:34 by cranky
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'I don't see anyone else who's eager to fight' Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/12/top-conservative-trump-is-last-hope-for-america/#13LXuCR0HeDPy195.99Phyllis Schlafly, an icon of the conservative movement who has been active for half a century, is warning the nation: Donald Trump is the last hope for America. Schlafly unloaded on Republicans in Congress for passing the $1.1 trillion omnibus bill last week, a move she called a “betrayal.” “This is a betrayal of the grassroots and of the Republican Party,” Schlafly said in an exclusive interview with WND. “We thought we were electing a different crowd to stand up for America, and they ...
Establishment to Trump: You Can’t Afford to Run For President
Post Date: 2015-12-21 08:56:58 by cranky
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Holman Jenkins at the Wall Street Journal took a look at Donald Trump’s finances over the weekend, and suggested the outspoken billionaire might not be able to afford to keep a serious national campaign going past the first few states:None of his offenses against propriety seem to have dinged the support that, in a crowded race, keeps Donald Trump atop the GOP primary polls. Republicans are now talking about a brokered convention, which could be a disaster for the country, and for the GOP, and quite possibly hand the election to Hillary Clinton without a real contest or even critique of her agenda. So goes the fear. But unless we miss our guess, our long national nightmare-cum-sketch ...
Trump: Hillary Is a Liar — ‘She Lies Like Crazy About Everything’
Post Date: 2015-12-20 18:59:32 by cranky
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Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” while responding to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton saying in the debate last night that he is “becoming ISIS’s best recruiter,” Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump declared that to be “just another Hillary lie.” Trump said, “Nobody has been able to back that up. It’s nonsense. Just another Hillary lie. She lies like crazy about everything. Whether it’s trips where she was being gunned down in a helicopter or an airplane, she’s a liar and everybody knows that. But she just made this up in thin air.” He continued, “I think my words represent toughness and ...
Rove-Stupid: Karl Rove, Mike Murphy Under Fire for Epic Super PAC Failures
Post Date: 2015-12-20 15:44:26 by cranky
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If repeat business is the top sign of a success, then Karl Rove is now the poster boy for campaign strategy failure. According to a report by Gabriel Sherman in New York Magazine, Rove’s fund raising for the 2016 campaign is currently at less than 1 per cent of what he ended up with in 2012, and indications are it’s not going to get much better. Do the math: he’s down more than 99 percent. Even if he eventually raises ten fold what he’s pulled in so far, he’s still likely to be down 90 percent plus. That’s because many of his previous benefactors are seething with anger over the 2012 failure. This has to do not only with the electoral disaster – which was ...
The Canuck Senator who saved Christmas
Post Date: 2015-12-20 15:06:25 by Hondo68
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The ‘Isolationist’ Smear [used by GOPe to attack Cruz]
Post Date: 2015-12-20 06:29:28 by Tooconservative
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The ‘Isolationist’ Smear 'Isolationist,' much like 'neocon,' is quickly becoming a meaningless label used to smear opponents.The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin writes that Ted Cruz “outdid himself last night in his courting of the Trumpkin base,” sinking “further into the far-right brew of isolationism and xenophobia.” And to prove this contention, Rubin grabs hold of two words Cruz used, “America” and “first,” to claim that the Texas senator is signaling support for 1930s/40s-style isolationism. This is a pretty popular accusation on the hawkish Right. Having watched the debate, though, ...
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