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The Return of GOP Islamophobia
Post Date: 2015-11-16 10:14:55 by Willie Green
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Marco Rubio appeared on This Week yesterday morning, where he took umbrage at Hillary Clinton’s statement that the United States is “at war with jihadists” but not “at war with Islam.” Rubio declared himself baffled by Clinton’s carefully parsed distinctions. “I don't understand it,” said Rubio. “That would be like saying we weren't at war with the Nazis, because we were afraid to offend some Germans who may have been members of the Nazi Party, but weren't violent themselves.” If we tease out Rubio’s metaphor, the Muslim faith as a whole is equivalent to Nazism, and violent jihadi terrorists are the equivalent of the Nazi ...
Christie, Santorum, Jindal & Huckabee Duke It Out
Post Date: 2015-11-13 11:13:49 by Willie Green
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal came out swinging in his now fourth undercard debate Tuesday, while undercard newcomer New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stayed focused on beating Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. The debate kicked off with Christie and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee putting the IRS on the chopping block. Christie said he plans to fire a “whole bunch of IRS agents” and “make the tax code fair, flatter and simpler” to help in kick starting the recovery, while Gov. Huckabee thinks we should get rid of it all together. “We don’t reduce the IRS. We get rid of the IRS,” he said. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who has been out of ...
Will You Vote for Romney if RINOs Make Him the Nominee?
Post Date: 2015-11-13 10:53:41 by Deckard
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The Republican Party leadership must be having a lot of trouble sleeping these days. With two political outsiders — Donald Trump and Ben Carson — leading the presidential pack by tapping into voters’ justified anger at the GOP, these are some desperate times, at least according to the Washington Post. One of the surest signs of desperation is the simmering movement to draft Mitt Romney to make a late entry into the race. GOP strategists have gone so far as to lay out plans for a challenge at the GOP convention. This is the same Romney who barely wanted to run for president in the last election. In what should have been a knock-down, drag-out fight with possibly the ...
Trump to Iowans: Don't fall for Carson's 'crap'
Post Date: 2015-11-13 09:09:06 by Willie Green
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FORT DODGE, Iowa — Businessman Donald Trump criticized Republican rival Ben Carson on Thursday in Fort Dodge for possibly embellishing stories about his troubled youth. At one point, Trump stepped out from behind the podium to re-enact one of those stories in which Carson has said that, in a fit of rage, he tried to stab a friend but was blocked by the friend’s belt buckle.“I have a belt,” Trump said, opening his jacket and revealing his midsection. “Somebody hits me with a knife, it’s going in because the belt moves this way. It moves this way. It moves that way! It moves the buckle! Anybody have a knife and want to try it on me?”Some aspects of ...
CLAIM: Ben Carson Debunked: Inside His Made-Up West Point Story [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2015-11-11 17:11:48 by Willie Green
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He claimed time and again—as recently as last Friday–that he was offered entrance to the military academy in 1969. Here's proof that he's not telling the truth.
Let's re-cap what has happened in the last few days since that first explosive story came out in Politico…and was observed here by our own Charlie Pierce on Friday. To wit, the Tale of Cadet Ben Carson.On Friday, Politico posted a sensational, but sadly incomplete, evaluation of some of Dr. Carson's claims about his past. Specifically their story asserted that Carson had not been given a "scholarship" to West Point, as he claimed in his book(s) and in multiple accounts of his past in speeches and interviews since 1990, when his ...
Why Rand Paul was the stealth winner of the GOP debate
Post Date: 2015-11-11 15:27:16 by Hondo68
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Scott Olson/Getty Images Fox Business wanted the fourth presidential debate to show that the network respects the Republican presidential candidates, unlike more successful financial news rival CNBC, and it proved that by letting the candidates largely run the show. That tended to favor candidates eager to jump in and assert themselves, so Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, and Sen. Ted Cruz got lots of speaking time, while rule-followers like Jeb Bush and Ben Carson did not. Because of the free-for-all quality and the focus of the debate — fiscal and monetary policy, dynamic versus zero-based scoring in federal budgeting, and the optimal way to repatriate corporate income, among ...
Ben Carson Backs White House’s TPP Trade Deal
Post Date: 2015-11-07 09:37:00 by Stoner
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By Reid J. Epstein CONNECT Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson Getty Images Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Friday that he supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement negotiated by the White House – aligning himself more with the GOP’s establishment wing than with the social conservatives who have powered his campaign. More In Election 2016 Protesters Target Donald Trump's Saturday Night Live Show Capital Journal Friday PM: Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline Hillary Clinton Backs Shorter Mandatory Minimum Sentences Guide to the Fox Business Network-Wall Street Journal GOP Debate Keystone Reactions: Presidential Candidates Split on Party Lines ...
George H.W. Bush slams ‘iron-ass’ Cheney in new book
Post Date: 2015-11-06 21:37:05 by Deckard
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Former President George H. W. Bush has ignited Republican infighting by alleging in an upcoming biography that former Vice President Dick Cheney formed his “own empire” within the White House and evolved into an “iron-ass” on foreign policy while serving in George W. Bush’s administration. According to The New York Times, the 41st president is highly critical of Cheney and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in the book, with the elder Bush slamming both men for having ”served the president badly.” Bush has particularly harsh words for Cheney, who he says for the past 15 years has barely resembled the man who once ...
Ben Carson admits fabricating West Point scholarship (leftists lied then retracted this story) [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2015-11-06 15:50:03 by Willie Green
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Carson's campaign on Friday conceded that a central point in his inspirational personal story did not occur as he previously described.
Ben Carson’s campaign on Friday admitted, in a response to an inquiry from POLITICO, that a central point in his inspirational personal story was fabricated: his application and acceptance into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
The academy has occupied a central place in Carson’s tale for years. According to a story told in Carson’s book, “Gifted Hands,” the then-17 year old was introduced in 1969 to Gen. William Westmoreland, who had just ended his command of U.S. forces in Vietnam, and the two dined together. That meeting, according to ...
What If the 2016 Presidential Candidates Were Pro Wrestlers?
Post Date: 2015-11-06 10:29:16 by Deckard
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Recently, America’s Liberty PAC released one of the most interesting presidential ads in recent memory, portraying the Senate debate on NSA spying as if it were a professional wrestling event. As amusing as it was, it got us thinking about the 2016 election and which memorable in-ring competitors best line up with some of the already declared and potential candidates. As surprising as it may seem, wrestling has much more in common with politics than what is seen at first glance, and these comparisons tell the whole story. Rand Paul = Hulk Hogan For years, Hogan was the ultimate “Real American” hero to millions of his “Hulkamaniacs,” telling them to ...
Christie, Huckabee fail to make main stage at upcoming GOP debate (Pataki, Graham - out altogether, excommunicated)
Post Date: 2015-11-06 10:05:03 by Hondo68
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AP Photo Paul and Kasich hang on in primetime, while Graham and Pataki get bumped from the entire Nov. 10 event. Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee failed to make the cut for the main stage at next week’s Fox Business Network/Wall Street Journal debate, a particularly harsh blow for the New Jersey governor who has struggled to gain traction in the presidential race after being seen as a rising GOP star in 2012. The two Republican candidates failed to meet the 2.5 percent average polling threshold, meaning they'll both be bumped to a 6 p.m. undercard debate on Tuesday, appearing alongside former Sen. Rick Santorum and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Christie and Huckabee ...
The Real Issues You Won't Hear from the 2016 Presidential Candidates This Election Year
Post Date: 2015-11-06 08:46:14 by Deckard
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“Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.”—Gore Vidal The countdown has begun. We now have less than one year until the 2016 presidential election, and you can expect to be treated to an earful of carefully crafted, expensive sound bites and political spin about climate change, education, immigration, taxes and war. Despite the dire state of our nation, however, you can rest assured that none of the problems that continue to undermine our freedoms will be addressed in any credible, helpful way by any of the so-called viable presidential candidates and certainly not if doing ...
Ben Carson's Facebook posting
Post Date: 2015-11-06 07:05:03 by tomder55
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Tonight, going through all of your questions, I wanted to touch on a few issues that seem to be asked by many people. I would like to deal with one question tonight in some detail. The issue is experience. Several people ask what they should tell their friends when people say “I like Carson but he has no political experience”. You are absolutely right — I have no political experience. The current Members of Congress have a combined 8,700 years of political experience. Are we sure political experience is what we need. Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience. What they had was a deep belief that freedom is a gift from God. ...
Republican Jay Dardenne endorses Democrat John Bel Edwards for Louisiana governor
Post Date: 2015-11-05 10:30:19 by Willie Green
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Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, one of three Republican opponents of Democrat John Bel Edwards in the governor's race primary, crossed party lines Thursday (Nov. 5) to endorse Edwards over Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter. "The Republican brand has been damaged," Dardenne said in making his announcement. "David Vitter will further damage that brand." Dardenne made his endorsement at "Free Speech Alley" in front of the student union on the campus of LSU in Baton Rouge. Dardenne served as president of LSU's student government when he was in law school. It was not clear how much the support of Dardenne -- who finished fourth in the primary with 15 ...
Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo's Bizarre Election Night Sermon
Post Date: 2015-11-05 09:16:37 by Stoner
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Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo's Bizarre Election Night Sermon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbxzUfhRHJo This guy is a classic example that the Demoncrats just DO NOT GET IT !!
Why Asian Americans Don't Vote Republican
Post Date: 2015-11-04 08:43:20 by Willie Green
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During the recent No Labels-hosted Problem Solver Convention in New Hampshire, things got a little uncomfortable.When Joseph Choe, an Asian American college student, stood up to ask a question about South Korea, Donald Trump cut him off and wondered aloud: “Are you from South Korea?”Choe responded, “I’m not. I was born in Texas, raised in Colorado.” His answer prompted laughter from the audience, and nothing more than a shrug from the GOP presidential candidate.Media outlets like NPR and the Huffington Post mocked this interaction as a “Where are you from?” moment.A fellow conference attendee who walked by Choe subsequently joked, “You’re gonna ...
Cruz, Jindal join King for annual northwest Iowa pheasant hunt (Huckabee, Santorum)
Post Date: 2015-11-02 19:33:54 by Hondo68
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Mike Bell, Sioux City Journal U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, and Steve King, R-Iowa, talk over hunting tactics at King's annual pheasant hunt Saturday near Akron. AKRON | It was a perfect day outside, U.S. Rep. Steve King of Iowa said as the group of hunters he was with began their slow march behind the hunting dogs Saturday in the fields surrounding the Hole N’ The Wall lodge outside Akron.The event is something King does every year as he invites other officials to join him pheasant hunting on the opening weekend of the season.Saturday, King was joined in the field by Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, and later by fellow GOP presidential ...
Obama and Ryan: Covert collaborators
Post Date: 2015-11-01 15:01:38 by Deckard
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President Barack Obama and House Speaker Paul Ryan haven’t had a face-to-face meeting in more than two-and-a-half years. And despite Ryan’s election this week and Obama’s congratulatory call to him in advance of the vote, there still isn’t one scheduled. But the two already have a good sense of each other — and beside John Boehner, Ryan's probably the House Republican Obama's spent the most time with. And if Obama had to pick a House Republican to be speaker, people who know the president say he’d probably have voted for Ryan himself. There isn’t a close runner-up. Looking ahead to what the dynamic between them will be now, aides to the president ...
The GOP's War against the Freedom of the Press
Post Date: 2015-11-01 09:15:39 by Willie Green
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The real story behind CNBC debate, and Fox News' very existence, comes down to the right's fear of being exposed According to the Republican contenders for the presidency who “debated” on CNBC Wednesday night, America’s problems today are caused by “the mainstream media,” which is “the ultimate super PAC” for the Democrats.This charge is nothing new. Since the 1950s, Movement Conservatives have fought the fair examination of their ideas. They embrace a worldview in which a few wealthy men control the economy and dominate society. This idea repels most Americans. When voters can see it clearly, they oppose it. Movement Conservatives have gained ...
Understanding Ted Cruz’s Jedi Debate Skills
Post Date: 2015-10-31 21:22:28 by Tooconservative
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Understanding Ted Cruz’s Jedi Debate SkillsMarco Rubio may have stood out in the Republican debate, but if you ask competitive debaters, Ted Cruz was the hands-down winner. Ted Cruz did well last night’s debate because he knows how to debate—literally.Though the emerging pundit consensus seems to be that Marco Rubio won the night, Cruz nabbed what was arguably the biggest standout moment of the evening when he squared off with moderator Carlos Quintanilla and questioned the entire premise of the evening’s event. Whether he was conscious of this or not, the senator used a risky and controversial tactic used by high school debates champions the world over to deflate the ...
'Distraught' Bush Donor: Rubio Is A 'F**king Jedi Master'
Post Date: 2015-10-31 21:16:17 by Tooconservative
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A Jeb Bush donor upset about his failed attack on Sen. Marco Rubio in the Republican presidential primary debate Wednesday called Rubio a “Jedi Master,” who the Bush campaign should have known not to mess with. “Marco is a [expletive] Jedi Master,” the reportedly “distraught” Florida donor told Politico. “Hopefully these idiots learn not to [expletive] with him anymore. Not necessary.” Added another Florida Bush donor: “[Bush] got crushed.” Bush tried and basically failed to hit Rubio on missed Senate votes in the debate. “You should be showing up to work,” he told Rubio, jumping in on ...
Donald Trump is a Genius – But That’s Just His IQ! (156?)
Post Date: 2015-10-31 20:57:31 by Hondo68
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Donald Trump is a Genius – But That’s Just His IQ!The most well known high IQ society is Mensa. To join Mensa one must score in the top 2% of a standardized IQ test. That really isn’t all that outstanding. One out of 50 people have IQs high enough to join Mensa. Numerical IQ scores are not an accurate indicator of intelligence. For instance a score of 72 on the U.S. Navy GCT test is about equal to score of 150 on the WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale). Percentile IQ scores are a more informative measurement. Way back during the 2004 presidential election I wrote an article that shook up the major news networks and the New York ...
John Kasich Says We Can't Legalize Pot Because 'Drugs Is One of the Greatest Scourge'
Post Date: 2015-10-30 21:23:17 by Deckard
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CBS NewsNext Tuesday voters in Ohio will decide whether to legalize marijuana. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, is a vocal opponent of the idea, so his reaction when the subject was broached at last night's debate was hardly surprising. But his ungrammatical, barely coherent statement nicely illustrated the brain-dead dogmatism of pot prohibitionists: Sending mixed signals to kids about drugs is a disaster. Drugs is one of the greatest scourge in this country, and I spent five years of my administration working with my team to do a whole sort of things to try to rein in the problem of overdoses, and it goes on and on. We could do a whole ...
GOP and the Rise of Anti-Knowledge
Post Date: 2015-10-30 07:52:15 by Willie Green
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Ben Carson’s rise to the top of the Republican presidential field shows that many Republicans, especially Christian fundamentalists, have decoupled from the real world — and are proud of it. The more that GOP candidates embrace “anti-knowledge” the more popular they become, as Mike Lofgren explains.By Mike LofgrenIn the realm of physics, the opposite of matter is not nothingness, but antimatter. In the realm of practical epistemology, the opposite of knowledge is not ignorance but anti-knowledge. This seldom recognized fact is one of the prime forces behind the decay of political and civic culture in America.Some common-sense philosophers have observed this point over ...
Rubio to Jorge Ramos: If I’m elected president, I’ll rescind Obama’s executive mega-amnesty
Post Date: 2015-10-29 23:51:30 by Tooconservative
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He’s addressed this topic before but we should start paying extra attention to his public comments about it, and not just because he’s the clear choice for nominee at this point among much of the Republican commentariat. (And probably soon to be the clear choice of the donor class, if he isn’t already.) We have a new Speaker of the House of Representatives, elected this very day, who’d have some key common ground with President Rubio. They’re both in their mid-40s, both center-right, both Mitt Romney allies, both one-time heartthrobs of the conservative base, and both now viewed suspiciously primarily because of one verrry important departure from right-wing ...
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