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Sarah Palin No Longer 'A Major Player' for Many Conservatives
Post Date: 2015-07-08 09:10:10 by Willie Green
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For many conservatives, the thrill is gone when it comes to one-time favorite Sarah Palin, who delivered a speech at last weekend's Iowa Freedom Summit that left many wondering what happened to the rising star they had once embraced. The complaints about the speech have been sharp, but not only among the sources who usually pan the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, reports The Washington Post. And even though Palin commented when she arrived at the event that she is "seriously interested" in seeking the GOP nomination in 2016, her long speech at the summit to party loyalists was described by many as being disjointed, reports the Post, with lines ...
What explains Donald Trump's appeal? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2015-07-07 22:07:14 by Gatlin
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If economic inequality is a problem, erosion of traditional values is a fear, and the Hispanic vote is pivotal, what explains the political rise of a twice- divorced, thrice-married, gold-plated New York real estate buccaneer whose previous best-known utterance — "You're fired!" — is rivaled now by inflammatory comments about Mexicans and immigrants? Click here for rest of the story.
Donald Trump On Brand Exodus: 'They'll All Be Back'
Post Date: 2015-07-07 21:47:10 by Gatlin
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Give The Donald some credit: within minutes of Forbes’ exclusive story on the end of his menswear line, Trump was on the phone to discuss the next steps for his tarnished brand. The billionaire said he harbors no ill will towards PVH PVH Corp., the clothing conglomerate that marketed his brand of dress shirts and ties for over a decade. The New York- based company made its decision days after department store giant Macy's Macy's announced it would stop selling Trump’s wares. “They were a direct relationship to Macy’s,” the real estate mogul said of PVH. “They’ve been very nice.” Trump seemed unruffled by the growing list of companies and ...
Gary Johnson Preparing To Run For President In 2016
Post Date: 2015-07-07 12:50:17 by Gatlin
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Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party’s nominee for president in 2012, tells The Daily Caller he is gearing up to run for the White House again. “Unless something catastrophic happens in my life, I hope to do that,” Johnson said in an interview at The Daily Caller’s newsroom in Washington... Click here for rest of the story. Poster Comment:Who among you will vote for Gary Johnson?
Donald Trump once proposed a more left-wing tax policy than Bernie Sanders
Post Date: 2015-07-07 09:48:19 by cranko
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In 1999 and 2000, he considered a bid for the nomination of Ross Perot's Reform Party, which was at the height of its influence after Jesse Ventura won the Minnesota governorship in 1998 as a Reform candidate. Trump's big idea was a one-time wealth tax of 14.25 percent on all individuals and trusts with a net worth in excess of $10 million. The proceeds would be used to wipe out the national debt, with the savings in interest payments going to shore up Social Security and pay for middle-class tax cuts. This is a totally insane idea for a whole variety of reasons, many of which Bruce Bartlett ran through in the Wall Street Journal at the time. The tax wouldn't raise nearly as ...
Ted Cruz on Donald Trump: I ‘Salute’ Him
Post Date: 2015-07-06 08:43:07 by Gatlin
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Last week, there wasn't a whole lot of oxygen in the room full of Republican presidential candidates if your name didn't happen to by Donald J. Trump. Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and other top-tier contenders will get their time in the spotlight in the end, but Trump's vanity candidacy will likely have the most powerful impact on other candidates who have tailored their message to the angriest elements of the GOP. Candidates like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). Cruz, more than most GOP contenders, would appear to be among those with the most to lose if a Trump candidacy takes off. The Texan has made himself a national figure largely by being a bomb-thrower – someone willing to shut down ...
Bernie Sanders draws nearly 10,000 supporters in Wisconsin
Post Date: 2015-07-03 10:07:21 by Hondo68
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Madison, Wisconsin (CNN)Bernie Sanders has been running for president for two months, but Wednesday night in Madison, Wisconsin, his long-shot campaign got real.When Sanders walked on stage at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, he was greeted by a raucous, howling crowd of 9,600 people, according to Sanders' campaign aides and arena staff.A clearly energized Sanders, who late last year was speaking to crowds of 50 people in Iowa classrooms, appeared taken aback by the reception he received."Whoa," he said. "In case you haven't noticed, there are a lot of people here." Sanders calls for a political revolution in Madison. pic.twitter.com/L5ZIztpHFH— Dan Merica ...
Chairman of House Dems asks people to ‘keep tabs’ on companies silent about Trump
Post Date: 2015-07-02 18:52:59 by out damned spot
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*soderstrom @soderstrom Chairmain of @HouseDemocrats wants you to "keep tabs on those who stay silent" about @realDonaldTrump https://twitter.com/RepBecerra/status/61670416854000435 1:26 PM - 2 Jul 2015 Chairman of the House Democrats, Rep. Xavier Becerra, was glad to see Macy’s take action against Donald Trump: *Xavier Becerra ✔@RepBecerra Thumbs up to @Macys for telling @realDonaldTrump “#yourefired." 1:24 PM - 2 Jul 2015 But that’s not enough. Rep. Becerra wants to make sure there’s hell toupée for Trump, and he’s asking for your help to root out companies not giving The Donald a public spanking: *Xavier Becerra ...
Jim Webb Announces For President
Post Date: 2015-07-02 18:15:39 by Hondo68
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The former Democratic senator from Virginia will seek support from blue-collar and rural America. Former Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia announced Thursday he plans to seek the Democratic nomination for president. Jim Webb, a former U.S. senator and Vietnam veteran, announced his candidacy for president Thursday, becoming the fifth Democrat in the 2016 contest."I know that more than one candidate in this process intends to raise at least a billion dollars," Webb told supporters via e-mail. "But our country needs a fresh approach to solving the problems that confront us and too often unnecessarily divide us. We need to shake the hold of these shadow elites on our political ...
11 Juicy Nuggets From The Latest Batch Of Hillary Clinton Emails
Post Date: 2015-07-02 05:34:54 by out damned spot
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A bold-faced political hatchet job, a mysterious memo, a bad pun and a predictable dig at Fox News. Those are just some of the enlightening tidbits contained in the 3,000 pages of Hillary Clinton emails released late Tuesday. The exchanges, which span the period between March 2009 and December 2009, show that Clinton maintained a relatively tight-knit circle of State Department aides who worked to plan schedules, arrange secure phone calls and draft speeches. They also show that Clinton corresponded more frequently than previously known with her longtime friend Sidney Blumenthal. Here are 11 of the most interesting snippets from the email trove. Clinton inquired about a job for Sidney ...
Chris Christie Enters Presidential Race
Post Date: 2015-07-01 15:34:06 by Hondo68
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With New Jersey’s Bon Jovi blaring over the speakers, Chris Christie on Tuesday became the 14th Republican to join the race for the White House, vowing to fix the dysfunction of Washington D.C. “If Washington and Jefferson and Adams had believed compromise is a dirty word, we’d still be under the crown of England,” Christie said, offering himself as fixer who will speak bluntly about the country’s problems.The announcement resembled a town hall, with Christie roaming the stage with a microphone and his family standing behind him.“Americans are filled with anxiety,” Christie said. “They are filled with anxiety because they look to Washington D.C., and ...
How Chris Christie Used A Manufactured Terrorist Plot To Boost His Political Career
Post Date: 2015-07-01 09:24:25 by Deckard
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from the own-plots dept For a few years now, we've been covering the proliferation of the FBI's own plots, in which they basically set up a fake terrorist plot, and use their own undercover agents or (preferably) informants (generally former criminals who get paid and/or favors such as reduced sentences) to go out seeking young and gullible individuals to convince to "join" the plot (a plot that has no connection to reality). Then they stage a big arrest and an even bigger press conference about how they "stopped" a terrorist threat. We've written about examples of this over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and ...
Breaking! TRUMP SUES UNIVISION!!
Post Date: 2015-06-30 23:23:52 by out damned spot
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I kept hearing that he wouldn’t do it and that he’s all bluster, but it looks like Donald Trump has actually filed a lawsuit against Univision for breaking their contract to broadcast the Miss USA pageant after his comments about illegal aliens from Mexico. *Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump My just filed lawsuit against Univision. Always fight back when right. #MakeAmericaGreatAgain https://instagram.com/p/4kZ-DTmhYp/ 2:44 PM - 30 Jun 2015 Here’s the statement he posted on Instagram: Watch below: It’s pretty clear that the media wants to mischaracterize his comments in order to hurt the GOP. Good for Chelsea Cooley Altman for pushing back against the ...
NASCAR chairman wants Confederate flag eliminated at races
Post Date: 2015-06-28 11:02:45 by Justified
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SONOMA, Calif. (AP) -- Calling the Confederate flag an ''insensitive symbol'' he personally finds offensive, NASCAR chairman Brian France said the sport will be aggressive in disassociating the symbol from its events. ''We want to go as far as we can to eliminate the presence of that flag,'' France told The Associated Press on Saturday. ''I personally find it an offensive symbol, so there is no daylight how we feel about it and our sensitivity to others who feel the same way. ''We're working with the industry to see how far we can go to get that flag to be disassociated entirely from our events.'' Earlier this week, NASCAR said ...
Here’s What Every 2016 Candidate Has to Say About LGBT SCOTUS Victory
Post Date: 2015-06-27 07:54:52 by out damned spot
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With the Supreme Court’s historic ruling that effectively legalizes same-sex marriage in all 50 states, the 2016 presidential candidates really have no choice today but to comment on the decision from one angle of another. Here’s what they had to say. Hillary Clinton was quick out of the gate with a personal statement, followed by a rebranding of her campaign logo that has already been retweeted more than 20,000 times: Click for Full Text!
Conservative Kansas Legislature Turns Heads With Huge Tax Hike
Post Date: 2015-06-25 18:10:43 by Willie Green
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Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET. Kansas voters who put conservatives in charge are shaking their heads in disbelief. Lawmakers recently passed one of the largest tax hikes in state history rather than cutting spending. Poster Comment:
Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush are Running on the Same Ticket
Post Date: 2015-06-25 09:10:54 by Deckard
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Gore Vidal once quipped that there is only one party in the United States, “The Property Party…and it has two right wings.” Thus is the state of the 2016 campaign over the last 96 hours. Hillary Clinton ‘relaunched‘ her campaign on Roosevelt Island over the weekend and Jeb Bush, finally, declared his candidacy. While these two media-anointed front runners belong to different political parties, they are actually pretty close on the political spectrum. Journalists and political commentators around the web have been noticing this relative closeness of politics between the two. Here are some of the best tidbits: —From David Catanese at U.S. News on ...
Bobby Jindal announces US Presidential bid
Post Date: 2015-06-24 23:50:40 by Hondo68
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Washington: Louisiana Governor Piyush "Bobby" Jindal on Wednesday made his much- anticipated entry into the 2016 White House race via Twitter making him the first Indian-American and 13th Republican candidate to do so. "I'm running for President of the United States of America. Join me," he tweeted with a link to his campaign site shortly after noon ahead of a planned formal announcement in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner Wednesday evening. "A Special Announcement From Bobby Jindal. My name is Bobby Jindal, and I am running for President of the United States of America. There were three people I think you would agree my wife Supriya and I had to tell ...
Hillary Clinton Confederate Flag Merchandise Surfaces on eBay
Post Date: 2015-06-24 20:50:09 by cranky
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Hillary Clinton has managed to avoid any questions about the Confederate flag, even as her Republican rivals have faced a media onslaught since the murder of nine black congregants by a racist white gunman in a Charleston church last week. Vintage Clinton merchandise featuring the Confederate flag has begun to surface on the Internet, however. One merchant on eBay is offering campaign buttons from 2008 that were purportedly produced by supporters of Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president. One is advertised as a souvenir of the Arkansas Travelers, a Clinton-backed group that traveled from Arkansas to support both Bill and Hillary Clinton’s presidential runs. The button features ...
Anti-cannabis presidential candidate Marco Rubio accepts bribes from prison industry
Post Date: 2015-06-23 09:34:22 by Deckard
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By Jonathan Benson | Natural News One of the primary reasons why the cannabis plant is still vilified by many of the corporate fascists occupying D.C. is this: jailing people for pot is a highly profitable endeavor that makes for-profit prisons and the corporations that run them very rich. And on the dole of this corrupt gravy train is none other than Republican presidential hopeful (wishful thinker?) Marco Rubio, whose secret payoffs from the prison lobby explain a lot about his hypocritical, anti-cannabis beliefs. During a recent interview with talk radio host Hugh Hewitt, Rubio clarified his position on the enforcement of federal drug laws, admitting in the process that he doesn’t ...
Donald Trump makes presidential bid official
Post Date: 2015-06-22 21:31:34 by out damned spot
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Nearly a week after announcing he was running for president, Donald Trump has made it official and filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission. The one-page statement of candidacy was hand-delivered to the FEC on Monday. Trump had 15 days to send the document to the agency. Based on the document, the business tycoon’s campaign committee will be called Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. The filing comes after Trump gave a rambling, hour-long speech announcing his White House bid last Tuesday. “This is beyond anybody’s expectations,” Trump said during his speech. “There’s been no crowd like this. Some of the candidates they went in, they ...
Guess the Political Party: AP Photo Lines Pistol Up with Senator, 2016 Candidate Ted Cruz’s Brain
Post Date: 2015-06-22 08:24:01 by cranky
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Of course, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is a Republican. That puts him in proximity with guns and gun posters, as seen in this picture from Associated Press photog Charlie Neibergall, more often than Democrats. Still, imagine a similar situation–a U.S. Senator campaigning for President–and instead of a pro-2nd Amendment event, it’s a pro-gun control event. Imagine this Senator is standing in front of a giant poster of a pistol–one meant to demonize the weapon rather than promote it. Imagine that this same AP photographer, instead of shifting a foot to the left or the right, framed a picture with the Senator’s nose almost touching the barrel, as a closer crop makes clear. ...
Misleading Left - Right Paradigm
Post Date: 2015-06-21 01:03:58 by Deckard
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Most Americans have been brainwashed to believe they have only two choices when it comes to selecting their political leaders. It's either a Republican or a Democrat. They rarely even consider there are other choices. Rather than choosing a candidate that better reflects their values, they choose instead "the lesser of two evils." And, they get what they choose... "evil." Beyond their rhetoric, there is very little difference between Republicans and Democrats in their actions. They like to sound different, supporting the false left/right paradigm, but both the Republicans and Democrats parties are dedicated to Big Government and neither are willing change ...
Mitt Romney Demands Removal of Confederate Flag in SC, "a symbol of racial hatred"
Post Date: 2015-06-20 21:12:43 by Deckard
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Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney has called for an immediate removal of the confederate flag at the South Carolina Capitol in the wake of the church massacre. "Take down the #ConfederateFlag at the SC Capitol. To many, it is a symbol of racial hatred. Remove it now to honor #Charleston victims," Romney tweeted at 8:09AM this morning. Romney's tweet has garnered 7,384 rewteets and 6,427 Favorites. Take down the #ConfederateFlag at the SC Capitol. To many, it is a symbol of racial hatred. Remove it now to honor #Charleston victims.— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) June 20, 2015 Heaven weeps again today, this time for God's children killed in His Charleston ...
Donald Trump Says Snowden Should Be Assassinated [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2015-06-19 09:46:41 by Deckard
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Extradition process and justice system are too slow for would-be presidential candidateDonald Trump, a man who has previously and may once again tout himself as a presidential candidate, believes that the American justice system is too slow and cumbersome to deal with whistleblowers like former NSA analyst Edward Snowden. Labeling Snowden a “spy”, Trump went on Fox News to advocate his immediate “execution”. In a vomit inducing interview with Fox and Friends, Trump, in his infinite wisdom, stated: “You know, spies in the old days used to be executed.” “This guy is becoming a hero in some circles. Now, I will say, with the passage of time, even people that ...
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