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Title: Ann Coulter: GOP Baffled as Voters Rally to Popular Candidate
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URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern ... rs-rally-to-popular-candidate/
Published: Feb 17, 2016
Author: Ann Coulter
Post Date: 2016-02-18 06:54:16 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 13620
Comments: 88
I wish he’d stop showing off, the little scamp, but maybe the GOP establishment will finally get the message that voters have been waiting a really long time for a candidate who would put Americans first. Not donors, not plutocrats, not foreigners, and certainly not foreign plutocrats (i.e., Fox News). Trump is the first presidential candidate in 50 years who might conceivably: (1) deport illegal aliens, (2) build a wall, (3) block Muslim immigration, (4) flout political correctness, (5) bring manufacturing home, and (6) end the GOP’s neurotic compulsion to start wars in some godforsaken part of the world. That’s all that matters! Are you listening yet, RNC? There is not another candidate who agrees with Trump on all these positions. Maybe one issue, but not all of them — and if it’s immigration, they would be lying. Even Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) still refuses to say he’d deport illegal aliens (unless they’re arrested for breaking some other law), build a wall (instead he talks about “border security,” which is code for: No Wall), or reduce legal immigration at all. Trump is like a greatest-hits album. The two political parties are the record companies, refusing to put all the hits on one album and instead forcing us to choose between Republicans who will depress wages through immigration and bad trade deals, or Democrats who pretend to care about working-class Americans while sacralizing abortion and gay marriage. Trump is right about President Bush not keeping us safe — though not about his “Bush lied” argument that makes me want to strangle him. This is what Trump said last October on “Coyote News Sunday” (FNC) about how things would have been different on 9/11 under President Trump: “Well, I would have been much different, I must tell you. … I am extremely, extremely tough on illegal immigration. I’m extremely tough on people coming into this country. I believe that if I were running things, I doubt … that those people would have been in the country.” And that was before Trump announced his plan for a temporary ban on Muslim immigration! (By contrast, as governor of Florida, Jeb! aggressively pushed a bill to allow illegal aliens to get driver’s licenses, less than three years AFTER 13 of 19 hijackers used Florida driver’s licenses to board the planes on 9/11.) It is apparently considered less controversial to send a million troops to the Middle East than to stop printing visas for would-be terrorists. It’s not just George W. Bush’s open-borders policy that cries out for re-examination. During a debate with Al Gore one year before the 9/11 attack — committed by Arabs on U.S. commercial airlines — he pre-emptively denounced the racial profiling of Arabs by airport security. The Wall Street Journal proclaimed that “the ‘racial profiling’ issue might help Bush win Michigan.” (Good call, WSJ! Bush lost Michigan, anyway.) In June 2001 — three months before the attack committed by Arabs on U.S. commercial airlines — the Bush administration undertook a study to ensure that Arabs were not being disproportionately stopped by airport security. When U.S. Airways ticket agent Michael Tuohey laid eyes on Mohamed Atta on the morning of 9/11, he got a “chill” and thought to himself, “If this guy doesn’t look like an Arab terrorist, then nothing does.” But then, he says, he gave himself a politically correct “slap,” and handed Atta his ticket. Atta proceeded to murder 3,000 Americans. But at least no undue scrutiny of Arabs was taking place at U.S. Airports! The Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)s, Nikki Haleys, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)s, Jeb!, Zeppo and Shemp Bushes of the GOP say: “Vote for me — we may have a terrorist attack, but at least we’ll know we did the right thing!” Trump says: “I’m going to protect you.” That’s why it doesn’t matter when Trump pops off and says things that are not conservative orthodoxy — or even true! Even if you think Trump is a libertine, shallow narcissist, you know he will do what no other Republican will: Go to Washington, kick ass, mock political correctness, build a wall, deport illegals, bring manufacturing home, and end the GOP’s peculiar fixation with remaking the Muslim world. This is our last chance. It’s similar to the “point of no return” global warming alarmists keep talking about, except our data isn’t fake. At our current rate of immigration/transformation, if we don’t break the donor fever grip now, we never will. This kind of correction isn’t just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it’s a once-in-a-millennium opportunity. The GOP didn’t hear us with Eric Cantor, with the 2014 election or with John Boehner. After all that, they still gave us Nikki Haley and Paul Ryan. President Trump is the last and only message they will understand. 
Donald Trump’s latest bombshell, claiming the Bush administration lied about weapons of mass destruction to get us into the Iraq War, is just him doing wheelies on the way to the nomination. He’s apparently decided it would be fun to taunt the entire GOP by demonstrating that he can say anything and his voters won’t care.
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
Disagree. Trump is showing his true moonbattery . Clearly the Trumpsters believe the Michael Moore ,Cindy Sheehad ,Code pinko lines about "Bush lied ....... " .
Were there any WMD's. NO there were not. I knew it. Bush is a fucking liar. He lied about WMD. You support of liars is telling of your character. You make excuses for those you support. For example Tomder. The other day you lied. You flat out lied and said Al Qaueda was mentiuoned prior to 911. You said it was mentioned in 98 or something. Why couldn't you put a link to it. Because you are lying or duped. Al Qaeda was manufactured after 911. That is why you cannnot come up with one single linjk that mentions Al Qaeds prior to 911. I'm flat out calling you a liar. Prove me wrong. You can't. You're not conservative save social issues. The rest of the time you sell us out to slave labor like Obasma. Like Clinton. Like that piece of shit Bush. All the Bushes are pieces of shit. Even Barbara the idiot.
Well Tomder55 was a bit inaccurate. The Bin Laden cell started to be named Al Qaeda in 1988: * 1988-- Bin Laden founds a group he names al Qaeda, which in Arabic means "the base."
I don't mean to be such an ass to Tom. But we were talking about the word Al Qaeda and when it was first mentioned. I have never seen it in a mainstream article mentioned prior to 911. Maybe I'm wrong and shouldn't call him a liar. Maybe he is mistaken. Maybe I am wrong. But when he uses the word moonbattery or whatever it was he said. When he uses it in that context it is an insult. So that is the reason for my tone. No one has ever been able to show me an article dated prior to 911 that mentions AL Qaeda. I know they mentioned Bin Laden. Everyone knows that. I'm looking for the specific word "Al-Qaeda". Some people take the governments word and believe most of what their spokesmen say. Others need proof, real proof. Real clear explanations. Not a bunch of stuff that doesn't make sense and is easily disproved or contradicted.
But we were talking about the word Al Qaeda and when it was first mentioned. I have never seen it in a mainstream article mentioned prior to 911. Maybe I'm wrong and shouldn't call him a liar. Maybe he is mistaken. Maybe I am wrong. But when he uses the word moonbattery or whatever it was he said. When he uses it in that context it is an insult. So that is the reason for my tone. No one has ever been able to show me an article dated prior to 911 that mentions AL Qaeda. I know they mentioned Bin Laden. Everyone knows that. I'm looking for the specific word "Al-Qaeda". Some people take the governments word and believe most of what their spokesmen say. Others need proof, real proof. Real clear explanations. Not a bunch of stuff that doesn't make sense and is easily disproved or contradicted. I just pointed out you were wrong and Tom only knew of a later 90s mention of Al Qaeda. I gave you a 1988 mention with a confirmation of another site and also my personal testimony of my duties in the late 90s. So you know what you should do right now.
In our original discussion I mentioned that a Lexus Nexus search revealed that the 1st time the US PRESS mentioned AQ was in 1996 quoting a State Dept memo. The reason for the delay because I have not found the original report on the web ;and the State Dept link is no longer working . There are secondary sources that I got that information from . Therefore I will give you a secondary source .You can take it or leave it . August 14, 1996: State Department Calls Bin Laden One of Most Significant Terrorism Sponsors in the World The State Department issues a fact sheet on bin Laden, calling him “one of the most significant financial sponsors of Islamic extremist activities in the world today.” The text ties bin Laden to funding specific attacks, such as the attempt to kill dozens of US soldiers in Yemen in 1992 (see December 29, 1992). The fact sheet is also mentions the term “al-Qaeda,” leading to the first media reports using that term the next day (see August 14, 1996). The fact sheet also contains details about bin Laden’s finances, such as the allegation that he co-founded the Al-Shamal Islamic Bank in Sudan in 1990 with a group of wealthy Sudanese and capitalized it with $50 million of his fortune. [US Department of State, 8/14/1996; New York Times, 8/14/1996] Much of this information appears to come from al-Qaeda defector Jamal al-Fadl. The CIA had just finished debriefing him weeks before (see June 1996-April 1997). http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a081496biggestfinancier I called Trump a moonbat . Not his supporters .
The State Department issues a fact sheet on bin Laden, calling him “one of the most significant financial sponsors of Islamic extremist activities in the world today.” The text ties bin Laden to funding specific attacks, such as the attempt to kill dozens of US soldiers in Yemen in 1992 (see December 29, 1992). The fact sheet is also mentions the term “al-Qaeda,” leading to the first media reports using that term the next day (see August 14, 1996). The fact sheet also contains details about bin Laden’s finances, such as the allegation that he co-founded the Al-Shamal Islamic Bank in Sudan in 1990 with a group of wealthy Sudanese and capitalized it with $50 million of his fortune. [US Department of State, 8/14/1996; New York Times, 8/14/1996] Much of this information appears to come from al-Qaeda defector Jamal al-Fadl. The CIA had just finished debriefing him weeks before (see June 1996-April 1997). http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a081496biggestfinancier There's a reason for the 1996 mention of Bin Ladin. The Khobar Towers bombing. When I first walked into the office of the Antiterrorism-Force Protection division, I saw a picture of Bin Laden and below a collage of photos from the Khobar Tower terror attack. That was 1997. Maybe the American people did not know squat about AQ and Bin Laden before 9/11 but those of us in the AT-FP and Counter-Terror community knew all too well. I was sitting in a lecture auditorium listening to a retire General tell us the US Army would eventually downsize to 300K given our long period of peace and security. An hour into his lecture he was rudely interrupted by a LTC asking him to cease his brief and let him pipe in a feed from CNN and Fox News. It was 9/11/01 and I was currently a student at the Command & General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth KS. As we all watched the coverage of the attacks most left the auditorium as the post commander ordered the post closed and everyone to depart. I stayed a bit longer with my instructor to view most of the coverage. The General came up to us and said "go home" and we headed to the door when he said "who could do this." I told him without hesitation that if this was a terror attack the only organization with global reach that could accomplish this would be Bin Laden's AQ. He chuckled and said, "no way has to be someone like Saddam." I laughed and said "no it's Bin Laden." The next day my instructor gave me the floor in the small group classroom to present a briefing on Bin Laden and AQ. So Stone, those of us who were tracking AQ and Bin Laden for 7-10 years before 9/11 knew, still know they were around for quite some time.
Just out of curiousity,did you ever meet Billy Waugh?
Did not meet him. When I served in the J34 program Mr. Waugh I believe was still in the CIA. Most of my contact with the Counter Terrorism operatives were SEALS and Delta who provided red team analysis for the AT-FP program. Some were "Army of Northern Virginia." A term I'm sure you are familiar with.
Back when he was originally working with Delta,they were called B-52. Last i heard from the rumor mill a few years ago he is really and truly retired now. Since he is a Korean War vet that was a MSG in the mid-60's,he's definitely old enough to be retired. Too bad you didn't get to talk with him. There are very few people alive with his experience running covert and intel ops.
#86. To: sneakypete (#85)
I looked at his service record to see a hard retirement date from the CIA. Seems he went contractor with the Agency for a bit. Also supported the CIA in the first few months of OEF. That's amazing. He's 86 now.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestDonald Trump’s latest bombshell, claiming the Bush administration lied about weapons of mass destruction to get us into the Iraq War, is just him doing wheelies on the way to the nomination. He’s apparently decided it would be fun to taunt the entire GOP by demonstrating that he can say anything and his voters won’t care.
#3. To: tomder55, redleghunter (#1)
Donald Trump’s latest bombshell, claiming the Bush administration lied about weapons of mass destruction to get us into the Iraq War, is just him doing wheelies on the way to the nomination. He’s apparently decided it would be fun to taunt the entire GOP by demonstrating that he can say anything and his voters won’t care. Disagree. Trump is showing his true moonbattery .
#4. To: A K A Stone, tomder55 (#3)
For example Tomder. The other day you lied. You flat out lied and said Al Qaueda was mentiuoned prior to 911. You said it was mentioned in 98 or something.
#10. To: redleghunter, tomder (#4)
For example Tomder. The other day you lied. You flat out lied and said Al Qaueda was mentiuoned prior to 911. You said it was mentioned in 98 or something. Well Tomder55 was a bit inaccurate. The Bin Laden cell started to be named Al Qaeda in 1988:
#15. To: A K A Stone (#10)
I don't mean to be such an ass to Tom.
#23. To: redleghunter, AKA Stone (#15)
#60. To: tomder55, AKA Stone, GarySpFc (#23)
August 14, 1996: State Department Calls Bin Laden One of Most Significant Terrorism Sponsors in the World
#69. To: redleghunter (#60)
When I first walked into the office of the Antiterrorism-Force Protection division, I saw a picture of Bin Laden and below a collage of photos from the Khobar Tower terror attack. That was 1997.
#83. To: sneakypete (#69)
Just out of curiousity,did you ever meet Billy Waugh?
#85. To: redleghunter (#83)
Most of my contact with the Counter Terrorism operatives were SEALS and Delta who provided red team analysis for the AT-FP program.
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