Who Helped Themselves in GOP Debate, and Who Ought to Drop Out of the Race Now

It was painful to watch one great man out of his element.

Andrew Klavan   "Just a couple of observations on the debate. Despite reporting from the Los Angeles Times and even the Wall Street Journal saying the debate was fractious and that Trump dominated, that isn’t what I saw. Conservative filmmaker Jeremy Boreing got it right in his excellent post-debate piece for the Hollywood Reporter :

Thursday night was — against all odds and the prevailing narrative in the media — a real victory for the Republican party.
What was framed in the lead-up as an embarrassing glut of meaningless candidates revealed itself to be, for the most part, a serious and diverse field both in terms of policy and demographics.
What many expected to be a fireworks show between a fractured and fractious party and its unlikely reality star frontrunner was actually a largely civil exchange of ideas. Finally, a party often criticized (especially by conservatives in Hollywood) as impossibly deficient in stagecraft and presentation managed to introduce nine articulate, polished and thoughtful candidates – and Donald Trump.

"Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Scott Walker, John Kasich and Mike Huckabee all helped themselves and looked good, I thought. Ben Carson ought to get out: It’s painful to watch a great man out of his element. Rand Paul ought to get out: He’s nuts. Chris Christie ought to get out: He hugged Obama and, no, I don’t forgive him either. I wish Jeb Bush would get out, but I’ll just have to wait.

"A comment on Carly Fiorina. She did great not only in the pre-debate debate of the second tier but also in the spin room, where she gave Chris Matthews a much-deserved high heel to the eyeball. I’ve been reluctant to praise Fiorina because I thought she was sort of a no-show in her 2010 Senate run here in California. I met her briefly at the time and, while I had no negative impression of her, I didn’t have an overwhelmingly positive one either. But she wasn’t just great on Thursday. She’s been great ever since she started running. Honest, fearless, smart and politically wise. People keep saying condescendingly that she’s about to have a boomlet or become “flavor of the week.” Maybe. But I’m beginning to suspect she might be in it for the long haul, and could even end up on the ticket, if not in the lead position. I like her.

"I’ll try to say more about Trump next week. For now, my previous comments stand." . . .

Protesters Rush To Defend Another Foolhardy Kid

Downtrend

 

"Around 1 am Friday morning, 19-year-old black college football player Christian Taylor drove an SUV into the showroom of a car dealership in Arlington, Texas.

"He then proceeded to try and burglarize the place. When the police arrived, he not surprisingly fought back and wound up dead at the hands of Officer Brad Miller, 49.

"According to The Dallas Morning News, “In December, Taylor was sentenced to six months deferred adjudication for possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.”

"I obviously prefer that all the evidence be procured and thoroughly reviewed before I make any conclusive statements, but it seems like an out-of-control teen made some extremely stupid errors in judgment and thus wound up dead.

"However, judging by the following tweets pulled up by The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft, some idiots feel differently:" . . .

Just saying

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N Korea winds back its clocks to make 'Pyongyang time'

The Norks turned clocks back to 600 BC.

 

Even Western liberal guilt will call this silly. Um, won't they?


MSN    "North Korea has announced that it is winding its clocks back by 30 minutes to create a new "Pyongyang Time" - breaking from a time standard imposed by what it called "wicked Japanese imperialists" more than a century ago.

"The change will put the standard time in North Korea at GMT+8:30, 30 minutes behind South Korea which, like Japan, is at GMT+9:00.

"North Korea said the time change, approved on Wednesday by its rubber-stamp parliament and announced on Friday, would come into effect from August 15, which this year marks the 70th anniversary of the Korean peninsula's liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule.

" 'The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as depriving Korea of even its standard time while mercilessly trampling down its land," the North's official KCNA news agency said."

Thirty minutes? Thirty?

 

Polls Show Obama’s Favorability Plummeting In Israel

David Weissman

 

. . . "In July of last year, during the outbreak of violence between Israel and the Palestinians, a Pew Research Poll indicated a sharp division between Republicans and Democrats on their support for Israel. According to Pew, in April of 2014 prior to the onset of violence, 68% of Republicans and 46% of Democrats sympathized more with Israel than the Palestinians. Following the outbreak of violence, the number of Republicans who sympathized with Israel rose to 73% while the number of Democrats fell slightly to just 44%." . . .
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"Yet another poll asked Israelis which American President in the last 30 years was the worst for Israel, and a whopping 68% chose Obama, with Jimmy Carter coming in a distant second with just 16%.Given the fact that Israel is politically divided nearly in half between left and right, it is clear that the majority of Israelis view security as their highest priority." . . .
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"Who will support Israel’s right to defend herself against our common enemy, and to attack that enemy head-on? Who is more inclined to treat Israel as a friend and an ally? When you consider these questions, there is little doubt that we should be cheering for the Republican candidate."
Hat tip to  James Willis

Perhaps their fear of Obama is because of decisions such as this:

 US Releases First ISIS Detainee to Iraq, Setting Precedent for a New War . . . "U.S. special operations troops captured Ibrahim in a May raid that killed her husband, Abu Sayyaf, who is believed to have helped direct ISIS’ illicit financial operations. Ibrahim herself is suspected of having played an “important role” in the group’s terrorist activities . . .

The Donald Evolves

Bokbluster

"David Harsanyi at the Federalist thinks the first Republican debate was awesome. I agree. The field looked strong all the way down to Carly Fiorina on the JV team.

"Then there’s The Donald. He refused a pledge not to pull a Ross Perot if doesn’t win the nomination. Why give up the leverage, he reasoned. Makes sense I guess. And he said he made Hillary attend his wedding by giving her money. Also believable.

"When asked how he came to change his views on taxes and abortion he said he evolved.

 Obama "evolves"

The Evolution Of The Politician
"Dr. Loop has identified what he believes is a prehistoric ancestor to today's politician–an early species he has named Homo Politicus." . . .

 

. . . So what happens when the species is exposed and trapped? "The instinct of modern Homo Politicus is to rapidly assess his position and resist efforts to be displaced—then continue trying to use any advantage this gives him as leverage for leniency in punishment. It's pathetic to watch, really."   More at Wacky Times