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Hillary Clinton Gets One More Shot to Take Down Sanders

Vanity Fair  

"Could a last-minute town hall event save Clinton from defeat in Iowa?"

"A hastily scheduled town-hall-style event, announced Wednesday by CNN and scheduled to take place just one week before the Iowa caucuses, could be a saving grace for Hillary Clinton, whose presidential campaign has faced an unexpectedly formidable challenge from Democratic rival Bernie Sanders.

"The prime-time gathering will air Monday at nine P.M., a huge change from the three debates that the Democratic National Committee scheduled on inconvenient weekend nights. The odd scheduling and limited number of debates provoked criticism from Sanders and fellow candidate Martin O’Malley for giving them inadequate time to make their case to the American public, especially in comparison to the numerous Republican debates that have drawn record-breaking numbers of viewers." . . . 

Hillary Clinton Will Get a Final Chance to Beat Bernie Sanders in Iowa Town Hall Before the Caucus

. . . "CNN, once known colloquially as “Clinton News Network,” has been favorable to the Clintons since 1992, when Larry King told Bill Clinton on a hot mic that CNN founder Ted Turner would “serve” him after the presidential election."

CNN's Larry King giving Bill Clinton helpful advice during a 1992 interview break with a hot mike:

LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE MEDIA UNITE AGAINST TRUMP

. . . "Trump immediately called Annabell, promising to save her farm and pledging $20,000 toward the effort. "Last night when he called, my heart went pitter patter," Annabell told ABC's "World News Tonight." "I never talked with a man with that much money before. And he assured me that one day the land would be mine. I thought, after I hung up, 'This can't be true, this just can't be true.'" 

Ann Coulter  "We have never had total war against a candidate like we're seeing with Donald Trump. All elements of national media are uniting to stop him. 
 "Look for a fake Trump scandal to break -- probably from a conservative news outlet -- right before the Iowa caucus. 
 "A few months ago, an alleged Trump quote from a 1998 People magazine interview was circulating on the Internet, claiming Trump said that if he ever ran for president, he'd run as a Republican because Republican voters are "the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they'd still eat it up." 
 "I pay a lot for Nexis, and Trump has never said anything remotely resembling this. Snopes.com investigated, too, and also concluded the quote was a fake. But you can probably still find some idiot tweeting it out right now. 
 "Last week, Glenn Beck "retweeted" a post allegedly tweeted by Trump the day after the 2012 election, saying: "I always vote for the winners! Congratulations to My Friend, @BarackObama!" 
 "If that doesn't sound like Trump, it's because Trump never said it. Beck's retweet sure made it look real, but you can check Trump's Twitter archive. 
 "All the stories about Trump being a fraud keep turning out to be the real frauds. I assume that, like most sentient beings, he's changed his mind about some things. But the one consistent thread running through his entire life is his love for this country and his fellow Americans. 
 "The attacks on Trump from the "conservative" media calling him a socialist, a Democrat, a flip-flopper, a fake conservative are just name-calling. I notice that the accusers never include examples, not true ones, anyway. Here are some examples of how Trump has always been for Americans first. Wouldn't it be nice to have a president who likes us more than he likes foreigners -- and the rich donors who employ them? . . .
Full article here.

"Two years later, Trump was interviewed by Larry King at the 1988 Republican National Convention. Please look up this interview -- it's fabulous. "  Here it is:

"Conservative pundits keep assuring clueless viewers that Trump is not a "real Republican." They seem not to grasp that most viewers are saying, That's fantastic! Thanks for reminding me. (I look forward to conservative talk show hosts 20 years hence billing themselves as "Trump Republicans.") "

I'd feel better if he was more informed and informative on important issues such as foreign policy. TD

Phyllis Chesler and Pat Condell on Europe’s Betrayal Of Women

I cannot say, as this video does, that Obama is a Muslim, only that he registers esteem for Islam more that he ever does for America's culture and history. The Tunnel Dweller

Phyllis Chesler on the other face of Jihad 

"It is an ugly face and it is turned towards Europe's women."

. . . "If Germany and Austria—if all Europe--does not find, prosecute, and deport all the men who took part in the recent New Year's Eve atrocities, they will soon discover that such attacks might become regular features of European life and will occur on most holidays; that, like Muslim women, European women will increasingly live in fear; begin to stay indoors; and that female workers will increasingly suffer from post-traumatic stress symptoms. A European woman's quality of life and efficiency at work may decrease. This will be true for women of every ethnicity and religion.

"How can one educate a barbarian lynch mob? In my opinion, only through the mosques and the Islamist media.

"That is not likely to happen any time soon." . . .

Noisy Room  Ladies, "the public space is no longer yours to enjoy".

Hillary Clinton update for Wednesday

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NY Times on Hillary and her 90's scandals that erode her   . . . "But at an Upper East Side dinner party a few months back, Ms. Dunham expressed more conflicted feelings. She told the guests. . . that she was disturbed by how, in the 1990s, the Clintons and their allies discredited women who said they had had sexual encounters with or been sexually assaulted by former President Bill Clinton.
"The conversation, relayed by several people with knowledge of the discussion who would speak about it only anonymously, captures the deeper debate unfolding among liberal ­leaning women about how to reconcile Mrs. Clinton’s leadership on women’s issues with her past involvement in her husband’s efforts to fend off accusations of sexual misconduct." . . .

Say what you will about Dick As-I-say-in-my-book Morris, he does know the Clintons up close and personal:
NewsMax: Dick Morris: Hillary's Email Scandal Turns Deadly  . . . "SAP (special access program) is a designation that is even more secret than “top secret.”  Fox News explains that “access to a SAP is restricted to those with a "need-to-know" because exposure of the intelligence would likely reveal the source, putting a method of intelligence collection -- or a human asset -- at risk.” . . .
"Together, these new revelations, both by Fox News, indicate that the danger for Secretary Clinton has escalated and that the FBI investigation is coming closer to home."

Lucianne, as usual, hits the mother lode with these next four:

Hillary campaign’s response to latest email revelations reveals desperation   . . . "These revelations come from the nation’s Intelligence Community Inspector General Charles McCullough III, not some partisan.  He is a nonpolitical official who was confirmed by the Senate and entrusted with keeping our intelligence agencies honest.  For those readers who have not yet familiarized themselves with the revelations, Catherine Herridge’s exclusive report at Fox News must be read.  (Incidentally, Herridge deserves a Pulitzer Prize for her ongoing coverage of this story, though given the leftist bias usually seen in the Pulitzers, this is unlikely to happen unless Hillary actually is indicted – which is now far from unthinkable.)" . . .

Krauthammer’s Take: Hillary E-mail Scandal Now ‘Worse than What Snowden Did’  Video.

NBC: Intel on Hillary's Server Was So Secret, IG Needed Special Permission to Review It

Letter by the Intelligence Agencies Inspector General   "A letter by the intelligence agencies’ inspector general says that a review of emails on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private computer server found information that would place it among the government’s most closely guarded secrets."  PDF

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Hillary's people claim the Inspector General is in cahoots with the GOP

How Donald Trump defeats Hillary Clinton  "Obama’s black supporters are crucial to a Trump win, and pollsters say he has a chance with this bloc."

PJ Media: What Happens if Hillary Isn't Indicted?

. . . "Loretta Lynch, Obama, et al, are actually facing a giant tinderbox, whether they know it or not.  . . .  People fixate these days on the Black Lives Matter movement or on "social justice" activism on campus that is dominated by self-described "progressives" appalled by "microagressions" and such like.  But what if the American heartland rebels?  Left-wing rebellion in our culture has always been dependent on the center holding; it's a kind of play rebellion, college kids taking over a park while daddy pays their allowance.  But suppose daddy started to rebel?  That would be, as the saying goes, a whole other ball of wax." . . .

Iranian Commander Claims U.S. Sailors Were 'Crying After Their Arrest'

"In their eyes, all of the Iranian propaganda doesn't matter because it's their idea of "justice." And whoever gets elected president later this year is going to have a helluva time trying to re-establish some kind of strategic balance to the world that Obama has so thoroughly upended."

PJ Media

"Iran has jacked up its propaganda war against the U.S., milking the seizure of our boats and sailors for all it's worth.

"The Iranian general commanding the Revolutionary Guard Corps said during military celebrations this weekend that American sailors "started crying after their arrest." He also claimed the incident proved Iranian military supremacy in the region." . . .

"The White House continues to insist that no one should be "embarrassed" by the photos of our sailors kneeling with their hands behind their heads at gunpoint.

“I don’t think there’s any reason for anybody to be embarrassed,” said White House press secretary Josh Earnest. “We’re pleased that our sailors were released promptly and unharmed.”

Mr. Earnest said Iran’s showing of the video does not violate the Geneva Conventions, which prohibits the exploitation of prisoners of war, because the U.S. and Iran are not at war.

. . .
 "Just what is this "responsible, mature presidential leadership"? It's the kind of leadership that willingly absorbs insults, humiliations, and anti-American propaganda without a whimper because, like many liberals, the Obama administration believes that America deserves it."

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Foreign Affairs Dem: 'America Paid a Big Price' with Iran Swap

PJ Media   "A top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee warned that not only will the prisoner swap embolden Iran, but most of those released by Tehran's request will remain in the United States to potentially commit additional crimes on behalf of the Islamic Republic.

" 'We share the joy of these five American families. But America paid a big price today," Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), who voted against the Iran nuclear deal, told CNN on Saturday.

" 'Iran got something very important. They are now able to inspire their network of terrorists and their network of illegal military procurement folks. They are able to tell their people, look, even if you get caught, we will get out. We are still holding two American hostages after this deal, and if those aren't enough, we'll seize more," he said." . . .

Why is George Stephanopoulos even allowed to cover Clinton campaign?

Legal Insurrection

"Last year, George Stephanopoulos had a particularly antagonistic interview with the author ofClinton Cash, and shortly thereafter, it was revealed that he had donated a substantial sum of money to the Clinton Foundation.  ABC stood by their man, though he did have to apologize on-air.

The Washington Free Beacon is now reporting that Stephanopoulos has simply stopped disclosing his donations to the Clinton Foundation.

ABC news anchor George Stephanopoulos has stopped disclosing his donations to the Clinton Foundation prior to his interviews with presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Stephanopoulos interviewed Clinton twice over the past week, once Thursday morning on Good Morning America and again on Sunday’s This Week.

During both interviews he failed to disclose to viewers that he was a donor to the foundation.

"This is potentially problematic because ABC has stated that its policy requires disclosure:  “An ABC News spokeswoman told New York Times that any employee that makes a donation to a charity must disclose it to the network before covering a story related to that organization.' ” . . .

Obama Goes After Petraeus To Send A Chicago-Style Message

IBD

"Defense: Books by former Obama insiders have convincingly documented this president's distrust of the U.S. military. He's been goaded by Vice President Joe Biden's warnings not to be played by the guys in uniform.

"That's a distrust shared by precious few Americans, who've elected commanders-in-chief with military experience every single time for 68 years but for two Democrat exceptions — Bill Clinton and the Suspicious One himself.

"But going after retired Gen. David Petraeus a second time for national security indiscretions is a bridge too far. The Daily Beast reports Defense Secretary Ash Carter has reopened the Petraeus case to consider stripping the hero of one or two of his four stars in retirement.

As CIA director, Petraeus shared classified notebooks with his biographer/mistress, who also had security clearance. No classified intel appeared in the book, "All In." . . .

"The FBI is said to be investigating Hillary Clinton's sharing of more than 1,300 classified documents with God-knows-who all on her unsecured private email server, despite repeated warnings and subsequent obfuscations.

"But, hey, she's a Democrat, the best one to preserve Obama's legacy. Don't hold your breath for an indictment from an Obama Justice Department." . . .  Read More At Investor's Business Daily

Bernie Sanders: Unfit to Be President

Bernie's got a good point there, I'd say.

E. Jeffrey Ludwig   "During the last Democratic presidential debate, Bernie Sanders described himself as “revolutionary.” He railed against Wall Street, and how he was going to raise taxes on the billionaires who are, he states with righteous [sic] indignation, the exploiters of our society. He promises to use this money to provide free tuition to students in public institutions and to rebuild our deteriorating infrastructure. Further, he hopes to institute a single-payer healthcare system and thereby do an end run around the rapacious medical professions, as well as the insurers and pharmaceutical industries.

 You see, the medical-industrial complex is regularly ripping off the public. (The left always like to use terms like “military-industrial complex” and “prison-industrial complex” so why not add this term?) Therefore, Sanders concludes that if the always benign U.S. government insures the people, insurance companies will no longer control the prices or the health issues that are covered by policies. He admitted to one of the debate moderators, Andrea Mitchell, that everyone would pay a little more in taxes, but the savings from not paying insurance premiums and other out-of-pocket medical costs would amount to about $5,000 per year. "  . . .  Read more

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Snopes' Field Guide to Fake News Sites and Hoax Purveyors

Snopes

"The sharp increase in popularity of social media networks (primarily Facebook) has created a predatory secondary market among online publishers seeking to profitably exploit the large reach of those networks and their huge customer bases by spreading fake news and outlandish rumors. Competition for social media’s large supply of willing eyeballs is fierce, and a number of frequent offenders regularly fabricate salacious and attention-grabbing tales simply to drive traffic (and revenue) to their sites.

"Facebook has worked at limiting the reach of hoax-purveying sites in their customers’ news feeds, inhibiting (but not eradicating) the spread of fake news stories. Hoaxes and fake news are often little more than annoyances to unsuspecting readers; but sometimes circulating stories negatively affectbusinesses or localities by spreading false, disruptive claims that are widely believed.

"So long as social media allows for the rapid spread of information, manipulative entities will seek to cash in on the rapid spread of misinformation. Perhaps the most egregious of the many nonsense peddlers on social media are fake news sites, so here we offer a guide to several of the most frequent (and unapologetic) hoax purveyors cluttering up newsfeeds everywhere." . . .

Hat tip to Jeff Hayden; Plano, TX, who expressed concern that this article itself was fake.

By way of illustration, here is a bonus feature: 25 Hottest Urban Legends

More on Hillary

Clinton’s Campaign Comes Down to Iowa  "First Read: “If she wins Iowa, Clinton will be set up to separate herself from Bernie Sanders in South Carolina and the March 1 primaries — after which her campaign can start to focus on the general election. But if she loses Iowa, then, yes, a highly competitive Democratic race will extend into April and May. And that’s not all — panicky Democrats will become even more nervous, Joe Biden’s phone will ring, Michael Bloomberg’s phone will ring, too.' ” . . .

How the Debate Schedule is Hurting Hillary   . . . "Hillary performs better on the debate stage where her scripted responses and well rehearsed one-liners mask her lack of personality. On small-stage voter forums, Clinton appears clunky, awkward, and very much like a stereotypical politician — an image she’s struggled to shake (See also: the disaster that was the Fusion forum)." . . .

The story of Hillary Clinton's national security failures deserves to be told

"With the 2016 election season upon us, I can no longer sit by and watch Hillary Clinton re-write her tenure as America’s top diplomat. 

"Clinton’s performance and record as Secretary of State was abysmal. 

"Since she is asking the American people for a promotion, we should judge her record honestly and decide whether or not she deserves to lead our nation at this critical point in history. 

"I have concluded that her record clearly shows she has already failed us. 

Author’s note: Fox News Contributor Richard Grenell is working with Restoration PAC.  Doug Truax is Executive Director of Restoration PAC and Restoration Action. He is a former Senate candidate in Illinois.

How's this for irony?  Pentagon looking at demoting Petraeus over handling of classified material  "Are people of Hillary Clinton’s “fame and esteemed reputation” immune to punishment?"