The Case for Marco Rubio, though diminished by the last debate

I ask why can't Democrats see the obvious corruption in Hillary, but what about Trump supporters who overlook so much in that man? It is said a nation deserves the government it gets; the same nation that deserved eight years of Obama should be eligible for years of Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. Suddenly I am glad to be 76 years old, but fear for the nation my family will inherit. TD

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Ed Lasky  . . . "Conservative icon William Buckley promulgated what has become known as the Buckley rule: “Nominate the most conservative candidate who is electable.”  Among the current candidates the only one who passes that test is Marco Rubio.

"Donald Trump and some in the media have tried to characterize Marco Rubio as the “establishment” candidate.  How does that square with reality?

"Recall that the election of Rubio was hailed as a Tea Party hero when he knocked off the serial party-shifter and establishment candidate Charlie Crist. Has he retained his conservative credentials since being elected?

"As Jim Geraghty wrote in late December, Marco Rubio is “plenty conservative” and has an indisputably conservative record as a senator :" . . . Read more....

Here are specifics on the choice of Senator Rubio:

Why Marco Rubio is Democrats’ worst nightmare

The Republicans we felt had classy, informed arguments have descended into the gutter  "Those tacky ties", penis jokes; pleease, Mr Rubio. That last debate was far from the Republican's finest hour. 

Jude Law’s Security Team Mugged By Migrants When He Visits Calais ‘Jungle’ To Advocate On Their Behalf

Weasel Zippers

"No respect for the Hollywood left…

"Via Daily Mail:

Security guards hired to protect Jude Law when he visited the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp were reportedly targeted by rock-pelting migrants just moments after the actor boarded the coach home.

The star made the journey to northern France last week to highlight the plight of child refugees who are being evicted under a move by French authorities to demolish the southern part of the camp.

He was joined by singer Tom Odell and a film crew, who captured him on camera as he urged David Cameron to let the hundreds of children at the camp come to the UK.

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What will Hillary attack Trump over?

"Trump doesn't speak the truth, he speaks gibberish."

Let’s Make Trump Great Again  "The Trump White House will be guided by whatever makes Trump look good on the front page of the New York Times."

Donald Trump praised the massacre at Tiananmen Square The Chinese government's actions impressed Trump.

Cruz: Trump Tax Returns May Include ´Bombshell,´ Mafia Ties

Yes, Trump University Was a Massive Scam  "Trump University is currently the defendant in three lawsuits — two class-action lawsuits filed in California, and one filed in New York by then-attorney general Eric Schneiderman, who told CNN’s New Day in 2013: “We started looking at Trump University and discovered that it was a classic bait-and-switch scheme. It was a scam, starting with the fact that it was not a university.' ”

Trump is caught cold-shouldering his newest endorser Chris Christie on hot mic as he tears into 'little Marco' Rubio

Inside the Republican Party’s Desperate Mission to Stop Donald Trump

Is Trump a Democratic Party Agent?   "It is hard to explain Donald Trump’s refusal, on CNN this morning, to disavow the Ku Klux Klan. Jake Tapper gave Trump multiple opportunities to do so, but Trump could only respond by saying he didn’t know anything about David Duke, who reportedly has endorsed him. " 

Donald Trump Fails Three Times to Deny the KKK  "Trump knows full well who Duke is, having cited him as a reason for leaving the Reform Party in 2000, but of course, consistency is never a Trump strong suit; you ask him the same question five times, you are liable to get five different answers." This has to be a gift to the Democrat Party. 
Trump sounds like someone interviewed on Watters World.

Is Trump Trying to Avoid Offending White Supremacists?  . . . "Trump dodged again. "Well, I have to look at the group. I mean, I don't know what group you're talking about. You wouldn't want me to condemn a group up that I know nothing about. I'd have to look. If you would send me a list of the groups, I will do research on them and certainly I would disavow them if I thought there was something wrong. But you may have groups in there that are totally fine and it would be very unfair...

Tapped interjected, "The Ku Klux Klan?"

"Trump continued, "So give me a list of the groups and I'll let you know."

"Tapper clarified, "I'm just talking about David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan here."

"Trump ignored the KKK part, and said, "honestly, I don't know David Duke. I don't believe I've ever met him, I'm pretty sure I didn't meet him, and I just don't know anything about him."

In a related item from 2008: Farrakhan on Obama: 'The Messiah is absolutely speaking'  "Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, another powerful Chicago-based political figure associated with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and other long-time associates of Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama, is leaving no doubt about what he thinks of the leader in the campaign for the White House." Watch for yourself

Chris Christie’s national legacy — from embarrassment to disgrace

“[Chris] Christie’s endorsement [of Donald Trump] sends a signal to mainstream Republicans that, hey, this guy might be all right,” said pollster Neil Newhouse, who advised Right to Rise. “That’s a very tough combination for Marco Rubio to overcome right now.”

"Sending such signals has become a Christie specialty. " . . .

If Trump Wins Super Tuesday, There Will Be a Third Party

"So much for making Trump swear he wouldn’t run as a third party candidate.

. . . 

ERIC ERICKSON: “There absolutely will be, there are too many conservatives who would sit it out if it was Donald Trump and—“

ANDREA MITCHELL: “Doesn’t that elect Hillary Clinton?”

ERIC ERICKSON: “It could but I think that ultimately that Donald Trump supporters need to understand that Hillary Clinton will be elected if they choose to go down this path and Republicans have an obligation to to make it clear in the primary that it will be Hillary Clinton if they don’t change.' ”

Hillary Calls For ‘Unity’, Taunts Trump, Attacks Police While Lying About Facts In Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland Cases

Weasel Zippers

. . . "Trayvon Martin was of course not ‘shot and killed just for walking down the street’. He was shot by George Zimmerman in self-defense after he was beating Zimmerman’s head into the concrete. Dontre Hamilton was a paranoid schizophrenic who attacked a police officer, the DA declined to prosecute calling it self-defense. Eric Garner was not ‘choked to death’. Sandra Bland killed herself after her family and activist friends failed to bail her out and she was despondent over that, according to a nearby cellmate. No police officer had anything to do with her death."

A Shellacking in South Carolina: Clinton Is Inevitable

Daily Mail

Blooomberg via Drudge   "The Democratic calendar finally reached a good Hillary Clinton state on Saturday, and wow did she take advantage of it.

She was expected to win big. Nate Silver projected that if the national race was a tie between Clinton and Bernie Sanders, she would win in South Carolina by about 20 percentage points. Instead, she romped by far more – as I write this, she’s taking over 70 percent of the vote. 

"The bottom line is that Sanders still hasn’t found any way to appeal to black voters, who made up a large percentage of Democratic turnout. Without them no candidate can compete for a Democratic presidential nomination. The exit polls in South Carolina project Sanders lost the black vote by some 70 percentage points. That not only doomed him today, but also it dooms him in far too many states to have any serious chance of being nominated.

"We’re going to see the effects on Tuesday, where polls have Sanders getting crushed in Texas, Arkansas, Alabama and Georgia. " . . .

"Sanders hasn’t been a national leader during his long political career. He is one now. He has to decide what he will do with his new influence."

NRO: Clinton Annihilates Sanders in South Carolina as Blacks Break against Bernie  . . . "Sanders wasn’t even in the state when the vote was called. He left for Minnesota before the polls closed, refusing to give a concession speech in the state where he crumpled under Clinton’s weight." . . .

Huge black margin of support powered Hillary’s South Carolina primary win  "This is stunning: Hillary Clinton won a greater share of black votes in the South Carolina primary yesterday than Barack Obama did in 2008, running against Clinton.  Nobody else in the media wants to examine the reason why. Hillary demonstrated the power of racial bloc voting in the South Carolina primary yesterday, approaching a three to one margin over Bernie Sanders with 73.48% of the vote to his 25.97%."

Opinion Journal: A Telling Iran Vote

WSJ   "Foundation for Defense of Democracies Executive Director Mark Dubowitz on the country’s first elections since signing the nuclear deal. Photo credit: Getty Images."

Opinion Journal: A Telling Iran Vote

Hilltoons

comicallyincorrect

UPDATED Sunday evening: Watch The Moment Bill Clinton Totally Loses It Over 1 Question These Protesters Ask About Hillary

UPDATE:  Video exclusive: Marine booted from Clinton rally pours his heart out after event in emotional interview

. . . "He praised the police officers who removed him and shared his contempt for the former secretary of state who had no regard for the lives of his brothers.

"The man, who identified himself only as a Marine Sergeant, explained to freelance travel journalist T.J. Champitto of  TheBlazingNomad.com why he was so animated when he asked former president Bill Clinton to answer for his wife’s incompetence.

“ 'Benghazi was a direct result of failed performance of Hillary Clinton,” the Marine who said he served for five years in an infantry unit and three years training recruits on Parris Island, told Champitto. “She failed to perform. Not only that but she lied about it and she tried to cover it up.

Watch the NEVER BEFORE SEEN Footage Of Marine And Companion Being Kicked Out.

Now back to the original post:

“Hillary lied over four coffins!” a woman in the crowd yelled out. “She lied and she lied to those families, so all those families are liars? I want to know. Did she lie?”

Drudge

Western Journalism   "The man who as president parried questions about his affair with Monica Lewinsky with style and a smile was driven to distraction Friday when hecklers insisted his wife lied about the 2012 attacks on the American compound in Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans died in the attacks.

"Former President Bill Clinton was leading a rally in Bluffton, S.C., Friday, when a man who said he was a veteran complained about the Veterans Administration. Then the subject changed." . . .

"The man said he had seen Gold Star families “who have mourned.” He then added, “We had four lives in Benghazi killed and your wife tried to cover it up.”

Here goes that Marine's Twitter account  No tweets for you!

Obama and Hillary Blame Youtube Video for Benghazi Terrorist Attack as Coffins Arrive

Here's the KEY MOMENT in Benghazi hearings - Rep. Jordan nails Hillary on LIES

'SNL's' Kate McKinnon on Hillary Clinton: 'I just love her so dearly'
McKinnon said, "The impersonations always come from a place of love. I refuse to do it otherwise.' "    How tender.

Trump, the EU crack-up and Israel

In the final analysis, Trump’s rise in America and the rise of the populists in Europe is yet another indication of the West’s growing identity crisis fueled by its economic, social, military and cultural weakness. Israel needs to read the writing on the wall and act appropriately lest we become a casualty of that identity crisis.

Israel the bully

Caroline Glick  "Trump is popular because he has a rare ability to channel the deep-seated frustrations that much of the American public harbors toward its political and cultural elites.

"Trump’s presidential bid isn’t based on specific, defined economic or foreign policy platforms or plans. Indeed, it isn’t clear that he even has any.

"Trump’s campaign is based on his capacity to resonate two deeply felt frustrations harbored by a large cross-section of American citizens.

"As The Wall Street Journal’s Daniel Henninger explained recently, a very large group of Americans is frustrated – or enraged – by the intellectual and social terror exercised upon them by the commissars of political correctness.

. . . 

"If Trump is elected president and if Britain leads the charge of nations out of the EU, then Israel can expect its relations with both the US and Europe to be marked by turbulence and uncertainty that can lead in a positive direction or a negative direction, or even to both directions at the same time.

 "Just as Trump has stated both that he will support Israel and be neutral toward Israel, so we can expect for Trump to stand by Israel one day and to rebuke it angrily, even brutally, the next day.

"So, too, under Trump, the US may send forces to confront Iran one day, only to announce that Trump is embarking on negotiations to get a sweetheart deal with the ayatollahs the next."  

Originally published in The Jerusalem Post. 

Read and heed

Closing Gitmo

Michael Ramirez

Starnes: Republicans need to stop acting the fool

Todd Starnes   "It's time for the GOP presidential candidates to have a come-to-Jesus meeting. How about dropping the personal insults and start talking about issues that really matter."

Starnes: Republicans need to stop acting the fool

Weimar America

Victor Davis Hanson

. . . "No one can figure out how and why America’s youth have borrowed a collective $1 trillion for college tuition, and yet received so little education and skills in the bargain. Today’s campuses have become as foreign to American traditions of tolerance and free expression as what followed the Weimar Republic. To appreciate cry-bully censorship, visit a campus “free-speech” area. To witness segregation, walk into a college “safe space.” To hear unapologetic anti-Semitism, attend a university lecture. To learn of the absence of due process, read of a campus hearing on alleged sexual assault. To see a brown shirt in action, watch faculty call for muscle at a campus demonstration. To relearn the mentality of a Chamberlain or Daladier, listen to the contextualizations of a college president. And to talk to an uneducated person, approach a recent college graduate." . . .