CNN's Tapper gives up trying to get an answer from Ocasio-Cortez on health care costs

When liberals use the word "investments", hang on your wallets.

Rick Moran  "Is the democratic socialist candidate for Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, about to become the dumbest congressman in the House?  Viewing this interview with CNN's Jake Tapper regarding the $40-trillion cost of her radical left agenda, she's certainly in the running.

"An exasperated Tapper finally gave up trying to get any kind of coherent answer about how much her socialist schemes would cost the taxpayer, saying, "I'm assuming I'm not going to get an answer for that other $38 trillion."

"Here's the video of the interview.  Ocasio-Cortez doesn't appear to be dodging the question as much as she doesn't understand what Tapper is asking." . . .

. . . "Both Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders have referred to those "savings" as significant. They aren't. Tapper's question about how we pay for the other $38 trillion goes over her head.

"I'm being kind saying she's a dunce rather than a liar. In order to lie effectively, a politician must be informed enough to fashion a plausible fib. The depthlessness of her intellect should be embarrassing to her socialist colleagues but won't be because they're as stupid as she is."

I'd have preferred the word "ignorant". TD

More discussions on Judge Kavanaugh and Ford

Contact your Senator (if s/he is a Republican) and tell your Senator not to go wobbly on this one. There’s a strong likelihood that it’s a time bomb, put into place six years ago, and exploding now, sending defamatory falsehoods flying all over the place. Bookworm Room

Professor accusing Kavanaugh is radical SJW with some damning student reviews
It’s true that Bill Clinton’s liberal ‘90s apologists justified his sexual misconduct with the claim “Character doesn’t matter.” It nonetheless does, and since Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hopes are being influenced by accusations that may speak to his character, it’s only fair to examine the character of his accuser. And this woman, Palo Alto University psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford, is a radical social-justice warrior with some damning student reviews — including one from a person who wrote “I am honestly scared of her.” . . .

Rebecca Diserio tweets:

Replying to @MissMarple2 and 2 others

Both of my sons had her at CSF....my son who just became a Deputy Sheriff (LA County) said "She's crazy." Harped & attacked kids who argued for conservative values...both my sons withdrew from her class after two weeks...her bias was way worse than most SJW professors

. . .  "So has Kavanaugh gotten on Ford’s bad side by expressing conservative ideas? Probably. And even if her allegations are true, I very much doubt she’d have come forward had Kavanaugh stayed on her good side by being a leftist reprobate in the mold of Slick Willie or Chappaquiddick Ted Kennedy. For a good example of such situational sexual mores, note that liberal reporter Nina Burleigh actually said in 1998 about B. Clinton, “I’d be happy to give him [oral sex] just to thank him for keeping abortion legal.' ”

 Socio-Political-Journal:  Feinstein's a Disgrace! California Professor CHRISTINE FORD Claims Kavanaugh Sexually Assaulted Her'

For a Senior Senator to pull a stunt like this to promote resistance against a sitting president and wait to publish this wild accusation from a Psycho-Professor from California is hysterical. And this is the party that wants to take back the power from the American Electorate by any means possible.

Is the accusation against Kavanaugh the culmination of a set-up from 2012?

"By now you’ve all heard that Christine Blasey Ford is the woman accusing Kavanaugh of attacking her 35 years ago, a claim he strenuously and absolutely denies. Her story is a bizarre pastiche of precise details and huge memory holes. It’s also got a big lie planted right in the middle, which is Ford’s claim that she always meant to be private and only went public now because she couldn’t hide anymore.

"That’s bull crap. The moment Ford sent a letter to a Democrat pol, she knew with absolute certainty that this would be a big deal, that her name would emerge, and that she’d become the Democrats’ new darling.

"But this post is going to focus on one of the more weird things about Ford’s accusation against Kavanaugh, which is the fact her therapist’s notes date from 2012: . . ."

Dick Durbin Calls to Delay Kavanaugh Vote Because of #MeToo Claim, Gets Nuked By Best Person Ever    Has the name "Tricky Dickie" been taken already?

Monica Showalter:  What is Christine Braley Ford trying to hide?  . . . "Most tellingly, before she came out as the accuser, she spent what must have been days scrubbing her social media accounts of all the lefty activities and statements she must have been involved in. "That's the detail that stands out to me." . . .

Ford's portrayal of Catholic schoolboys gone wild doesn't stack up to my experience at all – nor does it stack up to the experience of the 65 women who say Kavanaugh never acted like that.  Those women I find believable.

Also from Ms. Showalter: What really is the Democrats' endgame in derailing Kavanaugh?  . . . "What is their real endgame, then?  Probably to delay, delay, delay the nomination process so that it spills over into the next term – the one where they think they will finally win the Senate." . . .

The Federalist: Why The GOP Should Confirm Kavanaugh In Spite Of This Last-Minute Accusation  . . . "Republicans in the Senate have to hold fast here. Don’t surrender to this. Confirm a good man and good jurist to our highest court. If  Democrats thought these claims were viable, they would have brought them up during the confirmation hearings. They don’t and they didn’t. Confirm Kavanaugh and let the Democrats prove it was a mistake." . . .

And this guy is considered a Republican! Senate Jeff Flake Demands Delay on Kavanaugh Vote After Allegations Surface  . . . "Since Flake couldn’t win the Republican primary in his state, and because he’s on the outs with the President, he’s now trying to upend his agenda, starting with the confirmation vote of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court." 
. . . Does the climate in Arizona do this to Republicans?

Kavanaugh: 'This never happened' Judge 'willing to talk' to Senate to get nomination on track

Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward And Claims To Have Passed A Polygraph

Maxine Waters, the New Face of the Democrat** Party

If Waters is the best the Democrats have now, they are in serious trouble. Are they incapable of finding an ethical leader who doesn’t sound unhinged? The average Democrat doesn’t want someone that nutty representing them. Waters may represent the viewpoints of Antifa and the radical left, but she is scaring away the normal people left in the party. Which is a good thing for Republicans.

Ian Macfarlane toon

Rachel Alexander  "A big part of the reason Democrats are fleeing their party in the #WalkAway movement is because of leadership like Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). The 80-year-old lawmaker has been in office since 1991, representing large parts of south-central Los Angeles and surrounding areas. She is best known for corruption and hyperbole. In recent years, she has escalated her public appearances representing Democrats. In June, President Trump declared, “The face of the Democrats is now Maxine Waters.” 

Her notorious public life started back in 1992, when she called President H.W. Bush a racist. In 2004, an article in The Los Angeles Times revealed that Waters used her position to help companies, candidates and causes. They then turned around and did business with her family members, earning the family more than $1 million. If she had been a Republican member of Congress, she would have been prosecuted. 

"The left-leaning Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington listed Waters as one of the most corrupt members of Congress in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2011. The House Ethics Committee accused her of at least one ethical violation in 2010 for helping a bank receive federal aid. Her husband was a stockholder and former director of the bank, and the bank’s executives were major contributors to her campaigns. The bank received $12 million in TARP funds." . . .

News Media: Maxine Waters and today's Twilight Zone episode

Silvio Canto, Jr.  "On Sunday nights, I catch the real The Twilight Zone episodes on TV.  It's a great distraction from the news and the 64-84 Rangers.

"I didn't have to watch Rod Serling this week.  I just have to read this news story about Representative Maxine Waters, AKA The Impeachment Lady!

"Check this out:

Mad Maxine Waters is a leader worthy of honor, according to the National Newspaper Publishers Association.

The group honored the California congresswoman with a "National Leadership Award" on Friday, according to Diversity Inc.

During her acceptance, Waters denounced President Trump, prompting applause from the audience of media leaders.

"This is embarrassing, especially the part about the audience of media people breaking into applause.

"It's further embarrassing because Representative Waters has not shown signs of leadership.  On the contrary, she is a partisan demagogue telling people what they want to hear.

"It would be leadership if Waters would make responsible statements, such as pushing back on reckless talk of impeachment or saying something responsible about black-on-black crime.

"Shame on these journalists.  No need to take a secret poll to see whom these journalists voted for in 2016."

Democrats Want Their Pound of Kavanaugh Flesh

They want to make sure that, if confirmed, he’s damaged goods in the public eye. (And in the eyes of his family. TD)

John Fund at NR

"The 27-year-old “Anita Hill” strategy of digging for dirt on a Supreme Court nominee didn’t work with Clarence Thomas back in 1991. But desperate times for liberals call for desperate measures. 

"Just as with Anita Hill, no doubt it took a concentrated effort of importuning by a host of liberal Senate staffers and interest-group partisans to wrest from another college professor a last-minute allegation of sexual misbehavior designed to sink a Supreme Court appointment at the eleventh hour. 

"Christine Blasey Ford, a 51-year-old professor at Palo Alto University in California, has confirmed to the Washington Post her account that when she and Brett Kavanaugh were in high school in the 1980s, he pinned her to a bed. Ford told the Post that Kavanaugh “groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and clumsily attempting to pull off her one-piece bathing suit and the clothing she wore over it.”

“ 'I thought he might inadvertently kill me,” Ford said. “He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing.” Nonetheless, she was able to free herself and leave the house unmolested. At the time, Kavanaugh and Mark Judge, the friend she alleges was with him were both students at Georgetown Preparatory School. 

"Judge told The Weekly Standard last week that the allegation against Kavanaugh is “just absolutely nuts.” A total of 65 women who knew the judge in high school sent a letter to the Senate last Friday stating, “He has always treated women with decency and respect.” 

"As Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley pointed out: “Judge Kavanaugh’s background has been thoroughly vetted by the FBI on six different occasions throughout his decades of public service, and no such allegation ever surfaced.” Perhaps also of note is that Ford seems to have airbrushed all politics out of her online profile, including her professional bio on LinkedIn, though according to public records she has made small contributions to the Democratic National Committee the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and the Friends Of Bernie Sanders. 

"For her part, Ford says never since spoken with Kavanaugh and never mentioned any such incident to anyone until 2012; it came up at then, when the 45-year-old was having relationship therapy. The notes of Ford’s therapist mention an incident with students who became “highly respected and high-ranking members of society in Washington,” but they do not mention any names." . . .

Judge Brett Kavanaugh's anonymous accuser has a name: Christine Ford, she donates to the Democrat party

I do not know the truth of this incident, but I do know the character of those Democrats who would release something of this sort. If they can stall this until after elections in the hope that Democrats will take back Congress they plan to turn this into a Clarence Thomas-Robert Bork hearing.  They must not win! TD

Christine Ford Signed Letter Against Trump Border Policy

. . . "It’s signed Christine Blasey, PhD, psychologist. Blasey is Christine Blasey Ford’s maiden name.
The letter was used as an exhibit in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union to end the family separations policy. The lawsuit against ICE demanded family reunification. You can read it here.

Red State Watcher  "Christine Ford, Judge Brett Kavanaugh's accuser has came forward claiming “sexually assaulted.” She teaches in Palo Alto. 

"Ford has donated money to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and Friends Of Bernie Sanders.

"From foxnews.com

...."The woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault came forward with her explosive allegations on Sunday, saying the supposed attack "derailed me substantially for four or five years" and claiming that the episode rendered her "unable to have healthy relationships with men."
...."The woman, Christine Ford, is a professor at Palo Alto University, according to The Washington Post, which published her account on Sunday. Her decision to go public caps a whirlwhind week that began when Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., sent shockwaves through Washington by releasing a statement saying she turned over information about Kavanaugh from an anonymous accuser to the FBI.
    "Ford, a 51-year-old registered Democrat who has published in academic journals and trains students in clinical psychology, described the alleged incident on Sunday, saying it occurred at a Maryland house gathering. Ford claimed she headed upstairs to a bathroom when she was suddenly pushed onto a bed, as rock-and-roll music blared.
    "However, Ford told The Post she did not recall exactly who owned the house, how she came to be at the house, or how the gathering was arranged. She remembered only that the house was in Montgomery County, near a country club, and that parents were not present."

. . .
Feinstein hopes to inoculate Ford with this statement, of which there is this excerpt only:
. . . 

. . . 
Power Line has this statement:

The Weekly Standard has just published two short pieces responding to Democratic talking points about the after-hours Democratic hit on Judge Kavanaugh by ranking (and now rank) minority Judiciary Committee member Dianne Feinstein. First, Virginia Hume explains how the letter rising to Judge Kavanaugh’s defense came together in the immediate aftermath of the hit becoming public. Despite the lyin’ Dems and their idiot parrots, according to Ms. Hume, it was not preassembled for the occasion (although it probably should have been).Then John McCormack reports on the other man named along with Judge Kavanaugh in Feinstein’s hit. McCormack identifies him as Mark Judge, well known to us as a frequent contributor to Law & Liberty. According to McCormack, Judge “strongly den[ies] that any such incident ever occurred.” McCormack quotes Judge: “It’s just absolutely nuts. I never saw Brett act that way.”

About That Letter From Women in Support of Brett Kavanaugh; "I signed it. Here's how it went down."

Kavanaugh Classmate Named in Letter Strongly Denies Allegations of Misconduct

Kyrsten Sinema’s Anti-War Group Portrayed American Soldiers As Skeletons Waging ‘US Terror’

Daily Caller

"Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Arizona, led an anti-war group that portrayed American soldiers as skeletons waging “terror” in the Middle East.

Local to Global Justice, a group Sinema co-founded, promoted a 2003 anti-Iraq War protest using flyers that read: “You can help us push back U.S. terror in Iraq and the Middle East.”

The flyers depicted three menacing skeletons, including a gun-toting soldier, looming over a crowd of protesters.

I was thinking, “oh, how bad could it b-oh, man, that’s bad.” pic.twitter.com/4noL133v3t— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) September 15, 2018

"A local anarchist group also participated in the protest, according to CNN, which first reported on the inflammatory flyers.

“ 'Kyrsten comes from a military family and is very proud of her record supporting Arizona’s servicemembers, veterans, and their families,” Sinema spokeswoman Helen Hare told CNN. (RELATED: Sinema Fought For Loophole Protecting Men Caught With Child Prostitutes)

"Sinema is running against Republican Rep. Martha McSally (pictured, right) to replace outgoing Republican Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake in a key race for control of the Senate." . . .

So we can see that Sinema opposes Rep McSally on at least two different levels.

Update, 9/17/2018: Woman's identity revealed. Leftists Caught Uprooting US Flags at Veterans Cemetery — Urinating on Flags —

Tunnel Wall, from Sept 12th: Original post edited.

UPDATE from Mark Levin's Fan Club of Intelligent, Thinking Women (and Men) :
Maia Brown Jackson Urinated on American Flags Placed on WWII Veteran Graves

"She is a Student at The Fletcher School at Tufts University

Full article here.

Meet Maia Brown-Jackson: Feminist Tufts Law Student Who Desecrated Somerville Veteran’s Cemetery

Move over fake news: Stupidity of TV hurricane coverage revealed in ‘fake weather’ live shot

Thomas Lifson  "The latest hilarious reveal of TV news fakery drives home the point that what the public sees on its TV screens is a show – entertainment designed to capture and hold an audience by playing to its fears and passions. President Trump, the master of “reality TV” understands this from the inside, which is why his denunciations of “fake news” have so much credibility with the public while driving crazy the insiders in the medium who recent his betrayal of their trade secrets.

"Fake news has a fraternal twin brother in fake weather. “If it bleeds, it leads,” is the cliché that all-too accurately describes local TV news. The corollary for weather reporting is” “If it blows, it shows.”  Even if the wind doesn’t do the job all on its own, as illustrated in this hilarious video, first picked up by global warming skeptic Anthony Watts’s site Wattsupwiththat:  Video

String of Retreats: Joy Behar, Annnnnd...

How interesting to see standards finally kicking in at the networks, or at least Behar's, which is ABC, and Behar so quick to backtrack. Perhaps the loony talk from Roseanne Barr, who got fired over a bad tweet concentrated Behar's mind about how fast it can all end? Something is sinking in.

Monica Showalter  "What's with all this self-control coming out of the left? We are seeing backtracks, retreats, walk-backs, and denials. Just look at Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker, the New York Times, and well, now to get to the bottom of the pile, talk show host Joy Behar. Obviously, the Trump revolution hasn't been good for them, because it's making them say crazy things like some puppetmaster before they wake up and try to return to normal.

"In Behar's case, it's all about the tired cliche of assassination chic still emanating like blue flames from an uncapped gas well on La Brea Boulevard.  According toFox News:

“The View” star Joy Behar immediately backtracked and appeared to feel bad on Wednesday after saying “God forbid” President Trump lives another 20 years.

The panel was in the midst of a conversation about the president’s recent comments about Hurricane Florence and his response to last year’s tragic storm in Puerto Rico.

“Unfortunately the real power is in the presidency… he’s the one who calls the shots,” the ABC star said. “This man will never apologize, if he lives another 20 years, God forbid, not God forbid.” . . .

But Wait!  American Thinker has more!

String of Retreats: Cory Booker

String of Retreats: NY Times forced to retract fake smear against Nikki Haley

String of Retreats: Kirsten Gillibrand

Everyone Is Smart Except Trump

American Spectator

That’s why they all are billionaires and all got elected president.

. . . "The Seedier Media never have negotiated life and death, not corporate life and death, and not human life and death. They think they know how to negotiate, but they do not know how. They go to a college, are told by peers that they are smart, get some good grades, proceed to a graduate degree in journalism, and get hired as analysts. Now they are experts, ready to take on Putin and the Iranian Ayatollahs at age 30.

"That is not the road to expertise in tough dealing. The alternate road is that, along the way, maybe you get forced into some street fights. Sometimes the other guy wins, and sometimes you beat the intestines out of him. Then you deal with grown-ups as you mature, and you learn that people can be nasty, often after they smile and speak softly. You get cheated a few times, played. And you learn. Maybe you become an attorney litigating multi-million-dollar case matters. Say what you will about attorneys, but those years — not the years in law school, not the years drafting legal memoranda, but the years of meeting face-to-face and confronting opposing counsel — those years can teach a great deal. They can teach how to transition from sweet, gentle, diplomatic negotiating to tough negotiating. At some point, with enough tough-nosed experience, you figure out Trump’s “The Art of the Deal” yourself.

"Trump’s voters get him because not only is he we, but we are he. We were not snowflaked-for-life by effete professors who themselves never had negotiated tough life-or-death serious deals. Instead we live in the real world, and we know how that works. Not based on social science theories, not based on “conceptual negotiating models.” But based on the people we have met over life and always will hate. That worst boss we ever had. The coworker who tried to sabotage us. We know the sons of bums whom we survived, the dastardly types who are out there, and we learned from those experiences how to deal with them. We won’t have John Kerry soothe us by having James Taylor sing “You’ve Got a Friend” carols.

"The Bushes got us into all kinds of messes. The first one killed the economic miracle that Reagan had fashioned. The second one screwed up the Middle East, where Iraq and Iran beautifully were engaged in killing each other for years, and he got us mired into the middle of the muddle. Clinton was too busy with Monica Lewinsky to protect us from Osama bin Laden when we had him in our sights. Hillary gave us Benghazi and more. And Obama and Kerry gave us the Iran Deal, ISIS run amok, America in retreat. All to the daily praise of a media who now attack Trump every minute of every day.

"So let us understand a few things:" . . .

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