If Democrats Control the House

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William L. Gensert "Mad Maxine Waters*… let that roll around in your mouth a bit.  Can you taste it?  This is a woman who, were she not a duly elected Democratic Party congresswoman, couldn’t get a job requiring her to ask, “Would you like fries with that?”

Waters

"But not to worry.  She will only be the head of the Financial Services Committee in the House of Representatives.  Financially, she obviously has done well for herself with mansions and servants and other accoutrements of great wealth that the Democrats always seem to acquire while serving the public in their destitute districts.  What can anyone say?  Despite being rated one of the most dishonest politicians in Congress, it hasn’t hurt her yet. 

"We can look forward to her endlessly screaming, “Impeach Trump,” while calling for violence from the masses against any available Republican so that she can then blame the resulting violence on the President. 

"You can’t blame someone for violence unless you have violence and damn it, she’s worked hard on creating it for lo these many years (it’s only two, but it seems like so much longer because she’s so shrill).

"I have one suggestion.  Just as every Barack Obama speech must be watched with the sound off -- especially now that he can’t fill a high school gym -- to see the hatred on his face as he spends his time enunciating to the dwindling crowds his profound success and how all things good and great spring from his loins -- one must also watch in stunned silence every guttation-like drop of wisdom exuding from the pores of Mad Maxine Waters.  Then watch again with the volume turned up and you will realize that while she may be the most successful dishonest politician since Boss Tweed, she is also half a moron.  Or, to put it nicely, she may be the dumbest American politician of our time (perhaps that wasn’t so nice). 

"Yes, apparently for the Democrats, being stark raving mad and an inchoate parody of a moron qualifies Mad Maxine to head of the House Financial Services Committee.  What could go wrong?" . . .

*Mad Max: Worshipper of Louis Farrakhan

The Immaturity of Supporting Hillary Clinton Because She’s a Woman

Dennis Prager

More important than her sex is her long history of lying, pay-for-play politics, and mockery of women who accused her husband of assault or rape.

"It is hard to imagine a more immature or morally primitive stance than that of progressive women (and men) who argue how important is to support Hillary Clinton because, as your local college would put it, she identifies as a woman.

"One perfect example of such thinking was the recent statement made by former secretary of state Madeleine Albright at an event on behalf of Mrs. Clinton. Albright announced that “there is a special place in hell” for women who don’t support women, meaning, in this instance, for women who don’t vote for Hillary Clinton.

"Such immature thinking, it is important to note, is to be found only on the left. Racial solidarity, ethnic solidarity, class solidarity, and gender solidarity all matter greatly to the Left, not the Right. When Margaret Thatcher first ran for prime minister, she would, if she won, become the first female prime minister in British history. But British conservatives, including women who supported Thatcher, rarely mentioned her gender, let alone offered it as a reason to vote for her.

"Conservatives in the U.K. and in America vote their values, not for the gender or ethnicity of politicians." . . .

Pictured: women who do not support Hillary:

Barbra Streisand’s Propaganda Walls Tumble Down

"Her new protest album, Walls, is tone-deaf, self-absorbed, and out of touch."

National Review   Before Barbra Streisand got “woke” and fancied herself a political pundit-activist seeking redress for Hillary Clinton’s electoral defeat, she recorded a song called “Don’t Believe What You Read,” on her 1977 Streisand Superman album. Since then, the singer has shown tone-deaf, robotic obedience to what she reads in the mainstream #Resistance press. Her new, politically assertive single release, “Don’t Lie to Me,” is addressed to President Trump, but its reproachful tone reveals the cry of a Fake News junkie.

"It’s become boringly predictable to hear pop-music performers reveal their left-leaning politics. The New York Times, however, has praised Streisand’s new album Walls as “the rare instance of her political views entering her music.” This misstatement disregards the many times on past recordings when she sang out her social consciousness, rooted in a kind of theatrical humanism, expressing Love, Brotherhood, and Peace. She has milked such standards as “Somewhere,” “Children Will Listen,” and “One Hand, One Heart” for moralizing effect. 

"But this flagship single, for her full-length album Walls, primarily exhibits the Trump Derangement Syndrome that afflicts know-it-all showbiz types from Katy Perry to Bruce Springsteen to Pharrell, making them behave moronically. Walls finds Streisand in a privileged position, preaching from the high tower of self-involved, high-minded people who have had their worldview shaken by democracy itself — the will of an electorate that dares to differ from Streisand’s own high-flown preferences." . . .

Louis Farrakhan Visits Iran, calls for ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel’

Legal Insurrection

"Beloved by leaders of the Women’s March, and tolerated by key Democrats."

"Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan visited Iran over the weekend where he did what he does best: spit on America and somehow connect Jews to everything.

Farrakhan with Maxine Waters

"During his speech at Tehran University, Farrakhan led chants of “Death to America” with the Iranians.

"Farrakhan and others went to tour Iran to help celebrate “the anniversary of the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran during the 1979 revolution.” The visit also happened “just days before the Trump administration reimposes sanctions on Iran’s key oil sector.' ” . . .

. . . 
"Remember, Farrakhan was secretly embraced by Obama in 2005, but the photo was concealed until recently."

'PATHETIC': Rush Plays Clip Of Obama Taking Credit For Trump’s Booming Economy, Thoroughly Roasts Him

Daily Wire  "On Monday, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh roasted former President Barack Obama for trying to take credit for his successor's booming economy in "pathetic" fashion. Obama made the remarks on Sunday night in Chicago, where he was campaigning for Democrats.

"Rush started by knocking Obama for his underwhelming crowd size relative to the typical numbers Trump can pull in.
" 'By the way, this was another meager crowd," he said. "I mean, they said it was 9,600 people. They said that’s what this place held. It was not full. Obama, the Clintons, they just can't ... they can’t do it. They cannot do what Trump does. They cannot draw crowds. They cannot create excitement. They’re trying. They want in on the action, but they’re not pulling it off."
"The host then ran the audio clip of Obama from Sunday night, while occasionally shouting an objection from behind his golden EIB mic (transcript provided by Rushlimbaugh.com): . . .

. . . Rush categorized the weak attempt to steal credit from Trump by Obama as "pathetic." . . .

FULL: Rush Limbaugh Speech at President Trump Rally in Missouri

What happened to Obama? He looked wasted & defeated at Milwaukee rally
. . . "What dope is Obama smoking? Do these brawny, military-age young males look “impoverished” and “malnourished” to you?"

Hey! Aren't these the guys who spit on and throw garbage at the USA soccer teams when they play against Mexico here or there?

Why this Midterm Election is Critical

Rich Terrell

American Thinker  . . . "Even though these are the ways of banana republics -- which almost always end in tyranny -- Democrat leadership apparently thinks it will be different if they can get away with it and prevail.  But substantively, there is no denying that these actions repudiate core principals of American tolerance, the Constitution and the rule of law.     

"And for those who can’t fathom what mob rule would look like in the United States, the 11th hour ambush of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh reveals all you need to know:  unscrupulous tactics of personal destruction exploiting the #MeToo movement to set the stage for presumption of guilt ginned up by media sensationalism that feeds mob rule. Do we really want to substitute the Constitution’s 10 Bill of Rights for Saul Alinsky’s 10 Rules for Radicals, which simply boil down to "the ends justify the means"?

"Regardless of party affiliation, citizens need to take a stand now, and voting remains the surest way to send a clear message.  It’s time to repudiate mob rule and high level corruption -- the latter having severely harmed the FBI, the Justice Department, the Senate, the Supreme Court, and Constitutional due process. " . . .

Remember we get the government we deserve

Rich Terrell

WashPo/ABC News Poll Has Ominous News For Democrats  . . . "First, the eight-point gap represents a five-point drop from the same poll just three weeks ago, when Democrats had a 13-point advantage. (Like most polls, the sample favors Democrats by six points among registered voters.)
"But even more ominous for Democrats is how specific voting blocs responded. If Democrats are going to win control of the House, they need to pull votes from independent women and women in the suburbs, and support for the generic Democratic congressional candidate has dropped significantly among these two groups. Independent women now are split between Republicans and Democrats; this is a seismic shift from the results of its October poll, which gave Democrats a 33-point lead in this group. Further, Democratic women appear less likely to vote than Democratic men, Republican men, and Republican women." . . .

Midterms Bring Out the Marxists  . . . "Senator Rand Paul sees cultural Marxism as the driving force behind grievance politics – groups identifying as victims of exploitation to gain moral prestige and political advantage." . . . 

The Breaking Factors that Will Determine the Election "As I have done every two years for quite some time, here are my predictions for the midterms." . . .

Political Correctness — The Revenge of Marxism

. . . Not only has Marxism survived, it is thriving and has in some ways grown stronger. Leftist ideas about Multiculturalism and de-facto open borders have achieved a virtual hegemony in public discourse, their critics vilified and demonized. By hiding their intentions under labels such as “anti-racism” and “tolerance,” Leftists have achieved a degree of censorship of public discourse they could never have dreamt of had they openly stated that their intention was to radically transform Western civilization and destroy its foundations. . . .

Gates of Vienna (2006)

. . . I have heard people who have grown up in former Communist countries say that we in the West are at least as brainwashed by Multiculturalism and Political Correctness as they ever were with Communism, perhaps more so. Even in the heyday of the East Bloc, there were active dissident groups in these countries. The scary thing is, I sometimes believe they are right.

"But how is that possible? Don’t we have free speech here? And we have no Gulag?

"The simple fact is that we never won the Cold War as decisively as we should have. Yes, the Berlin Wall fell, and the Soviet Union collapsed This removed the military threat to the West, and the most hardcore, economic Marxism suffered a blow as a credible alternative. However, one of the really big mistakes we made after the Cold War ended was to declare that Socialism was now dead, and thus no longer anything to worry about. Here we are, nearly a generation later, discovering that Marxist rhetoric and thinking have penetrated every single stratum of our society, from the Universities to the media. Islamic terrorism is explained as caused by “poverty, oppression and marginalization,” a classic, Marxist interpretation.

"What happened is that while the “hard” Marxism of the Soviet Union may have collapsed, at least for now, the “soft” Marxism of the Western Left has actually grown stronger, in part because we deemed it to be less threatening. The “hard” Marxists had intercontinental nuclear missiles and openly said that they would “bury” us. The soft Marxists talk about tolerance and may seem less threatening, but their goal of overthrowing the evil, capitalist West remains the same. In fact, they are more dangerous precisely because they hide their true goals under different labels. Perhaps we should call it “stealth Socialism” instead of soft Socialism." . . .

This Tuesday America Takes an IQ Test

What is on offer instead, for a surprising number, is none other than socialism, that hoary Nineteenth Century political theory that has led to the impoverishment of the masses and mass murder by the millions unparalleled in human history, the same ideology that is being fled in droves all over Europe. Good idea that.  See what I mean about an IQ test?

Roger L. Simon

"This Tuesday America takes an IQ test.  Or perhaps we should say a common sense test. Or even more a test to see the degree to which it has been brainwashed.

"This test has been going on for a week or two now in early voting in rather large numbers, but the results will be in, for the most part, late Tuesday night.

"You would think that with all economic indicators at or near an all-time high, unemployment at an all-time low (notably for minorities and women), wages rising as they haven't in years, the country at peace with the threat of evil doers from ISIS to North Korea on the wane, and an incredible, indeed unprecedented, number of presidential accomplishments in 20 months this election would be the proverbial no-brainer for voters.

"But no,  the president -- forget the Republican candidates who have been decreed little more than "fifth business"-- tweets too much, is a braggart, insults people, is a totalitarian, a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, a xenophobe, etc., etc.  Never mind what he actually does provides no evidence of that, indeed often proves the opposite. He has bad manners.  The country must throw him and his party out.  The media says so and it has to be.

"This is "can't stand prosperity" on steroids.  It is a country shooting itself in the foot to please a group of "elites" whose sensibilities are offended and, even more, who are driven by envy and a lust for power.

"What is on offer instead, for a surprising number, is none other than socialism, that hoary Nineteenth Century political theory that has led to the impoverishment of the masses and mass murder by the millions unparalleled in human history, the same ideology that is being fled in droves all over Europe. Good idea that.  See what I mean about an IQ test?" . . .

A Sign of Sense in California?

Power Line Blog

What’s this? An actual expression of common sense in California? Yes, it has actually happened.

"CalPERS, the public employee retirement system in California, has one of the largest investment portfolios in the world (0ver $350 billion), though it is still not large enough to fulfill its pension obligations. Naturally being a political plaything, several years ago CalPERS board decided that it should use its investment clout on behalf of “social investing,” which of course means in plain speaking “lower return investing.” By its own estimate, CalPERS decision to exit tobacco stocks back in the late 1990s reduced portfolio returns by $3 billion from 2001 to 2014.

"It seems CalPERS has decided to beat a retreat from social investing. Barron’s reports today:

A funny thing happened recently in the left-leaning Golden State. In a board election last month, members of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or Calpers, the biggest pension fund in the nation, threw out their president and gave ESG investing a bloody nose.

ESG is the increasingly popular asset-management style that applies environmental, social, and governance standards to screen potential investments. Following this approach, an investor might avoid certain stocks or push shareholder proposals to modify corporate behavior. Unfortunately, they often favor hard-to-define social objectives rather than the narrower goal of maximizing shareholder returns.

. . .  "P.S. How long, however, will it be until California politicians demand that CalPERS divest from corporations that don’t meet California’s new legal mandate that half of their boards of directors must be women?  I give it one year or less."

Adam Schiff, Maxine Waters Vow Revenge And Ramped-Up Russiagate If Dems Take House

California against President Trump

Zero Hedge  "Democratic lawmakers are licking their chops for the opportunity to settle a few scores and ensure that "Russiagate" follows President Trump into the 2020 election. 
"California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters told a group of constituents last week what she would do after the November 6th election, which she said "may be the most important one that you've ever had to experience."
"The 80-year-old Rep. will chair the Financial Services Committee if Democrats regain control of the House. 
""I will be the first African-American, the first woman to chair the powerful Financial Services Committee," Waters said. "That’s all of Wall Street. That’s all the insurance companies, that’s all the banks. And so, of course, the CEOs of the banks now are saying, ‘What can we do to stop Maxine Waters because if she gets in she’s going to give us a bad time?'" 
"She then threatened Republicans: 
" 'I have people who are homeless who have never gotten back into a home. What am I going to do to you? What I am going to do to you is fair. I’m going to do to you what you did to us," Waters vowed. " . . .

"Another California Democrat, Adam Schiff, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer last week that if Democrats take back the house he will instigate investigations into Russian money laundering as well as President Trump's businesses. " . . .

Obama on the warpath

OBAMA UNHINGED: Mocks Hillary’s emails, Ebola, Trump, migrant caravan — in under 90 seconds!  Video
. . . "In less than 90 seconds, Obama defended Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server to send and receive classified information, downplayed the severity of the Ebola virus, defended the migrant caravan trekking north toward the U.S., and attacked President Donald Trump." . . .
"No one loves Obama more than Obama, and he continues to prove that argument given he tends to make every speech all about himself."

ICYMI: Obama's 90-Second Temper Tantrum About Conservatives And The Midterm Election  "Former President Barack Obama has been traveling across the country campaigning on behalf of Democratic candidates. During a campaign rally for Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) in Miami on Friday, Obama became unhinged over conservatives and what we say will happen if Democrats take power. "In 2010, they said Bill and I were setting up death panels to kill your grandma. Remember that? In 2014 they said Ebola is going to kill all of us, shut the borders," Obama explained. "In 2016, it was Hillary’s emails. They were all wound up about that. Now, in 2018, they’re telling you the existential threat to America is a bunch of poor refugees a thousand miles away. They’re even taking our brave troops away from their families for a political stunt at the border. And our men and women deserve better than that." . . .

"It's easy to say that Republicans are trying to scare people into voting for them but the reality is simple: back in 2014, people were very afraid of Ebola. In 2016, Americans were genuinely concerned about Hillary's emails and the lack of security she had. And now, Americans are worried about what's taking place on our southern border. That's not "fear-mongering." It's called being in touch with the average American family." . . .Beth Baumann