Former Hillary Aide Not Happy That Beto Is Getting the Media Treatment Her Boss Deserved

Townhall  . . . “The only thing that I want to make sure is part of a conversation when we talk about Beto is that it would be near impossible for a woman to run that same kind of race,” McIntosh said. “Trying to imagine a woman saying ‘I was born to do this’ is really pretty impossible.' ” . . .
 . . . "It's unlikely that fewer headlines about Clinton's email scandal would have helped. She had already done irreversible damage to her campaign by taking important demographics for granted and just flat out failing to relate to voters." . . .

O’Rourke Just Blew The Centrist Claim, Endorses Green New Deal, Says We Only Have 12 Years Left   
"Well, at least he can claim to be making wind energy with those flailing arms." Video
"Beto O'Rourke on backing the Green New Deal: "This is our final chance. The scientists are absolutely unanimous on this, that we have no more than 12 years to take incredibly bold action on this crisis." "He goes on: "Do you want to make it." "They respond: "yes.' "
Watch Bobby O'Rourke destroy Joe Biden's presidential run 

. . . "[O'Rourke] is the new rock star on the left.  He cannot stake a moderate position, as he has already supported the usual extreme positions that most of his opponents have previously enumerated.  But his most ardent followers are younger and highly motivated to change the world.  Already pundits are arguing that he is moderate.  If that is so, which it is not unless his opponent is Bernie Sanders, he is likely to take votes and polling numbers from Biden.

"So far, Uncle Joe presents the most reasonable option to fend off Trump's attack on socialism.  But at 76 and clearly without any energy in his last few speeches, he lacks the support of the media, which have chosen Beto.  This will keep Biden from showing enough star power and will likely doom his candidacy as time wears on.  Beto will have to find a way to kill off the rest of the pack.  This is unlikely.  You can ride a skateboard only so far." . . .

He gave a rather forlorn rationale for his campaign, as he sees himself as the last great hope for the planet.  Maybe he can take a weather balloon and float away.  Bye!

O'Rourke makes his pronouncements to the shreiks of young women in his crowd. Our generation was just as silly over Elvis and the Beatles, but not ready yet to do lasting damage to America as is this generation. TD  ‘OUR FINAL CHANCE’: Beto Compares Climate Change Proposals To D-Day, Embraces Far-Left Hysteria . . . "O'Rourke launched his 2020 campaign on Thursday morning, saying that the challenges that the United States faces are "the greatest in living memory." "At multiple campaigns stops in Iowa, O'Rourke hyped climate change hysteria, comparing climate change proposals to "those who were on the beaches in Normandy.' "

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Free Beacon

Column: Operation Varsity Blues and the hypocrisy of Hollywood liberals

"Every element of the college admissions scandal, aka "Operation Varsity Blues," is fascinating.

"There are the players: the Yale dad who, implicated in a securities fraud case, tipped the feds off to the caper; a shady high school counselor turned admissions consultant; the 36-year-old Harvard grad who sold his talents for standardized testing to the highest bidder; the comely actresses from Full House and Desperate Housewives; the fashion designer; the casino magnate. Who would have thought that one of the major headlines of 2019 would be "Lori Loughlin released on bond"?

"There are the children: the social media influencer (yes this is a thing) who was told of her parents' arrest while vacationing on the yacht of a USC trustee; the mom who submitted doctored photographs to USC to portray her son as a championship pole-vaulter; the place kicker for a high school with no football team; and the rap artist from the Upper East Side who defended his mom and dad to the press while smoking a blunt.

"There are the means: paying tens of thousands of dollars to Rick Singer, Trinity '86, who bribed athletic directors and coaches, doctored student résumés, and arranged for clients to take college admittance exams alongside a "proctor" who answered the questions for them. The icing on the cake: Some payments were made to a charitable foundation so the parents could get the tax write-off. What a country.

"There is the objective: placement at a high-profile school. Why? Social signaling, status games, but also because the wage premium for a college degree has become so large that parents are apparently willing to break federal law to earn it. Not for what the students learn at college—they hardly learn anything. Loughlin's daughter, the influencer, spoke for most undergraduates when she said, "I do want the experience of game days, partying—I don't really care about school, as you guys all know." Oh, we know. Otherwise your mom wouldn't be looking for a defense attorney." . . .By Matthew Continetti

Hallmark cuts ties with Lori Loughlin

Tony Branco

Hallmark cuts ties with Lori Loughlin after admissions scandal; fate of 'Heart' uncertain  . . . "By Thursday, the scandal had impacted Loughlin's career, with Crown Media announcing it was cutting ties with the "Full House" star, who had long been a staple on its networks."
. . . We are no longer working with Lori Loughlin and have stopped development of all productions that air on the Crown Media Family Network channels involving Lori Loughlin including Garage Sale Mysteries, an independent third party production," Crown Media Family Networks said in a statement sent to USA TODAY. . . . 
"Despite the show's success, Hallmark said they will not air "When Calls the Heart" Sunday amid the scandal, leaving the remainder of the season up in the air. 
"We are evaluating all creative options related to the 'When Calls the Heart' series," the network told USA TODAY in a statement. 

Such a decent series; she will be missed.

"The drama series films in Canada, where a judge has allowed Loughlin to travel for work until she's to surrender her passport in December, unless further ordered by the court. " . . .

"Most recently, Loughlin was in the middle of production of the latest chapter of "Garage Sale Mysteries," a movie franchise on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries that the company also dropped Thursday. 

Stanford students first to sue colleges named in admissions scandal 

. . . "Despite the students’ top-notch grades and extracurriculars, their applications to such prestigious institutions as Yale and Georgetown were rejected — a fate the suit claims they might have avoided on a level playing field without Singer putting his thumb on the scale.
"All told, 50 people — including parents, college sports coaches and proctors — were charged Tuesday in the sweeping federal probe." . . .

Lori Loughlin’s daughters drop out of USC after admissions scandal 

Olivia Jade Giannulli, Lori Loughlin and Isabella Rose Giannulli

. . . "Olivia Jade, 19, and her sister, 20-year-old Isabella, have decided to withdraw from USC days after their parents, “Fuller House” star Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, were charged for allegedly paying the girls’ way into USC, TMZ reported. 

"One source told the gossip website the girls worry they’ll be “viciously bullied.' ”

College Scam: That’s Not the Half of It   . . . "The scandal might not have received the attention it generated had it not been for actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman getting caught in the FBI’s net. If there are celebrities involved, the story must be important.
"As offensive as this scandal is, it is nowhere near the biggest college scandal in our history. Our colleges and universities have long been mired in ongoing scandals, but they are so common that we hardly consider them newsworthy." .  . .Full article.

Now the right goes after Victor Davis Hanson. Victor Davis Hanson!

"The Bulwark and its enablers like French continue to do more damage to our political discourse while professing to elevate it. The depth of their intellectual rot is matched only by their witless political sense and their schoolyard bully tactics. But no doubt their leftist benefactors are proud of their work in the service of genuine social evil."

When Cabin Boys Attack

"Victor Davis Hanson is about as accomplished and credentialed a commentator you can find. He’s an author, a military historian, a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, and a farmer in California. President George W. Bush awarded Hanson the National Humanities Award in 2007. By all accounts and appearances, he is a decent, humble man who spends a great deal of time analyzing our current political moment and discussing what it portends for the future.

"Hanson also is a supporter of President Trump. This heresy has earned him scorn from quarters on the Left and the so-called Right. His new book, The Case for Trump, has generated a barrage of criticism from the cabal of NeverTrumpers. Embittered by their humiliating miscalculation of Trump’s candidacy and shamelessly contorting their previous views to be able to contradict the president, these anti-Trump “conservatives” viciously attack anyone who dares to support the president. This includes Hanson.

"In a particularly vile hit piece posted on The Bulwark, the new blog of Weekly Standard refugees who were left unemployed after the publication was shuttered in December, Gabe Schoenfeld accused Hanson of defending evil—that evil being President Trump. Bulwark editor Charlie Sykes recently threatened to “raise the opportunity costs” for pro-Trump commentators, Hanson specifically. To do so, Sykes enlisted the facile services of Schoenfeld, an advisor for the failed Mitt Romney presidential campaign, to pretend to write a book review that was little more than an ad hominem attack on Hanson." . . .

Pelosi Can’t Name A Single Specific Accomplishment For Bobby O'Rourke In the House

Weasel Zippers
"Sorry, Nan, but bringing “a great deal of vitality” and being “a real champion for the environment” are not signature accomplishments."



WZ likens O'Rourke to a "12 year old trying to convince you he’s a serious-minded adult". 

Left Mocks Beto’s ‘Messiah-Esque’ ‘Born’ to Run Remarks: ‘Peak White Male Privilege’ For centuries, Democrat's leftish has been the spawning ground for racial bigotry.
. . . "O’Rourke’s critics on the left immediately pointed to his “white privilege” and mocked his “weird as hell” “Messiah-esque” tone that they predicted “will not serve him well” in a presidential run." . . .

Ex-Hillary Flack: ‘White Guy’ [Bobby O'Rourke] ‘Not the Face of the New Democratic Party’

That would be "Bobby O'Rourke", you know.

National Review

"Jess McIntosh, who served as director of communications outreach for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, said Thursday that Beto O’Rourke’s identity as a white man will likely harm the former Texas congressman’s 2020 presidential campaign.

“ 'We have the most exciting, diverse field of candidates right now. And he has rightfully acknowledged that there might be a little bit of a misstep with him being a white guy and maybe that’s not the face of the new Democratic party,” McIntosh told CNN’s Poppy Harlow when asked whether O’Rourke’s race and gender will be an impediment to his recently announced presidential candidacy.

"As McIntosh noted, O’Rourke acknowledged during a recent interview with Vanity Fair that his race and gender will likely hinder his ability to court progressive voters, but said he wouldn’t blame them for voting against him based on his immutable characteristics." . . .

Robert Francis O'Rourke announces his plan to save our democracy and the climate by running for president  "Based on little more than his Kennedy-esque good looks, culturally appropriated Hispanic nickname, marriage to the daughter of a billionaire, skateboarding and social media skills, and three terms in the House of Representative devoid of any major legislative accomplishments, Robert Francis ("Beto") O'Rourke has just declared his candidacy for the presidency.  In an odd video announcing the momentous decision, full of extravagant hand gestures inappropriate for someone sitting on a couch as if engaged in a one-on-one conversation with the public [Hey, Robert Francis, you're supposed to be faking Hispanic, not Italian heritage], he hit most of the current themes popular among Democrats."

Bobby and the Obama's all got the high society magazine treatment:
. . . "I do have to compliment him on his choice of magazines on which to tease his announcement — one focused on superficial appearances, with his head right under the word "Vanity."  For this candidacy is all about vanity, building his brand for the future, not about winning the nomination." . . .

Ryan Saavedra tweeted:

Democrat Beto O'Rourke says he wants to knock down the existing border barriers on the southern border
MSNBC's Chris Hayes: "If you could, would you take the wall down now? Knock it down?"
O'Rourke: "Yes, absolutely. I would take the wall down."

The US' descent from "city on a hill" to a third-world country via our education system graduates

#BirthStrike activists pledge not to have kids because earth has 'no future

"A new climate activist group is solemnly pledging not to have any children because our planet has "no future."

"#BirthStrike has about 90 members and, judging by their spokesperson, they are a really, really depressed bunch of crazies.

"Blythe Pepino is founder of the group:" . . .

From The Hill:

. . . News of the group's "birth strike" comes shortly after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) raised the “legitimate question” of whether it’s OK for people to have children as the earth faces looming climate-related consequences. "The rookie lawmaker posed the question during an Instagram stream late last month."

 Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's wild, wacky, and wonderful questioning of Wells Fargo chairman

"So hypothetically, if there was a leak from the Dakota Access pipeline, why shouldn't Wells Fargo pay for the cleanup of it, since it paid for the construction of the pipeline itself?" she asked.

"Sloan's response to a question about a pipeline that hasn't even been built yet was a classic putdown:

"Sloan: "Because we don't operate the pipeline."

"For AOC, I think you actually have to really, really try to be that stupid.

"As you might guess, there was pushback on Twitter to her inane questioning of Sloan. Her responses demonstrate a mind informed by socialist dogma:" . . . 

More on this here.  . . . "I could spend every hour of every day just writing on the idiocy of Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)… more often referred to as ‘Occasional Cortex‘ for good reason. I’m stunned every single time I listen to her blather." . . .
More on the "Greatest Deliberative Body In The World":

AOC Is, Like, a Valley Girl, Or, You Know, Like, Whatever  "I’ve referred to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a Valley Girl before. That characterization is validated by this montage produced by our friends at Grabien. Taken from her appearance at SXSW in Austin, it documents her 71 “likes,” her 34 “you knows,” and her five “whatevers.” The woman is both ill-informed and unusually inarticulate, not to say, much of the time, incoherent. Here is the Valley Girl before an admiring audience:"  Video
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American Thinker

Learning how to speak 'Universitese'

Michael James  "I don’t know who “Felicity Huffman” is.  Some big-time television star who shares an ethical paint-by-numbers palette with Jussie Smollett, I suppose.  But today we all know her sleazy story. 

"The larger narrative doesn’t begin or end with her.

"Way down, in the sub-basement at every college, one might find books full of great thoughts concerning human virtue.  They provided a character map for advanced learners to follow as duty and obligation.

"These erudite considerations, collected over centuries of human existence, today provide only subsistence for the rats that dwell subterranean.

"The bigger rats, the ivory tower rats, wander through halls discussing trivialities.  They are big on intersectional or grievance studies. They expend great amounts of mental energy trying to figure out if a boy is really a boy or is he really a girl or is he or she something in between some of the time and something else at other times and what should we, the people, be forced to call it.

"They look up occasionally to lecture upon the morality of allowing unfettered immigration because mobs of domestic anti-vaxers can cause mass outbreaks of measles.  They pontificate on why a citizen’s vote should be nullified by a non-citizen because of some gambit they call “privilege” in which professors stack the deck against America while football coaches earn six million dollars a year. 

"The ivory tower rats insist that historically murderous socialism will work because they, from their ivory towers, will now be in charge of it.  They are better than the socialist butchers that came before them." . . .  (Emphasis mine, TD)

Impeach THIS!

Pelosi's War with the Impeachment Hotheads  "Speaker Pelosi and her party are no longer on the same page.  Mrs. Pelosi's recent revelation that she's not for impeachment directly contradicts the political priorities of many — if not most — on the American left.  Recent actions by House Democrats make this clear.  By most indications, number one on the progressive agenda is not national security, the economy, jobs, health care, education, abortion, or even the climate.  The highest priority for many congressional Democrats and their base is the impeachment of President Trump.  As Byron York noted last week:" . . .

Rich Terrell

. . . "In case you've forgotten — Mrs. Pelosi seems not to have — Democrats did gain control of the U.S. House not by promising, pledging, or even hoping to impeach President Trump.  They could not have flipped as many GOP-leaning districts as they did with such a message.  Democrats gained control of the U.S. House by talking down impeachment, dismissing impeachment, or ignoring it altogether." . . .

The forces of impeachment:

. . . "With the Mueller investigation looking more and more like a dud and the Russia-Trump collusion farce being exposed for what it really is, many Democrats now want to target President Trump's finances as a means of impeachment.  "Impeachment is the only answer," says Maxine Waters — right, because nothing else has worked so far." . . .

. . ." If collusion has truly collapsed, to pivot to Trump's finances as an attempt to remove him from office only makes Democrats appear as if their mouths remain filled with sour grapes over the 2016 election.  A seasoned politician such as Mrs. Pelosi knows this all too well.  Thus, avoiding impeachment is not a matter of President Trump not being "worth it."  It's simply a matter of election math and politics.  Speaker Pelosi may need to conduct some tutorials."   Full article here.

Here’s Why The Co-Founder Of Greenpeace Left The Organization

COTR  Patrick Moore– a co-founder of Greenpeace– made waves this morning after blasting AOC and her idiotic Green New Deal on national television.

“It’s a silly plan,” he said of the Green New Deal. “That’s why I suggested she was a pompous little twit. Twit meaning silly in the British lexicon and pompous meaning arrogant.”
That particular description is more than accurate.
“She really rubbed me the wrong way when she said she is the boss, because she can make up a proposal that’s completely ridiculous,” Moore said.
"There is no climate crisis,” he continued. “There is weather and climate all around the world, and in fact, carbon dioxide is the main building block of all life.” 
"The only consistent thing about the climate is change. That cannot be repeated enough.
"He was so common sense. How could someone like that be the co-founder of Greenpeace?
"He briefly explained what happened. Long story short, leftist lunatics took over the organization.
“ 'We were hijacked by the extreme left, who basically took Greenpeace from a science-based organization, to an organization based on sensationalism, misinformation and fear,” he explained.

"Prager U actually has a more detailed video out, detailing his departure. It’s really interesting. Check it out!"