Silence of the Bushes: Where was George W. Bush when Republicans needed him earlier this year?

The American Spectator

Particularly given that, as Hegseth noted, Bush had nothing to say about the most partisan, stupid impeachment process in American history.

"By some of the reporting from the legacy media, you wouldn’t think there was anything wrong when, in a three-minute video released to Twitter Saturday, former president George W. Bush called for unity and not partisan politics in the face of the COVID-19/ChiCom/Wuhan virus.
“ 'In the final analysis, we are not partisan combatants. We are human beings, equally vulnerable and equally wonderful in the sight of God,” said Bush in the video. “We rise or fall together, and we are determined to rise.”
"That didn’t work on conservatives at all. Fox News host Pete Hegseth voiced what many were thinking. “Oh, by the way,” Hegseth said, “I appreciate the message from former President Bush, but where was he during impeachment calling for putting partisanship aside?”  (Emphasis mine, TD)
"That statement was amplified when, Sunday, President Trump quoted it in a tweet.
"And now Trump is the bad guy.
"Well, so be it. Trump is always the bad guy no matter what he does.
"And the fact of the matter is that George W. Bush has enjoyed his position over the past four years as the patron saint of the Never Trump movement, without much apparent consequence from Republicans, who are a lot more united behind Trump than they were behind W, particularly after his betrayals on things like amnesty for illegals and Medicare expansions authored by Ted Kennedy." . . .

. . . "Trump’s style might have its own blemishes, but one thing he will consistently do is defend himself from all comers. That’s a form of Republican politics that was long overdue, even if it sows discord the legacy media doesn’t like. At least he’ll go down fighting — the Bushes, who’ll break bread with all kinds of nefarious types in pursuit of whatever it is they’re trying to achieve, just go down.
"Trump’s approach is more effective. Let’s hear fewer “play nice” admonitions from the Bush China Foundation and its pals."

"The Barack H. Obama Freeway in Los Angeles got a hilarious makeover by a group of Trump-supporting street artists.

Wayne Dupree "This funny makeover comes on the heels of Obama being fingered as a “player” in the Michael Flynn takedown."
"The group added a much more apropos sign to the freeway.
"It reads:

Barry Soetero P.I.Illegal wiretapsFake dossiersElection insurance

"Along with a hilarious pic of Obama wearing a pair of shades."

Kimmel Caught On Live TV Airing Misleading Video To Bash VP Pence, Gets Torched

"Still, the political and Hollywood left fell for Kimmel’s deception and attacked Pence."

Mad World News  "Jimmy Kimmel duped the American people with a “misleading” video edit of Vice-President Mike Pence. After an eagle-eyed reporter found the original clip of the event, Kimmel was exposed as a liar and panderer who is out to manipulate Americans into believing the Trump administration is doing a bad job. Poor Jimmy got torched in ways he never saw coming. You’ll love this." . . .

"ABC’s Left-wing late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is getting torched for airing a deceptively edited video implying that Vice President Mike Pence was faking his recent effort to help a health care facility.

“ 'In addition to social media backlash, journalists at NBC News and Buzzfeed News called out Kimmel for putting out ‘misleading’ and ‘selective’ video, adding that the original C-SPAN footage disproves his claim,” Breitbart reports. 

"Vice President Pence was seen on Thursday delivering boxes of personal protection equipment to a healthcare facility in Alexandria, Virginia. At the end of the version that aired on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the vice president is heard saying, “Well, can I carry the empty ones? Just for the camera?”

"Kimmel then chimed in: “Mike Pence pretending to carry empty boxes of PPE’s into a hospital is the perfect metaphor for who he is and what he’s doing — a big box of nothing delivering another box of nothing.”

"But the longer C-SPAN version of the video tells a different story than the one Kimmel was spinning. In the original footage, Pence appears to make his remark as a joke before closing a van door and leaving the empty boxes for someone else to carry.

"NBC News investigative reporter Emmanuelle Saliba tweeted: “I went back to the original @cspan footage and sounds like @VP was making a joke about the empty boxes. He doesn’t carry those last boxes. He shuts the van doors and turns to speak CEO of @fedresources.' ”  . . .

The Chronicles of Biden

Kamala Harris Now Being Touted as Top Choice for Biden VP

"There has been a ton of speculation about who Joe Biden will choose as a running mate. "He narrowed it down a bit during the last Democratic debate by plainly stating that he would choose a woman.

"Since then, most people agreed that the short list included four people.

"Biden would likely choose Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), failed 2018 Georgia governor candidate Stacey Abrams, or Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA).

"At this point, it’s looking more and more like Kamala Harris.

"Christopher Cadelago and Natasha Korecki write at Politico:" . . . 

Biden’s Favorability Tanks As the Tara Reade Claims Gain More Media Coverage

MSNBC Founder Says Biden 'Not Ready for a Prime-Time Election Season' Against Trump . . . "If Rogers and other Democrats are waiting for Biden to “articulate clearly and crispy,” they should throw in the towel now. His malapropisms aren’t going to improve as the election goes along nor will his deteriorating mental state.

"In the end, Biden will beat himself with little help from Trump."

Wow: Joe Biden’s Latest Answer on Whether to Believe Him or Tara Reade Is a Garbled, Incoherent Mess  "Biden’s answer literally made no sense:" . . .

Clinton Crony Turned ‘Serious Journalist’ Lets Joe Biden Call Tara Reade A Liar On National Television  . . . "Remember, this “journalist” called Bill Clinton’s predatory behavior a bunch of “bimbo eruptions”… and helped quash them.
"How do we take this guy as a serious news anchor?" . . .
"An actual journalist would ask:
If he’s calling Tara Reade a liar
Why Joe doesn’t “believe ALL women” when they come forward
What makes a woman’s accusation “credible”
Why he flip-flopped on the standard that all women have an “essence of truth” when they make an accusation of sexual assault
If he should be held to the ridiculous Title IX standard that the Obama administration imposed on colleges
Why he won’t release all of his political records
What he’s hiding in his political records

Joe Biden’s Awful No Good Very Bad Week at Legal Insurrection

"Joe Biden is having a very rough time with his presidential campaign.

• Democrats Increasingly Anxious Over Joe Biden’s Basement Campaign
• Polling: Joe Biden Has an Enthusiasm Problem With Young Voters
  
"The hits just keep coming.
• Megyn Kelly’s full Tara Reade interview – Do you believe her? (Reader Poll)
• Court Documents from 1996 Show Tara Reade’s Accusations of Harassment in Biden’s Office
• In 1991 Biden Opposed Creation of Senate Office to Handle Sexual Harassment Complaints
• Feminist Author: Electing Biden Is Worth ‘Weakening the Voices of Future Survivors’ of Sexual Assault
• Dianne Feinstein Abandons #BelieveAllWomen With Scathing Remarks About Biden Accuser Tara Reade
• Elizabeth Warren Says Joe Biden Has Been ‘Credible and Convincing,’ Infuriating the Berners
• 
  

Joy Behar: Anyone Who Still Supports Trump Needs to Ask Themselves If They Are Racist

Julio Rosas "The View" host Joy Behar ranted against President Trump after he told an Asian-American reporter to "ask China" about the global death toll from the Wuhan coronavirus in response to a question she had asked him during a press conference. 
"You have said many times that the U.S. Is doing far better than any other country when it comes to testing. Why does that matter? Why is it global competition to you if every day Americans are still losing their lives and we are still seeing more cases every day?" CBS White House correspondent Weijia Jiang asked.
"Well, they’re losing their lives everywhere in the world and maybe that’s a question you should ask China. Don’t ask me. Ask China that question, okay. When you asked them that question, you make it a very unusual answer," Trump replied.

"Sir, why are you saying that to me specifically?" Jiang followed up.
"I'm not saying it specifically to anybody. I’m saying that to anyone who would ask a nasty question like that," Trump fired back. . . .  Hear the melodious voice of Behar for yourself

Behar had been ratcheting up panic over COVID-19. She also spread misinformation about President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus.  . . . "Fox News reports on Thursday Joy-less was back at it. “Joy Behar panned President Trump’s response to the coronavirus on Thursday, likening him to the slow-witted movie character Forrest Gump,” they report. 

“Don’t you think that this is a good time for him to resign?” Behar asked. “I do not feel any confidence with this guy. He has been incompetent from the giddy-up.”  . . .
Rebecca Diserio, Opinion Columnist:

Now, poor Joy will be self-quarantining without her TV platform to trash Trump. While no one wishes her ill-will, there is a type of justice to her absence. She’s done enough damage by spreading misinformation and causing low information voters to believe the president is doing nothing in the face of COVID-19. No one is going to miss her lies, and thankfully it’s one less voice causing panic on TV.

Soros and Italy: Is Coronavirus Paving The Way For Dictatorial Powers?

Dr. Ashraf Ramelah | Voice of the Copts

     "For years I have focused on the cruel and needless suffering of the Christian Copts of Egypt. Religiously inspired laws and the dictates of a regime governing the Islamic State has always been the enemy of the Egyptian Copts. Long ago a barbaric Islamic army invaded and occupied the Pharaoh’s land, for centuries ruling with severity the native Christians. Islam ruled with barbarity and deception.
      "Is the rest of the world seeing a modern-day version of this right now? There seems to be a rule by deception and the top-down dictates that stem from it — the same formula. The World Health Organization (WHO) along with its agents who head nation-states and acting as official authority over a “new disease”, force us into charts and graphs and experts to lock us down under house arrest, distance us from each other and muzzle our mouths with masks. Like the fierce Islamic warriors who cut out the tongues of the native Copts of the mid-7th century, dissent is silenced. Our current warlords are world-wide authorities riding a pandemic high, most likely one they created.
     "Just like our unfortunate friends across the world in Egypt our sacrifice seems not as much for the health and welfare of mankind as it is to succumb to the control of a certain ruling class. Bio-weapon or not, manmade or natural, the Covid-19 and its vultures have swept down and made the best of the very controversial data for a power grab. Like the useful Shariah, the “facts” are given and the solution is provided. Let us be grateful.
     "By imposing harsh measures that contradict science experts and lead to deterioration of health and limit our God-given rights and freedoms, the Western warlords have gotten us to beg for our punishment so the “curve can be flattened.” We enter their program and wait, watch and listen for the next dreaded word spoken from a podium." . . .

Soros Sees Big Opportunities After Coronavirus Pandemic  . . . "In fact the investor is practically drooling over the chance to remake society following the pandemic saying there is no way back to the globalized economy that preceded it. According to Soros, that is the only thing that is certain, everything else is up for grabs.

"He is also concerned about the rise of China, the fate of the United States, and the survival of the European Union."Soros told Project Syndicate on Monday: “Even before the pandemic hit, I realized that we were in a revolutionary moment where what would be impossible or even inconceivable in normal times had become not only possible, but probably absolutely necessary,……And then came Covid-19.”

"RT reports: Acknowledging the “unprecedented event that probably has never occurred in this combination…really endangers the survival of our civilization,” the philanthropist warned “we will not go back to where we were when the pandemic started.' ” . . .

Emphases in the original

AF Branco 

I see no restraints on the corruption of the Democrats. I see an adoring, uncritical press and entertainment industry that gleefully tolerates any evil act against conservatives and white people. TD

http://www.terrellaftermath.com/

Will There Be an Obamagate Reckoning? You Betcha!  "Spygate has a new name under the trending Twitter hashtag #ObamaGate. It is being revealed to the public in a slow but systematic fashion, a treasonous plot to undermine a presidential election and subsequent presidency. When that failed, the plot twisted to destroying a duly elected president through leaks, innuendo, and outright lies." . . .

https://www.lucianne.com/

Wait for it...Grassley Demands Answers: ‘What Did Obama And Biden Know And When Did They Know It?’

Grassley also pressed President Obama on the treasure trove of evidence to emerge since the grand collapse of the Russiagate conspiracies. Several new inspector general reports detail abuse of power within the administration and the completion of the Mueller probe that found not one person on the Trump campaign, let alone the president, was operating as a Russian agent.

Barack Obama says there is no precedent for anyone getting away with perjury. He forgot about his buddy Bill Clinton.

Trump's #Obamagate tweets promise the beginning of the end for Obama
. . . "On Saturday, it appears that Trump dropped that other shoe, for that's when he retweeted Jesse Watters's comprehensive breakdown of the Obama team's wrongdoing, in reliance upon a slew of newly released documents from the House Intelligence Committee: . . ."

Also on Monday, news broke that Richard Grenell, the interim director of National Intelligence and one of the most pivotal people in the search for truth, was able to have declassified a list of Obama officials who were part of illegally unmasking General Flynn.  Between this news and Trump's "Obamagate" tweets, if you don't have popcorn, you might want to buy some.  The upcoming political show is about to get exciting.

Barack Obama: The creeper hanging around the arson fires  . . . "There was a time when only the most conspiracy-minded wackos might wonder what the guy knew or what kind of pictures he had to get himself sacked like that. But Mr. Obama and his shameless henchmen at the most powerful levers of the federal government have forced the wildest conspiracies into the mainstream.

"Who, after all, would have ever predicted that an outgoing president would launch a sprawling espionage campaign to spy against a political enemy running for the presidency? At the spear-point of that fraudulent, dishonest and undemocratic operation was Michael Flynn." . . .

Remember the good old days when the outgoing Clinton administration vandalized the White House as they left? They ripped off all the “W” keys from White House computer keyboards, in a slap at incoming President George W. Bush. As with everything he touched, Mr. Obama took such pedestrian partisan punking and weaponized it beyond comprehension.

Asian-American Reporter Implies Trump Is Racist And The Anti-American Media Run With It

More important than corruption in our election system, than conservatives being forbidden to speak publicly, than Democrat politicians calling for Trump supporters be harassed in public places is the love white people have for orange chicken, rice, and soy sauce.

The Federalist
The racism narrative overshadowed the much more important point reporter Weijia Jiang highlighted, which is the media's consistent defense of China and downplaying of American exceptionalism.

"The media establishment has become an absolute clown show, with CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang cast as the ringleader during Monday’s press briefing circus. Instead of asking President Donald Trump any relevant question as a means to better inform Americans amid the pandemic, Jiang opted for grandstanding with a question about as frivolous as the infamous “Is Chinese food racist?”

“ 'You’ve said many times that the U.S. is doing far better than any other country when it comes to testing. Why does that matter?” Jiang asked. “Why is this a global competition to you if every day, Americans are still losing their lives, and we’re still seeing more cases every day?” 

“ 'Well, they’re losing their lives everywhere in the world,” Trump responded. “And maybe that’s a question you should ask China. Don’t ask me, ask China that question, OK? When you ask them that question, you may get a very unusual answer.”

"To Media, All Asians Are Apparently the Same

"Trump is right to frame the U.S.’s pandemic gains in light of China’s failures, the same way the president was justified in doubling down on accurately terming COVID-19 the “Chinese virus.” This is not only because of American exceptionalism and communist China’s egregious cover-ups and propaganda efforts, but also because of U.S. media’s willingness to prop up the Communist Party of China at every turn as a glowing example of coronavirus response. But when Trump turned to call on a different reporter, Jiang just couldn’t leave her inane question alone." . . .

Brian Stelter Wins the Prize for Top Media Hack:

CNN

✔@CNN

“I think what we saw in that exchange with Weijia Jiang is something that has racial overtones.” - @brianstelter on how President Trump reacted to a question posed by an Asian American journalist. “This is part of a pattern of behavior from the President."

Why is Obama Panicking Now? – The Importance of Understanding Political Surveillance In The Era of President Obama…

The Last Refuge

"Why is former President Obama calling forth all his defensive resources now?  Why did former national security advisor Susan Rice write her cya letter?  Why have republicans in congress not been willing to investigate the true origins of political surveillance?  What is the reason for so much anger, desperation and opposition from a variety of interests?

"With the release of recent transcripts and the declassification of material from within the IG report, the Carter Page FISA and Flynn documents showing FBI activity, there is a common misconception about why the intelligence apparatus began investigating the Trump campaign in the first place.  Why was Donald Trump considered a threat?

"In this outline we hope to provide some fully cited deep source material that will explain the origin; and specifically why those inside the Intelligence Community began targeting Trump and using Confidential Human Sources against campaign officials." . . . Keep reading...

Nancy Pelosi’s Daughter Celebrates Violence and Suffering Toward Political Opposition During Coronavirus Pandemic…

The Last Refuge  "Christine Pelosi is Nancy Pelosi’s daughter.   In this tweet below Ms. Pelosi celebrates the coronavirus diagnosis for Senator Rand Paul, by commending political violence carried out by a neighbor against the senator last year.  Do not look away:

[LINK]

"Apples don’t fall far from trees.  There is a reason why the far-left celebrates and embraces political violence; and cheers when their political opposition has any form of suffering. It’s a mindset our founders warned about, and carried into all political oaths of office; you might be familiar with the phrase: ..”against all enemies foreign and domestic.”

"The Pelosi family publicly exhibit a psychology adverse to the interests of peace and tranquility.  They are, quite simply, the manifestation and embodiment of the warning within the oath of office.  These are the “domestic enemies” within our nation." . . .

OPINION: As Biden Struggles, Hillary Might Be The Democrats’ ‘Nominee Of Last Resort’

AnalyzingAmerica

"Hillary Clinton could possibly step into the position of Democratic nominee should Joe Biden fail.
"According to The Hill, Establishment Democrats put forward Joe Biden because he was the “safe” candidate.
"A recent poll shows that Joe Biden appears to be failing. An Emerson College poll showed 57 percent of likely voters think President Trump will win reelection in November. The Emerson Poll also shows Trump supporters 19 points more enthusiastic about their candidate than Biden supporters.
"According to the poll, Bernie supporters are more open to voting for a third-party candidate rather than Joe Biden.
"The Biden campaign’s tepid fundraising is a red flag, in comparison to Trump’s $187 million advantage.
"On top of that, Joe Biden is in the midst of a sexual assault scandal, where his former staffer, Tara Reade came forward with claims of malfeasance.
"It’s possible that Biden chooses Clinton as his running mate, and Clinton spent the last few months she has conducted endless interviews to ramp up her consideration."

President Obama Declares “There Is No Precedent That Anybody Can Find” For The Flynn Motion [He May Want To Call Eric Holder]

While people of good faith can certainly disagree on the wisdom or basis for the Flynn motion, it is simply untrue if President Obama is claiming that there is no precedent or legal authority for the motion.

Jonathan Turley: Western Journal

Jonathan Turley  "Former President Barack Obama is being quoted from a private call that the “rule of law is at risk” after the Justice Department moved to dismiss the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Obama reportedly told members of the Obama Alumni Association that “There is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free.”  Without doubting the exhaustive search referenced by President Obama, he might have tried calling one “alum”: former Attorney General Eric Holder.  Holder moved to dismiss such a case based on prosecutorial errors in front of the very same judge, Judge Emmet Sullivan. [Notably, CNN covered the statements this morning without noting the clearly false claim over the lack of any precedent for the Flynn motion]
"The Obama statement is curious on various levels.  First, the exhaustive search may have been hampered by the fact that Flynn was never charged with perjury. He was charged with a single count of false statements to a federal investigator under 18 U.S.C. 1001. I previously wrote that the Justice Department should move to dismiss the case due to recently disclosed evidence and thus I was supportive of the decision of Attorney General Bill Barr.

"Second, there is ample precedent for this motion even though, as I noted in the column calling for this action, such dismissals are rare. " . . . 

Prof. Turley wrote this for The Hill on use of the Logan Act to prosecute Flynn:

Logan Act is the last refuge for the American prosecutorial scoundrel

Keep in mind that using the Logan Act against the incoming White House national security adviser would be not only patently unconstitutional but also positively ludicrous. There was nothing illegal in Flynn responding to diplomats upset about sanctions imposed on Russia days before the new administration. Trump himself stated that he wanted to reframe relations with Russia. The transcripts show Flynn encouraging the diplomats not to retaliate and saying that the administration would look at the situation.

And we know there are scoundrels aplenty in the Democrat Party. Recall the role of scoundrels facing Professor Turley in the Judge Kavanaugh confirmation hearings:
Constitutional Expert Testifies 'I Voted Against Trump,' Then Demolishes Impeachment

“I’m concerned about lowering impeachment standards to fit a paucity of evidence and an abundance of anger,” Turley said. “I believe this impeachment not only fails to satisfy the standard of past impeachments but would create a dangerous precedent for future impeachments.”

Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. You can find his updates online @JonathanTurley.

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