Victor Davis Hanson on The Full Crowley

Tony Branco

In other words, [CNN's Candy] Crowley became a real-time, partisan fact-checker, rather than a moderator—but of a peculiar sort that did not fully assume her new role until Obama himself was desperate for a bailout. 

Victor Davis Hanson  "In the second presidential election debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on October 16, 2012, CNN moderator Candy Crowley sensed that Obama, coming off a dismal initial September 26 debate, was again floundering. 

"Romney was driving home the valid point that the Obama Administration had inadequately prepared the American mission in Benghazi for likely terrorist attacks. And such laxity resulted in a horrific attack and the deaths of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador. 

"Yet in the wake of the attacks, Team Obama denied that the killing of four Americans was indeed an act of terror. Instead, it fed the public a transparently but politically correct false narrative of a spontaneous riot in reaction to a video posted by a purported right-wing Egyptian residing on American soil. 

"Yet in the debate, Obama retorted: “The day after the attack, governor, I stood in the Rose Garden and I told the American people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened. That this was an act of terror and I also said that we’re going to hunt down those who committed this crime.” 

"Romney pounced: “You said in the Rose Garden the day after the attack it was an act of terror? It was not a spontaneous demonstration—is that what you’re saying? I want to make sure we get that for the record because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an act of terror.”  

"Romney was correct. Obama took two weeks before he eventually jettisoned his administration’s concocted “spontaneous demonstrations” party line that his subordinates—Susan Rice in particular, to her eternal embarrassment—had been peddling to the American people. 

"Yet in the debate, Obama flailed with a weak, “Get the transcript.” 

"In truth, Obama in his comments after the attack had simply offered, “No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for”—a deliberate effort not to name Benghazi specifically in the context of a terrorist act.   

Tony Branco

Speculation mounts about the source of President Trump’s illness

"If you read one thing today it should be this". Lucianne.

 Deborah Franklin  "The dramatic events of the last week will be studied for decades, and much information remains unknown. In the early morning of Friday, October 2nd, President Trump tweeted that he and the First Lady had tested positive for COVID. That evening, after reports that the President was running a fever, he checked in to Walter Reed National Medical Center for treatment. Immediately, speculation began about how he caught the virus and the nature of its severity.

"However, as numerous Republicans in key positions also tested positive, the nature of the speculation began to change. The issue shifted from whether or not the president wore a mask to why so many important Republicans simultaneously got the virus. Among those testing positive were Trump’s campaign manager, the Chair of the Republican National Committee, the President’s senior counselor, and two Senators on the Judiciary Committee who will vote on the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett.

"Lin Wood, a high-profile lawyer representing Nick Sandman and Kyle Rittenhouse, tweeted, “Many leaders in administration of @realDonaldTrump are quarantined by what almost appears to almost be targeted strike of Covid-19.” He later tweeted, “There are no coincidences. Zero. None. Hard stop.” Deanna Lorraine, who ran for Congress against Nancy Pelosi, also picked up the theme of a “targeted strike” in her tweet, “Does anyone else find it odd that no prominent Democrats have had the virus but the list of Republicans goes on and on?” 

Seven months before the train crash, a gunman opened fire on members of the Republican congressional baseball team, severely wounding Steve Scalise, who was then serving as House Majority Whip. NBC reported: “Witnesses told investigators that when the gunman arrived at the ballfield, he asked people, “Are these the Republicans or the Democrats?”

 In the almost four years since Trump has become president, Republicans have suffered three potentially mass fatality events. The coming months may finally bring some answers about these incidents. It’s time for the American people to understand what’s happening to them. 

Tucker: The left's shocking reaction to Trump's diagnosis  "Wasn't Pelosi the one that said it was safe to go out when she was walking down the street in China Town."

Eric Garcetti Flip-Flops on DA; Switches Endorsement to Soros-Backed George Gascon

 Breitbart

"Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti switched his endorsement in the race for Los Angeles County District Attorney from incumbent Jackie Lacey, the first African American to hold the post, to George Soros-backed challenger George Gascon.

"In 2018, as Breitbart News reported at the time, Soros spent heavily on left-wing candidates for district attorney posts around the nation, often backing “progressive” candidates against establishment Democrats. He spent nearly $4 million in total.

"The results are evident in a wave of politicized prosecutions — or, in the case of Chicago’s Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax, non-prosecutions. Soros-backed prosecutors have backed the Black Lives Matter movement, selectively enforcing the law.

"In Los Angeles, the movement targeted Lacey. As Breitbart News noted: “[Protesters] accuse her of being too tough on crime. In March, Black Lives Matter activists marched to Lacey’s door in the wee hours of the morning — and Lacey’s husband confronted them with a gun and told them to leave. He now faces criminal charges in that incident.”

"In August, Gov. Gavin Newsom backed Gascon. As Breitbart News noted:

Gascón is a left-wing prosecutor with a controversial history. He previously served as district attorney in San Francisco, as Politico notes, working with then-Mayor Newsom to roll back policing — but leaving a city synonymous with vagrancy today, and backing Proposition 47, which put more convicted criminals back on the streets:  . . .

BLM and Democrats

 

DarkAngelPolitics.com.

They’ve largely remained silent on the vile crimes being committed under the banner of “peaceful protests.”  . . . Only now are they beginning to address the chaos as polls have been critical of their hushed tones. However, Harris’ latest comments demonstrate her lack of understanding of the national crisis we’re facing.

“ 'Peaceful protests” against racial injustice are critical for the nation’s progress and help to keep law enforcement in check,” Harris said Friday. "Sadly, her view of “peaceful” is distorted. Death, mayhem, and billions and billions of dollars in property damage are not moving the nation forward." . . .

Tucker Carlson: Kamala Harris Will Bring Black Lives Matter Agenda To The White House

  . . . "Now the Democratic Party embraces BLM. Democrats incorporated BLM talking points directly into the Party's platform. You didn’t hear much about that in news coverage of the convention. Just like you probably didn’t hear a lot about Kamala Harris’s speech to the NAACP this Friday. The media didn’t have the time to tell you about it — there were too many of those rioting white supremacists to hunt down. That’s a shame. You should know a lot more about Kamala Harris. Harris is 22 years younger than Joe Biden. If Biden wins, at some point — possibly sooner than we expect — Harris will control the White House. That’s a concern, because few in the Democratic Party have pushed BLM’s message more aggressively than Harris has. . ."

 'Unmoved by the violence in our streets and the brutal attacks on our police officers, Kamala Harris says the 'protests' are essential for our 'evolution' as a country,' wrote Arthur Schwarz as he used the senators own words against her.

Democrats, which side do you choose?  BLM Attacks #WalkAway Event in Texas  "Black Lives Matter agitators attacked a #WalkAway Movement Rescue America Rally in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday. Tweeted videos show a man wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt as he allegedly breached backstage security to disrupt the rally. He then appeared to assault a security guard for the #WalkAway Movement.

"A video tweeted by #WalkAway Movement founder Brandon Straka shows a man wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt and a woman wearing a Defund the Police shirt allegedly assaulting a security guard at the Rescue America Rally. As the security guard attempts to detain his alleged attacker, other BLM activists jump in to free the man.

"Straka tweeted, “BLM agitator infiltrated stage area of today’s rally then put his fist into security’s neck when being removed. @DallasPD ARRESTED THE SECURITY AGENT!!' ”

Biden Sock Puppet Chris Wallace Pulls A Candy Crowley

Daniel John Sobieski

"Perhaps the people at Fox News as it veers further to port need to have their cognitive abilities tested, not Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, whom they increasingly shill for, judging by the performance of debate moderator and Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace. The conventional wisdom is that Wallace lost control of the debate but a closer look shows he knew exactly what he was doing, that he was on a mission to be 2020’s, Candy Crowley.

"During the 2012 presidential debate between Willard Mitt Romney and Barack Hussein Obama, CNN’s Candy Crowley corrected GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney at a key moment, falsely claiming President Obama called Benghazi a terrorist attack the very next day. CBS knew President Obama was lying and had a tape to prove it.

"As part of a “60 Minutes” interview taped on September 12, the day after the terrorist attack by the al-Qaida-linked group Ansar al-Sharia, and moments after the President and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had appeared in the Rose Garden, CBS correspondent Steve Kroft asked a very direct question: “Mr. President, this morning you went out of your way to avoid the use of the word terrorism in connection with the Libya attack, do you believe that this was a terrorism attack?”

"It was the perfect time for the President to say his oblique reference to “acts of terror” did in fact include Benghazi and insist Kroft’s question was based on a false premise. He did not because he could not. Instead, he said that “it’s too early to tell exactly how this came about, what group was involved,” as his administration was already pushing the lie that it was a spontaneous mob action caused by an obscure Internet video insulting to Islam.

"When Kroft responded that there were “reports that they were very heavily armed with grenades, that doesn’t sound like your normal demonstration,” President Obama meekly responded that “…we’re still investigating exactly what happened, I don’t want to jump the gun on this.' ” . . .

"This critical part of the interview proving that Obama did not label Benghazi a terrorist attack despite clear evidence it was was incredibly and, I believe, deliberately left on the cutting room floor because it likely would have doomed President Obama’s reelection chances on the spot. CBS stood silent during and after Crowley’s own journalist malfeasance and knew the truth when its own Bob Schieffer conducted the third and final presidential debate without mentioning it." . . .

VIDEO: Students can't answer basic questions about the Holocaust

 Campus Reform  "Campus Reform recently asked students basic questions about the Holocaust.  A recent survey found that the GenZ and Millennial generation had a shockingly low level of knowledge about the Holocaust."

“I honestly don’t know,” one student said when Campus Reform asked how many people were murdered in the Holocaust. 

“I’m just honestly frustrated because you know it’s just like a basic thing you should know, 'cause it was a genocide” added another student who was responding to the recent survey that found young adults were unaware of the Holocaust. 

" Students overwhelmingly agreed that the Holocaust should be taught in schools and most of them remember learning about it at some point. 

“ 'I wouldn’t be surprised because there are many people who still think it is a hoax,” said one student when told that 90 percent of survey respondents said they believed that the Holocaust happened, seven percent were not sure, and 3 percent denied that it happened."

[RELATED: Illinois Dem calls on colleges to ban history, compares subject to 'poison pill'] 

Op-Ed: President Trump Must Start Condemning White Supremacy Every Day, Just So We Can Be Extra Sure

RedState  "It’s been a rather tumultuous couple days, hasn’t it? Only days after a raucous presidential debate between Trump and Biden, the American public found out that the president has tested positive for the coronavirus and is now at Walter Reed Hospital. But the current political upheaval has left the nation wondering: Has Trump condemned white supremacy again today? 

"Yes, we know that Trump denounced white supremacists on Wednesday, the day after the debate when he made the much-ballyhooed blunder on the question of rejecting white supremacy. Moreover, the president condemned white supremacist groups, and even the Proud Boys, by name. Even more than that, he has also expressed similar sentiments on many occasions before the debate. 

"But he didn’t do it on Friday even though he had the perfect opportunity. Even conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller noticed and expressed his outrage on Twitter:" . . .

Shadi Hamid

@shadihamid

We have an early contender for single silliest tweet of the Trump-having-COVID era

Gabriel Sherman

@gabrielsherman

Just watched Trump hospital video a second time. His breathing is clearly labored. He seems to be leaning on table for support. And there’s so much fear in his eyes.

McEnany Tears Reporter to Shreds for Pushing 'Shameful' Anti-Trump Narrative

. . . "The move appeared to trigger a meltdown in Roberts, however, who demanded a "current" statement from McEnany." . . .

The wife of John Roberts, Kyra Phillips reported Trump did denounce white supremacism:

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Hundreds Of Trump Supporters Gather In DC For #WalkAway Rally

Daily Caller

"Hundreds of Trump supporters gathered in Washington, D.C. Saturday for a #WalkAway rally to support the president and celebrate those who have “walked away” from the “radical left.”

“ 'The purpose of this event is to get the silent majority to show we are not going to be silent anymore, we are going to stand up, we are going to fight for our country, we are going to fight against the radical left, because freedom in America is worth fighting for,” Brandon Straka, founder of the “WalkAway” campaign, told the Daily Caller. 

“Many of us have walked away from the radical left, we’ve walked away from the lies, the division, the hate, the violence, the vandalism, and we just want a more beautiful, more loving, more unified America,” Straka said.

Alexis, a Black Trump supporter from California, told the Daily Caller that she attended the march to “show that there are Black conservatives that do support Trump.”

“We are all Americans, but people still see color, and I just feel like it’s important to have people of color on the front lines walking with the rest of the patriots,” she said." . . .

(RELATED: Trump Fans Chant ‘Fill That Seat!’ At North Carolina Rally)

The Democrats' Long Temper Tantrum Will Reelect Trump

(As a footnote -- when Obama was president 60 million Americans got the H1N1 swine flu. Did you know that? How widely was it reported? And did you know that once tests indicated how widely it was spreading that White House halted the testing?)

Clarice Feldman  "It’s quite obvious to me that the Deep State and the Democratic Party that staffs it never got over the fact that their nefarious misuse of our intelligence agencies and hoodwinking the media didn’t work any better than their constant efforts after his election to remove Donald Trump from office and continue their autocratic grifting. This week was no exception. Indeed, I have to agree with Roger L. Simon that “In the aftermath of Trump’s contracting Covid-19, they are reelecting him.”

Regarding the left-friendly press and it's role in magnifying this tantrum:

. . . "She explains that their tactics either force people to back down or slug them, and to them, either way is a win. (Especially so because they block from viewing any press which is not sympathetic to them. And some prosecutors are with them, if you want an explanation of why Kyle Rittenhouse who was clearly defending himself against these street thugs is being prosecuted.)

. . . "The satire site Babylon Bee notices the party that wants to run your healthcare roots for its political opponent to die. (Let that one sink in. It’s satire but true.)

"MSNBC’s execrable Joy Reid suggests the President is faking it to get out of the next debate. More class is shown by North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, who, according to Reuters says he “sincerely hopes” Trump recovers soon. "

Is extreme Trump-hatred the storm before the calm?

The media's reliance on attention-economy scaling can't last forever.  By the time the next president takes control, either next year or in four, the country will be thoroughly desensitized to any cottage industry of outrage.  A President Biden, or President Harris, or President Haley, or President Cotton could never dance in the limelight like Trump.  The subscriber base of traditional dailies will extenuate, especially under a Democratic president.

Is this a Democrat tantrum or is it an insurgency?   "Is the United States in the Midst of an Insurgency?"

The vast majority of BLM members and supporters make up what Vladimir Lenin called “the useful idiots.”  That is, the people actively working for a cause without really understanding the cause’s objectives.  They are cynically being used to achieve an end they may have never intended.  The core organizers’ goal is to keep the useful idiots blind to the truth for as long as possible while indoctrinating them into the cause.