Going Sour on Joe Biden

The Federalist Papers

 Nick Chase  "For years I have viewed Joe Biden as a typical "swamp creature," a cipher as both a U.S. senator and as vice president, usually wrong, undistinguished except for the political mean streak he showed in the Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas Supreme Court justice hearings. Certainly he wasn't somebody I'd vote for to become U.S. president.

"But I also had some sympathy for him because he had some really rough things happen to him in his life." . . .

. . . "And Joe has poisoned his entire extended family. Which among them (except grandchildren too young to understand) did not realize that Joe was profiting (by bribes) from his V-P office? And in his presidential campaign, which of Joe's senior campaign officials did not know about Joe's corruption? None, I would surmise.

"Joe now has zero moral authority to lecture anybody about decency - not his family, not his friends, not the public, certainly not President Trump.

"Until recently the Democrats (aided by the media) were perpetrating a fraud, offering up for president a weak candidate with advancing dementia, who would be unlikely to last a single term in office. Now they a perpetrating a double fraud: A candidate exhibiting signs of dementia who is himself a fraud.

"We have a two-tier system of justice in this country... the federal government is too weak-willed and corrupted at top levels to see that any of these malefactors will be imprisoned for crimes which, if you or I committed them, would put us in the pokey for life." . . .

Turned off and tuned out: Hollywood and pro sports viewerships plummet

We’re not asking you to be conservative, just keep politics out of it.  If we want politics, we’ll tune to Fox News or MSNBC.  But if we go to a movie, or if we turn on a playoff game, we want to focus on sports, not politics, and certainly not your leftist worldview. 

TheStadiumBusiness

TRUMP PUTS FOCUS ON EMPTY SEATS AT NFL STADIUMS  . . . On Thursday, the San Francisco 49ers officially claimed an attendance of 70,000 for their game with the Chargers, despite TV viewers clearly being able to see that the stadium was largely empty.

"Some of the best seats in the lower bowl at Levi’s Stadium were left untaken, while tickets were available on secondary markets for as little as $14.

"The New York Post has also reported dismal ticket sales at the New York Jets, whose poor results have not helped in attracting crowds.

"The newspaper reports that corner endzone seats for the game against the Miami Dolphins, with a face value of $173, were going for 55 per cent less at $78, according to SeatGeek. Tickets at the 50-yard-line valued at $75 have dipped 24 per cent to $42." . . .

P.F. Whelan   "Americans are fed up with millionaire actors and athletes preaching to us about how bad our country is, and evidence for that disgust is everywhere we look. 

"We see bumper stickers slamming Hollywood, Facebook posts ripping the NFL and NBA, and most significantly we’re seeing epic declines in viewership across the board.  Unfortunately, that backlash appears to be largely falling on deaf ears.

"In 2016, the NFL made a conscious decision to condone the politically charged antics of a handful of their employees/players, and their ratings took a hit.  Earlier this year, however, they decided to double down by actively participating in, and indeed ratcheting up, those efforts. We’ve seen similar approaches by MLB and the NBA, to the point that we can barely watch any of our team sports without being bombarded by politically tinged virtue signaling.  And while Hollywood has been dominated by leftists for decades, they have taken that domination to new levels recently.  There are few things more American than going to the movies or watching a ballgame, but unfortunately we can now add both to the growing list of traditions that the Left is succeeding in trying to destroy.

"The entertainment corporation Cineworld recently announced that they would be shutting down all of their Regal Cinema movie theaters indefinitely.  The move barely received a shrug from the Left, as they dismissed the news as just another casualty of COVID-19.  But while the pandemic has clearly played a large role in the company’s current woes, attendance at movie theaters has been declining for several years now.  Hollywood’s revenue last year was down almost 10% from 2018. And while we can certainly point to other causal factors such as online streaming, there is a clear and growing revulsion for Hollywood, too, and we need not look any further than the Oscars for evidence.

"In early February, still weeks before the pandemic took hold; the Oscars telecast earned the lowest ratings in their history, only a few weeks after similarly poor ratings for the Golden Globes. " . . .

Beyonce's half-time Super Bowl show was a middle finger to police and all who support them, fitting nicely with the "Jim Crow" accusations made by Robert Francis (Beto) O'Rourke.

Looking on the bright side: 15 reasons the polls may be wrong

 Andrea Widburg  "When people ask me to predict whether Trump or Biden will win the election, I like to say that I don’t predict elections; I just worry about them. However, as a worrier, I’m always on the lookout for signs that will ease my worries. With the election only 17 days away, there are a surprising number of signs that Biden’s allegedly spectacular polling lead is illusory.

"Before beginning this post about identifying positive trends, it’s important to remember that the polls – both state-by-state and national – are still showing Biden in the lead. Here’s a screengrab from Real Clear Polls with that information:"

. . . Statistics at the post link.

"That’s the bad news. Here is the more cheering information:

1. The Biden campaign, which used the Wuhan virus as an excuse not to have any ground game, is suddenly sending volunteers to do door-to-door canvassing in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Michigan, Nevada. You don’t do that if you’re confident you’ll win.

2. Obama is hitting the campaign trail for Biden. That’s a sure sign of insecurity.

3. Biden’s campaign manager admitted that the pro-Biden polls are inflated.

4. Since the revelations about Hunter Biden hit the news, an IBD/TIPP poll shows that Biden's support dropped by slightly over two percentage points, while Trump’s support rose by almost .6 percent.

5. There’s an interesting trend in voting by mail (“VBM”), a concept that Democrats were confident would benefit them. Unexpected numbers of Republicans are using VBM. The initial VBM numbers hugely favored Democrats and undoubtedly will continue to favor them. However, the number of Democrat VBM numbers is stagnant, while the number of Republican VBMs continues to rise.

6. Larry O’Connor has an interesting theory about why the polls are completely wrong, even though they’re now tapping the more reliable “likely voter” metric (as opposed to the “registered voter” metric). You should read his article, but here’s the gist:: . . .

A “likely voter” is one who’s an experienced voter. That is, he knows where votes are cast, has voted before, and votes often.” In this election, though, Trump’s support comes from unlikely voters, whom the polls ignore.

Ronna McDaniel’s data shows that up to 36% of people who make the effort to attend a Trump rally did not vote in 2016, and that substantial percentages have never voted:

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Biden needs a teleprompter to speak to 7 people? pic.twitter.com/74M5QDMvQn

— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) October 17, 2020     A teleprompter for a seven-person rally?

If all this fails, Biden can always go home and live his Bidenlife: 

Even More Proof of the Final Debate Moderator's Anti-Trump Nature Have Surfaced

Townhall

"The final presidential debate is scheduled for Thursday night with moderator Kristen Welker, from NBC News. Welker's objectivity has been called into question, particularly after she deleted her Twitter account which included anti-Trump tweets.

"According to a new report from the New York Post, Welker is a long-time Democrat with heavy ties to both the Democratic National Committee and various big wigs in the party, including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

"From the Post:Her mother, Julie Welker, a prominent real estate broker in Philadelphia, and father, Harvey Welker, a consulting engineer, have donated tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates and close to $20,000 to Barack Obama alone.

There was also $3,300 for Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign and $2,100 for Hillary Clinton’s doomed 2016 presidential effort against Trump. Another $7,300 was contributed to the Democratic National Committee between 2004 and 2020.

"Not only did the Welkers donate to various Democrats but they also celebrated Christmas at the White House with President Barack Obama. " . . .

Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri about at least one question she planned to ask her during a post-debate interview in Michigan.https://t.co/5YD5TOADB9 pic.twitter.com/c3qTtwIG00

— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) October 17, 2020

The nodding lady of Trump's lane

Media, Democrats Melt Down Over ‘Nodding Woman’ From NBC’s Trump Town Hall

"If you watched NBC’s town hall event featuring President Trump on Thursday night, you probably noticed a woman in the background who at certain points nodded in approval at the answers Trump gave to the questions that were asked, including the ones from combative town hall moderator/Biden stand-in Savannah Guthrie.

"For those who missed it, here is the “nodding woman” at one point giving a nod and a thumbs up to an answer Trump gave on the economy:   Video . . . 

NBC repositioned ‘nodding lady’ Mayra Joli behind President during town hall without realizing she supports him  "It's clear NBC was ambushing President Trump with their "town hall" that was a live grilling by an activist journalist. But did they calculate poorly based upon a stereotype.". . . "But she wasn’t originally positioned there. Before the town hall began, a Caucasian lady was originally positioned there. NBC found Mayra Joli and put her in that prominent spot instead. Now, it would not be a stretch based on their clear bias against the President that they wanted to put someone in the spot very visible to the camera who would be against him. But they didn’t ask Joli, moving her solely based on her appearance. Joli is Black." . . .

Woman ‘nodding vigorously’ behind Trump infuriates and captivates town hall viewers, then she responds   "President Donald Trump naturally sparked praise and outrage during his NBC town hall but he also seemed to have some competition for attention during the night.

"While Trump crushed the event Thursday with NBC moderator Savannah Guthrie, deftly taking apart her liberal talking points, it was a woman sitting behind him in the audience of Florida voters who suddenly captured the adoration – and wrath – of viewers.. . .  Trump fielded one after another confrontational question as he fact-checked Guthrie and shut her down after she tried to accuse him of not condemning white supremacy. From topics ranging from the economy, the coronavirus pandemic, immigration and his Democrat critics, the president delivered his answers in the televised event which was held at the same time as an ABC town hall with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Philadelphia.

"The woman to the right of the NBC screen during Trump’s responses, wearing a light top and red mask, gave her vigorous head-nodding approval to many of the president’s responses, setting off a liberal meltdown." . . .

Trump: We’re Not Just Running Against Biden, We’re Running Against The Corrupt Media  . . . "Trump held multiple campaign events on Friday and really took the fight to Joe Biden and the media. At one point, he brought up the Biden Ukraine scandal and knocked the media for ignoring it. He also slammed big tech for censoring the story."

 

Washington Examiner: Twitter and Facebook get into the news censorship business

"It’s official: Facebook and Twitter have joined Joe Biden’s presidential campaign."

Savanah Guthrie, Does This Sound Hesitant To You?At Trump Townhall, Guthrie Steps In as Debate Opponent

ABC silent after Biden town hall attendees identified as ex-Obama speechwriter, wife of prominent Democrat  "ABC is keeping silent amid growing criticism of its town hall with Joe Biden after two of the attendees who asked the Democratic nominee questions were identified as an Obama speechwriter and the wife of a prominent Pennsylvania Democrat. 

"One of the questioners was Nathan Osburn, who worked for the Office of Public Affairs at the Commerce Department under the Obama-Biden administration and at the Small Business Administration. " . . .

Donald Trump: We’re Running Against the Media and ‘Big Bad Tech’  . . . "The president spoke about new reporting from the New York Post about former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter pursuing lucrative foreign deals while his father was in office.

“ 'All of this is being covered up by the media and ‘Big Tech,’ Trump said.

"Twitter notably censored the stories published by the New York Post from their platform and Facebook took actions to reduce the spread of the information.

"“They talk about freedom of speech, and freedom of the press. There’s no freedom of the press,” Trump said.

"Trump added that for years he had heard complaints about the power of Big Tech, but he almost dismissed them because he was able to win the presidency in 2016 despite their opposition to his campaign." . . .

The Topics for the Final Presidential Debate Have Been Announced

WJ   "The topics for next week’s final presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden have been released.

"Trump and Biden, as of now, are expected to meet Thursday at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

"The currently embattled Commission on Presidential Debates announced Friday that the candidates will discuss leadership, the coronavirus pandemic, issues of race, families, national security and climate change."  . . . 

"Kristen Welker of NBC News, the moderator of the 90-minute debate, selected the topics.

"The debate commission called off the second debate after the supposedly nonpartisan body unilaterally decided to make the forum virtual.

"Trump declined such a forum, saying, “That’s not what debating is all about. You sit behind a computer and do a debate. It’s ridiculous. And then they cut you off whenever they want.”

"The debate was ultimately canceled after the moderator, C-SPAN host Steve Scully, posted a tweet last week publicly seeking the advice of Trump opponent Anthony Scaramucci." . . .

'Nodding woman' who went viral at Trump's town hall joins 'Hannity' exclusively

WATCH: NBC's Grotesque Town Hall Double Standard  "NBC has now hosted a town hall event for both presidential candidates, and to nobody’s surprise, yesterday Savannah Guthrie was several orders of magnitude harder on Trump than Lester Holt 

as on Biden last week.

"Guthrie was combative right out of the gate, almost immediately chastising the President for attending an event with gold star families: “Shouldn’t you know better?” "She spent much of the evening interrupting her guest, often to argue against a point assertion he’d just made.

"By contrast, softball players would be justifiably offended if one were to mention their sport in describing Holt’s questions for Biden. In fact, the majority of his prompts could be seen as setups for the Democratic nominee to go after his opponent. For example: “A recent poll said 65 percent of Americans think the President bears some responsibility for contracting this virus. Do you agree?”

"To see a back-and-forth comparison between NBC's treatment of Trump and Biden, watch the video below:"

https://cdn.mrctv.org/videos/45568/45568-480p.mp4

Pro-Abortion Group Calls for Feinstein’s Ouster from Judiciary Committee after Amy Coney Barrett Hearings

 Mairead Mcardle "One of the nation’s top abortion groups is calling for Senator Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) to be ousted from her position as the Judiciary Committee’s ranking member after she praised the confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, calling them “one of the best set of hearings that I’ve participated in.”

  'The head of NARAL Pro-Choice America issued a scathing statement on Friday, a day after the last day of hearings on Barrett’s nomination concluded.

 '“Americans — whose lives hang in the balance — deserve leadership that underscores how unprecedented, shameful and wrong this process is,” NARAL president Ilyse Hogue said in a statement. “The Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein, failed to make this clear and in fact offered an appearance of credibility to the proceedings that is wildly out of step with the American people. As such, we believe the committee needs new leadership.”

 " 'On Thursday, Feinstein thanked Judiciary Committee chairman Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) for his “fairness” in leading the hearings. ' 'Mr. Chairman, I just want to thank you,” the California senator said. “This has been one of the best set of hearings that I’ve participated in. And I want to thank you for your fairness and the opportunity of going back and forth. It leaves one with a lot of hopes, a lot of questions, and even some ideas of perhaps some goo[d] bipartisan legislation we can put together to make this great country even better, so thank you so much for your leadership.”

Larry C. Johnson Interviews John Paul Mac Issac — The American Patriot Who Was Hired to Fix Hunter Biden’s Computers and the Rest Is History

 The Gateway Pundit   "This is the story of an American patriot, an honorable man, John Paul Mac Issac, who tried to do the right thing and is now being unfairly and maliciously slandered as an agent of foreign intelligence, specifically Russia.

"John Paul Mac Issac is not an agent or spy for anyone. He is his own man. How do I know? I have known his dad for more than 20 years. I’ve known John Paul’s dad as Mac. Mac is a decorated Vietnam Veteran, who flew gunships in Vietnam. And he continued his military service with an impeccable record until he retired as an Air Force Colonel. The crews of those gunships have an annual reunion and Mac usually takes John Paul along, who volunteers his computer and video skills to record and compile the stories of those brave men who served their country in a difficult war.

"This story is very simple–Hunter Biden dropped off three computers with liquid damage at a repair shop in Wilmington, Delaware on April 12, 2019. The owner, John Paul Mac Issac, examined the three and determined that one was beyond recovery, one was okay and the data on the hard drive of the third could be recovered. Hunter signed the service ticket and John Paul Mac Issac repaired the hard drive and downloaded the data. During this process he saw some disturbing images and a number of emails that concerned Ukraine, Burisma, China and other issues. With the work completed, Mr. Mac Issac prepared an invoice, sent it to Hunter Biden and notified him that the computer was ready to be retrieved. Hunter did not respond. In the ensuing four months (May, June, July and August), Mr. Mac Issac made repeated efforts to contact Hunter Biden. Biden never answered and never responded. More importantly, Biden stiffed John Paul Mac Issac–i.e., he did not pay the bill.

"When the manufactured Ukraine crisis surfaced in August 2019, John Paul realized he was sitting on radioactive material that might be relevant to the investigation. After conferring with his father, Mac and John Paul decided that Mac would take the information to the FBI office in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mac walked into the Albuquerque FBI office and spoke with an agent who refused to give his name. Mac explained the material he had, but was rebuffed by the FBI. He was told basically, get lost. This was mid-September 2019.

American Thinker has much to say about NBC's disgusting anti-Trump "townhall"

 Somehow the Democrat "star chamber" inquisitions bring to mind this bit of history. Yes, people are indeed capable of these actions.

Help Wanted: A moderator who wants to moderate  "For a couple of days, NBC promoted a townhall session with President Trump.   So I sat down to watch voters ask questions... voters who were constantly interrupted by Savannah Guthrie!  In other words, the moderator insulted the voters by constantly asking the President question after question.

In response to the criticism, NBC’s Savannah Guthrie decided that she would be a shrill attack dog while questioning President Trump. While Grandpa Gropes was being verbally caressed by Stephanopoulos on ABC, the president was subjected to a barrage of ridiculousness from a partisan, agenda-driven shrieking harridan in the form of Guthrie. . . .

 Those two town halls? A textbook spectacle of media bias

They are enraged when we do not comply.  These people, Stephanopoulos, Guthrie and their colleagues in the mainstream media are enemies of the people. 

How The Mainstream Media Covered For Joe Biden . . . "Last year after President Donald Trump accused former Vice President Joe Biden of having direct knowledge of his son Hunter Biden’s affairs with a Ukrainian Natural Gas company called Burisma, the mainstream media dismissed the allegations as a mere conspiracy talk.  For a media that is intent on digging into, dissecting, extrapolating, and distorting every single utterance from Trump, this matter did not require any serious investigative journalism." . . .

One remark from one woman overhauled the energy at last night's Trump town hall  "If there were ever a time when a tide changed direction in a single political moment, it was at the Trump set-up with Savannah Guthrie. 

"For about 45 minutes Guthrie just jumped all over The Donald for every response he made to her or to a questioner." . . ."Trump, much to anyone's surprise did not flinch.  He never got angry, never called out this ridiculous one-sided hit job.  Any other politician would have wilted, acquiesced, or walked out." . . .

Savannah Guthrie being rude and disrespectful to President.

From the comments to this video that reflect my opinion:

• "She went into the town hall meeting ready to argue with the President. She insinuated that the President could have met with people while wearing a mask and that she wouldn't have a problem, but at some point you have to say enough is enough. The media has gone insane with the whole mask thing. In California Gov. Newsom has recommended wearing your mask in between bites while eating but has prohibited singing and recitation in churches even while wearing a mask. This is a power trip by the left. 22"
• . . . "This woman is awful and very unprofessional. I’m surprised that they didn’t bring in the A team for an event like this. But as I think about it, it doesn’t surprise me that they would bring in a hack like this, then they can stand back and say, “it wasn’t me”, while laughing at the mockery. The joke is on them, though, it just continues the downward spiral of the laimstream media and their growing insignificance."
• . . . "I disliked her after seeing her interview Nathan Sandmann in January of 2019 she was so biased and hateful to that young man that's when I decided I didn't care for her techniques she's rude she is not professional and I definitely don't like her"

Socialism Fails Every Time

Comrade Ocasio-Cortez has big plans for your dinner plate   "Listen up, worker ants, People's Commissar Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is once again, more than a little interested in what's on your dinner plate. She begins by lamenting what a classic food desert the Bronx is, discriminating against minorities because she couldn't find fresh basil at the local bodegas for a gazpacho recipe she was making at home." . . . "The urge to dictate what's on every citizen's plate is also what Hugo Chavez used to do, first commanding community rooftop gardens, which failed miserably, and then commanding the eating of rabbit. They don't have much food at all now in that hellhole, and the average Venezuelan has lost 20 pounds based on all the food shortages the command and control economy created, dictated from above, all for their own good. That's some diet imposed by socialism. Most of us would rather do our diets with fresh food, obtainable the market way.

"One can only hope these people never obtain power. "