Weasel Zippers "McAuliffe gets angry."
I say he didn't get angry; he used the old politician's trick of using an angry reaction to shut down a challenge. Sadly, it works too often. If you challenge a politician, expect them to pull the old anger card to distract you from his - or her (Jen Psaki, for example) not answering you. TD
Letters to the Editor: Can a First Lady Be Held Responsible? | The American Spectator "Americans are aware that there have been past presidents of the United States who have concealed health problems. Two in recent memory were Franklin Delano Roosevelt
"The question that I am asking is whether a first lady can be held responsible for concealing from the public and lying to the press about a husband whose mental acuity might be a threat to the safety and welfare of our nation. And that is the question!". . .
. . . Despite universal, dishonest media coverage propping up his administration this man has botched everything he has touched for the eight months he’s occupied the White House, culminating in an historic, dishonorable humiliation in
Afghanistan which has driven his approval ratings into the 30’s. Biden’s handlers have panicked, pivoting to the one issue America has yet to recognize his misgovernance in. . . .
Biden and Russia: How to Start a War | National Review
If Trump was unpredictably blunt, Biden is too often predictably confused. And he appears frail, sending the message to autocracies that America’s commander in chief is not fully in control.
“Many of us were in the East Room watching the president,” she said, presumably referencing a speech about the economy Biden gave that morning. “We’ve seen him on many occasions where he has a repeated cough. What is the situation with that cough, and is that a concern?”
"I was proud to lead an amazing, resilient, united people. When it comes to the unity of America, those days seem distant from our own. A malign force seems at work in our common life that turns every disagreement into an argument, and every argument into a clash of cultures."
"Though he surely did not realize it, Bush had himself, moments before, given us an example of how that unity was destroyed when he drew a parallel between the terrorists of 9/11 and the Trump protesters of Jan 6. Said Bush:". . .
...Americans fear they are losing their country to the uninvited and invading millions of the Global South coming to dispossess them of their patrimony. They never voted for this invasion and have wanted their chosen leaders to stop it. Former President Donald Trump earned their trust because he tried and, to a great degree, succeeded. ...
RedState . . . "What was even the thought here? That because Joe Biden once had cordial relationships in the Senate years ago that he could play closer as president? To the extent that Biden was ever truly gifted in rallying support, something that is mostly a myth, he certainly doesn’t have that ability anymore. Since taking office, Biden has shifted radically left, making him one of the worst banner carriers for moderation and compromise. In short, if Biden is your closer, you’ve got issues.
"Besides, why would anyone listen to a president who is currently experiencing his lowest approval ratings to date? The political realities for both Biden and Manchin are really what this comes down to. Manchin has zero incentive to fold here. If he does, he seals his fate back in West Virginia. And for what? To make Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Queens happy? It just doesn’t line up, and that’s ultimately why Biden’s attempt to bully Manchin failed here."...
NEW: Biden failed to persuade Sen. Joe Manchin to agree to spending $3.5 trillion on the Democrats' budget reconciliation package during their Oval Office meeting on Wednesday, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.https://t.co/K6xJdbQSZT
— Axios (@axios) September 17, 2021
Apparently, the California anti-Newsom voters all live in Texas now.
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Reflections On The California Recall (capoliticalreview.com) . . . "California today works primarily for two key Newsom constituencies: unionized public employees and pop culture, tech, and financial leaders. Money from these groups gave Newsom a massive advantage in advertising and organizing. Newsom’s coffers exceeded those of the nearly bankrupt recall campaign and all the prospective candidates combined by almost three to one. The combination of tech IPOs and federal money has also financed massive relief funds for a third Newsom constituency—California’s highest percentage-in-the-nation poor population—allowing the governor to act like a modern-day Boss Tweed.
"This electoral triangle remains too entrenched to dislodge, at least for now. Massive spending secured the votes of disengaged voters, even as the San Francisco Chronicle warned about “an alarming enthusiasm gap” among Democrats. The effort to reach enough of these voters clearly worked."...
"Our weekly recognition of less-than meritorious excellence in journalism is worthy of Pulitzer consideration.
"As an extension of the media-mocking venture at Townhall, Riffed From The Headlines, we once again recognize the exalted performances in our journalism industry and compile worthy submissions to the Pulitzer Prize board in numerous categories. To properly recognize the low watermark in the press, let us get right to the latest exemplars of journalistic mis-excellence."... More here: Pulitzer Prize Parody Nominations: Donut Forks, Polling Dorks, and Fashion Norks – RedState
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Manages to Add More Layers of Blunders to Her Met Gala Stunt
...Only issue, those on the right were not paying daily attention to AOC’s account and reacting the moment she posted pictures of herself in the dress. It was in reaction to the flood of media who were pushing out her appearance and lauding her for her bravery, and raving about what an iconic appearance it had been for her. This is outrage at a reaction, not the initial provocation in the press.. . .
Paris Hilton’s ‘Eat the Rich’ Bikini Did It Better Than AOC’s Met Gala Dress (legalinsurrection.com)
YouTube "At today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) excoriated Jennifer Sung, nominee to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, over her past comments about Justice Brett Kavanaugh.". . .
NY Post "Let’s face it: AOC is a genius. By “genius” I mean “massive talent,” not “extremely smart person.”
"Barbra Streisand is a genius singer, but you wouldn’t want her analyzing your X-rays. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Moscow) may be so dumb she hadn’t heard of John Maynard Keynes’ famous (-ly wrong) prophecy about a 15-hour work week until years after graduating college with an economics degree (and also thought his name was “Milton Keynes”), but she is in a class of her own when she’s doing her job, which is getting people to look at her."...
. . . "After serving in the United States military for 19 years, US. Army Lieutenant Colonel Paul Douglas Hague resigned from the Army, giving up his pension following President Joe Biden’s authoritarian vaccine mandates, calling them “unethical, immoral and tyrannical.”
“ 'The values that our nation was founded on, has lived by and thrived under, have been utterly decimated by the current presidential administration and the leadership of the military,” and commenting on the “ideologically Marxist takeover of the military and United States government at their upper echelons.”
“ 'First, and foremost, I am incapable of subjecting myself to the unlawful, unethical, immoral and tyrannical order to sit still and allow a serum to be injected into my flesh against my will and better judgment,” Hague said in his resignation letter. “It is impossible for this so-called “vaccine” to have been studied adequately to determine the long-term effects. It simply has not existed for enough time and any claim otherwise is blatantly ignorant and likely an outright lie driven by negligent political agenda. Furthermore, ample studies show that naturally derived immunity based on exposure to the virus offers far superior protection than the mandated “vaccine.””
“ 'I cannot and will not contribute to the fall of this great nation and its people — those very Americans whom I swore to protect the liberty of at all costs,” he added.". . .
SHOCK: Milley *Confirms* Reporting on How He Undermined Trump, Committed Treason (trendingpolitics.com) "In the book “Peril,” a new book written by Bob Woodward, Milley allegedly committed treason. The book explains that Milley told China in ca secret phone conversation that he would notify them and give them advanced warning if the United States was going to attack.
"Check out what the Washington Post reported:. . . "
"Earlier today, CNN reported that contained within the pages of “Peril,” a new book from Bob Woodward and Bob Costa, was an eye-opening account of what purportedly went on behind the scenes in the Trump administration following the January 6 riots at the Capitol."...
(For my illiterate readers and anyone who gets his news from MSNBC: That makes Lee the opposite of a "traitor." A traitor is someone who pretends to be on your side, while secretly working with the enemy, not someone who loudly announces, I quit. My friends and I are leaving.)
"Last week, with self-satisfied glee, savages tore down the 14-foot statue of Robert E. Lee designed by the French sculptor Antonin Mercie and installed in 1890 on land deeded to the state -- in return for a promise that the Commonwealth of Virginia "will hold said Statue and pedestal and Circle of ground perpetually sacred to the Monumental purpose to which they have been devoted and that she will faithfully guard it and affectionately protect it.". . .
(Here we skip over Coulter's expressed distaste for President Trump - deserved or not. TD)
. . . "But Lee, not Davis, held the hearts of his countrymen. When one of Lee's own officers urged him to lead a guerilla war against the North, Lee remonstrated, "as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation; these men must go home and plant a crop, and we must proceed to build up our country on a new basis.' " . . .
. . . "The vandalizing of American history has absolutely nothing to do with black people or slavery. Lots of historical figures had slaves. Not only American heroes like Washington and Jefferson, but Kamala Harris' ancestors -- according to her own father. Barack Obama is the only president who might be descended from slave traders, a particularly repellent group, inasmuch as Kenya was a major player in the slave trade."
