Obama attacks President Trump. Round One, roughly

J. Marsolo: Obama cracks up with Trump Derangement Syndrome  "On September 7, Barack Obama gave a speech in Illinois bitterly attacking President Trump and talking about his favorite subjects: himself and slavery.

"Obama is angry.  He called on his followers to get out and vote in November to defeat Trump.  He is angry that the voters rejected him in 2016 by electing Trump instead of Hillary.  He knows that this was a rejection of his policies, and more importantly, it was a rejection of Obama personally.  Obama cannot accept this.  He and Joe Biden campaigned for Hillary daily, and Obama even said he would take it as a personal insult if black voters didn't vote for Hillary.

"Black voters and Hispanic voters ignored Obama's orders. Trump got more blackand Hispanic voters than Romney in 2012.

"Obama cannot stand the success of President Trump.  The economy is booming, the stock market is booming, and unemployment is down, but Obama does not care that our country is doing well.  Obama has to give a speech to again try to divide us." . . .

The bottom line is that Obama is angry.  He did all he could to defeat Trump and elect Hillary.  His corrupt FBI/DOJ whitewashed the Hillary email scandal and used the unverified, Hillary-paid-for Steele dossier to obtain FISA warrants to spy on the Trump campaign, which led to the Mueller investigation.  But Obama's efforts failed to elect Hillary. . . .

HE’S BACK! Obama refers to himself 102 times during 64-minute speech

Obama: Trump Is ‘Capitalizing’ on Americans’ ‘Resentment’  . . . "Obama has subtly directed a number of criticisms at Trump in the few public statements he’s made since leaving office, but he appears to be adopting a more direct approach as he begins to stump for Democratic office-seekers across the country, rebuking the president by name. " . . .

Obama's bitter sore spot: The Trump economy  . . . "Trump gave us tax cuts, deregulation, and an equalization of international trade terms.  Net result: Jobs are up, and black employment is reaching record highs, as is youth, Hispanic, and female employment.  Those 3% unemployment numbers are good news for everyone.

"Instead of admitting that and promising to go Trump one better the next time around, Obama described this tired scenario going on, as if it were still 2008: . . ."

Obama Touts Record of Support for Free Press Despite Criticism  . . . "While Obama has refrained from characterizing the media as “the enemy of the people,” Department of Justice during his presidency monitored the phone records of journalists considered hostile to the administration and tried to compel a New York Times reporter to release the name of a confidential source. The administration also labeled another a Fox News reporter an “un-indicted coconspirator” in prosecuting a government official for leaking classified information under the Espionage Act.
"When pressed on his record of dealing confrontationally with the press, Obama has defended his administration’s efforts as being vital to national security." . . .

Obama Prosecuted Staff Leakers, Gave Lie-Detector Tests, ‘Paranoid’ 
So stop using it all for your anti-Trump propaganda.

What, exactly, did the committee at the University of Illinois think Obama did to earn an Ethics in Government award?  "The Obama years were plagued by scandal and defined by a hyper-partisan government."

Obama said, "How hard can that be? Saying that Nazis are bad."
. . . "So it is pretty easy to call Nazis bad.
"Deporting them takes courage, morals, and brains.
"I know that because President Trump just deported one that Obama refused to deport for eight years, and Bush 43 failed to deport for four years."  Robert J. O'Neill tweeted: "

Nazis are bad. Now try saying “Radical Islam...' ”

The Character Assassination of Brett Kavanaugh

National Review

There are honorable ways to oppose a nominee with whom you disagree. Kavanaugh’s Democratic critics have chosen to go the dishonorable route, instead.

. . . "But it’s low and dishonorable to skip the principled opposition and simply smear a good man, engaging in cheap character assassination as Judge Kavanaugh’s Democratic opponents have this week.

"For those keeping score at home, millions of Americans have now been exposed to false and ridiculous claims that Kavanaugh is a slippery perjurer who surrounds himself with racists and a cold, dark soul who deliberately snubbed a murdered child’s father.

"The latter two claims date back to the first day of his hearing, when the online Left erupted with claims that former Kavanaugh clerk Zina Bash had flashed a white-power symbol during the hearing. It turns out that Bash is a Mexican-American immigrant with a Jewish father, a descendant of Holocaust survivors. So, no, she’s not a white nationalist.

"The same day, activists claimed that Kavanaugh actively refused to shake Fred Guttenberg’s hand. Guttenberg is the father of a student murdered in February’s Parkland, Fla. school shooting, and he approached Kavanaugh in the scrum following a break in the hearing. Just as Guttenberg, a complete stranger to Kavanaugh, stuck out his hand, security arrived and ushered Kavanaugh away. This was then cravenly spun into an outrage by the progressive Internet." . . .  By David French

We must not - repeat NOT - give these Democrats rule over the Senate, the House, nor the White House. See California for a lesson in what the left can do to a once stable, prosperous state. TD

"Ocasio Gets Knocked Out"

Steve Feinstein "In June 2018, young 28-year-old "Socialist Democrat" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated 10-term Democrat Joe Crowley in what was considered a major upset. Crowley – a tried-and-true Democratic congressman with 20 years of loyal party service, proved no match for Ocasio-Cortez and her embodiment of the new brand of über-liberal progressivism. In the new paradigm of Democratic Party politics, there is no such thing as social policies that are too liberal, no education, healthcare, or assistance initiatives that are too generous with government-funded payouts, no position on illegal immigration or gender identity that is too lenient or accommodating." . . .

. . . "This country is based on a market economy. It is capitalistic, driven by the profit motive. Virtually all economic activity in the private sector – whether it's retail or pharmaceutical/healthcare or energy or manufacturing or entertainment or communications/information services and devices or transportation or real estate/construction or law – is predicated on generating a profit. Government policies that discourage profit-oriented activity – indeed, punish it – will serve only to slow the growth of the national economic pie – the very pie that Democratic Socialists intend on cutting into slices and giving away to those they've deemed "deserving" or "underserved" or "disadvantaged."

"Diminishing private sector profits will result in a continually-contracting downward spiral, in which economic activity is restricted, companies shrink, hiring decreases, and the general standard of living – across all demographic sectors, including the "deserving" – is reduced.

"Democratic Socialism – a fraudulent idea based on fraudulent assumptions, foisted either by callous hypocrites like Sanders and Warren (who already have "theirs" and therefore can easily weather any economic downturn) or stunningly ignorant neophytes like Ocasio-Cortez (who simply don't know any better) – will collapse from the illegitimacy of its own weight, as did Ossie Ocasio from the unapologetic power of champion Holmes' inescapably real punches." . . .

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None of You Idiots Is Spartacus. Booker dodges a blunt question.

Jonah Goldberg
Our politics are getting dumber because we’re defining ourselves by the caricatures of our enemies.

. . . "Dear Reader (Including all of you at Kasowitz, Benson & Torres to whom I may or may not have spoken about the Mueller investigation),

"There’s not much new to say about Senator Cory Booker’s performance this week. The proud-yet-fake defiance of Senate norms and rules, the preening, and the bro-bravado (“bring it!”) — most commonly associated with dudes who know that their friends over by the keg will hold them back and barking poodles confident that they will not be let off their leash — have been well documented by numerous observers (including yours truly). But as a longtime admirer of the “World’s greatest deliberative body” (stop laughing!), I look to the wisdom of the great senator Mo Udall, who famously observed, “Everything’s been said, but not everybody has said it.”

"So once more let me don my kicking boots and give this dead horse another whack, not simply because Booker deserves it or because I take joy in it, but because there’s a lesson here for everyone.

"Our friends at the Free Beacon put together this helpful montage:" . . .

. . . Booker’s close-to-an-I-am-Spartacus-moment line was also based on a lie, but it was decidedly not in the form of tragedy — it was farce. Which is why the spectacle of all of those Democrats joining Booker in fake solidarity about a fake issue was so perfect. They were all shouting, “I’m Cory Booker!” and “Expel me too!” in the hopes his bravery would rub off on them, when there was none to rub off in the first place." . . .

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Cory Booker Dodges Questions about Kavanaugh Document Release

“Republicans on the Committee have said that the documents had already been approved for release before 4 a.m. this morning. Senator Cornyn basically accused you of a political stunt to bolster a possible run for the presidency. Was that just a stunt?” Cooper asked.

The Cory Booker you see has always been an imaginary creation

. . . "Never mind that the emails weren’t confidential or that the documents merely demonstrated that Kavanaugh had expressed opposition to using racial profiling in post-9/11 law enforcement screenings. Facts are a trifling concern when you’re a self-styled hero." . . .

 

Obama Called Benghazi A ‘Conspiracy Theory,’ Benghazi Defender Kris Paronto Lets Loose In Response

Weasel Zippers

"Former President Obama gave a speech in Illinois today which marks the beginning of his midterm push to try and help the Democrats take back Congress. Obama’s address made it clear that he, along with a sizable portion of the mainstream media, weren’t paying attention to what happened during his watch. One remark Obama made was about Benghazi:

Sabrina Siddiqui

✔@SabrinaSiddiqui

"It’s not conservative, it sure isn’t normal — it’s radical,” Obama says of the rise of far-right, while citing conspiracy theories that include his birth certificate, Benghazi and science and facts.

11:37 AM - Sep 7, 2018

NY Times Editor Rejects Obama’s Credibility in Defense of Media: ‘Come On’

. . . "I complained plenty about Fox News, but you never heard me threaten to shut them down, or call them enemies of the people," he said."Fiscus found this argument wanting." 'Your DOJ also prosecuted more leak investigations than all other presidents’ combined. Come on," Fiscus wrote."Fiscus was referring to the then-unprecedented efforts by the Obama White House to out leakers and prosecute those helping them. Most notably, former Fox News reporter James Rosen was accused of violating anti-espionage law for what one reporter at the time termed "traditional news reporting.""At the time, Major Garrett, CBS’s chief White House correspondent, asked Obama press secretary Jay Carney: "The subpoena says James Rosen is a potential criminal because he's a reporter. Is the White House comfortable with that standard, never before seen in a leak investigation?""Carney replied: "We need to make sure that leaks are not tolerated because leaks—they can endanger the lives of our men and women, and endanger our national security—need to be taken very seriously.' " . . .

Obama Uses 'Nazis' To Attack Trump. Ambassador Grenell Wrecks Him.

Daily Wire

"Former President Barack Obama attacked President Donald Trump on Friday in an attempt to help the Democrats in the 2018 midterms, smirking as he suggested that Trump has not done anything to condemn "Nazis."

" 'We’re supposed to stand up to bullies," Obama said. "Not follow them. We’re supposed to stand up to discrimination, and we’re sure as heck supposed to stand up clearly and unequivocally to Nazi sympathizers."

" 'How hard can that be? Saying that Nazis are bad," Obama continued"

. . . 

"Not long after Obama utilized Nazis in his attack on Trump, U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell responded with a tweet, writing: " 'Fact check: Donald Trump kicked the Nazi out of NYC after 14 years and multiple Presidents allowed him to stay."

. . . " 'The Nazis killed 6 million Jews," Grenell told The Daily Wire. "No one should ever joke about this horrific part of history."

"Grenell was referring to the Trump administration arresting "95-year-old Jakiw Palij — the last known Nazi collaborator living in the United States — at his home in Queens, New York," last month and having Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deport him to Germany.

"ABC News reported that "Trump told U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell to make Palij's deportation his number one priority when he got to Berlin." "

Robert J. O'Neill, the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden, also took a swipe at Obama:

Robert J. O'Neill

✔@mchooyah

Nazis are bad. Now try saying “Radical Islam...”

Ratings way down for NFL opener. Too many Colin KaeperClones I'd say.

NBC Sports  "The NFL’s opening Thursday night game got disappointing TV ratings for a league that is battling perceptions of rapidly declining popularity.

"NBC announced a 13.4 overnight rating for the Super Bowl champion Eagles’ last-second win over the Falcons. 

"That was way down from the 14.6 for Chiefs-Patriots last year, which itself was way down 4:13 This from a 16.5 for Panthers-Broncos the year before, which itself was way down from a 17.7 for Steelers-Patriots the year before that. 

"Are there extenuating circumstances? Sure. Kickoff was delayed by almost an hour because of thunderstorms in Philadelphia, and the game was a sloppy, penalty-filled mess.

"But there are only so many times that the NFL can spin its ratings decline as being the result of extenuating circumstances. Whatever the reasons, the league’s television ratings are not the juggernaut they once were. The NFL still gets national television ratings that any other sport (or, for that matter, any entertainment program) would kill for, but it no longer gets the kinds of television ratings it got a few years back." . . .

Nike decides a Colin Kaepernick deal is worth the backlash  . . . "The fallout was no surprise, but Nike may be betting that the upside of a Kaepernick endorsement is worth angering conservative Americans and supporters of President Donald Trump. Kaepernick -- who sparked a movement among professional athletes when he began taking a knee in 2016 during the anthem to protest police brutality against African Americans -- is embroiled in a lawsuit against the National Football League and accuses it of blacklisting him. 
"Still, with the former 49er one of the most popular football players in the U.S. the shoe giant is likely counting on passions to cool." . . .

Transgender Model Mia Isabella Confirms Colin Kaepernick Relationship; 49ers Quarterback Remains Silent   "Transgender model Mia Isabella, who was involved in the reputed Tyga and Kylie Jenner cheating scandal, said she and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick were once in a romantic relationship.. . . 
"Isabella finished: “The persecution of Trans women and Trans attracted men is REAL! But I thank him for being there for me when I almost gave up he saved my life.' ”

WIDOW OF FALLEN OFFICER Writes Incredible Letter To Nike: “I want to have a conversation about this hat.”  

. . . "Colin Kaepernick has the absolute right to protest anything he damn well pleases. I don’t dispute that for one second. My father, my husband and many, many friends have all served this country and were willing to fight for his right to kneel.
"But that right goes both ways. I also have a right to express my disgust at your decision to portray him as some kind of hero. What, exactly has Colin Kaepernick sacrificed? His multi-million dollar paycheck…? Nope, you already gave him one of those. His reputation?
"No, he’s been fawned over by celebrities and media alike. Funny, Tim Tebow was never called courageous when he knelt." . . .

Colorado Sporting Goods Store To Remove All Nike Products- ‘Colin, You Just Don’t Know What Sacrifice Is’ 

. . . "A Colorado Springs, Colorado, sporting goods store owner has decided to stop carrying Nike gear in his store in response to Nike’s partnership with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick."The store, Prime Time Sports, is owned by Stephen Martin who was inspired by the Nike slogan to “just do it,” according to an interview with local KSN News."The store currently has an entire wall, dedicated to Nike gear, and Martin is unsure if his store will be able to stay open without the athletic wear giant’s products.“Pretty sure I won’t survive without them,” Martin said. “I gotta do what I gotta do. I’m just doing it.”[…]"The Prime Time Sports owner isn’t just making this bold move against Nike because of his own experiences. He believes that it’s important to draw attention to who the real heroes are."Martin told the story about his father-in-law, who was a POW and was forced to watch his fellow soldiers be beaten and even killed, and he wasn’t able to intervene.“He said the hardest part for me was watching his fellow soldiers get beat up and killed in front of him and he couldn’t defend them because it would have cost him his life,” Martin said.“So Colin, you don’t know what sacrifice is, you just don’t know what it is, in my opinion.”

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Analyzing the Faux Administration Official's Times Op-Ed

William L. Gensert provides his take on the "senior official in the Trump administration" and his or her NYT editorial.

. . . This is not written by a "senior administration official."  The person who wrote this is not in on the decision-making process and doesn't serve in the White House.  He may be a Cabinet official or an appointee at the most. 

"I wouldn't be surprised to find he is something like the third assistant to the secretary of the Regional Administration Committee for Religious Community Outreach."

NYT was caught in 2011 calling an anonymous source (who turned out to be an intern) a 'senior official'

So what exactly are the standards that the Times applies when calling an anonymous person a "senior" official – when the story being spun fits the narrative the Times is pushing?  Phelim McAleer, writing in Townhall, takes a trip down memory lane and reminds us of an incident in which the Times was caught exaggerating to a startling degree, in service to its agenda of demonizing fracking.

Bear all this in mind when you read this in the NY Times: "Kavanaugh Will Kill the Constitution" and it's by Paul Krugman

Zina Bash is doing okay, and she’s trolling the #StopKavanaugh haters and has gotten some bites

Legal Insurrection

#TheResistance still bringing the crazy, claiming Bash was standing behind Trump at his Montana rally last night while she was in DC at the Kavanaugh hearings.

"The internet mob attack on Zina Bash was the lowest point in days filled with low points of disruptions and protests against Brett Kavanaugh.

"Bash, a former law clerk to Brett Kavanaugh whose husband is a U.S. Attorney appointed by Trump, was singled out because she supposedly flashed a white supremacist hand signal while seated behind Kavanaugh during the hearings. We covered the insanity, Malicious attack on Zina Bash shows how deranged #StopKavanaugh has become

It’s getting hard to describe how insane #TheResistance to Brett Kavanaugh has become.

The first day of hearings, which involved no testimony by Kavanaugh, devolved into a circus.

We’ve already covered today the antics of Democrat Senators trying to abort the hearings by repeatedly interrupting, the disruptions by Linda Sarsour and crew, and the stage and phony claim that Kavanaugh refused to shake the hand of the father of a Parkland school shooting victim.

All those things were stupid political theater….

Bash was sitting behind Kavanaugh as #TheResistance disrupted the hearings. She was in camera view.

Anti-Trump social media users with large followings singled her out for supposedly snide facial expressions and flashing a white power sign.

"See her hand resting with her thumb and forefinger together in a manner similar to an “okay” sign? That’s the supposed hand signal." . . .

Twitter goes berserk over strange clip  . . . "But Bash may become a rock star after she appeared to troll the Trump Derangement Syndrome crowd in what amounts to a follow up performance." . . .  Check the logic of this ACLU post, right:

US Attorney John Bash‏Verified account @USAttyBash

The attacks today on my wife are repulsive. Everyone tweeting this vicious conspiracy theory should be ashamed of themselves. We weren’t even familiar with the hateful symbol being attributed to her for the random way she rested her hand during a long hearing.

Kamala Harris’ viral grilling of Kavanaugh ends with a thud

The Democrats conducted a sorry performance this week during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.

San Francisco Chronicle  . . . "And so it went for nearly eight minutes, with Harris pressing Kavanaugh and Kavanaugh not offering much in return. He finally said he couldn’t say for sure without a roster of the rm’s lawyers. 

Hiveminer

"The exchange had potential for drama because Mueller may subpoena Trump to testify in his probe, something that could end up before the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh has resisted efforts to get him to say whether a president should have to comply with a criminal subpoena, arguing he can’t commit to a position on any issue that could come before the court. 

"Harris didn’t actually produce evidence that Kavanaugh had, in fact, spoken with anyone at Kasowitz’s rm about the Mueller probe. But videos capturing the confirmation hearing exchange were soon a mini-viral sensation, as the judge’s opponents hoped that Harris was armed with something that could derail his nomination. "
. . . 
'On Thursday, Kavanaugh and GOP backers on the Judiciary Committee undertook damage control. Given a chance to revisit the issue by Utah Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, the nominee said, “I haven’t had any inappropriate conversations about that investigation with anyone. I’ve never given anyone any hints, forecasts, previews, winks — nothing about my view as a judge or how I would rule as a judge, on that or anything related to that.” 

"When her turn came Thursday, it turned out Harris didn’t have the goods after all. After another couple of courtroom-style go-rounds between veteran lawyers, Kavanaugh issued a flat-out “no” to Harris’ yes-or-no question

"And that was it. Harris said she was just asking a question based on what she termed “reliable” information that Kavanaugh had talked with someone at the Trump-linked law rm. She did not identify her source or give any details of the tip. 

“ 'It wasn’t a trick question,” Harris spokeswoman Lily Adams said. “His answer (Wednesday) night was entirely unclear, and it raised concerns by many people about whether this had happened.” 

"Adams said Harris does not plan on doing anything more with the information she said she received from her source."


The innuendo will be sufficient for talking points on CNN and NBC panels. Kinda like Harry Reid claiming Mitt Romney hadn't paid his taxes in ten years.

After being asked [by Harris] about Bob Mueller Kavanaugh replied, “You ask if I ever had a discussion about Bob Mueller, I used to work in the administration with Bob Mueller.”  

Game Over? Senate Moderates Starting to Line Up Behind Kavanaugh

Guy Benson  "The pre-hearings attacks, distortions and Hail Marys all collapsed.  The table-pounding and hilarious self-owning during the hearings didn't move the needle.  And now it appears as though Brett Kavanaugh is more or less a lock to become America's next Supreme Court justice.  With Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats failing to land even one substantive body blow against Kavanaugh during multiple marathon sessions -- each of which was interrupted by deranged caterwauling from left-wing activists -- the writing is on the wall.  Barring a seismic event, confirmation is all but assured.  Let's start with two key red state Democrats whose constituents strongly favor confirmation:" . . .

With that math in mind, consider (a) that Lisa Murkowski has never once voted against a Republican president's SCOTUS nominee during her tenure in office, and has shown no signs of doing so this time, and (b) that Susan Collins has never cast a floor vote against the confirmation of any president's SCOTUS nominee.  What if Democrats can convince her that Roe v. Wade is in grave peril if she approves Kavanaugh?  Might yesterday's yawner of a "bombshell" cause her to change her (so far, quite positive) tune on Trump's pick?  Nope:

. . .
The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh wrap up today as character witnesses will testify for and against Kavanaugh’s nomination.

Townhall

Blumenthal, Whitehouse, Harris and Booker, the four horsemen of the Democrat apocalypse

Blumenthal, Harris, Booker and Whitehouse are the poster people for the American left today.  They are a sad commentary on what was once a pro-American party.   They all seem to loathe America now.  They are proving correct the apocryphal quote of Soviet dictator Nikita Khrushchev from long ago:  "You Americans are so gullible." . . .

Timothy Bishop

Patricia McCarthy  "The Senate Kavanaugh hearings have been instructive, to say the least.  The four names above were the most tellingly obnoxious Democrats at the event, the worst offenders, but to name the others would be redundant.  The Democratic Party's left - what amounts to a far left these days, cares about nothing beyond ending the Trump presidency, by any means necessary.  They have sold their souls to accomplish this feat.  That was on display for all to see these past few days.  They set out to destroy Judge Brett Kavanaugh with all sorts of accusations, innuendo and insults, but they didn't lay a hand on him; not one of them, no matter how malicious their interrogation.  Not one of these Democrats on the Senate judiciary committee showed the judge an iota of respect.  They did expose for all to see their contempt for the president and all things conservative.  They apply very different rules to those nominated to the SCOTUS by Republicans than they do to those nominated by Democrats.  Non-answers by Democrat-nominated candidates are heralded for their evasion of how-would-you-rule questions.  This is not allowed for those nominated by Republican presidents.  Supreme Court Justice nominees such as Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Elena Kagan, etc. were celebrated for their refusal to answer certain questions.  Kavanaugh, more judicious and more experienced than Ginsberg or Kagan ever were, has been eviscerated by these same Democrats and the press for his handling of the questions asked.  The left is behaving as if their very lives depend on defeating this nomination to the court. Republicans have never resisted a Democrat-nominated justice so vehemently.  Most of them have been confirmed almost unanimously.  Yet Democrats do not grant a sitting Republican his choice.  Why?" . . .  Keep reading...