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Confusion in All Corners
By Sherwin Pomerantz
To say the people here are anxious and confused would be an understatement
Everyone seems to agree that Iran, whether (a) directly, (b) through its proxies or (c) together with its proxies, will attack Israel to avenge our presumed killing of Hamas political head Ismail Haniyah in Tehran last week (for which we have not claimed or denied responsibility) as well as a series of Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon as well, for which we do take responsibility. That’s about the only thing that everyone seems to agree on.
How big will the attack be? No one knows but it is comforting to have that armada of US warships off the coast ready to come to our defense should we be attacked. Thank you, President Biden.
When will it be? Who knows. Many people say it will come tomorrow, Monday. Just as many say Iran is waiting for August 12-13 when we observe the Fast of the 9th of the Hebrew month of Av which commemorates the destruction of both Temples and a host of other catastrophic events throughout Jewish History. Poetic no?
Has Netanyahu gone rogue? Not sure. On the one hand he seems very much in control. Nevertheless, there are rumors on the street that he is ready to sack the defense minister as well as the Chief of General Staff, both of whom, with him, have been in charge of the conduct of our war with Hamas. Why would he do that? Presumably because they disagreed with him one-night last week on the issue of accepting a cease fire/hostage deal and he “slapped” them down for that. Hearing dissent is not Bibi’s strong suit as we all know. But if history is worth anything, sacking those two would throw this country into chaos. It would be one of the more idiotic things that the prime minister could do in the middle of a war and the response from our citizens will be overwhelmingly against the prime minister’s actions.
Overnight last night Hezbollah fired off over 50 rockets aimed for Irael’s north while this morning a terrorist went to the coastal city of Holon and started stabbing people in a park, killing three and injuring others, some seriously. Was that the start of the retaliation or just another day at the ranch?
So, are you totally confused? Well, we are as well. It seems that everyone is just waiting for the other shoe to drop and hoping that when it does the damage will be minimal.
One thing is sure. People seem to be doing only what they think must be done today and trying to stay close to home in case the sirens sound. Once again, most air traffic has come to a halt except for ELAL, the national carrier, trying to ferry home those who had tickets last week and this weekend on Delta, United, Lufthansa, Austrian, British Air, etc. all of whom have suspended service to and from Israel for fear of getting caught in the crossfire.
Is there room for optimism? Perhaps. The fear of mutually assured destruction may well be the elixir that prevents the worst from happening. Let’s hope the leadership in all the countries are familiar with word and its potential.
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How many illegal votes will the Democrats register prior to the election? This was always why Biden kept the borders open and now comes the big payoff. Rest assured the mass and social media will cover this fraud up because they want Kamala to win at any cost.
The concept of a reliable/honest election is simply a mirage to give comfort to the unwashed.
Everything Democrats are doing is being done to stack the deck so Trump cannot win. He escaped one failed assassination miracle, probably orchestrated by Biden and Comey, but I seriously doubt Trump will enjoy another such miracle.
Anyone who trusts Biden, Comey, The FBI, the SSA, Democrats, the political D.C elites, the mass/social media, the government is a damn/gullible fool.
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It was only a matter of time before the Manchurian President snake would uncurl and become the orchestra leader of Kamala's band.
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Barack Obama has been a very busy man in recent weeks. Within hours of Joe Biden's disastrous June 27 debate with Donald Trump. the former Democratic president was working the phones looking to engineer a quick Biden exit.
That was not to be. Biden was within three points of Trump in the national polls and felt that Obama, Pelosi, and the whole gaggle of establishment Democrats were running scared. There were still four months to go before election day, and Biden felt he had time to recover.
He was not to be given that time. Biden was dumped from the ticket and unceremoniously kicked to the curb in favor of a vice president with the lowest approval rating in history.
Kamala Harris has since been transformed. She's no longer the bumbling, fumbling punchline to a political joke. She's the savior of the nation, girding her loins to do battle with the Evil One, Donald Trump.
But just because the media is portraying her as a world-beater doesn't mean anything. She's still a disaster area as a candidate. So Barack Obama has decided to step out from behind the curtain and run the Harris campaign
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris hired a battery of new senior advisers to her campaign this week, moving swiftly to replace lifetime loyalists of President Biden with Democratic campaign veterans, including multiple leaders of Barack Obama’s presidential bids, according to people briefed on the campaign shifts.
David Plouffe, a top strategist on both of Obama’s presidential campaigns, joins Harris as senior adviser for strategy and the states focused on winning the electoral college. Stephanie Cutter, the deputy campaign manager for Obama’s reelection, who has been working in recent months with Harris, is the new senior adviser for strategy messaging. Mitch Stewart, a grass-roots organizing strategist behind both Obama victories, will become the senior adviser for battleground states. David Binder, who led Obama’s public opinion research operation and previously worked for Harris, will expand his role on the Harris campaign to lead the opinion research operation.
Not very subtle of Obama, is it? Obama's motives are complex, but surely one of them is his desire to humiliate Joe Biden. Obama and Biden's feud began when Obama entered the Senate in 2006 and Biden immediately saw him as a rival for his 2008 presidential run. Obama resented Biden's condescension and put him in his place during the 2008 campaign.
As for the Obama veterans joining Harris' campaign, they aren't policy wonks. They're nuts-and-bolts politicos who will flesh out Harris' ground game and bring experienced hands to the job of building a national campaign.
David Plouffe is the most important new hire for Harris. Plouffe has an encyclopedic knowledge of Democratic politics and politicians and can help Harris in swing states. Stephanie Cutter has been massaging Biden's messaging and Obama's before that. She's a veteran of four presidential campaigns and will add experience to a campaign that many observers believe lacked a focused message.
The new structure around Harris is expected to address the bifurcated nature of the Biden campaign leadership — with a campaign team in Wilmington that effectively answered to Biden’s inner circle in Washington, which advisers said sometimes slowed decision-making. The team operating out of Delaware will now be significantly larger at the top as it make the final push to Election Day, less than 100 days away.
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