Turning A Prickly Porcupine Into A Fuzzy Rabbit! Yes, Change Is In The Air! Netanyahu's Change of Heart and Why? Too Many Egos.

Slick Willy Is All About Change!
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I have been out and not watched the Democrat Convention but I was told tonight they placed the American Flag on the podium and Erick Erickson talks about the failure to discuss other matters as if they do not exist when not mentioned. (See 2 below.)

My wife caught snatches of the convention and said to me most of what the Democrats have complained about that needed changing  was caused and/or made worse by Obama, ie. the need to improve poverty etc. She also told me about Bill's speech last night and how Hillary is so good at change and Libya came to mind along with 4 American lives. 

The softening of Hillary has begun. It is a monumental task but if anyone can do it Slick Willy and the Democrats can.  They are masters at sleight of hand. Now you see it and now it has changed and right before your very eyes. They are going to make a prickly porcupine turn into a warm fuzzy rabbit. By November you are going to just love Hillary. Her voice will soften, her clothing will be more billowy, her makeup will change and even her Secret Service Detail will not recognize her. (See 3 below.)

We are out again tonight and Thursday.  Made these dates before knew about the convention dates.
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Has Netanyahu had a change of heart and, if so, why? (See 4 below.)
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A provocative article about "We The People,"  too many egos and thus, few principles . (See 5 below.)
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++1)Douglas Farrell provides us with the email breakdown that makes Watergate look like a misdemeanor offense.

DNC member killing horses for insurance money.https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/578
DNC making fun of black womans name.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/17942
DNC telling each other, love you too. no homo.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/425
DNC requesting a pull an MSNBC commentary segment.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/6107
DNC controlling the narrative with time released stories.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/12450
DNC conspiring to create false Trump information and release with Reuters.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/7102
DNC Hillary supporters infiltrated Sanders campaign.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/4776
DNC members going to complain to Morning Joe producers about his mentioning of a rigged system.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/8806
DNC discussing their relationship with NBC/MSNBC/CNN and how to get better treatment.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/13762
Super PAC paying young voters to push back online Sanders supporters. Paid shills.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/8351
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz having an off the record meeting in MSNBC President Phil Griffin’s office.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/8867
DNC being messed with by the Washington Examiner.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/5304
DNC discussing Hillary's policies as unfeasible.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/519
$200k for a private dinner with Hillary.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/17287
Offering to send interns out to fake a protest against the RNC.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/13366
Faking outrage and pasting in a video later.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/7102
A mole working inside of the Sanders campaign.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/7793
Bringing up Sanders religion to scare the southern voters.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/11508
Possible money laundering by moving money back and forth to bypass legal limits.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/6230
Politico writer sending his stories to the DNC before he sends them to his editor.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/10808
DNC feeding CNN the questions they want to be asked in interviews.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/4077
Creating a fake job ad for a Trump business to paint him as a sexist.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/12803
Hillary funding 2 million dollars in a cooridanted campaign in battleground states to win back the Senate.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/7784
DNC is upset that their “allies†didn't send in protestors so they sent out interns.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/13366
Clinton Foundation quid-pro-quo worries are lingering, will be exploited in general.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/8351
$50,000 – Lawrence Benenson.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/14700
Daily Fundraising Report for the DNC.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/2875
Content & Social Strategy Discussion.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/7512
Re: BuzzFeed and DNC connection.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/10933
Draft linking news articles about trump to use as negative press.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/7586
Fwd: State Dinner Countdown.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/1901
Some chick is angry she hasn't been given more stuff from the Obama administration…might be interesting to follow up.
Re: State Dinner Countdown.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/2946
Tim O’Brien: Trump's Fixation on Inflating his Net Worth is a Cause for Concern.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/4496
RE: May Fundraising Numbers.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/5615
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/7720
Hillary for America Raised $26.4 Million in April, Began May with More than $30 Million Cash on Hand.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/13986
Re: For approval: Trump supporter graphics.
https://www.wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/788
Press talking points, states Hillary is their candidate, dated May 5, 2016. More of a smoking gun than the ambiguous talk in the emails themselves.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/fileid/5254/2728
Consultant calling megyn kelly a bimbo. Has PDF attached that says the same.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/6087
DNC trying to get away with violating the Hatch Act.
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/20148
Democrats using interns to organize fake protests. 
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/13830
RE: Action on DNC tomorrow (Immigration Raids).
https://www.wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/9736

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Dems in Philly: Fight Trump, Not ISIS

By Erick Erickson 

It was humorous to listen to Democrat after Democrat lament the state of the Obama economy where the poor are getting poorer and only the rich can get anything passed in Washington.

Donald Trump could not have scripted a better convention for himself. Throughout the night, effeminate Bernie Bros cried and jeered and chanted for Bernie. They lashed out at Senator Pocahontas for betraying them by standing with Hillary. Actually, Warren never said, “I’m with her,” just “We’re with her.”

But most striking of all was what was not there. The Democrats celebrated illegal aliens, some tried to justify and rationalize murdering police officers, they all attacked Trump, but not a damn soul in prime time bothered to mention the war against Islamic radicalism or ISIS.

Continuing in Barack Obama’s footsteps, the Democrats has far nastier things to say about the GOP and Donald Trump than about ISIS and Islamic radicals. That is rather telling and rather shameful.

The Democrats view the GOP as the bad guy, while thinking ISIS is misunderstood. They would plant trees that grow money so everything can be free while powering America with unicorn farts and jackalope dreams. But they will only fight Republicans and Christians, not Islamic Radicals.

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3)That Was Actually a Good Speech

By Erick Erickson

The party of family values has just nominated a man on his third wife with numerous affairs and they are pitting him against a woman whose husband routinely cheated on her, but they kept their marriage together. Republicans are prone to cast aspersions on the Clinton marriage. “They did it for power” or “she stuck to him for her own benefit” are the most common ones. But in a day and age where marriages crumble and kids wind up spread all over between parents and step parents, the Clintons kept their marriage together. Judge not. They swore a holy vow and, though Bill broke the fidelity part, they have kept the bonds of marriage between them that Trump has so easily cast off.

That was a good speech. Bill Clinton is still the guy you want to have a beer with. He paraded through a tour of states on what Hillary had done for the little guy. He talked about their marriage. He completely skipped 1998. But he came to rehabilitate Hillary’s image in the eyes of the American people and I suspect the old charmer charmed a good number of people.

I do not think his speech was as effective as Michelle Obama’s. But I think it was vastly more effective with a demographic Michelle Obama cannot reach — blue collar white voters who remember the first Clinton years fondly. There are a lot of them and they are toying with Trump who has a bit of the old Clinton “playboy for the little guy” in him. Trump is the Clinton imitator. Clinton wants these folks to know they can get the real one back.

it was a good speech for what it needed to do and it needed to do a lot.

I may disagree with Clinton on virtually everything politically, but he is one hell of a politician. You gotta respect his game. Bill Clinton knows how to connect with people.

I know an older Republican lady who attended an event with Clinton in Middle Georgia back when he was running for re-election. She was prepared to give him a piece of her mind. She went into the event with him, he came up to her with his hand shake where he puts his other hand on you, chatted her up as if she was his long lost friend, and she came away completely charmed. She still voted Dole-Kemp, but she never was really quite as angry about Bill Clinton after that.

That’s kinda like this speech.

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4)

Why Israel May Seal Aid Deal Now

JONATHAN S. TOBIN / JULY 26, 2016

For the past year, the Israeli government has been conducting talks with the Obama administration for a renewal of a defense aid package that expires in 2018. At stake is a new 10-year agreement that friends of Israel hope will help solidify its qualitative military advantage over its adversaries. Upgrading those capabilities in the wake of the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal has become a priority for both countries, albeit for different reasons. But the assumption on the part of many observers was that the stalemate in the talks was based on a calculation by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his country would be better off waiting until January and President Obama’s retirement rather than signing a deal now. Given the more than seven years of fights and hostility to Israel on the administration’s part, the thinking was that the election of either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump would likely enable Jerusalem to get a better deal than the one being offered by Obama.

But instead of digging in their heels and waiting for a new president, it appears that Netanyahu meant what he said when he indicated he wanted an agreement sooner rather than later. The news from Israel today is that Netanyahu is sending the acting head of the Jewish state’s National Security Council to Washington to finalize a deal.

Why is Netanyahu acting now when the conventional wisdom is that he could do better with either Clinton or Trump?

A report published in the New York Times earlier this month revealed that the current U.S. offer could top $40 billion over ten years. That’s a substantial increase from the current understanding, which is in the neighborhood of $30 billion. The Israelis believe the Iran deal has increased the threat level to the point that they need even more than what the Americans are offering. More important than that is a disagreement on how the aid may be spent.

What is not generally known about the billions Israel gets in military assistance is that most of it is spent in the United States. In that sense, aiding Israel is also a boon to U.S. defense contractors. But the Israelis have also been permitted to spend approximately 25 percent of it in Israel and another 13 percent on the cost of buying fuel. This has enabled the growth of Israel’s homegrown defense industries that have, in addition to making the Jewish state more self-sufficient, also given it the ability to help perfect U.S. military systems in ways that enormously benefit America’s defense capabilities.

But along with the extra cash, the administration has been seeking to force Jerusalem to spend all of it here in the United States. Given Obama’s willingness of to cut off ammunition resupply during the 2014 Gaza war with Hamas, that could potentially limit Israel’s freedom of action to defend itself. Since Obama has always seemed to view aid as primarily useful as a method to restrain Israel rather than to empower it, the Israelis are right to worry about this provision.

But whatever the misgivings on both sides of these talks, the signs of movement are unmistakable. Why?

The first possible reason is that the administration may be showing new urgency because of an ulterior motive. Obama may use the fall session of the United Nations General Assembly to support a Palestinian push for recognition of their statehood without first requiring them to make peace with Israel. That would be a stunning betrayal of Israel that would presumably occur after the November election so as to mitigate any impact on Hillary Clinton’s chances. But if that is what the president intends, he may be thinking that having just concluded a massive aid deal will insulate him against criticism.

Why then would the Israelis give him that kind of cover? The answer may be that getting a good aid deal in hand may outweigh other considerations, especially since it isn’t likely that Netanyahu can do anything to win Obama over.

But there is another factor that may be impelling the Israelis to act now.  But Israelis must also be concerned that even if a new administration provides a chance for a fresh start between the two governments, there will be other factors that may make it harder to conclude a favorable aid agreement.

A Clinton administration will be heavily indebted to Bernie Sanders and his left-wing supporters who are, if anything,  more hostile to Israel than Obama. Her freedom of action when it comes to military aid may be a good deal less than some of her ardent Jewish supporters think.

Just as if not more problematic would be a Trump administration’s attitude toward aid. While Trump is quick to proclaim his friendship for Israel, he is hostile to foreign aid in principle. His isolationist policies will not only make Israel’s strategic position more rather than less perilous, he has made it clear that he expects allies to pay for the privilege of being tied to the U.S. His “America First” mantra would also seem to militate against any flexibility about letting Israel support its own industry that some American firms see as a competitor. Rather than being more likely to be generous, Netanyahu has every reason to think Trump will be even less forthcoming than Obama.

Thus, for all of the backbiting that has gone on between Obama and Netanyahu, the latter may have decided that the smart play is to get the best deal possible now rather than gambling on the whims of the mercurial Trump or a Clinton who called herself the “designated yeller” at Israel during her time as secretary of state. 2017 may be a bad time for Israel to be asking for more help. The prime minister may well be thinking the devil he knows may be a better bet for a vital aid package than the uncertainties associated with Obama’s successors.

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5)

A Tale of Too Many Egos

By Rabbi Yonason Goldson

This isn’t about the 2016 presidential campaign. It’s not about the candidates or the conventions; it’s not about about political ideology or the political process.

It’s all about We The People.

But that requires talking about -- at least briefly -- the candidates I’d rather not talk about.

Some of us had dared to hope that Donald Trump, after securing the Republican nomination, would disclose that it had all indeed been an act and that he was ready to start acting like an adult. After all, he’s a super-successful billionaire real estate mogul. And he has such great kids. Surely, he’s capable of acting presidential.

Ah, hope springs eternal.

Then the ghost of Ted Cruz reappeared. To be fair, Mr. Trump has a legitimate grievance against Mr. Cruz, who should have either

endorsed his former rival or declined the invitation to speak from the convention pulpit. As a career politician, the Senator Cruz must understand that the purpose of a national convention is to inspire party solidarity, not to posture for the next election cycle. Mustn’t he?

ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN

Well, maybe not. Instead, Mr. Cruz embraced the new normal, demanding to have it both ways, applying one standard to himself and an entirely different standard to everyone else. By doing so, Mr. Cruz may indeed have “hung himself,” as Rudy Giuliani has predicted.

Or maybe not.

It’s just as likely that Mr. Cruz will suffer no political fallout, any more than those whose not-so-distinguished company he chose to join:

• Lois Lerner, who declared herself innocent and then pleaded the Fifth.

• Kim Davis, who expected to keep her job while refusing on principle to do it.

• James Comey, who counted off the many reasons for indicting Hillary Clinton and then declined to do so.

• Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who abandoned judicial impartiality by wading into the political muck with her comments about Donald Trump; even the New York Times cried foul on that one.

These are only the most public examples. And what they all have in common is the inability to understand that principle comes at a price; and if you won’t pay the price, you don’t have real principles

LET IT GO

But if Donald Trump were gracious (which he’s not), or at least smart (which is debatable), he would have ignored the Texas senator altogether. After all, why should he care? Mr. Trump has the nomination, Ted Cruz was nearly booed off the convention stage, and there is absolutely no benefit to rehashing the petty, schoolyard taunts and rants exchanged during the primary campaign.

But apparently, Mr. Trump really is incapable of acting presidential -- even in his own best interest -- when his paper-thin ego is ruffled. Just as Mr. Cruz seems incapable of passing up the spotlight, if he can get in a parting shot before taking his marbles and slinking off to wait for the next game, four years down the road.

Of course, life isn’t any better in Philadelphia, where DNC head Debbie Wasserman-Schultz finally agreed to disappear into the night in exchange for one last grandstand, after she was caught exploiting her position to skew the supposedly even-handed primary process in favor of Hillary Clinton.

Not than anyone was surprised. Whatever your political bent, principles have largely become a thing of the past.

That may be because too many Americans have no notion of the values on which this country was founded: Equal opportunity, equal rights, and equal protection under the law. These do not ensure equal wealth or power. But they are part of a culture that once recognized a moral, as opposed to a legal, commitment to place the lowest rung of the ladder of fortune within reach of its most downtrodden citizens, to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority, and to shape a society bound together by commitment to higher values and national destiny.

This is why our Constitution begins not with a statement of legal axioms but with a declaration of visionary purpose:

We the people of the United States -- we are one nation and one people, sharing a common language, common culture, and common ideals.

In order to form a more perfect union -- we can’t make the world perfect, but we can create a society that will allow for us to pursue perfection in every way humanly possible.

Establish justice -- through a system of laws blind to wealth, race, religion, reputation, and influence.

Ensure domestic tranquility -- by protecting the innocent and holding the guilty accountable.

Provide for the common defense -- by cultivating a national philosophy of individual sacrifice on behalf of the collective.

Promote the general welfare -- through a culture of private charity and institutional support.

And secure the blessings of liberty for us and our posterity -- by balancing individual rights against personal responsibility and civil activism against bureaucratic self-restraint.

We are a nation of many backgrounds, many religions, many ideas, and many social distinctions.

But we are also a nation built on the most noble principles articulated in modern history. All we need are leaders who can remind us of where we came from, who we are, and who we ought to be.

But first we need to find leaders who themselves remember who we are and what our country stands for, who care more about the people than they do about their own egos. And until we do, we should be quick about throwing the old guard out and rejecting those who promise more of the same.

Rabbi Yonason Goldson is a professional speaker and trainer.  Drawing upon his experiences as a hitchhiker, circumnavigator, newspaper columnist, high school teacher, and talmudic scholar, he teaches practical strategies for enhancing communication, ethical conduct, and personal achievement. He is the author of Proverbial Beauty: Secrets for Success and Happiness from the Wisdom of the Ages is available on Amazon.

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