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Democrats seem unable to avoid character assassination because it is part of their political DNA. Black's should be outraged when Democrats continue to smear their own.
Why are black's silent in the face of such accusations? Is it because they are unwilling to put at risk the largess they receive from government coffers by way of welfare? (See 1 below.)
Don't Buy the Attacks on Trump's Fed Picks Karol Markowicz, New York Post
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Trying to resurrect Kennedy: Why Beto and Buttigieg Pretend to Be Kennedys Peter Canellos, Politico
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A very harsh and general blanket indictment regarding Muslims. You decide. (See 3 below.)
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So far, Atty. Gen Barr testified the redacted Mueller report will be released per his previous schedule. It will be color coded as to the four specific areas where redaction is required either by law, regulations and/or precedence. Until the report is out he did not wish to respond to speculative questions. In essence he politely suggested blood thirsty Democrats cool their heels.
Barr stated he is working directly with Mueller regarding what is appropriate by way of redaction and will be co-operative within the constraints of the law. By including Mueller in the entire redaction process Barr is doing his best to make sure the Mueller conclusions are "kosher." No Trump collusion and/or obstruction. Consequently, the public should be able to accept the report is valid and the ground has been cut out from under the Democrat Trump haters who will continue believing it unacceptable.
The next report from the Department's I G will focus on how this collusion nonsense began and should be the blockbuster, definitive report that reveals who was behind the real collusion, unlawful FISA warrants and illegal activities on the part of high up FBI officials who will probably be Hillary and lead up the ladder to Obama who was aware and supportive.
Finally, it should also be understood Mueller was never obstructed in pursing his investigation. One other irony. Democrats criticize Barr for releasing the summary of the Mueller report so quickly yet, are upset he is taking his time for redaction's. Barr responded his initial release was not a summary but he used much of Mueller's concluding language.
Barr came prepared and was brilliant.
I love watching a great lawyer politely perform under pressure when confronted by creepy, partisan grandstanding politicians.
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Socialism has become popular with those who have never experienced it's "questionable" benefits! (See 4 below.)
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When Congress fails to address matters within their jurisdictional responsibility and the president steps in to address the issue Congress loses much of it's basis for complaint.
Illegal immigration and our current immigration laws have been foot balled for over thirty years because Congress could not reach a compromise and/or get it's act together. Consequently, Trump has stepped in with solutions. Every time this happens Congress loses some of its authority and weakens itself. Insanely, a judge sitting a thousand miles from the border determined national policy yesterday.
Furthermore, congress can scream about presidential over reach but they have no one to blame but themselves. (See 3 below.)
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1) The Destruction of Citizen Cain
In 2016, black businessman extraordinaire Herman Cain terminated his run for the presidency due to allegations of sexual misconduct. Cain chose to protect his family from the humiliation of enduring leftists' attempt to destroy a black conservative Republican.
Clearly, there is a double standard. Democrats are permitted to live lives of debauchery. Republicans must live saintly lives or be deemed unfit for public service by fake news media. Remember fake news media's absurd narrative that Republican Mitt Romney was unfit to be president because he may have bullied a fellow student in high school?
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1) The Destruction of Citizen Cain
In 2016, black businessman extraordinaire Herman Cain terminated his run for the presidency due to allegations of sexual misconduct. Cain chose to protect his family from the humiliation of enduring leftists' attempt to destroy a black conservative Republican.
It is unfortunate that negative press was many black Americans' national introduction to Herman Cain. When Cain dropped out of the presidential race, his accusers magically disappeared. Now that Trump has chosen Cain for the Federal Reserve Board, the allegations have resurfaced to block his appointment.
Folks, we cannot continue allowing leftists to hypocritically use this tactic to disqualify good people. When president Bill Clinton was committing adultery with an 18-year-old intern in the White House, Democrats and fake news media said, “So what? That is Clinton's private life, which is none of our business.” In response to credible women accusing Clinton of sexual abuse, including rape, leftists branded the women trailer-trash sluts and liars. Let us not forget the Bimbo Eruption Squad, headed by Hillary Clinton, purposed to destroy all the women who might go public with their sexual misconduct encounters with Bill Clinton.
To minimize president Clinton's serial sexual misconduct, Democrats and fake news media claimed that any man in Clinton's position would behave the same way he did. Fake news media and Democrat late-night TV comics destroyed Ken Starr, who was assigned to investigate Clinton's lies and sexual misconduct. Starr was branded a sex-obsessed pervert.
Hypocritically, Democrats and fake news media are claiming that Herman Cain is unfit for the Federal Reserve based on unsubstantiated allegations that pale in comparison to those against their beloved President Clinton.
Clearly, there is a double standard. Democrats are permitted to live lives of debauchery. Republicans must live saintly lives or be deemed unfit for public service by fake news media. Remember fake news media's absurd narrative that Republican Mitt Romney was unfit to be president because he may have bullied a fellow student in high school?
In truth, none of us has lived a perfect life. The Bible says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” But, praise God, people can and do change. Moses murdered a man. King David murdered a man and stole his wife. After paying dearly for their sin (crimes), Moses and David changed. Rahab was a prostitute who changed. Moses, David, and Rahab were used mightily by God.
Fake news media and Democrats pretending to be concerned about women is extremely repulsive. They seek to exploit women the same way they exploit blacks to further their socialist, progressive, anti-Christian, and anti-American agendas.
For example: Women pay a huge longtime devastating emotional and physical price for abortions. And yet, Democrats danced in celebration over passing a new law to abort babies on their date of birth. Shockingly evil, Democrats are seeking to legalize murdering babies even after they are born. Is this the behavior of a political party that champions women?
Sharia law abuses and suppresses women. It condones beatings, honor-killings, and rape in certain circumstances. So why are Democrats aggressively pushing sharia law in America?
My wife Mary watches the TV show Counting On, which features the Duggar family. I caught a Duggar wedding. I was immediately struck by the overwhelming respect for the young bride shown by her father, her groom, and every man at the wedding. She was a princess, presented to her husband as a precious gift from God to be loved, honored, and cherished. Such wholesomeness is anathema to Democrats and fake news media, repulsive as showing Dracula the cross.
Democrats' and fake news media's modern-sexually-liberated-
Democrats and fake news media seek to destroy all successful blacks with a platform to instruct black youths: stop blaming whitey, get an education, work hard, make right choices, and you can achieve your American dreams. America is the greatest land of opportunity on the planet for all who choose to go for their dreams. Period.
Herman Cain's extraordinary success proves that the American Dream is available to all Americans, dismantling Democrats' and fake news media's lie that white America schemes 24/7 to keep blacks down. Cain was elected CEO of the National Restaurant Association because he is excellent, rather than a racist leftist mindset of putting the poor inferior black guy in charge.
Herman Cain on the Federal Reserve would dispel the lie that Trump is racist. Cain would inspire black youths to thrive for excellence rather than affirmative action and government forcing standards to be lowered. My late dad won “Firefighter of the Year” two times in the 1950s without any special concessions or lowered standards because he was black.
Democrats and fake news media have decreed that Herman Cain is an uppity negro who must be taken down, his black derriere wrestled back to their Liberalism Plantation, where he belongs.
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2) Evaluating the 2020 Democratic Primary Field
ANALYSIS
Assessing the Democratic presidential primary at this point is a nearly impossible task. With around 15 serious candidates who have declared or formed an exploratory committee, and with another handful seriously looking at joining the race, the slate is very much in flux. Like the Republican primary in 2016, small changes in the polling position of candidates can translate to a large change in their position relative to one another, which in turn incentivizes rising candidates to stay in. So rather than, say, power-ranking the candidates – how does one really decide how to rank John Hickenlooper versus Jay Inslee? – I will look at them through the lens of “buy” versus “sell,” based upon the RCP Poll Average.
Joe Biden (29.2 percent): Sell. Up until a week or so ago, I was a heavy sell on Biden. It just seems difficult to believe that a Democratic Party increasingly identifying as young, female, and non-white is going to nominate a septuagenarian white man. If it were to nominate such a man, he would almost certainly have to be beyond reproach on #MeToo issues and racial insensitivities, and that is not Biden. He has already run for president twice, winning zero primaries, and hasn’t faced a truly competitive race since his 1972 Senate bid.
But Biden has opted to apologize briefly for his “handsy” behavior before moving on, while seemingly positioning himself as the candidate of traditional moderate and moderately liberal Democrats. Antagonizing the party’s progressive base is a risky strategy, but in a fractured field with multiple progressive candidates, it is probably the best strategy for him to win. I still think he’s a little high in the polls, but this smart move by a wily pol has given me pause.
Bernie Sanders (21.4 percent): Buy. Forced to pick a frontrunner, I would probably go with Sanders. This may seem like an odd move, having just pooh-poohed Biden’s candidacy on the grounds that he is white, too old, and male, but I don’t think his winning strategy rests upon winning over a majority of the Democrats. Instead, the strategy for Sanders revolves around him holding on to his base of around 20 percent of the party in a divided field, something that seems more attainable for Sanders than for Biden.
There are two interrelated ways this could play out. The first scenario involves him winning Iowa and New Hampshire, at which point his momentum becomes very difficult to stop. Currently, he is less than two percentage points out of first place in both states. The second involves him holding onto that 20 percent in a splintered field. Because delegates are awarded proportionally, but only after a candidate clears a threshold of 15 percent in a state, Sanders could scoop up delegates in every primary, while his opponents miss in various states. That can translate to a delegate lead pretty quickly, especially if the field stays divided.
As a final thought: If Sanders goes into a contested convention as the plurality delegate leader, the party will have a very difficult time denying him the nomination. It cannot withstand a progressive revolt in the general election, and many of his supporters are already convinced the 2016 nomination was stolen from him.
Kamala Harris (9.7 percent): Hold. Harris had a solid rollout, but a part of me wonders if she isn’t the Marco Rubio of 2020. Despite a somewhat thin resume, she’s strong enough on paper, has a plausible path forward (win California and sweep the heavily African American Southern states), is popular with different wings of the party, and has raised enough money to go the distance. But let’s not forget, she did almost lose an attorney general race in California, albeit in a very good Republican year. Combine this with the possibility of multiple African American candidates splitting the vote in the South and her current positioning seems about correct. She has significant upside, but the downside risk is very real.
Beto O’Rourke (8.9 percent): Buy. Three terms in Congress and a failed Senate bid aren’t the usual qualifications for a presidential candidate, but these are not usual times, and “real estate mogul/reality TV host” and “first-term senator” weren’t typical resume lines in 2016 and 2008 either. More importantly, as a friend of mine put it, O’Rourke has “it.” I’m not entirely sure what “it” is, but it’s the thing that allows you to stand on the countertop in diners and give speeches without seeming hokey. This Democratic field has some heavy hitters, at least on paper, but most of the candidates running lack “it.” O’Rourke will have a ton of money, and he is exactly the type of candidate who can catch fire in Iowa.
Elizabeth Warren (5.7 percent): Sell. Like Biden, I think much of her positioning has to do with name recognition right now. Her problem is that there’s nothing she does that someone else doesn’t do better. Do you want someone outsider-y? O’Rourke is a better candidate. Do you want competence? You would probably look to Amy Klobuchar or perhaps Biden. Do you want a female candidate? Harris seems better positioned. Do you want a progressive? Why choose Warren when Sanders is willing to scream that the gears of the capitalist machine are oiled with the blood of the working class?
Her strategy is probably to wait it out, hoping the better-known candidates beat each other up, knock someone out, and open a lane for her. At that point, she could be formidable. It is also easy to see her catching fire in the debates. But the same could be said of many candidates at 1 percent. She’s got upside, but for now I don’t see her as more than a penny stock.
Cory Booker (3.6 percent): Sell. Booker has an interesting track record as an outside-the-box thinker who challenged party orthodoxy. But that is not how he is running, at least for now; instead he seems to believe that “progressive war horse” is his ticket to the nomination. Like Warren, there just isn’t much he does that someone else doesn’t do better. Unlike Warren, I’m not sure he’s the type to catch fire in a debate or fill a gap if one of the frontrunners stumbles.
Pete Buttigieg (2.6 percent): Hold. This 37-year-old mayor of Indiana’s fourth-largest city also does not have the traditional resume for a presidential run, but again, we live in unconventional times. Buttigieg is smart, media-savvy, and has a pitch-perfect appeal to upscale, college-educated Democrats. At the same time, we have to see how he holds up once the glare of a competitive candidacy really begins to shine on him, and need to see whether he can expand his support. For now, he seems placed about right – somewhere above the middle of the pack but not in the top tier.
Amy Klobuchar (1.7 percent): Buy. If Biden’s bid fails, establishment support has to go somewhere, and Klobuchar seems to be a likely beneficiary. On paper she is an almost-perfect candidate: liberal but not extraordinarily so, female, from the Midwest, and possessing a sober disposition. The claims that she was tough on her staff probably work to her benefit, so long as the more outrageous claims about her aren’t confirmed. Her major problem is that she is fairly boring in a year where Democratic voters would probably like to fall in love, but again, her path pretty clearly runs through the establishment lane. If you buy that Biden’s first day as a declared candidate will likely be his best day, then Klobuchar has a ton of upside.
Andrew Yang (1 percent): Buy. Yang also has a non-traditional resume, but he’s smart and has an issue (universal basic income) that people can understand easily and presents well. He’s in the debates now, and should play well there. While he’s clearly not in a top tier position, he has more upside than the other 1 percent candidates.
Stacey Abrams (undeclared): Buy. Like O’Rourke, Abrams has “it,” and a large portion of the Democratic base views her as a martyr for an issue that is fast gaining salience in the party: vote suppression. She hasn’t declared yet, and perhaps is more likely than not to stay out. But if she gets in, the Democratic base could easily fall in love with her. There’s pure upside potential here.
Julian Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Hickenlooper, Jay Inslee, Michael Bennet, and some other members of Congress and candidates you may have never heard of (less than 1 percent): Buy. You can make cases for each of these candidates, especially if others in their respective lanes stumble. Receiving less than 1 percent of the vote in the polling is not particularly encouraging, but it would not take a big shift in opinion to vault one of them into third place. These candidates are penny stocks, but in a volatile field such as this one, the opportunity for strong growth is there.
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