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Post by jdredd on Jul 18, 2019 19:41:27 GMT -5
Ha-ha! This is the most fun you can have standing up: Watching the Democratic Middle squirm as they are caught between the "too left for comfort" Squad and Donald Trump.
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Post by jdredd on Jul 30, 2019 19:05:50 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/opinion/sunday/maureen-dowd-trump-impeachment.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Sunday%20Review"WASHINGTON — After I interviewed Nancy Pelosi a few weeks ago, The HuffPost huffed that we were Dreaded Elites because we were eating chocolates and — horror of horrors — the speaker had on some good pumps. Then this week, lefty Twitter erected a digital guillotine because I had a book party for my friend Carl Hulse, The Times’s authority on Capitol Hill for decades, attended by family, journalists, Hill denizens and a smattering of lawmakers, including Pelosi, ck Smer and Susan Collins. I, the daughter of a D.C. cop, and Carl, the son of an Illinois plumber, were hilariously painted as decadent aristocrats reveling like Marie Antoinette when we should have been knitting like Madame Defarge. Yo, proletariat: If the Democratic Party is going to be against chocolate, high heels, parties and fun, you’ve lost me. And I’ve got some bad news for you about 2020." Here's a columnist whining that we need the same old same old Democrat Party of the mushy middle that we've had for decades, because leftist Dems are against "fun". To paraphrase Victor Hugo, even torturers can have "fun".
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Post by jdredd on Aug 1, 2019 17:21:26 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/opinion/debate-joe-biden.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage"As a conservative watching the Democratic debates, I found that one of the most astonishing aspects of the multicandidate assault on Joe Biden was that the case against him seems to be based in large measure on his role in two generations of Democratic victories. His “crimes” consist partly in playing crucial roles in the political successes of two previous Democratic presidents — men who were personally so popular that it’s entirely likely that they would have won a theoretical third term. In key issue after key issue, Mr. Biden isn’t running against the failures of the past. He’s running against the arrogance of the present." "As the race rolls on, Mr. Biden’s best hope is that most Democrats have different memories and different priorities. Maybe a reason for his current polling dominance is that Democrats are proud of the policy successes of administrations past and grateful for his role in their success. But Mr. Biden can’t coast on the fond memories of the Democratic middle. He has to better remind his voters why they hold him in such high regard. He helped them win. He played a key role in the party’s most significant achievements. And what of his critics? Should they not understand that the forces of judgment they unleash now can be turned on them? The conventional wisdom of today will soon be deemed the backward thinking of yesterday, and then — perhaps — they will empathize with Mr. Biden’s incredulity that his successes are now deemed not just failures, but moral flaws." So now the NYT brings in a hack from the National Review to make a case for Sleepy Joe, citing Clinton's and Obama's "achievements". In the eye...
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Post by jdredd on Aug 24, 2019 13:11:46 GMT -5
www.nationalreview.com/news/rep-ilhan-omar-likens-israel-to-jim-crow-south/"Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) continued her public campaign against Israel on Twitter Thursday night, comparing the state and its policies to the Jim Crow South of mid 20th century America. In citing the “millions of people under Israeli control,” liberal activist Max Berger, whom Omar was responding to, was likely referring to the Palestinian residents of the West Bank, who are governed by the Palestinian Authority, and, as such, cannot vote in Israeli elections. Since being elected in November to represent Minnesotans in the House of Representatives, Omar has prioritized the promotion of Palestinian rights in numerous media appearances and public statements. Earlier this week, she told Yahoo News that she “almost ckles” when she hears Israel referred to as a “democracy” and compared the country to Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism." Thank God, we finally have a Democrat saying what needs to be said. If she helps, along with Trump, push the Republican and Democrats into the "pro-Israel" and "anti-Israel" parties they've done us all a service.
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Post by jdredd on Aug 27, 2019 13:25:00 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/us/politics/joe-biden-ad-personal.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage"Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidential campaign on Tuesday made an extraordinarily emotional appeal for his candidacy and his health care proposal through a new ad that highlights his struggles with grief and family loss. In the 60-second television spot, called “Personal,” which is airing in Iowa, Mr. Biden relays the stories of his family tragedies that he often shares on the campaign trail. While many voters have pointed to the political calculus about electability in explaining their early support for the former vice president, others have cited what they see as his ability to empathize after facing so much personal adversity, and the ad reflects that dynamic." Another flattering piece for old fart Biden from the NYT. The Democrat Establishment is trying hard to hold back progress.
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Post by Turk on Aug 27, 2019 16:48:23 GMT -5
New and improved. That's is worth a ckle: a hooker, fake Indian, fake Mexican and two old guys with Alzheimer's. Yup, that's an improvement over the 8 years of Obama and his tranny wife. BTW they just bought a 15 mil house, crime does pay.
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Post by jdredd on Sept 4, 2019 15:17:23 GMT -5
Maybe the Dems need a new name too. I'm perfectly happy with "Democratic Socialist Party".
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Post by jdredd on Sept 25, 2019 8:31:44 GMT -5
I believe the Dumbocrats will shoot themselves in the foot with this impeachment crap. Not that I care. A pox on both their houses.
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Post by jdredd on Oct 16, 2019 0:48:35 GMT -5
I hate to be the one (of a million maybe) who has to say it: For the good of the Democratic Party old fossil Bernie should drop dead. On the other hand, it might do the Dems good to lose again in 2020. Not that they learned from 2016.
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Post by jdredd on Oct 23, 2019 15:44:16 GMT -5
www.nationalreview.com/corner/cnn-poll-biden-34-warren-19-sanders-16-buttigieg-6/"CNN’s new national poll shows Joe Biden holding his biggest lead in any national poll in over a month. When CNN last polled the race in early September, Biden led Warren 24 percent to 18 percent, with Bernie Sanders in third place at 17 percent. Biden has led Warren in all six national polls conducted (at least in part) after last Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate. Biden now leads Warren by six points in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls." Looks like we won't get a new improved Dem party in 2020. Same old tired fossils still running it.
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Post by jdredd on Oct 29, 2019 12:54:16 GMT -5
www.nationalreview.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-the-rest-of-democratic-primary-field-has-embraced-open-borders/"Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D., Hawaii) derided her fellow Democratic presidential candidates during a recent interview for embracing permissive immigration policies, accusing them of support for “open borders.” Asked if she believes “open borders” is a fair descriptor of the positions embraced by her Democratic primary opponents, Gabbard told YouTube host Dave Rubin that it was an accurate label and dismissed the oft-repeated Democratic rejoinder that conservatives use the phrase to tar their political adversaries. “I don’t support open borders. Without secure borders, we don’t really have a country,” she said. “And while some of the other Democratic candidates will say ‘well, open borders that’s a conservative argument and that’s not really what’s being advocated for’ — if you look at the practical implications of some of the things they’re advocating for, it is essentially open borders.”
I admit I haven't been paying much attention to the 87 competing Dem candidates. I'm sorry I missed the whole Gabbard thing so far, where she has had some sort of spat with old Hillary. But I caught this, where she aligns herself with the haters on the border issue. Just what is a "secure" border? A border where thousands have died trying to cross it for a better life? Not in my book.
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Post by jdredd on Nov 4, 2019 15:42:11 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-wall-street.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage"Interviews with more than two dozen hedge-fund managers, private-equity and bank officials, analysts and lobbyists made clear that Ms. Warren has stirred more alarm than any other Democratic candidate. (Senator Bernie Sanders, who describes himself as a socialist, is also feared, but is considered less likely to capture the nomination.) Wall Street has long tried to influence American politics and generally donated to both parties, though it traditionally has been more aligned with Republicans. But while there’s no coordinated strategy, the industry is more or less united against Ms. Warren. With just months before the first voting begins, it is unleashing a barrage of public attacks, donating money to her rivals and scrambling to counter her blistering narrative about Wall Street." Ha-ha! If the banking industry is scared of her, she must be doing SOMETHING right! But we already knew the business community was sleeping with Trump.
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Post by jdredd on Nov 8, 2019 11:02:03 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/opinion/warren-biden-trump.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage"Barack Obama, still the smartest politician in the land, knows this; a week ago, he rightfully called out the call-out culture that marginalizes so many people who are ready to vote against Trump. “This idea of purity and you’re never compromised and you’re always politically ‘woke’ and all that stuff,” he said, to a round of applause. “You should get over that quickly.” He was talking about an attitude, not necessarily policies — an attitude that dominates the bullying fringe of his own party. Predictably, he was called out for being paternalistic, with a boomer attitude. If anyone should feel victimized by social media hatred and cancel culture of a different sort it is Obama. More than a third of Republicans tried to delegitimize him, believing in the monstrous falsity that he was born in Kenya. Joe Biden has picked up Obama’s charge against the puritanical keepers of undiluted progressivism, in self-defense. He wrote this week of a “my way or the highway” approach that is “condescending to the millions of Democrats who have a different view.” He said, “It’s representative of an elitism that working and middle class people do not share: ‘We know best; you know nothing.’” Here is a couple of Democratic centrists being quoted on how woke Dems are alienating swing voters. So what they are saying is the Party should not get better, it should get worse. Don't you think if someone has their head up their ass you should call them out? I guess not.
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Post by jdredd on Dec 4, 2019 4:18:46 GMT -5
With Kamala out of the race, let's hope her supporters go to Warren and not the other bozos. And hopefully Bloomberg in the race will divide the votes of the useless moderates.
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Post by jdredd on Dec 6, 2019 4:39:34 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/us/politics/joe-biden-push-ups.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage"When a reporter asked about “losing your temper,” Mr. Biden denied that he had. “You want to see my temper, keep going,” he said, prompting some laughter. “What I wanted to do is shut this down.” The exchange instantly overshadowed the campaign’s announcement that former Secretary of State John F. Kerry was endorsing Mr. Biden. Still, the Kerry endorsement is among Mr. Biden’s most significant to date. His support provides Mr. Biden the backing of the Democratic Party’s 2004 presidential nominee and a past winner of the Iowa caucuses. “I believe Joe Biden is the president our country desperately needs right now, not because I’ve known Joe so long, but because I know Joe so well,” Mr. Kerry said in a statement. “I’ve never before seen the world more in need of someone who on Day 1 can begin the incredibly hard work of putting back together the world Donald Trump has smashed apart.” Uh-oh. Codger Joe got a little testy. But hey, Kerry, another holdover from the sclerotic Demo establishment endorsed him. I know you are excited as I am. And he has known Joe a long, long, long, long time.
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