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Showing posts with label 2016 Presidential Election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2016 Presidential Election. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Donald J. Trump cashed a thirteen cent check
In 1990, Spy magazine performed an interesting experiment to find out "Who is America's cheapest zillionaire?"
Spy sent various people a 13 cent check , and waited to see who would actually cash it. They sent the checks to the home addresses of the rich people. DJT cashed his. So did the Saudi businessman Adnan Khashoggi.
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Sunday, August 14, 2016
Donald J.Trump's babysitters
By Jack Brummet, National Affairs Ed.
The RNC—and his own team—have begun sending babysitters out with DJT. So far, Giuliani, Christie, and Priebus have pulled road duty.
"We've always found it's wise to have people traveling with him, because it's an opportunity to have him engaged and not just sitting there," Campaign runner Manafort said.
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Tuesday, November 03, 2015
President Obama not so sure the Republicans could stand up to Vlad Putin
By Mona Goldwater, GOP Primary Ed.
On Monday, BHO mocked the Republican presidential candidates for promising they could stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin. . .when they couldn't handle last week's debate moderators.
On Monday, BHO mocked the Republican presidential candidates for promising they could stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin. . .when they couldn't handle last week's debate moderators.
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Saturday, January 11, 2014
Chris Christie praises himself in apology
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.
illustration by Jack Brummet
In his 108 minute "apology" Thursday, Governor Chris Christie never really apologized. He did, actually, but not for anything he did. “I’m telling you: I had nothing to do with this.” As David Letterman said, he "boldly took responsibility by blaming everyone but himself." And then he told us about himself:
illustration by Jack Brummet
In his 108 minute "apology" Thursday, Governor Chris Christie never really apologized. He did, actually, but not for anything he did. “I’m telling you: I had nothing to do with this.” As David Letterman said, he "boldly took responsibility by blaming everyone but himself." And then he told us about himself:
- “I’m a very loyal guy.”
- “I am not a focus-group-tested, blow-dried candidate.”
- “I’ve worked for the last 12 years in public life developing a reputation for honesty.”
- “I’ve engendered the sense and feeling among the people closest to me that we’re a family.”
- “I’m a person who cares deeply about doing my job well.”
- “I’m incredibly loyal to my people.”
- “I was the class president and athlete.”
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Monday, December 02, 2013
Hillary Clinton 2016, or, why Joe Biden is so effed
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor
There is no question in my mind anymore that Hillary Clinton is running for President. She's running, which doesn't necessarily mean she will remain running. But for the moment, she's in. She is making the rounds of all the appropriate conclaves, has worked to solidify her position with the black community after majorly offending many of them (in particular some of the things Bill Clinton said on the campaign trail caused a lot of hurt), and is checking in with all her old friends and supporters. The strategy seems to be working.
As much as she and BHO tilted during the 2008 campaign, she was a loyal and hard working Secretary of State, and they seemed to have emerged from it all with at least a deep mutual respect. So much so that President Obama has done literally nothing to help grease the skids in case Joe Biden decides to throw his hat in the ring. In fact, in 2012, the White House took their sweet time to deny persistent rumors that BHO would dump Joe Biden and replace him on the ticket with HRC. A President would normally give a serious boost to their VPOTUS at this point in the game. But BHO is sitting on his hands. And Smilin' Joe is understandably frustrated. But, judging from his visits to various Democratic rallies and numerous visits to the early caucus state, Iowa, he too is running for President. For now.
In numerous appearances in the last year, former SoS/Senator/First Lady Clinton has differentiated herself from VP Biden, often by reiterating her support for the raid that captured and killed Osama bin Laden (which the Veep strongly opposed).
In a September appearance in Iowa, Vice President Biden said that John Kerry, Clinton’s successor as secretary of State, was “one of the best secretaries of State in the nation’s history." Clinton was not even mentioned.
Joe Trippi, the veteran Democratic operative who ran Howard Dean’s presidential campaign in 2004, told Real Clear Politics that he did not believe Biden would take on Clinton but that it was possible that something unforeseeable might make her decide not to run (or leave her seriously weakened or wounded).
There is no question in my mind anymore that Hillary Clinton is running for President. She's running, which doesn't necessarily mean she will remain running. But for the moment, she's in. She is making the rounds of all the appropriate conclaves, has worked to solidify her position with the black community after majorly offending many of them (in particular some of the things Bill Clinton said on the campaign trail caused a lot of hurt), and is checking in with all her old friends and supporters. The strategy seems to be working.
As much as she and BHO tilted during the 2008 campaign, she was a loyal and hard working Secretary of State, and they seemed to have emerged from it all with at least a deep mutual respect. So much so that President Obama has done literally nothing to help grease the skids in case Joe Biden decides to throw his hat in the ring. In fact, in 2012, the White House took their sweet time to deny persistent rumors that BHO would dump Joe Biden and replace him on the ticket with HRC. A President would normally give a serious boost to their VPOTUS at this point in the game. But BHO is sitting on his hands. And Smilin' Joe is understandably frustrated. But, judging from his visits to various Democratic rallies and numerous visits to the early caucus state, Iowa, he too is running for President. For now.
In numerous appearances in the last year, former SoS/Senator/First Lady Clinton has differentiated herself from VP Biden, often by reiterating her support for the raid that captured and killed Osama bin Laden (which the Veep strongly opposed).
In a September appearance in Iowa, Vice President Biden said that John Kerry, Clinton’s successor as secretary of State, was “one of the best secretaries of State in the nation’s history." Clinton was not even mentioned.
Joe Trippi, the veteran Democratic operative who ran Howard Dean’s presidential campaign in 2004, told Real Clear Politics that he did not believe Biden would take on Clinton but that it was possible that something unforeseeable might make her decide not to run (or leave her seriously weakened or wounded).
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