Showing posts with label Republican Family Values. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republican Family Values. Show all posts

Thursday, June 02, 2016

PJ O'Rourke's surprising Presidential pick



PJ O’Rourke says he’d vote for Hillary Clinton rather than Citizen Trump:
“I mean she’s wrong about everything, but she’s wrong within normal parameters.”
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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Five things Paul Manafort revealed about Donald Trump yesterday

By Jack Brummet, National Affairs Ed.



Some crazy insane absurd things Paul Manafort (Donald Trump's campaign manager and chief strategist) said about Donald Trump yesterday in an interview with Howard Fineman (formerly Newsweek, now HuffPo):

The vice presidential pick will be part of the process of proving he’s ready for the White House, Manafort said. “He needs an experienced person to do the part of the job he doesn’t want to do. He seems himself more as the chairman of the board, than even the CEO, let alone the COO.”



Choosing a woman or a member of a minority group to run as vice president, Manafort said, “would be viewed as pandering, I think.”

We shouldn’t expect to ever see Trump’s tax returns.

Trump will be elected president easily. “This is not a hard race,” Manafort said.

“Does he know enough? Yes, because he knows he has more to learn.”
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Donald Trump's first dance with the presidency

By Jack Brummet, Election 2016 Ed.



"First, The Donald tantalized us earlier this year, and his polling numbers went--briefly--through the roof. Then he dropped out, but left the door open just a crack. Over the last few months, many of the Republican Presidential wannabes have made the trek to his office (for what--money? his blessing?). The Washington Post had a great piece on their blog in early December titled "2012 Republican are kissing Donald Trump's ring. But why?" It seems that Donald Trump, like most of the rest of the American electorate, has found Republican Clown War sorely lacking in substance, in a viable candidate, a rational platform--lacking in just about everything. Now, Trump has switched his political affiliation to "Independent," and is possibly considering running again. At least that is what some staffers and a spokesperson say. No word on how this would affect his reality show, which could be subject to equal time provisions from other candidates if he did decide to run.
From today's Christian Science Monitor:

"Given his not-too-shabby polling numbers, deep pockets, and new-found status as a registered independent, business mogul Donald Trump is in a decent position to launch a third-party run for president of the United States.
"The snark on the street is that Mr. Trump, a temperamental fellow who has toggled his party affiliation before, dumped the Republican Party on Thursday in anger after only two in the large field of GOP presidential candidates agreed to attend a debate he was slated to moderate. Some Republican hopefuls had questioned whether it was ethical for Trump to host a debate while considering a potential presidential run himself.
"A Trump spokesman, however, said his boss dropped out of the debate and changed his party affiliation "to preserve his right to run for president as an independent."

If you do run, Mr. Trump, may we suggest that you sign up your old friend, the Ex-Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, as your running mate? With a double whammy like that, what could possibly go wrong?
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Monday, May 16, 2016

Newt Gingrich Vice-President trial balloon?

By Jack Brummet, National Affairs Ed.




It looks like someone in the Trump "organization" leaked—or maybe threw up a trial balloon—that Newt Gingrich is on the short list for Donald Trump's VPOTUS slot.  Of course the leak may well have come from that self-aggrandizing blow hard, The Newt himself. Holy S***!

I knew they were looking for a congressional insider; a Speaker [1] fits the bill.  This race just keeps getting stranger and juicier.  I just saw a clip on Fox where Gingrich [2] said he'd be glad to take the job... with a few (unstated) conditions.
               
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[1]  Even a disgraced Speaker of the House who was ridden out of town on a rail

[2]  Illustration of Newt is by me, from an All This Is That post during the 2012 primaries)

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Saturday, February 06, 2016

Marco Rubio's Rick Perry moment.

By Jack Brummet, GOP/Tea Party Ed.


Rubio had his long overdue Rick Perry moment tonight when Christie had him on the ropes and he repeated the same thing--nearly verbatim--four times.  His aides made him memorize six short index cards, and when the time came he could only remember the Obama one. 

He'll drop in the polls overnight and the contributors will stop answering the phones as of now.
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Photos: Old friends, Bill and Donald Trump; Donald Trump with Hillary Rodham Clinton



It looks like Donald Trump just may target Hillary/Bill for WJC's highly suspect in my booklet, race-baiting comments in the 2008 primaries. After Obama's win, Clinton mentioned that Jesse Jackson won South Carolina's primary in 1984 and 1988 - victories that went nowhere. The remarks angered many black voters and officials in ‪#‎SC‬ who viewed it as an attempt to weaken Obama, who was, by then, Hillary Clinton's only real rival. -  
By Mona Goldwater, All This Is That, GOP-Tea Party Ed.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

David Duke endorses Donald Trump for President

By Mona Goldwater, Social Mores Ed.


David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader called Donald Trump "certainly the best of the lot." Duke explained most chillingly: 
"I think he understands the real sentiment of America."
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Monday, December 21, 2015

Lindsay Graham drops out of Presidential contest - a voice of sanity silenced

By Jack Brummet, Tea-Party/GOP Ed.

It does matter that Senator Graham is dropping out. At times, as hard as it is to believe, Sen. Graham was actually a voice of sanity in the GOP-Tea Party.




As Rachel Maddow pointed out earlier today, 


"Keep in mind, Senate Republicans have, by and large, stayed on the sidelines in the GOP presidential race. Of the 54 Republican senators in the chamber, only 11 have made endorsements (one, John McCain, backed Graham, which actually brings the overall total down to 10 as of this morning). "The chatter on Capitol Hill has been that much of the conference has held back largely out of deference towards Graham, whom they’ve worked alongside for many years. The thinking has been simple: once Graham quits, senators can start intervening in earnest, without fear of hurting their friend’s feelings."


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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Governor Bobby Jindahl bows out of the Presidential contest: "This is not my time"

By Jack Brummet, GOP-Tea Party Ed.

Soon to be Ex-Governor Bobby Jindahl picked a great day for a low-profile exit from the Presidential contest, telling Fox News "This is not my time.

After he is forced from office by term limits in January, he will be thinking at America Next, a think tank he set up a couple of years ago. Updated scorecard:

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Monday, November 09, 2015

Ben Carson and Jesus

By Jack Brummet, Republican-Tea Party Ed.

Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson's house is an homage to Ben Carson. The amount of memorabilia is like a museum. Most famously now, there is a painting of the Doctor with a large-handed Jesus. Thanks to reader Dean for the "news" tip.


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Friday, November 06, 2015

Ex-Governor Mike Huckabee and Governor Chris Christie relegated to the kid's table; Pataki and Gilmore, out

By Jack Brummet, 2016 primary and caucus ed.

Ex-Governor Mike Huckabee and Governor Chris Christie didn't poll well enough to stay on the main stage and are now relegated to the kid's table at the 4th Republican debate next Tuesday. They both failed to come up with the 2.5% share in the polls. 





On November 10th, Huck and The Governor will be standing with Gov. Bobby Jindal. and Sen. Lindsey Graham.  Ex-Gov. George Pataki and Jim Gilmore didn't even pull enough points this time to be at the kid's table.


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Tuesday, November 03, 2015