A consortium of some 20 republican bigwigs(haven’t used THAT one in awhile) came out today opposing the fiery,populist media machine known as Donald Trump.
Hillary should be stewing in her own juices,but instead the MSM is making hay from the civil war going on between the two factions of the republican party.
Republican Party Insiders Pen Manifesto Against Front-Runner Donald Trump
Conservative authors are banding together to publish a manifesto Friday denouncing the ideas of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
Leading conservatives including Erick Erickson, William Kristol and Yuval Levin have written essays for a special issue of National Review to be published Friday, The New York Times reports.
Donald Trump is a menace to American conservatism who would take the work of generations and trample it underfoot on behalf of a populism as heedless and crude as The Donald himself,” reads an editorial accompanying the essays in the issue, according to the newspaper.
The issue will include essays from 22 prominent conservative voices, according to CNN http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/oh-gross-republican-insiders-pen-manifesto-against-trump/
RNC cuts debate ties with conservative magazine over anti-Trump issue
We expected this was coming,” National Review publisher Jack Fowler wrote in a blog post early Friday, calling the RNC move a “small price to pay for speaking the truth about The Donald.”
FROM REDSTATE
I Concur with National Review and Principled Conservatives
While neither piece is going to be very persuasive to the crowd of Trump bandwagoners both among the populace and the media, they are nonetheless a line in the sand regarding unprincipled Republicanism and Conservatism. It is a line where many of us on the Right will make our stand, not because we are part of some great Establishment or RINOs, but because we believe in what we stand for http://www.redstate.com/2016/01/22/concur-national-review-principled-conservatives/
Heilemann, Wallace Rip National Review’s ‘Against Trump’: Helps Trump, Stupid
“Against Trump” came in for a barrage of criticism on today’s Morning Joe. John Heilemann called it an “in-kind contribution” to Trump, by depicting him in precisely the way he prefers: as pitted against the Establishment. And Nicolle Wallace said it was a “stupid move and a stupid piece” that risks splitting the conservative media from the conservative base. http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2016/01/22/heilemann-wallace-rip-national-reviews-against-trump-helps#sthash.J1hHqeWb.dpuf.
‘My Voice Will Be Heard!’ ‘Livid’ Trump Supporter Goes Off on GOP, National Review in Viral Video Rant
A woman in southern California who supports Trump posted a video overnight that has captured the mood of many Trump supporters fed up with being lectured and condescended to about what it means to be “conservative.”
Nelson says in the beginning of the video:
“…I am one of the noisy majority and I am one of the people that is voting for Donald Trump. And guess what GOP, and guess what Tea Party, I am a conservative.
Some commentatorsseem to think Palin will bring her Conservative followers into the Trump camp. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Pam Geller notes two red flags she has seen in Palin’s past behavior that indicated she is not the ballsy, principled conservative leader we thought she was. I.e., when she quit the Governorship of Alaska and when she promised, but never delivered, a written statement of support for 911 family survivors to read at a Ground Zero mosque protest.
Sarah Rumpflists specific instances in which Trump and Palin have been on opposite sides in the past. I.e., abortion, private property rights, courtesy towards the disabled, politicians who flip flop, marriage, and putting the rights of the little guy ahead of government and business thugs. Since Trump is shooting for top of the ticket, one must conclude that Palin has decided to sacrifice principle for whatever it is The Donald has promised her.
It is gratifying to know that my fellow blogger and bestest buddy CtH shares the deep disappointment I’m sure many of us feel about Sarah Palin endorsing The Donald. I have never been ambiguous about my feelings toward Trump. I enjoy watching him slap the media around but I don’t trust him one iota. He’s not running because he wants to make things better, he’s running for the attention. He laps it up like a thirsty hound. Sarah threw away years of goodwill with her joining the circus that is the Trump campaign. My guess, which is as good as anybody’s, is that Palin has been screwed over by the GOPe so badly she’s only in it for herself now. I doubt she will be his VP candidate, given that the left’s vitriol toward her is still an all-consuming fire. I do, however, think he’s promised her a position, perhaps as Energy secretary. Trump is using ethanol subsidies to pander for votes in Iowa, even though it’s a fact (Algore admitted it) that ethanol does nothing for gas and he lied about it just to get votes in 2000. Meanwhile, underdeveloped countries are starving for the corn that once was used for food that now is wasted in refining fossil fuels.
Sarah Palin Just Threw Away Years of Goodwill as a Principled Conservative
While Trump has been sharply criticized by many (including me) for his lack of support for conservative principles on many issues, Palin has been viewed as a conservative standard-bearer ever since she first appeared on the national scene in 2008. Much of Palin’s popularity with tea partiers and conservative activists comes from her willingness to be a strong voice for conservative principles, and sadly, today’s endorsement stands in direct contradiction to many of Palin’s own words over the years.
On abortion On eminent domain On mocking people with disabilities On flip-flopping politicians
Today, Palin is standing in Ames, Iowa to put her support behind someone who cannot be trusted to protect the unborn, who has twice traded in his wives for younger models (literally), who claims to be for the “little guy” but who has been all too willing to use government as a hired thug to line his own pockets, and who spent years making significant donations to Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee.
I miss the Sarah Palin I thought I knew. I miss the tough-talking governor who energized the 2008 ticket. I miss the tea party champion. I miss the brave woman who didn’t just talk the talk, but walked the walk on the pro-life issue, no matter how nasty the attacks on her and her family. I don’t know where this Sarah Palin went, but she wasn’t in Iowa today. http://journal.ijreview.com/2016/01/252168-sarah-palin-just-threw-away-years-goodwill-principled-conservative/
I’m sorry if any of you like Donald Trump. I think he’s a narcissist whose only moral compass is the one that points at Donald Trump. We’ve had eight devastating years of this kind of “leadership.” How an allegedly devout Christian and pro-lifer like Sarah Palin could SUPPORT his candidacy just boggles my mind.
Palin claims Trump will support life. Yeah, right. Just like Obama promised to rein in government spending and lower the debt? ::pblt::
I get the anger so many of us feel and how much of a relief it is to hear The Donald rail against the evils the Left has inflicted on our once great nation. But look past that to the man behind the message. He’s even more abrasive, more self-serving, and less qualified than Barack Obama ever was.
Now, to add injury to insult, she’s playing the victim card on behalf of her son. I’ve got PTSD. I know people who have it, including soldiers. We don’t blame our bad behaviors on it, even when those behaviors are demonstrably connected to the trauma. And why not? Because we’re grown-ups who take responsibility. We pull up our socks and do what needs doing to get better.
As for her blaming Track’s problems on Obama’s treatment of vets … puh-leeze. That excuse might fly with some messed up vet who has nobody and nothing. But Track Palin has a big, wealthy, supportive family. Sarah playing Mama of De Nile does not change the fact that Track has only Track to blame for his behavior.
Your intrepid reporter underwent successful cataract surgery yesterday. God bless Medicare. The surgeon was referred by my family doctor and is the best in the city. When he schedules these operations he does an average of 16 in a day.As always,the doctor was running behind so it took an extra hour. The patient behind the curtain next to me in pre-op spoke no English and the nurse had to get a translator on the phone to get the necessary questions answered. When she came to check on me I asked how often they had to do that. She said it was a lot. Welcome to America.
Trump floats unexpected choice for VP
Former Sen. Scott Brown, who represented Massachusetts, but now resides in New Hampshire, got the nod this weekend.
While speaking at a Portsmouth, New Hampshire rally Saturday, Trump said that Brown would make a “very good” vice president.
When Trump asked Brown if he would consider another political run, an audience member suggested a Trump-Brown ticket.
“I think it [would] be a blow to Sarah Palin, because Sarah Palin has been a champion for the conservative cause, and if she was going to endorse Donald Trump, sadly, she would be endorsing someone who’s held progressive views all their life on the sanctity of life, on marriage, on partial-birth abortion,” Cruz campaign spokesman Rick Tyler said on CNN’s “New Day.”
WOULD SHE RUN AS TRUMP’S V.P. IF ASKED?
IS HE SMART ENOUGH TO REALIZE WHAT A FORCE SHE STILL IS, EVEN AFTER BEING SCREWED OVER BY MCSTAIN?
ABOUT THAT SHAM OF A “PRISONER EXCHANGE”
Obama’s ugly prisoner exchange with Iran
First: It’s a de facto prisoner exchange — of Americans who had done nothing wrong, for Iranians charged with or convicted of real crimes, even if the administration proudly noted that it had refused to spring anyone accused of terrorism
Second: The White House sprang the deal the day it was unlocking $100 billion in Iranian assets as per the nuclear accord.
Obama & Co. insist the nuclear understanding will pave the way to better Iranian behavior, but none of our allies in the region — from the Israelis to the Saudis — buys it.
Instead, they’re figuring out what they have to do to guard their own security now that America no longer has their backs.
KHAMEINI: WHAT ABOUT THE JEW?
OBAMA: F*CK THE JEW
FROM 2013:
Reports: American who went missing in Iran worked for CIA
Both the State Department and Bob Levinson’s family have long denied he was working for the U.S. government when he disappeared on a trip to Iran in 2007.
But Thursday’s reports from the Washington Post and the AP claim that Levinson had been on a CIA mission to dig up information.
‘Extremely Betrayed’: Family of Ex-FBI Agent Believed Held By Iran Lashes Out at White House
“We had to learn it from the TV ourselves, and that’s very disappointing and heartbreaking,” Robert Levinson’s wife, Christine, told the Associated Press. She used stronger language in another interview, telling ABC News that she felt “extremely betrayed” by the White House. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/01/19/family-ex-fbi-agent-believed-held-by-iran-lashes-out-at-white-house.html?intcmp=hpbt1
Republican Party Uses State of the Union Response to Attack Donald Trump
The opposition response to the president’s State of the Union is ordinarily meant to rebut what the president says. Not this time. They chose instead to attack the current front-runner for the nomination of their party because of his apparent dislike of the illegal vermin invading our borders to crush our economy by lapping up benefits that should go to Americans.
Meet Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina.The daughter of Sikhs and a rising star amongst the GOP elite.
Rising star Nikki Haley says she is open to becoming GOP running mate
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says she would consider being the vice presidential candidate for the Republican Party this year.
The rising political star revealed that she is open to the possibility in an appearance on NBC News’ “Today” show Wednesday, a day after delivering the GOP response to President Obama’s final State of the Union address.
Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush praised Haley’s speech as providing a clear vision for a better tomorrow.
RUSH HAD A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TAKE THAN THE MEDIA WHORES
What the Nikki Haley Speech Means
A little bit questionable, but on balance I haven’t had a whole lot of problems with her. But, boy, last night her response? I think it’s proof and it’s an example of so much. For one thing, it’s almost absolute proof of what I have been saying for last couple years now, that the Republican Party’s trying to drive conservatives out of the party. But I think it’s more than that. It’s certainly that, but her speech last night sort of expanded the theme of who is and who isn’t qualified to be a Republican, and the Republican Party is still anti-conservative
FRANK LUNTZ IS A WALKING BALL OF PHLEGM. THIS IS HIS STUPID FOCUS GROUP AFTER THE SOTU.
IT’S FOUR MINUTES, BUT THE MONEY SHOT IS AT THE 1:57 MARK WHEN NEARLY EVERYBODY IN HIS HAND-PICKED PACK OF STOOGES BLAMES THE REPUBLICANS FOR NOT KISSING OBAMA’S ASS AND ACCEPTING ALL THE BLAME.
You’ve probably heard about it by now. You may have even seen parts of it. Last night’s debate was as pathetic a display of moderator arrogance and outright venality as has ever been my fortune to witness. I don’t even think they had everything planned, it’s just when they started they couldn’t help themselves. I may do a separate post with the entire debacle broken down into pieces. For now I’ll just post short bites, some of which you have no doubt already heard.
TED CRUZ GOT THINGS STARTED. IT WAS ALSO THE HIGHEST RESPONSE FRANK DUNTZ HAS EVER GOTTEN FROM ONE OF HIS INFAMOUS FOCUS GROUPS.
Ted Cruz Slams the Media During GOP Debate
“The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don’t trust the media,” said the U.S. senator from Texas.
WATCH: GOP Debate Highlights from Round Three
Rubio: Democrats Have Ultimate Super PAC,
The Mainstream Media
Candidates Take Aim At Obama | CNBC
CARLY FIORINA
Trump: Super PACs Are a Disaster | GOP Debate | CNBC
Christie: We Have $19 Trillion In Debt | GOP Debate | CNBC
THE JEBSTER GOES AFTER RUBIO…GETS HIS ASS KICKED
LISTEN TO THIS ARROGANT SLUT TRY TO DEBATE DR. CARSON
Chris Christie: Democrats Are Running A Socialist, An Isolationist, And A Pessimist
Huckabee: I Fought the Clintons, Won, and “Lived to Tell About It”
Kasich: We Are On The Verge Of Picking Someone That Can’t Do This Job
Audience Boos CNBC Debate Host’s Awful Attack on Dr. Ben Carson
CNBC’s John Harwood to Trump: Are You Proposing A ‘Comic Book Version of a Presidency’?
IMAGINE HIM ASKING KING BARACK THIS QUESTION
YOU’LL LOVE THIS…TRUMP BITCH SLAPS THE HELL OUT OF KASICH
RNC Chairman slams CNBC after GOP Debate
TEENTSY WEENTSY PREENTSY GOT HIS PINK FRILLY PANTIES IN A WAD
Hannity on CNBC Debate: “This Is Going to Go Down in History as REALLY BAD NIGHT for the Media” (Video)
CHECK OUT RUBIO ON BEING ABSENT FOR SENATE VOTES
SHOCKER: CNBC Moderator John Harwood Proven To Be A Liar…
Shameful. CNBC Cranks Didn’t Ask One Question on Persecuted Middle Class and Failed Record of Obamanomics
CRITICIZE BARRY? YOU’RE JOKING, RIGHT?
Under Barack Obama the Middle Class in America has been under constant assault.
The Obama record– More pain, More poverty, More suffering.
** More Children Live in Poverty Today Than During 2008 Recession
** Obamanomics in Action: Worst Labor Force Participation Rate Since 1977
** Obamanomics in Action… More Young Adults Live at Home Than in 2009
** Obamanomics in Action… More Young Adults Live at Home Than in 2009
** Obamanomics in Action: One in Five US Families Not Working
** Obamanomics in Action: Real Hourly Income Down 10% Under Obama
** Obamanomics in Action: 11.4 Million Americans Have Left Workforce Since Obama Took Office
** OBAMANOMICS IN ACTION: Typical US Household Worth One-Third Less Than Under Bush
** Obamanomics in Action… One-Fifth of Middle Class Falls into Poverty
** 1 in 2 working Americans make less than $30,000 a year.
This seems both tragic and comical at the same time. McCarthy, who was being touted as the next tool of the democrat party, suddenly withdrew from the race for Speaker. The reaction to the news from different quarters was predictable, while his reasons are still unclear. He claimed “we need a strong leader.” It was also assumed it was the quote he gave a reporter about the Benghazi hearing pulling down Hillary’s poll numbers, which her flying monkey brigade instantly made into a campaign commercial.
There is a juicier rumor which I, in sympatico with Dianny, believe is the real reason. That is that in the gilded Sodom that is Washington D.C. it was discovered he was carrying on with NC representative and the Abortion Barbie of the Right, Renee Elmers. It just seems to be the kind of dirt the obama organization always profits from.C
Here’s Dianny’s piece:
My thoughts on McCarthy dropping out
But I don’t think it was Kevin’s blundering remarks about the Benghazi committee that fueled this decision.
I believe a story in Breitbart today may have a lot more to do with McCarthy’s decision not to keep his name in the running.
The Breitbart story is about North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones writing a letter urging candidates to drop out if they had even a whiff of a scandal that could destroy them or embarrass the Republican Party.
I saw that article and immediately thought of something I read on Twitter last week.
In case you missed it, Charles C Johnson from gotnews.com — admittedly not the most unimpeachable source — reported in late September that Kevin McCarthy has been carrying on an affair with North Carolina Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (which has resulted in Johnson receiving a cease and desist order this week from Ellmers’ attorney). http://patriotretort.com/my-thoughts-on-mccarthy-dropping-out/
IN CASE YOU MISSED ANYTHING, HERE ARE SOME OF THE GORY DETAILS
McCarthy withdraws from speaker race, vote postponed
McCarthy’s decision, announced moments before Republicans were set to nominate their candidate, will postpone the vote for speaker. McCarthy had been running against Reps. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Daniel Webster, R-Fla., before he dropped out, and it’s unclear whether other candidates will now step forward.
‘ORANGE CRUSHED’ IS PULLING SOME SKULLDUGGERY TO TRY TO HAND-PICK HIS SUCCESSOR
While Boehner originally was set to resign at the end of the month, the speaker said in a statement Thursday afternoon he “will serve as Speaker until the House votes to elect a new Speaker.” He added, “I’m confident we will elect a new Speaker in the coming weeks.” http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/08/mccarthy-withdraws/
Louie Gohmert: Boehner Postponed Speaker Vote ‘Like Any Good Dictator Would’
LOUIE GOHMERT HAS NEVER BEEN ONE TO SUFFER IN SILENCE
“It actually pointed to the reason we need a new speaker, and that is because it’s like he feels he has to pick a successor, like any good dictator would,” the Texas Republican said in comments to TheBlaze Thursday night after House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy abruptly took himself out of the running as GOP members gathered for the secret-ballot vote. “But this is not supposed to be a dictatorship. This was an awesome time, a great opportunity for the conference to come together after Kevin’s announcement and have a family discussion.” http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/10/08/louie-gohmert-boehner-postponed-speaker-vote-like-any-good-dictator-would/
Republican: ‘Very real’ chance GOP will need Dems to elect Speaker
APPARENTLY NASTY PELOSER DIDN’T GET HER PACK OF LIBERAL JACKALS TO COOPERATE TO KEEP THE SPEAKERSHIP IN THE HANDS OF ONE OF HER PUPPETS
Republicans may be forced to solicit Democratic help to break their Speaker stalemate, Rep. Charlie Dent (R) said Thursday.
The Pennsylvania centrist, who often serves as a mouthpiece for outgoing Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), said there is only a small handful of Republicans who can win 218 GOP votes to fill Boehner’s shoes. The trouble is, none of them wants the job.
Report: Boehner phones Paul Ryan, asks him to run for Speaker — or else he might stay on as Speaker himself
REMEMBER HE WAS OUR VP NOMINEE LAST ELECTION
This makes three top House Republicans who’ve endorsed Ryan in the last two days as a potential uniting force. Yesterday it was Trey Gowdy:
Trump takes credit for McCarthy dropping out
HEEEERES DONALD!
Donald Trump is taking credit for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) dropping out of the race for Speaker.
“They’re giving me a lot of credit for that, because I said you really need somebody very, very tough and very smart — you know smart goes with tough, not just tough,” the Republican presidential front-runner said at an event in Las Vegas. “I know tough people. They’re not smart, that’s the worst, OK? That’s the worst. You’ve gotta be smart.
“But we need smart, we need tough, we need the whole package — you know, like me,” he added.
Dem. Leader: McCarthy Exit a ‘Sign That Republicans Are Unfit To Lead’
STENY HOYER SPEAKS OUT IN THE SPIRIT OF TRUE DEMOCRAT BI-PARTISANSHIP
As a result of their divisions and their efforts to disrupt Congress’s work, we’ve experienced a government shutdown, a near-default on our debt, and too many missed opportunities to grow our economy and support job creation,” Hoyer said in a statement.
He blamed the splits on GOP conservatives, not the establishment side of the GOP.
Live Updates From Inside the Chaos: House Speaker’s Race Heating Up as Donor Class Tries To Draft Paul Ryan
MONEY TALKS…BULLSHIT WALKS
Friday Stein tweeted that Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)
18%
“says Paul Ryan would be a good Speaker and work w/ Dems. Then says he probably just hurt Ryan’s chances by saying that.”
Gutierrez and Ryan have worked together in the past, notably on comprehensive immigration reform.
Gowdy Rips McCarthy’s Benghazi Committee Comments: ‘Kevin, You’re Wrong’
THIS GUY REFUSED TO RUN FOR SPEAKER
Gingrich open to return to Speakership
ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS????
“If you were to say to me 218 have called you up and given you their pledge, obviously no citizen could ever turn down that kind of challenge,” Gingrich said, as first reported by the Washington Free Beacon.
He compared the scenario to George Washington coming out of retirement to become America’s first president.
“This is why George Washington came out of retirement — because there are moments you can’t avoid,” Gingrich said.
Sen. Ted Cruz (Tx) won the Values Voter Summit (evangelical voters) straw poll for the third year in a row with 35%. Dr. Ben Carson got 18%, Former Gov. Mike Huckabee got 14%, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) with 13%, and Donald Trump got 5%. Jeb Bush, Govs. Chris Christie (N.J.), John Kasich (Ohio) and Carly Fiorina did not attend the summit. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/ted-cruz-wins-values-voter-summit-straw-poll
Values Voter Summit was created in 2006 to provide a forum to help inform and mobilize citizens across America to preserve the bedrock values of traditional marriage, religious liberty, sanctity of life and limited government that make our nation strong. http://www.valuesvotersummit.org/about
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