The Press Conference We've Waited For

The Press Conference Honest Voters Have Wanted to See for Years RUSH: Now, back to this Trump press conference, if you didn't see it, if you didn't hear it, we're working on audio sound bites now. We're an editor short today so we'll get them up as quickly as we can.  We only got one guy editing.  When we have two guys editing it would only take half the time it's gonna take now. But the New York Times headline: "Television Networks Struggle to Provide Equal Airtime in the Era of Trump." Oh, yes. Five pages this baby prints out. And the New York Times has another story: "Hillary Clinton Struggles to Find Footing in Unusual Race." This is also related. They've got two stories here on how the Times is actually apologizing to its readers for being unable to balance coverage in favor of Hillary. But, anyway, the piece de resistance -- you thought I lost my place, but I didn't, because I never do.  Near the end of it a frustrated journalist (paraphrasing), "Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump, is it gonna be this way, are you gonna be attacking us after you become president?" "Yes, it is.  Because you are the most dishonest people, political press the most dishonest people I know. You know it and I know it.  The press is dishonest, but the political press is especially dishonest." And then Jim Acosta, I think it was, CNN (paraphrasing), "Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump, do you object to scrutiny?  You seem like you didn't even like scrutiny, but you're seeking the office of president of the United States, how do you think --" "I don't mind scrutiny.  What I don't like is lies.  You can scrutinize me all day long but you set up false premises. You state things about me that are not true. Then you run stories on that. That's why I'm out here trying to correct the record ...  By the way, I've seen you, you're among the worst. You're at ABC, right?  You're the worst. You're a sleaze."  And I'm thinking the people at home watching this -- (laughing) 'cause, folks, in the age of internet trolling, manners are out the window.  It's a waste of time asking for manners here.  Because, remember, in a war the aggressor sets the rules and I'm guaranteeing you that Trump thinks the media are the aggressors here. In a followup next day segment Rush asks: Why Am I the Only One Who Said This About Trump's Press Conference? Apparently, virtually everybody in the cable news universe that cable news networks go to for analysts and analysis and so forth, thought that Trump stepped in it big time yesterday. [...]  Okay.  Let's start with Fox News this morning on the program they call America's Newsroom.  Martha MacCallum was speaking with Karl Rove.  Now, keep in mind that Rove and the Bush White House never responded to the Democrats when political allegations or slime or defamation occurred -- and it was constant.  The Democrats -- amplified by the media -- destroyed the George W. Bush second term.  People were frustrated throughout that the Bush administration never responded. I asked the president about it numerous times.  He said, "I'm not gonna sully this office.  I'm not gonna take this office down to the gutter where those people are.  I have too much respect for it, too much reverence for it. So they can go all political on me; I'm not responding to it. I'm not gonna get down in the gutter."  And that's why he didn't do it.  Karl Rove later admitted that that might have been a mistake to have this blanket no-response policy.  But that just is a setup, because Rove is asked to respond to this as one of many who did. You get the jist. Ron Brownstein of the Atlantic got it ... R.B.- I had a conversation -- interesting conversation -- during the primaries with Alex Castellanos, who is a longtime Republican consultant.  And he was puzzling himself over why Donald Trump was able to hold so much support among conservatives despite all his deviations from conservative orthodoxy.  And he said what he finally concluded was that Trump was so popular because he went after our enemies hammer and tong.  Rush Limbaugh, you know, describes it as a press conference Republican voters have been waiting for forever. RUSH:  So here's Brownstein admitting that it took a Republican consultant to tell him why Trump was popular. He couldn't figure it out.  And what they've concluded: "Yeah, Trump's popular 'cause he goes after enemies. He's a fighter." That's part of it. There's no question it's part of it.  There are many, many, many other reasons.

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Jeb Bush Twatage

Birdbrains

Stageringly Stupid People

Birdbrains with very high standards of gravitas Ahem Was it only yesterday (2007) when David Brooks stared at Obama’s pants leg and decided he’d make a “very good” president? He became president, but with millions seemingly permanently out of the workforce, and American prestige at a historic low point, he hardly seems a good one. Christopher Buckley called him "a first rate intellect and a first rate temperament," giving the back of the hand to his father’s persuasion. But the first rate intellect was an inch deep; the temperament was that of a petulant narcissist, who preferred feeding snark to his fan base to the much harder job of uniting the nation. Was it just yesterday that Colin Powell and friends declared, more in sorrow than wrath, that the McCain-Palin pair fell woefully short of their very high standards of gravitas? It certainly seems that it was. And there was presidential historian Michael Beschloss, who couldn’t wait until Obama took office to call his IQ “off the charts” (he said nothing about which direction), and call him the most gifted world leader to ever draw breath. People who worried about Palin’s effect as vice president should look at what Obama has done to the world and his party and ask what she might have done that could have been more destructive. Culled from "Regretfully yours" by Noemie Emery.

Trey Gowdy - '"Let McCain Do It."

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Trey Gowdy - '"Let McCain Do It." Now this is just pathetic Some of you turned Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) into the hero of the day because of his Benghazi investigation. He could do no wrong. What happens when you build a cult of personalty around any politician is then they can go BOHICA on you. On Fox News yesterday, Gowdy was asked about President Obama’s plan. He said the President had no authority. Asked again by Fox News’s Bill Hemmer, Gowdy was insistent the President could not do what he did and had to treat congress as a co-equal branch of government. So, Hemmer asked Gowdy who he’d stop the President. Gowdy’s answer? He wants to let Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) handle it by tying up unrelated Presidential nominations in the Senate. Yeah. Mind you, the Senate Republicans are not going to restore the filibuster on nominations, so that’s now impossible if one of the squishes won’t go along. There you have it. The great white hope of Benghazi, now that he thinks conservatives are in his pocket, will stand with the Speaker, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Barack Obama against the American public on amnesty. He wants Sen. John McCain to stop Obama. I have no doubt, now being exposed, Gowdy will claim he is personally going to oppose the continuing resolution. But he’s going to support the rule, which will enable Boehner and Pelosi to get it passed without Gowdy. [RED STATE] I hadn't heard that Senate Republicans won't restore the filibuster on nominations that Harry Reid did away with.  What's your argument either way? First, consider this.

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Mitch McConnell is Poison

How Toxic is Mitch McConnell? FreedomWorks flips in Neb. Senate race “ In a major blow to former Republican state Treasurer Shane Osborn’s candidacy for Nebraska Senate, national conservative group FreedomWorks is withdrawing its endorsement and backing his main primary rival, Midland University President Ben Sasse, instead. At issue, FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe said in a statement, is the unspoken support Osborn is believed to have from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Sasse now has the backing of nearly all the major national conservative groups, including the Club for Growth and Senate Conservatives Fund. He's also drawn the support of conservative leaders ranging from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) to Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).  [The HILL] Great on several levels.  Candidate relegated to the trash heap because he is suspected of being supported by his party's Senate Minority Leader.  How's that for sending a message to the GOP?  Precious. ”

It's the GOP!

The RNC Want Partial Credit for Chris Christie's Re-Election “ Don't want Obama getting all the credit? WTF?  The win for the GOP in New Jersey will likely be in contrast to the expected results of a handful of other big races this Tuesday, including the New York City Mayor's race, and the Virginia governor's race. That could be, in part, why the national RNC quickly made sure to mention its support for Christie's campaign in a congratulatory statement from chairman Reince Priebus The GOP smack heads!  A bigger tent; appealling to women and minorities!  It's magic, I tells ya; magic. Excuse me while I stab myself in the liver. ”

Rebranding the GOP

Rebranding Cream of Mucous “ Debate Republican ‘rebrand’ I saw this Friday, on Drudge—clicked the link. I didn't like the "rebrand" language, it connotes putting a "ALL NEW FORMULA" blurb a bottle of Cream of Mucous. Still, it got off to something of a good start— It was described as part of an effort to regroup after President Barack Obama’s re-election and Republicans’ failure to win back the majority in the Senate, a fact that many in Washington blame on the poor quality of some Republican candidates. "Poor quality of some Republican candidates" pretty much covers 100% of the baby RINO the GOP are so fond of.  They've consistently battled true conservatives who emerge, and that included Ronald Reagan!  Lately only Teaparty-Sarah Palin muscle have produced gains.  So yes, if "rebrand" is code for firing every one in the GOP engine room, Hurrah.  But does it? More big money donors are calling for Republicans to shift the party’s stance on immigration to appeal to more Latino voters and soften their rhetoric on social issues like abortion. Nope.  More Cream of Mucous.  More diarrhea. More twatttage. ”

Ann was right, IMO

Coulter is (not) a Coward “ I read Ann Coulter’s fractured column from Wednesday only because Mark Levin linked to it. Coulter wants it to be clear that Romney wasn’t the problem, so don’t blame him for the loss. I don’t read her stuff regularly anymore like I used to. I don’t watch her on TV, I don’t listen when she is interviewed on radio. I don’t like frauds, I like people who are honest and forthright, straight-talking and who can connect with me on a “we are all Americans” basis. Someone who sees me eye-to-eye, not one that looks down at me. As a huge fan of talk radio and an observer of American politics, it has been clear now for about a year that Ann Coulter is not who I thought she was, and I have written extensively about it. Most of you know that I have had my own problems with Saint Ann (her inexplicable siding with the "birther" hurling Obama apologists, and her love affair with that fat ass RINO  governor from New Jersey (for which she has since expressed mea culpas).  I also like the Tea Party people like Jen Kuznicki, and Mark Levin is aces in my book.  But I too read Ann's  column last week, and I agreed with her.  Why?  First, she gave us this line. "As Trotsky said, in moments of crisis, people with no politics tend to develop the worst possible politics." Second, I am convinced that Romney was denied the presidency through a massive, in-your-face voting fraud coup; most significantly in the critical toss-up states of Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Florida, off the top of my head.  I know I'm sounding like the douchbag Al Gore  whiners in 2000, but too bad.  The final verdict after being investigated six-ways to Sunday by the loyal Gore media was that he lost!  What we know for sure  about 2012 is that untold thousands of ballots were destroyed, changed, and illegally cast by Democrats.  The shenanigans were reported live, in real-time, and the DOJ did nothing to stop it.  In fact, the evidence is that the DOJ was an active participant.  I don't recognize Obama as the President of the United States; I do recognize that like any third world thug who has seized power, he has the ability to crush me.He's ruthless, and  I fear him. ”

Michael Steele- Black Like Me

Michael Steele: ‘We Need Messengers Who Look Like Me’ “ "... for the color of my skin, not by the content of my  character." The Antidote to GOP Asshats like Michael Steele Former victim of Steele, and current antidote to himantidote to him (rollover) Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said Sunday on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” that the GOP needs more diverse messengers. “We need messengers who look like me. We need messengers who are Hispanic, Asian Americans, women, a cross section of folks who represent communities across the country.” There you have it.  The GOP's continuing problem.  Stupidity, and utter  lack of conviction. ”

Boner's been so successful too,

“ Because, Doggone-It! Sometimes they just like horror ... or are addicted to failure ”

Deep-Six the GOP

Run on Principles, Fire Boehner & everyone else in the GOP “ Richard Viguerie: “What I would like to see from them is that they resign,” he said, noting that in most governments party leaders step down in the wake of massive failures like Obama’s re-election. “This president was just hanging on by his fingernails. Most people expected he would lose his re-election, and he won a strong victory. The leadership of the party, including (Reince) Priebus at the Republican National Committee, Speaker Boehner and Leader Mitch McConnell and all the others, including John Cornyn of the Senate campaign committee, they all need to resign and bring some new leaders in there.” However, Viguerie isn’t holding his breath. “I don’t expect that they will do this,” he said, hoping tea-partiers will challenge the leaders in 2014. “They’ve been complicit in growing government – Boehner, Mitch McConnell and a lot of other Republican leaders. He forgot stupid douch-bags, ”

Eastwood for Palin WTF?

Minus Palin, Convention’s TV Ratings Plunge Whoda Thunk it? “ GOP brainiacs instead thought that bringing in ... tell me you weren't a bit uncomfortable listening to Clint Eastwood last night.  WTF?  Nancy Reagan must have been doing her hair.  There is seemingly nobody in the GOP hierarchy who isn't there because nobody else will employ them.  On the plus side, we are running against Obama,  who is so horrible that they'll get away with it. Aside: My distrust of  the GOP is such that I see them hip deep in the reported "plot" to replace Boner with an unknown (outside Seattle)  Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers .  Why?  The Teaparty faction will be making just such a move to oust the terrible Boner with an actual conservative.  Cathy McMorris Rodgers is their parry.  ”

Sarah Palin- King Maker II

Don't Go Akin My Heart This video was made earlier in the month, but  it's more intersting today.  Particularly in light of recent developments, like her choice Sarah Steelman being edged by some guy named Akin in MO.  Ahem. And, unless she's the "mystery speaker," the GOP will have come a crapper once again. Aside:  Akin is getting the full Dan Quayle treatemnt from the media, but is still 100% better than Claire McCaskell—who will vote for Harry Reid as Senate Majority Leader if she's reelected.

GLOOMY GUS GOP

GLOOM & DOOM, WOE IS ME GOP “ You can read the full transcript here, but I've recorded the most important part (above).  This drives me insane, and by God, Sarah Palin is dead-spot on! Sarah Palin said history could repeat itself and a third party could be created if Republicans don’t adhere to their principles, Fox News reported. When asked on Fox News if she would consider creating a third party, the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee said, "If history is an indication it is a possibility. If the Republicans don't remember what the planks in the platform represent . . . That is opportunity to prosper and thrive in the most exceptional nation in the world.” She added that “we do that through a free market. If the Republicans become like the liberal left and Democrats, I wouldn't be surprised if history didn't repeat itself."  ”

GOP establishment pushing ‘to take Bachmann out’

GOP Yawns

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2012   “ In 2008, as Mr. McCain was narrowing in on a running mate, several aides recommended Mr. Pawlenty. Others pushed for a bolder choice, a candidate who would create more enthusiasm among Republican activists. Four years later, being passed over for Sarah Palin may work in Mr. Pawlenty’s favor. “In a lot of ways, he’s the anti-Palin,” said Steve Schmidt, a strategist to Mr. McCain who expressed regret for her selection. “Here’s a guy who is prepared to be president on Day 1. In any normal year, he would have been the pick.”  In Pawlenty, Romney Campaign May Find Down-to-Earth Appeal In some ways I hate the GOP establishment more than I do the Democrat Party.  At least Dems are up-front about what they're about.  If it wasn't for Obama being a political anti-Christ, Romney would have the same chance as did the awful McCain. Who should  br the presidential nominee?  Maybe someone   targeted by new Soros-backed SuperPAC ”

Is Boner this stooopid?

"We have met the enemy and it is the GOP" Republican leaders have already decided to close down the Fast and Furious investigation ... “ ... according to the man who broke the “Gunwalker” story a year and a half ago,  Sources in Washington, DC have told him (blogger and citizen reporter Mike Vanderboegh) that Republican leaders have already decided to close down the Fast and Furious investigation and halt contempt proceedings against Eric Holder, because “they (the GOP leadership) don’t think that they will suffer for [that] failure to follow through. They’re scared of Holder’s race card. . . they’re scared of Trayvon. They think if they let Issa fail, that it will only be a story in the blogosphere for a day . . . that they can weather it. . . .” Unfortunately, Vanderboegh makes it clear that he trusts the word of these sources “implicitly.” [Western Center for Journalism] I am not going to believe it.  Not until I hear it from a reliable source.  Not even John Boner, and he is a poseur on a level with Obama,  not even he could be that brazen, and that stupid.  If it is true,  the fallout could ignite a TeaParty jungle clearing mob response (good), or douse all fervor for the upcoming election.  UPDATE - Now there's this: Walmart Caves to Van Jones, Drops ALEC Support ”

Select-a-sex

Democrat or Bubonic Today's Plague Culture House rejects bill penalizing doctors for sex-selective abortions “ The House on Thursday rejected a Republican bill that would impose fines and prison terms on doctors who perform abortions for the sole purpose of controlling the gender of the child, a practice known as sex-selective abortion.  Red China, until quite recently, restricted families to just one child, and everyone wanted a boy.  So, if a girl was born she quite often had her head summarily smashed against a brick wall. The difference between that practice and sex-selective abortion is one only of degree. It seems to me then that this is a black and white issue, with  no shades of gray.  Obviously though, these Republicans, certainly they who voted and not absented themselves, disagreed.  McCarthy, Kevin (CA) No Vote Lewis, Jerry (CA) No Vote Mary Bono Mack (CA) NAY Young, Bill (FL) No Vote Dold, Bob (IL) NAY Burton, Dan (IN) No Vote Amash, Justin (MI) NAY Fortenberry, Jeffrey (NE) No Vote Guinta, Frank (NH) No Vote Bass, Charles “Charlie” (NH) NAY Paul, Ronald “Ron” (TX) NAY Hayworth, Nan (NY) NAY                                (source). I'll guess that Ron Paul, and maybe others objected, on stark Libertarian grounds, that the Feds have no bidness dictating to states.  However, the practice is nominally performed under the Roe v. Wade umbrella, so that's a specious, not to mention heinous, argument.  THE HILL article reports seven Republicans joined with Democrats in voting no, so I may have missed one. ”

Beware the Trojan Ass: Chris Christie

Beware the Trojan Ass The Media Offer Advice “ We're aware of  the establishment left's penchant for advising the GOP on winning election strategy,  which is what the WaPost has here endeavored to do (The right running mate for Romney) “ [...] Christie would not transform New Jersey into a presidential swing state — a persistent but hopeless Republican dream. But he could contribute to the repositioning of the Romney campaign in two important, seemingly contradictory ways. Christie would provide an infusion of blue-collar combativeness, which is foreign to Romney and pleasing to GOP conservatives. At the same time, Christie would represent a move to the ideological center. He is not a global warming skeptic. He supported an assault weapons ban in his state. He is an immigration moderate and has friendly relations with New Jersey’s Muslim community. [...]  ” First: *snort, spit*. Second. There is truth in Michael Gerson's argument.  Christie's combativeness against New Jersey's embedded unions sent shills up my, and Ann Coulter's, legs.  She has yet to fully shake them off.  In an era of equivocating political pussies, Christie is a breath of, well, Ronald Reagan.  His stance on global warming, however,  exposes him as being either a rank political horse trader, insufferably stupid, or both.  Add "supported assault weapons (semi-auto hunting rifles) ban, immigration moderate (there is no such thing) and  friendly relations with an intractable enemy, and you have Mario Cuomo. I fully expect that Christie will one day run for office as a democrat. ”

Rubio breathes life into DREAM Act

Holding Nose Here Boss