Democrats secret and not secret agents...
I've been depicting Fiorini as the perfect Democrat secret sleeper agent. That Is still more true than not. But it's only my opinion - well - not only. Now we find the second agent depicted by Mona Charon's column on Dec 9th. That's today!!!
She lays out her case in no nonsense straight forward terms. Question inow is how many of his approval number came from the left to begin with. Who? Trump the life long Democrat turned RINO. Who else as an opponent would bandaid the left back together?
http://townhall.com Mona Charon
The dictionary defines "bogeyman" as "an imaginary evil spirit, referred to typically to frighten children." Hello, Donald Trump. It's not clear whether he set out intentionally to elect Hillary Clinton, but there is little question that he could not be fulfilling the role of Republican bogeyman to greater effect.
As Commentary's Jonathan Tobin noted, during a week in which the disastrous fecklessness of President Obama and his party in the face of terrorism ought to have been Topic A, we are all talking about Trump instead. Brilliant. Tobin's point actually applies to the entire presidential contest. By rights, it should be about the Democrats' unraveling. From Obamacare to terrorism, from the economy to climate change, and from guns to free speech, progressive policies have proven deeply disappointing when not downright obtuse and dangerous. Clinton promises more of the same while trailing an oil slick of corruption in her wake. And yet swinging into the frame, week in and week out, the orange-maned billionaire bogeyman dominates the discussion.
Hell yes, Republicans are anti-Hispanic bigots, Trump (a lifelong Democrat) is supposed to confirm. Just look at the way he talked about Mexican "rapists" and vowed to build a wall that Mexico will fund.
Hell yes, Republicans want to fight a war on women. Did you hear what Trump said about Megyn Kelly and Carly Fiorina?
Hell yes, Republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-handicapped, anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim. Line 'em up and Trump will offend. Not cleverly, mind you, but crudely. Donald Trump is fond of saying that our political leaders are stupid, constantly outmaneuvered at the bargaining table by shrewder Chinese, Mexicans, and Japanese. No one can accuse him of stupidity: provided his goal is to elect Hillary Clinton.
This week, while we were still burying our dead from San Bernardino, every Republican -- rather than explaining why President Obama's refusal to fight the war on terror has led to this moment -- instead had to condemn Donald Trump's mindless proposal to keep every single Muslim out of the United States until further notice. Again, he's the perfect bogeyman.
It's not just that what he says demands condemnation. It's that it seems to give credence to the Democrats' narrative.
Personally when I listen to or read about Trump I'm reminded of the climb to power int he 20's and 30's of the last century by an ex German Army Corporal who also had a hair problem..on his lip.
She lays out her case in no nonsense straight forward terms. Question inow is how many of his approval number came from the left to begin with. Who? Trump the life long Democrat turned RINO. Who else as an opponent would bandaid the left back together?
http://townhall.com Mona Charon
The dictionary defines "bogeyman" as "an imaginary evil spirit, referred to typically to frighten children." Hello, Donald Trump. It's not clear whether he set out intentionally to elect Hillary Clinton, but there is little question that he could not be fulfilling the role of Republican bogeyman to greater effect.
As Commentary's Jonathan Tobin noted, during a week in which the disastrous fecklessness of President Obama and his party in the face of terrorism ought to have been Topic A, we are all talking about Trump instead. Brilliant. Tobin's point actually applies to the entire presidential contest. By rights, it should be about the Democrats' unraveling. From Obamacare to terrorism, from the economy to climate change, and from guns to free speech, progressive policies have proven deeply disappointing when not downright obtuse and dangerous. Clinton promises more of the same while trailing an oil slick of corruption in her wake. And yet swinging into the frame, week in and week out, the orange-maned billionaire bogeyman dominates the discussion.
Hell yes, Republicans are anti-Hispanic bigots, Trump (a lifelong Democrat) is supposed to confirm. Just look at the way he talked about Mexican "rapists" and vowed to build a wall that Mexico will fund.
Hell yes, Republicans want to fight a war on women. Did you hear what Trump said about Megyn Kelly and Carly Fiorina?
Hell yes, Republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-handicapped, anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim. Line 'em up and Trump will offend. Not cleverly, mind you, but crudely. Donald Trump is fond of saying that our political leaders are stupid, constantly outmaneuvered at the bargaining table by shrewder Chinese, Mexicans, and Japanese. No one can accuse him of stupidity: provided his goal is to elect Hillary Clinton.
This week, while we were still burying our dead from San Bernardino, every Republican -- rather than explaining why President Obama's refusal to fight the war on terror has led to this moment -- instead had to condemn Donald Trump's mindless proposal to keep every single Muslim out of the United States until further notice. Again, he's the perfect bogeyman.
It's not just that what he says demands condemnation. It's that it seems to give credence to the Democrats' narrative.
Personally when I listen to or read about Trump I'm reminded of the climb to power int he 20's and 30's of the last century by an ex German Army Corporal who also had a hair problem..on his lip.
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The script is being followed nicely I wonder if they have have tony or oscar category for the best fool the public fools performance?
"The law has become something subjectively defined based on whether you need to break it or enforce it."
Yes! It really feels like that. Wasn't it Nixon or someone in his administration who said if the POTUS does something, it's legal. (I'm not singling him out. Clinton/Bush/Obama/Clinton would probably say the same today.) It seems that we've gone farther down the path of increasing Executive branch power, and increasing sense of if the president wants it then it's legal.
At the other end of the spectrum, you have most average citizens breaking some law every day: going five over the speed limit, smoking weed, employing an undocumented nanny, co-mingling personal expenses with business expenses.
All that leads to the idea you say that the law is subjective, just another force out there like an unexpected illness that may pop up an hassle you if you're unlucky.
I don't see an obvious way out of this problem.
Edit: I should have said "if you're unlucky or out of favor with the powerful"
Bill already held that title for some people, but he was preceded by many others: Abe Lincoln, FDR, and LBJ are some excellent examples.
Heartily agree on CG's objectivism.
(an axiom of statism)
To the point of the post though, the Republican Party could also benefit from having a loose cannon in the race at this point to make the rest of the Parties candidates look less radical.
The first time I remember hearing this politician-X-will-destroy-America rhetoric was just before the invasion of Iraq in 2003. It's never let up since then. Maybe was around before, but I just didn't hear it.
The really odd thing is it seems less to me than ever in my life like our problem is specific evil individuals. We elected someone promising change. The regular anti-Bush protests downtown stopped, but we didn't get that much change.
My model was that the new media would allow people to talk without gatekeepers, and that would decrease the power of stupid attack ads and the power of money in politics. It hasn't worked out that way.
Specifically the last part is Rand and Cruz came out in favor of a VAT tax which is about as left wing fascist as you can get and the number one of favorite of Pelosi. Diverting it through businesses only does nothing to make it value added and stinks of a really cheap political ploy for last ditch last gasp RINO candidates. Rand is a huge disappointment. He is NOT Libertarian he is just another run of the mill Republican and therefore at best is in the right wing of the LEFT. Why people even bother with such trash is beyond me.
CG, your capacity to support contradictory positions still knows no bounds.
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