Tag: Nomination

Is Jeb Spinning His Wheels?

I know it is too early for all this analysis….so much can happen before the 2016 begins……but what the Hell…..gotta do something to entertain myself…..

The field for the GOP in 2016 is getting smaller….Perry gone, Walker gone, others to follow suit…..Jindal, Pataki, Graham, Gilmore (who?)…….but what about Jeb?

Once upon a time I though Jeb was the clever brother of the family and would be a better candidate and president than GW……must have been drugs that gave me those thoughts…..so far Jeb has shown nothing to lead anyone to believe that he is the smarter brother let alone would make a good president…..

What am I saying?  Am I implying the Jeb should drop out of the nomination race?

Well…..yeah!

And I am not alone……

Now that Scott Walker has called it quits in the 2016 race, it’s time Jeb Bush follows suit, writes Matthew Yglesias at Vox. Wait, isn’t Bush a frontrunner with money coming out his ears? Yes, which is why you’d be more likely to see a unicorn than a Bush-free race this week. But that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be a smart move. “If he cares about his family legacy, the good of the Republican Party, and the ideological principles he espouses, he should drop out as soon as possible and endorse Marco Rubio,” writes Yglesias. Here’s his reasoning: While GOP insiders seem confident the fervor over Donald Trump and Ben Carson will die down, one of them could nab the nomination; Jimmy Carter did while lacking insider support. Rather than bury Rubio early, Bush should let the better man take his spot. After all, Yglesias writes, Rubio and Bush are essentially the same candidate, only Rubio “is better at politics.”

Despite nearly identical stances on abortion, immigration, foreign policy, and deficit-increasing tax cuts, Rubio performs better than Bush in head-to-head polling against Hillary Clinton. He’s also “a dynamic public speaker and gutsy political risk-taker … who impresses staffers on both sides of the aisle.” Bush’s campaign, meanwhile, has been “unimpressive” from the start. He’s “struggled mightily with incredibly banal questions about dynastic politics and his brother’s invasion of Iraq, while his arguments in favor of immigration reform have been so weak that the entire nominating contest has been dominated by Trump’s racist demagoguery,” Yglesias writes. Face the music, Bush: You could go out now as “a good man driven by a strong sense of duty,” or you could wait while your campaign continues to unravel and “be humiliated,” Yglesias concludes. Click for the full column.

What say you?  Yea or nay on Jeb getting out of the way?

Far From The Babbling Crowd

AS the GOP debate approaches………

Yep there are 17 GOP candidates in search of the nomination in 2016……so far it has been a comedy of dunces….theater of the absurd……..but with this many candidates the craziness could go on for an extended amount of time…..right?

Not really……….

Having trouble keeping track of all the Republican candidates? Dreading a protracted fight that keeps generating headlines right through the GOP convention next July? Have no fear because things will be nicely wrapped up before then, writes David Avella at Real Clear Politics. On March 1, 2016, to be exact. “Mark it on your calendar as when we will know who the Republican nominee for president will be.” His logic: After the February contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, the field will be narrowed to three, max. Then comes March 1, when more than a dozen states vote, and the winner will then be clear.

“After March 1, there will undoubtedly be candidates and their supporters who refuse to acknowledge that a final verdict has been handed down,” writes Avella. “It won’t matter.” The frontrunner after the March 1 contests will be unofficially “ratified” on March 15 when Ohio, Florida, and other states vote. Forget any talk you hear of a brokered convention. “The Republican penchant for order and clarity will evidence itself,” writes Avella, a GOP national strategist. “Republicans love an orderly process. That is who Republican voters are.” Click for the full post.

By March there should be a significant fewer candidates…..and hopefully they will be serious about governing and not about trying to be the most outrageous………we will have to see if this holds up……

Hil Comes Alive

(The irritating drumming of fingers on the desk)……….(the forced yawn)……..

Tick…..Tock……Tick……BUUUUUUUUZZZZZZZZZ!

The alarm finally went off and it is time for Hillary to come alive………she has done what all of America has been waiting for her to do……announce!

First of all…..was there ever any doubt?

Hillary Clinton is now, officially, at long last, Ready for Hillary. She jumped back into presidential politics today as a top adviser announced her much-awaited second campaign for the White House. The adviser, John Podesta, told alumni of her first presidential campaign in an email: “It’s official: Hillary’s running for president.” Clinton followed with a video released on YouTube that depicts people going through life challenges like moving, job-hunting, and starting a family, the New York Times reports. “I’m getting ready to do something too,” Clinton says, appearing a minute-and-a-half in. “I’m running for president. … Everyday Americans need a champion. And I want to be that champion.”

Clinton is expected to face pressure from progressives to adopt a more populist economic message focused on income inequality. The GOP, meanwhile, has already started attacking her, jumping on Clinton’s use of a personal email account and server while secretary of state. Clinton is the first Democrat to get into the race and is not expected to be seriously challenged, the Times notes, but there are some lower-profile Democrats who may toss a hat in the ring, including former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, and former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee. If elected, Clinton would become the first woman to serve in the Oval Office.

It is official and all the mind numbing speculation can cease and all the twaddle can begin!

And the twaddle began with others sounding off about her candidacy………

  • Rand Paul: “I think Benghazi was a 3am phone call that she never picked up. She didn’t provide the security—not just that day, for nine months. Dozens and dozens of requests for more security, all completely ignored by Hillary Clinton. … I do think that there is sort of a history of the Clintons sort of feeling like they’re above the law. “
  • Would-be rival Lincoln Chafee: “What kind of accomplishments did you have? There were precious few (as secretary of state).” Further, Clinton blew it by voting to go to war in Iraq. “There was an age of lasting peace ahead of us if we made good decisions, particularly after Sept. 11. She didn’t do her homework, and we live with the ramifications today. If you show lack of judgment, lack of doing your homework then, what can we expect in the future? It’s a big motivator for why I’m running.”
  • John Kerry: “Secretary of State Clinton did a terrific job of rebuilding alliances that had been shredded over the course of the prior years,” including “the beginning of the effort with Iran. I wish her well in this race and I look forward to being able to stay well away from it.”
  • Mitt Romney: “You’ve seen in polls and discussions across the country the feeling that Hillary Clinton just isn’t trustworthy. That’s made people remember that with the Clintons it’s always something. She’s a creature of Washington. She’s been there a long time … I think people want to see change. They want to see something new, and Hillary Clinton just is not that person.”

Do we now have a race?

I’m bored already!

 

Elizabeth Warren Insists She’s Not Running for President. These Activists Are Trying to Change Her Mind. | The Nation

It is not secret that I am not a fan of the Clintons….in my mind Bubba did more to cause the 2008 crash more than GW…..so to say that I will not be a Hillary supporter is an understatement…….

Personally, I would like to see a woman run for prez….just not a Clinton…….how about a Warren?

 

Elizabeth Warren Insists She’s Not Running for President. These Activists Are Trying to Change Her Mind. | The Nation.

The Democrats’ Dick Cheney – Michael Crowley – POLITICO

Recall how actively Dems attacked Cheney back in the day?

I have given my opinion on the newest nominee for SecODef……..Carter is a neo-con…..I do not care who put him up for the nomination…..is this the legacy that Obama craves?

If so, then the world just got to be a more dangerous place!

 

The Democrats’ Dick Cheney – Michael Crowley – POLITICO.

Ok, Whack His Pee-Pee

Looks like today is going to be a day that I post on legal stuff.  The SCOTUS is handed down their rulings and I cannot see any surprises in their findings…..how about you?

First, our cel phones are considered holy and cannot be searched for minor infractions…..but of course the word…”TERRORISM” can be used and all bets are off.

I wrote about Boehner’s plan earlier……he’s gonna sue the Prez over executive orders……

If the following post is any indication of the court’s feelings on the matter then the ruling over EO should be NO surprise either when it comes down……..

The Supreme Court has just limited a president’s power to make temporary appointments to fill high-level government jobs. The court ruled today that President Obama exceeded his authority when he invoked the Constitution’s provision on recess appointments to fill slots on the National Labor Relations Board in 2012. Problem is, the court said, the Senate was not actually in a formal recess when Obama acted. In the court’s first-ever look at the Constitution’s recess appointments clause, the justices ruled that Congress gets to decide when it is in recess and that there was no recess when Obama acted.

Obama had argued that the Senate was on an extended holiday break and that the brief sessions it held every three days were a sham that was intended to prevent him from filling seats on the NLRB. The justices rejected that argument, but the outcome was the least significant loss possible for the administration. The justices, by a 5-4 vote, rejected a sweeping lower court ruling against the administration that would have made it virtually impossible for any future president to make recess appointments. The lower court held that the only recess recognized by the Constitution is the once-a-year break between sessions of Congress, and that only vacancies that came up during that recess could be filled.

Surprise!  Did anyone really think that there would be any other ruling from the Robert’s Court?

Do the GOP morons realize that if they find in their favor that they could be peeing all over the next GOP prez?  Blind hatred makes men stupid and losing two elections to a black Dem have made GOPers “blind ass stupid”!

All Hail The Chuck!

Surely we all know that Chuck Hagel has been nominated to take over for the retiring Pinetta at the Defense Department…..of God he is a Republican!  But that did not save him from the mindless jibber jabber of McCain and Graham…..yes, Hagel looked a bit out of sorts….but I think it was more that he was afraid on a sound bite used against him or the prez if he said the wrong thing…….my amazement was that very little was asked about the direction of defense policies….instead we had to re-hash the Iraq War, the surge and some comment made 10 years or more ago…….

Tow of my favs were McCain, who I use to admire for all he has had to overcome, looked like a pouting twat (I regret using the term, but if the shoe fits…..)….he was pissed because Hagel took exception to his (McCain’s) support of the surge in Iraq…….we can debate that but in a hearing to pick a secretary of defense, to re-hash the past and ignore the future is pathetic…..and I mean that in EVERY sense of the word….PATHETIC!

And then it was Linsey (not Lohan) Graham’s turn to look like a pouting twat………he demanded to know just who was intimidated by the Jewish lobby….of course Hagel tried to walk back his comment and said that he apologized for it…..but as usual for a GOP twat, he (Graham) would not let it go……and demanded again to name one Congress person that was so intimidated by the lobby….I thought Hagel handle it badly…..with that said….I would have said….”anyone that takes money from the lobby” and then I would have asked…..”Do you Senator?”  Now you see why  will never be in the government as a bureaucratic……I despise people that look for a sound bite….do not care what your qualifications are….you are a twat!

This post is to defend Chuck Hagel…….why you ask…he is a Repub and I am a progressive……the reason is simple……

We both served in the US Army as non-coms……we both served in Vietnam in the 60’s…….and we both served with the 9th Infantry Division…..his political affiliation has nothing to do with it……we were comrades in the same division, the same years and the same location……..anyone that made it out of that meat grinder alive is a Helluva guy….and that Hell gives him a unique grasp on the use of military force and why.  A perspective that cannot be seen from 30,000 feet.

Anyone that has NO idea….needs to be their mouths zipped and smile……for you have nothing to add to the conversation!

It’s All Those Damn Czars!

Today is the Penis Primary (look at Florida on a map…then tell me what it looks like)……And before the first vote is cast the MSM has proclaimed Mitt the winner….since you do not have to watch the returns maybe you would like to read this…..

Recently I wrote a post, Why Are Repubs Angry, where I asked the question that the media keeps pushing on the unsuspecting viewer……and I finally got to ask a long time conserv in my area….I have what I think is the real reason but I wanted to hear from someone that will vote GOP regardless of who is nominated….a person that thinks that the election is about beating Obama and NOTHING else…

It cannot be Obamacare for it has not been totally implemented….cannot be the spending or they would have really pitched a bitch with Bush….maybe it is the bailouts, but wait! Bush did it too and it saved us or so they would have us believe….then just what is it?

So I put my question to her….Why are Repubs angry?—–and boy was I surprised….it wasn’t Obama-care, or the bailouts or the fake issue of pushing class warfare……they said it was Obama’s use of “czars” and Obama’s circumvention of the Congress on his nominees…

At first I was flabbergasted…..I am sure I stood there with my mouth open looking like a deer in the headlights….it took me a minute to get my brain back in gear…..

First I had to point out the obvious….the term “czar” is employed in media and popular usage to refer to high-level officials who oversee a particular policy.  There have never been any U.S.  government offices with the title “czar”, but various governmental officials have sometimes been referred to by the nickname “czar” rather than their actual title.

Some people refer to those people not confirmed by Congress as czars….and that brings us to the part about the circumvention of Congress…….if that is the biggest bitch then I need to point that EVERY President since FDR has had “czars”.   GW Bush had 28 czars….Obama has had 33….. were they just as pissed at Bush?  (that is a rhetorical question for we know the answer)……..even the God of the GOP, Ronald Reagan had a czar….it was a drug czar named Carlton Turner…….

So I point out…..that to be angry about the circumvention has got to be about all circumvention…..with that said…I stand by my original conclusion…..the Repubs are so angry because there is a black man in the White House….and no amount of trying to justify any other way is just a lie and a cover up for the real reason for the anger…..