Category Archives: 2016 Election

An Open Letter to Rush

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Trump isn’t getting Cheated. He’s Demonstrating Presidential Incompetence.

I’ll keep this short. Donald Trump is crying about losing delegates and being cheated by the RNC, the “Establishment,” and Ted Cruz. His fans are up in arms over it. The reality is that they should be questioning their candidate’s ability to adapt to the role of President of the United States based upon the complete and utter incompetence that he’s demonstrating in this campaign.

I stumbled upon this first person account of our republican democracy in action, with the header, “Please Share”, so here goes an open letter to Rush on the Colorado Caucus:

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I was listening to Rush and Beck this morning and was about ready to spit nails. The misinformation is staggering and the media reports are wrong wrong wrong! I had to set the record straight, so use t an email to Rush. It does describe the process we went through. I will work this into a more personal account with pictures later but in the meantime, would you help me get this viral? I don’t hear any voices speaking for the truth!

Rush,

Long time listener Rush. Avidly since the Gore/Bush election. Our 15 year old son is a Rush baby and we love your Rush Revere books. Christian homeschooling constitutional loving family.

This morning listening to your show from Colorado I was very frustrated about the misinformation going on. I wanted to clarify and bring you a different, eyewitness account.

My husband and I were state delegates at Colorado’s convention on Saturday and we voted for a slate of Cruz delegates. 

Back in August the party leadership saw that there were many contenders for the office of President. They did not want our state to be stuck with a candidate who would not be on the ballot. They had the foresight to see that this would go to a contested ballot. They wanted Colorado to make a decisive difference in the national election. They didn’t want our votes to be wasted, like last time we voted for Rick Santorum and the delegates were stuck.

This had nothing to do with Trump. He wasn’t the front runner then!

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The Wisconsin Pivot Point TAkes!

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Excellent Wisconsin

The Cheese-heads of Wisconsin have spoken, and spoken loudly, giving Ted Cruz a huge, huge, landslide victory in the Republican Primary yesterday. Cruz out-performed the polls again by close to ten points, winning over 48% of ballots cast in a three man race. Two weeks ago, all of the smart money said that this would be a cake-walk for Trump, now it seems that there is little chance of Trump walking into the Convention this summer with a majority of delegates. I should probably also note that self-described socialist Bernie Sanders also whipped Hillary in Wisconsin, and whipped her badly. 

Remember,

>>”The conundrum of Trump supporters is perfectly explained by the fact that they like a guy who had actual affairs and hate Cruz for fake ones” – author unknown<<

Roger Stone, Trump ally plans “#DaysofRage” protests for GOP convention

Are riots now a part of the game-plan? No doubt the Soros-funded agitators will be in Cleveland too.

Morale Sinks as Trump Campaign Lays Off Staff En Masse

Ted Cruz’s Wisconsin Primary Victory — How He Won

Cruz out-performed polling yet again, cruised to a landslide 14 point win  

Robert Costa on Twitter: “NEW: Trump campaign statement tonight

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Whine, Whine, Whine  

Wisconsin Loser Donald Trump Issues Loser Statement On Losing

Luntz Fraud
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Instant poll guru Frank Luntz points out the obvious on Twitter

Ben Stein: Trump on the Economy ‘Makes Me Want to Cry’

Stein really does have a “good brain”, it’s really big, and he’s an economist too!

Dangerous Donald Trump

Thomas Sowell weighs in

Trump’s Strengths Are His Achilles’ Heel

The bigger they come, the harder they fall

Ted Cruz, Not Paul Ryan, Would Probably Win A Contested Convention | FiveThirtyEight

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538 is a well-respected numbers crunching site.  

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “STEALING” DELEGATES

Trump Should Know Playing by the Rules isn’t Stealing 

While he has decried the rules as being unfair, Trump himself has benefitted from them. He has obtained a greater proportion of delegates than his proportion of votes and up until now…

Marco Rubio’s Delegates: Where They’ll Go

Raw Audio of Threats on Reporter Michelle Fields’ Life – YouTube

The MSM has been strangely silent on this story

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The Seduction TAkes!

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This Tuesday will be the Wisconsin Primary, and it looks like Cruz and Sanders are going to win going away. While this will be a set-back for both Clinton and Trump, they both face larger issues. For Trump, this looming loss will likely mean that he won’t get to a majority of delegates to seal the deal on the first ballot in Cleveland. It would take divine intervention for him to win on a second or subsequent ballot. 

For Clinton, this will mean that the delegate count will be close to neck and neck discounting the Democrat Super Delegates, who can change their support at any time. Even worse, the FBI investigation into her personal email server and the national security issues that entails should be wrapped up by the end of the month. If the FBI issues a referral to the DOJ all bets are off.

Finally, some guy named John Kasich is still in the Republican race, even though he has no mathematical chance of winning the nomination, and can not even be nominated on the RNC convention floor under current rules, or even the rules from 2008. We’ll deal with Kasich first. At this point his presence only serves to stop Cruz, not Trump  kasich-issues

For A Republican, John Kasich Looks A Helluva Lot Like A Democrat  >>

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<<A nice letter from Bill to John in 1994 thanking him for his support on Clinton’s Assault Weapons Ban.

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Ted Cruz: No, Rule 40 shouldn’t be changed to make John Kasich eligible for the nomination

40B is the rule that states that a candidate must have a majority of delegates from 8 states in order to even be nominated on the Convention floor. This was changed from simply winning a plurality of delegates in 5 states in 2012 after it was discovered that the IA delegation had been taken over by Paul supporters even though Santorum and Romney virtually tied for first place in IA. (Santorum eventually won with mere dozens of votes to spare two weeks after caucus night.)

There is no way at this point that Kasich can meet either the 2008 or 2012 standard to even be nominated at the Convention. You gotta wonder what the heck is he doing by continuing in the race. At this point he is merely blocking downfield for Trump. A vote for Kasich is a vote for Trump.

Donald Trump: The Art of Seduction  Trump-Aid

If you really want to know what is going on with Trump supporters, and why no amount of discussion will help them to acknowledge certain (any?) facts and issues with his candidacy, read this piece. It’s a cult! It’s mass hypnotization! It’s seduction! Read this, seriously!

Trumpism Is A Cult, Stop Pretending It’s Not

Trump and the Death of Reason

Scott Ott Gets Serious: What if Trump Really Gets Elected? 

Scott delivers a sincere and heartfelt plea. TrumpRoeRaid

Donald Trump’s Abortion Comments: It’s Time for Conservative Blackout  

‘Mental.’ ‘Utterly Stupid.’ ‘Trump Only Cares About Trump.’

(AUDIO) Ann Coulter: Donald Trump Is Mental

And Annie is a big Trump supporter!

Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton’s Doormat to the White House

Why There Will Be No Trump Landslide in November. If he is nominated, the landslide will be all Democrat. Here’s another reason:

Trump Upside down

 

Can Donald Trump or Ted Cruz Beat Hillary Clinton?

Trump is the Titanic. Ted Cruz is the Lifeboat.

One Map Shows Why a Trump vs Hillary Matchup Will Be Nothing Like the Fight You’ve Expected

Inside Trump’s inner circle, his staffers are willing to fight for him. Literally – WaPo 

Trump aide charged with misdemeanor battery vs. Breitbart writer

Trump apologists swarmed to Lewandowski’s defense.

Trump’s delegate danger – POLITICO

Former Aide, Worried About Trump’s Knowledge Gaps, Now Backs Cruz

A Full List of Donald Trump’s Rapidly Changing Policy Positions – NBC News

Boom: Cruz 40, Trump 30 in New Wisconsin Poll

The latest two polls returned similar results. We’ll know next Tuesday

10 Things Trump Said But Says He Didn’t

Michelle Fields: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

A transcript of Donald Trump’s meeting with The Washington Post editorial board

I’m not a bad person. I’m just doing my thing – I’m, you know, running, I want to do something that’s good. It’s not an easy thing to do. I had a nice life until I did this, you know. This is a very difficult thing to do.

Cruz to Trump: You’re a ‘Sniveling Coward,’ Leave My Wife ‘The Hell Alone’

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: “”@Don_Vito_08: “A picture is worth a thousand words” @realDonaldTrump #LyingTed #NeverCruz

It’s now 12 days later, and this insulting re-tweet is still up. It would require an apology if he took it down, wouldn’t it?

Donald Trump Has 37 percent. Hard to Get to 270 Electoral Votes

As a vote for Kasich is a vote for Trump, a vote for Trump is a vote for Clinton, Sanders or the eventual Democrat nominee. Trump will have a landslide for the Dems to look forward to in the general this fall.

CBO Misses Its Obamacare Projection by 24 Million People

Can’t blame the CBO, we know who to blame.  

Remember,   PSA immigrants

Feeling ‘Betrayed,’ Wealthy Businessman to Take on Paul Ryan in Primary Challenge

Ryan deserves to defend his seat at the very least.

Hillary ‘had several abortions’, kept Chelsea for political appearances

“I’m sure if she is a lesbian it’s not fun,” Miller says frankly. When she was asked … where she heard Hillary Clinton was a lesbian, she responded, “Bill told me!”

Bill & Hill

Role of tech who set up Clinton’s server unknown to bosses at State

Second judge grants discovery in Clinton email lawsuit

things are rapidly winding up. 

Communism Part IV: American Radicals | Glenn Beck

Top German Journalist Admits Mainstream Media Is Completely Fake: “We All Lie For The CIA” | Zero Hedge

I like Zero Hedge, yet this is strictly for your consideration. Several of the links point to the Russian Times.

Rush: Liberals see right wing as bigger threat than Islam

It’s no secret that Hillary, Obama and Sanders all consider anyone who believe that the Constitution should be followed as the larger threat.

Appellate Court’s Blistering Takedown of IRS, DOJ over Targeting Conservatives is Awe-Inspiring

See above.

IRS rebuked for tea party targeting, ordered to release secret list

And again.

On The Numbers

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Rich Takes! On the Numbers:

Donald Trump has proven himself to be a petulant school boy, not unlike our current POTUS.

If anyone doesn’t agree with anything he says, his first response is to launch a character assassination attack, not unlike Saul Alinsky.

A very small Political Action Committee, consisting of one woman with a 20,000.00 budget recently posted a graphic meme featuring Melania in a nude photo shoot, asking the question is this what your next first lady should look like. I think it is a legitimate question, certainly the Dem’s opposition research files already were well aware of this shoot, which was published by Gentleman’s Quarterly in the UK around fifteen years ago. GQ-UK loves it, and they reposted the original article for all of our peeping Tom urges, and hits of course.

What is not commonly reported is that the shoot was taken on Donald’s gold-laden Boeing 727 jet at the time. Obviously with his full approval and knowledge. Now Trump and his people are laying the blame for this on Cruz, when we don’t even know if she even supports Cruz. By Federal law, it is illegal for POTUS campaigns to have any communication with PACs anyway. The Donald has only himself to blame, he approved the shoot, and now he should approve it again.

As always, my comments are in cayenne.

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Donald Trump: Why Putin Loves Him  Putin-Trump

Putin Endorses Trump. Trump replies “It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond.”

Can Donald Trump or Ted Cruz Beat Hillary Clinton? A New National Poll May Surprise You

Not only does Trump lose to Hillary, the Senate and maybe even the House turns Democrat. How does Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sound to you?

>>Trump trails Hillary 54-36, and even if that’s a bit of an outlier, it is consistent with a long track record of Trump trailing Hillary badly, including by double digits in 5 of the last 7 national polls; the RCP polling average now has Trump down 50.4 to 39.0, a result that would lose him more than 40 states and have catastrophic down-ticket results for Republicans in the Senate and House. <<

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton viewed unfavorably by majority – CBS/NYT poll

“…registered voters nationwide now hold negative opinions of the political parties’ current frontrunners. More than half of voters have unfavorable views of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump; each has a net negative rating in the double-digits.”

Hills’ negatives are only 55%. The Donald’s are 59% These are the respective front-runners, unbelievable in a sane world.

RealClearPolitics – 2016 Election Presidential Polls

If it’s any credible poll, they have a link to it.

Mark Levin: I fear we’re going to get BLOWN OUT in the general election

It’s nearly a certainty if Trump wins the nomination. In over 150 national head to head polls, Trump loses most by double digits in all and loses in all but two to Hillary who is the weakest candidate that I’ve ever seen. In just the last few days, here are some numbers:

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Et Tu, Drudge?

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It is starting to look like Drudge is now in the tank for Trump too, et tu, Drudge?

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

I guess it’s okay to make ridiculous highly edited assertions about a certain Presidential candidates religion in the heat of the primary.

I don’t recall the press making a huge deal about JFK’s run for POTUS concerning his Catholic faith, although I’m sure there was a lot of uncertainty about our Pres taking orders from the Pope at the time. I also don’t recall a huge amount of press regarding Obama’s Muslim up-bringing. If you think he’s a Christian, you should google (marxist) liberation theology sometime. The right Reverend Wright preached liberation theology, which has little to do with scripture, and a whole lot to do with grievances. He was not a Catholic, but you can learn more about it here and here. Or search it yourself.

On the other hand, Reagan did help to take down the Soviet empire without spending a single shot, along with the Pope, Maggie Thatcher, and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (who later started a department store in Wisconsin – just kidding!)

So now comes Drudge posting his top story this morning that Ted Cruz is supposedly the blessed anointed one, when the links he provided showed nothing of the sort. I read two of the three links offered, they showed a typical Rafael Cruz appearance. Thankfully, Trump’s cancelled appearance at UIC knocked this pic off of his page.

Far be it for me to attack anyone who holds deeply held religious beliefs. In fact, I think that is a good thing in nearly all cases, radical jihadis excepted.

Drudge should be ashamed of himself.

Rich TAkes! On Stopping The Trump Train

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This edition of Rich TAkes! leads off with a few stories about the San Bernadino shooter’s iPhone 5c.

Has Obama recognized that this couple were radical jihadis yet? Anyway, the FBI apparently tried to change the phone or the iCloud password, and got themselves completely locked out of the phone, so that is why they got a court order to force Apple to create software which completely bypasses the built in encryption and security in iOS. Apple will be appealing, and the outcome will have grave consequences for us all if the government prevails.

Next, the 11th Republican debate just concluded in Detroit. This is perhaps the wildest run up to the general election that we may ever see in our lifetimes. We have a real estate developer, and self-made brand in Donald Trump who is energizing the electorate even more than Obama did in 2008, and he’s not even close to being a conservative. The GOP is getting desperate, especially since the closest rival is Ted Cruz who actually stands by his principles. The establishment GOP is so desperate that Mitt Romney actually gave a speech today which he must have gleaned off of any anti-Trump web page listing Trump’s numerous faults and failures, while openly advocating to deny Trump a first ballot nomination at the convention. I wonder what rules will need to be changed? If Romney is angling to swoop in and save the party in a brokered convention he is kidding himself.

I don’t trust Trump since he has taken three sides to nearly every topic, and his foreign policy credibility is greatly suspect. For example, last fall he said to let the Russians take out ISIS, and reversed himself mere days later.

As I noted last August, Trump has done the Republican Party a great service by getting people who would not take much interest in the process into the fray, but don’t kid yourself, he is not a conservative. He doesn’t even know what the meaning of the word is. He may also be helping the GOP to disintegrate, since the GOP has only themselves to blame for this interesting turn of events.

“may you live in interesting times” might be appropriate here. I hope you enjoy the 

Rich TAkes! On Stopping The Trump Train

Apple’s FBI Battle Is Complicated. Here’s What’s Really Going On | WIRED

Apple increased the encryption and security levels in iOS after the Snowden NSA revelations. Apple does not have a key to get in.

Why The FBI Chose To Try The Apple Encryption Case In The Media

Dead Men Tell No Tales | Carlos Cunha

MYTH BUSTED: Actually, Yes, Hitler Was a Socialist Liberal

We the people POedIt was the National Socialist Workers Party, after all.

Refugee-lovin’ governor sued for importing Muslims

Nikki tosses her cup of TEA.

In 36 States, Unemployment Rates Still Linger Above Pre-recession Levels

Post Super SEC Tuesday update:

delegate count

Trump is not really running away with the Republican nomination yet.

More info about each state’s rules and primary election dates here:

Republican Delegate Count

So far, Trump wins open primaries and Cruz wins closed … and the calendar is starting to change toward more closed primaries

Last Chance for America? Part II – Thomas Sowell

Sowell makes the case for Cruz.

Trump: Ok, I lied when I said Bush lied.

Trump, April 15, 2009: ‘I Don’t March with the Tea Party.’

I love Obama, Can’t Stand the Tea Party. Sarah Palin Doesn’t Mind 2008-2016

Ben Shapiro: Donald Trump Is A Liar – YouTube

Donald Trump — Immigration Hypocrite Who Ignores American Workers

How Did We Get Obama and Trump?

Poll workers in Trump gear ignoring IDs, hiding ballots – Nevada caucus is a DISASTER

Cruz received a lot of flack about talking about Trump’s New York values. Most people do not know that Cruz was simply quoting Donald Trump in his own words.

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