Hillary Clinton

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Questions I would ask Hillary

When you think of all of the unanswered questions about Hillary Clinton’s past, it’s mind-boggling to muse what you would ask her if you had the opportunity, as improbable as one could imagine such an occasion.

Forget the unanswered questions of her years as first lady, including the missing Rose law firm papers, the travel office firings, the cattle futures, and the mysterious death of Vince Foster.  And don’t bother inquiring about her decision to stand by her man with all of his dalliances, because that’s clear now.

Hillary (allenwestrepublic.com)

This is how I imagine Hillary Clinton when being questioned. (allenwestrepublic.com)

You might be interested in getting answers to these questions, but they’re meaningless to younger voters who were just infants when the Clinton’s soiled the White House.  And forget die hard Democrats.  They don’t care.

I believe Independents and women (including some Republicans), who want to see a woman become president, are still persuadable. Continue reading →

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They can’t name a single Hillary accomplishment, but they like her as their president

I don’t know how Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin thought a group of low-information people could name an accomplishment of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. You may recall that former State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki couldn’t answer that question either.

But try he did.  Halperin sat down with a focus group interview of Hillary Clinton supporters in Iowa recently and the response was silence when he asked a man, a woman who passed and a second woman, who couldn’t respond to that question.… read more

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Progressives pushing for more handouts

There he stood – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio – on the steps of the nation’s Capitol, flanked by the most liberal of liberals, including Al Sharpton and Representatives Raul Grijalva, John Conyers, Barbara Lee and Keith Ellison, all purveyors of the “taker” culture.

By now you have most likely heard about his 13-point Progressive Agenda, his attack on income inequality, recommending what he calls bold steps to make a difference for ”every day Americans.”  He jumps from increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, national paid sick leave and paid family leave, universal pre-K and after school programs and childcare, to closing tax loopholes that allow CEOs and hedge fund managers and billionaires to avoid – are you ready for it – “paying their fair share in taxes.”

deBlasio (usatoday.com)

Flanked by Washington’s purveyors of the “taker” culture, NY City Mayor Bill de Blasio outlines his 13-point Progressive Agenda. (usatoday.com)

He promises there’s more in his agenda, including the expansion of Social Security, debt-free college and investments in schools, not jails.

Ironically, President Obama was speaking at Georgetown University that day saying, “I think the effort to suggest that the poor are sponges, leaches, don’t want to work, are lazy, undeserving, got traction.” Continue reading →

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Inequality not a voter hot button

In my April 24, post, “Hillary to continue dividing the nation,” I related her charges that the deck is stacked in favor of those at the top and that CEOs are making 300 times more than the typical worker. She wants to be the champion of the middle class.

It doesn’t matter to her that in recent polls, one by CBS and another by Gallup, that income disparity was named by only 4 per cent and 2 per cent, respectively, as the most important problem facing the country.… read more

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Hillary to continue dividing the nation

“ … the deck is still stacked in favor of those already at the top.  And there’s something wrong with that. There’s something wrong when CEOs make 300 times more than the typical worker.” – Hillary Clinton

While the latest news of corruption from the Clinton crime family is sorted out, and we are again told there’s no shred of evidence, let’s return to Hillary’s initial campaign charges in the above quote.… read more

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Would Mika have called Obama “a little boy?”

Since most of you wouldn’t lower your standards to watch MSNBC, I thought I would tell you about an exchange of the talking heads on “Morning Joe” this week.

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MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski referred to Sen. Marco Rubio as “a little boy” on Morning Joe. Would she have called Barack Obama a “boy” in 2008? (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Donny Deutsch, an admitted Democrat, posed the situation.  “The Putin test.  Who do you want to see across the table?”

“That’s not even – this is not even conversation.  She (Hillary Clinton) eats him for lunch. Come on,” says Mika Brzezinski, the co-host.

Joe Scarborough tries to insert the names of Barack Obama and John McCain, only to be interrupted by Brzezinski, who exclaims, “No, like Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio.  There is no comparison.  Maybe this is my ideology, but I’m sorry, but that’s a little boy and that’s an experienced accomplished person who’s been elected to the Senate twice, who served as First Lady, who served as Secretary of State.”

Mika, Mika, Mika.  Yes, it is your fawning ideology.  Your inclination that Hillary would eat Putin for lunch couldn’t be more far-fetched.  Have you forgotten “the reset” fiasco? Continue reading →

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Another example of Admiral Mullen’s complicity

We learned this week that then Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen, while chatting with a group of soldiers during a December 2009 visit to Afghanistan, was asked about the desertion of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.  His response indicated that he was fully briefed on the circumstances surrounding Bergdahl’s disappearance.

Mullen ( outservemag.com)

Soldiers serving in Afghanistan recalled Admiral Mullen’s acknowledgement of the Bergdahl desertion circumstances, causing questions about when the president knew. (outservemag.com)

It prompted many to speculate that he surely informed the president of what he had learned. Four years later, President Obama walked out of the White House with his arm around Bergdahl’s mother (below) and proudly talked of the sergeant’s return.

A reading of the transcript, however,  reveals the president carefully avoiding any overt praise for Bergdahl’s service leading one to believe Mullen had briefed him.  Yet, unbelievably,  he still thought it was wise to stage the Rose Garden appearance. Continue reading →

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Liberal columnist concedes Hillary has no message

A couple of years ago, the liberal Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen was  contemplating Hillary Clinton running for president in 2016 when he wrote, “All she lacks is what she has always lacked – an overriding, stirring message.”  The headline on his column read, Just being Hillary Clinton isn’t enough.

Cohen bumped into Hillary at a social event a few days later, and she said, “Richard, I will have a message, if I run.”… read more

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You have to be a champion, Hillary, before you can champion for everyday Americans

“Everyday Americans need a champion.  And I want to be that champion.” – Hillary Clinton

Well, she’s in.  And she wants you to think the election isn’t all about her, but about the forgotten middle class with “the deck stacked in favor of those at the top.”

Her low-key social media announcement features everyday Americans – a black couple, Asians, Hispanics, white working-class people of all ages, students and, yes, two men who are planning to get married. … read more

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The best hits on Hillary Clinton at CPAC

While watching some of the televised speeches and panels at the recent Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) meeting, Sen. Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina impressed me with their candid views of Hillary Clinton.

Rubio’s single word responses to the series of names, issues and events during Sean Hannity’s lightning round was the most memorable for its simplicity.… read more