March 24, 2015 - Pensito

Those Cruz Blues

March 24, 2015 Buck Banks

Ted Cruz made sure he was first out of the blocks,
Assuring the base he’ll walk the tea party walk.
But nobody can vex us
Like that Canuck from Texas,
Which is why we just cringe whenever Ted talks.

Ted Cruz is at Least the 197th Person to Enter the 2016 Presidential Race

March 24, 2015March 25, 2015 Buck Banks

While many mainstream news outlets reported that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was the first Republican to officially declare his candidacy for president in the 2016 election Monday, he’s actually 197th or more down the line, according to the Federal Election Commission. Indeed, as of yesterday, Cruz had not filed a Statement of Candidacy form with the FEC yet (he has 15 days from his public declaration to do so).

It’s not a high bar for entry into the race, however. One must either have raised $5,000 in campaign contributions, spent $5,000 on one’s campaign or designated someone else — a committee — to raise and/or spend $5,000 on one’s behalf.

Our perennial favorite candidate, Paul Chehade, has been in the race since 2013. He’s joined by, to judge on names alone, some rather quirky folks with aspirations to high executive office.

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Robertson Calls for Zombie Apocalypse

March 24, 2015 Buck Banks

I wish Reagan would rise from the dead and come back.

— Pat Robertson, on his television show The 700 Club, while noting President Obama “does not believe in America” and was mentored by “leftists who don’t really love this country.”

McCain Scolds Obama

March 24, 2015 Buck Banks

The President should get over it. Get over your temper tantrum, Mr. President!

— Sen. John McCain, in an interview with CNN, on President Obama’s “personal problems” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Paul Calls Foreign Donations to Clinton Foundation ‘Bribes’

March 24, 2015 Buck Banks

The normal Clinton response is to cover up, deny, refuse to acknowledge. But the question is whether the country will rise up and respond to the unseemly nature of accepting foreign donations.

— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), telling Politico that foreign contributions to the Clinton Foundation are “thinly veiled bribes.”

GOP to Field as Many as 20 Presidential Candidates

March 24, 2015 Buck Banks

20

Number of Republicans who are “taking a serious look at running for the White House in 2016. A handful of candidates have moved aggressively into the field, and others are expected to ramp up in the coming weeks, with several announcements expected in April,” reports The Hill.

Walker Posts Commanding Lead in Iowa

March 24, 2015 Buck Banks

27%

Scott Walker’s lead in the GOP presidential race, a new Insider Advantage poll in Iowa finds, followed by Mike Huckabee at 20%, Ben Carson at 13%, Jeb Bush at 11% and Marco Rubio at 6%.

Perry Reminds Press Who’s the Candidate and Who’s the Aide

March 24, 2015 Buck Banks

I’m the candidate. And my views are the ones that matter.

— Rick Perry (R), quoted by the Des Moines Register, forgetting that he’s not officially said he’s a candidate for president when asked about the views of his aides.

Glenn Beck Quits Republican Party, Republican Party Doesn’t Notice

March 24, 2015 Buck Banks

I’ve made my decision — I’m out. I’m out of the Republican Party. I am not a Republican. I will not give a dime to the Republican Party. I’m out.

— Conservative talk radio host Glenn Beck, quoted by The Hill.

Pelosi Predicts an Eternal Clinton Investigation

March 24, 2015 Buck Banks

I wish Reagan would rise from the dead and come back.

— Pat Robertson, on his television show The 700 Club, while noting President Obama “does not believe in America” and was mentored by “leftists who don’t really love this country.”

The President should get over it. Get over your temper tantrum, Mr. President!

— Sen. John McCain, in an interview with CNN, on President Obama’s “personal problems” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The normal Clinton response is to cover up, deny, refuse to acknowledge. But the question is whether the country will rise up and respond to the unseemly nature of accepting foreign donations.

— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), telling Politico that foreign contributions to the Clinton Foundation are “thinly veiled bribes.”

20

Number of Republicans who are “taking a serious look at running for the White House in 2016. A handful of candidates have moved aggressively into the field, and others are expected to ramp up in the coming weeks, with several announcements expected in April,” reports The Hill.

27%

Scott Walker’s lead in the GOP presidential race, a new Insider Advantage poll in Iowa finds, followed by Mike Huckabee at 20%, Ben Carson at 13%, Jeb Bush at 11% and Marco Rubio at 6%.

I’m the candidate. And my views are the ones that matter.

— Rick Perry (R), quoted by the Des Moines Register, forgetting that he’s not officially said he’s a candidate for president when asked about the views of his aides.

I’ve made my decision — I’m out. I’m out of the Republican Party. I am not a Republican. I will not give a dime to the Republican Party. I’m out.

— Conservative talk radio host Glenn Beck, quoted by The Hill.

I think we are just going to see the ongoing attempt to investigate Hillary Clinton, be it her hair or her emails.

— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, quoted by Politico.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

44%

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by Deadline, in his July 4th message.

Numerati

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%

81

A Reuters analysis of Trump’s public comments from June 23 through July 6 (13 days) — when a string of left-wing Democratic candidates won their party’s primaries in New York — found he invoked communism 81 times.