Tag: Campaign 2016
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- Blue Nation Review: Why Do Racists Always Seem to Support Republicans?
- Raw Story: Ted Cruz and Other Texas Politicians Return Money from White Supremacist
- Salon: Jon Stewart Made Megyn Kelly Cry: 6 Fascinating Takeaways from the Fox News Star’s New In-Depth Interview
- The National Memo: Bill Kristol: ‘The Left’ Wants To Expunge All Respect For Confederates!
- TPM: Clinton Says Confederate Flag ‘Shouldn’t Fly Anywhere’ In Stop Near Ferguson
- Towleroad: Judge Shoots Down ‘Sodomite Suppression Act,’ California Ballot Measure Calling For Murder Of Gays
- Digby: We must take Donald Trump seriously: Enough of the ‘Fuckface von ClownStick’
- Vox.com: King v. Burwell’s “King” Doesn’t Realize His Lawsuit Could Mean Millions Go Uninsured
- Five Thirty Eight: Attitudes Toward Racism And Inequality Are Shifting
- Deep South Daily: VIDEO: Jeb Bush Brags about Interfering in Schiavo Case at Conservative Conference
When Clinton Is Right, She’s Right
I may not be the youngest candidate in this race, but I’ll be the youngest woman president in the history of the United States.
— Hillary Clinton, “sketching a vision of a more hopeful, inclusive America that takes care of own while taking on big challenges such as climate change, said Saturday she is running for president to be the champion the country needs now, as well as its history-making first female commander in chief,” the Washington Post reports.
Media Ignores Jeb’s Meeting with Top Polish Official Who Was Fired Because He Criticized America
Imagine for a moment the fusillades of criticism that would be barraging Hillary Clinton right now if she’d gone overseas and met this week with a top foreign official one day after he’d been fired because he’d been caught on tape referring to his country’s longstanding alliance with the United States as “worthless” and “bullshit,” and describing the asymmetrical relationship between the two countries as being analogous to his country giving America a “blowjob.”
Now imagine what the Beltway media elite and their right-wing imitators at Fox and elsewhere would say if, instead of Clinton, the presidential candidate who’d met with this scandal-plagued, America-hating foreign leader was Jeb Bush.
One Is Enough for Santorum
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Number of Iowans who showed up to Rick Santorum’s 2 p.m. campaign stop at a restaurant in Hamlin, Iowa, Monday, the Des Moines Register reports. In a previous stop he drew just 10 people. Said Santorum: “It’s not glamorous, and you’re not out there raising money, but you’re doing what the money is ultimately supposed to do — getting votes. This is a lot more fun than being on the phone raising money.”
Rubio Misquotes JFK
“Asked six decades ago, this nation and that generation chose to embrace a New Frontier. In fact, they took up the challenge of a then young president who said, ‘Ask not what your country can do, ask what you can do for your country.’”
— Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), while campaigning in Iowa, “presented the 2016 campaign as a generational pivot point, likening his vision for a ‘New American Century’… to Kennedy’s 1960 challenge to the nation to embrace a ‘New Frontier,’” National Journal reports.
Jeb ‘Looks Weaker And Weaker’
The Cook Political Report represents the gold standard in political polling and prognosticating. When Charlie Cook or his lieutenants cite a trend, you can take it to the bank. This week one of Cook’s top experts, Amy Walters, published an analysis of Jeb Bush’s all-but-announced presidential campaign that is likely sounding alarms throughout the Republican Party’s establishment wing. The headline, written in neutral Cookspeak, says it all: “Jeb Goes from Fragile Frontrunner to Underdog.”
Bet Chris Christie Wishes He’d Never Suited Up for That Game
Enjoy this awesome pic of the awesome governor of New Jersey, who appears ready to play ball. Yes, just the one ball.
