July 16, 2015 - Pensito

Heights of Hyperbole

July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 Buck Banks

The Iran nuclear deal has left Republicans feeling bitter.
They sound as if we’re hurtling toward a frigid nuclear winter.
But all’s not lost,
It’s not a holocaust,
And it’s certainly not the “greatest appeasement since Chamberlain gave Czechoslovakia to Hitler.”

Trump Has Officially Lost the Hispanic Vote

July 16, 2015 Buck Banks

79%

Of Hispanic voters polled find Donald Trump’s comments on immigration offensive, and 71% hold an unfavorable view of Trump himself, a new Univision poll finds. “While a majority of those polled say they don’t think Trump’s comments represent his party, Trump and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush trail Hillary Clinton badly among Hispanic voters.”

Rick Perry Calls Obama ‘Very Naive’

July 16, 2015 Buck Banks

I saw a very, very naive man who does not know how the world works.

— Rick Perry, quoted by the Huffington Post, on President Obama’s announcement of a nuclear deal with Iran.

McCain Explains Trump’s Acclaim

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What he did was he fired up the crazies.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), in an interview with the New Yorker, on Donald Trump’s surging presidential campaign.

Bush Not Receiving Support from Small Donors

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3%

Amount of the $11.4 million Jeb Bush’s campaign raised during its first two weeks that came from donors who gave less than $200, National Journal reports. “Small contributors gave Bush only $368,023, the campaign’s federal filings show. Donors who gave the legal maximum of $2,700 accounted for more than 80 percent of Bush’s total haul.”

Trump Supporters Are Deeply Angry

July 16, 2015 Buck Banks

“Despite what you’ve read in the media, even some outposts of the conservative media, these Trump acolytes in general are not racist against Latinos and they have not been seized by madness. … They are, however, angry. Very angry. And many are agonizingly fearful about the future of the nation. They believe that vast changes to the country are being wrought in ways that are undemocratic, dishonest and perhaps even illegal. Trump, who seems perpetually angry, is an expression of the angst of conservatives who believe the United States has gotten so deep into a mess that a little extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. What they adore about Trump is that he is a pugilist who has emerged at a time when someone needs to start throwing punches.

— Keith Koffler, writing in Politico.

Gingrich Still Owes Money from 2012 Prez Run

July 16, 2015 Buck Banks

$4.6 million

Amount Newt Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign still owes, according to the latest FEC filing.

Majority of Republicans View Trump Favorably

July 16, 2015 Buck Banks

57%

Republicans now have a favorable view of Trump, compared to 40% who have an unfavorable one, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. “That marks a complete reversal from a late-May Post-ABC poll, in which 65% of Republicans saw Trump unfavorably. Donald Trump’s popularity has surged among Republicans after dominating several news cycles with his anti-illegal immigration rhetoric.”

Republicans Concerned Unlimited Donations Will Hurt White House Chances

July 16, 2015 Buck Banks

$86 million

Amount big-money groups have raised to support a handful of second- and third-tier candidates, Politico reports. “Concerns are mounting among top donors and party elites that an influx of huge checks into the GOP primary will hurt the party’s chances of retaking the White House. Long-shot candidates propped up by super PACs and other big-money groups will be able to linger for months throwing damaging barbs at establishment favorites who offer a better chance of victory, the thinking goes.”

Day: July 16, 2015

Heights of Hyperbole

Trump Has Officially Lost the Hispanic Vote

79%

Rick Perry Calls Obama ‘Very Naive’

I saw a very, very naive man who does not know how the world works.

— Rick Perry, quoted by the Huffington Post, on President Obama’s announcement of a nuclear deal with Iran.

McCain Explains Trump’s Acclaim

What he did was he fired up the crazies.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), in an interview with the New Yorker, on Donald Trump’s surging presidential campaign.

Bush Not Receiving Support from Small Donors

3%

Trump Supporters Are Deeply Angry

— Keith Koffler, writing in Politico.

Gingrich Still Owes Money from 2012 Prez Run

$4.6 million

Amount Newt Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign still owes, according to the latest FEC filing.

Majority of Republicans View Trump Favorably

57%

Republicans Concerned Unlimited Donations Will Hurt White House Chances

$86 million

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“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.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$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%