Some things… ah people never change, and these two certainly won’t!!
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Sarah Palin Mocks Hillary Clinton with Awesome Photo
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Saturday, March 14, 2015
Sarah Palin Mocks Hillary Clinton with Awesome Photo
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Former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin shared two images via her Facebook page on Wednesday mocking Hillary Clinton’s excuse for using a personal email account and server to conduct government business as Secretary of State.
The first image is the infamous photo of Clinton wearing shades indoors and using her one Blackberry cellphone captioned,
“I opted for convenience… because I thought it would be easier to carry one device.”
The second image shows Palin with a personal phone in one hand, a baby in the other, and a work cellphone clearly labeled "State of Alaska" resting on the table in front of her, juggling the responsibilities of mother and career.
In an article published by Fox News on Monday, Palin criticized Hillary and her staff of "skirting" the law "altogether."
Palin Derangement Syndrome was created by a team of Jour’no’lists who were directed by the powers that be to discredit Sarah Palin, because they, RINOs and Progressives from both parties, feared her (and still do)… and the mainstream media carried their water! They feared her connection with average Americans so much that they continued the collusion with contrived lawsuits and endless fabricated negative press including attacks on Palin’s children. Palin was cleared of any and all wrong doing… in all the lawsuits filed. Palin did the right thing and resigned as Governor of Alaska because she felt it was not fair to the people of her state for her to be spending so much of her time fighting these malicious lawsuits instead of working for them. The Democrats and Progressive from both parties then turned that into a negative by saying she was a quitter… not so by any stretch of the imagination.
"As Secretary of State under Obama, Hillary Clinton used private email accounts on a privately maintained server 100 percent of the time for 100 percent government business," Palin wrote. "That’s unethical, no doubt illegal, and flies in the face of all claims of transparency."
"Hillary Clinton and her staff weren’t trying to be in compliance with the law; they were skirting it altogether."
She went on to say, "You’d expect more from the self-described 'most transparent administration in history.'"
"And you should demand more from anyone who wants to be president someday," Palin fired.
The Associated Press agrees with Palin, now suing the State Department to force the release of all of Hillary’s email correspondence and government documents from her four-year State tenure after multiple public records requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) went unanswered.
On Tuesday, breaking her nine-day silence on the scandal, the Hillary admitted that, in hindsight, it would have been better if she had used an official government email account.
"Again, looking back, it would've been better for me to use two separate phones and two email accounts,” Hillary said. “I thought using one device would be simpler, and obviously, it hasn't worked out that way."
If you haven't seen it already, check out her explanation HERE.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Sarah Palin is the perfect foil to take on Hillary Clinton
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Sarah Palin says she’s seriously considering a 2016 presidential run.
Why not? The GOP needs women on the ticket for many reasons, not least because it steals the Democratic Party’s thunder. They want to be the “first” at breaking cultural barriers and glass ceilings. With Hillary Clinton expected to be their front-runner in 2016, they’ll use her gender as a tactic to gin up support from their base — especially female voters.
I can already see Emily’s List pushing out emails nationwide saying, “Let’s make history by electing the first female president of the United States.”
It’s imperative Republicans put forward their own female leaders for the presidential ticket to counter that Democratic message.
Yes, Sarah Palin was bludgeoned in the 2008 race by the Democratic machine, which tried to discredit her unfairly and turn her into a cartoon figure. But Americans — especially Republicans — understand the game. There’s a double standard in gender politics.
If you’re a female leader on the Democratic ticket, you’re a “hero” regardless of how many times you put your foot in your mouth, embarrass yourself or worse.
We haven’t forgotten Hillary Clinton saying that we should empathize with our enemies or that businesses and corporations don’t really create jobs. Both absurd statements that should disqualify any candidate — male or female — from any race, never mind the top slot.
But if you’re a female conservative? Watch out! Liberals will pounce and do everything they can to marginalize a conservative woman who runs for office no matter how educated, or talented, or accomplished she is. Liberals only “tolerate” others if they agree with them and follow their agenda.
Skeptics will say Sarah Palin doesn’t have a chance in the GOP race because she’s too polarizing. But what about Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren? They’re polarizing too, with supporters and haters in equal measure.
The reality is Sarah Palin draws huge crowds at speaking engagements, has millions of social media followers and just as many supporters across the nation.
Hilary Clinton has been giving speeches to half-filled rooms.
If Sarah Palin chooses to throw her proverbial hat in the ring for 2016, there’s no doubt she’d make the race exciting and bring a welcome woman’s point of view to the GOP field.
Adriana Cohen is co-host of “Boston Herald Drive” on WMEX 1510 AM weekdays from 7-9 a.m. Follow Adriana on Twitter @AdrianaCohen16.
Video: Two Women, Two Paths
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By Marion Algier – Ask Marion
If you believe everything you read, Hillary Clinton is already President of the United States-in-waiting and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ‘was’ the GOP’s predestined 2016 nominee. Does this sound like 2012 or 2008 all over again?
But what is true is that the jockeying for the 2016 Election is in full swing. The Democrat strategy is to intimidate and sideline, by any means, any Democrat opposition to Hillary Clinton for the primaries while attacking and obliterating any Republicans that they feel could give her a strong challenge in the general election; Chris Christie is only the beginning and Sarah Palin, probably the one they fear the most has been on their radar screen since she gave her 2008 Vice Presidential nomination acceptance speech. The folks, as O’Reilly likes to call average everyday American, of which Palin is one, loved her immediately and she inspired women on both sides of the aisle, including political convert and lifetime Democrat, the Los Angeles President of the National Organization for Women (NOW) who introduced Palin for her first Rally in Cali in Carson City where a crowd of 23,000 gathered, that I was privileged to attend, with a last minute announcement… so the Progressive left immediately feared and hated her. You can bet that Hillary does not draw that kind of a crowd for her speeches!
Video: C-SPAN: Vice Presidential Candidate Gov. Sarah Palin (AK) Full Speech at the RNC (45:45 Mins)
The left knew how much of a threat Sarah Palin was, and is, and colluded to demonize her using their progressive minions in the mainstream media with instructions to use any and every dirty trick in their bag of Alinsky tricks… already knowing that they would be running Hillary Clinton in 2016 and that Sarah Palin another tough woman but younger, prettier, principled and by then tested by the fire created by them, who had real accomplishments both personal and professional would be the Republican’s best shot to beat her… that is if common sense could get past the GOP party establishment that strangled the party in 2008 and 2012. The Progressives organized a group of jour’no’lists including CFR operative Katie Couric to go after Palin and a created what is commonly know as Palin Derangement Syndrome… which still continues.
Video: "The Undefeated" Sarah Palin Movie Trailer (1:46 Mins)
So the question is… can the Republicans get past their own establishment that strangled their party in 2008 and 2012, which includes their chairman Reince Priebus? The Vichy Republicans or old GOP guard are desperately trying to hold onto their own power instead of listening to their base and the grassroots swell of Americans that Sarah Palin and those she helped get into office in 2010 and 2014 represent, those like Ted Cruz, a great VP choice, who call her the Kingmaker. RNC Chairman Priebus Did Say that a Hillary’s 2016 Candidacy is Set… And Electing a Female Presidency Will be the Carrot…, but somehow he doesn’t seem to be able to make the needed and obvious connection that Palin is the GOP’s strongest shot in 2016. In a recent Poll: Sarah Palin Again Had the Highest Favorability Rating Among GOP Primary Voters and the President of the Heritage Foundation and Former U.S. Senator Jim DeMint recently stated that there is no better endorsement a Conservative, Republican, Independent or Libertarian can get than one from Sarah Palin and CNN reported that Palin’s influence is far from diminishing. That is not necessarily the case for an endorsement by Hillary for Democrats, let alone for an Independent.
The Republicans are moving their 2016 Convention back to June or July from late August to give their candidate access to campaign funds and the RNC staff earlier. They are also cutting back on the number of primary debates after they helped slaughter themselves in 2012 with their former schedule and by trying to marginalize people like Sarah Palin and that ever-growing wing of the Party and of the population in general. Just today Rush Limbaugh put forth the theory that republicans want to win the 2014 Election narrowly (if at all), without the Tea Party. Why you wonder? The why is because the powers that be and the establishment politicians want to keep the system in place, which puts money in their pockets. That is how they keep everyone inline, or at least did until the rise of the Tea Party (Taxed Enough Already). It is a system that the Clintons are part of, but a system that Sarah Palin would expose and stop, as she did with the Corrupt Bastard’s Club in Alaska.
Every American should educate themselves about Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, because what you think you know, if it is through the mainstream media, is probably wrong about both of them! It is time for all Americans to clear their mind of any previous pre-conceptions about these two women and start anew in their education process.
2016 should be the battle between these two women… Sarah Palin vs. Hillary Clinton:
Mark Levin, former sisties radical turned conservative and Soros disciple David Horowitz, and many others have said that Hillary is Obama in a dress.
VIDEO: HILLARY CLINTON EXPOSED - THE MOVIE SHE BANNED FROM THEATERS - (90-Mins)
In a recent interview, Former Clinton WH Counsel Lanny Davis Struggled to List Hillary’s Achievements at the State Dept and former Clinton advisor Dick Morris has little good to say about his experience with the Former First Lady.
Sadly when asked, most people who claim they dislike Sarah Palin know little about her and what they know is usually negative and generally untrue; for Hillary it is generally the opposite, they often don’t know why they like her either, but it is what they don’t know or think about Hillary or what they think are her positives that are the issue. So, directly below are some basic facts about Sarah Palin and there is a a lot of info in this article, especially the links to give everyone a good start on researching these two women and possible 2016 presidential candidates:
(CNN) -- Here's a look at the life of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Personal:
Birth date: February 11, 1964
Birth place: Sandpoint, Idaho
Birth name: Sarah Louise Heath
Father: Charles Heath, a teacher
Mother: Sarah (Sheeran) Heath
Marriage: Todd Palin (August 29, 1988-present)
Children: Trig, April 18, 2008; Piper, March 19, 2001; Willow, July 5, 1994; Bristol, October 18, 1990; Track, April 20, 1989
Education: University of Idaho, B.S., 1987
Other Facts:
First female governor of Alaska.
Was a runner-up in the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant.
Her fifth child, Trig, was born with Down syndrome.
She played starting front guard and was Captain of the Wasilla Warriors H.S. Basketball Team, dubbed Sarah Barracuda for her tenacious defense; making a crucial shot to help win the 1982 Alaska State Basketball Championship for her team
Now a young grandmother of two: Tripp and
Timeline:
1992-1996 - Wasilla city council.
1996-2002 - Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
2002 - Loses bid to become lieutenant governor.
2003-2004 - Serves on the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
November 7, 2006 - Is elected Governor of Alaska, defeating former two-term governor Tony Knowles (49% to 41%).
December 4, 2006-July 26, 2009 - Republican Governor of Alaska.
July 28, 2008 - Alaska state legislators vote to hire an investigator to determine if Palin fired former state Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan because he would not fire Palin's former brother-in-law, Mike Wooten, a state trooper.
August 6, 2008 - A former state employee files an ethics complaint against Palin accusing her of using her position to get a supporter of hers a government position.
August 29, 2008 - Named as John McCain's vice presidential running mate in the presidential election.
September 1, 2008 - Announces her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is 5 months pregnant, and the McCain campaign releases a statement that John McCain knew about the pregnancy when he selected her as his running mate.
September 3, 2008 - Accepts the Republican Party's nomination for vice president at the Republican National Convention.
October 10, 2008 - State investigator Stephen Branchflower releases a report saying that Palin abused her power as Alaska's governor and violated state ethics law by trying to get her ex-brother-in-law Mike Wooten fired from the state police.
October 18, 2008 - Appears on "Saturday Night Live" with Palin lookalike Tina Fey.
November 3, 2008 - Alaska's Personnel Board releases a report concluding that Palin did not violate ethics law when she tried to get ex-brother-in-law Mike Wooten fired from the state police.
November 4, 2008 - The McCain-Palin ticket is defeated in the presidential election by the Obama-Biden ticket.
January 27, 2009 - Launches a political action committee to raise money.
July 3, 2009 - Announces that she will be stepping down as governor of Alaska.
July 26, 2009 - Officially steps down as governor of Alaska. Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell becomes Governor.
November 2009 - Palin's memoir "Going Rogue: An American Life" is released.
January 2010 - Joins Fox News as a contributor.
February 6, 2010 - Delivers the keynote address at the first national Tea Party convention.
March 25, 2010 - Discovery Communications announces Sarah Palin will appear in an eight-part documentary series called, "Sarah Palin's Alaska" on the TLC network.
November 2010 - Palin's second book, "America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag," is released.
June 10, 2011 - The state of Alaska releases roughly 24,000 pages of emails from Palin's governorship, that had been requested in 2008 under the Freedom of Information Act.
October 5, 2011 - Announces she is will not run for president.
January 25, 2013 - Fox News confirms that Palin is no longer an analyst there.
June 13, 2013 - The Fox News Channel announces that Palin will rejoin the network as a contributor.
I just finished Sarah Takes on Big Oil, by Kay Cashman and Kristen Nelson. One of the major things I liked about the book, is that outsiders without an agenda wrote it. They were unbiased and just wrote the facts. I recommend that you all read this book.
As you read Sarah Takes on Big Oil, you will see what we have all been writing about and why we stand with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Tom Irwin, Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources who is quoted in the book said it best. “She is a real leader, our governor is grounded in a fundamental of honesty, integrity, her faith and understanding of the Constitution. I’ve never seen her once, ever, come close to the bright line of wanting to violate those.”
As you read through Sarah Takes on Big Oil you’ll see other comments by Irwin, that let you know Gov. Palin has not changed as she fights to bring the Republican party back to where it stood when Reagan was President. “I am a conservative Republican. I sometimes wonder where my party has gone, but my governor, Sarah Palin, is bringing it back,” Irwin said.
You will read about how Gov. Palin worked with people on both sides of the aisle. She did not care whether you had a D or an R after your name. Gov. Palin’s job and mindset was to get and do the best for the people of Alaska. After the debating and passing the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA), Rep. Beth Kerttula, D-Juneau, the House minority leader, thanked Gov. Palin for her leadership, for “all of your hard work and your willingness to listen to us and to keep your door open right up until late last night. I really appreciate it as do the members of my caucus.”
The book is written like a case study, with all the needed information so that you will understand what Gov. Palin accomplished, how she worked as part of the team, but as Irwin said, “she was a leader, she allowed us to feel we worked; but make no doubt about it, she understood it and she was the decision maker.”
As I read Sarah Takes on Big Oil, I thought, that is what we all see and feel about the lady from the North. We see her integrity, we see her honesty, we know her faith. This is a lady who would have made an outstanding Vice President – oh, and a great president at which we still have a chance!
New Poll: Voters blame Clinton and Obama for Benghazi… and we now know that Clinton could have prevented the attack but failed to do so
And for those not familiar with the Benghazi scandal and Hillary’s involvement checkout: Bombshell: Pentagon ‘didn’t know’ Benghazi annex existed, which includes a timeline of links to related articles from day one.
And let us not forget Jerry Zeifman, a longtime Democrat, former general counsel and chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee’s response to why he fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation: “Because she was liar!”, he said. “She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the Committee and the rules of confidentiality!” Progressivism at its best!
Video: YouTube Debate: “Hillary Are You a Liberal"?… “I prefer the word Progressive…I Consider myself a modern Progressive”
So again beside trying to obliterate every opponent by using whatever means necessary (legal, questionable, and illegal) and Protecting Hillary… at every turn to pave the way for an easy Hillary win in both the primaries and the general election, the Democrats intend to make the focus of the 2016 election about their fabricated ‘war on women’ (by the Republicans) and electing the first U.S. female president. So logic would dictate that the Republicans fight back with on an equal playing field with a worthy opponent… the strongest battle proven women in the Republican Party… Sarah Palin. So where is the the breakdown in the party’s ability to make that connection if they really want to win? Like the Democrats, the GOP was well as freedom loving Independents, Libertarians, Conservatives and unaffiliated voters who see the need for real change should be supporting and protecting Sarah Palin as the Democrats are doing for Hillary. Instead they are helping to continue to undermine her, the Republican Party and America… For those who either don’t or choose not to remember McCain-Palin were ahead in the polls after Palin joined the ticket, Greta Van Susteren pulled out the old polls. Get-Involved my friends and educate yourself… and then get out there, stand-up and share!!
2016 – The Election of the First Female President of the United States?
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Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie – Oh, how the mighty may fall – WRIGHT
NY Times Takes a Hard Look at the Clinton Foundation
Hillary’s Ultimatum to Huma: Your Marriage or Your Job… As Gennifer Flowers Speaks Out
Sarah Palin Responds to Roger Ailes Quote Explaining Why Fox News Hired Her AND Why She Accepted
Related Books and Media
Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas (Kindle) – Sarah’s New Book
The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know — and Men Can’t Say (Kindle)
America by Heart : Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag (Kindle)
Going Rogue: An American Life (Kindle)
Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys (Kindle)
Our Sarah: Made in Alaska (Kindle)
The Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories
The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party (Kindle)
Hillary Clinton Nude: Naked Ambition, Hillary Clinton And America’s Demise (Kindle)
Video: Primary Colors
Video: Sarah Palin: The Undefeated
Sarah Palin – The Undefeated with Going Rogue: An American Life mp3 Audiobook
Collusion: How the Media Stole the 2012 Election—and How to Stop Them from Doing It in 2016 (Kindle)
Collusion: How The Media Stole The 2012 Election – A Book Review
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Monday, February 3, 2014
The Wrap at Ask Marion 1.26.14 Thru 2.02.14
Our weekly wrap… Sunday to Sunday… Please share! Ask Marion
Quote of the Week: "If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth." …Ronald Reagan
Want things to change… then elect someone that believes in the principles that made this country great, but who can win against the Democrat’s probable ‘first female president’ candidate carrot… and that person is someone the left fears. That person is Sarah Palin who just Polled With Highest Favorability Rating Among GOP Primary Voters. Palin is Reaganesque, undefeated and tested after unending attacks by the Left which includes the probable 2016 Democrat ‘Female’ Presidential Candidate… Hillary, who really is Barack Obama in a Dress. Sarah can win!! She had the crowds eating out of her hand in 2008 after her VP Presidential Nominating Speech! And Rino John McCain and the Progressive Liberal Media tried to destroy her.
The Persecution of Conservatives in Hollywood
- Hannity Exclusive: Dinesh D’Souza is ‘undeterred’ by backlash [video]
- Judge Jeanine Pirro Opening Statement – Obama Take That Pen &.. SOTU, Keystone, Iran, Little Sisters
- A Black Reporter Summarizes Barack Obama!
- Smith & Wesson says goodbye, California over ‘microstamping’ law
- State of the Union 2014 Proves Obama Failure… Lies, Theft, Failure, Pinocchio’s…
- ICE Officers Claim They’re Being Prohibited From Enforcing The Law – Huckabee – Wake Up America
- Is the House GOP Leadership Being Blackmailed Into Voting for Amnesty?
- Watch the Powerful Olympics Ad That Disappeared From the Internet Last Night [video]
- From Reagan to Rubio: The Wussification of the Republican Party
- Crews Killing Thousands of Dogs for Sochi Olympic Games
- Seems There Is Such a Thing As a Free Lunch After All…
- Fixing the News
- The Council Has Spoken!! This Weeks’ Watcher’s Council Results – 01.31.14
- Here It Comes – Amnesty
- Obama’s Loving Requiem For A Prominent Communist – And Mine
- Former Clinton WH Counsel Lanny Davis Struggles To List Hillary’s Achievements At State Dept
- Poll: Sarah Palin Has Highest Favorability Rating Among GOP Primary Voters
- Are You a Potential Plaintiff in an Anti-Obamacare Lawsuit? Please Respond by January 31, 2014
- State of the Union Obama THEFT ACCOUNTS | Damon Geller
- The Making of a Black Conservative
- GOP Senators’ Obamacare Replacement Beneficial to Young People says Senator Colborn as He Loses His Own Cancer Doctor in the Midst of His Cancer Fight
- Watcher’s Council Nominations – State Of Disunion Edition 01.29.14
- The Devil’s In The Marxism
- 2014 State of the Union (SOTU)
- Abuse of Power
- The Five co-host Greg Gutfeld offered up a State of the Union drinking game…
- Persecuted the Movie (Official Teaser)
- Ex-Trader Joe’s President To Open Expired Food Store For The Poor
- Republican Plan for Immigration: Anchor Babies, Visa Reform? Co-Sponsors for King’s Anchor Baby Legislation?
- Forum: Do You Feel We Are Moving Closer To A Police State?
- Sunday News 01.26.14 on Video(s) – Updated
- Judge Jeanine Pirro Opening Statement – State Of The Union – A Call For Unity?
- Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie – Oh, how the mighty may fall – WRIGHT
- Mitt – Whatever Side You Are On See Another Side
- New Poll: Voters blame Clinton and Obama for Benghazi…
- National Newspaper Chain Plans To Build Massive ‘State-By-State’ Database Of Gun Owners
- Bombshell: Pentagon ‘didn’t know’ Benghazi annex existed
- The Wrap at Ask Marion 1.19.14 Thru 1.26.14
Also See:
- Washington State’s Pending Legislation Seeks To Prohibit Barbaric Muslim Practice Of Young Female Genital Mutilation
- Obamacare Architect Retires
- Are You a Potential Plaintiff in an Anti-Obamacare Lawsuit? Please Respond by January 31, 2014
- GOP Senators’ Obamacare Replacement Beneficial to Young People says Senator Colborn as He Loses His Own Cancer Doctor in the Midst of His Cancer Fight
- Warning: Dem Rep. Says Obamacare Is Unraveling & “We Don’t Have a Solution”
- Another Obamacare Fiasco
- Ex-Trader Joe’s President To Open Expired Food Store For The Poor
- Moody’s Downgrades Health Insurers, Cites ObamaCare Uncertainty
- In Addition to the Super Bowl… Today Was Groundhog Day
- World’s oldest flamingo which has been in the same Australian zoo since before World War II dies aged 83
- Crews Killing Thousands of Dogs for Sochi Olympic Games
- Three Nuns Adopt the Senior Pit Bull Nobody Else Wanted
- Paralyzed dog found dragging himself through streets begging for food
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Book of the Week – Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics (Kindle) by Charles Krauthammer
In an interview with Bret Baier about his latest book: Things That Matter, Charles Krauthammer said that sometime between his accident and the process of getting his degree and finishing Med School to become a Psychiatrist he realized that everything in life is affected by politics (and religion) in one way or another, therefore touching all the Things That Matter in our lives.
From America’s preeminent columnist, named by the Financial Times the most influential commentator in the nation, the long-awaited collection of Charles Krauthammer’s essential, timeless writings.
A brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenges conventional wisdom at every turn, Krauthammer has for decades dazzled readers with his keen insight into politics and government. His weekly column is a must-read in Washington and across the country. Now, finally, the best of Krauthammer’s intelligence, erudition and wit are collected in one volume.
Readers will find here not only the country’s leading conservative thinker offering a passionate defense of limited government, but also a highly independent mind whose views—on feminism, evolution and the death penalty, for example—defy ideological convention. Things That Matter also features several of Krauthammer’s major path-breaking essays—on bioethics, on Jewish destiny and on America’s role as the world’s superpower—that have profoundly influenced the nation’s thoughts and policies. And finally, the collection presents a trove of always penetrating, often bemused reflections on everything from border collies to Halley’s Comet, from Woody Allen to Winston Churchill, from the punishing pleasures of speed chess to the elegance of the perfectly thrown outfield assist.
With a special, highly autobiographical introduction in which Krauthammer reflects on the events that shaped his career and political philosophy, this indispensible chronicle takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the fashions and follies, the tragedies and the joys of Krauthammer’s life.
And another must read is: Collusion: How the Media Stole the 2012 Election—and How to Stop Them from Doing It in 2016 (Kindle)
Is the House GOP Leadership Being Blackmailed Into Voting for Amnesty?
There are some great options on the GOP side if we don’t let the old guard Establishment Co-Opt the process as they did in 2008 and 2012 and the Democrats must have someone better than Hillary or their old Establishment guard.
Sarah Palin for President and Ted Cruz for Vice-President… a winning ticket that would represent ‘the American people’, restore the Constitution and get government out of our lives and pockets
And just today I heard a new interesting option: Dr. Ben Carson for President and Judge Jeanine Pirro for Vice-President
Bombshell: Pentagon ‘didn’t know’ Benghazi annex existed; includes overview of Benghazi Attack and Scandal Events and Timeline
Hillary now wants to get Benghazi out of the way… Clinton said when asked to identify “do-overs” of her time as America’s top diplomat during her keynote appearance before the National Automobile Dealers Association in New Orleans. she said, “My biggest, you know, regret is what happened in Benghazi,” I think what Hillary meant was that her biggest regret is not being able to squelch the Benghazi scandal. Just for the sake of history, let’s recall that Clinton could have prevented the attack but failed to do so
Benghazi Report: Obama and Hillary Lied, Americans Died, Media Complicit… Obama Went to Vegas and they need to take responsibility! Yet, RNC Chairman Says Hillary 2016 Candidacy is Set… And Female Presidency Will be the Carrot… Time to say no thanks and fight back with our own powerhouse!!
In the meantime, there are rumblings that there has been a shake-up in the White House because Obama Puppetmaster, George Soros, is not happy; perhaps coming off the meetings by the power elite in Davos? And the Democrats facing re-election in 2014 are also running scared.
Obama has already warned that he will use his phone and pen to sign executive orders to circumvent Congress and the witch hunt against Conservative Opponents and anyone the White House considers to be in their way will be investigated, minimalized and silenced. David Plouffe is said to be out, Valerie Jarrett has been demoted and replaced by John Podesta and David Simas will run Obama’s new operations office. The State of the Union is expected to be anything but a call for unity, and 2014 definitely will be the most divisive Obama year yet as Soros pushes his agenda to move the U.S. toward Socialism. It is time for everyone to get-involved and for Conservatives, Libertarians, Tea Party Groups and all the other small groups who are fighting to take back our Country to find common ground and work together to save America for our children, our grandchildren and future generations. There is too much at stake not to!!
The real question is… will we, Conservatives, Libertarians, Tea Party Groups and all the other patriotic groups, continue letting the media and RINOs and Progressives from both parties steal elections from us? because we can’t or won’t find common ground and compromise?
David John Marotta, a Wall Street adviser and President of Marotta Wealth Management, puts U.S. unemployment closer to 37.2%, much higher than even the 25% most bloggers and honest journalists have estimated, and certainly not the unicorn dust propaganda of 6.7% claimed by the Fed.
Alert: Rand Paul Sues Obama… Join Class Action Suit
Memorable Photos…
Thousands of Shelter Pets Killed Every Day Yet Half of Americans Uninformed and Unaware
Crews Killing Thousands of Dogs for Sochi Olympic Games
Dogs slaughtered for meat in Vietnam… Stop the Dog Meat Trade
Stop the Pain… Get-Involved and Speak Up Whenever You Suspect Abuse, Of Any Kind
We are living in amazing times, good and bad, the kind of times that truly try men’s (and women’s) souls and that make or break countries and shape (or reshape) societies. Please get involved, pray for guidance, prepare for the worst (for yourself and to help others), then educate yourself and share what you learn with as many people as you can. All our futures depend on it!!
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Friday, January 31, 2014
Former Clinton WH Counsel Lanny Davis Struggles To List Hillary’s Achievements At State Dept
Audio: Lanny Davis Struggles to come up with any Hillary Clinton Accomplishment at State Department.
In an interview with Hugh Hewitt, Former Clinton White House Counsel and spin doctor Lanny Davis had a hard time listing Hillary’s achievement while Secretary of State:
HH: If I ever get in serious, serious trouble, I think I’m going to try and find Lanny Davis. Now only is he a friend of my friend, Michael Medved, and a friend of my friend, Mark Gearan. He is widely regarded as one of the great spin masters of Washington, D.C. He has brand new book out called Crisis Tales: Five Rules For Coping With Crises In Business, Politics And Life. Lanny Davis, welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show, great to talk to you.
LD: I love being on your show, Hugh. And I hope you never need my services, but thank you.
HH: Well, there are a couple of things in here. First of all, selling the planes to Pakistan when you came up with the nine words, the money or the planes, what’s fair is fair, that’s a beautiful chapter, but I still don’t want to sell planes to Pakistan. I mean, that was, I kept saying Lanny, you’re selling me. I don’t want them. It’s not fair. They’re running the Taliban, so what’s fair? Did that work?
LD: Well, first of all, this is way back when, so you’re dating me, and I have to date myself. So this is when Benazir Bhutto was the small d democrat, and elected by a popular landslide and ran a small d democracy with secular Islamic views. That was the ideal Islamic democracy in the world, Turkey being at the time another example. So this is when Pakistan was truly our friend and Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader. And we owed Pakistan, literally owed Pakistan $600 million dollars. We had their money, we had their planes, and they wanted one or the other back, and we were stuck and couldn’t give either one back. And that’s when I helped Prime Minister Bhutto with President Clinton.
HH: It’s a fascinating story. We didn’t know at the time that the ISI was helping the Taliban become our nightmare, so your hands are clean on that. But it’s a fascinating story. I also loved your mix up with Garry Trudeau, your fellow Yalie, over the misapplication of facts with regards to the Ivory Coast incident, covered in great detail. But I love your takeaway. Don’t represent yourself.
LD: My punch line is that Garry Trudeau had very good company in ignoring the facts that ultimately came out, which is that I was helping the State Department and the President of the United States get this thug out of the trenches in the Ivory Coast, and save lives. But I couldn’t tell everybody what I was doing, because it was covert. So I violated my transparency rule. I paid the penalty and I had a fool for a client, namely me.
HH: Well, Crisis Tales is full of good stuff, and I recommend it to anyone. But now I want your crisis advice for an old client of yours. Former Secretary of State Clinton brought up Benghazi sua sponte yesterday. That means on her own, for the benefit of the Steelers fans. And it raised more questions than it answered. When does she need to sit down and give us the specifics of what she was doing that night, where she went, and why she never called back Mr. Hicks?
LD: Well, first of all, I’m not sure Mr. Hicks ever called her. That’s not a fact. It’s actually not true that he ever called her. And secondly, she’s done that. She’s testified in front of two Congressional committees, and I’m sure she’d be willing to do it again and again and again, because the most decisive comment she made is when she was accused of a systemic failure in her own department by a panel that she appointed. Ambassador Pickering, a Republican administration senior official at the State Department and ambassador for a Republican president, Bush I, and Admiral Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, neither one of them exactly partisans, investigated what happened in Benghazi, and found that the State Department had a systemic failure of leadership at the mid-levels, that communications did not occur very well, and she accepted personal responsibility in all 64 recommendations for change. So…
HH: But Lanny, neither the Ambassador nor the Admiral spoke to her personally under oath, and she did in fact talk with Mr. Hicks. That’s under oath and testified to. She talked to him at 2am in the morning on a conference call, and she never called him back. I’m curious if you would recommend to her that she sit down for a one hour with Jake Tapper, or with Bret Baier, or with a serious journalist, not Andrea Mitchell, not someone who will lie down and sweep the ground before she walks on it, but a serious, probing question about why she ran away, because she ran away that night.
LD: Well, I don’t believe she ran away, but we shouldn’t debate things we are both uncertain of. Let’s both agree that this is an issue she has to address, will address. My philosophy is the more information out, the better for her. And at some point, I certainly agree with you she’ll have to retell the story. I think we have a difference of opinion whether she already has, but I certainly agree with your premise that as long as these questions are nagging, the ultimate solution, as I always say in my book, is tell it all, tell it early, tell it yourself. She’s very, very sorry about the loss of her friend. She’s taken responsibility, and I think she ultimately will follow even your advice, Hugh.
HH: Well, I like your advice. Tell it all, tell it early, tell it yourself. She has not told it all. She hasn’t told it early. What she has said, she’s used other people to do so. But what about, who would you recommend she sit down with for like a Chris Christie longest day press conference? He did two hours. Should she do the same sort of thing, Lanny Davis?
LD: Well, first of all, we’re just going to have to disagree in respect to have differences of opinion with being as to whether she already has answered all the questions. But I think she ultimately will have to do it again if she decides to run for president, and I have no idea who she should sit down with. I kind of laughed in the middle of your mentioning Andrea Mitchell, because the last time I saw Andrea Mitchell, she was extremely tough on the Clinton White House. But she’s got to sit down with a credible journalist and answer all questions if she wants to run for president. Not just Benghazi, but your life is transparent. It’s pretty tough out there as Chris Christie has discovered. I’m not satisfied with Chris Christie’s explanation. He could have spent four more hours, and he still hasn’t answered the basic question why did you sit and watch that traffic jam and didn’t pick up the phone and call your buddy at the Port Authority and say what the heck is going on here?
HH: And that, by the way, America, that was…
LD: He’s never answered that question.
HH: That was a perfect bit of Lanny Davis diversion. That was eloquent, actually. He knows I’m burrowing in on Hillary, and so he brings up Chris Christie and thinks it’s like shouting squirrel. But Lanny, I’ve got to go back. Jake Tapper said ten minutes ago we don’t know what she did that night. Nobody knows what she did after the 2am call with Hicks. Don’t we need a timeline? Don’t we deserve to know what the woman in charge of the State Department under siege actually did, because I think she ran away, and she has never answered with specificity and particularity what she did that night.
LD: So it looks like you just changed the topic from my Chris Christie point, but the answer is I’ve already given, I already gave you the answer, Hugh. So I don’t know if I can…
HH: All right. Let me ask…
LD: …more time, which is at some point, at some point, if she runs for president, Benghazi and every other issue she’s being criticized for, and I happen to believe that there are only a handful of people that hold Benghazi against her. I don’t think that that’s a serious political issue for her.
HH: Okay, then give me one more thing.
LD: But she’s got to do it. She’s got to do it if she runs for president. And she knows that.
HH: All right, one question, you’ve got a minute. Summarize for me what she accomplished as Secretary of State.
LD: Well, the biggest thing of all is goodwill around the world, which is what secretaries of State do.
HH: Like in Syria…
LD: I don’t know what any secretary of State…
HH: …and Egypt and Libya?
LD: I don’t know, well, Libya and certainly the intervention in Libya and getting rid of Qaddafi, you would say that’s a pretty good achievement for the President. But these are presidential achievements with a partnership of the secretary of State. What do secretaries of State do? For example, she was very instrumental in the details of the Iranian sanctions program, which has produced, apparently, some results. I’m very skeptical about this deal in Iran on the nuclear weaponry. But the credit she deserves on this sanctions program, which literally was her program in the State Department to enforce, but in partnership with Barack Obama.
HH: So her achievement is that…
LD: But this doesn’t change the question about the secretary of State having achievement. This is a secretary of State is the most popular woman in the world and restored relations with everyone in the world.
HH: All right, Lanny, we’re out of time, but your achievement is one that’s been swept away by the President.
End of interview.
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
The Council Has Spoken!! This Week’s Watcher’s Council Results - 01.24.14
The Council Has Spoken!, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up.
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave…when first we practice to deceive.” -Sir Walter Scott, Marmion
“People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.” ― Otto Von Bismark
“There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.” - Walter Lippmann
This week’s winner, Joshuapundit’s Senate Intel Committee: Benghazi Was Preventable, Al Qaeda Was Involved, And The White House Knew It is my analysis of the long delayed Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the Benghazi debacle. Here’s a slice:
The bi-partisan Senate Intelligence Committee finally issued its long-delayed report on the Benghazi attack, and based on what it said, it’s pretty understandable why some of the Democrats on the committee strung things out as long as they could and fought over the wording. But some things simply give off too foul a stench for any perfume to make a difference.
The committee’s minority Republicans criticized the White House for obstructing the report, which the committee had wanted to complete much earlier, and openly accused Patrick Kennedy, U.S. undersecretary of State for Management of shielding the Obama administration from Congressional oversight.
Of course, Kennedy was also concentrating on covering his own behind. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) who normally votes with the Democrats an dis the very epitome of bi-partisanship angrily made a point of saying that Kennedy “failed to ensure that a facility he personally approved in December 2011 had the necessary security to match the heightened threat environment.”
The committee’s report said that Benghazi was entirely preventable, and that the State Department failed to increase security at the Benghazi consulate in spite numerous warnings. As I’ve mentioned on these pages before,even the Brits and the International Red Cross had pulled their people out because Benghazi, thanks to President Obama’s timely intervention had become a major headquarters for al-Qaeda and other Islamists. Anyone who knows anything about Ansar al Shariah and its connections to al-Qaeda in the Maghreb (AQIM) understood that a long time ago.
The report states, unequivocally: “Individuals affiliated with terrorist groups, including AQIM, Ansar al-Sharia, AQAP, and the Mohammad Jamal Network, participated in the September 11, 2012, attacks.”
The very fact that mortars and other heavy weapons were used points to long time planning. A mortar isn’t like a Kalishnikov. It takes training, and it takes time to scope out ranges and angles of fire.
Georgia Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss summarized the report, saying,
“In spite of the deteriorating security situation in Benghazi and ample strategic warnings, the United States Government simply did not do enough to prevent these attacks and ensure the safety of those serving in Benghazi.”
Another thing that came out is that the entire ‘protest over a video’ narrative pushed by the president, Mrs. Clinton, Jay Carney, Susan Rice and goodness knows how many others was an outright lie…and just like ObamaCare, they lied knowingly, although the report doesn’t put it in such blunt terms.
What we were told – conveniently after the 2012 elections- is that the original fairy tales about the video and a spontaneous protest occurred because the situation ‘was developing.’
It wasn’t.
In fact, the FBI interviewed the Benghazi survivors over a three-day period right after the attack, when they were still being prevented from speaking to anyone. None of them reported a protest or a demonstration.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (SC) said that “The FBI confirmed to me that when they interviewed the survivors on the 15th the 16th and the 17th [of September], not one person ever mentioned anything other than a terrorist attack. No one mentioned a protest outside the consulate.”
“So, how could the Obama administration come up with a protest story if everybody on the ground during the attack said it was a terrorist attack and there was no protest?” he asked.
Trust me, the stench increases. Much more at the link.
In our non-Council category, we had a tie between Neo NeoCon with “Wendy Davis: ‘empowerment’ and the poor little woman; “struggle” and the man” submitted by The Glittering Eye,and Kevin Williamson/NRO for The White Ghetto submitted by Joshuapundit, a beautiful and haunting portrait of Applachia.
I was torn on this one..I honestly like Wiliamson’s piece a lot more personally, but while the totals were the same Neo Neocon got more individual votes among the Council, and it’s a really nice piece, so I’m calling it that way,
Here are this week’s full results.
Council Winners
- *First place with 4 votes!-Joshuapundit - Senate Intel Committee: Benghazi Was Preventable,Al Qaeda Was Involved, And The White House Knew It
- Second place with 1 1/3 votes –Simply Jews – Bedouins of Negev
- Third Place *t* with 1 vote– The Right Planet – Hegelian Dialectics for Dummies
- Third place *t* with 1 vote –The Noisy Room – Bolstering the Marxist Vote
- Fourth place *t* with 2/3 vote– Liberty’s Spirit – Not Surprisingly US State Department Agrees as UNESCO Cancels Jewish Cultural Exhibit…(Update) Oopsie Foggy Bottom Says “My Bad”
- Fourth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Bookworm Room – Bleeding heart liberal misses football’s important lessons for our boys
- Fourth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Razor – Facebook’€™s Culture of Like Breeds Conformity
- Fourth place *t* with 2/3 vote –Nice Deb – Analysis of Rocket Used in Syria Chemical Attack Shows “Administration Narrative Not Even Close To Reality”
- Fourth place *t* with 2/3 vote – VA Right! –We Can Pay For an Unemployment Extension with a Day for a Day Delay in Obamacare Mandates
- Fourth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Rhymes With Right – Does Barack Obama Seek To Reduce Americans To A State of Slavery?
- Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote – GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – Castle Strat
- Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote –The Glittering Eye - Out Of Sight
- Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote – The Colossus of Rhodey – Arrow gets it right
Non-Council Winners
- First place with 3 votes! – Neo-Neocon – “Wendy Davis: ‘empowerment’ and the poor little woman; “struggle” and the man” submitted by The Glittering Eye
- Second place with 2 votes – Kevin Williamson/NRO – The White Ghetto submitted by Joshuapundit
- Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – White House Dossier -The Root of Obama’s Imperious Presidency submitted by Nice Deb
- Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes - Caroline Glick – The Truth Hurts submitted by Liberty’s Spirit
- Fourth place *t* with 1 vote - Kimberley A. Strassel/WSJ – IRS Targeting and 2014 submitted by The Noisy Room
- Fourth place *t* with 1 vote - Western Journalism – The Problems of Women in Combat – From a Female Combat Vet submitted by Watcher
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 votes - Mahmoud Salem ( AKA Sandmonkey) – Consequences submitted by Simply Jews
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote - Rebuilding Freedom – Part1 – Agenda 21, Born in America, Raised by the United Nations submitted by The Right Planet
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote - Ace of Spades HQ - Common Core is pretty dumb submitted by Bookworm Room
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote - PJ Tattler – Has Wendy Davis’ Charmed Run for Governor Started to Implode? (Update: Meltdown) submitted by Rhymes with Right
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote - Douglas Ernst – ‘White Privilege’ artist: Does it exist, or do I simply lack critical thinking skills? submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote - Rick Moran/American Thinker – Think it’s hard signing up for Obamacare? Try getting out of it submitted by VA Right!
Honorable Mentions
- Ask Marion – Protecting Hillary…
- Blue Ridge Forum – NEW: Crucial WSJ Report! Tea-Party-Gag Rule: Will Appropriators Wolf & Harris Push Back?
See you next week! Don’t forget to tune in on Monday AM for this week’s Watcher’s Forum, as the Council and their invited guests take apart one of the provocative issues of the day and weigh in…don’t you dare miss it. And don’t forget to like us on Facebook and follow us Twitter..’cause we’re cool like that!
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