They’re Off!

George Rebane

President Trump delivered his best speech ever giving the nation its State of the Union.  He ticked off an impressive list of accomplishments that benefitted every corner and population segment of the country.  He did a masterful job in selecting and managing the events in the gallery that honored and represented the many deserving.  And there was nothing nasty in his words, presented themes, and visions for America’s future.  All this while the Democrats sat like sore pustules in their seats denying the uncomfortable truths of accomplishments while they have spent their energies in trying every sleazy trick in the book to bring this president down simply because he beat their Chosen One.

But the prize and truly historical moment of disrespect came at the end of the speech when Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sitting behind the President, visibly made a show of tearing in half her copy of the speech and throwing the pieces on her desk in full view of the American public.  With that Great Divide play she bet the ranch that Americans see their country and future through the jaundiced eyes of the radical left progressives.  To my knowledge, no American political leader has publicly so vehemently and visibly dissed another political leader in the history of our Republic.  I believe she will live to rue the day in the coming months, because we will see that planned and egregious tantrum over and over again as the election approaches.

The 2020 election season officially started tonight.

Comments

[scenes]

Hah, I miscalled it.

It was obvious there had to be some sort of planned, very public, gesture. I was thinking marching out as a body or not inviting the Prez. Ripping up the speech, brilliant.

Don't doubt for a second it was preplanned and there was a big Team Blue Meeting to figure out just how and when to do it.

I agree that you'll see it in political ads. It might be a series of commercials used to tie the (D) candidate to California (nobody in any battleground state likes California), Pelosi front and center tearing up the speech, voice-over talking about how Democrats tear up the Constitution. Trump 2020. Fade to black.

[scenes]

I mean, seriously, the guys working on Trump's campaign and media presence are high-fiving each other as we speak. Nancy's Tantrum(tm) is a perfect bit of usable political theatre and can be messaged 'til the cows come home.

[Bill Tozer]

Great post, Dr. Rebane. The Road to the White House has officially been launched.

Comments coming in. How about a Buck review?
@BuckSexton
Trump is spiking the football in the Democrats’ end zone, doing back flips in front of their bench, and running up into the stands to make out with the opposing QB’s girlfriend
———
Update:
For the record: Trump not tired of winning

https://twitter.com/BuckSexton?

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lol. The interwebz moves pretty fast. I've already seen my first pic of Pelosi tearing the Constitution taken from the State of the Union. Wikipedia got altered like so:

"On September 24, 2019, Pelosi announced the commencement of impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump.[7][8] On January 10, 2020, she announced that she would end the impasse and alerted the House that she would send the articles of impeachment to the Senate the following week.[9] Speaker Pelosi was officially broken by President Trump on February 4, 2020 after the State of the Union when Pelosi ripped up her copy of Trump's speech."

Changed back already of course. Off to the races indeed.

[Bill Tozer]

Opps, moi correction @ 9:20 pm.

“Great post, Dr. Rebane. The Road to the White House has officially been launched.”

Launched is too gentle of a word. Tonight, Trumped rocketed himself out of the starting gate. Tomorrow, he will deliver the vicious front uppercut under their cracked ribs that will put them on the mat for a few hours. First knockdown of 2020 and the year is still oh so young.

[Bill Tozer]

Who here thinks Trump has gotten inside of Pelosi’s head?

I DON’T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW

John Hayward
@Doc_0
Dems put on a show for a tiny gaggle of noisy hate-maddened lunatics. Trump played to a vastly larger audience, a contrast perfectly captured by him delivering a poetic and inspirational closing while Pelosi acted like a toddler and ripped up a copy of his speech.
8:04 PM · Feb 4, 2020·TweetDeck

Did you see Nancy’s face when Trump went on and on about school choice? Anyway, enough of Nancy. That was just icing on a humongous cake. :)

Don’t See That Often: On MSNBC, Carville Blasts Dem ‘Cult,’ Press Going 'AOC Crazy'

Sweet dreamies

[odlaw]

,,,Yes Trump lied again and again...the brown nosed GOP chanted 4 more years like some immature Kavanaughs at a pep rally...Trump wouldn’t shake Pelosi’s hand...Limburger got the Medal of Freedom for his radio drivel...given by Melania...3 ring circus for sure...

[Bill Tozer]

"Every party has a pooper, that's why we invited you.”

Come on, Odlaf, I ain’t feeling the love.

[odlaw]

,,,1.3 million. That’s how many fewer new jobs Trump has created in his first 35 months in office vs. Obama’s last 35 months.

https://twitter.com/SteveRattner/status/1224879187833565184?s=09

[Bill Tozer]

The horror, the horror.

Larry Elder weights in

https://twitter.com/larryelder/status/1224937597853552645?ref_src=twsrc%

[fish]

Posted by: odlaw | 04 February 2020 at 09:55 PM

- from Zero Hedge

“Of course, the minute Melania Trump pinned the medal on the conservative talk radio host, who recently revealed his Stage 4 Lung Cancer diagnosis, we assumed liberals across the country would be incensed into an apoplectic rage, infuriated that a "racist", "partisan" "divider" like Limbaugh had been awarded one of the highest honors in the US, which has been reserved for such luminaries as Bruce Springsteen and Tom Hanks.”

But the funniest part was that the progressives still thought they were the “uniters”.

The cracks me up every time......

[odlaw]

,,,of course Oosik,,,giving a MOF at the SOTU was just a circus act,,,since Rush is just a Partisan hack...

There are several catagories...Rush was in the Radio catagory...

[odlaw]

,,,another Trump SOTU lie...preexisting conditions...

https://khn.org/news/trumps-claim-that-he-saved-preex-conditions-part-fantasy-part-delusion/

[odlaw]

,,,another Trump lie,,,GDP...what happened to the 5-6 percent Trumpskkki promised???
2.3 GDP equals 5-6 GDP in Trump lemmings math...

Carter had better GDP growth!!!

[odlaw]

The SOTU played like a typical Trump rally...

[Gregory]

Leftist loon Linda Campbell has changed her name... I guess the old one wasn't working for her. She's running against Brian Dahle as an independent wearing the sock "Kelleher".

[Todd Juvinall]

The SOTU was great. America is better off with Trump than Pelosi. She would have us all in chains.

So the loon Campbell is now Kelleher? I wonder if she changed the name legally?

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odlid@6:56 6:57 7:02 7:03

lol. Triggering is never pretty, especially among the elderly. Take a deep breath, everything should be better in the light of day. Well, maybe not today, but tomorrow at least.

It's Nancytime! https://i.imgur.com/opV9Lk6.jpg

I figure she was just tearing up Iowa ballots.

[odlaw]

,,, Trumpskkki forgot to mention...

1. Biggest deficits ever
2. Biggest national debt ever
3. Biggest & most bloated pork barreled budget ever
4. Biggest entitlement spending programs ever
5. Biggest Pentagon budget ever
6. Biggest domestic spending ever
7. Most reckless fiscal policy ever

...and none of the above were bipartisan votes.

[scenes]

re: Gregory@7:25

Wait. Yelling at LaMalfa, arrested, crazy letters-to-the-editor writin' Linda Campbell?

Check out the twitter feed.
https://twitter.com/lsuecamp?lang=en

Cool. It's like a giant heap of the Cross posts on a bad day, maybe too similar.

I mean, seriously, there's something broken here. It reads like a combination of Ed Anger and Emily Litella.
https://www.theunion.com/news/twi/linda-campbell-capitalism-is-not-an-ideology/

Heck, I'll vote for her. The state legislature needs more crazy. I figure it's the only way we can get things like chemtrail-free zones passed.

[fish]

Posted by: odlaw | 05 February 2020 at 07:02 AM

Carter had better GDP growth!!!

See .......this is why you are so valuable to the Democrat Party 🎉, nay.....to progressivism as a movement! Your out of the box thinking!

Carter......! Jimmy Carter! He not doing anything! And he’s not much older then democrat fossil and front runner Gaffemaster Joe! With a lot less “baggage” shall we say!

Say what you want about Amy.....she wasn’t out there impregnating strippers and defrauding Ukraine!

Bravo dugsKKKi!

[odlaw]

,,,the economy is really just humming along as it was before Trumpskkki took office...

His employment numbers are not better, the GDP is not radically different...

He has mostly remodeled sections of The Wall...
with a few new miles completed...

He has blown past Slick Willy as the most corrupt President in modern history...more shady dealings, lawsuits against him, most charges of fraud, and that was not because of any Demo Congress...

[Bill Tozer]

Trump gets by with a Lilie help from his friend in white.

“Truth be told, he couldn’t do it without Pelosi’s help. She has overplayed her hand time and again, and her insistence that Trump is an illegitimate president has presented Americans with a stark either-or choice. They wisely rejected impeachment as too radical, which is something she initially said herself before succumbing to the mob mentality.

And she’s just led her party into another embarrassing dead end. Combined with Trump’s strong record, the chaos in the Dems’ Iowa caucus, the lackluster field of presidential candidates and the failed impeachment, the president is off to a roaring start for the campaign.

We can add Pelosi’s televised tantrum to the growing list of his achievements.”

https://nypost.com/2020/02/04/nancy-pelosi-shamed-herself-at-trumps-state-of-the-union-address-goodwin/

Is there nothing Trump cannot do!

[fish]

Posted by: odlaw | 05 February 2020 at 08:20 AM

A democrat worried about fiscal discipline?

Oh dugsKKKi.......you slay me!

[fish]

Posted by: Gregory | 05 February 2020 at 07:25 AM

Leftist loon Linda Campbell has changed her name... I guess the old one wasn't working for her.

Does anyone here know her (she/her) birth name? I mean before she transitioned!

......Steve......Wayne......Darryl.....?

[Bill Tozer]

PELOSI’S PIQUE......the stained dress

“If not an escapee from the asylum, Pelosi might have qualified as a candidate for commitment. She needs help. With help, she could perhaps impersonate a normal human being. That’s the way it looked.......

I would guess that Pelosi felt obligated to display her disapproval to the other women in white and their soulmates in the Democratic caucus. Respect and courtesy are not their thing. Rashida Tlaib’s January 2019 vow that she and her colleagues would “impeach the mother” expressed the derangement of the inmates whose ranks Pelosi leads.

Pelosi brags that the impeachment of President Trump marks him forever. This is how she thinks. That is her contribution. Perhaps, however, President Trump will be the first president impeached by the House to win reelection. Then what?

Most moments State of the Union speeches come and go without leaving a mark. President Trump provided many deeply touching if not transcendent moments last night. The stain with which Pelosi marked herself last night should prove indelible.”

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/02/pelosis-pique.php

https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2020/02/IMG_2590.jpg?w=960&ssl=1

[Gregory]

Regarding the SOTU, I thought it interesting that he'd stayed on teleprompter message from start to finish.

Didn't do a thing to make it easy for a Senator to vote for conviction today.

[Bill Tozer]

They’re Off!

Heard elsewhere:

-Tom Perez mulls asking Trump to run as a Democrat to stop Bernie.

-Nancy Pelosi settled for shredding a speech because she could not get her hands on the Constitution.

[odlaw]

,,,Would be funny if Trumpskkki tears up the impeachment docs today!!!

...or if he takes the high road and apologises for trying to subvert the democratic republic process by soliciting help from foreign governments to get dirt on political rivals....Don't hold your breath...BWAHAHAHAHA

[Walt]

Wow Dougy. Really hitting the crack pipe on this one.

[odlaw]

Posted by: Walt | 05 February 2020 at 09:18 AM

,,,Good Morning Sunshine!!!

[Bill Tozer]

Takeaways From the Early Iowa Caucus Results

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/02/05/takeaways_from_the_early_iowa_caucus_results_142318.html

Morning Walt, my brother. Missed ya last night. Glad you are here. Odlax has been craving attention.

[Bill Tozer]

CNN’s Van Jones Worries Trump’s Overtures Will Win Over Black Voters

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnns-van-jones-worries-trumps-overtures-will-win-over-black-voters/

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comma-man: ",,,another Trump lie,,,GDP...what happened to the 5-6 percent Trumpskkki promised???
2.3 GDP equals 5-6 GDP in Trump lemmings math..."

Dunno where you got your numbers, and far be it from me to expect any to actually look this up, but I'm seeing quite a lot higher GDP growth rate using IMF values. Of course, I'm using per capita, inflation-corrected values as opposed to Schiff math. 4.5% for 2018 and 3.8% for 2019(est.)

Generally, I'd say that the kind of thing that matters to most people is this chart:

https://www.financialsamurai.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/median-household-income-688x500.png

Where you can see two things. (1) The Obama problem and (2) the lack of real growth over time. Even going back 50 years, the rate of median increase is pretty low. I'd say that people are getting poorer not just due to wage stagnation but also because of clawback from an ever-increasing burden of taxes and regulations. Just think about how much less gasoline would cost if we weren't collecting money for the children.

My personal view is that the economy follows it's own piper and the connection between it and partisan politics is hard to track. No doubt a person could even argue about what 'household income' is. Working in a factory? Receiving a check from the government? Tax free busking?

Perhaps you could treat us with a rant on 'CHILDREN IN CAGES' next.

[Don Bessee]

And this angle too -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/05/van-jones-warns-democrats-trump-is-helping-african-americans-in-real-life/

;-)

[Todd Juvinall]

There is only one Kelleher (James) in all of Nevada County and he lives in Nevada City of of Appleseed Lane with a woman named Terri Schwander - registered with County Elections.

Linda Campbell is registered, lives with two other women (Dana Campbell and Leslie Brown) off of Red Ranch Road.

Which one is it?

[fish]

Here dugsKKKi….never again say I've done nothing for you!

Romney will vote to convinct Trump, in dramatic break with GOP

The definition of "Cuckservative" has a picture of Mitt Romney next to it.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/05/sen-mitt-romney-will-vote-to-convict-trump-breaking-with-fellow-republicans-110848

[fish]

So dug…..were you as upset when O'Dummy presented a posthumous MOF to Harvey Milk as when Trump presented Limbaughs?

“Milk was a pederast,” said Bryan Fischer, a host on the American Family Radio network. “A pederast is a man who fancies sex with post-pubescent boys."

……or were your computer privileges at the group home suspended that day?

[Don Bessee]

Sucking up to those who ripped him before -

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/02/05/mitt-romney-leaks-impeachment-vote-to-reporter-who-mocked-him-in-2012/

;-)

[scenes]

Speaking of H. Milk

I've always wondered if there's a nickname in the fleet for this ship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Harvey_Milk_(T-AO-206)

as an aside, I've always thought that naming Navy ships after people is a bad idea, even the Nimitz Class ships.

With the exception of the Queen Elizabeth, the British have successfully avoided this so far as I know (is Billy Ruffian a name?).

[scenes]

re: Mitt Romney

Not surprising. From a year ago:
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/01/02/rand_paul_on_romney_there_will_be_a_backlash_for_holier_than_thou_anti-trump_op-ed.html

A mixed bag. Short term, it'll give a small victory to The Mob and is worth filling up a few tens of thousands of blogger posts and twitter nonsense. Long term, he's unlikely to get that job back now. Personally I think it's a good trade.

[Robert Cross]

Given Biden's poor showing in Iowa, it looks as if trumpler's smear campaign against Biden has worked even though it was based on long discredited conspiracy theories. All you have to do is lie lie lie and eventually it sinks into soft skulls.

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'Robert' Cross@1:21PM

Oh well, someone else seems to be having a bad day.

I can only think of one solution.

https://i.redd.it/n5hscfekqte41.jpg

[Crossbow]

Who gives a crap about Biden.. I am just pointing out how the trumplicans operate. Giving Limbaugh the Freedom Award is like giving Joseph Goebbels a Pulitzer.

[Herb Adleman]

this just in -- the Senate has voted to impeach Donald Trump and remove him from office. in the end they didn't need any witnesses or evidence after all.

[scenes]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/05/trump-acquitted-in-impeachment-trial.html

[scenes]

There's nothing the Orange Man can't do!

Courtesy of reddit, Ms. Nancy doing a test rip.

https://i.redd.it/pku78odv54f41.gif

[Todd Juvinall]

Trump is acquitted of the dreamed-up impeachment sham of Pelosi/Schiff/Nadler and the rest of the clowns on the left.

Limbaugh saved this country from you commies by exposing you to the light. Over the years he has been shown to be a prophet regarding your evil intentions. Trump did the right thing by honoring a great man. You libs get to polish your trophy from Putin for your interference in our election.

HerbA is projecting again. Goebbels is your guy not ours. And you seem to have learned his techniques quite well.

[Todd Juvinall]

The latest polls have Trump negative 2.

Congress, negative 53.

[fish]

Posted by: Roberta Cross | 05 February 2020 at 01:21 PM

All you have to do is lie lie lie and eventually it sinks into soft skulls.

Indeed Bertie…….but these soft skulls are democrats (or do I repeat myself). Primary…..democrat primary…..democrat voters.

Glad you've come to terms with it.

[Don Bessee]

The optics say it all! -

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/pelosis-sotu-tantrum-was-also-an-acknowledgment-of-defeat-john-fund

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Forever Acquitted

[Bill Tozer]

Mollie Hemingway’s take on the speech.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/05/13-key-takeaways-from-president-trumps-epic-state-of-the-union-address/

[Walt]

Tough 24 hours SpongeBob, Dougy, Buzzardman of Broad St.
Your Queen of the Damned acts like a jilted actress tearing up the script she didn't get the leading role in,
then Trump cleared of all charges.
Now buttiplug leading your hero Biden AND the COMMIE?
Some real good election rigging going on in the dark hours for sure.

[scenes]

Jeesh, just another one of those impromptu moments blown to smithereens.

https://nypost.com/2020/02/05/nancy-pelosi-pre-ripped-pages-of-trumps-sotu-speech-video-shows

[Walt]

Plenty of crying in their Zima in Nevada City at the moment.

[scenes]

Walt, I'm guessing that the 420th Broad St. Volunteers were in DC yelling for freedom.

https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1225164663484297216

[Don Bessee]

Still no shadow numbers from Iowa, I had missed the detail about butedge-edeg campaign boss's wife being the boss at shadow. Team shrillary under pinning mayor pete, hmmmmmmm………..

Seems like all the new has flummoxed the trollish set. LOL!

;-)

[Don Bessee]

The more new information rolls in and lack of information on the facts you could indeed say -

Democrats' bid to challenge Trump off to a messy start in Iowa

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/democrats-bid-challenge-trump-off-073608822.html

;-)

[Don Bessee]

LOL!!!

Business Insider
Republicans took a victory lap after Trump's impeachment acquittal, trolling Democrats with videos

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-took-victory-lap-trumps-222058812.html

;-)

[Bonnie]

President Trumps State of the Union speech was wonderful and uplifting. He always includes special citizens for recognition that shows he’s conscious of we the people, our Constitution and Bill of Rights and America. Pelosi and her Dem cult only think about their power that’s dividing America. Such hatred is destructive and anti-American.

[Bill Tozer]

Where do we go from here. Where do the Democrats go from here?

“Now the smoke will begin to clear, and I don’t think the Democrats will like the landscape that comes into focus. Their Iowa caucuses were a laughingstock. They made fools of themselves (Nancy Pelosi, especially) during Trump’s State of the Union speech. And, most seriously, they don’t have a presidential candidate. Joe Biden is in freefall, and the party’s elders, such as they are, concede that Bernie Sanders would be a disaster. Will they turn to “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg? Will Michael Bloomberg be their savior? Or will Hillary Clinton or John Kerry come out of retirement? I think they are grasping at straws.

For a long time now, the Democrats have used their hysterical attacks on President Trump to deflect attention from the real scandal–the misuse of the Obama administration’s Department of Justice, FBI and CIA to spy on, and plot against, the Trump presidential campaign and, subsequently, his administration. This is the biggest political scandal in American history, and the Democrats, with the Russia hoax, Ukraine and impeachment now a spent force, are naked, so to speak. One can only imagine with what anxiety they are awaiting the findings of John Durham’s investigation and any criminal indictments that may accompany them.

Much will change between now and November, but this week has been a dark time for the Democratic Party, and a shining moment for America.”

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/02/our-long-national-nightmare-is-over.php

[Bill Tozer]

One for Robert Cross....just one man’s opinion. Good read.

‘Joe Biden’s Epic Iowa Belly Flop’

“Every Biden donor knows they’ve bet on the wrong horse. Writing Biden more checks is just flushing money down the toilet.”.....

“The Democrats who sat silently and sourly at the State of the Union address on Tuesday, as if they were attending their own funeral, also knew it. Nobody knows for certain what the Democratic establishment’s Plan B or Plan C is (Bloomberg? Klobuchar? Buttigieg? It is easier to see how they will lose the election to Trump than how they will win), but those plans no longer involve Ol’ Joe.

There will not be a Biden nomination, and probably not even a Biden campaign by May.”

https://amgreatness.com/2020/02/05/joe-bidens-epic-iowa-belly-flop/

Darn, there goes my dugout Dropout Derby standings taking another hit.

[Bill Tozer]

I don’t know how they pulled it off, but those rascally Dems have found a way to blame us deplorables for the Iowa Caucus Dumpster Fire. It’s all our fault. Truly we are Dregs of Society. I take full responsibility.

“Red-faced Iowa Democrats have zeroed in on a new culprit for the botched caucuses that may cost the Hawkeye State its time-honored role as the kickoff to presidential races. After first blaming an app for the inability to declare Monday night, a problem that still lingers even as frustrated candidates have packed up and moved on to New Hampshire for the nation's first primary, the state party is blaming the president's supporters.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-supporters-flood-hotline-for-iowa-precinct-chairs-adding-to-the-chaos-report
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There are rumors flying around that the Iowa Caucus final tally has been found in a warehouse in Puerto Rico. I don’t believe that. It’s more likely that Nancy ripped up the only final tally the other evening.

Now everybody is mad that Nancy ripped up the speech. I’m not. We have all done questionable things when we were drunk.

At least theDems can get their money back for the custom Impeachment pens Nancy proudly passed out. They didn’t work.

Did like Mitch going up to Nancy and asking her if she had a pen before he entered the Senate chambers yesterday.

[Bill Tozer]

They’re Off!!!

WHO WON THE IOWA CAUCUSES? WE STILL DON’T KNOW

“The way I look at it, Buttigieg and Sanders are basically co-winners. Elizabeth Warren lost. Joe Biden lost big.

Given my recent track record on predictions, I probably shouldn’t make any. However, a while back when Biden was leading in some Iowa polls, I opined that Biden isn’t the kind of candidate who wins the Iowa caucuses. That turned out to be quite an understatement.”

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/02/who-won-the-iowa-caucuses-we-still-dont-know.php

[Bill Tozer]

They’re off their rockers now. TDS always works in our favor.

‘Joe Biden, Democrats facing 2020 disaster after Iowa and impeachment disasters.’

“Without Biden, it’s hard to see how Democrats stop a takeover by Sanders and unelectable radical socialists, and avoid a debilitating civil war at the July nominating convention in Milwaukee. Michael Bloomberg’s billions won’t be enough.

The debacle of their failed caucus phone app, designed by Clintonistas, was the perfect metaphor for this creaky, crooked Democratic machine in its death throes.

They could have regrouped after their 2016 defeat, humbly acknowledged error and worked out how to win again another day.

Instead, they wasted their energy denying they lost the election and creating pre-alibis for why they’ll lose the next.“

https://nypost.com/2020/02/05/joe-biden-democrats-facing-2020-disaster-after-iowa-and-impeachment-disasters-devine/

[Don Bessee]

This could be drop out derby or there off but either way we be piling on!

Either way, Biden may soon get to sleep at home every night. The state of his campaign is far shakier than his longtime lead in the national polls would suggest. In fact, it may already be on its last legs.

To be sure, he retains some advantages. His national polling leads persists. His singular emphasis on electability — the perception that he is best suited to “beat” Donald Trump “like a drum” — matches what Democratic voters consistently tell pollsters they most desire in a nominee. And Biden has long held a significant lead among black Democrats, who dominate the upcoming South Carolina primary on Feb. 29 and will effectively pick its winner.

Yet upon closer examination, it’s also clear that each of these supposed strengths is starting to crumble.

For Biden, that’s the doomsday scenario: another poor result in New Hampshire, followed by a third rout in Nevada, where Sanders’s crack caucus team is sure to out-organize him. More than three weeks of negative news cycles eating away at his electability advantage. Black voters in South Carolina jumping ship — and a finish there that fails to meet expectations. Fundraising dries up. Then Bloomberg pounces three days later, on Super Tuesday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/polls-show-bidens-campaign-could-be-hitting-the-wall-204249414.html

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

They’re Off! Opps, they are still in the starting gate doing battles with Russia.

‘Democrat Congresswoman Blames Iowa Caucus Disaster On Russia’

https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/06/democrat-congresswoman-blames-iowa-caucus-disaster-on-russia/

Boy, this morning they were blaming Republicans for the Iowa Caucus dumpster fire. Never mind they were the ones that done shot themselves in the foot, blowing their big toe clean off. Now, it’s the Russians. Russians, Russians, Russians.
Wonder who will blamed next. Ah, heck, let them take their sweet time in the starting gate. It’s not like they are an hurry to meet the mortician.

[Walt]

Russia? Word has it Trump is the one messing with Iowa.

[Don Bessee]

Be careful what you ask for and welcome to the spotlight -

https://www.foxnews.com/media/pete-buttigieg-backlash-infanticide-view

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

That Larry Elders is a funny guy.

https://www.facebook.com/TakeBackThisCountry/photos/a.1032125603520777/2682759125124075/?type=3&theater

[Bill Tozer]

They’re Off! Gallop poll

“Sure, a lot can change between now and November. But with 74% of Americans looking forward to being more prosperous a year from now, it is hard to imagine a majority thinking that a radical change in the direction of socialism is a good idea. A huge majority of Americans, whatever they may think of Donald Trump, appear to be invested in the direction the country is moving.”

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/02/why-trump-will-be-re-elected-in-one-data-point.php

[Don Bessee]

Now that's interesting -

During a town hall event in Derry, New Hampshire, a swing voter asked Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) why he now supports unchecked immigration rather than holding true to his former position that such a policy is an effort to suppress Americans’ wages by the donor class.

In front of a packed audience, the swing voter, a poverty-stricken white female, said she admired Sanders’ authenticity but could not understand why he has dropped his opposition to mass, unchecked low-wage immigration — which he has consistently admitted, until this election cycle, drives down wages for American workers.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/06/voter-to-bernie-immigration-wages/

;-)

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/06/voter-to-bernie-immigration-wages/

[odlaw]

,,,important comparison...how will historians tell the story of Trumpism???

https://youtu.be/F7rp--s336I

,,,And our host wants to label me Hubris Maximus...

What a hoot!!!

[🐠]

Trump Beats Democrats' Emoluments Lawsuit

Hey! One of you guys want to go talk PunchyBot down off the ledge?

What a hoot!

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-beats-democrats-emoluments-lawsuit-after-appeals-court-tosses

[odlaw]

Posted by: 🐠 | 07 February 2020 at 08:16 AM

,,,winnning is everything to someTrumpists at the shallow end of the gene pool...

,,,We now know that Conservos are the party of hate, immorality, ethically challenged religious hypocrisy and support the abuses of the office of the Presidency for Trump’s personal gain...

The case could end up with SCOTUS...
In the event that the Demos control both the House and Senate resolutions could be passed that would let the emoluments cases go forward...
Along with re-impeaching the Old Orange Rind in the event he wins the 2020 election...

[Gregory]

odliD 846am

it's doubtful that a House and Senate can be taken by Dems while losing the Presidency. Again.

At some point, dems in office will have to accept they lost.

[Walt]

It's OK Dougy. Get used to losing. At least Another 5 more years of it still to come.

By all means. Contact your queen of the DAMNED and start the impeachment game all over again. You and yours have already re-elected Trump.

[fish]

Posted by: odlaw | 07 February 2020 at 08:46 AM

,,,We now know that Conservos are the party of hate, immorality, ethically challenged religious hypocrisy and support the abuses of the office of the Presidency for Trump’s personal gain...

Yes dugsKKKi.......let it all out......the rage, the tears, the failure!

When Clinton was pulling similar stunts (and you really couldn't have presented a more perfect set of bullet points) during his presidency were you upset.....or did you chuckle at what a charming and mischievous rogue he was?

Wait don't answer.....I already know!

[scenes]

DonB: "In front of a packed audience, the swing voter, a poverty-stricken white female, said she admired Sanders’ authenticity but could not understand why he has dropped his opposition to mass, unchecked low-wage immigration — which he has consistently admitted, until this election cycle, drives down wages for American workers."

Well, it is a good question. Mr. Bernie, of course, can sniff out a dollar just like the Sierra Club did.

Politicians, Trump included, are never forced to justify their position, so there's nothing to see here. I've always enjoyed the hand waving about food prices when (a)the labor content of food is pretty darned low and (b) a small minority (4%? that's a number I've run into) of illegal aliens are in the farm labor biz.

Sanders is still somewhat charming in that he appears to believe that the DNC apparatchiks will allow him the win. My gut tells me that the occasional crazy socialist is less dangerous to the Republic than the so-called Deep State, so he is welcome to give it all a shot.

[Bill Tozer]

They’re off. From the lady at the range

“.The Gun Grabbers’ first line of attack consists of bald-faced lying. They lump into the stats about “gun violence” suicides, self-defense, and accidents. Heck, I even saw a newspaper report of a funeral in Chicago which was shot up by the mourners – 12, 13 people shot – the funeral being for a career carjacker who picked the wrong car and ended up dead. The “journalist” described the late felon as “killed by gun violence.” No. He was killed by stupidity, evil, and bad luck. He was ENGAGING in violence and lost. It happens.

The article was tellingly vague, but the odds are excellent that the person protecting his BMW was the same race as the dead loser. Otherwise, we would still be hearing about the racist tragedy of it all because the carjacker was surely just about to “turn his life around” and become a cardiologist.

The gun grabbing by the Nazis and the Communists and how that turned out is well documented. But what about the countries that have knuckled under more recently? The Aussies are a tough and admirable people, but they have neither the same constitutional protection nor history as we do. They allowed themselves, at least on paper, to be disarmed. Not here. Not ever. The grandstanding little Attention Hoggs, the pandering politicians, the pint-sized billionaire soda scold who heaped scorn and criticism upon the Texas church hero, will not prevail. Pass all the laws you want restricting our sacred constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Law enforcement will not enforce; gun owners will not comply.“...

“Congratulations, Virginians, on a beautiful Second Amendment rally. I feel pretty safe from the gun grabbers here in gun-friendly Arizona. But should push come to shove, at least in my neighborhood, it is by no means settled science who would be pushed and what would be shoved and where, Eric Swalwell and his nuclear warheads notwithstanding. Little Green Greta fantasizes about walls for mass execution; Bernie Bots gleefully anticipate gulags; Kathy Griffin favors beheading; but only Eric looks forward to nuking his fellow citizens. What comes after dialing it up to eleven?“

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/02/thoughts-from-the-ammo-line-310.php

[scenes]

comma-man:

",,,winning is everything to some Trumpists at the shallow end of the gene pool..."

To be fair, it is a war after all. Don't think otherwise. Dunno why losing is a good thing.

"In the event that the Demos control both the House and Senate resolutions could be passed that would let the emoluments cases go forward...
Along with re-impeaching the Old Orange Rind in the event he wins the 2020 election..."

lol. Hope springs eternal. Hey, maybe if the Senate doesn't flip there'll be some magic dossier that pops out of Kazakhstan. It could happen! Or maybe some ex-girlfriend or something!

[scenes]

Sweet.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Warren-apologizes-to-6-women-of-color-who-left-15036832.php

It's like the (D) candidates were sent in from central casting. The Apology Tour 2020 has officially begun.

[fish]

Looks like someone just earned her "Coalition of the Fringes" Red Card!

Warren: The Racism And Oppression On My Campaign Is Kinda America’s Fault, You Know

If she had only been say 1/512th Cherokee she might have been able to empathize with these poor women slaving away in the Warren 2020 campaign sweatshop!

Maybe the progressives are right and white women really are the problem!

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/02/07/warren-racism-oppression-campaign-kinda-americas-fault-know/

I only hope hope there is enough money in the campaign fund after all that private jet travel to allow Liz to raise her consciousness over dinner!

https://nypost.com/2020/02/04/white-women-paying-2-5k-for-a-dinner-to-learn-how-theyre-racist/

[fish]

Zero Hedge.....Brutal!

Six Women Of Color Quit Warren Campaign Over 'Toxic Work Environment'

They won't be at the next pow-wow

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/six-women-color-quit-warrens-campaign-over-toxic-work-environment

[odlaw]

Posted by: Gregory | 07 February 2020 at 09:16 AM

Thanks for sharing!!!

[fish]

Yeah....this sounds about right!

"If you understand Romney as a man who doesn’t want to receive dirty looks from the women at his country club, he’s entirely consistent".

Could never understand why American Progressives hated him so! He was so much just a bleached out Obama with better business acumen........

Yeah.....dugsKKKi loves the guy now.....I get it!

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/what-is-consistent-about-mitt-romney/

[Bill Tozer]

Pete Buttigieg campaign roasted for adding applause to CNN town hall clips

https://www.foxnews.com/media/pete-buttigieg-cnn-town-hall-applause

Personally, I don’t think Mayor Pete has a chance. He has zero black support. The media does not know the black community rank and file that is. They are a religious group as a whole and while nobody will come out and say it, they are opposed to same sex marriage. A foretaste of this was CA Proposition 8 which confused the gay community when the majority of the black community did not stand with same-sex marriage.

It’s too bad for the Dems that they do not have a President Candidate this time around. No politically skilled Bill Clinton, no hope and change Barrack, no statesman. That is hard row to hoe.

After Beto, I wonder who the next media created sensation will be. Like Mitt will learn, once they are done with you, they will drop you like a hot rock.

[Bill Tozer]

They are off! Doug LaMalfa

https://www.facebook.com/1502597423327057/posts/2452712874982169/

[scenes]

..and so it begins.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gordon-sondland-eu-ambassador-who-testified-in-impeachment-hearing-ousted-from-his-job-2020-02-07/

https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1225883722102296576

[Walt]

Yup, Trump has sent in the exterminator. Heads are rolling.
And justly so.

[scenes]

don't let the door hit you in the ass department:

https://i.redd.it/g6377wqlhif41.jpg

[Don Bessee]

Will the real pete please stand up, please stand up -

Pete Buttigieg Once Wrote a High School Essay About His Idol, Bernie Sanders. Tonight, He'll Debate Him

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-buttigieg-once-wrote-high-224740091.html

;-)

[Don Bessee]

The remaining occupants of the socialist dem clown car are off and running up hill with headwinds and are sooooo out of touch. Its the economy stupid's -

The public overall, Pew notes, holds a more positive view of the economy than at any point in the past 20 years. Fifty-seven percent say they think it is excellent or good, up from 32% in 2016.

https://apnews.com/ff6a85c10fff4446b2ec795fadbed459

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Before moving forward on They’re Off!’, I would like to reaffirm my appreciation to the one and only Ragin’ Cajun, aka, the Swamp Thing, aka, James Carville. Go Rajin Cajun, go!,

WE’RE LOSING OUR DAMN MINDS

Sean Illing: Give me an example of what you mean by distractions.

James Carville: We have candidates on the debate stage talking about open borders and decriminalizing illegal immigration. They’re talking about doing away with nuclear energy and fracking. You’ve got Bernie Sanders talking about letting criminals and terrorists vote from jail cells. It doesn’t matter what you think about any of that, or if there are good arguments — talking about that is not how you win a national election. It’s not how you become a majoritarian party. . .

Sean Illing: So your complaint is basically that the party has tacked too far to the left?

James Carville: They’ve tacked off the damn radar screen. And look, I don’t consider myself a moderate or a centrist. I’m a liberal. But not everything has to be on the left-right continuum. . .

Here’s another stupid thing: Democrats talking about free college tuition or debt forgiveness. I’m not here to debate the idea. What I can tell you is that people all over this country worked their way through school, sent their kids to school, paid off student loans. They don’t want to hear this shit. And you saw Warren confronted by an angry voter over this. It’s just not a winning message.

The real argument here is that some people think there’s a real yearning for a left-wing revolution in this country, and if we just appeal to the people who feel that, we’ll grow and excite them and we’ll win. But there’s a word a lot of people hate that I love: politics. It means building coalitions to win elections. It means sometimes having to sit back and listen to what people think and framing your message accordingly. . .

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/02/were-losing-our-damn-minds.php

Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that Nancy and Chucky and the Ladies in White and Hillary and Joy and Leftist Media and some The Union commentators are pissed beyond reason, frustrated beyond exasperation, and, yes, they have gone off their rockers. And it’s only early Feb.

[scenes]

BillT: "they have gone off their rockers"

It is one of those mysteries.

As a practical matter, Trump policy, both regulations and asked-for bits of legislation, just aren't that radical.

Ya gotta guy who has dropped taxes some, spent some money on physical border security, attempts to rationalize national pollution law, all of which are arguable things mind you, and what you get is Hitler.

The overreaction is one of the funniest things I've seen in my adult life.

The scared kids retelling ghost stories might be just a side effect of the internet. Maybe Emerianism is just the face of politics from here on as people re-tell each other the most ridiculous things.

My take is on a longer view. Government policies come and go but cultures actually live or die. Trump (or a harridan like Warren) is just a reflection of the hoi polloi. If Western Civilization wants to kill itself off I'm certainly not going to stop it. It'll be like the Yellowstone caldera, just sit back with a book and a drink and enjoy the show.

[scenes]

lol. What a dumpster fire.

"Coinciding with the flatulent end of the party’s impeachment gambit, and the related news that Donald Trump is enjoying climbing approval ratings, the Blue Party was exposed as an incompetent lobby for doomed elites, dumb crooks with nothing left to offer but their exit."

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/iowa-caucus-democrats-disaster-trump-sanders-949655/

[fish]

Posted by: scenes | 08 February 2020 at 03:34 PM

"Coinciding with the flatulent end of the party’s impeachment gambit, and the related news that Donald Trump is enjoying climbing approval ratings, the Blue Party was exposed as an incompetent lobby for doomed elites, dumb crooks with nothing left to offer but their exit."

Succinctly described!

[Walt]

Well,, Found Pete,, I thought I recognised him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kahue4Ejm6M
The sales pitch hasn't changed one bit.