Politics
Hillary’s a woman; who knew?
Hillary’s message is starting to get sharpened. She’s just about given up trying to be different that Bernie. Who can compete against free stuff unless it’s just to equal his extensive list. But now the difference between the two Democrat candidates is beginning to come into focus. The divergence in these two candidates is in their genders. Guess what? Hillary’s a woman. No argument there and we’re all very glad that’s been settled. But her biggest difficulty seems to be admitting that it’s her main vote-getting strategy. She goes around saying that you shouldn’t vote for her because she’s a woman but then seems to be quick to remind everyone that, yes indeed, Hillary Clinton is a woman.
“Don’t you someday want to see a woman president of the United States of America?”
“I think being the first woman president would be quite a change from the presidents we’ve had.”
“44 boys is too many.”
“Folks want an outsider in this election. Who can be more of an outsider than a woman president?”
And of course there was the Madeleine Albright now famous quote, “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” So it’s not only our duty to vote for Hillary but any women who doesn’t fall in line is also risking eternal damnation.
Here’s a thought though that can put this whole let’s-finally-have-a-woman-president campaign strategy to rest. If Bill Clinton was the first black president, didn’t we already get our first woman president when we elected Barack Obama?
The haunting of Hillary
Hillary’s quick to point out the amount of experience she brings to this campaign. To go along with that self-identified worldliness there’s an expectation that all she has to do is have her name on primary ballots and it’s a mere formality to get from there to her coronation. That experience left a legacy of trampled bodies and issues on her way to her crowning.
Trustworthiness: Bernie Sanders 91%, Hillary Clinton 5%
The good news is that the voters are starting to catch on. During the New Hampshire polling it was identified that Hillary’s trustworthiness was shockingly low compared to Bernie Sanders. From the NY Times, voters who care about honesty in a candidate said that Bernie carries the trust factor by a whopping 91% compared to Hillary’s 5%. 5%!? We’d be willing to go out on a limb and say that at least 5% of people think the moon’s made of green cheese and Elvis is there right now, living out his retirement years.
Some might call Hillary’s current troubles another example of chickens coming home to roost, but that only brings back unpleasant memories of Reverend Wright disparaging America. Instead, let’s just say that New Hampshire was Hillary’s fright night filled with ghosts of transgressions-past.
So Hillary and Bill, with your campaign faltering due to ghosts from your power hungry ambitions …. who you gonna call?
The trouble with Hillary
In 1992 Bill Clinton had the charisma thing but he also had the message thing. His message was “It’s the economy stupid.” Hillary isn’t Bill, and it may be partly due to the Bernie thing. Bernie Sanders, promising everything to everyone, well, at least as much as 18 trillion in new spending according to The Wall Street Journal, started making poor Hillary look down right conservative. How can Hillary compete? So instead of a focus, she’s spinning wildly, like a grandmother with her finger locked down on the trigger of an automatic weapon, spraying bullets in every direction, unable to relax her grip. Her focus so far includes climate change, LGBT rights, gun control, free college, minimum wage, family leave, path to citizenship, and even UFO’s. Taken one at a time, they’re phenomenal liberal causes. Taken as a collective list of goals, it’s just plain socialism.
If Hillary does manage to hone in on one target to focus her campaign, the going may still be tough. There’s still the charisma thing.
A military that’s brought to its knees
The detention of US military personnel and the pictures of our own fighting force on their knees in front of Iranian captors is an image that sums up the Obama legacy quite well.
…a country, once strong and proud, now forced to its knees.
These sailors ended up in Iranian territorial waters leading to confrontation, capture and subsequent release. It certainly could have gone worse, and for that we’re thankful, but the circumstance plus the images paint a picture for the world to see of a country, once strong and proud, now forced to its knees. A Navy that could once boast of having 6,768 ships, down to 272. A history of US Presidents portraying strength as Commanders in Chief, now a President that grovels to dictators, monarchs, and emperors. A US President who’s arrogant to his own citizens while at the same time capitulating to oppressive rulers.
A country that once had the respect around the globe, now being dictated to by an Iranian government.
Hypocrisy at its finest.
How do you spell hypocrisy? With a “C” as in Clinton or a “D” as in Democrat?
Extremists and religion
There are those who’s nose goes straight up in the air, their arms immediately cross over their chests followed by a heavy sigh of acrimonious air exhaled if anyone dares to criticize the Islamic faith, After all, even the President wagged his finger at us to say that Christians are no better. Look no further than the crusades. To that bunch of hooey we say get a grip on reality and start loosening up on your PC condition. Too bad you can’t go back hundreds of years and try to fix that crusade problem. In the mean time, can we focus on why we’re more likely to today to be beheaded than we were a decade ago?
Can you spot what’s missing in this gun violence info-graphic?
Courtesy of the Washington Post on Sunday December 13, 2015, we now have a “clear” picture of how bad the gun violence is in this country. “50 years of mass shootings in the U.S.” screams the headline followed by an info-graphic that captures all of the well known tragic gun related shootings that we recall vividly or perhaps with just a hint of remembrance if you’re old enough. But there are missing pieces to this carefully constructed puzzle. In the fine print the Washington Post notes that this info-graphic:
“does not include gang killings, shootings that began as other crimes such as robberies, and killings that involved only the shooter’s family.”
That seems like a wide swath of omitted data and makes the reader question the motives of such cherry picking journalism. We’ll leave it up to you to determine why those tragic categories of violence shouldn’t be considered “mass shootings.”
Feel free to comment below.
An unexpected Trump fan.
Hillary and her minions must be quietly praising Trump for storming into the picture and turning the Republican establishment on itself. As long as he continues to stay in this race, and it certainly looks like he has staying power, the more the focus leaves her and bores in on the GOP divide.
At the end of a Presidential election, voters often consider it a choice of the lesser of two evils. That’s likely due to the continued negative campaigning to the point where each of the candidates have been torn down in the eyes of the voters. The GOP candidates are doing just that for the primary! By the time they get to the general election the victor will be scared, beaten, burned, and basted leaving Hillary to sweep in unscathed. Please quit giving her a reason to cackle.
Better decision making through coin flips
This President has a unique track record. He says ISIS isn’t a threat, then on that very day they attack Paris. Next he mocks Republicans by saying they’re afraid of women and orphans, then a deadly terrorist attack in California involving a woman.
We really shouldn’t think of orphans as a problem, but now we’re not so sure.
Never a tragedy wasted
In response to the deaths San Bernardino, there was a noticeable difference in how those running for the office of President responded through Twitter.
“My thoughts and prayers are with the shooting victims and their families in San Bernardino.” Ben Carson
California shooting looks very bad. Good luck to law enforcement and God bless. This is when our police are so appreciated?” Donald Trump
“Praying for the victims, their families & the San Bernardino first responders in the wake of this tragic shooting”. Jeb Bush
“My thoughts and prayers go out to those impacted by the shooting in San Bernardino, especially the first responders.” John Kasich
“Horrifying news out of #San Bernadino. Enough is enough: it’s time to stand up to the @NRA and enact meaningful gun safety laws.” Martin O’Malley
“I refuse to accept this as normal. We must take action to stop gun violence now.” Hillary Clinton
“Mass shootings are becoming an almost-everyday occurre3nce in this country. This sickening and senseless gun violence must stop.” Bernie Sanders
So in summary, if you’re a Republican candidate you offer condolences, concerns for those suffering and encouragement to law enforcement. If your a Democrat candidate you’re looking for what’s in it for yourself as a vote getting tool.
If the Democrats want to do something about gun violence there are plenty of places to start but empty rhetoric only says “look at me, I’m pounding my fist to show I care.” Since their bold statements imply that they know exactly the reason behind this tragedy then we’re all anxious to hear what brilliant piece of legislation would have prevented this horrible act in California, a state that already has some of the toughest gun regulations in the country. But maybe like climate change, talking about it is enough to stem the tide of all evils.
Confederacy of Drones 