Tone deaf? Doubtful. These are, presumably, not stupid people. They are fully aware this is going to be received as…
WASHINGTON DC – Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.) handily won the votes of nearly all his fellow Republicans in Thursday’s Speaker election, with the exception of a handful of dissenters. (more…)
Here’s the debate video. Will be back with more thoughts and analysis, but wanted to get the video up for those who may have missed all or part:
This thread is open discussion. That said, let me first kick it off by saying that was simply the most incredibly biased debate panel I have ever witnessed; and I’ve watched and participated in hundreds of debates.
Truly I mean that. The CNBC organization should be ashamed of how they put together planned and pre-scripted gotcha questions that were transparently designed to be both rude in context and crude in delivery.
We expected to see bias, however that panel was so far beyond biased the light from where bias originates wouldn’t reach them for a year.
It appears RNC head Reince Prebius is also upset about it. (Watch video snip inside tweet):
“I’m very disappointed in CNBC" @Reince on the #GOPDebate https://t.co/xFwZiPFCkK https://t.co/X61FfMAg1u
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) October 29, 2015
The third debate is being broadcast on CNBC and being held at the Coors Events Center at the University of Colorado Boulder – Live Broadcast CNBC Stations at 8pm/EST.
Here’s a Live Stream Link:
We are almost $20,000,000,000,000 (Trillion) in debt.
♦ The republican party has removed the debt ceiling, entirely.
♦ The republican party has just extending unlimited federal spending through a continuing resolution through March 2017.
♦ The republican party, with full control of both the House and Senate, did not put a budget on the presidents desk for fiscal year 2016 (it began October 1st).
♦ The republican party has just voted to install the Chairman of the (non)Budget Committee, Paul Ryan, as Speaker of the House of Representatives. (more…)
A disconnected media apparatus says: “Donald Trump doesn’t like losing” as if it’s a bad thing. The electorate say: “Good, we’re Americans and shouldn’t like losing, we never have” !!
A new poll today showing Trump on top amid all demographics:
(YouGov) The Republicans horserace continues to be dominated by businessman Donald Trump and neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Trump is still the leader in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, with Carson in second place. Florida Senator Marco Rubio is the highest ranked Republican elected official. Those three are the only Republican candidates who score in double digits with registered voters who think of themselves as Republicans. (more…)
The ‘establishment’ republican party, vis-a-vis Jeb Bush, is on their home turf with a debate in Colorado.
Jeb Bush has family in all levels of the Colorado Republican Party. Jeb’s cousin Walker Stapleton is the state treasurer.
The 11,000 seat venue is being limited to 1,000 audience members by the RNC debate team.
COLORADO – While millions will watch the third Republican presidential debate on TV, just 1,000 people will get tickets to see the event in person in the massive Coors Events Center on the scenic University of Colorado campus in Boulder. CNBC, the cable network sponsoring the debate, didn’t respond to questions about why the 11,000-seat arena would remain mostly empty. (more…)
“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.” – Ayn Rand
Dear Mr. Trump,
There is something important you need to know – perhaps more important now than ever. Today is a good day for the message.
We fully understand the geography of this battle. We have been well aware this campaign was going to get ugly on many levels. You are confronting a body of globalist political elites. There are trillions of dollars at stake, and significant power over world events hanging in the balance.
We are not disconnected from fully comprehending the issues at hand. We are also fully aware of the gaslighting, astroturfing, lying, and corrupt propaganda – inbound from all those who hold a vested interest in your marginalization.
We fully understand the scope of media fraud which is, and will continue, occurring on a grand scale never before seen. We are well versed in the machinations and schemes of the interests you are facing. We are aware.
We have refined our understanding and communication based on prior years of confrontation and training amid the various battlefields controlled by the very powers now established to see your removal. (more…)
In the latest Gravis National Poll Donald Trump holds a significant lead similar to the results from: Reuters 33%, ABC 32%, and Morn Consult 40%.
This Gravis/OANN poll at 36% aligns with all other recent polls except the outlier (Agenda Poll) NYT/CBS
Gravis Marketing, a nonpartisan research firm, conducted a random survey of 2,606 registered voters in the U.S. regarding the presidential election. The sample includes 906 Republicans, 1,037 Democrats, and 663 Independents/Other party. The poll has a margin of error of ± 2% [3% for Republicans/Democrats].
The total may not round to 100% because of rounding. The polls were conducted using automated telephone calls (IVR technology) and weighted separately for each population in the question presented. The poll was conducted for One America News Network (Link).
With this debate being hyped as ‘in Trump’s wheelhouse’, don’t be surprised if this is not the most dangerous debate yet for the guy every media outlet is determined to bring down.
(Via NewsBusters) The RNC may regret its approval of John Harwood as lead moderator for Wednesday night’s GOP presidential debate on CNBC if past history is any guide.
The CNBC anchor and New York Times columnist admitted he and a producer helped make Rick Perry’s infamous “oops” moment even worse. In a November 13, 2011 New York Times column Harwood bragged:
“As he [Perry] scoured his memory, awkwardness drifted into levity. Mr. Perry smiled; I chuckled along with the audience. When Mr. Romney helpfully offered, ‘E.P.A.?’ Mr. Perry repeated it with a joshing wave of his hand. Since our tasks as moderators included keeping the conversation moving, Maria began asking a new question.