The Charge of The Vulgarians Continues

The latest Quinnipiac Poll is released today (full pdf format below).  Despite a well coordinated RNC/GOPe strategy, “Operation Hummingbird“, Donald Trump continues to maintain a sizable lead.
Obviously the non-Trump coalition of Establishment Republican Party insiders will seek to parse the polled results and internals continually seeking to diminish the risk represented by Trump to their grip on power.  However, Donald Trump is in the perfect position to eliminate the well planned RNC/GOPe road map to nominate Jeb Bush.

Governor Bobby Jindal had launched the most vitriolic of attacks against Donald Trump and now is polling at ZERO.  Governor George Pataki joined Jindal in his pre and post debate attacks against Trump, and finds himself joining hands with Jindal around a similar tent, ZERO. Over the past month Senator Rand Paul was the third most vitriolic attack dog, and has now dropped to 1%. (more…)

It was September of 2007 when George W Bush sat behind his oval office desk and signed into law the Fiscal Year 2008 Federal Budget. Exactly eight years ago.
It has now been eight consecutive years without a federal budget. Eight consecutive years of debt ceiling increases, continuing resolutions to fund government, threats of shut-downs and the insufferable back-and-forth blame.

But this year is different. You see for this budgetary year (constructed in ’15 for fiscal year 2016) the Republicans hold significant majorities in both the House and the Senate. And for those of you who don’t pay as close attention to these things, the fiscal year starts on October 1st.

Yeah, exactly a week from now !

… and yet we have NO BUDGET. Why?
Well, the honest answer to that question is what scares the hell out of the Professional Republican party. We have no federal budget this year, because, just like the Democrat party, the GOP doesn’t want a federal budget. (more…)

Here’s the South Carolina Townhall event from earlier today with candidate Donald Trump:

Knowing Operation Hummingbird was increasing with exponential frequency – We suspected the full-throated Trump hate would be showcased and polished on Fox News today. In anticipation of this display we sent out the following tweet:

LOL Trump Hater, and Jeb's Salem Media tool, Rich Lowry (NRO) shows up as guest on @megynkelly Go Figure #KellyFile #OperationHummingbird

— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) September 24, 2015

As predicted, we were not disappointed.
Against the backdrop of National Review previously claiming Donald Trump’s comments about Carly Fiorina were “sexist”; tonight on Megyn Kelly NRO editor-in-chief Rich Lowry appeared on the Kelly File with Megyn Kelly.
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Look Trump attacks everyone but she’s become a much bigger target. And I think part of what’s going on here is that last debate. Let’s be honest, Carly cut his balls off with the precision of a surgeon.

Notice Megyn Kelly’s gleeful and giddy ‘too-cute-by-half’ reaction.  Now imagine if the same thing was said about a female candidate. (more…)

(Via Bluto) The repeated MEDIA Talking Point:

*Trump has peaked. He’ll slowly fall off and quit. He’s finished….

The Evolution of the MEDIA:

*He won’t run
*He’s not serious
*He has funny hair, we hate funny hair
*Bankruptcy!!! OH NOES! (pretend it’s not legal, mmmkay?)
*He won’t file his candidacy papers
*He’s never held public office. He can’t win.
*He won’t connect with the voters
*He’s finished if he doesn’t apologize to Univision
*He’s finished if he doesn’t apologize to Nascar
*He’s finished if he doesn’t apologize to Macy’s
*He’s finished if he doesn’t apologize to ESPN
*He’s finished if he doesn’t apologize to McCain
*He’s finished if he doesn’t apologize on demand, period.

(more…)

“Operation Hummingbird” is dependent upon the general Republican electorate/audience and media consumer being swayed by optics and manipulation as a strategy.  In essence full-throated “gaslighting“.
Cutting through that intent and getting to the substance of truth is really not too difficult, but you won’t find many outlets (new media or old) willing to go there.  However, as you are aware for us the Truth Has No Agenda, and Sunlight Is The Best Disinfectant.
We begin by watching this video of Carly Fiorina appearing on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and the discussion of a Muslim candidate eligible as U.S. President:

Just sticking with raw data, and trying to avoid injecting opinion, now consider this: (more…)

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Donald Trump appears fully aware of Operation Hummingbird:

.@FoxNews has been treating me very unfairly & I have therefore decided that I won't be doing any more Fox shows for the foreseeable future.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2015

It makes sense for Trump to pull back from Fox.  Murdochs’ (all of them) and Ailes have put themselves so far out on the visible limb of bias there’s no way for anyone within the organization to retain the illusion any longer.   – SEE OPERATION HUMMINGBIRD –
 

This report specifically states the FBI has recovered “work-related” email from the server used by Hillary Clinton.

(Via Bloomberg)  The FBI has recovered personal and work-related e-mails from the private computer server used by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s success at salvaging personal e-mails that Clinton said had been deleted raises the possibility that the Democratic presidential candidate’s correspondence eventually could become public. The disclosure of such e-mails would likely fan the controversy over Clinton’s use of a private e-mail system for official business.
The FBI is investigating how and why classified information ended up on Clinton’s server. The probe probably will take at least several more months, according to the person, who described the matter on condition of anonymity because the investigation is continuing and deals with sensitive information. (more…)

UPDATE:  Full Poll pdf Results released earlier today (below) Graphic Updated
FLORIDA – Marco Rubio has overtaken Jeb Bush among Florida Republicans, as he benefits from positive reviews of his performance in the most recent presidential debate.
A Florida Atlantic University poll to be released Wednesday shows Rubio, the state’s junior senator, is in second place in the Republican primary field in Florida. His political mentor, former Gov. Jeb Bush, is in third place.

[…]  That confirms Florida’s status as the most important swing state in the presidential election — it could go either way and it awards more than 10 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. (more…)