History Repeats

In 1968 Michigan Governor George Romney tried to run for the presidency, he failed miserably.  He was gaffe prone, disjointed, disconnected from the common man and came across as a generally bumbling political oddity; prompting Ohio Governor Jim Rhodes to say:

…”Watching George Romney run for the presidency was like watching a duck try to make love to a football”…

Later, George Romney went on to try and undermine the insurgent “common sense” conservative candidacy of Ronald Reagan.

Today, George Romney’s son, Mitt Romney, another failed presidential candidate, an almost identical  duck, tries to undermine the insurgent candidacy of Donald Trump.

There is a profound amount of irony, and hypocrisy, found in the words of the younger duck today as he referenced 1964 and wise words from Ronald Reagan; a man his father directly opposed.  Obviously someone forgot to tell Mitt, his words represented that football. (more…)

Prior to attending the debate in Detroit Michigan tonight, candidate Donald J Trump is holding a rally in Portland Maine.   The campaign event is located at the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel – Ballroom and begins at 1:30 PM Eastern.

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It’s time to start flipping the opposition narratives onto their own candidates.

81% of Michigan republican voters do not support Ted Cruz; and 82% of Michigan republican voters do not support Marco Rubio.  Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio have almost identical “ceilings” at 19% and 18% respectively. (link)

See how that works?  It’s all in the presentation:

MICHIGAN – […]  If the Michigan GOP Presidential primary were held today, Trump would win with 29% of the vote compared to Cruz with 19% and Rubio right on his heals with 18%.  Ohio Governor John Kasich and neurosurgeon Ben Carson are currently polling at 8% each.  Eighteen percent are still undecided.

Bernie Porn, president of the Lansing polling firm that surveyed 400 likely Republican voters said, “Trump is well positioned to win Michigan on Tuesday, March 8, but Rubio is likely to overtake Cruz in Michigan.  Nevertheless, as it now stands, Trump is the odds on favorite to win the GOP nomination in Cleveland.” (more…)

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The Washington Examiner, a widely read political media outlet, has now run an editorial article threatening any DC politician who supports Donald Trump.

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The Washington Examiner (leadership team here) is part of the MediaDC Group who also own/operate The Weekly Standard outlet (Steven Hayes and Bill Kristol).

Byron York is a well known contributor who writes for The Washington Examiner.  Other employees include Becket Adams and Sarah Westwood and Jim Antle and Anna Giaritelli  and Daniel Chaitin

The Washington Examiner and Weekly Standard are both owned and operated by The Clarity Media Group – A messaging, consulting, and public relations firm.  Their business model is to influence public opinion. (more…)

People are making a rather big deal of the DOJ granting immunity to a Clinton staffer who was involved in the set up of the private email servers. The presumption is this may be her undoing. 

Sorry, but you can put me in the cynical column.  The Democrats and Republicans cooperated together to protect the congressional intelligence gang-of-eight oversight committee surrounding Benghazi, do you really think the DC UniParty is going to let one of their leaders suffer a DOJ indictment?  Not-Going-To-Happen, ever.

(Via WaPo) The Justice Department has granted immunity to the former State Department staffer who worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private email server as part of a criminal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified information, according to a senior law enforcement official.

The official said the FBI had secured the cooperation of Bryan Pagliano who worked on Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign before setting up the server in her New York home in 2009. (more…)

A week ago we shared the discovery that Rubio’s antics have seriously damaged the electoral opinion of him.  Rubio’s polling suffered as a direct consequence.  Yesterday the polling became a reality when despite the earnest state party efforts Marco Rubio placed third or worse in 9 of the 11 Super Tuesday contests.

In this video Dennis Miller, a former Rubio supporter, is giving voice to the reasons behind the current Rubio problems:

However, it doesn’t really matter much in the grand scheme of things because Rubio was never intended to be the GOPe standard-bearer. He’s an RNC company man, now doing RNC company business.

Rubio’s own election is not the goal here…. never was.  If it were, he’d never have agreed to act like the Republican frat boy.  He’s simply on a one-way suicide mission hoping to gain position and be standing next to Donald Trump when he detonates his vest.

Fox News’ primary agenda driver, Rupert Murdoch, was conspicuously absent from commentary following the last GOP debate, staged cage fight. It was the only debate where Murdoch did not announce Marco Rubio the winner.

A few days later the New York Times embarrassed Fox News by revealing the corporate media agenda, including secret meetings with DC politicians and media, to advance Marco Rubio’s gang-of-eight proposals and benefit their ideological immigration agenda (outlined below).

Both owner Rupert Murdoch and Fox executive President Roger Ailes have been positioning the network to do as much damage to Rubio’s opponent Donald Trump as possible for the past 8 months. Fox News political executive director, Bill Sammons, is the father of Marco Rubio’s national spokesperson, Brooke Sammon. The agenda has been transparent from the outset.

However, today a report surfaces where Roger Ailes is reportedly reconsidering the media conglomerate’s position.

[…] According to three Fox sources, Fox chief Roger Ailes has told people he’s lost confidence in Rubio’s ability to win (link).

NOT SO FAST – The timing, just hours before the network broadcasts yet another attack debate favorable to Rubio, reeks of a corporate entity trying to position themselves with plausible deniability; and isolate themselves from the growing backlash of an audience who have woken up to the manipulative intents of the network. (more…)