Posted on 01/21/2016 6:54:49 AM PST by TexasCajun
"Trump's candidacy, it has exposed not just that tragic, the ramifications of that betrayal of a transformation of our country, but too, he has exposed the complicity on both sides of the aisle that has enabled it, O.K.?" Palin told the crowd at her big announcement endorsing Donald Trump.
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Still, Trump has been having a super week. Palin wasn't even the high point. That came when Iowa's six-term Republican governor, Terry Branstad, urged voters to reject Trump's main competitor, Ted Cruz.
"Ted Cruz is ahead right now. But what we're doing is, we're trying to do is educate the people of Iowa. He is the biggest opponent of renewable fuels," Branstad told a press conference.
Iowa's many, many corn farmers have always gotten lots of government aid -- the Environmental Working Group says that between 1995 and 2012, they received more than $15 billion in subsidies. On top of that, we've got the ethanol program, which requires gasoline to be mixed with biofuel, usually corn. This causes corn prices to soar and creates environmental problems due to overplanting. "A triple-layer subsidy cake," said Scott Faber of the E.W.G.
All this is the opposite of fiscal conservatism, but generally, politicians find a way to evolve on the subject when they get to Iowa. This year Cruz has hung tough. Perhaps it's because he's close to Big Oil, which wants the gas tanks for itself. But whatever the reason, he's paying the price. A pro-ethanol group, which happens to be led by the governor's son, ran a mess of ads against him. Cruz seemed to waver, then stiffened. Out charged Branstad with his warning. A popular governor's antipathy could be a big deal.
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The point of the post is Sarah's ethanol flip-flop, in support of Trump.
“they received more than $15 billion in subsidies. On top of that, we’ve got the ethanol program, which requires gasoline to be mixed with biofuel, usually corn. This causes corn prices to soar and creates environmental problems due to overplanting. “A triple-layer subsidy cake”
Trump is wrong for supporting Ethanol.
Trump NOW BASHES Cruz for what Sarah Palin wanted in 2011 - to END ethanol subsidies!!
Exactly! Ted Cruz 2016!
Gee, a NYT hit-piece against Trump and Palin.
How is that possible?
... ll this is the opposite of fiscal conservatism, but generally, politicians find a way to evolve on the subject when they get to Iowa. This year Cruz has hung tough. Perhaps it’s because he’s close to Big Oil, which wants the gas tanks for itself. But whatever the reason, he’s paying the price. A pro-ethanol group, which happens to be led by the governor’s son, ran a mess of ads against him. Cruz seemed to waver, then stiffened. Out charged Branstad with his warning. A popular governor’s antipathy could be a big deal.
She is uneducated as is donnie and his supporters.
CRUZ IS AGAINST ALL ENERGY SUBSIDIES. IF YOU EVER LISTENED TO ANYONE BUT DONNIE YOU WOULD KNOW THIS. Another one of donnie’s lies - Collins apparently believes donnie on that.
Donnie’s cheap political lies are obvious to everyone except his supporters who are rendering themselves as uneducated as he is in pretending to believe all the lies.
It's not like NYTimes has any affection for Ted Cruz.
The point of the post is that old Sarah Palin was against ethanol, the new Sarah Palin not so much as Trump wants to increase its use in gasoline.
Last night in Cherokee, Iowa, Cruz said again that he believed in “a gradual phaseout” of the mandate over five years.
Ethanol right thru his presidency if he’s the one! What a FRAUD!
Uh, he’s been saying that all this time. How does saying he supports what he’s always supported make him a fraud?
Trump has bought her..... just like he's been buying politicians for years.
Yeah, Ted Cruz Faux Conservative that no one likes because he actually fights the Washington Establishment, not just talk about it.
VP or Cabinet ?
1/7/16 because:-)
Last night in Cherokee, Iowa, Cruz said again that he believed in “a gradual phaseout” of the mandate over five years. The ethanol lobby group — America’s Renewable Future — responded to this by declaring that Cruz had decided to “listen to Iowa farmers.”
With that brood of hers, she always needs bail money it seems.
The ethanol subsidy ended Jan 2012. The only thing left is the mandate which I believe ends in five years. So its pretty safe for Trump to love ethanol in Iowa. LOL!
Cruz is on the record wanting to get rid of oil subsidies too... Which will no doubt come up in Texas, or one of the other oil states. And I predict he will stick to his guns. Because he always does.
Fair enough, it is a Mandate, not a subsidy.
I get the 2 backwards sometimes.
Not intentionally trying to mislead anyone.
Women were laughing and gasping as Gail Collins reminded them of how far they have come since the 1960s — from the days when a woman could be kicked out of traffic court for wearing slacks, or barred from teaching if her pregnancy showed.
Asked by an audience member if that progress could be reversed by conservative political forces or economic decline, Collins shook her head emphatically. “I don’t think so,†she said. “This is something that moves in one direction.â€
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