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No matter how down and dirty the 2016 presidential campaign becomes. In fact, context is all that ultimately matters Unless you’ve has been living in an alternative universe, you’re well aware of the avalanche of criticism directed at Donald Trump from all quarters, liberal and conservative, including the latest hypocritical screed by Mitt Romney. Yet despite that criticism, virtually everyone engaged in it ignores the essential reality that attends every election: context is everything. In other words, whatever one feels about Donald Trump, or any other candidate for that matter, the ultimate question and the answer to it cannot be...

The Right's Trump Lexicon What started as the Big Conservative Donald Trump Dictionary is now The Right's Trump Lexicon. It is still a work in progress, but I find that it no longer fits inside even the broadest satirical framework, if it ever did; hence, the name change. There is nothing, but nothing, to poke "fun" at here. There is much, however, to poke a stick at. More to come.

<p>The press was forbidden from filming Hillary Clinton boarding her private plane, said an ABC reporter covering the leading Democratic candidate.</p>

Wait… I thought Hillary Clinton was the champion of minority voters and the Social Justice Warriors? If so, this news is darned peculiar. At a rally in Atlanta, Georgia the security team covering the former Secretary of State hastily escorted a couple of attendees out of the facility yesterday for the outrageous crime of holding up some signs which the campaign staff had given them before the event began. Of course, they had altered the promotional material a bit by scrawling three little words on the back of one of the Hillary signs, and they weren’t we love you. (Atlanta...

Donald Trump vs. Personal Integrity: The Ongoing Battle for CoexistenceThere are countless powerful resume-related arguments to be made as to why Donald Trump should not be President of the United States. Yet, setting aside all of those admittedly weighty considerations, I believe that the essential part of the puzzle that should preclude his election to the presidency is his character. A reverence for truth, and personal integrity, are two of the qualities that any good leader of a free republic must possess. Without them, the society over which he/she presides is in jeopardy of relying on a leader with an...

I was reading on another thread here on Free Republic, about Darth Vader's Imperial March Sounds Much Happier In A Major Key, and so I went over to the link given in that article, to listen. That link, by the way, is the one given for this vanity. My wife overheard it and commented on how *happy* it sounded. Then it hit me. Is there anyone newsworthy today, who is very powerful, who says he has the best of intentions, and yet is villified in many corners? Why, yes; and not just by liberals. I'm speaking, of course, of Donald's...

Breaking— CRUZ CAMPAIGN STAFFER SAYS CAMPAIGN IS DONE — A Ted Cruz campaign staffer today told CNN the campaign is done. “His Campaign is done.” “The Cruz campaign has to focus on getting basic campaign techniques right,” said a Republican operative who works for the presidential campaign, who asked not to be identified. “I don’t think Cruz can win the nomination at this point. I think his campaign is done.” Cruz took a huge blow on Saturday after he could not win a single county in South Carolina, a state with an enormous evangelical vote.

This is apparently one of those things that is an open, and yet non-discussed, secret. Several people have queried why they would be getting Ted Cruz campaign donation requests/solicitation directly from Breitbart, and/or getting donation requests from Ted Cruz on Breitbart letterhead. The answer is simple, yet perhaps like me you never knew. The Breitbart Media Group is financially backed and funded by Hedge-fund billionaire Robert Mercer. Mercer was/is the originating financial backer for the Ted Cruz "Keep the Promise" (KtP 1, KtP2 and KtP3) Super-PACs. Mercer is also the financial backing behind Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica is the receiver...

Bush denies, but.... Yesterday, we talked about how it appears Jeb has seen the writing on the wall. It seems pretty clear that the Bush campaign is headed for the end, and only a miracle in South Carolina will save them. No candidate says “I should stop campaigning, maybe” unless they’ve already realized that’s the case. Now we have further confirmation that this is the case. According to a piece (also published yesterday) by Erick Erickson, the Bush campaign has burned through hundreds of millions, has less than $15 million left, and will stop paying its staff on Saturday.

Donald Trump mocked Hillary Clinton on Tuesday for barking like a dog and vowed he would never do so because he said he would be pilloried in the media. "If I ever did that, I would be ridiculed all over the place. I won't do it. I'm not going to imitate her," Trump said during a rally in North Augusta, South Carolina. "She's barking like a dog, and they're saying 'wonderful.'" Clinton barked like a dog Monday while delivering an extended analogy about an old Arkansas political ad where a dog was trained to bark every time something a politician...

February 11, 2016 Ted Cruz Campaign Manager - Who is Jeff Roe? Mr. Pinko Who is Jeff Roe? He's been called "scum of the earth" photo by Keith Myers kmyers@kcstar.com “piece of sh*t”, a “creep”, “no ethics”, “soul-less” … among a plethora of other pejoratives.Let's examine the man behind Ted Cruz's campaign.In a 2010 congressional race, Jeff Roe managed Billy Long's campaign against Scott Eckersley. (source)A HOAX e-mail sent to news media outlets, and a "tweet" issued by a fake Twitter account, announced that Eckersley had suspended his campaign due to personal reasons. Eckersley blames his opponent, Republican Billy Long,...

On Tuesday, Donald J. Trump's campaign started running a negative ad in South Carolina against Senator Ted Cruz that was searing, describing the winner of the Iowa Republican caucuses as a fake and a "Washington insider." The spot also scolded Mr. Cruz for his campaign's role in spreading claims that Ben Carson had suspended his campaign while the caucuses were taking place; Mr. Carson, in fact, had not ended his candidacy, and Mr. Cruz later apologized to him. But on Wednesday the spot was abruptly pulled down by the campaign. The Wall Street Journal reported on the strategic shift, saying...

Allies to Hillary Clinton say her presidential campaign's problems boil down to a fundamental problem: messaging. On the heels of a devastating loss to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in New Hampshire on Tuesday night, Clinton supporters having nightmares about a repeat of her 2008 primary loss say it's time for a change. They say Clinton has to quickly find her way out of this messaging conundrum and provide voters with a reason why they should elect the former secretary of state and first lady to the Oval Office. "I love her but I still don't understand what her campaign is...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to issue a statement Wednesday afternoon suspending his presidential campaign, The Washington Times has learned. The announcement follows a disappointing sixth-place finish in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary, where Mr. Christie was hoping a strong showing would give him more breathing room in a race where the tough-talking governor competed with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida to emerge as the most viable alternative to businessman Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas...

Hillary Clinton is weighing a staff shakeup after Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, according to Politico. Both Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, are unhappy with the direction of the campaign's messaging and digital operations and had been considering changing staff and strategy after the first four voting states. But a source told Politico that the Clintons now want to consider such changes earlier. Clinton defeated Bernie Sanders by a razor-thin margin in last week's Iowa caucuses, but the latest polls show her trailing Sanders by double digits in New Hampshire, which will hold its primary Tuesday. "The Clintons...

Hillary and Bill Clinton are so dissatisfied with their campaign's messaging and digital operations they are considering staffing and strategy changes after what's expected to be a loss in Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire, according to a half-dozen people with direct knowledge of the situation. The Clintons - stung by her narrow victory in Iowa - had been planning to reassess staffing at the campaign's Brooklyn headquarters after the first four primaries, but the Clintons have become increasingly caustic in their criticism of aides and demanded the reassessment sooner, a source told Politico.

The Clinton campaign has been using Chelsea as a surrogate since the final few weeks in Iowa, even though the response to her has been lukewarm at best. They've now flown her to New Hampshire and elsewhere, where she's taking rallies to promote her mother as "Grandma-in-Chief." Only, yesterday's speech went a little awry. While at a campaign stop in Minnesota (a must-win for the Clinton camp), Chelsea made a Freudian slip, referring to "Bernie Sanders" as "President Sanders."

Hillary Clinton has been speaking in public for decades. But in recent days, political observers have called her voice "loud, flat, harassing to the ear." They have said she has a "decidedly grating pitch and punishing tone" and called her "shrill." "I think a lot of it with Hillary Clinton has to do with style and delivery, oddly enough," said Bob Woodward, the veteran Washington Post editor, on MSNBC on Wednesday. "She shouts," he said, adding that there was "something unrelaxed about the way she is communicating." Mrs. Clinton, who admits she does not have the natural oratory skills of...

Greta Van Susteren went off on the Cruz Campaign tonight over their handling of the Ben Carson Caucus scandal. On Monday Dr. Ben Carson accused the Cruz camp of foul play in the Iowa Caucuses.Carson said the Cruz camp told voters Carson was dropping out and to support Ted Cruz.Carson was right to be outraged... The Cruz camp sent out messages and made calls to all precinct captains that Dr. Carson was dropping from the race.On Thursday Greta Van Susteren reacted to the Cruz campaign scandal. Greta Van Susteren: Horrible!... This is appalling! For some reason to me, what happened...

Jeff Roe, Cruz's campaign manager, pulled the exact same dirty trick with another candidate a few years ago. "An e-mail sent to news media outlets and a "tweet" issued by a fake Twitter account announced that Eckersley had suspended his campaign due to personal reasons. Eckersley blames his opponent, Republican Billy Long, for sending out the hoax days before the election, "You know this is dirty politics. This is Jeff Roe style management. That's who Billy's retained. That's who he writes the big checks to," Eckersley tells Missourinet affiliate KTTS. http://www.missourinet.com/2010/10/29/eckersley-calls-e-mail-a-hoax-says-hes-still-in-the-race-audio/