Posted on 01/26/2019 5:29:47 AM PST by EyesOfTX
Really? This guy was actually a candidate? Who knew? – You will all no doubt be highly saddened to know that Richard Ojeda has dropped out of the race for the 2020 Democrat Party’s presidential nomination.
I can hear the gears clinking furiously in minds everywhere out there, as you take to Google to figure out just who in the hell is Richard Ojeda? So, let me tell you: He’s a state senator from West Virginia. I have no earthly idea when he announced he was running, but on Friday he announced he wasn’t, and that actually made news for some reason.
The candidate no one had ever heard of said that, although “The indications were very positive from an overwhelming response to our videos, to thousands of volunteers, and a level of grassroots fundraising support that grew every day,” he doesn’t “want to see people send money to a campaign that’s probably not going to get off the ground.”
Oh. Ok. Adios, dude.
In other, real news… – The Commie’s in! Yes, friends and enemies, Bernie Sanders is going to be providing more Soviet-style gruel for the leftist masses for the next two years, as expected. Yahoo News reports that he will formally announce his bid just as soon as he can use other people’s money to rent a room at some Washington, DC hotel.
Awesome. The 2020 campaign just wouldn’t have been the same without this grifting lunatic weaving his envy-based fantasies for all the college students to soak in.
Why can’t people listen anymore? – I’ve always marveled at the inability of the leftist mind to listen and absorb what is actually being said in a speech. Sadly, this same lack of attention span appears to have now afflicted many on the right as well.
Yesterday, President Trump gave a speech that lasted about 20 minutes or so, in which he announced that he had reached an agreement with congressional “leaders” to re-open the semi-closed government and get all the federal employees paid via a three-week continuing resolution (CR). That part of the speech consumed about one of the twenty minutes.
Those who actually listened to the speech in its entirety and absorbed what was actually said heard the President spend the other 19 minutes of it making making the case for why the current situation along our Southern border constitutes a true national emergency, and why the building of a wall is necessary to relieve it. Mr. Trump further promised that, if congress has failed to allocate his requested $5.7 billion in wall and border security funding at the end of the 21-day period of the CR, he will use his authority to issue an executive order declaring a national emergency and use funds his staff has already identified in the defense budget to immediately begin adding to the 630 miles of border wall that already exist.
Oddly, the only part of the speech most Trump “supporters” apparently heard was the deal on the CR. Despite the reality that Donald Trump is the first President since Ronald Reagan who has kept promise after promise after promise, the backlash among his supposed supporters on social media was immediate and harsh. Twitter was immediately filled with the wailings of thousands of Trumpians accusing the President of “caving” and whining that his presidency is now somehow over.
For those still clinging to that notion this morning, let me try to explain what really happened on Friday:
President Trump acted to ensure employees in the Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security did not miss a second paycheck, and to ensure the flight disruptions that were taking place as several airports due to lack of personnel did not spread across the country and begin harming the overall economy; and The President put the onus on congressional Democrats to either negotiate a deal on border security or deal with the reality of a national emergency declaration. Seeing all the uproar taking place, the President tried to calm the waters with the following tweet:
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump I wish people would read or listen to my words on the Border Wall. This was in no way a concession. It was taking care of millions of people who were getting badly hurt by the Shutdown with the understanding that in 21 days, if no deal is done, it’s off to the races!
157K 6:33 PM - Jan 25, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 116K people are talking about this As if that blunt statement needed more clarity, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders followed up with this:
Sarah Sanders ✔ @PressSec In 21 days President @realDonaldTrump is moving forward building the wall with or without the Democrats. The only outstanding question is whether the Democrats want something or nothing
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump I wish people would read or listen to my words on the Border Wall. This was in no way a concession. It was taking care of millions of people who were getting badly hurt by the Shutdown with the understanding that in 21 days, if no deal is done, it’s off to the races!
42.8K 7:28 PM - Jan 25, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 26.6K people are talking about this Are we clear now, or are there still some who need it boiled down into 25 words or less? If so, here you go:
The wall is going to be built, one way or another. Stop whining, and pay better attention.
That is all.
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BLUTO said it first, not me.
Animal House, John Belushi
Ah, got it ;)
EVENTUALLY. If Trump appeals after losing in the lower courts. And no Roberts will not dismiss. Really, if you think Trump will win this you have simply not been paying a damned bit of attention.
It won’t happen in our lifetime. The vehement anger at Trump has guaranteed that.
No, get your history straight! World War II started when we dropped an atomic bomb on the Germans at Pearl Harbor!
He has not run out of options.
It’s Andrew Jackson time.
>>>with the exception of landowners who stand to lose property through eminent domain<<<
I recall seeing a recent Post here stating that Legislation passed during the Teddy Roosevelt Administration that mandated that there is a 60 foot area (variance) from the Border that is Government owned.
If true, that should be enough land to allow Construction of a Wall without taking Private Property.
Wait until the Media ties the Feb. 15th deadline with the fact that February is Black History Month. Oh boy...
Yes indeed. I have no patience for sniveling, pussy hat wearing con-servatives with no stomach for battle.
Famous quote from Theodore Roosevelt that I think is very apropos in this debate about Trump, who is in the thick of the fray trying to get the wall built versus those on our side sitting at their computers criticizing him from afar.
Thanks for the positive feedback from both of you. We'd need more of that on this forum.
I am not a big TR fan, but that is a damn good comment! Thank you for sharing it. :-)
P.S. TR’s words should be forced down Ann Coulter’s throat!
Until she started showing her true colors the last two years of the Trump presidency.
She belittles herself with these lame criticisms of Trump while he's the one actually fighting the fight.
She's a Romney supporter. That nails the coffin lid on her for me. She's off my list of those I read.
I am done with her for the same reasons. I was checking an old e-mail account from Yahoo and as I left the page was directed to Yahoo news. Guess who was the main headline. Prominent “conservative” Ann Coulter disses Donald Trump not the exact words but you get the drift.
Then it went on calling her “former” Trump supporter, etc., etc. quoting her as calling him a “liar.”
It was sickening how she uses her “former” support to gain attention now. I despise her.
Maybe she's got a book out now too. Don't know but don't expect me to check it out.
Oh yes I remember. Her last book is “In Trump We Trust” I guess she didn’t include herself in the “We” part.
I will be turning her guest appearances off and hope the Talk Show Hosts get the message.
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