Posted on 05/30/2016 11:40:43 AM PDT by ColdOne
Sunday on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” The Wall Street Journal’s deputy editorial page editor Bret Stephens argued against presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s candidacy and said he must be “decisively rebuked” to the point that it will teach Republican voters a “lesson.”
“I most certainly will not vote for Donald Trump,” Stephens said. “I will vote for the least left-wing opponent to Donald Trump and I want to make a vote to make sure that he has — that he is the biggest loser in presidential history since, I don’t know, Alf Landon or
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Personal lifeStephens was born in New York City[3] and was the son of Xenia and Charles J. Stephens, a former vice president of General Products, a chemical company in Mexico.[4][5] His parents were both secular Jews. His paternal grandfather had changed the family surname from Ehrlich to Stephens (after poet James Stephens).[6] He was raised in Mexico City, where his father worked. In his adolescence, he attended boarding school at Middlesex School in Massachusetts. After his graduation, Stephens studied political philosophy at the University of Chicago. He earned a master's degree in comparative politics [7] from the London School of Economics. He is married to Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, a music critic who writes for The New York Times. The couple has three children and lives in New York City.[8][9] - wiki
I admit this article really pissed me off...he wasn’t just attacking Trump, but me. I don’t know about you but I like me...I like what i’ve accomplished and the person I am...
I oftne wondered who would oppose populism..its simply about doing things that benefit the generaul population...
wow Bret Stephen’s had fire coming out when he used that word...
I decided to do some research on Bret Stephens...he is as elistist as they come. He is Jewish...his grandfather changed their name from Ehrlich. His wife is Corinna da Fonseca- Wollheim..she kept her own name and is a freelance music for the NY Times.
These people will never have to deal with the problems us “populist” will deal with if Trump is not elected. their children go to private schools. Live in a very safe place that is not going to see drugs sold anywhere near where they live. Don’t live in a high crime, high murder rate area like parts of Chicago.
They are they elite...they live charmed fairy tale lives...I could say more but you get the picture...as far as not wanting to associate with those like them....how far do you think bret and baroness go outside their circle....nada
I STRONGLY urge all Trump supporters to cancel all subscriptions to the WSJ they might have and demand immediate refunds. You know, so WSJ will lean their lesson.
Bret Stephens? I’d have more respect for the opinion of Bret Michaels. And Samantha Stevens.
"Our religious difference was not an issue—at first. At age 23, he was stridently secular...Like many young Israelis, he had traveled the globe and was as intrigued by other spiritual traditions as he was repelled by his own...
I, on the other hand, wanted to convert to Judaism. There were Jewish roots on my father’s side, and when I first entered a synagogue in college...I played with ideas for a new, Hebrew, name.
All this was a source of amusement to him. That a 27-year-old blonde from a German Lutheran family would be smitten by the Tel Aviv bars...
But after a year of us living together, during which I repeatedly failed to obtain a work visa, he began to talk about my conversion with hope rather than ridicule. It would make things easier with the immigration department...
Intimacy of the old kind, however, was over: We stopped having sex. He moved out. One day he turned his head as I reached up to kiss him, so that my lips missed his. At a friend’s wedding, he refused to dance with me. I explained to him that while there were things I was willing to give up to become Jewish, I knew my red lines.
Yet for a good half-year, our relationship held. Whether out of love or habit, our lives remained entangled. He drove me to the airport in the middle of the night, paid my phone bills, served me home-cooked cholent on Shabbat." - TabletMag, by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, March 20, 2012
Seems the money changers are looking for a modern day Abe Lincoln to bring in foreigners to kill Americans in the 48 contiguous states.
Bottom line is that WSJ and Wall Street bankers are in the tank for Hillary.
Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street Ties By Ellen Simon | Updated May 26, 2016 — 2:39 PM EDT
As Hillary Rodham Clinton prepares to run for president, her political and family finances have come under scrutiny—especially the Clinton’s ties to Wall Street. Those connections are complex. They include not just her political fundraising and paid public speaking appearances, but also the Clinton Foundation and her son-in-law’s hedge fund.
Political Donations
Workers in the finance, insurance and real estate industries donated $21 million to Hillary’s 2008 presidential campaign, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Securities and investment workers were her third largest source of campaign donations behind lawyers and retirees. Citigroup Inc. (C) employees donated $765,192, more than employees of any other company. Goldman Sachs (GS) employees were next, with donations of $682,990. DLA Piper was in fourth place, Morgan Stanley (MS) was fifth and JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) was sixth. However, a review of filings from Ready for Hillary, a political action committee, shows few banker or investor supporters. Clinton associate Tom Nides, a Morgan Stanley executive, has begun lining up support and donations for Hillary on Wall Street, according to a November report in Politico.
Speeches Prove Boon for Family Finances
Wall Street has also played a role in helping the Clintons rebuild their personal finances. Hillary Clinton has said that by the time President Bill Clinton’s presidency ended in January 2001, the family was “dead broke.” Between 2000 and 2008, however, Bill and Hillary had jointly earned $109 million. Some of that fortune came from the speaker circuit, where Wall Street firms have been eager clients.
In 2011 and 2012, Bill Clinton gave paid speeches at companies including American Express (AXP), Bank of America Corp. (BAC), Deutsche Bank AG (DB), Goldman Sachs, HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC), JPMorgan Chase, Jefferies LLC, the Mortgage Bankers Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Pershing LLC, TD Bank (TD)., the Vanguard Group, UBS AG and Wells Fargo & Company (WFC). His starting fee, per speech, was $165,000. Mrs. Clinton also became a paid speaker after she left the State Department in 2013. Since then, she’s been paid a reported fee of roughly $200,000 per speech for clients including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan.
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/030415/hillary-clintons-wall-street-ties.asp
Wall Street Bets on a Democrat for the First Time Since 2008
Contributions from bankers to Republican presidential candidates dried up in the first three months of the year.
May 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton Finds Favor With Wall Street Donors
Wall Street’s bet on the presidential race broke hard for Hillary Clinton this year, as the bankers’ favorite Republican hopefuls fizzled and left the race.
Clinton gathered almost 70 cents of every $1 spent in the presidential race by employees of the six biggest U.S. banks in the first quarter, according to data compiled by Bloomberg Government based on Federal Election Commission reports.
Clinton, Sen. Chuck Schumer , former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and then Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson breaking ground for the Goldman Sachs headquarters in 2005. (RELATED: For Sale: Hillary On Taking $675,000 From Goldman Sachs, ‘That’s What They Offered’ [VIDEO])
And we all know his vote makes or breaks elections. : )
Thank you for that info. That explains a lot.
Thank you for link and info.
ethnic populism, eh?
let me guess, he’s an open border globalist, right?
Mr., you want a decisive rebuke? It only takes one puncture to deflate an arrogant wind bag. Stick around to November, and you’ll get one.
Memo to Bret Stephens: Whoever will run against Trump will not be “least left wing,” he or she will be totally left wing.
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