Posted on 11/14/2017 10:14:46 PM PST by Bratch
CTH has attempted to stay away from talking about the Alabama ‘clown show‘, all of it, since we made our position clear long before the primary run-off race. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes etc.
My concern with the Alabama mess was a very simple MAGA issue: riding horses to polling stations does not establish a connection to the man or woman who hit the necessary alarm clock at 5:15am to pay the bills. Those are MAGA people. That’s the essence of the Trump coalition.
The MAGA coalition I know has never been predisposed to racism, sexism, nativism, or any other kind of “ism” or “ist”, because we’ve never been not busy. It takes time to give a rats-ass about bathroom police, social justice etc. Time and energy for that, who has it?
The current position of the epic fiasco was/is entirely predictable…. warnings, deaf ears, blah-blah-blah; water under the bridge. That said, the current race to the exits by all of the fly-by-nights (populist wallflowers) is embarrassing to see play out.
Factually, I feel sorry for Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moore… However, I don’t have a smidgen of sympathy for the noob-right financial opportunists: Steve Bannon, Laura Ingraham, Sebastian Gorka et al, or the political Roberts-The-Bruce: Ted Cruz, Mike Lee etc. Heck, I’m still waiting for the ‘Use El Chappo Money to Build The Wall‘ bill… I digress.
So why engage now? Well, today Rush Limbaugh weighs in in using the customary (passive aggressive/mamet principle) approach to frame the argument as: “The Roy Moore Soap Opera is Really About McConnell -vs- Bannon”. No, no it’s not.
I understand the frame of reference, why Limbaugh views it that way, but that’s not an accurate assessment.
The UniParty is against Roy Moore, not just simply Mitch McConnell and the professional political apparatus within the GOP elitist class. Things are not what they were in 2014.
In 2014 such a Limbaugh framework would be accurate (though the GOPe cat had his tongue back then). Indeed, during the 2014 Thad Cochran -vs- Chris McDaniel race the current perspective of Limbaugh would have been accurate. But that was then, this is now 2017.
In 2014 there were billions worth of personal and party indulgences at stake; in 2017 there are trillions of UniParty indulgences at stake.
In 2014 Mitch McConnell was trying to use Thad Cochran to defeat the Tea party. In 2017 the entire apparatus of the DC system is trying to use Alabama to defeat the existential risk that is Donald Trump.
If ‘political strategist’ Steve Bannon, or ‘political thinker’ Rush Limbaugh, were half as smart as they say they are, they’d chip in buy a vowel, get a clue and see that.
This is no longer small enough for individual personalities, this is a much bigger zero-sum outcome battle albeit with useful side-benefits in smacking Bannon’s ego down to size etc. Which, in all honesty, speaking as a person on the same side while watching the idiots on our team giving the enemy ammunition, would not be a bad thing – AT ALL.
Domestic DC battles are to billions what multinational UniParty battles are to trillions. Alabama is bigger than McConnell or Bannon. Alabama is now as much about NAFTA, China, renegotiated trade deals, geopolitical alliances and Saudi Arabia, and the trillions swirling around via multinational corporate interests.
The swamp is engaged, self-aware and the deep-state part is self actuated now. Instructions are no longer needed. Each cell can operate independently to protect itself from any confrontation. Thus the arguments are bigger; every angle is weighed as does it improve position, or does it weaken position… way-points are transparent. Globalists don’t need to give direction in feet or inches, the battle is much bigger, more broad – the decisions are about “generalized direction”.
Example: NAFTA Round #5 (Mexico) begins this week: “lest trade disputes create friction with NAFTA-supporting Republican lawmakers.”
Example: “Republicans” control all senate hearings:
For the first time in over 40 years - the Senate today examined a president's unchecked authority to launch a nuclear strike @NBCNightlyNews
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) November 14, 2017
Example: Remember when the Senate voted unanimously to block President Trump from making recess appointments? That rule required “unanimity”, a single Republican senator could block the Senate from handcuffing President Trump. Not a single Republican broke ranks.
The professional political class in DC, the UniParty, is not confronting Steve Bannon though he’d probably like to make money off that outlook. The united political apparatus is confronting something far more consequential than the annoyance that Bannon represents; they are confronting the framework of ‘America First’.
That bigger dynamic is what’s adverse to their interests. Bannon is an annoying gnat.
When you accept that difference you are then prepared to ask yourself the question(s):
♦What would/will the professional apparatus do to protect their interests?
♦How far are they willing to go to oppose anything that appears adverse to those interests?
“Christmas Yearbooks”?
Written in two sets of handwriting?
Using two different inks?
Uh huh.
Go read about a republican operative named Harvey Leroy “Lee” Atwater, and how he trained a young protege’ named Karl Christian Rove in political warfare against other republicans.
Remember, from the Uniparty’s perspective they have nothing to lose in Alabama by getting caught making crap up. They were going to lose the race anyway…. so why not pull out the black arts. It’s simply how they roll.
ps. Friends in Alabama, you must fight like an insurgency.
I only listen to Rush occasionally, in the car, but I do remember hearing him earlier in the primaries. He was NOT a Trump fan. I heard him later, as Trump started getting pretty popular, and then he was all pro Trump. Maybe I’m just imagining, but it seems to me, that he was just jumping on the bandwagon, and not really a true believer. I still feel that way; if conservatives turned against Trump tomorrow, I think he’d drop him like a hot potato.
I have never been comfortable signing “love” to someone I didn’t love and I don’t do it now. But that was very commonly done back then, and I vaguely recall from school lessons about writing non-business letters that signing that way was generally acceptable.
Moore was never a district attorney. He was a (the?) deputy district attorney.
The yearbook is for the class of 1977, and would have been issued near the end of the school year, circa June, 1977.
It is obvious that two different people are responsible for the inscription in question. The simple answer is that the woman added the date and location later. But we don’t know how much later. It could have been done recently.
There are other questions:
Supposedly, her boyfriend was supposed to pick her up. Why did she accept a ride from Moore if that was the case? Did he call her to say he couldn’t make it? If not, then what she did was sure to cause a fight and/or end the relationship, even if Moore drove her directly home and nothing else happened.
Why did she lie about being trapped in the car when it was clear from her statement that Moore “reached across” to lock the door, meaning that there were no “kiddie locks” in the car.
“...There’s a coup that’s been underway to essentially disregard the duly constituted presidential election of 2016.”
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There has been one indeed. And Alabama has proven that McConnell and his henchmen are in support of and part of that coup/resistance. The whole swamp views Trump (and Judge Moore as an avatar) as an existential threat to their rule.
“No wonder the dottering old fool wears depends. A Grand Canyon sized ahole is not leak free.”
LMFAO...
Rush couldn’t understand why, when a real conservative was running (Cruz), Trump supporters would still blindly follow Trump through all the “bad things” that came up. He simply maintained he couldn’t come down on a side because to do so would screw him over if the non-endorsed candidate won—he’d lose his audience.
But he was constantly dumbfounded over how “conservatives” could so blindly follow Trump through thick and thin, because Trump had been a registered Democrat far more years than a registered Republican, and he had the Clintons to his wedding.
mass55th wrote:
“The 22nd of December in 1977 was a Thursday.”
What is the significance of it being a Thursday?
I have you seen one where the ink is the same color?
According to his autobiography, Roy Moore was "sworn in as Etowah County's first full-time deputy district attorney on October 1, 1977."
- Do we know with certainty, this “year book” was circulated before or during December 1977, the date signed?
At her presser, the accuser displayed a 1977 yearbook with her name personalized on the cover. She said:
I turned 16 on November 14, 1977. About a month later I received my yearbook from Southside high school where I had spent my freshman and sophomore years. I happened to bring my yearbook to work with me to the restaurant on December 22, 1977. I put it down at the end of the counter. Mr. Moore happened to notice it and asked if he could write in "your yearbook." I felt flattered and I said “yes”. He wrote in my yearbook as follows: “To a sweeter more beautiful girl I could not say ‘Merry Christmas.’”I took the yearbook home with me at the end of my shift that day. I felt honored that Mr. Moore, who was such an important person, would write in my yearbook.
I would not call that "certainty", but take it or leave it. Either she is believable or she is not.
- Were the 7’s, different ink, and different angular slants used between the writing and print, written by the same person at the same time? They are not the same.
The date and place were obviously added later, by someone other than Roy Moore. One would assume shortly after, by the owner of the yearbook, to memorialize her autograph catch. But maybe not. Could have been recently, by her, by someone else, or by her, advised by someone else. No way to have a further clue without forensic examination.
At the end of the day, I really do not see how this validates assault of any kind.
At the end of the day, it's he said, she said. Whom do you believe? That presser was a standard Gloria Allred production!
You have seen correctly.
The one with the half-blue ink is a faulty digital camera, a grassy knoll with overactive software.
I agree with everything said here except the part about Bannon. Steve bannon is a God send.
Rish is an inside the beltway hack. When Boehner was Speaker he flew to FL on a regular basis to golf with Rush. I’ve noticed thst Rush refuses to state that the GOPe and the Democrats have the same exact agenda, One World Government.
Alot of Rushes show prep comes from FR.
lol....Must stop posting before the caffeine kicks in.
Still have the same question.
It’s the worldwide Communist apparatus that is opposing Trump and our movement
The author is right. It’s not just McConnnel or Doug Jones or the WaPo. Whatever the veracity of the allegations - and believe me, I want to get to the bottom of them - the entire Globoh*mo Elite want Moore to not get into the Senate. Even if he wins, he will probably be expelled. That’s how badly the Globoh*mo elite want to quash true dissent in the Senate.
That being said, a pressure campaign should be started on the Alabama governor to appoint a true conservative, such as Mo Brooks, to the Senate when Roy Moore is expelled or refused a seat. That way, the Globoh*mo Elite will NOT get its way with somebody like Luther Strange.
And yes, whatever the veracity, vote for Moore anyway. Communists have infiltrated the Democrat party, so if anybody switches to Doug Jones, he is effectively saying, “100 million more!”
It won best Conservative Blog of the year last year. It is now a must read along w/ FR and my guess is many FRer's are Treepers. Sundance was prescient during the 16' election and we all owe him a big steak for keeping our sanity. He called Trump winning by 56%, and that was the Electoral Margin, however his was for the popular vote, which makes you wonder, how big did they steal NY, CA etc especially after what they did in NH.
As far as El-Rushbo, I gave up on him 2 yrs ago now and I am a Jeff Kuhner guy, one of the best in the Country and I ain't looking back....
On Kuhner: WRKO out of Boston am680 12 to 3pm listen via their website or their free phone app.
He now has callers from all over the country. If they ever syndicate him, he will give Rush a serious run for his money....
http://www.wrko.com/shows/kuhner-report
The candidate should have been Mo Brooks, and would have been, had Trump not endorsed McConnell’s lackey.
Yep, I have now read some of it, and my initial comment is borne out: it is the Globoh*mo Elite vs. us.
I’m a Rush fan, and I still thought that was funny.
In December, when yearbooks are typically not in great supply. Anything having to do with All-RED is automatically suspect.
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