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VIDEO What we learned from watching the many hilarious meltdowns at the Democrat Debate in Charleston, South Carolina is that NONE of the candidates have a chance to beat President Trump in November.

“Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.” And after last night’s cage fight that is a very good rule indeed. However there are actually eight rules of Fight Club: One does not talk about Fight Club. One DOES NOT talk about Fight Club. The fight is over once a person yells ''stop'', taps out, or goes limp. Only two guys are involved in a fight. Only one fight occurs at a time. No shirts, no shoes. There is time allotment associated with the fights. They go on until they...

VIDEO As you can see in this video, the media was hilariously distressed by the Democrats tearing themselves apart at their bloody, no punches pulled, debate in Las Vegas. Not only were the candidates all beating on Mike Bloomberg but there were also very tense moments between Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar. The mainstream media is very very worried that the real winner of that debate was Donald Trump... And they would be RIGHT!!!

The last Democrat debate of the year last night; considering there is just a bit more than a week left, including both Christmas and New Year’s eve, that’s quite a gift.The Dems used the stage last night to traipse out their pseudo-middleclass credentials and to rant on the impeachment of Donald J. Trump. Specifically, Judy Woodruff of PBS asked the candidates why, if impeachment is so necessary, more Americans weren’t on board with it.  The rest just pontificated on the wrongdoings of the President but Andrew Yang answered the question honestly: “We’re getting our news from different sources,” he said....

Brutal. That's the way to sum up the Daily Beast description of wealthy Democrat candidate for president, Tom Steyer. The purpose of their Saturday article by David De La Fuente was to shame the Democrats into including "candidates of color' at their next presidential debate but a big take away from the story was that it basically described Steyer as a scam artist. Not only were Democrats in general shamed in "Democrats Must Not Have an All-White Debate—and the White Candidates Should Say So" but what really stood out was the brutal slamming of Tom Steyer. Before we look at why De La...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove.

VIDEO After Elizabeth Warren's overuse of the word "so" as a sentence preface in the last debate as well as previously as an obvious tell that she is about to be evasive, especially in avoiding answering whether the Medicare For All plan will raise taxes on the middle class, I figured someone on her staff would tell her to drop the "so" shtick. Much to my surprise, Warren returned to last night's Democrat debate chock full of even MORE prefacing of her evasive answers with "so." This video presents just a small sampling of Warren using "so" to begin...

Three hours of Democrats Debating! Sheer joy.Off limits for discussion last night: immigration, critical trade issues, climate change. On topic: Impeach! Impeach! Impeach! Socialism, more Socialism, and most Socialism! For some reason the entire evening reminded me of the punchline of that old joke about prostitution, “Madam, we've already established that. Now we are just haggling about the price”.Tempting, isn’t it? The thought of eliminating the pimps?Except in Washington people pimp themselves out so you’ll never be rid of them. Speaking of which, everyone gasped when Anderson Cooper dared ask the unmentionable of Joe Biden: “If it's not okay for...

On Thursday night the Democrat Party held a presidential primary debate in Houston, Texas. Ten candidates qualified for the debate. The Democrats did all they could to be noticed in the crowded field. Three candidates went that extra mile to get noticed and brought their own booster boxes. Julian Castro, Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar all stood on booster boxes to look tall. The Democrat Party and their socialist policies are all smoke and mirrors.

VIDEO One of the most irritating speech patterns, in addition to sounding like every sentence is a question, is constantly beginning beginning sentences with the word "So." It makes the speaker sound less than confident. Such was the case with Elizabeth Warren who has a history of "So" abuse which was continued at the Democrat debate in Houston. I notice that she especially begins her sentences with "So" when she is attempting to answer a question that she is not comfortable with. Here is a compilation of Elizabeth Warren's "So" overuse at the beginning of sentences during the debate.

Joe Scarborough still occasionally describes himself as a "conservative," but at least when it comes to health care it sure sounds like Joe is all-in with the liberals. On today's Morning Joe, a palpably PO-d Scarborough furiously criticized the way the candidates in last night's Democrat debate focused on the details that divided them on health care. Instead, insisted, Scarborough, they should focus on the big picture. An angry Scarborough ranted: JOE SCARBOROUGH: I am astounded, just politically. I am astounded. This is the third Democratic debate where they spent at least the first third of that debate pounding each...

My complete thoughts on last night’s debate:Everything else is irrelevant.If you missed it and for some masochistic reason wish to relive it I’d recommend Stephen Green’s Drunk Blogging thread, where he summarized the evening thusly: This wasn't a debate. It was an over-long display of huge egos touting small ideas to well-meaning (but sadly misinformed) kids and preening celebrity infotainment newsreaders. BTW, the “Enchantment” card above gave me an idea for the perfect logo for the Democrats 2020 campaign, regardless of their candidate “They all look like game show hosts to me…”Some would say I was a lost man in a...

On today's Morning Joe, Donny Deutsch urged the Democrats participating in tonight's debate to "assault" President Trump, because "we need to get rid of this ogre." Deutsch claims nothing else matters because "our democracy is under siege." Instead of squabbling over their various plans to wreck America's health care system, or who said what about busing 35 years ago, Deutsch urged the Democrats participating in tonight's debate to focus their fire on President Trump...as if they haven't been doing that. "I hope one of them stands up, and understands what the American people want to hear tonight. And they want...

So who won the first Democrat debate in Detroit? Well,  CNN's Chris Cillizza has a very surprising answer that will shock (and depress) many.  According to Cillizza, it was Donald Trump.  Of course, he had a list of other winners (and losers) as well but that was the pick that stood out. He presented that surprising choice in his July 31 "Winners and losers from the first night of the CNN debate."

From today forward, Joe Scarborough should never call himself a conservative again. If there is one thing that unites all conservatives, including critics of President Trump, it's praise for his excellent judicial appointments. But on today's Morning Joe, Scarborough actually criticized President Trump's judicial nominees. If there were any doubt, that ensconces Scarborough firmly in the liberal camp. Scarborough did so in the context of saying that Marianne Williamson struck the right tone last night's Dem debate, because people aren't interested in hearing the details of Bernie's healthcare plan. Instead, claimed Scarborough: "Americans want to hear about how Donald Trump...

Detroit’s Fox Theater was built for movies, not vaudeville, but was used for the latter last night when ten of the 20-ish Democratic candidates assembled to out-socialist each other.I didn’t watch the debate but from what I’ve heard of the recap it sounds like one of them spent her time making a passionate case for reparations, citing the 40 acres and a mule motif. Don’t worry, we’ve got thisThe rest of the Dem hopefuls seem to have concluded that Obamacare is the worst atrocity foisted on the American people since fluoride - and NOW they want to fix it.  Humph,...

On today's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough, speaking as someone who unequivocally proclaimed "I want Donald Trump to lose," said that last night's debate was a "disaster" for Democrats. Scarborough made a four-pronged argument: first, Dems went after each other rather than attacking President Trump. Second and third: the unanimous Dem support for health-care-for-life for illegal immigrants, and for making illegal entry into the US no longer illegal, will lose the Dem candidate several states. Finally, whereas Kamala Harris scored points with her attack on Joe Biden regarding busing, no Democrat today will actually support busing, moving children, for example, an...

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a relative unknown mired at the bottom of the crowded Democratic 2020 presidential field, was the most searched candidate on Google by the time Wednesday's debate ended, making the Hawaii lawmaker and military veteran one of the night's biggest winners. ...

VIDEO I spotted former governor John Hickenlooper outside the Democrat Debate venue in Miami while live streaming there on June 26 and got him to say "hi" to my mother by name. In this video I explain why it was like something out of the Twilight Zone since I had promised my mother over a week ago that I would try to get Hickenlooper to address her while I was live streaming.

Democratic presidential candidates on Wednesday battled over socialism ahead of the first presidential debate, the latest sign that contenders are grappling over the future direction of the party and the message they believe is best suited to defeat President Trump in the general election. Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) walked through the spin room at the Ziff Ballet Opera House, telling reporters that embracing socialism is a surefire general election loser for Democrats. “That’s a tough hill to climb in Ohio, in Michigan, in North Carolina, in Pennsylvania, in Wisconsin,” Hickenlooper said. “These are states where they care about...