Dumpin' Trump and Keepin' Rev. AL

Today, Jeff Lord of the American Spectator sorts out the sorry details of how NBC dumped Donald Trump, but is more than happy to keep Al Sharpton at MSNBC.

Never Ever Trust a Politician Who Wears
Socks With Sandals

It would appear that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, will follow suit as he has ordered a review of the city’s contracts with Trump.

The Mayor proclaimed, “Donald Trump’s remarks were disgusting and offensive, and this hateful language has no place in our city. Trump’s comments do not represent the values of inclusion and openness that define us as New Yorkers.” 

All of which leads to these questions:

Does de Blasio consider Sharpton’s false accusations of rape against former Assistant District Attorney Steven Pagones to be disgusting and offensive?  Does de Blasio also consider Sharpton’s description of Jews as “diamond merchants” and “white interlopers,” the latter of which he defended as recently as last year, to be disgusting and offensive?

In both instances, Sharpton’s remarks led to riots in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn and the fire at Freddy’s Fashion Mart in Harlem resulting in the deaths of 10 people. Do those acts of violence represent the values of inclusion and openness that define New Yorkers?

Does de Blasio consider Sharpton’s use of the term “homos” unrepresentative of the values of inclusion and openness that defines New Yorkers?

Look, I think Trump sometimes comes across as a bit of a buffoon. But his words have never led to anyone being killed much less been convicted of libel. As some have argued,  Sharpton should have been shunned from polite society decades ago. Instead, Sharpton is coddled by the media, the Mayor of New York and President Obama while Trump is now being shunned for far lesser offenses.
 

Hillary Could Soon Start to Feel The Bern

Senator Bernie Sanders rode his unicorn into Scott Walker country Wednesday and spoke to a record crowd at a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, drawing nearly 10,000 people to yet another packed event. It's just the latest huge crowd for Sanders, who has been polling surprisingly well against Hillary Clinton in Iowa and in New Hampshire.

GOP Billboards Welcoming Sanders and His Leftist Circus to Scott Walker Country

Sanders is campaigning to be the next Barack Obama and finish the job he started of bring the backward US within shouting distance of the rest of Socialist Western Civilization (you know, the one that's crumbling before our eyes). Sanders believes we need paid family leave (12 weeks for moms and their sperm donors) plus two weeks paid vacation for all. Tuition free at state universities, a trillion dollar infrastructure jobs program, and redistribution of wealth taken from working families and middle class by the evil capitalist machine.

  

Yeah, Old Bernie could cut deep into the Democrat voter base of "gimme sumpthin for free" and cause Hillary to feel some serious Bern between her bare chested lady parts soon, if he keeps the ball rollin'....

Oh The Irony: The Left’s War Against Bobby Jindal

"The incredible irony is that the Left spends a great amount of time and energy dictating to others how they should treat people who wish to experience their own self-determination."

The Hayride

On Tuesday, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal conducted a Twitter forum, where he answered user-submitted questions about his presidential bid. A quick scan of the hash-tag #AskBobby yields a bevy of tweets that mention his birth name, Piyush, in an unambiguously derogatory way. One user even posted an image of Jindal’s certificate of live birth, which he released four years ago, and asked, “Why does it say Piyush on your birth certificate?”

As a Louisianan, I’m not unfamiliar with this particular obsession of Jindal’s critics. For years, Democrats in the Pelican State have sneeringly referred to him by his birth name, practically nullifying any legitimate criticisms they might have about his politics or his policies.

They've long claimed that Jindal’s name change was meant to “whitewash” his Indian heritage to achieve political success in a conservative state like Louisiana (never mind, of course, that the Pelican State has an extensive history of ethnic and religious diversity among its people and, consequently, its elected officials). As badly as the Left wishes this were true, it simply isn’t. Jindal’s name change occurred long before he embarked upon his inarguably meteoric political career (as did his conversion to Catholicism, another facet of his life that the Left erroneously contends was politically-motivated).

Inspired by the popular 1970s television show “The Brady Bunch,” Piyush Jindal changed his name to “Bobby,” after the youngest Brady boy, when he was just 4 years old. This is not unusual for an immigrant or even the child of immigrants. For centuries, many of those who have come to this country have taken more typical Western names – by default, like at Ellis Island, or by choice, in efforts to assume the culture of a new home.

Today, it’s more of the latter than the former (thanks to better record keeping), and it should be up to the individual to determine the name he is called. Good manners necessitates that we honor whatever he chooses.

Jindal is not afforded such dignity by his detractors or the media. They analyze just how Indian he really is, whine that he’s using his race to become powerful (or is it that he hides from it?) and call him Piyush when they complain about his views that they find contemptible.

A child who was born four months after his parents immigrated to America deciding for himself that he’d like to be called something else – makes Jindal a sellout. 

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Since 25% of Americans Identify as Liberal Democrats, This Could Be Good News

Survey says: 35 percent of Americans would expatriate

CNBC:

"As the Fourth of July weekend looms and Americans prep their grills and ready their fireworks, some citizens are packing their bags.

A recent online poll of more than 2,000 adults by TransferWise, a peer-to-peer money transfer service based in the United Kingdom, revealed that 35 percent of American-born residents and emigrants would consider leaving the United States to live in another country.

This percentage greatly increases for those age 18 to 34. More than half of millennials, a whopping 55 percent, said that they would consider leaving the U.S. for foreign shores. Among them, 43 percent of men and 38 percent of women noted that a higher salary would be a factor in their relocation decision....".

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The Prospect of Joe Biden Running for President in 2016:

"In a lot of ways, Biden would be the true anti-Hillary. He is completely uninhibited, he is impossible to script -- which makes him seem authentic -- and he has a human appeal that everyone can relate to. Clinton, on the other hand, is running a surreal campaign that avoids crowds, media and spontaneity of any kind. She is protecting her lead in the most standard, unimaginative way possible. 

Compared with Clinton's robotic, stiff approach, could having a reputation for occasionally saying the wrong thing and hugging too much work to Biden's advantage in an era where voters want the real thing? ...

 "Maybe this is Biden's moment." — Ed Rogers, Washington Post Contributor

Has Joe Biden Begun Raising Cash for WH Run??

Efforts to Draft Biden for 2016 Gain Steam

"The newest indication that the vice president could jump into the race comes from a Wall Street Journal report, which cites friends and advisers who say Biden, 72, received encouragement to do so from sons Beau and Hunter. Thousands of others have also signaled their support for a White House bid by the vice president. Draft Biden 2016, a super PAC that is laying the groundwork for a potential campaign in early voting states, has gathered more than 90,000 signatures to support that effort."

All We Can Say Is "Run Joe Run"! We can use the material!

Predictable: Salon.com Comes Out Against 4th of July Celebrations, But Not For Usual Reasons

Please minimize your fireworks display this July 4th as not to worsen global warming
and help prevent respiratory genocide in your neighborhood

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Independence Day is upon us, which means that millions of patriotic Americans are preparing to celebrate our nation’s most important holiday. It also means that liberals, who hate America, are preparing to ruin the day like they do with every holiday. Salon took a unique approach this year. Instead of going for the “it supports slavery” or “it promotes the killing of indigenous people” crap, they went with the “4th of July causes air pollution, contributes to global warming, and kills people” thing.

Those 4th of July fireworks spectaculars are causing huge spikes in dangerous air pollution author Lindsay Abrams warns:

"The most important lesson you learn on the environment beat is that nearly everything we humans do has consequences, oftentimes dangerous ones. And according to a new study from scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, that includes celebrating our nation’s independence with fireworks displays, which cause levels of harmful particle pollution to spike significantly each July 4th......"

I learned a very important lesson last year, which is just because there is a case to made for not setting off fireworks doesn’t mean people are going to be receptive to the idea, and they’ll probably send you angry emails that, just saying, are very much not in the holiday spirit. So to all those who say a little potential “premature death and adverse cardiovascular [and respiratory] effects“ is a small price to pay for celebrating America, I say, power to you."

Abrams just said that 4th of July fireworks cause premature death and lung disease. It’s not that she isn’t in the holiday spirit; she straight up hates America. She resents the freedom and history of this country so much that she’s trying to ruin the celebration with lies in the pettiest way possible.

Maybe there’s a reason no one invited her to a 4th of July barbecue.

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Those 4th of July fireworks spectaculars are causing huge spikes in dangerous air pollution http://t.co/LJNhwqJbgM pic.twitter.com/vQ9bfRi8Zh

— Salon.com (@Salon) June 30, 2015