In Remembrance of the Fallen and the Unknown

A Good Monday Morning

Memorial Weekend Bernie Sanders Special

November Can't Come Soon Enough.....

"Well . . . what are we to make of the refusal by Clinton, Mills, Sullivan, and Abedin to cooperate with the Obama State Department IG?

What are we to make of Mrs. Clinton's public posturing that of course she is prepared to cooperate -- and encourages her subordinates to cooperate -- with government investigators?

And how is a former high government official who systematically evaded federal records requirements and then refused to cooperate with a government investigation into that evasion conceivably fit to be president of the United States?" — Andrew C. McCarthy, Legal Commentator and Former Federal Prosecutor

 Jan 21, 2017

Fishnet Friday

The Mysterious WH Photo-bomber Follows Obama to G7

There Goes the Neighborhood - The Obamas Are Staying in D.C. After the President Leaves Office.

The worlds most famous Community Organizer and the First Lug have reportedly decided to stay in the nation's capital for at least two more years. They've decided to lease a 8,200-square-foot mansion in DC’s  Kalorama neighborhood after they leave the White House next January. The eight-bedroom, nine-and-a-half-bathroom residence is owned by Joe Lockhart, the NFL’s executive vice president for communications.  

"As far as legacies go, the thought of President of Hope and Change moving to one of the oldest, most established, filthy-richest neighborhoods in the city just doesn’t jibe. It’s hard to imagine the Obama of eight years ago deciding to forgo the potential to move to a revitalizing area, or just a slightly less hoity one, in favor of a zip code where the blood runs royal blue and the servants stairs are still used by the help. It feels bizarrely out of a character for a man who proclaimed “We didn’t become the most prosperous country in the world just by rewarding greed,” to settle down on a block where a 4-bedroom home averages about $2.8 million." 

No more Chicago ghetto organizing for Bo. No Sir. They say they will stay while rented offspring daughter Sasha finishes up at the elitist Sidwell Friends School (one of those private schools liberals don't want you to be able to send your kids). And you know what that means? He'll remain close to the action, in range of the political reporters and the DC news bureaus, ready to show his mug and give his views on the countries affairs as an elder statesman. And watch for him to make one last feeble attempt at a legacy by taking the forefront in a push for DC Statehood.  Even worse, there's still Michelle. 

So, the Obama's will continue to embarrassing the country, pretending as if the actually have any class to speak of and movin' on up to a elitist neighborhood. 

The country is tired of Barry and Michelle putting on airs, putin' his feet on the desk, letting their dogs sit on the good furniture and not eating mac n’ cheese and wieners for Valentine’s Day like normal Americans? And why can’t you be more like Bill Clinton? At least he moved his office and some of his stuff he didn't care got stolen to Harlem.

We were all really hopin' you'd drag Bigfoot off to Hawaii and STFU while we get on with the business of cleaned up the mess you made Gayin' Up America the last eight years. But we can only dream....... 

Who is This Johnson of Whom You Speak?

"At the moment, he’s probably most often confused with that plumber who fixed your running toilet last month or your spouse’s weird friend from work who keeps calling the landline, but he’s neither — he’s the former governor of New Mexico, likely Libertarian candidate for president, and he’s polling at 10 percent in two recently released national polls against Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

A Morning Consult survey published Tuesday and found Clinton getting 38 percent of the vote, Trump 35 and Johnson 10, with 17 percent undecided. A Fox News poll conducted from May 14-17 showed Trump leading over Clinton, 42 percent to 39 percent, but Johnson at 10 percent as well. Lest you think this is some fluky May development, a Monmouth University survey conducted in mid-March — while the political universe was still busy wringing its hands over the Republican nomination — found that in a three-way race, Clinton would get 42 percent, Trump 34 percent and Johnson 11 percent.

Given that Trump and Clinton are sporting historically high negative ratings, Johnson’s polling makes a fair bit of sense; Gary Johnson is neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton."

READ MORE HERE 

French History For Beginners

The Pont Neuf Bridge in Paris, the oldest bridge over the River Seine.

Began in 1578, it took 26 years to complete.

Political Primary Turnout No Indication of General Election Victory

For all those who believe that party turnout in the primary is predictive of general election victory in the Fall, a corrective. From Larry Sabato:

By the way, 1972, 1980 and 1984 weren't just Republican victories. They were smashing, devastating defeats for the Democrats. 1972 and 1984 are, in fact, the two biggest electoral college victories of all time. 1984 was 525-13, a total blowout.