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Carly Fiorina on Hillary Clinton’s ‘Track Record’

May 27, 2015 by Daniel

Carly Fiorina, Republican presidential candidate went on the attack against Hillary Clinton on “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on MSNBC.

She begins the interview saying:

“I come from a world where titles are just titles, and talk is just talk. It’s only in politics where titles and words mean a lot. In the rest of the world, it’s actually about what have you done, actions speak louder than words. People want to know are your words and your actions consistent and are they consistent over time. And so, I think when 82% of the American people now believe that there is a professional political class more interested in preserving its own power and privilege than it is in serving the American people, people expect basic questions to be asked of anyone running for president. ‘What have you done, are you trustworthy, are you transparent, will you answer questions?'”

When asked about Hillary’s ‘track record’ she replied:

“[As] Secretary of State she took women’s rights and human rights off the table for discussion with China. It’s also true as Secretary of State that she called Bashar al-Assad a positive reformer. It’s also true that in 2011, when she was Secretary of State, she said that Iraq was a free, stable, sovereign nation. And now we have a nation falling apart, Iranian influence growing, ISIS growing. It’s true that she said that she could reset our Russia — our relationship with Russia and Vladimir Putin is on the march. So, I think all of those things I just named go fundamentally to what is her track record.”

Host Andrea Mitchell asked Fiorina about her ISIS strategy, replying:

“I would do very specific things. First, instead of having a Camp David conference to talk our Arab allies into a bad deal with Iran, I would have had a Camp David conference to talk with our Arab allies about how we can support them to fight ISIS. Let me give you very specific examples. The Kurds have been asking us to arm them for three years, we still have not. The Jordanians have been asking us to provide them with bombs and material. We know King Abdullah of Jordan, I’ve known him for many years. He took the appropriate leadership steps when a Jordanian pilot was burned alive. He was here in this country asking us for bombs and materiel, we haven’t provided him with any of them. He’s now looking to China for that. The Egyptian president, a very brave and pious Muslim, who has said there is a cancer in the heart of Islam, has asked us to share intelligence. We are not. The Turks have asked us to help them topple Bashar al-Assad, we are not. There are a whole set of things that we’ve been asked to do by our allies who know this is their fight, and we’re not doing any of them.”

h/t Breitbart

Filed Under: Foreign Policy, National, Politics Tagged With: 2016, Carly Fiorina, election, Hillary Clinton, Republican

#HillaryClinton2016 – Nobody Wants You Around [PODCAST]

April 14, 2015 by Daniel

[powerpress]

In this episode, I discuss Hillary Clinton jumping into the race for the White House.

hillary clinton

Thomas Jefferson (1785) on ‘Elective Despotism’

“Mankind soon learn to make interested uses of every right and power which they possess, or may assume. The public money and public liberty, intended to have been deposited with three branches of magistracy, but found inadvertently to be in the hands of one only, will soon be discovered to be sources of wealth and dominion to those who hold them… They [the assembly] should look forward to a time, and that not a distant one, when a corruption in this, as in the country from which we derive our origin, will have seized the heads of government, and be spread by them through the body of the people; when they will purchase the voices of the people, and make them pay the price. Human nature is the same on every side of the Atlantic, and will be alike influenced by the same causes. The time to guard against corruption and tyranny, is before they shall have gotten hold of us. It is better to keep the wolf out of the fold, than to trust to drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.”

Meat & Potatoes

She’s BACK! And, Hillary Clinton has officially thrown her name into the hat for 2016. It’s her time. She wants to be a champion. She wants to prove that she understands you and understands your struggles. After all, you’re the middle class and nobody knows the middle class better than a Clinton.

On This Day In History

1743 – Thomas Jefferson was born

1970 – Apollo 13 oxygen tank exploded

Who Said That?

Gwyneth Paltrow has accepted a challenge to live on ‘food stamps’ for a week. Supposedly this equates to $29. But, it doesn’t mean she has to live in poverty for a week. This is such a stupid challenge, and she is too stupid to insult for even playing. Have a look at what she tweeted about the challenge:

This is what $29 gets you at the grocery store—what families on SNAP (i.e. food stamps) have to live on for a week. pic.twitter.com/OZMPA3nxij

— Gwyneth Paltrow (@GwynethPaltrow) April 9, 2015

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And as always, Thank You and God Bless!

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: 2016, election, Hillary Clinton

Jeb Bush Continues Preparations for 2016 Presidential Run

December 25, 2014 by Daniel

Jeb Bush

There has been a lot of talk about a Jeb Bush 2016 presidential run. And, it seems, that Jeb is preparing to make that run a reality.

Bush seems to be distancing himself from the companies which he sits as a board member.

Newsmax is reporting that he will step down from Tenet Healthcare Corp. effective Dec. 31. Also, that he has taken a leave from his directorship with Barclays.

This is a big step for Bush if he plans on making a run in 2016.

There’s only one BIG problem. Conservatives don’t want him. Along with the majority of America, they want someone that they can relate to.

In the eyes of conservatives, Jeb Bush is a republican establishment elite. How so? Well, even though the majority of the voting base for republicans don’t want Bush, big business and big money donors are ready to line up behind him.

It’s the same problem Mitt Romney ran into during his failed attempt. Everyone lined up to get behind him except those who would actually be voting. Like Romney, Bush is out of touch. People can’t relate to someone who has more money than they know what to do with.

The New York Times reports that not only has he raked in millions from board fees and stock grants to the sum of $3.2 million, he continues to bring in about $50,000 for his speeches.

For conservatives, this is just another reason in a list of why not to get behind Jeb Bush. And who could argue when you compare those paid speech figures with the likes of Hillary Clinton?

Jeb Bush is just a little out of touch with the average American.

Image credit: Business Insider/Reuters

Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2016, election, Jeb Bush

Maine Republican Straw Poll Goes to Rand Paul

April 28, 2014 by Daniel

The big winner at the Maine Republican Convention was Sen. Rand Paul taking 26% of the vote. In second place was Sen. Ted Cruz with 14%.

Paul’s message is the same message that many Tea-Partiers have been saying for quite some time: Grow the party. It’s something that republicans struggle with, and it has even caused some division within the party.

Rand Paul said to The Associated Press: “Some people think that we need to have a litmus test on everything and we need to separate out those aren’t pure enough. I’m the opposite: I think we need to find our common ground in the Republican Party because we believe in some common things.”

Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2016, election, Rand Paul

HEY RNC! Stay away from Vegas!

April 9, 2014 by Daniel

HEY RNC! Stay away from Las Vegas! (via http://www.newsninja2012.com)

Right now, there are six cities working to become the host for the RNC convention for 2016. On that list is Las Vegas, and while some look forward to the ability to party it up, others are left scratching their heads at the possibility of throwing away…


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Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2016, election, GOP, Jeb Bush, RNC

TSV001: Insanity within the GOP

April 6, 2014 by Daniel

[powerpress]

In this episode, I talk about the insanity within the GOP, the Supreme Court ruling on aggregate campaign funding, and why some on the Left are wanting Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to retire.

Power Quote of the Week

  • James Madison – Federalist No. 10

  • “Complaints are every where heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are too unstable; that the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties; and that measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice, and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority.”

Supreme Court ruling on aggregate campaign funding

  • big win in name of 1st Amendment

  • what was this case all about anyway?

  • http://blog.heritage.org/2014/04/02/first-amendment-triumphs-supreme-court/

  • it upset those on the left

Insanity within the GOP

  • promoting potential candidates that people don’t want

  • pandering big money donors to get behind them also

  • Ted Cruz comes across as a normal dude

    • got a fake tattoo for April fools – people connect with a guy like that

  • Tea Party Community poll

Going forward to 2016 message

  • battle between baby-boomers and millennials

  • how do you sell the message

Pressure on Ginsburg to retire

  • why?

  • she’s the oldest justice

  • not liberal enough?

  • get a younger harder liberal in her place

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And as always, Thank You and God Bless!

music provided in this podcast is in thanks to:

Intro music: “Exhilarate” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Outro music: “Gearhead” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: election, GOP, Jeb Bush, Supreme Court, Ted Cruz

Selling Jeb Bush: The Insanity Within the GOP Circle

March 31, 2014 by Daniel

Selling Jeb Bush: The Insanity Within the GOP Circle (via http://www.newsninja2012.com)

If someone in the GOP has a crystal ball, then they are already trying to spoil it for everyone else. Let’s think that over. Some in the mainstream media and within the Republican establishment have already picked a winner to receive the nomination…


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Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2016, election, Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz

Democrats #1 Selling Point for a 2016 Hillary Clinton: First Female President

March 23, 2014 by Daniel

#1 Selling Point for a 2016 Hillary Clinton: First Female President (via http://www.newsninja2012.com)

A recent Gallup poll revealed that the number one selling point for electing Hillary Clinton in 2016 is that she would be the first female president. This poll was conducted on March 15-16, which asked 1,024 adults 18 and over was aimed at knowing what…


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Filed Under: Election, Politics Tagged With: 2016, democrat, election, Hillary Clinton, war on women

Why 39 Democrats Broke From Obamacare

November 16, 2013 by Daniel

Upton vote
photo credit: AssociatedPress

President Obama’s one-year reprieve came one day before the House approved legislation that would allow insurers to continue to offer policies on the individual market.

The reason Obama had to do this is because of his faltering Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare. What was sold to so many people as a fix for the costs of health care. The problem is that nobody is signing up to be part of the government health exchange. And at the same time, MILLIONS of people are having their insurance plans canceled.

After all, everyone was told repeatedly by Obama and his administration that if you liked your plan you could keep it. However, the fine print was so small you would need a microscope to read it. It’s that fine print that caused so many people to lose their coverage.

So when the Upton bill hit the floor, it was known that it would be a battle of Republicans vs Democrats. Little did they factor, a handful of Democrats broke from Obamacare and voted in favor of the bill.

By them throwing in their vote for the Upton bill, it just goes to show that they recognize the problems with Obamacare. That, and so many of them want to get re-elected in 2014 and 2016.

That’s right. They are only doing this to save their career and get re-elected!

Even if they do it knowing that Obama would veto it, they can still come back later and say they fought for you. They tried and Obama failed them. After all, Obama’s not up for re-election, they are.

Here’s the full list of Democratic defectors:

  • Rep. Ron Barber (D-Ariz.)
  • Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.)
  • Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.)
  • Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)
  • Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.)
  • Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.)
  • Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.)
  • Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)
  • Rep. Bill Enyart (D-Ill.)
  • Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.)
  • Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.)
  • Rep. Pete Gallego (D-Texas)
  • Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Joe Garcia (D-Fla.)
  • Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.)
  • Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.)
  • Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa)
  • Rep. Dan Maffei (D-N.Y.)
  • Rep. Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.)
  • Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah)
  • Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.)
  • Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Fla.)
  • Rep. Rick Nolan (D-Minn.)
  • Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.)
  • Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Gary Peters (D-Mich.)
  • Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.)
  • Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.)
  • Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)
  • Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)
  • Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.)
  • Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.)
  • Rep. Filemon Vela (D-Texas)
  • Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.)

Filed Under: National, Politics Tagged With: 2014, 2016, election, Health Care, Obamacare

Democrat Sen. Kay Hagan up for reelection calls for Obamacare probe

November 12, 2013 by Daniel

Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.)

Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) will ask two oversight agencies for a full-blown investigation into the problems surrounding the ObamaCare launch.

Hagan, who is up for reelection in 2014, is asking her Senate colleagues to co-sign a letter asking two agencies to conduct “a complete, thorough investigation to determine the causes of the design and implementation failures of HealthCare.Gov.”

“These problems are simply unacceptable, and Americans deserve answers and swift solutions,” Hagan writes in a letter obtained by The Hill. “Taxpayers are owed a full and transparent accounting of how the vendors contracted to build the site failed to launch it successfully.”

The letter, which is in draft form and could be changed, is addressed to the Government Accountability Office and the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Read more at TheHill.

Filed Under: Election, National, Politics Tagged With: 2014, election, Health Care, Obamacare

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