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Latest Articles: politics and politicians
The Crazy List of Things Ted Cruz Actually Believes
Post Date: 2016-04-07 11:49:39 by Willie Green
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Mark Levin to #NeverTrumpers: The “Stop Trump” effort must not extend to the general election [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2016-04-07 10:13:36 by Tooconservative
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Via Breitbart and the Right Scoop, you can grumble about this if you’re #NeverTrump but we all understand, I think, that the vast, vast majority of the party will come around to his position by November, right? Don’t get me wrong, stalwart anti-Trumpers may have the numbers to fatally damage Trump’s chances even if they’re just five percent of the electorate. But that’s probably what they’ll be — five percent, not a third of the party despite how much fun it is to ooh and ahh over numbers like that. Never underestimate the power of partisanship, especially when you’ve got a Democrat as unlikable as Hillary topping the other ticket. And even if five ...
Disgraced ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert begs to be spared from prison and says he's been 'stung' enough after allegations he molested students years ago
Post Date: 2016-04-07 08:42:59 by cranky
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Dennis Hastert was speaker of the House of Representatives 1999-2007He pleaded guilty last fall to paying $1.7m in hush-money to abuse accuserHastert has been accused of sexually abusing students while working as high school wrestling coach Wednesday's court filing makes no mention of alleged abuse, but says Hastert 'knows that, for the rest of his life,' he will be met by 'hostility and isolation'Dennis Hastert's lawyers asked a federal judge Wednesday to spare the former U.S. House Speaker time behind bars in his hush-money case and sentence him to probation, saying the 74-year-old has already paid a steep price in shame and disgrace.A filing in federal court in ...
Wisconsin exit poll: More than a third of Republicans won’t vote GOP if Trump — or Cruz — is the nominee
Post Date: 2016-04-07 03:21:10 by Tooconservative
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A leftover from last night. In case you thought there’s even a whisper of a chance that the GOP will win this November, disabuse yourself of that now. It’s not just #NeverTrump that threatens to sink the party. It’s #NeverCruz too. When asked what they would do if Cruz were the GOP nominee in November, only 65 percent of Wisconsin Republicans said they’d vote for him. The remainder instead would vote for a third-party candidate (18 percent), vote for Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton (7 percent) or not vote at all (6 percent). The numbers got slightly worse for the Republican Party when voters were asked to consider Trump as the GOP nominee. Just 61 percent said ...
Roger Stone on the delegate battle: Trump’s campaign "has no infrastructure in the states"
Post Date: 2016-04-07 03:18:51 by Tooconservative
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Not the first time that Stone has complained publicly about Team Trump being out-organized, and not the first time, oddly, that he’s used pro-Trump Breitbart to do it. How come? Why would a man who has Trump’s cell phone number insist on knocking his team’s capabilities in print instead of complaining to the boss himself? The woman who ran Wisconsin for Trump previously ran Oklahoma for Trump. Trump lost. Prior to that, she had never run any political campaign, so there was no depth of experience. This is something I see again and again, particularly at the ground roots level. Now, I salute these people for their enthusiasm, but this is a science. This is not something we ...
John Kasich: The Candidate Who Wouldn’t Leave [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2016-04-06 20:56:03 by Tooconservative
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There was an old Saturday Night Live fake movie trailer narrated by horror-movie veteran Christopher Lee. John Belushi played a houseguest who couldn’t take a hint from a couple who just wanted to go to bed. The husband tells Belushi, “Look, I don’t want to be rude, but my wife is Very tired!” Belushi responds by picking up the TV Guide and saying dismissively, “Yeah. . . . Hey, there’s a good movie on tonight! I think I’ll call up some friends and watch it over here!” Then came Lee’s creepy voiceover: “It came without warning! They were just being Polite! They didn’t realize that they’d be stuck ...
The man behind Ted CruzÂ’s tricks
Post Date: 2016-04-06 15:33:48 by lana
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The man behind Ted Cruz’s tricks The 2016 contender is under fire for tactics tied to Jeff Roe. By Shane Goldmacher | 02/29/16 05:04 AM EST Jeff Roe's calling card has long been win-at-all-costs campaigning. Ted Cruz likes to say “personnel is policy,” but the single most important personnel decision he’s made on the 2016 presidential campaign has become his most controversial. Cruz has carefully built his brand on trustworthiness — he stands almost daily in front of signs that read “TrusTED” — but in selecting his campaign manager, Cruz tapped a take-no-prisoners operative well practiced in political dark arts. ...
Ted Cruz is Not Eligible to run for president: A Harvard Law professor close-reads the Constitution [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2016-04-06 15:24:09 by lana
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Ted Cruz is Not Eligible to run for president: A Harvard Law professor close-reads the Constitution The closer you study the Constitution, the weaker Ted Cruz's case squares with the actual meaning of "natural-born" Einer Elhauge Topics: Ted Cruz, Elections 2016, Editor's Picks, Donald Trump, Natural-born citizen, Can Ted Cruz be president, Can Ted Cruz run for president, constitution, aol_on, Business News, Life News, News, Politics News (Credit: Reuters/Chris Keane) The argument that Ted Cruz is eligible to run for president initially looked strong, then probable but uncertain. But closer examination shows it is surprisingly weak. The ...
GOP RACE: Trump Needs 56% of Remaining Delegates, Cruz Needs 81% – An Impossibility
Post Date: 2016-04-06 15:13:37 by lana
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GOP RACE: Trump Needs 56% of Remaining Delegates, Cruz Needs 81% – An Impossibility Jim Hoft Apr 6th, 2016 10:57 am —87 Comments Senator Ted Cruz won Wisconsin last night but that does not change the course of the 2016 GOP primary. Based on current delegate counts and poll numbers Ted Cruz will be mathematically unable to reach the delegate count required for him to win the Republican Presidential nomination. Donald Trump still leads Cruz by over 200 delegates. Donald Trump now needs to win 56% of the remaining delegates to win the nomination outright. Trump is expected to do very well in the upcoming eastern primaries. Ted Cruz needs 81% of remaining delegates to win ...
"Disarray": Team Trump laying off staffers in key swing states?
Post Date: 2016-04-06 07:35:25 by Tooconservative
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We were destined to see a major “Trump in disarray!” piece from political media on a day when he’s looking at a loss in Wisconsin, just like we’re destined to see “Trump comeback!” pieces two weeks from now when he wipes the floor with Cruz in New York. Even so, the layoffs reported here are odd. What possible reason could a billionaire candidate have to slash staff at a moment when he’s desperate for people to help him organize his battle for delegates with Cruz? Even if he had the nomination locked up, why would he want to shed staffers in states like Ohio and Florida for which he’ll have to fight tooth and nail in November? One of the biggest ...
Here's Why Cruz and Trump are BOTH Likely to Fall Short of 1237 Delegates
Post Date: 2016-04-06 07:04:31 by Tooconservative
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Cruz will be unable to reach 1237 delegates by end of April, but Trump will be practically unable to by the end of May.In remainder of April, Cruz is projected to win 190 delegates to Trump's 141.In May, Cruz is projected to win 111 delegates to Trump's 70.By end of May, Trump is projected to need 273 of remaining 303 delegates to clinch majority. The 56 delegates from Montana and South Dakota make that highly improbable.Trump knows Cruz is the second ballot favorite. On Saturday, over at The Gateway Pundit, Joe Hoft put together a delegate math piece purporting to show that Cruz will be out of the running for 1237 delegates by the end of April. Hoft got that right, but ...
Ted Cruz Wins Wisconsin Republican Primary [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2016-04-05 22:00:54 by ConservingFreedom
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(CBS NEWS) — According to the CBS News Wisconsin Republican primary exit poll: Cruz is running well across many groups of Wisconsin primary voters. He is beating Trump among men and women by about 10 percent, and he is ahead of Trump in all age groups. Trump did less well in Wisconsin among groups of voters who have been his core supporters in previous primaries. Cruz is winning among those with college degrees and among those without. They are about even among those with no more than a high school degree. Cruz does better among more affluent voters but still runs almost even with Trump among those with incomes under $50,000. Cruz runs well among those who said they are “very ...
Oh my: Trump 42, Cruz 32, Kasich 23 in new ARG poll of Wisconsin
Post Date: 2016-04-05 09:21:51 by Tooconservative
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We owe Trump fans some cause for hope tomorrow night. I think he’ll do better than the worst polls of Wisconsin, which currently have him down 10 points, are predicting, but, er, not this much better. Even Roger Stone thinks he’s going to lose the state, for cripes sake. This seems … sort of vaguely plausible, if unlikely? I guess? No other pollster has had Trump above 37 percent in Wisconsin, but okay. The next table, though, seems less likely. If Trump’s going to surprise in Wisconsin, you’d expect to see a big surge of independents taking advantage of Wisconsin’s open primary. That’s not what ARG sees: Trump cleans up with party regulars while Cruz ...
Ted Cruz Cheating Scandal Explodes! Presidential Hopeful Named In Murdered D.C. Madam’s Black Book, Investigators Charge
Post Date: 2016-04-04 14:43:44 by cranky
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New bombshell is set to rock the Wisconsin primary. Embattled White House candidate Ted Cruz‘s cheating scandal is set to explode wide-open, with fresh — and blockbuster — allegations that the married conservative senator was named in the black book of a notorious Washington D.C. madam who mysteriously died, RadarOnline.com has learned. Montgomery Blair Sibley, a former lawyer for madam Deborah Palfrey, has filed a dramatic appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court for permission to publish her unconventional “black book,” which consists of some 15,000 pages of phone records and calls to clients, as well as their calls requesting the $300-an-hour services from her gaggle ...
Who’s up for buying some delegates?
Post Date: 2016-04-04 13:21:08 by Tooconservative
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Over the weekend we saw a lot of praise for Ted Cruz and his team’s savvy negotiations in North Dakota which resulted in many delegates being selected who were favorably inclined toward the Texas senator. But how exactly did that happen? We already know that, much like the case in Colorado, the voters were not allowed to weigh in on the delegate selection process. There was also some horse trading going on in Tennessee when some delegates put forward by Donald Trump were dropped off the list of those who would be going to Cleveland, replaced by people noted to be “anti-Trump” in their attitudes. (They still have to vote for Trump on the first two ballots, but after that they ...
GOP candidate was so horrified by the movie 'Fargo' that he tried to get a local Blockbuster to take it off its shelves
Post Date: 2016-04-04 10:37:33 by Deckard
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As the newest (and possibly last) major presidential candidate to declare his bid for the presidency, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) will share his views with the American public on a slew of topics in the coming weeks and months. But one topic on which Kasich has already established a firm stance is the 1996 Oscar-winning Coen brothers film "Fargo." He's not a fan. In fact, the movie left such an impression on the Republican presidential candidate that he included it in his 2006 book, "Stand for Something: The Battle for America's Soul." Here's an excerpt, courtesy of Vox (spoiler alert for those who haven't seen Fargo): "I ...
Tennessee GOP accused of removing Trump delegates
Post Date: 2016-04-04 06:15:28 by Tooconservative
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It’s been over a month since the Tennessee GOP primary, which took place on March 1st, so one might imagine that the wrangling over their participation in the national convention in Cleveland would be well in our rear view mirror. One would be wrong. The final tallies produced Trump as the winner in that primary with roughly 39% of the vote, with both Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio also beating the state’s 20% threshold to qualify for delegates. That translates to a total of 33 delegates for Trump, 16 for Cruz and 9 for Rubio. Easy enough, right? Well.. not quite. Those are the numbers, but at the end of the voting we didn’t know all the names. The delegates assigned from each ...
Roger Stone: ‘They Ought to Put the Handcuffs On’ Ted Cruz for Vote Fraud
Post Date: 2016-04-03 13:55:02 by Stoner
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Saying Texas Senator Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 97% is more Nixon than Reagan, Donald Trump ally Roger Stone spoke with Breitbart News Saturday host Matthew Boyle. “Having worked very hard to collect evidence of voter fraud and irregularities in Oklahoma, Kansas, Utah, Hawaii and Texas, frankly, they ought to put the handcuffs on him,” said Stone, referring to Ted Cruz, “because the Trump people can go to credentials and challenge the seating of hundreds, literally hundreds of Ted Cruz’s delegates who were fraudulently elected.” Asked to elaborate, Stone said, “Go to StopTheSteal.org. For over a month we have had an 800 number up, a toll free number. We have ...
Donald Trump: Actually, Now That I Think About It, Let's Leave the Abortion Laws As They Are [CBS] [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2016-04-02 09:46:31 by Tooconservative
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Donald Trump: Actually, Now That I Think About It, Let's Leave the Abortion Laws As They Are I'm changing, I'm changing. I'm softening that position. However, he then added that abortion is murder. Asked how he'd like to change the law to further restrict access to abortions, Trump replied, "The laws are set now on abortion and that's the way they're going to remain until they're changed." "I would've preferred states' rights," he added. "I think it would've been better if it were up to the states. But right now, the laws are set....At this moment, the laws are set. And I think we have to leave it that way." "Do ...
Rush Limbaugh: Let’s face it, Trump’s abortion answer was “hugely damaging” to the cause of beating the Democrats
Post Date: 2016-04-01 13:11:38 by Tooconservative
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Via the Right Scoop, a long clip but worth listening to in full, especially if you read this post last night. It starts with a caller basically accusing him of being in the tank for Trump and ends with this plea of not guilty: You may not look at it this way, but I’m telling you in terms of the presidential election in November, what happened last night on MSNBC is huge. It is huge. And if you don’t recognize it because you’re so opposed to Trump and you’re so dissuaded by Trump and you’re so angry or whatever, what happened last night is major, in a damaging way, in a hugely damaging way. Because what happened last night was, you know, any crossovers, Democrats ...
One of Trump’s Latest Statements Could Put His South Carolina Primary Win in ‘Jeopardy’ [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2016-03-31 17:34:36 by Tooconservative
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Donald Trump raised eyebrows the other evening when he said he will no longer be upholding the GOP loyalty pledge, which he signed earlier this year: Now a potential consequence is going public. The state of South Carolina, which has yet to have its state convention, could potentially “unbind” Trump’s 50 delegates, which he won when he swept the state in February. TIME magazine’s Zeke Miller reported on Thursday: The Palmetto State was one of several that required candidates to pledge their loyalty to the party’s eventual nominee in order to secure a slot on the primary ballot. Though Trump won all of the state’s delegates in the Feb. 20 primary, ...
Ted Cruz tries to get John Kasich thrown off Montana ballot
Post Date: 2016-03-31 14:01:43 by cranky
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Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is trying to knock opponent John Kasich off Montana's primary by questioning signatures the Ohio governor's campaign submitted to qualify for the ballot - another subplot in the unfolding political drama to derailDonald Trump's presidential bid.Emails obtained by The Associated Press show Cruz campaign officials have raised questions about the 622 signatures submitted by the Kasich campaign. A minimum of 500 valid signatures is required for a presidential candidate to qualify for the Montana ballot.The Cruz campaign asserts Kasich's petition contains signatures with invalid notaries, improper dates, mismatched phone numbers and illegible ...
Trump Is No Pro-Lifer
Post Date: 2016-03-31 10:14:26 by Tooconservative
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When candidates for high office are faking it in order to persuade a party's base that, appearances and past record to the contrary notwithstanding, they really, really are “with the program,” they step into dangerous territory. They need to say what the base wants to hear. Indeed, they need to sound like one of the faithful. But since they are faking it, and not actually speaking from conviction, the risk is grave that they will say something that blows their cover. Indeed, the risk is always there that they will say something that sounds to true believers like a caricature or burlesque of the philosophy they are purporting to embrace. Do you recall when it happened to ...
National Review on Trump and abortion [by popular request] [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2016-03-31 10:09:58 by Tooconservative
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It’s Time for Conservatives to Blackball Donald TrumpIan Tuttle And just like that, the Republican presidential contest has veered into Todd Akin territory. In a taped Wisconsin townhall with MSNBC voters, set to air Wednesday evening, Donald Trump says that, if abortion becomes illegal in the United States, the mother involved should be subject “some form of punishment.” Here’s the video: Let me start here, for form’s sake: There is a valid philosophical question here. If you carry out the logic of the pro-life position, what should it entail, legally? As it happens, several leading abortion opponents addressed this question here at National Review in a 2007 ...
Donald Trump in Wisconsin: ‘The Establishment Is Trying to Take It Away from Us’
Post Date: 2016-03-31 07:10:39 by cranky
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Donald Trump battled the Establishment’s dirty delegate tricks in front of a packed ballroom of about a thousand people in Appleton Wednesday. With less than a week to go until the Wisconsin primary, Trump came out swinging — against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), against the Establishment lining up behind Cruz in order to keep Trump below 1,237 delegates so they can broker it in Cleveland, and against Cruz’s supporter Governor Scott Walker. “The Establishment is trying to take it all away from us, folks. They’re trying so hard,” he said, noting the fact that he won Louisiana but still ended up with less delegates there than Cruz. The crowd booed. “You tell me. ...
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