tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12781785566080088282024-03-05T06:40:44.212-05:00The Conservative LifestyleThe Conservative Lifestyle is just that. A lifestyle. A set of principles to live and thrive by.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger395125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278178556608008828.post-19969147540964914192018-01-30T16:11:00.001-05:002018-01-30T16:11:33.869-05:00One Year of President Trump<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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Trump has just completed his first year in office. On January 30 he’ll be
giving his State of the Union Address. If you’ve been watching ABC, CBS, NBC,
PBS, CNN, MSNBC, you would think that this country is coming
to an end by Feb. 15 and that Trump will be going to jail for dealing
with Russians. Proof doesn’t matter. The truth doesn’t matter. If it did,
Hillary would not have been able to run for President (inmates are not
permitted to hold office in most states), let alone take her excuse laden
losers tour of the world last year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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so called news networks listed above have spent over 90% of the last year
guessing about who in Trumps campaign or administration plotted with the
Russians and ignored when evidence started showing Hillary might be involved. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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than look strictly at the negative, let’s look at some of the positive things. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Think
back to election day. Nobody gave Trump a chance. The only question in the
media was what time the election would be called. All the polls had Hillary
winning the election. Around 9:00 that night, the southeast was coming in.
Florida, the Carolinas, went for Trump. Georgia came in later, also for Trump.
Hillary was expected to take Virginia but it remained too close to call for a
very long time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
talk became about how Hillary had her wall built up. It was expected she’d take
the Northeast (although New Hampshire surprised by being so close) and she’d
have her wall of protection with Pennsylvania, probably Ohio, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota. The only one Trump didn’t get was Minnesota. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If
you look at the completed map, everything was blue in the Northeast and the
west. The exceptions were one half of Maine and Alaska. Between the two coasts,
everything is red. There are four exceptions to this. Illinois, Minnesota,
Colorado, and New Mexico. A total of 44 Electoral votes. The bulk of the
population is in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and their suburbs.
New York has 29 Electoral votes. California has 55. Florida has 29 but their population
is spread throughout the state and Texas has 38 votes. So, Hillary getting more
votes than Trump means nothing under our system. It only means that those on
the coasts where the bulk of the population is crammed together in tight areas
she has their support but the rest of the country doesn’t and didn’t trust nor
support her. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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you look up the interactive maps online, you can place your mouse over a state
and it will show you a breakdown by county. The big cities in the states are
pretty much owned by the liberals but each state in the heart of the country
supports trump outside the big cities. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just
a bit after 2:00 it was only a matter of them calling one more state for Trump.
They had the stock futures (since the market was closed at 2:00 am). It was up
about 150 points. Then it was announced Trump had won. The market took an
immediate dive and by 2:30 the market was down 600 points. Then President-Elect
Trump and VP Elect Pence came out. By 2:45 am the market was back up over 200
points and still climbing. On election day the dow was at 18,332.74. Today it’s
at 26,071.72. That’s 8,000 in just over a year! A week or so ago it grew by
1,000 in one week! Now we’re starting to hear questions about whether it’s
sustainable or if a correction or crash is coming. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
economy has not reached 2% growth in any of the last eight years of Obama. In
the first year of Trump, it’s already grown by more than 3.2%! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So
what caused the markets to increase? Trump is very positive when talking about
Americans going back to work. Companies started changing their plans about
leaving the country and those that had left are making plans for a return.
Trump also scaled back on unnecessary and/or redundant regulations. He made the
work environment in this country more palatable for companies to hire. This
makes businesses want to do more in this country. To invest more. To hire more.
That makes Wall Street happy because they will make money as well. All make the
economy grow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There
are some things that I believe President Trump has made a few mistakes, but the
press and the Congress have been mistaken about Trump, in my opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trump
has always been a businessman and took that to DC with him. But the way the
Senate and House work with their traditions, it’s hard to break some of those
traditions. The most obvious being the 60 votes for cloture. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Congress
and the press don’t like change. They want Trump to be a clone of Bush (both
father and son) and Reagan. They don’t want someone making waves. Congress has
learned to say the right things when they are campaigning but once elected,
they go back to the same old ways. Trump hasn’t figured out how to get those
changes using the traditions against the Congress. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After
failing at repealing health care, Trump learned what Congress hasn’t. There is
more than one way to get things done. They could make changes to their bill and
try to pass those. When Congress couldn’t get those done, Trump began working
on putting out his tax plan. The tax plan ran through the Congress quickly.
Very quickly for them. Included in the tax cut was a repeal of the mandate
(elimination of the requirement to pay a penalty if you don’t buy Obamacare)
and also included in the tax bill was
the opening of ANWAR for oil drilling. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They’ve
been trying to get ANWAR opened since Reagan was President. He hasn’t been
President since 1988. 30 years ago! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Those
tax cuts are going to start being noticed in pay checks in the next week or
two. You will have more money in your hands. More to spend on food, clothes or
savings. Or a little towards all three. Oh, and by the way, TAX CUTS DO NOT
NEED TO BE PAID FOR!!!! The government
will have more revenue due to the tax cuts and they should decrease their
spending and paying down the debt and deficits. However,if the Democrats
takebac the House this year, they won’t be paying down the debt. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notice
what the Democrats said. “It’s a giveaway to the rich”, “the
corporations”.”Businesses won’t give it to the people.” But guess what actually
happened. Before even seeing one dime from the tax cuts, several companies gave
out $1,000 bonuses to their employees. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
business tax has been reduced from 35% to 21%. This has the effect of more
businesses that left here in recent years, now wanting to come home. The rich
getting a tax cut. If you make $1,000,000 and you pay 10% tax, you’ll pay
$100,000. If you make $50,000 and pay 10% you’ll pay $5,000. Who pays more?
Both are paying 10% so while the dollar amounts are different the percentage
paid is the same. The only difference is that the rich will pay a higher
percentage (meaning higher dollar amount as well) than the middle class
man/woman. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
people complaining about the rich getting tax cuts never seem to answer the
question “when have you ever gotten a job from a poor person?” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tonight
is President Trumps first State of the Union speech. I anticipate an upbeat
speech with a look back at his successes this past year and his positive vision
for the next year. The press will be negative once the speech is over. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You’re
welcome to comment,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brett</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We probably shouldn’t be
surprised that impeachment is being brought up. The hatred for President Trump from
the media and from the liberals is unmistakable. However, the lack of sense
coming from the liberals, the media and even many of the GOP is mind boggling. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let’s start with the
firing of James Comey. The only surprise is that it took so long to get rid of
him. James Comey has been the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Notice the title. Especially the last word in that title. “Investigation”. It
is not the Federal Bureau of Prosecution. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last July, Comey held a
press conference. He spent approximately 15 minutes laying out what they had
discovered about Hillary Clinton’s E-mails and server. He listed all of the things that
she’d said to the American people over the months leading up to that day that weren’t true. By the end of his
comments, many were certain that he was going to recommend prosecution. But
then he said he knew of nobody that would prosecute this case. It didn’t meet
the level for prosecution, according to him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Remember why he put
himself in the position of laying that out publicly. Attorney General Loretta
Lynch had recently met with former President Bill Clinton, husband of Hillary
Clinton candidate for President, on a plane privately. This caused a serious
lack of trust that Lynch would prosecute from her own party. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was not what he
should have done,. He should have turned it over to a Senate Committee, or a
House Committee, and to the Deputy Attorney General, which is
the person he is supposed to report. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Due to his deciding
whether or not to recommend whether or not to prosecute, he should have been
terminated at that time. When he brought it back on October 28, 2016 saying
that agents had found more E-mails from the Clinton server that were on Anthony
Weiners (husband to Huma Abidin, assistant to Hillary Clinton ) computer, and
announced it, he should have been fired again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In an interview with Lester Holt, President Trump
said that Comey asked for a dinner and then there were two phone conversations.
During one of the phone conversations, Trump said “I don’t know if you can even
tell me, but if you can, am I under investigation?” Comey, according to Trump,
said no. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Comey denied that later.
To which Trump responded, “Comey should hope that there isn’t a tape of their
conversation. This set off a fire storm and congress started saying they wanted
those tapes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let’s think back to what
the media had reported. Supposedly, Trump was upset with Comey because when
Comey was asked about Trump saying he had been wire tapped, and Comey said he
didn’t see it as viable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maybe I’m the only one
that saw the correlation here, but when Trump said “better hope there isn’t a
tape” of he and Comey, I saw it as a comment about Comey not taking Trumps
wiretap comment seriously earlier this year. Meaning that whomever was taping Trump at Trump
Tower might be taping phone conversations at the White House. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The media never hesitates
to question President Trump. But they never question Comey’s veracity. They
never question the Democrats on their positions. But they have no problem
changing the quotes from Trump. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">They also claim to have “sources”
but nobody is ever named as that source. One of their favorite comments are “according
to my reporting”. Lately, they come out with comments that they say comes from
a source, but never identify their sources. This is convenient. They can claim anything they choose and
attribute it to a “source” but never name the source. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is no and was no chaos at the FBI. However, last July there were many reports
about FBI agents that were very upset that Comey decided not to prosecute
Hillary. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The GOP is the most
disappointing group of people. They have gone silent in these latest attacks on
President Trump. They don’t follow through on their promises about Health Care
nor on Tax reform. They make excuses for why it can’t be done or that it can’t
be done before the end of summer. The GOP is in charge of the House, the Senate
and the White House. Not getting this done only shows they are impotent! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Think back to when
Obamacare passed. The Democrats, and Obama shut the GOP out. They didn’t need
them. The rammed it through. But then, Senator Kennedy died before the vote. So
they had to vote on the House bill without any changes, or the new Senator,
Scott Brown, would be the vote to end Obamacare in it’s tracks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Obamacare repealed and had to work deals to get it finally done in April and
sent to the Senate. But the Senate isn’t even looking at it. They decided to
create their own. The GOP can’t get along with themselves! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Everyone was saying that
the Democrats were set way back following the election and didn’t have much
hope for the 2018 elections let alone 2020. The GOP should have put them away
with their health care repeal (that they haven’t yet done) and with tax reform
( also not yet done). The Democrats are still up and kicking because of some
members of the GOP. Such as Senator John McCain from Arizona who is constantly
going on the news programs and saying how Trump is always wrong, incoherent, or
inexperienced. Such as Representative Justin Amash from Michigan who is now
calling for a special prosecutor and even said he believes Trumps latest are
enough to impeach him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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special prosecutor and bring up impeachment, he might as well have told the
Democrats, you’re back on the playing field. Not because of their policies or
beliefs but because Amash has legitimized them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If a special prosecutor is
named to investigate, we’re in for years of investigations that may or may not
have to do with Russia, Comey, or Trumps people. If you’re a Democrat, do you
want Kenneth Starr investigating you? Clinton wouldn’t want that again. He
started off with Whitewater and ended up
involved in Vince Fosters death, travelgate, Paula Jones and discovered the
Monica Lewinsky situation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or let’s go back a bit
further. Lawrence Walsh investigating George H. W. Bush, He brought indictments
of some of Bush’s people but was told the indictments weren’t legitimate. So he
waited until 5 days before the election and re-indicted them. Those too were
also thrown out but the damage was done and Clinton was elected. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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investigator as the Democrats claim. It’s the salvation of the Democrat party.
Is there anything else the GOP would like to do to help the Democrats? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are a tremendous number of leaks. Trump should fire any remaining Democrat. He’s
fired Sally Yates, and even fired the White House usher (a Hillary supporter).
He ought to fire the rest of them in his administration. Including deputy
attorney general McCabe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Attorney General Jeff
Sessions should stop recusing himself from different investigations. If he can’t
do the job, resign. Otherwise, do the job you were chosen to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">President Trump also needs
to work on getting the Republicans to pass these initiatives of his and once
they have gone through one house or the other, he should hit the road, hold his
rallies and sell what he’s just fought for. The people are behind him and he excels
at talking with the people. He should use that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Trump also should know
that the press is not his friend. Cut out the daily press conferences. Let them
earn their living rather than handing them news. Do not respond to anonymous
source stories. Don’t give them any credence at all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Might as well start up the
legal defense fund for all of those that will be investigated. The Clintons did
it and they are the masters of raising money for illegal activities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don’t think President
Trump needs my suggestions, nor any one elses other than those he hires for
that purpose, but if the media can say how Trump doesn’t know how to run the
government because it’s different than Obama did, then I think your advice, my
advice and even advice from people that can’t read is just as viable as the
media. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You’re welcome to comment.
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United States Senate created negative history and reduced the prestige of the
Senate forever by filibustering the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch over
partisan politics. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This
has been building for a few years. Originally, when the Congress was created,
the founding fathers decided on a House of Representatives which is determined
by population of each state. A state is divided into districts and each
district has a representative. There are 435 seats. States with a higher
population have more representatives and those with lesser populations have
fewer representatives. They are elected to two year terms. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Senate was created for equal representation for the states. So each state was
given two Senate seats. So while the House of Representatives is supposed to
represent the people based on districts in each state, the Senate is supposed
to represent their state with two senators. They are elected to six year terms
and the terms are staggered. So one state will not have both senators up for
election at the same time. This was to produce continuity in the Senate. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
Senate has been considered a more deliberative body. It was to be prestigious. It
has longer terms, it’s a smaller group and it’s constituency is an entire
state. This has been considered historically to have led to a less partisan
tone. It’s also thought to have been more collegial despite the differences.
While the House can be thoughtful, it operates almost as a free for all because
there are so many members and therefore must be limited in speech time on the
floor of the house, the Senate having less members have the ability to speak
for longer periods, and in a more organized as well as friendly manner even in
disagreements. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of
the responsibilities of the Senate is to have the responsibility of advice and
consent to appointees of the President. This stands out more when it concerns
the Supreme Court of the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since
1789, there have been 161 Supreme Court nominations. 124 have been confirmed.
Of the 37 not confirmed, 11 were rejected in roll call votes. The rest have
been withdrawn by the President, tabled, postponed or never voted on by the
Senate, including current nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">There
is a sequence of events that set off this round that began in 1992. Vice
President Joe Biden as a Senator in June 1992, and Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee, got on the Senate floor and gave a 90 minute address. In that speech
he said that there should be no action on Supreme Court vacancies in an
election year. Biden said President Bush <i>“should
not name a nominee until after the election in November.”</i> He <i>said </i></span></span><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">“the Senate Judiciary Committee should
seriously consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until
after the political campaign season is over.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">“Senate
consideration of a nominee under these circumstances is not fair to the
president, to the nominee, or to the Senate itself, where the nation should be
treated to a consideration of constitutional philosophy, all it will get in
such circumstances is partisan bickering and political posturing from both
parties and from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.” </span></i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Notice
he mentions the President, the nominee and the Senate, but does not mention the
people. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Twenty four years later there is a vacancy not only in the year
of an election but in the final 11 months of a presidency, of which Biden is
the Vice President, Justice Antonin Scalia died on February 13, 2016 leaving a
vacancy on the court. </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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November 2013 the Democrats, who were losing seats in the House, the Senate and
across country in state and local elections, were facing judicial appointments
below the Supreme Court level that they couldn’t get past the Republicans due
the filibuster rule. This has been a problem for many years. The party out of
power holds up judicial appointments. So the Democrats answer was to eliminate
the filibuster for judicial appointments but did not include the Supreme Court.
Despite excluding the Supreme Court it was still a drastic change from history.
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The Republicans, in the majority in the Senate
said that they would not take up a Supreme Court nominee before the election
citing Joe Biden from that 1992 statement on the floor of the Senate. On March
16, 2016 Merrick Garland was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Obama.
Vice President Biden chose to change his position from 1992 now that the
situation he talked about twenty four years earlier now came to pass while his
party would be on the other side. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Republicans did exactly as they said they would do. They did not hold hearings
in the Judiciary committee and naturally, it didn’t reach the full Senate for a
vote. This is part of giving advice and consent on a nominee. They followed the
advice of Joe Biden from 1992 when he was a Senator. Less than 8 months after
Obama nominated Garland, we had an election. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Garland
was considered a moderate. It was also speculated that Garland was chosen to
make it harder for Republicans to reject him. So even the nomination would be
political to make delaying it difficult for the Republicans. Imagine if Hillary
would have won the election. The Republicans could then start the hearings on
November 9 after the election. The Democrats would likely say that they should
wait until after the inauguration and let Hillary choose her nominee. If the
Republicans refused, which they likely would, Obama could then remove Garland’s
nomination and not nominate another leaving it to Hillary to nominate someone. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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these possible scenarios and then Trump won the election. Now the Democrats,
for the first time in history filibustered a nominee to the Supreme Court. So
the Republicans did as Harry Reid did and removed the filibuster from Supreme
Court nominees also known as the nuclear option.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">All of
these games don’t sound like a house of congress that is supposed to a more
deliberate body that is less contentious. These games, and you can choose which
to blame, or blame both, make the Senate look like a play pen full of toddlers.
The United States Senate has become an embarrassment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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welcome to comment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brett</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278178556608008828.post-85489198189912504842017-03-26T23:45:00.001-04:002017-03-26T23:51:28.682-04:00GOP Health Care Debacle<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: large;">The GOP worked on a plan
for health insurance to replace the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare. They
didn’t repeal Obamacare and they didn’t replace it with anything new. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are reasons why they’ve
been promising to repeal Obamacare. The first reason was because it was the government
requiring American’s to buy a product that they may not need. For instance,
when Obamacare came into existence, I was 53 years old. It required that I have
coverage for having a baby. I am unaware of any man in history being pregnant. I’m
not married so there is no fertile wife to cover and I’m not going to get
pregnant, but even if I did I wouldn’t need the pregnancy coverage because I’d
make so much money being a male that gets pregnant that I could pay cash for
anything I did. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’m sure you also all
remember that Jonathan Gruber who is the architect of Obamacare was caught on
tape about the entire thing being a lie that they’d get away with because the
American people were basically stupid. Of course, there’s the ones we always
hear about. If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor, or if you like
your plan, you can keep your plan. Both proven untrue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The reason that more
people have coverage now that didn’t have it before is because the government
requires all to buy insurance or pay a penalty. Since the government pays for
the bulk of the premiums for those that could never afford it before, it’s easy
for them to have coverage. Of course, the premiums are paid from taxes
collected which means we’re all buying their coverage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, just because they
have the coverage, doesn’t mean they get care. Their deductibles are $6,000, or
$8,000 or $10,000 before their coverage kicks in. So their premiums are paid by
us and they can’t afford the deductible so while they have the coverage, they
can’t use it because they can’t afford the deductible. Remember the report that came out recently saying that most barely had $1,000 saved? If you don't have the amount needed to pay the deductible, what good does it do to have the health care? You have a policy but you can't do anything with it. Of course, since others are paying for it, it doesn't hurt them at all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Obamacare plan had
obstacles mentioned here before. The passing of Senator Kennedy and subsequent
election of Scott Brown to that seat, but also a group of pro-life Democrats
led by Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak who didn’t want Obamacare funding
abortion. An executive order signed by Obama removed that obstacle and the law
was passed and signed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If the GOP really wants to
repeal Obamacare, they need to first lay out their objectives. If I were a
Congressman, I would not agree to sign any bill that requires Americans to buy
anything, nor to pay a penalty for not buying. That only removes freedoms. They
should also allow companies to sell across state lines. Remove the restrictions
on borders and competition will be opened up which will lower costs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They can repeal Obamacare
effective by a certain date. For instance, they could say that nobody loses
coverage for one year. They have one year to get coverage somewhere else and
they are guaranteed to get the coverage if they have coverage now. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That would give the
insurance companies one year to create plans. If they create plans within 6 months,
you could change your plan to a new one as soon as it’s made available or you
can take until that last minute to change if you like. But Obamacare would end
on a certain date and it’s up to the people to get their coverage in the time
frame given. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once they’ve laid out
their plan, make it public so that we can see it before they vote on it. We can
then give our feedback and they can make any adjustments if needed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is one other thing
that the Republicans need to learn and learn fast. While these things are in
the planning stage, they should shut up. Senator Rand Paul, Senator John McCain
and Representative Justin Amash have not been an asset to the GOP nor
themselves. Rand Paul has been claiming he’d not vote for it before it even got
on paper. McCain is a special case. He mouths off on anything and everything
without knowing everything there is to know. Justin Amash has nothing to say
except being negative. You only hear his name when he’s complaining. The GOP
doesn’t need these bad apples mouthing off to the press each time the media
turns the lights anywhere near them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">McCain in particular is
acting like he did when Bush was President. I wonder how long before people
start wondering if he’s going to change parties as he nearly did when Bush was
President. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The GOP needs to get its
act together and start taking charge and quit worrying about the media. The
media will never be a friend to them. They should quit hoping and take charge
of their message that they want to get out and not allow the media to talk over
them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They seem to have just
given up on health care now. If they think that giving up is going to help
them, they’re very wrong. They made a promise to repeal Obamacare, they’d
better do it. It’s not going to get any easier with them moving as they say to
tax reform. I guarantee you that the press is going to be badgering them about
how they will “pay for the tax cuts”. Tax cuts don’t need to be paid for. Tax
cuts create more economic activity which increases income to the various
entities and people, which will increase the taxes coming in even at the lower
rates. But they’ll likely get sucked into that because they aren’t taking
charge of the issue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Brett</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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done just that. It’s been said that he doesn’t sleep much or that he doesn’t
need much sleep. It’s appearing to be true. He promised to undo President Obama’s
executive orders and he seems to be doing so. Trump has seemingly done more
work in the first week than any other president has done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The press looked at each thing he’s done and said and tried
to find something wrong with everything. A common phrase is that he’s not
learned to govern yet. Following is a list of executive orders he’s signed in
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</span><!--[endif]-->Multi-pronged orders on border security and
immigration enforcement including: the authorization of a U.S.-Mexico border
wall; the stripping of federal grant money to sanctuary cities; hiring 5,000
more Border Patrol agents; ending “catch-and-release” policies for illegal
immigrants; and reinstating local and state immigration enforcement
partnerships.</span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Two orders reviving the Keystone XL pipeline and
Dakota Access pipelines. He also signed three other related orders that would:
expedite the environmental permitting process for infrastructure projects
related to the pipelines; direct the Commerce Department to streamline the
manufacturing permitting process; and give the Commerce Department 180 days to
maximize the use of U.S. steel in the pipeline.</span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->An order to reinstate the so-called "Mexico
City Policy" – a ban on federal funds to international groups that perform
abortions or lobby to legalize or promote abortion. The policy was instituted
in 1984 by President Reagan, but has gone into and out of effect depending on
the party in power in the White House.</span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->He signed a notice that the U.S. will begin withdrawing
from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Trump called the order "a
great thing for the American worker."</span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->An order imposing a hiring freeze for some
federal government workers as a way to shrink the size of government. This
excludes the military, as Trump noted at the signing.</span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->An order that directs federal agencies to ease
the “regulatory burdens” of ObamaCare. It orders agencies to “waive, defer,
grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation of any provision or
requirement” of ObamaCare that imposes a “fiscal burden on any State or a cost,
fee, tax, penalty, or regulatory burden on individuals, families, healthcare
providers, health insurers, patients, recipients of healthcare services,
purchasers of health insurance, or makers of medical devices, products, or
medications.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The governments primary responsibility is the protection
of our shores. The first executive order goes exactly to that. For the past
eight years coming to this country especially across the southern border has been
easy. Terrorists could have, and likely may have, walked across the border into
this country. So it’s good to see the first one being about our national
security. In addition stripping money from cities that are sanctuary cities,
which protects illegal aliens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you come to this country, you are leaving your
country. Many do come here for a better life. To enjoy the freedoms this
country affords it’s inhabitants. But we have laws. If you’re coming here to
try to make America into the country you just left, you’re coming here for the
wrong reason. Why would you want to turn this country into the one you just
left? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were once a country of immigrants. People fled their
countries for the freedoms gained here. Those immigrants came here to create a
better life and better form of governing than they had where they came from.
They created that government and it’s been working for 241 years. We are no
longer a country of immigrants. We are now a free people in the greatest
country on earth. We’re no longer a country of immigrants. We are now a country
that welcomes immigrants that want to enjoy freedom, and opportunity. You’re
welcome to worship in the faith of your choice, and believe as you choose but
under the laws that we have in this country. If you’re coming here to try to
destroy this country, we have the right and responsibility to block you from
coming here and to throw you out if you can’t obey our laws. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Drawing away from the TPP was another promise kept.
Stripping the regulatory burdens from ObamaCare was another he’d promised and
taking away the penalties and taxes on businesses and families. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Constitution provides for a way for laws to be passed
in this country. They go through the House, the Senate and once the two houses
agree on a plan it then goes to the President for signature or veto. If the
President veto’s, the Congress can then try to override the veto. That is the
proper way to pass laws or not pass laws. But when a President writes up
executive orders that are not run through Congress, he’s leading as a dictator,
not as a President of the United States. By Trump signing executive orders to
eliminate Obama’s executive orders, he’s allowing the Congress to write and
pass or deny laws that Obama had done over his eight years in office. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few comments about the future. There has been some talk
that the Democrats are reeling and becoming insignificant. In the short term that’s very real. However,
think back to 2008. The year before the Democrats took over the House and the
Senate. In 2008, Obama won the Presidency and the Democrats increased their
seats in Congress. It was said that it would take decades if not longer for the
Republicans to recover. Democrats were extremely close to having a filibuster
proof majority in the Senate. The stimulus was passed in the first weeks and
that created the Tea Party. Shortly after, Senator Arlen Specter changed
parties giving the Democrats that 60<sup>th</sup> seat making the Senate
filibuster proof. The passage of Obamacare turned things around for the
Republicans. So much so that Scott Brown, a Republican, won the seat emptied by
the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy eliminating the filibuster proof Senate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Republicans took over the House in 2010, added to it
in 2012 and took the majority in the Senate in 2014. This was accomplished by
the Democrats by going too far and not working with Republicans. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Republicans are now in much the same boat, although
their majority in the Senate is not close to filibuster proof. It can be if the
Republicans do things properly. If Trump does things properly and if the
Democrats continue to look at their own interests rather than the people’s
interests, the Republicans should increase rather than decrease. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Democrats have a monumental task ahead of them. But
not insurmountable. If the Republicans don’t stay true to their word, they’ll
begin losing. If the Democrats don’t change their positions and get less
liberal, they will continue to lose. But if the Republicans continue to work
for the people, and not for themselves, in local, state and federal levels they’ll
increase their positions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This can only be done by the ultimate watchdog, the
American voter. If you disagree with a policy or a proposal, let your
representative know and let your two Senators know. Google US House and US
Senate and you’ll find your representatives and Senators. Their mail, phone,
fax and E-mail are all listed there. Send a quick note to them about your
thoughts. Keep it clean and civil. Tell them your topic, and tell them what you
believe and why. It doesn’t have to be a
ten page letter. It’s better if it’s one page and directly to the point. They won’t
care about one letter or E-mail, but they will care when they see dozens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">President Trump has been in office for one week and he
has been very busy. Each time the media tells us that he can’t do something,
Trump turns around and does it. His first week has been a successful and busy
week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You’re welcome to comment. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278178556608008828.post-40291878675520191152017-01-19T23:37:00.002-05:002017-01-19T23:37:23.989-05:00Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">At a press conference
Thursday morning, Vice President Elect Mike Pence announced that the transition
team had finished it’s business “Ahead of schedule and under budget”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While “Make America Great
Again” has been the motto of the Trump campaign, and y, the theme of the new
administration, it would be a new experience hearing “ahead of schedule and
under budget” even once, let alone consistently. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pence said they were
returning 20% of their funding to the treasury because it was unused! That’s
$1.2 million! This is not normal for government. How many agencies have we
heard were holding conferences in Las Vegas spending millions of dollars and
the conferences are not something needed. Or bonuses paid out to agencies that
have cost overruns and didn’t accomplish the jobs they were supposed to do? Or
ask yourself how much the Obama’s spend on their vacations. Remember the dog
having his own flight to Martha’s Vineyard a couple of years ago? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So far, the Trump/Pence
administration is living up to their word. Will this continue? There’s good
news in this answer. At noon Friday it begins as the titles are changed to “Former”
President Barack Hussein Obama and from “President-Elect” to “President” Donald
J. Trump.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Following
is a portion of a speech given by a former President that took over with
similar problems. Hopefully, the Trump administration will believe and act as
that president did. I’m sure you’ll recognize who it is quickly. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“The business of our nation goes forward. These United States are
confronted with an economic affliction of great proportions. We suffer from the
longest and one of the worst sustained inflations in our national history. It
distorts our economic decisions, penalizes thrift, and crushes the struggling
young and the fixed-income elderly alike. It threatens to shatter the lives of
millions of our people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Idle industries have cast workers into unemployment, human misery,
and personal indignity. Those who do work are denied a fair return for their
labor by a tax system which penalizes successful achievement and keeps us from
maintaining full productivity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But great as our tax burden is, it has not kept pace with public
spending. For decades we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future
and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present. To
continue this long trend is to guarantee tremendous social, cultural,
political, and economic upheavals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our
means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then, should we think that
collectively, as a nation, we're not bound by that same limitation? We must act
today in order to preserve tomorrow. And let there be no misunderstanding: We
are going to begin to act, beginning today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The economic ills we suffer have come upon us over several
decades. They will not go away in days, weeks, or months, but they will go
away. They will go away because we as Americans have the capacity now, as we've
had in the past, to do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and
greatest bastion of freedom.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our
problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to
believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that
government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the
people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who
among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and
out of government, must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be
equitable, with no one group singled out to pay a higher price.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you don’t recognize it, that was President Reagan
from his inaugural address in 1981. Trump will have to do better because while
tax cuts were passed spending was not reigned in. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s finally time to find out because at noon on Friday, Trump will be sworn in as
the 45<sup>th</sup> President and Obama finally will be gone. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trump has his work cut out for him, but he has a habit
of “ahead of schedule and under budget”. If he continues that America will be
great again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You’re welcome to comment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brett</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278178556608008828.post-29031854320814582692017-01-17T00:20:00.005-05:002017-01-17T00:20:54.596-05:00Democrats Think We're Stupid<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Democrats think you can’t
think for yourself. This came out clearly in Representative John Lewis’
comments about Donald Trumps election not being legitimate. Also in Senator
Diane Feinstein’s comments regarding the election when she said that the
Russians took sides by unfairly putting out false information about Hillary to
get Trump elected. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is no doubt that
hacking went on during the campaign. There is no doubt that the Russians attempted
to hack the Democrat National Committee (DNC), the Republican National
Committee (RNC) as well as state election boards around the country. This was
known before the election took place in November. In fact, President Obama told
the Russians to “knock it off” in October before the election. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The RNC chairman, Reince
Preibus even admitted that someone tried to hack their computers during the
election campaign but they were unsuccessful. A couple of states admitted that
someone tried to hack their systems but they were unsuccessful. The DNC was
hacked successfully. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The FBI warned both the DNC and the RNC that they
were in danger of being hacked. The RNC cooperated with the FBI to prevent the
hacking. The DNC did not cooperate with the FBI. The RNC was not successfully
hacked, the DNC was successfully hacked as was John Podesta’s E-mail. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let’s take a look at these
things. During the final debate, Trump was asked if he’d accept the results of
the election and Trumps answer was that he’d keep them in suspense. Hillary’s
response was that his answer was horrific that anyone would doubt the results
of our election. Yet, now the Clinton campaign, as well as the Democrats (most
recently John Lewis) and the press have done just that. How could they be so
wrong? It must have been illegitimate. Why is that not horrific? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Democrats, and most
recently Feinstein, have said that the Russians have unfairly attacked Hillary
for the purpose of her defeat and if she were to win the election, to weaken
her Presidency. What would be fair? Would it be fair for them to release
information on Trump as well as HIllary? I’m sure they would have had they been
able to hack into the RNC as they did the DNC. But then again, the Russians don’t
play fair in warfare, including cyber warfare. Do the Democrats really think
that the Russians or any other country is worried about being fair? It’s a
major coup for them to hack into any part of America, be it a political party,
the power grid, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) or our election
process. Remember the OPM was hacked and 22 million Americans personal
information was stolen and put out there. Why weren’t they as upset about that
as they are about Hillary’s loss in an election? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The hacking of the DNC is
not fully decided as to the culprit. At least not publicly. Wikileaks has said
that they did not receive the hacked E-mails from Russia or any other state.
The Democrats want everyone to believe it was Russia and maybe it was, but
Wikileaks claims they didn’t get it directly from Russia. Gee, which do we
trust? Wikileaks who is run by a guy living in an embassy to avoid being tried
for crimes, or Russia who do try to hack our systems, as well as attack our
friends, while being run by a former KGB agent? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The information the hacks produced
has not been denied as being real. In fact, the Chairman of the DNC, Debbie
Wasserman-Schultz lost her job because of what was put out from those-mails. Do
the Democrats fire people for false activity? Donna Brazille, the new Chair of
the DNC lost her job with CNN (at least for the time being) because she gave debate
questions to Hillary’s campaign before the debates, and she is not going to be
back as the chair of the DNC. Nobody has denied that the E-mails were real. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember when your kids
played baseball at 8 or 9 years old and the leagues said they wouldn’t keep
score so that kids would not have a bad experience? Kids didn’t get the chance
to learn sportsmanship. Not to be boastful when they’ve won and not to get
angry when they don’t. They must be today’s Democrats. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The information that was
gleaned from the E-mails only confirmed what people have thought about the
Clintons. It gave some proof of the truth that was obvious about Benghazi, and
that Wasserman-Shultz was in league with Hillary to help her get the nomination
rather than allowing the primary process, meaning the voters, select the
nominee. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Democrats claiming
that the Russians caused the election to go against Hillary only shows that
they think the American people are stupid and can’t think for themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Representative John Lewis,
during his interview on Meet the Press said that he’d not attend the
inauguration, the first one he’s missed since he’s been in the Congress. This
is a lie. He also boycotted the inauguration in 2001 of George W. Bush. You can
see it on the link below. He says it at the 45 second mark on the link. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6J7weQG_CI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6J7weQG_CI</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If Democrats want to start
gaining ground instead of the constant losing they’ve been doing the past four
elections, they might start with actually telling the truth for a change
and understanding that the American
people are not stupid. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You’re welcome to comment.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Brett</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 19 days, Donald Trump
will become the 45<sup>th</sup> President of the United States. For the most
part in our history, we have a smooth transition from one president to the
next. There have been only three times in our history where an outgoing
president does not attend the incoming president’s swearing in and subsequent address. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first was John Adams.
He did not attend the inauguration of his successor, Thomas Jefferson. The
second time was his son, John Quincy Adams who did not attend the inauguration
of his successor, Andrew Jackson, and the third was Andrew Johnson who did not
attend Ulysses S. Grants inauguration. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Most don’t comment publicly about their
successors once they’re out of office. Jimmy Carter is an exception to this. He’s
criticized several presidents, including Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. George
W. Bush has refrained from saying anything during Obama’s presidency. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Usually, the president
that is leaving is respectful of the incoming president. When George H. W. Bush
lost to Bill Clinton in 1992, he not only helped provide a smooth transition to
Clinton but left him a note in the desk offering encouragement and offering his
counsel if wanted and needed. Clinton had beaten Bush in the election. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 2000 it was a different
story. George W. Bush beat Al Gore in the election but it wasn’t decided until
35 days after the election. If ever a smooth transition was needed this would
be it. However, when the Bush Administration took over on January 20, 2001 what
they found was graffiti on bathroom walls. Signs defaced calling Bush a thief
for stealing the election since the election was so close. The W’s on the
keyboards were removed. Glue was smeared over desks and drawers. The
presidential seal was stolen from several locations in the White House. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Clintons themselves
took items from the White House that they weren’t entitled to, including
furniture. They had to return numerous items they weren’t entitled. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Bush left office, he
was very accommodating for the incoming Obama. Even Obama commented on how well
he and his family were treated by the Bush’s. Even the Bush daughters were
helpful to the young Obama daughters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While Bush wouldn’t
criticize Obama during Obama’s presidency, Obama still continues to blame Bush
even though he’s just days away from the end of his eight years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even now, prior to Obama
leaving office, he’s adding on more executive orders, speeding up and
increasing the number of illegal aliens entering the U. S., blaming the
Russians for Hillary losing the election and now refusing to veto a resolution
against Israel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Will Obama follow the
previous presidents and not be commenting on Trump’s policies and
decisions? Presidents have left notes
for their successors as well, which may have started with President Reagan
although there seem to be no record of Clinton leaving a note for George W.
Bush. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since 1993, each President
has dealt with a terrorist attack very early on in their presidency. The first
World Trade Center bombing happened February 26 just over a month after Clinton’s
inauguration. In 2001, the World Trade Center was again attacked along with the
Pentagon and a fourth plane went down in Pennsylvania when passengers took the
plane back from hijackers, saving either the White House or the Capitol
building. This happened just over 7 months after Bush took office. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 2009, after Obama
took office, on June 1, a recruiting
office was shot at by a terrorist killing one and injuring one and on November
5, 13 were shot and killed at Fort Hood Texas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s not unreasonable to
think that another terrorist attack will be attempted once Trump becomes
president. It would not be beneficial
for a former president to be attacking the current president over other
differences when there are current problems to consider and deal with. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hopefully, it will be a seamless transition from Obama to Trump, for the good of the country. In 19 days, we’ll start
finding out. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You’re welcome to comment.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Brett</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278178556608008828.post-3998036825094661272016-12-27T12:04:00.001-05:002016-12-27T12:04:23.461-05:00President-Elect Trump vs the media<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="font-size: large;">On June 16, 2015 Donald J.
Trump rode his escalator down in Trump Tower and announced he was running for
the President of the United States. Leading up to that announcement, he talked
about several reasons why he had decided to run. The most controversial of
which was illegal immigration. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">His announcement was
pretty much considered a novelty by the media. Much like George Perot was back
in 1992. The difference is that Trump was running as a Republican and Perot ran
as an independent. Trump said he wouldn’t take money from donors. That he’d not
owe anyone any favors because he would self fund saying “I’m really rich.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Trump got a lot of free
press coverage. He was bombastic, and not afraid to call out politicians,
including Republicans, for saying things to get elected but not following through. He said
politicians would not do what’s needed to “make America great again.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While talking about
immigration, he said that Mexico was not sending their best and brightest but
instead sending murderers, rapists, and some were good. He was talking about
the videos we saw in 2014 of people riding on top of trains, and walking from
Mexico to the United States and crossing the border illegally. The media turned
it into Trump being biased against Mexicans. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The media never believed
that Trump could have a chance. First, he’s a businessman and never been in
politics before. Second, there were twelve other candidates announced and more
coming totaling 17. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the time of the first
debate, the question was, if Trump doesn’t win the Republican nomination, will
he pledge to support whoever the nominee is or become an independent. He didn’t
commit until a week or so later. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Trump proved he could make
news. This saved him from spending millions of dollars in advertising. In addition,
Hillary had several problems. Over 60% of Americans felt she was not honest. She
was considered a flawed candidate and about the only thing going for her was
that she was a female. Trump being in the race and leading, caused less
discussion of Hillary’s flaws to devote time to the news Trump was making. At
one point, with the E-mail scandal and the personal server, the press spent
less than one minute talking about that but spent 29 minutes talking about
Trumps comments on Access Hollywood in 2005, 11 years ago. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There just wasn’t enough
time on the news for much discussion of Jeb Bush, who was the presumed to be
candidate against Hillary prior to Trump getting much of the news coverage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bush’s poor showing in the
beginning caused him to spend millions of dollars to get his message but he
couldn’t break through the news that Trump was getting. Carly Fiorina’s showing
in the first debate at the secondary table took away more news from Bush and
Dr. Ben Carson’s rise in the polls took even more away. Three non politicians
were getting more coverage than Bush despite the dollars he was paying in
advertising. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The predictions of the
pundits were all about someone else winning the nomination. When Bush dropped
out, it became about Senator Rubio or Senator Cruz. Then Rubio dropped out and the
personal attacks by Cruz on Trump and by Trump on Cruz lead the news until
Trump won it outright. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With the convention
coming, the talk in the media was all about a brokered convention and keeping
Trump from the nomination. From the day that Trump got in nobody in the media
gave him a chance. Once he secured the nomination, it was how to grab the
nomination through the brokered convention. The press had been proven wrong
each time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The main story once the
nomination was secured was how evil the supporters were for chanting “lock her
up”. But then the Democrat convention
started and the Kahn controversy started up. Night after night and week after
week, the media hammered Trump on the Kahn family and had nearly zero focus on
Hillary’s legal problems. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leading up to the
election, the media spent most of their time criticizing Trump for holding
rallies but not having a ground game. He was running a campaign that was not
the standard campaign as it’s always been done. They focused on White Women
with a college education, white women without college educations. Blacks,
Hispanics, white men both college educated and non college educated white men
and told us how each group would vote. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They criticized him for
going to Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, three traditionally Democrat
states. They said he should have been spending his time in places that he had a
chance to win. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They criticized him for
pointing out the press at his rallies and saying how dishonest they are. They
claimed they were afraid that it would lead to people attacking the press corps
at his rallies but said next to nothing when it was found that Hillary was
paying someone to have people come to Trump rallies and start the very problems
they were criticizing Trump for. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Election Day, they
predicted that it would be an early night with some predicting what time they’d
be calling the election for Hillary. When it got to be 2:00 in the morning and
it was almost a certainty that Trump was going to win, they were trying to
figure out how the polls could have gotten it so wrong. Rarely have we heard
about how the media had it wrong except to say that it was a huge upset. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since the election they
constantly remind everyone they interview (usually each other) that Hillary won
the popular vote. Until the past couple of days they’ve talked about the
reasons why Hillary may have lost but haven’t. They really spoken to the
people. Reince Preibus, the former RNC chair and now Trump said they’d be
looking at re-arranging the press briefings and the media now is concerned
about their seating arrangements. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There should be a
separation in the media. Reporters should be giving unbiased reports while the
television shows don’t need to hide their bias. That bias has led to Fox News
being number one for better than ten years. Fox News is more conservative but
bring in a balance of the two sides while the others, such as CNN, ABC, NBC,
CBS will have liberals outnumbering conservatives on their panels. MSNBC doesn’t
even pretend. They don’t bring very many conservatives on. When they don’t put
liberals on, they bring in Moderate Republicans. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Apparently, the media has
misinterpreted the First Amendment where it says Freedom of the Press. Freedom
of the press was to allow for the press to report events and not have a
government telling them what to report and what not to report. However, they
have created their own problems by not being honest and reporting to the
people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How many times have we
heard the press misinterpret (purposely or not) what newsmakers say. How many
times have we seen the media cozy up to the leaders of this country? In many
cases, it’s too cozy of a relationship and the people suffer due to the lack of
accurate news. That’s been very apparent in this election and since. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You’re welcome to comment.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Brett</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278178556608008828.post-59072508442803981742016-12-20T22:46:00.002-05:002016-12-20T22:46:33.659-05:00Should the Electoral College be Eliminated?<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="font-size: large;">There has been a lot of
talk lately about the Electoral College in Presidential elections. Naturally,
some of this is sour grapes because for the second time in 5 elections, the
candidate with the most votes did not win the election. First in 2000 when Al Gore
got more of the popular vote but lost the electoral vote, and again this year when Hillary Clinton got nearly 2.5
million more votes than Donald Trump but lost the electoral vote. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This years election has
been very charged up with protests all across the country, and even some
celebrities put out an ad telling Republican electors to be “heroes” by not
voting for Trump. The press, naturally, has been calling it a non story but
reporting it every day for the past two weeks and the pundits have included
it in their nightly programs and the
Sunday news shows. The results ended up with Hillary losing four votes and Trump gaining two votes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The electoral college is
made up of 538 votes. These are real people. They are chosen in both parties in
the election. The 538 are the total of the numbers in the House (438) and the
numbers in the Senate (100). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those electors are
supposed to vote the will of the people but they are not required to by federal
law. The group that is chosen is based on who won the state in the election.
For example. Michigan has 16 electoral votes. Trump had roughly 10,000 more votes
in Michigan than Hillary, so he won the state. The electors chosen to vote came
from the Republican side. However, in California, Hillary got more of the
popular vote so she won the 55 electoral votes for that state. California then
sent the 55 electors from the Democrat party to do the voting. There are two
states that divide up their electoral votes. Maine and Nebraska, which divide
their votes by congressional district. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Electoral College was
created at the Constitutional Convention and has had several changes since.
There were problems that the Electoral college were supposed to solve. First
they wanted the President to be chosen by the Congress. They backed off on that
because the Congress could be made up of a class or select group of people. If
we look at how hard it is to remove incumbents from office it made sense not to
have the President chosen by Congress. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then it was suggested that
he be chosen by the citizens. This became a problem because heavy populated
areas would be choosing the President and the smaller states or sporadically
populated would be left out. The southern states didn’t have the population that
the northern states had. They wanted their slaves counted for their population,
despite them claiming that slaves were property rather than people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even in the north, small
states such as Delaware and Rhode Island have small populations and wouldn’t
have the same weight in a Presidential election. Then Roger Sherman of
Connecticut came up with a compromise called the Connecticut Compromise. The
Electoral College was born. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There could also be a
problem if a person were elected but died before taking office or a person with
bad character. As an example, Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel with
Aaron Burr. At the time Burr was the sitting Vice President. But imagine if he
had just been chosen the new Vice President, but not yet in office at the time
of the duel. Had Burr been charged and convicted of murder, he’d be the
incoming Vice President as a murderer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While the electors are supposed
to vote based on the will of the voters and how they voted in their state, they
are not required to by federal law. However, the states have enacted laws that
make it nearly impossible for them to vote any other way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is in direct contrast
to the purpose of the electors. While they are supposed to vote for their
candidate, there are legitimate reasons for them to have that ability to choose
someone else. Imagine if Hillary had been elected this year. Also imagine that
a day or two after the election the Justice Department indicted her for the
personal server and subsequent loss of state secrets, which many thought she
should have been. This would be a reason to not put her in office. While not
convicted, this could be reason to prevent her from becoming President. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The protests this year are
due to people’s impression of Trump that is mainly press driven (more to be
written on this at a later date) among other things. We have had Presidents and
candidates that have used drugs (Obama admitted it), alcohol (Bush admitted to
it), sexual assault (Clinton didn’t admit to it, but settled the lawsuit for
$850,000 and loss of his license to practice law), and others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maine and Nebraska may
have the best plan for the electoral voting by having them count according to
how each congressional district votes with the additional two awarded to the
winner of the state. That would not have gotten Hillary to the needed 270
though. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another way may be to apportion
the electoral votes based on the popular vote in each state. Michigan was won
by Trump by just 10,000 votes. Had they given out the votes based on popular
vote, Michigan’s 16 votes would have been split 8 for Hillary, 8 for Trump. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Going through each state
and dividing up the electoral votes by percentages received of the popular
vote, Hillary still doesn’t win. It would be closer, but she still doesn’t win.
The count would be 272-266 in favor of Trump. It would only be worse for
Hillary using the Maine/Nebraska method of districts and the winner gaining the
extra two votes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The difficult part of any
system is to find people that will honor their word and their reason for what
they are doing. Think about it. There were 19 Republicans that started this
process and in the first debate, Bret Baier asked the candidates to raise their
hands if they were not committing to back the eventual winner of the Republican
nomination. There was one person in mind that it was asked for. Donald Trump.
There was one person that raised his hand. Donald Trump. Every other Republican
pledged to back the eventual nominee regardless of whom it would be. A week or
so later Trump made the pledge too. Ted Cruz wouldn’t honor his pledge. Even at
the convention, he was booed off the stage for not backing Trump. Carly Fiorina
never publicly backed Trump. Jeb Bush didn’t until very late. John Kasich never
backed him and stayed in the race up to the convention despite being
mathematically eliminated and then wouldn’t attend the convention even though
it’s in his home state. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This only proves that the
founding fathers at the Constitutional Convention were right. Trump is not one
of the good old boys of government so he wouldn’t have been elected if Congress
was to choose. Yet, on the matter of the honoring his word, Trump did. He didn’t
commit to something at first. But he did later when he was reasonably sure. He’s
also proven it after the election. He
said he’d save the jobs at Carrier or they’d pay a tax. Before even being
inaugurated, he saved nearly 1,000 jobs at Carrier by getting them to change
their mind about moving their operation to Mexico. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">States punish electors if
they don’t vote the way that they are supposed to vote. Yet, the voter’s job is
to do just that under extraordinary circumstances. This election though, should
not have had the electors changing their votes. The surprise is that while the
media was playing up that protestors were protesting Trump, four of them
switched from Hillary. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The left is calling for
the end of the Electors. Electors are called for in the Constitution. The one
thing that that shows is that the second amendment was in danger from Hillary
Clinton. To the liberals, the Constitution is only worthwhile when it benefits them. In reality the Constitution is a document that puts restrictions on government and protects the people. The left
exists to put restrictions on the people. Most certainly in the case of eliminating the second amendment and the
Electoral College. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You’re welcome to comment.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Brett</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278178556608008828.post-3079856489764020992016-12-15T16:45:00.001-05:002016-12-15T16:45:19.521-05:00HIllary Hoping for Electoral College<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Electoral College
votes on Monday for President of the United States. Naturally, this has been a
source of angst for Democrats this year. Even moreso than it was in 2000 when
Gore had more votes but didn’t win the Electoral vote. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the final debate, Mr.
Trump was asked if he’d accept the results of the election. His answer was that
he’d look at it and until then he’d keep
the press in suspense. Hillary was horrified. She said so. “<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">“That’s horrifying,” Mrs. Clinton replied. “Let’s be clear about what he
is saying and what that means. He is denigrating — he is talking down our
democracy. And I am appalled that someone who is the nominee of one of our two
major parties would take that position.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yet, now, it’s the Democrats challenging the results
of the election. It’s a slightly different reason, but still questioning the
results based on our Constitution. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So how do we elect a
President of the United States? It is not entirely based on the popular vote. If
you look at an electoral map that breaks it down by states, you can see that
bulk of states, even those won by Hillary, are red for Trump. There are two
exceptions that stand out. California and Hawaii. Here’s a link where you can
see that. http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Minnesota, long a stronghold
of the Democrats, looks mostly red when you look at the state. Even New York
looks like a red state with a few exceptions. All around Manhattan is blue.
This is where a large number of people live. Around Buffalo it’s blue, but the
vast majority of the state of New York is red. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So if we counted only the
popular vote, the election each time would come down to New York and California
leading the way all because of the cities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another problem was that
slaves couldn’t vote, but they still had to be fed, clothed and sheltered. So
for the purposes of the elections, they wanted the slaves counted as part of
the population despite the slaves not being permitted to vote. It would give
the states more representation in government. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another reason for the
electoral college is the electors are usually informed about what goes on in
government. So if a particular candidate was considered a dangerous or unsavory
character, the electors might catch it where the general population wouldn’t
and could prevent that type of person from becoming President. This scenario
was actually used in 1800 when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr were tied. The
decision went to the House of Representatives and after 35 tie votes, Alexander
Hamilton let it be known he was more in favor of Jefferson despite disagreeing
with Jeffersons policies, because he considered Burr unsavory. Oddly enough,
Burr later killed Hamilton in a duel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the 1880’s states
changed from a proportion of the vote to winner takes all in the states. There are
two that don’t award winner takes all. Nebraska and Maine. They award electoral
votes by districts and the winner of the state takes the other two votes in
addition to those they won. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">People complain now that
those that are uninformed should not be permitted to vote. If the electoral
college were eliminated would they then require everyone to take a test of the
issues then decide if they can vote? It would be interesting to see who gets to
be the judge of who’s “smart enough” to vote. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since our electoral
college is based on the number of representatives and senators, there are 538
electoral votes. 535 for the representation and 3 for the District of Columbia.
If neither candidate reaches the 270 (the majority), the House of
Representatives then chooses the President and the Senate chooses the Vice
President. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have had 58 elections
in this country since the beginning of the country. Twice it’s gone to the
House of Representatives (1800 and 1824). Once it went to the full Congress
(1878). Twice the one with the popular vote lost the electoral college (2000
and 2016). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have had close
elections that could have been challenged and possibly gone the other way. In 1960,
many believe that Nixon won the election against Kennedy because of some
election shenanigans going on that may have overturned the election had Nixon
challenged it. Nixon thought it was bad for the country to go through, so he
did not challenge it. It’s ironic that Nixon took the high road. Now Hillary is
in a similar position and her team is holding out hope that enough of the
electors can’t stand trump and will vote for her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Imagine if we changed it
to the popular vote and then in the next election, the Republican won the
election with the popular vote but the Democrat would have won the electoral
vote but since there isn’t an electoral college any longer, would they then
call to reinstate the electoral college? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s not likely that there
will be enough Trump voters to change the outcome of the election. However, if
37 of the electors don’t vote for Trump as they are pledged to do, it won’t
give Hillary the victory because those that have spoken up have said they will
vote for others such as John Kasich. So the election would then go to the House
where Republicans would decide the outcome. Since the House and Senate are both
in Republican control, Trump and Mike Pence would likely still win the
election. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You’re welcome to comment.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Brett</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let’s assume for a minute that the candidates are telling the
truth about what they’ll do if they are elected. Politicians have one thing in
mind when they get elected. A second term. But let’s assume for a minute that
they actually do what they say they’ll do. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Hillary is elected, and she does what she says she’ll do, she
will not only leave the current regulations in place, but she’ll add more
regulations on top of the current regulations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Trump is elected, and he does what he says he’ll do, he’ll
remove a massive amount of regulations. He’ll add some on, but for each one
that he adds on, two others will be removed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Hillary is elected, she’ll raise taxes. $110 Billion in new
taxes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Trump is elected, he’ll cut the taxes. In addition, he’ll cut
the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Hillary is elected, illegal aliens will become American
citizens. The borders will be open to millions more immigrants. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Trump is elected, the Illegal aliens that have committed
felonies will be the first to be imprisoned or deported. The illegal aliens
that are here will be deported as they are found. The wall will be built. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Hillary is elected, she’ll continue the fight with ISIS as it
is. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Trump is elected, the fight with ISIS will change and be more
aggressive but we don’t know how. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Hillary is elected, the Supreme Court nominees will have to
pledge to uphold abortion, reverse the Citizens United decision. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Trump is elected, the Supreme Court nominees will have to
pledge to rule by the Constitution. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">These are things they’ve said. We can do this with al of the
issues. However, there are other things to measure. Such as the Justice
Department, the IRS. These should not be politically determined by the
administration. There should be separation from the White House. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Hillary is elected, and it’s found that she did do things
illegally like her own personal server, it appears she cannot be charged with a
crime as President. The only thing that can happen is that she be impeached.
Once impeached, the Senate would then
have to vote her out of office. Once she’s out of office, then she can be
charged with crimes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Regardless of who is elected, one thing we can be certain of is
that there will be another terrorist attack on this country. It happened in 93
with the World Trade Center bombing in February. It happened again in December
just before Clinton left office with the attack on the USS Cole. Then it
happened in huge fashion 7 months after
George W. Bush took office on September 11, 2001. It happened as well when
Obama took office with an attack in Arkansas at a recruiting center and then
another at Fort Hood, Texas. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before we even reach that point, there are still 8 days left until
the election. The FBI bombshell is likely not the last one to happen. Remember
who is running. Hillary Clinton. You can be sure that if there is something
else out there to be used against Donald Trump it will be used. Do you really believe here when she says "if they go low, we'll go high"? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The polls that will reflect the FBI news from last Friday will
start coming out on Thursday and Friday of this week. If it shows that Hillary
is losing or has lost a lot of ground, you can expect whatever she’s holding on
to to come out then. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You’re welcome to comment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brett</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The news or most of the news is talking about the “bombshell” laid
out by FBI director James Comey on Friday. They are calling what he did “unprecedented”
to drop this 11 days before an election. It’s not unprecedented. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1992 George H. W. Bush was running for re-election. He was
coming off a recession and the economy was recovering. But there was also the
ongoing Iran Contra scandal that had been going on since the Reagan presidency.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On June 16 of 92, fourteen people were brought under indictment by
special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh. One of those was Caspar Weinberger, the former
Secretary of Defense. Two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of
justice. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Leading up to election day, Bush was closing the gap between he
and Clinton. Ross Perot was also running in that race as an independent but had
started to slide when he said that terrorists had threatened his daughters
wedding, but he was still a factor in the race. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Four days before the election, Lawrence Walsh brought another
indictment of Weinberger. Bush then lost the election. On December 11, 1992 a
judge threw out the indictment of Weinberger because it violated the Statute of
Limitations and improperly broadened the original charges. Naturally, the
Clintons were thrilled and used it to get elected. Comey’s announcement is not
unprecedented. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is it Interfering with the Election or Would it be by not Saying?<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The news is now saying that Comey, recently loved by the news and
liberals, is doing this without knowing what’s in the E-mails. Hillary got
lucky back in July. Comey, for all intents and purposes, exonerated her. It’s
even more confusing when you listen to the 15 minute report he gave in his
announcement on July 5. He listed all that they had investigated and found and
everyone, including his own FBI agents that worked on it, were expecting him to
say that he was referring it to the Justice Department for charges. But he didn’t.
Despite even saying in his long list that “any reasonable person should have known
E-mail doesn’t belong on a personal server”, he said he was recommending no
charges. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The FBI, apparently in it’s investigation of former Representative
Anthony Weiner, seems to have discovered some E-mails from Clinton’s private
server. Apparently, once they discovered the E-mails, they stopped their search
and asked for a warrant so they could investigate these previously unknown
E-mails. This put Director Comey in a quandary. Does he report it to the
committees that were questioning him recently? Does he stay silent and just get
his warrants? For some reason, they are not allowed to look at those E-mails
without proper warrants. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">By announcing that they are reopening the investigation, the
charge from the liberals is that he’s affecting the election. But what about
the other direction? If he doesn’t announce the investigation, is that not also
affecting the election for the other side? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hillary wants transparency, but she hid her server for a long
time. It was only discovered during the Benghazi investigation. That doesn’t
sound like transparency. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She deleted 33,000 E-mails days after receiving a subpoena to
submit all of the E-mails. That’s not transparent. In fact, it sounds like
Obstruction. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her husband met privately with Attorney General Loretta Lynch days
before the FBI interview of Hillary Clinton. Camera’s were not allowed to be
carried by those in the know. Cell phones with cameras were not allowed. This
was a hidden meeting. That’s not transparent. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now Hillary is calling for Comey to release the E-mails so that
the American people can see them before the election. She, of course, doesn’t
want them released. She also knows that the FBI can’t release them and hasn’t
even looked at them yet. They’ve only seen enough to know that they should
re-open the investigation. If Hillary wants them released, she can release
them. It seems apparent that while she deleted them from her server, someone
had kept them on a personal E-mail account away from the server. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Comey calling for the investigation to be re-opened can have an
effect on the election against Hillary. On the other hand, not calling for the
investigation to be re-opened because of the election gives Hillary the
advantage in the election leaving the people in the dark when they vote. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clinton’s husband benefitted from a Special Prosecutors indictment
in 1992. Apparently, Karma may have her affected detrimentally during the
election of 2016. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s never a good thing to say one thing and do another. There are
so many ironies to this story. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hillary deleted E-mail, but at least one of her people apparently
kept it outside of Hillary’s personal server.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In the 1990’s the Clinton’s improperly and possibly illegally has
900 FBI files in their possession and now the FBI is re-opening a case they had
previously closed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This appears to have come about because of a sex scandal and
again, during the 1990’s the Clinton presidency was inundated with sex
scandals. Costing Bill $850,000 and his law license. This seems to be about
Anthony Weiners sexual deviancy, who is married to Huma Abedin, who is Hillary’s
closest advisor and it was the Clintons that played matchmaker getting Abedin
and Weiner together ending in a marriage that is now collapsing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">With the Clintons, the best closing line seems to be “Tune in
Tomorrow for the continuing saga of Clinton’s sex, lies and E-mails.” What a
soap opera. Maybe it could be titled “The Clinton’s. Jail or Impeachment?” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you watched the news on the mainstream media following the
debate, you’d never know the issues that were brought up during the debate. The
bulk of their reporting and comments were about Donald Trumps answer to Chris
Wallaces question as to whether or not he’d honor the results the election on
November 8. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trumps answer was that he’d look at the results first. When that
didn’t satisfy, he then said he’d leave them (the media) in suspense until
then. That is what the media took from the debate. It led every newscast the
following couple of days. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last week, the big news regarding Trump was all of the women
coming out saying he’d made advances on them 10, 20 and even 35 years ago. On
the news programs they spoke about that for 26 minutes. However, Wikileaks has
put out thousands of E-mails that came from John Podesta showing that Clinton
had said derogatory things about Sanders voters, catholics, and others. That
she said she has positions that she announces in public but that she holds
differing private positions. The media spent 57 seconds on those stories. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Wednesday, two more women came out with allegations regarding
Trumps supposed groping and kissing of them which the media happily reported.
On the other hand, another story with sources came out saying that Hillary had
someone that arranged for sexual partners for her that were both men and women.
Apparently, the media is only concerned about Trumps alleged sexual dalliances,
but Hillary’s don’t matter to them. When one of Trumps surrogates did mention
it on CNN, the commentator said that it was reported in a tabloid and not a
real news organization. They seem to have forgotten that 8 years ago, another
Presidential candidate by the name of John Edwards was the subject of an
Enquirer story regarding his affair with Ryell Hunter and that they had a child
together. Edwards ended up leaving the campaign and is no longer part of
politics. The rules are not the same for all in the mainstream media. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Saturday at Gettysburg, Trump gave a major speech. He began by talking
about how we are a divided nation as we were during Lincoln’s time when he made
the famous Gettysburg address. He said that he felt he had to act as a citizen
to run for President. He mentioned the problems of lack of work, food stamp
rolls, inner city problems, the military depletion and the VA Hospital problems
and that the changes must come from the outside because the professional
politicians have done nothing but exacerbate the problems. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He talked about voter fraud and how 1.8 million dead people are registered
to vote and are still voting. 14% of non citizens are registered to vote, and
that Hillary should have been precluded from running for President due to her
crimes, such as lying to the FBI and claiming she didn’t recall 39 times and
mentioned the deleted 33,000 E-mails that were deleted AFTER she received the
subpoena for them and that a four star general is now facing prison time for
way less than what she had done, and said the main stream media was complicit
in the bias towards Hillary. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He also said that the women that had come out with claims against
him that were not true and said he’d be suing them following the election. He
said, “a simple phone call gets wall to wall coverage with no fact checking.” Then
he said, “If they can do this to me, who has unlimited resources to fight back,
imagine what they can do to you with your jobs, your security, your education,
your health care, the violation of the second amendment. ” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He also mentioned the video’s by project veritas where operatives
admitted to starting the violence at Trump rallies including in Chicago where
it was cancelled at the recommendation of the police. The videos showed the
leaders of those starting the violence were paid for by the DNC and the Clinton
Campaign. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then he got to the issues. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">His economic plan to create jobs, and have fair trade. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">His Security Plan to bring safety to poorest communities. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">His Ethics plan to end corruption in government. “Drain the swamp”.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then he went into his 100 day action plan and calls it his
Contract with the American voter. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the first day, he will start on six measures to clean up
Washington. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> Hiring freeze on all fed
employees exempting military, public safety and public health. . <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Requirement that for every new regulation, two existing must be
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Ban for five years on former White House and congressional
employees from becoming lobbyists. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying on behalf foreign govt.
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Totally re-negotiate NAFTA or withdraw from it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Announce withdrawal from Trans pacific partnership. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Direct Sec. of Commerce to identify all foreign trading abuses
that unfairly affect Americans. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Lift Obama/ Clinton roadblocks from allowing to go forward.
Keystone pipeline for example. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Cancel billions in payments to United Nations Climate Change and
use the money for our own environmental infrastructure. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Cancel every Exec. Order by President Obama. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Cancel all federal funding of sanctuary cities. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Begin removing the criminal illegal aliens from the country and
cancel visas to countries that won’t take them back. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Suspend immigration from terror prone regions where vetting cannot
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Middle class tax relief and simplification Act. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Current brackets will reduced from 7 to 3 and tax forms
simplified. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Business rate lowered from 35% to 15%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Overseas money brought back at a 10% rate. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">End the off shoring act<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Establish tariffs for leaving the country. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">American infrastructure act. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">School Choice and opportunity Act. Choice of public private,
charter, magnet and home school. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">End Common Core<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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technical and vocation education. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and Replace Obamacare act<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the Red Tape at FDA<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and Elder Care Act<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Illegal Immigration Act<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Visa rules<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the funds to prosecute federal criminals. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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National Security Act. Peace through strength. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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for the Veterans. No more waiting at VA hospitals. They can visit private
doctor and have it paid for if they can’t get in to VA hospital quickly enough.
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against cyber attack<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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up corruption in Washington Act. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">All of that was in Trumps 42 minute speech on Saturday. Did you
hear this on the news? Of course not, they talked about how Trump was going to
sue the women that have come out and made claims against him that he says are
lies. On Meet the Press, Chuck Todd ignored being told of the other things and
asked when he was going to file the suits and had he given up on the election. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The three debates are done. We don’t have to worry any longer
about how the press will give Hillary questions in advance or how many times
they’ll ask Trump a tough question while asking Hillary what her favorite color
is. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can be sure that the press will not ask the American people
about their vote. They will continue to interview each other and tell each
other why we think what we think and whether it will pay off in November
without any knowledge of what the American people think at all. We would be
wise not to take the mainstream medias words to heart. If we ignore them we
only need ask ourselves what we want. Hillary has said she wants judges on the
Supreme Court that will restrict the 2<sup>nd</sup> amendment, that will ensure
a baby can be torn from the womb even five minutes before it’s ready and call
it the mothers right to choose. She has said she wants a court that will
reverse campaign finance laws. She wants to direct the court on how to rule.
Trump wants judges that follow the constitution. He hasn’t mentioned how
expects them to rule, only that they follow the constitution. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hillary wants open borders. She said she’s talking about just the
electrical grid, but she’s lying. She’s said both trade and immigration. Trump
wants secure borders, and secure elections. Again, we look to the constitution.
Only United States citizens are legally able to vote. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We either make the most of it and get out and vote on November 8
or we sit at home as many did in 2012 costing Mitt Romney the election. Our next
President is either going to be named Trump or Clinton. It’s not going to be
named McMullin or Johnson or Stein. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s our turn to speak up and I for one am really hoping that when
they call the election on election night, the press has to sit back with their
mouths wide open but no words coming out. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The debates are over. It’s now our turn! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You’re welcome to comment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brett</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For years, we’ve always heard the phrase “Choosing the lesser of
two evils” when it came to Presidential elections. This year, it’s more true than
ever. The Republicans have a candidate that is less than conventional, to say
the least. Crude and vile comes to mind when hearing his words.The Democrats
have a candidate that is just as bad in her personal life and in her public
life is as dishonest as they come. The Republican Party is made up of a bunch
of wimps showing exactly why someone like Donald Trump has a real chance at
winning the Presidency. The Democrat Party has a bunch of sheep that will
follow their candidate, make excuses for their candidate and act as though she
can do no wrong and anything negative said about her is only because she’s a female. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then there is the press. They don’t report, they judge. They edit
their words to reflect their bias while trying to appear above it all although
they don’t give great effort to hide that bias. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Donald Trumps comments that were aired on Friday, October 7 from
11 years ago only showed that he thought himself better than anyone because of
his success in show business. He claims it was locker room talk. I’ve been in
locker rooms when I was a teenager playing football, basketball and baseball, and
while he’s right, bragging about conquests of girls, whether they are truthful
or not, are said in locker rooms in high schools and junior high schools across
this country. They are said by teenagers who have little control over their
raging hormones and even less of a handle on their ability to be tactful or
respectful. I have never heard the exact words about grabbing genitalia that he
used, but the idea was still there. It also goes on in girls lockers rooms and
even in the parties that women put on where they are selling their sexy
lingerie and toys to each other like they were Tupperware parties. None of that
makes any of it right. None of that justifies Trump saying it age the age of
59. It’s childish and and shows a lack of character and I hope he was very embarrassed in talking about it with
his wife and his kids. Not just his daughters. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One thing we can be certain of is that we haven’t heard the last
of it. There is likely more to come because while the Clintons always claim others that use the "scorched earth" tactics, it is them that use it most often. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the exact same day that Trumps taped comments were put out
there for all to hear, Wikileaks put out their first batch of hacked E-mails of
John Podesta, who is Hillary’s campaign chairman. Do we know which was leaked
first? Did they put out Trumps, and then Hillary’s E-mails? Or did they put out
Hillary’s E-mails, then Trumps tape? They both came out within virtually
minutes of each other. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Those E-mails included comments by Hillary that she has a public
position on issues but also has a private position on those same issues. Say
one thing to get elected but do another thing once elected. Recently, she said
that half of Trump supporters were a basket of deplorable that were irredeemable.
Now in those E-mails, it’s shown that she called Bernie Sanders supporters a
bucket of losers. It was also revealed in the E-mails that Hillary wants open
trade and open borders. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the first debate, Hillary brought up the woman that was Miss
Universe over 20 years ago and things that Trump supposedly had said about her.
We got to spend a week hearing about that and then how that girl had threatened
the life of a judge in her home country, and how she’d been in some porn
videos. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then there is the Republican’s in the Senate and House and even
some governors and former governors that have rescinded their endorsement of Trump
over the language used in that tape. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are less than a month from the election. In fact, on the day
that the E-mails and the Trump tape was released, I received in my mail my
absentee ballot. What do the Republicans expect to happen by pulling their
endorsements? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do they think that Trump will drop out of the race? I’d be very
surprised if that happened. His ego is too large for him to back out over words
stated 11 years ago. If that was their bluff to get him to drop out, they
should have thought through their plan a little better. What other choice do
they have to vote for? Are they really going to switch to the Libertarian, Gary
Johnson? Gary Johnson is walking proof that pot smoking impairs the memory. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are they going to vote for Hillary? Do they really want to have
Hillary in the White House taxing the nation into a depression or have her
husband Bill wandering the halls of the White House grabbing every intern in
sight? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The next President will be named either Trump or Clinton. To not vote
makes them what they complained about in 2012 where Republicans stayed home
because Romney wasn’t good enough. To vote for anyone but those two only makes
them appear petty and they should give up the seats they are elected to fill. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Donald Trump beat out 16 other candidates. He beat some very good
Senators, Governors and former Senators. He beat out two non politicians which
were part of that 16. At some point, the Republicans are going to have to face
the fact that they have a very flawed candidate who is head and shoulders
better than the Democrat opponent. But don’t get the idea that being better
than Hillary makes Trump a good president. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So far, the Republicans are showing themselves to be wimps. If
they were smart, they would stand up and say that they don’t condone Trumps
remarks but that going to Hillary would be infinitely worse and then figure out
that if they want to get things done for the country, they will have to work to
keep Trump in check. They might actually have to do their job and start sticking
to policy and keeping Trumps feet to the fire on all that he tries to
implement. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is not about what they want. It’s not about what the
Democrats want. It is about what the American people want and what is best for
the United States of America. We have a Constitution that is at risk if Hillary
is elected. We have a Supreme Court that is at stake and could set this country
back for the next 30 years if Hillary is elected. We have borders that will
disappear if Hillary is elected. Health care in this country is at stake. The government
will be your new doctor if Hillary is elected. This election is about Liberty
and Freedom. If Hillary is elected, we’ll all be under the submission of what
amounts to be a tyrannical government. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our country is in danger of disappearing with either one of these
candidates. With Hillary, we’re assured that we’ll lose freedoms. If Trump is
elected, we at least have a chance. It may be a slim chance, but it’s still a
chance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can see no way for either party to bounce their candidate out.
Early voting has already begun. The only way it will change is if one of the
candidates chooses to drop out, then it will be their Vice Presidential nominee
that would fulfill the nominees place (and I’m not sure that’s 100% accurate). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The House could decide that regardless of which one wins the
election, they could start impeachment proceedings right after the
inauguration. But that would look like they are thwarting the will of the
people. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the Republicans to back away and all but give the election to
Hillary Clinton is selfish on their part and only shows that what’s important to
them is their own self interests and the country means nothing to them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a time for them to stand up and tell Trump that they
understand that this happened 11 years ago but that if he has current
activities that stain the Presidency, they will not hesitate to punish him with
the appropriate measures and party unity will not be taken into account if he’s
elected President. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While it’s right that the Republicans not just follow Trump
because he is a Republican, it’s wrong for them to abandon the people that are
voting for Trump because he’s the better choice between he and Hillary. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finally, there is the press. Have you seen the following reported?
<i>(Editing to clean up foul language is
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “Just get that
[F-ing dog] out of my way,” said to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/08/dogs_turn_paws_down_on_hillary.html#ixzz4KS89vjFW">Secret
Service K-9 handler</a>.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “Where is the GD
flag? I want the GD f***ing flag up every morning at f***ing sunrise”. Hillary
to staff at the Arkansas Governor’s mansion on Labor Day 1991. From the book
“Inside the White House” by Ronald Kessler, p. 244</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “F**k off! It’s enough
I have to see you s**t-kickers every day! I’m not going to talk to you, too!
Just do your Gd job and keep your mouth shut.” Hillary to her State Trooper
bodyguards after one of them greeted her with “Good Morning.” From the book
“America Evita” by Christopher Anderson, p.90</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “If you want to
remain on this detail, get your f***ing ass over here and grab those bags!”
Hillary to a Secret Service Agent who was reluctant to carry her luggage
because he wanted to keep his hands free in case of an incident. From the book
“The First Partner” p. 25</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “Stay the f**k back,
stay the f**k back away from me! Don’t come within ten yards of me, or else!
Just f**king do as I say, Okay!!?” Hillary screaming at her Secret Service
detail. From the book “Unlimited Access” by Clinton ‘s FBI Agent-in-Charge,
Gary Aldridge, p.139</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “Where’s the
miserable c**k sucker?” (otherwise known as “Bill Clinton”) Hillary shouting at
a Secret Service officer. From the book “The Truth about Hillary” by Edward
Klein, p. 5</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “You f**king idiot”
Hillary to a State Trooper who was driving her to an event. From the book
“Crossfire” ~pg. 84</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “Put this on the
ground! I left my sunglasses in the limo. I need those f**king sunglasses! We
need to go back!” Hillary to Marine One helicopter pilot to turn back while in
route to Air Force One. From the book ” Dereliction of Duty” p. 71-72</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “Come on Bill, put
your d**k up! You can’t f**k her here!!” Hillary to Gov. Bill Clinton when she
spots him talking with an attractive female. From the book “Inside the White
House” by Ronald Kessler, p. 243</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notice these are all sourced, yet the mainstream press doesn’t put
this out there for you to make an informed decision about someone who was first
lady. But they’ll repeat the exact words that Trump used 11 years when he was a
private citizen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the first debate, Lester Holt lobbed softball questions at
Hillary but not Trump. The only time he mentioned the E-mail controversy was
after Trump brought it up and then turned to Hillary and said “is there
anything you’d like to say about the E-mail?’ If that's a difficult question, anyone could do their job! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the debate last night, the second question he asked Hillary
answered for 3 minutes uninterrupted, but Trump got one minute before he was
stopped. When the crowd cheered at Trumps comments, they were told not to
applaud, but when the crowd cheered for something Hillary said, no admonition
was given. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have two flawed candidates to choose from this year. We have a
press that will only report what they choose to report based on their own
biases. Should we give up hope that this election can still turn out something
other than Hillary? No. There was an election a couple of months ago in England
about whether or not they should leave the European Union. The polls all said
it was safe that the EU would remain intact. Even our President came out in
favor of the EU. But the people spoke and the election went the other way. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Each vote is needed to offset the illegal aliens that will be
voting. To thwart Hillary and her accomplices in the press. The result may very
well be that we have the best of two very bad candidates, but at least it’s the
people choosing and not the establishment choosing for us. But only if we vote!
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If by some miracle the Republicans in the House and Senate get their act together and we get Trump as President, the best of two bad choices, we may actually get a congress that pays attention to the people for a change and keeps the Presidents feet to the fire to be sure things that are done are done calmly and with great deliberation. We just might get something good out of the bad choices we have. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We've elected one man because of his color and got a very bad President out of it. There were many better men and women of color than the one we got. There are better women to hold the office of the President than Hillary Clinton. Voting for her for the sake of getting our first female President is just as wrong as electing the wrong black man. Now we're down to two choices that are both bad. One of those choices is in it with the country in mind. The other is in it to make a name for herself. She has already done that in a bad way. Making her President is not going to correct what she's done to herself. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Vote. It may be your last chance to have a say in your government! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For years, we’ve always heard the phrase “Choosing the lesser of
two evils” when it came to Presidential elections. This year, it’s more true than
ever. The Republicans have a candidate that is less than conventional, to say
the least. Crude and vile comes to mind when hearing his words.The Democrats
have a candidate that is just as bad in her personal life and in her public
life is as dishonest as they come. The Republican Party is made up of a bunch
of wimps showing exactly why someone like Donald Trump has a real chance at
winning the Presidency. The Democrat Party has a bunch of sheep that will
follow their candidate, make excuses for their candidate and act as though she
can do no wrong and anything negative said about her is only because she’s a female. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then there is the press. They don’t report, they judge. They edit
their words to reflect their bias while trying to appear above it all although
they don’t give great effort to hide that bias. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Donald Trumps comments that were aired on Friday, October 7 from
11 years ago only showed that he thought himself better than anyone because of
his success in show business. He claims it was locker room talk. I’ve been in
locker rooms when I was a teenager playing football, basketball and baseball, and
while he’s right, bragging about conquests of girls, whether they are truthful
or not, are said in locker rooms in high schools and junior high schools across
this country. They are said by teenagers who have little control over their
raging hormones and even less of a handle on their ability to be tactful or
respectful. I have never heard the exact words about grabbing genitalia that he
used, but the idea was still there. It also goes on in girls lockers rooms and
even in the parties that women put on where they are selling their sexy
lingerie and toys to each other like they were Tupperware parties. None of that
makes any of it right. None of that justifies Trump saying it age the age of
59. It’s childish and I hope he was very embarrassed in talking about it with
his wife and his kids. Not just his daughters. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One thing we can be certain of is that we haven’t heard the last
of it. There is more to come. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the exact same day that Trumps taped comments were put out
there for all to hear, Wikileaks put out their first batch of hacked E-mails of
John Podesta, who is Hillary’s campaign chairman. Do we know which was leaked
first? Did they put out Trumps, and then Hillary’s E-mails? Or did they put out
Hillary’s E-mails, then Trumps tape? They both came out within virtually
minutes of each other. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Those E-mails included comments by Hillary that she has a public
position on issues but also has a private position on those same issues. Say
one thing to get elected but do another thing once elected. Recently, she said
that half of Trump supporters were a basket of deplorable that were irredeemable.
Now in those E-mails, it’s shown that she called Bernie Sanders supporters a
bucket of losers. It was also revealed in the E-mails that Hillary wants open
trade and open borders. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the first debate, Hillary brought up the woman that was Miss
Universe over 20 years ago and things that Trump supposedly had said about her.
We got to spend a week hearing about that and then how that girl had threatened
the life of a judge in her home country, and how she’d been in some porn
videos. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then there is the Republican’s in the Senate and House and even
some governors and former governors that have rescinded their endorsement of Trump
over the language used in that tape. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are less than a month from the election. In fact, on the day
that the E-mails and the Trump tape was released, I received in my mail my
absentee ballot. What do the Republicans expect to happen by pulling their
endorsements? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do they think that Trump will drop out of the race? I’d be very
surprised if that happened. His ego is too large for him to back out over words
stated 11 years ago. If that was their bluff to get him to drop out, they
should have thought through their plan a little better. What other choice do
they have to vote for? Are they really going to switch to the Libertarian, Gary
Johnson? Gary Johnson is walking proof that pot smoking impairs the memory. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are they going to vote for Hillary? Do they really want to have
Hillary in the White House taxing the nation into a depression or have her
husband Bill wandering the halls of the White House grabbing every intern in
sight? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The next President will be named either Trump or Clinton. To not vote
makes them what they complained about in 2012 where Republicans stayed home
because Romney wasn’t good enough. To vote for anyone but those two only makes
them appear petty and they should give up the seats they are elected to fill. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Donald Trump beat out 16 other candidates. He beat some very good
Senators, Governors and former Senators. He beat out two non politicians which
were part of that 16. At some point, the Republicans are going to have to face
the fact that they have a very flawed candidate who is head and shoulders
better than the Democrat opponent. But don’t get the idea that being better
than Hillary makes Trump a good president. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So far, the Republicans are showing themselves to be wimps. If
they were smart, they would stand up and say that they don’t condone Trumps
remarks but that going to Hillary would be infinitely worse and then figure out
that if they want to get things done for the country, they will have to work to
keep Trump in check. They might actually have to do their job and start sticking
to policy and keeping Trumps feet to the fire on all that he tries to
implement. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is not about what they want. It’s not about what the
Democrats want. It is about what the American people want and what is best for
the United States of America. We have a Constitution that is at risk if Hillary
is elected. We have a Supreme Court that is at stake and could set this country
back for the next 30 years if Hillary is elected. We have borders that will
disappear if Hillary is elected. Health care in this country is at stake. The government
will be your new doctor if Hillary is elected. This election is about Liberty
and Freedom. If Hillary is elected, we’ll all be under the submission of what
amounts to be a tyrannical government. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our country is in danger of disappearing with either one of these
candidates. With Hillary, we’re assured that we’ll lose freedoms. If Trump is
elected, we at least have a chance. It may be a slim chance, but it’s still a
chance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can see no way for either party to bounce their candidate out.
Early voting has already begun. The only way it will change is if one of the
candidates chooses to drop out, then it will be their Vice Presidential nominee
that would fulfill the nominees place (and I’m not sure that’s 100% accurate). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The House could decide that regardless of which one wins the
election, they could start impeachment proceedings right after the
inauguration. But that would look like they are thwarting the will of the
people. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the Republicans to back away and all but give the election to
Hillary Clinton is selfish on their part and only shows that what’s important to
them is their own self interests and the country means nothing to them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a time for them to stand up and tell Trump that they
understand that this happened 11 years ago but that if he has current
activities that stain the Presidency, they will not hesitate to punish him with
the appropriate measures and party unity will not be taken into account if he’s
elected President. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While it’s right that the Republicans not just follow Trump
because he is a Republican, it’s wrong for them to abandon the people that are
voting for Trump because he’s the better choice between he and Hillary. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “Just get that
[F-ing dog] out of my way,” said to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/08/dogs_turn_paws_down_on_hillary.html#ixzz4KS89vjFW">Secret
Service K-9 handler</a>.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “Where is the GD
flag? I want the GD f***ing flag up every morning at f***ing sunrise”. Hillary
to staff at the Arkansas Governor’s mansion on Labor Day 1991. From the book
“Inside the White House” by Ronald Kessler, p. 244</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “F**k off! It’s enough
I have to see you s**t-kickers every day! I’m not going to talk to you, too!
Just do your Gd job and keep your mouth shut.” Hillary to her State Trooper
bodyguards after one of them greeted her with “Good Morning.” From the book
“America Evita” by Christopher Anderson, p.90</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “If you want to
remain on this detail, get your f***ing ass over here and grab those bags!”
Hillary to a Secret Service Agent who was reluctant to carry her luggage
because he wanted to keep his hands free in case of an incident. From the book
“The First Partner” p. 25</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “Stay the f**k back,
stay the f**k back away from me! Don’t come within ten yards of me, or else!
Just f**king do as I say, Okay!!?” Hillary screaming at her Secret Service
detail. From the book “Unlimited Access” by Clinton ‘s FBI Agent-in-Charge,
Gary Aldridge, p.139</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “Where’s the
miserable c**k sucker?” (otherwise known as “Bill Clinton”) Hillary shouting at
a Secret Service officer. From the book “The Truth about Hillary” by Edward
Klein, p. 5</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “You f**king idiot”
Hillary to a State Trooper who was driving her to an event. From the book
“Crossfire” ~pg. 84</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “Put this on the
ground! I left my sunglasses in the limo. I need those f**king sunglasses! We
need to go back!” Hillary to Marine One helicopter pilot to turn back while in
route to Air Force One. From the book ” Dereliction of Duty” p. 71-72</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- “Come on Bill, put
your d**k up! You can’t f**k her here!!” Hillary to Gov. Bill Clinton when she
spots him talking with an attractive female. From the book “Inside the White
House” by Ronald Kessler, p. 243</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
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this out there for you to make an informed decision about someone who was first
lady. But they’ll repeat the exact words that Trump used 11 years when he was a
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Hillary but not Trump. The only time he mentioned the E-mail controversy was
after Trump brought it up and then turned to Hillary and said “is there
anything you’d like to say about the E-mail?’ If that's a difficult question, anyone could do their job! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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answered for 3 minutes uninterrupted, but Trump got one minute before he was
stopped. When the crowd cheered at Trumps comments, they were told not to
applaud, but when the crowd cheered for something Hillary said, no admonition
was given. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have two flawed candidates to choose from this year. We have a
press that will only report what they choose to report based on their own
biases. Should we give up hope that this election can still turn out something
other than Hillary? No. There was an election a couple of months ago in England
about whether or not they should leave the European Union. The polls all said
it was safe that the EU would remain intact. Even our President came out in
favor of the EU. But the people spoke and the election went the other way. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Each vote is needed to offset the illegal aliens that will be
voting. To thwart Hillary and her accomplices in the press. The result may very
well be that we have the best of two very bad candidates, but at least it’s the
people choosing and not the establishment choosing for us. But only if we vote!
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If by some miracle the Republicans in the House and Senate get their act together and we get Trump as President, the best of two bad choices, we may actually get a congress that pays attention to the people for a change and keeps the Presidents feet to the fire to be sure things that are done are done calmly and with great deliberation. We just might get something good out of the bad choices we have. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We've elected one man because of his color and got a very bad President out of it. There were many better men and women of color than the one we got. There are better women to hold the office of the President than Hillary Clinton. Voting for her for the sake of getting our first female President is just as wrong as electing the wrong black man. Now we're down to two choices that are both bad. One of those choices is in it with the country in mind. The other is in it to make a name for herself. She has already done that in a bad way. Making her President is not going to correct what she's done to herself. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Vote. It may be your last chance to have a say in your government! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the first debate, Trump had Hillary on defense through the
first 40 minutes or so until he let her personal attacks get under his skin and
he started flailing back at her over those remarks. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If he’s going to engage her in a debate, he has to be on the
offensive and ready for anything she says for the entire 90 minutes and not
just one quarter of the debate. Trump has the right policies regarding Illegal
Immigration, eliminating ISIS, lowering taxes, reducing regulations,
cyber-security, getting the economy to grow, reducing spending, and fixing the
VA for our veterans. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hillary has lived off the government all of her life and never
hired anyone for a business she’s started. Government is the problem.
Government is corruption. Government does not have solutions. Hillary has been
involved in government since her husband was elected Attorney General in the
1980’s. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When she talks about Trump not having the temperament to be
President, he should say that he’s not the one that has thrown ash trays and
vases at the President. That was her doing. He’s not the one that has told his
body guards where they could go, that was her replying to a "good morning" from a
secret service agent with an expletive. Trump is not the one that told his body
guards to get off the plane so he could give a free ride to donors to his
foundation, but Hillary has done that. Trump may have made passes at women as a
businessman, but Hillary has aided in dealing with “bimbo” eruptions during her
husband’s philandering years in the White House. She might want to learn the
difference between a Philanthropist and a Philanderer. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When it comes to cyber security, Hillary is the last person that
anyone should trust with this nations secrets via E-mail. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This next debate will be a town hall style debate with people in
the audience asking some questions. Make no mistake about it though, the
questions are pre-approved by the moderators. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if
they choose at least one illegal alien to ask a question of Trump. If that
happens, that is the press taking sides. Think about it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Illegal aliens are not eligible to vote in our elections. So why
should they be permitted to ask questions in a debate between two people that
we will be choosing from for our election to be our President? An even better
question would be, why isn’t someone from ICE in the hall to arrest any illegal
aliens for breaking our laws? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If the press chooses an illegal alien to ask a question, they are
taking time away from an American citizen to ask a question, and they are
showing their bias in favor of Hillary. Do you really think they’ll have
Gennifer Flowers ask a question of Hillary? Or Kathleen Willey? Paula Jones?
Juanita Broaddrick? Monica Lewinsky? Of course not, that would be biased in
favor of Trump and the press won’t do that. They’ll likely not say much about
Hillary’s E-mail or giving immunity to five of her underlings and yet nobody
being charged with anything. Those things will be up to Trump if she’s going to
be made to answer for her corruption. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trump will have to be better for this debate than he was in the
last one. I hope he learned from Mike Pence how to be ready. Pence was
interrupted 73 times by Tim Kaine and the moderator and he let it roll off his
back and still got the message across. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The great thing about Trump is that each time it seems he’s about
to be out of it, he bounces back stronger. We’ll see if that happens on Sunday.
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is a five part writing on Hillary Clinton. I apologize for the length of it. I
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One The Early Years<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hillary Diane Rodham was born October 26, 1947 in Chicago,
Illinois. She was the oldest of three children, the other two being boys,
Anthony and Hugh. She was raised in a politically conservative home in Park
Ridge, Illinois. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">During the 1960 Presidential election, at the age of 13 she
volunteered for the Nixon campaign, and apparently saw evidence of voter fraud
with many registered voters having addresses that were nothing more than empty
lots. In 1964 she volunteered for the Republican, Barry Goldwater campaign for
President. She left for Wellesley College in 1965 where as a freshman she was
the President of the Young Republicans. During the 1968 election she attended
the Republican National Convention and
didn’t like how the Nixon campaign treated Governor Rockefeller and left the
Republican Party for good. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hillary then moved on to Yale where she met and started dating
Bill Clinton in 1971 and in 1972 she supported and worked for George McGovern
for President and in 1974 she worked on the impeachment inquiry staff for the
House Committee of the Judiciary investigating the Watergate scandal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1975 she bought a house with Bill Clinton in Arkansas and they
married in October 1975. She retained her name of Hillary Rodham despite the
marriage. Bill was elected Attorney General in Arkansas and a year later,
Hillary went to work with the Rose Law Firm becoming a full partner in 1979.
Bill was elected Governor in 1978.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Having made more money than husband Bill each year, she invested
$1,000 in cattle futures and ten months later had it grow to nearly $100,000. They also invested in Jim and Susan McDougal’s real estate investment firm of
Whitewater. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bill Clinton lost his reelection bid for Governor in 1980. In
1982, with her husband running for Governor of Arkansas again, she began using the
name Hillary Clinton and then as first lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While Clinton was re-elected Governor of Arkansas, Hillary worked at the Rose
Law Firm. During that time, an entity called the Arkansas Development Finance
Authority was created. This was purported to be almost a benevolent
organization to provide low interest loans for schools and churches among other
things. It was to help out financially those of lesser means. The first five
loans went to Clinton friends. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Webb Hubbell was a partner with the Rose Law firm. He drafted the
law. He introduced and got it passed. The first loan went to a company called "Park on Meter" (POM). The audit and evaluation of applications was done by Webb Hubbell and the
papers were signed by Webb Hubbell and Hillary Clinton of the Rose Law Firm.
It’s $2.85 million loan was never repaid. The owner of POM was Seth Ward who is
Webb Hubbells son-in-law. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While this is just a brief description of the years before the
Clinton’s and especially Hillary arrived in Washington, there are some
similarities that will show up on later years. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1992 Bill Clinton, former Governor of Arkansas decided to run
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bill Clinton decided to run for President. Before the first
primary in New Hampshire, news broke of an extra-marital affair between Bill
Clinton and Gennifer Flowers. He denied it. However, during and interview on 60
minutes, Hillary famously said, “I’m not sittin’ here as some little woman like
Tammy Wynette, standing by my man.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bill Clinton said that the nation would be getting two for the
price of one if he’s elected because Hillary would be actively involved. Once
elected, she started using the name Hillary Rodham Clinton again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Immediately in January her husband appointed her to head up the
task force on Health Care Reform. She was touted as the smartest woman in the
world. Meetings were held in secret
rather than publicly as required. By July of 1994 the topic was so
controversial that she wore a bullet proof vest on a bus tour. Despite the
Democrats controlling the White House with Bill and Hillary (or Billary), and
controlling both the Senate and the House, they could not get the support
needed and the plan died. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In May of 1993, seven employees of the White House Travel staff
were fired. The Director of the travel office, Billy Dale was indicted by a grand jury but
was acquitted of the charges of embezzlement. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hillary testified about the Travel office firings saying she
wasn’t directly involved. However, in 1996 a memo was found that she was
directly involved, in fact, ordered the firings. However, the Independent
Council report investigating the myriad of Clinton scandals found that she made
“factually false” statements, but there was not enough evidence that either of
the Clintons had done anything illegal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was found that Clinton wanted the Travel office put under a
travel agency in Arkansas partially owned by Bill Clinton’s 3<sup>rd</sup>
cousin and managed by friends from Hollywood. Harry Thomason. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Over 900 FBI files were obtained by a former bar bouncer, Craig
Livingson, hired by Hillary in the White House Counsels office. These were used
first to discredit Linda Tripp as well as Kathleen Willey and others over Bill
Clintons sexual misconduct. This investigation went on long after the Clintons
left the White House and ended in 2010. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Audits were done on Conservative groups and individual. The groups
included the Heritage foundation, National Rifle Association, Citizens for
Honest Government, Concerned Women of America among others. Individuals
include Clintons sexual friends,
Gennifer Flowers, Liz Ward Gracen, Juanita Broaddrick, Paula Jones, Billy Dale (former Director of the Travel
Office), and others. Not one liberal group had been audited during the Clinton
Presidency. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of nearly $100,000 in ten months time. Special treatment or insider trading was
suspected. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Money was funneled to the Campaign of Clinton from China, as well
as his legal defense fund, which was to be used to secure sensitive technology
for the Chinese. The Lippo Group, Charlie Trie, John Huang, Johnny Chung and
more were involved in what could have amounted to an impeachment of Clinton for
treason. Instead, attention was turned to a young intern. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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old at the time, not much older than first daughter Chelsea. Due to President
Clinton’s activities with this young girl, America learned about humans being
used as humidors for cigars. We also learned the definition of “is”. We also heard
that oral sex is not sex at first. We watched as the President of the United
States told American’s on national television that he did not have a sexual
relationship with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. We also heard for the first time
from Hillary Clinton that there was a vast right wing conspiracy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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impeached. The Senate failed to find him guilty of neither obstruction of
justice nor perjury. The difference between acquittal and removal from office
was all Democrats. Nobody wanted to talk about the “salacious” activities in
the Senate. It was okay for the President to engage in these activities, cover
them up and lie about them, but it was considered beneath the dignity of the
Senate to discuss them even in the context of a trial. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Labor Secretary, Alexis Herman, Assoc. Atty. Gen. Webb Hubbell, Commerce
Secretary Ron Brown, Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, Jim McDougal, Susan McDougal, Bernard
Nussbaum, Patsy Thomason, Jean Hanson, William Kennedy, Herby Bransum &
Robin Hill, Harold Ickes, Lloyed Cutler, Zoe Baird, Kimba Wood, Sandy Berger,Terry
McAuliffe (now Gov. of Virginia). All involved in scandals, nearly all charged
with fraud, lying to Congress, and or tax illegalities. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to run for another term. Hillary Clinton decided to run. However, she was not a
resident of New York and had never lived in New York. So she and her husband
bought a house in Chappaqua, New York while she was still the First Lady and
Clinton was still President. In the 2000 election, she won the seat. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She took office in January 2001 just a couple of weeks prior to
Clintons presidency coming to an end. As we all know, just over 7 months later,
we were attacked on September 11, 2001. She supported President Bush’s attack
on Afghanistan in response to the 2001 attack. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hillary also voted for the October 2002 resolution on the Iraq
War. In 2005 she supported President Bush’s stance about not bringing the
soldiers home from Iraq on a date certain. In 2007 she voiced opposition to the
surge of additional soldiers to Iraq. Despite the success, she voted later for
a war spending bill that required Bush to bring the troops home by a date
certain. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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However it fell apart on her with repeating
the lie about she’d landed in Bosnia under heavy fire where they had to
run to the car from the airplane while video’s showed he smiling, walking, and
greeting people waiting for her and daughter Chelsea on the tarmac. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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State in the Obama administration. Shortly after was the famous “reset” with
the Russians where she presented them with a plastic button that could be
pushed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Following the close of the Clinton Presidency, they set up the
Clinton Foundation. The former President received speaking fees and they took
contributions from around the world, claiming it was for humanitarian purposes.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As Secretary of State, she led the push to remove Mohammar
Ghadaffi as the leader of Libya. She claimed that not one American life was
lost doing this. However, on September 11, 2012, just weeks prior to the
election, terrorists attacked the American installation in Benghazi. Three
soldiers and our ambassador were killed in the attack. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She E-mailed her daughter and told her it was a terrorist attack
the night it was happening, but she told the families and the American people
it was due to a video and not due to terrorism. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Late in her term as Secretary of State, she had a series of falls.
Breaking an arm at one point and getting a concussion from another fall. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In March of 2015 the committee investigating Benghazi, chaired by
Trey Gowdy, Republican from South Carolina, discovered that Hillary had her own
personal E-mail and her own personal server. The committee put out a subpoena
to have the server protected from destruction so that they could get to the
E-mails. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hillary decided that her team of lawyers would review all of the
E-mails and decide which was personal and which was government mails and turned
over what they considered the government mail and deleted what they decided was
personal E-mail. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She claimed that there were no confidential, top secret E-mail
ever sent to her on her personal E-mail. She claimed she did it that way
because she didn’t want to carry more than one device to access her mail. She
also claimed it was legal and that all previous Secretaries of State had done
the same thing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This has all been found to be not true and even discovered that 13
devices have been lost and/or replaced and some were actually destroyed with a
hammer. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This has been by no means a complete record of Hillary Clinton. It
does show, however, how events and activities tie together as the years go by. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span dir="RTL"></span>٠</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">In 1964, Fact Magazine published a story after polling
psychiatrists on whether Barry Goldwater was fit to be President. It is
unethical for a psychiatrist to comment on someone’s mental state without at
least examining them. Recently, the same thing was done regarding Donald Trump.
What Hillary behind this? Well, remember, in 1964, Hillary volunteered for
Barry Goldwater for President. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span dir="RTL"></span>٠</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">In 1960, Hillary canvassed at the age of 13 for Nixon for
President against John F. Kennedy and discovered evidence of voter fraud in
Chicago. If you will remember, that election was especially close and it’s
widely thought that Kennedy lost the election due to shenanigans in Illinois,
Chicago in particular. Nixon decided not to pursue it thinking it would not be
good for the country to have that battle. Hillary had gone to Chicago and found
that homes of registered voters were actually empty lots. It was a good piece
of evidence and remarkable that a 13 year old would find it. Having snuck off
to find this out, she suffered the wrath of her father for going into such a
dangerous area of Chicago on her own. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, there are rampant stories of voter fraud over the past few
elections including the upcoming one. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span dir="RTL"></span>٠</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">In 1971, Hillary worked for McGovern for President. He was beaten
in a landslide and later it came out about the Watergate break in, and then
illegal campaign contributions. By 1974, Hillary had moved on to work for the
impeachment inquiry committee. This led to Nixon’s resignation before he could
be impeached because Nixon didn’t have any Republican support. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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happen again, but the Clintons had the support of most Democrats, so while Bill
Clinton was impeached, he was acquitted in the Senate and was not removed from
office. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span dir="RTL"></span>٠</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">In Arkansas, Hillary was involved, whether directly or indirectly,
with the creation of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority. Money was
raised under the guise of philanthropic activity, and did do some, but was
considered also a money laundering entity and involved with the Clintons as
part of their “machine.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While President, funds were raised by “renting” the Lincoln
Bedroom for access to the President. Funds were raised from Chinese donors and
several of those were imprisoned. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Following the Clinton Presidency, the Clinton Foundation was
started, again as a philanthropic organization but also used to raise money
from countries (China, Iran) for the possible purpose of helping fund the
Hillary campaign and there was co-mingling of information between the
foundation and the state department while Hillary was Secretary of State. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"><span dir="RTL"></span>٠</span>When the Gennifer Flowers
controversy began, in an interview Hillary invoked the Stand by man song by
Tammy Wynette saying she wasn’t going to do that. Yet, with all of the liaisons
that Bill Clinton had, Hillary did stand by her man. If you believe Juanita
Broaddrick, Hillary came right to her to thank her for keeping silent just
prior to Bill Clinton announcing he was running for President. Hillary was the
overseer to the Bimbo Eruptions group in the campaign. So it’s fairly obvious
that she did “stand by her man”. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span dir="RTL"></span>٠</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Numerous scandals were listed in Part 2 above of the Clinton
presidency, but not much detail was given. The scandals are not the focus of
this, it’s how they are handled. Hillary was directly involved in the
Travelgate and Filegate scandals and was found to have not stated the truth but
also found not to have lied intentionally with the idea of covering up anything.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In her own scandal with the E-mails, the FBI decided she wasn’t
truthful but it didn’t rise to the level of obstruction because while she didn’t
tell the truth on some matters, she didn’t lie to cover up things. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the 90’s it was reported that Hillary Clinton was the smartest
woman in the world. By the late 90’s William Safire, a journalist, said that
Hillary was a “congenital liar”. Would the smartest woman in the world actually
not realize she was telling a lie when she said something? Such as landing in
Bosnia under “fire” when video’s show it to be untrue? As mentioned before,
government E-mails are not the property of the person ,but they are the
property of the government. Hillary Clinton should know this very well from
past experience. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sandy Berger was Assistant to the President for National Security.
This is a man that should know what’s confidential and not. He should know what
can be taken home from the White House and what can’t. Berger was found guilty
of removing classified documents from the National Archives. He stuffed
documents in his socks and his pants to get them out of the building and then
lied to investigators about it. He was found guilty of a misdemeanor. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hillary should know just from that that government business is not
to be removed and kept out in public. Rather it’s to be protected. In addition,
as the Secretary of State, she was one of the few that would determine if
things were classified, confidential, top secret or special access. To say she
didn’t lie about her intent stretches credibility. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1992 when Bill Clinton was running for President, he said with
him and Hillary, America actually gets two Presidents for the price of one. If
that’s true, then she is just as responsible for the scandals that took place
under her husband’s administration as he is. Wouldn’t that also mean that if
Hillary is elected, that we’ll once again get two Presidents for the price of
one? Can the country really stand another four or eight years of scandal on top
of scandal? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Imagine for a moment that Hillary is elected President in
November. Do you really want Bill Clinton running around the White House with
nothing to do but chase interns around? Do we really want the repeated scandals
of the 90’s all over again? Do we really want another 87 government officials
sent off to prison, such as Webb Hubbell was? Or those breaking the laws such
as Mike Espy, Henry Cisneros, Ron Brown and Sandy Berger were? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two books have been written with many of the same topics. Gary
Aldrich wrote a book called “Unlimited Access” . He was an FBI agent in the
White House during the 90’s. He told of violence from Hillary towards Bill
Clinton. Ash trays being thrown. Bill Clinton being given a black eye by
Hillary. Recently, Gary Byrne wrote a book called “Crisis of Character”. Byrne
is a former Secret Service agent during the Clinton years. This book just came
out this year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He tells of bibles being thrown at the back of the head of secret
service agents and a vase being smashed and Bill Clinton having a black eye. Of
agents seeing her coming and ducking into another room to avoid interacting with
her. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are other stories recounting how Hillary will be nice and
friendly and praising of the Secret Service and military contingent in public,
but in private could go into an obscenity laden rant without notice and would
even do the same with her husband. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notice that everything in this piece has nothing to do with the
issues. There’s no discussion of how to get the economy moving, or how to fix
the health care debacle, nor even about the fight against terrorism. Everything
is about the character and demeanor of Hillary Clinton, or lack thereof. Not a lot of detail has been gone into. There is just too much that would have to be written if all of the details were written here. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hillary recently said that with the scandals there’s a lot of
smoke but no fire. This country is being choked off by all of the smoke. Is it
possible to have smoke without a fire being lit somewhere? Shouldn't we be questioning what all of her smoke is doing to the environment? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hillary testified in the 90’s regarding Whitewater, filegate,
travelgate and likely other things and she said “I don’t recall” over 50 times.
Recently, she was questioned by the FBI regarding her E-mails, and again said
many times, “I don’t recall”. This time she blamed her lack of memory on her
concussion from several years ago. Do we really want someone as President who [convenientlyl] can’t recall things she has or hasn’t done, or how they came about? Perhaps she should be examined by a doctor for certain diseases that affect memory. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this country, we lend power to our government to act in our
best interests as a country. Power is not given, it’s lent to the government.
We then choose the people that we want to lend this power to and expect them to
act in the country’s best interest and not for their own self aggrandizement. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hillary Clinton is corrupt. She likely should have been convicted
of several things in the past and we can argue about whether or not she should
be in jail for those activities. One thing we shouldn’t do is take someone that
is this corrupt and put her in charge of leading this country and really the
leader of the free world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She should not have access to this country’s secrets if we want
them to remain secrets. She should not be permitted to set policy for this country
and have her agenda be where this country is headed for the next four years.
She cannot be trusted to do anything but the wrong thing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Media Bias</u><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We all know of the media bias that exists. CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN,
MSNBC, NY Times, Washington Post, etc. They will point out that Hillary goes
after Trump for not making his tax returns available but they say nothing of
Hillary’s transcripts in her speeches to Goldman Sachs and how she hasn’t made
them public. Or when Hillary says that Trump does not have the temperament to
be President using examples of how he treats a gold star family, but they don’t
point out how the Secret Service agents were ducking into rooms to avoid
Hillary if she were to walk down a hall that they happened to be in because of
how she threatens and berates them at every opportunity. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In recent days Andrea Mitchell reported falsely that Donald Trump
would be the oldest person to take the oath of office if he wins the election.
Trump turned 70 in June. Hillary turns 69 in October. Oh what a difference a
year makes. Oh, and by the way, Ronald Reagan took the oath of office at the
age of 74 in 1985, just two weeks before turning 75. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Remember hurricane Katrina? They showed how President Bush had
flown over Louisiana on his way back from his vacation at his home in Texas in
2005 and viewed the area from Air Force One. This week, Louisiana has had
massive flooding and Donald Trump went there a couple of days after the
flooding. President Obama is on vacation and is playing golf. Hillary Clinton
is raising money for her campaign using the flooding but she hasn’t gone to the
area. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the convention goers were for chanting “Lock her up”. But said nothing when
Democrats at their convention said the same thing one night. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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smoking pot and just the other day apparently was taken away from a party on
Martha’s Vineyard just before police moved in and arrested everyone. The press
barely mentioned it. But when former President Bush’s daughters were out
drinking it was a major news story for days and they were always under scrutiny
by the press long after the incident. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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candidates were asked by Fox’s Bret Baier if there is anyone that would not
sign a pledge to support the eventual nominee. The only one to raise his hand
was Trump. He came around a few weeks later and said he would support whomever
the eventual winner was. So all had pledged to support the nominee. When Trump won the nomination several didn’t.
Christie, Huckabee, Carson, Walker, Perry, all have backed Trump and been out
front about it. Graham, Santorum, Firorina, Bush and Cruz have not. Cruz even
got booed off stage at the convention for refusing to back Trump. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now several dozen former Republicans including one former Congressman,
Chris Shays from Connecticut, have sent a letter asking the RNC to stop funding
Trump and put the money towards Congressional seats, with Shays actually coming
out and endorsing Hillary. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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They are establishment Republicans who go along to get along. This is what the
people of this country do not want. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Voting for Hillary is not just a one election event. Electing
Hillary will set the Supreme Court on a course to liberal rulings that are not
constitutional and will be set for a generation at least. It will cause taxes
to increase and continue the 8 year malaise on our economy. It will cause the
borders to be open to anyone that wants to come here regardless of our laws,
not to mention our safety when terrorists come in through those borders. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many are talking about voting for the Libertarian ticket of
Johnson/Weld. This is a vote for Hillary as well. The next President is going
to be either Republican or Democrat. It is not going to be anyone else. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">All of the following cities have been run by Democrats for a long
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Atlanta- 1877- Nedom Angier<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Baltimore-1967- Theodore McKeldin<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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with 1,000 less delegates than Donald Trump, just proved why he was not the man
to be the nominee of the Republican party. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bring himself to back the Republican nominee for President, thus stealing the
spotlight from Governor Mike Pence, Trumps VP choice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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he refused to say anything more than “vote your conscience”. Senator Cruz
proved exactly why he was not Presidential material. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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countered Cruz’s comments and paraphrased the meaning of them. Newt Gingrich
said, “I think you misunderstood one paragraph of what Ted Cruz said. Ted Cruz
said vote your conscience for anyone that will uphold the constitution.” Newt
said, “there is only one candidate that will uphold the Constitution. So to paraphrase
Ted Cruz, if you want to protect the
Constitution of the United States, the only possible candidate this fall is the
Trump/Pence Republican Ticket!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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talking heads rather than show Gingrich’s speech. I urge you to look it up on
You Tube. There is another that the networks didn’t cover that was really good,
but there was a part that called on the press to do their jobs, so naturally
the networks wouldn’t play that. Laura Ingraham gave the best speech up to that
point just before Cruz. She admonished the other Republican candidates to honor
their pledge to support the Republican ticket. You can watch that here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqNhDVcvrsg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqNhDVcvrsg</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ingraham before him and Gingrich after him. When the booing started and it was
clear that the people wanted him to endorse Trump, he chose to ignore them.
Cruz would have come off much better had he endorsed, as he promised in
writing, but he chose to think of himself rather than the country. He was in
direct contrast to the theme of the convention. Country. All he had to do when
he saw the reaction from the people, was to adjust his speech. We all know it
can be done. Gingrich did it to cover Cruz’s backside. Cruz certainly could
have adlibbed to take the higher ground, but he chose the low rode. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The GOP leadership is out of touch with American people. There
were 17 candidates for President last August. Four of them were considered
anti-establishment. Donald Trump a businessman. Ben Carson, a doctor. Carly
Fiorina, a businesswoman and Senator Ted Cruz, a politician that constantly
bucked the system in his few years in the Senate. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fiorina did very well in the debates, but you didn’t see much else
of her outside of the debates. She was the first of the four to leave. Ben
Carson, a soft spoken doctor, did well and wouldn’t knuckle under to the press,
was the second to leave when he began dropping in the polls. Ted Cruz, the
rookie Senator from Texas did well by avoiding arguments with Trump, and is
very good at explaining the Constitution, dropped out after Indiana when the
results didn’t match his statements of how well he was doing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">That left Trump the businessman that led in the polls from the day
he entered the race a year ago. He said the things that Americans are concerned
about. Illegal Immigration and building the wall. Political Correctness. The
trade deficit. The Iranian deal. People not working. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trump is a businessman and not a politician. He talks about how
the politicians say one thing but once in office, they do another. He’s not speaking
like a politician and that’s what people are apparently longing for. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When he talked about the Mexicans sending their rapists and
murderers, he was talking about the trains loaded with people on top of the
trains coming here. The people walking from Central America across deserts and
how the drug cartels were taking advantage of the mass influx of illegal
immigrants coming to the United States, and being put into the slave trade, and
killing and raping people as they came here. These were all reported in 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trump is involved in a lawsuit over his University. The judge in the
case is of Mexican descent. He has been a member of LaRaza, supposedly a group
that advocates for Latino’s to come across the border illegally and get a
pathway to citizenship. It’s true the judge was born in Indiana and is an
American citizen and it’s apparently true that he was a huge force in the fight
against the drug cartels. But one good deed doesn’t give you a pass on bad
deeds. Having said that, it does not mean that the judge has committed a bad
deed. In fact, there is some evidence that he’s helped Trump by delaying the
trial until after the election to try to prevent bias. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, is Trump wrong to be concerned that this judge may have a
grudge against Trump because of Trumps position on illegal aliens? If Trump
thinks there have been some bad decisions from this judge recently, then it’s
reasonable to have concerns that the judge may be biased. It doesn’t mean he
is, but there is a reason for concern. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since Trump brought up that the judge is of Mexican descent, the
politically correct politicians who are only worried about their own
re-elections decided to play the racism card. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee. These so-called skilled
politicians could find a way to answer for Trump. If it turns out that Trump is
a racist, it will come out and he’ll be toast in this election. But it’s the
responsibility of the GOP to give their nominee the benefit of the doubt. After
all, Trump is so popular because of the failures of the leadership in the GOP
over the past 6 years. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, has walked away from
taking on Obama and his failed policies. He doesn’t stand up to Obama. Speaker
Paul Ryan took over the speakership of the House and instead of putting out a
budget that reflects the will of the people, he pushed through Obama’s budget
including funding health care. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The GOP leaders and members are what created Donald Trump Presidential Candidate. Trump is not the most
articulate person politically so the GOP needs to help and not hurt. Or do they
really want Hillary and Bill Clinton back in the White House? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Mark Kirk, Senator Ted Cruz,
former Governor Jeb Bush, and others should sit down and shut up. You can help,
or follow but if you’re not going to help defeat Hillary Clinton, then get out of
the way or you’ll be run over by the Trump candidacy or eaten up by the Clinton
machine. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I for one, do not want the children of this country to get another
sex education from Bill or Hillary Clinton. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our Founding Fathers were amazing men that did amazing things and then
created amazing documents. Documents that were appropriate for the times and
yet had the forethought to apply them to the future. The Declaration of
Independence, the first ever of it’s kind. It not only outlined the intent of
the present in 1776 but it also gave a roadmap to the future in the event the
new government ever began to run amok with its admonition of tyranny. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Constitution with its bill of rights. For instance, the second
amendment with the right to bear arms. The right to bear arms wasn’t for
hunters or sport. It was put in place to give the people the right to rise up
against despotism. They also took into consideration that they may not have
covered everything that could conceivably arise and put in place a way to amend
the Constitution in case of forgotten freedoms for the people and restrictions
on the government in the future. They understood that the Word of God is the only
infallible writing. The Constitution provided avenues to amend what they may
not have considered. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> On the occasion of the last day of
the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin said, <i>“I agree to this Constitution … and I
believe, further, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of
years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when
the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being
incapable of any other.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In less than two months, our nation will be 240 years old. We are falling
into exactly what Franklin was talking about, as you’ll see from other quotes
and compare to today’s events. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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President, albeit not convicted in the Senate. Numerous leaders involved in
scandals from not paying their taxes while running the financial system, being
convicted for sex crimes against children but not until long after they are out
of government, collecting money illegally from donors and hiding it, etc. The
list of convicted former leaders and even some current ones is getting longer
by the minute. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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felons such as those convicted of taking a life and installing them into
government. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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he said in his farewell address in 1796, <i>“If,
in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the
constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an
amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no
change by usurpations; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument
of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.” <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How many times have we heard that the Constitution is a living document?
This is a way of saying that we can interpret the Constitution to what we want
rather than what it actually says,. We even see that in people’s speech to each
other on a personal level these days when it’s said there is your truth and
there is my truth instead of calling them opinions. As said earlier, only God’s
Word is always true. We are men and women and make mistakes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are now seeing the Constitution being manipulated. Health care payments
to insurance companies to subsidize those that can’t afford the cost of the
insurance is now being paid for by the government, but the Congress, who hold
the purse strings for the nation, is the only body that can determine where
monies are to be applied. Other aspects of the Constitution are being ignored
such as enforcing the laws to protect our borders for the sake of getting more
votes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas Jefferson warned of the Judicial Branch taking more power than is
intended under the Constitution in 1821<i>. “The
great object of my fear is the federal judiciary. That body, like gravity, ever
acting with noiseless foot and unalarming advance, gaining ground step by step
and holding what it gains, is engulfing insidiously the governments into the
jaws of that which feeds them.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The courts have taken to writing laws rather than interpreting them in
recent years. We have three branches of government. Executive, Legislative and
Judicial. The legislative writes the laws, the executive signs them into law
and the judicial interprets the law and whether or not it is legal. When the
judicial re-writes a law, they have overstepped their bounds and when they
create a law, they have overstepped. That in effect exerts more power over the
people which they don’t have constitutionally. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1792, James Madison said, <i>“If
Congress can employ money indefinitely, for the general welfare, and are the
sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care of
religion into their own hands; they may appoint teachers in every state,
county, and parish, and pay them out of the public treasury; they may take into
their own hands the education of children, the establishing in like manner
schools throughout the union; they may assume the provision of the poor…. Were
the power of Congress to be established in the latitude contended for, it would
subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature of the limited
government established by the people of America.” <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He was talking about a bill to subsidize the cod fishing industry. Welfare.
Giving money from the government prop up
those that refuse to do for themselves and then warning that the government
could take over education, away from the parents and in the hands of the
government. Even just today, the government sent out a letter to all school
districts telling them to allow bathrooms to be used by anyone that identifies
themselves as another gender even though biologically they are not of that
gender. If the schools refuse, they will lose federal funding. The government,
withholding the peoples money from the people if they don’t comply with
something that has not been written into law but rather mandated by the
government. Even if you agree with their position, they are abusing their power
by dictating this policy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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people from their own decisions regarding their own lives. Government
intrusion. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1838 Abraham Lincoln said in a speech, <i>“There is even now something of ill omen among us. I mean that
increasing disregard for law which pervades the country — the growing
disposition to substitute the wild and furious passion in lieu of the sober
judgment of courts, and the worse than savage mobs for the executive ministers
of justice. The disposition is awfully fearful in any community; and that it
now exists in ours … it would be a violation of truth to deny.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A court of law said that Michael Brown was responsible for his own death
due to his actions and that the deputy involved that did the shooting was
acting in self defense. The court decision, was not respected. The evidence was
not respected. Instead, a segment of the population took to the streets and
burned their neighborhood for several days. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1780, John Adams wrote, <i>“There is
nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great
parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition
to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the
greatest political evil under our Constitution. Nothing which I dread so much.”
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What do we have today? Two parties that talk about loyalty to the party
first and the nation second. The primaries are not about the people’s vote in
some states, and the delegations are not all decided by the vote, but rather by
the party leaders. The party has replaced the nation as a priority. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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system in 1790<i>, “The alternate domination
of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to
party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the
most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at
length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries,
which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in
the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some
prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns
this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of Public
Liberty.” <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Abraham Lincoln seemed to give a prediction on how America will come to it’s
demise. <i>“Shall we expect some transatlantic
military giant, to step over the ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! — All
the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the
earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Bonaparte for a
commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on
the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a Thousand years. At what point, then, is the
approach of danger to be expected?”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are being ripped apart from within but, and this may be
splitting hairs, we are also being ripped apart not from within. This
government has opened the borders with virtually no safety controls at all. So
they are allowing the outside in where we can be destroyed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But is this the time that America comes to an end or even an end
to the ways as we know it but the essentials still there just being used
inappropriately? I choose to believe that there is still hope. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 2009, the people rose up when President Obama went overboard
with his stimulus package and they created the Tea Party. It wasn’t perfect,
but it was the people at first that started it. Some of it became corrupted
when some opportunistic politicians jumped in and tried to steer it, but it’s
had some success despite that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When one party forced Obamacare on the people, the people began to
fight back, unfortunately, they could only go to the existing government leaders
and they have been feckless. Slowly but surely those leaders are losing power
as we see in this election process. The “outsiders” have pretty much led the
story in this election while the establishment has tried to claim they are
outsiders. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have no idea what sort of a President Donald Trump will make. I
don’t know if he’s conservative, moderate, or even if he’s pulling a fast one
over the people, but one thing we do know is what we’ll get from a President
Hillary. With her, we’ll continue to glide down the path of destruction for
this country. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have learned that some that wanted to be the “outsider” and
claimed to be “conservative” cannot honor their word. In the first debate, a
question was posed mainly for Donald Trump about backing the eventual nominee
and not running a third party. They all agreed to back the nominee. So far,
several have not honored their word. Jeb Bush, Lindsay Graham, and even those
that didn’t run this time, like Mitt Romney have said they will not back the
Republican. It’s most disappointing to me that the entire Bush family is not
backing the Republican nominee. That makes it about their power and not about
their nation. They seem to prefer Hillary and the destructive path she’ll have
us on in months than to honor the wishes of the people and their own word. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The best way to save this nation is to trust the people and not
the politicians. The people need to hold the politicians feet to the fire, and
if they don’t act as their constituents require, that they be told, “you’re
fired”, and put someone in that will represent the people. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You’re welcome to comment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Benjamin Franklin once said, “When the people find that they can
vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We all know that this country is $19 Trillion in debt. What most
don’t realize is that there is another $221 Trillion of debt on top of that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Our government is getting so bloated that we’re in danger of
losing this country as we know it. That’s not an accurate statement. Our
government “is” so bloated. We have people that have been legitimately in need
of assistance. The elderly, and the disabled are the ones that come to mind
first. These people have needs that they must have help. Unfortunately, we have
started giving money to those that aren’t in need but refuse to do for
themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We have heard throughout our lives that only in the United States
of America can a person start with nothing and build a life. It’s been proven
throughout our history. It doesn’t matter the age of the person. A young person
can do it. An older person can do it. Anyone can do it! But it’s never done by
government mandate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We have become an entitlement society. If you don’t get a job,
there’s a government agency that will give you money. If you are a certain
race, there’s an agency that will give you money. If you’re here legally or
illegally, there’s a government agency that will give you money. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">This has been passed on in our personal lives as well. Driving is
not a privilege to kids. It’s now a “right”. Health care is not something you
go and earn money to pay for, it’s now a “right” and if you can’t pay for it,
there’s a government agency that will pay for it. Now even kids have cell
phones and that is their “right”. Not on social media? Why not? Your neighbor
is, it’s your “right”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We have rights spelled out in our constitution. The Bill of
Rights. Those are “rights”! There was some other “rights” spelled out in the
declaration of independence. “The Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of
Happiness.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Cars, cell phones, social media would fall under the category of “pursuit
of happiness”. You’re not guaranteed happiness, you’re guaranteed the “PURSUIT”
of happiness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Our government has removed the importance of charity and replaced
it with entitlement. Abortions are not a right, but the government will pay or
help pay for it. This removes the option for those that don’t believe in
abortion and uses some of their dollars to pay for something that they wouldn’t
contribute to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Welfare is part of that $221 Trillion dollars we’re spending.
There is a limit. It’s assumed by most economists that when our debt hits $24
Trillion it will exceed our ability to pay. People that have a legitimate need,
such as the elderly and the disabled, will not get that needed money. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Those that are sitting around collecting welfare will not receive
money any longer. Children whose parents refuse to provide for them, will no
longer have money to buy food. Not from government and not from charities. This
will expand down to those that are working and making a living for themselves.
So if you like to give to a charity or help someone in need, you’ll no longer
be able to because you’ll no longer have that money. Those of us that are
responsible, go to work everyday, bring home a paycheck and take care of our
families will have our own children/grandchildren starving and homeless. People
will actually be starving! Crime will increase. Not due to laziness or
inability. But due to entitlements. Worried about your facebook account and
whether or not you can check it today? Imagine wondering where your next meal
will come from or where you’ll find shelter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">That comfortable home you’re living in, whether a mansion, or a
1,500 square foot home with a garage and a basement will be lost because there
is no money. Essential services such as police and fire, will no longer be
affordable. Utilities, such as electricity, gas, sewer will no longer be
affordable. Right now, people think it’s a big deal when their power goes out
for a day or two and they can’t shower. Imagine what it will be like when there
is no power at all because you don’t have a place to live let alone the money
to pay an electric bill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">There’s an old saying that if you give a man a fish, you’ve fed
him for a day, but teach him to fish and you’ve fed him for life. No, it’s not
biblical but it’s common sense. We’ve been giving everyone everything if they
have one thing in their lives that has not gone quite the way someone thinks it
should. We are coming to a place where we won’t have anything for them any
longer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We still have time. We can still correct it. But, it’s going to
take some guts. Those we elect need to cut the spending. They need to eliminate
the ridiculous regulations that hold people back from working and making a
living. We’re in serious trouble and we actually have politicians fighting
about whether men who choose to identify themselves as a woman can use a ladies
restroom. Do you want some common sense? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">A bathroom is used to expel the waste in your body. It’s not
supposed to be a social experiment! If you have a male part, use the men’s
room. If we waste our time on issues like this, we’re avoiding saving this nation from spending itself into oblivion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">If you want your government to keep spending your money unwisely,
then prepare yourselves to look at things you can’t stand looking at. Like
a child digging through a dumpster
looking for lunch. Or another child beating yet another child to death for
something he or she is wearing. When Barack Obama took office, our debt was
just over $10 Trillion. Now it’s $19 Trillion and will be over $20 Trillion
before the next president takes over. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">If you don’t believe me that these things can and will happen,
watch what happens on the southern border as another few hundred thousand kids
come on top of railroad cars and walking across deserts to this country only to
be raped, murdered or sold into human bondage as happened in the summer of 2014. The picture at the top shows illegal immigrants coming here in 2014. How long before this is a way of life for our own citizens and children? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">If we don’t start holding our governments feet to the fire this is
exactly what we’re headed for. Face it and fix it, or run and hide from it
until it catches up with us and you can no longer hide from it. We found we can
vote ourselves money and our politicians have done just that. Now it’s time to
see that we can vote ourselves away from these entitlements and get back on a
track where we can save this country and hope that it’s not too late. I for one
do not want to see friends, their children, grandchildren, nor my own children
and eventually grandchildren starving. I don’t want to see one parent looking
at their ten year old that in days past could be playing little league baseball
but now can’t figure out how to stay warm in the winter snow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The primaries and caucuses of the various states has been a mess. But
it’s never really mattered until this year. In years past, a primary or caucus
would be held and people would go and cast their vote thinking that they were
voting for President. Since the last contested convention in the Republican
Party was 40 years ago in 1976, it’s really not been thought much about. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, politics hasn’t been thought much about either. For
years, we’d go and we’d vote and whomever won, won. We’d choose again the next
election. Something changed though. It is my contention that Ronald Reagan was
the beginning of this change. Coming out of the Carter years we had double
digit unemployment, double digit inflation and double digit interest rates. The
country was a mess. The term malaise was used more frequently and even began to
be measured. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reagan came to the campaign with a defined meaning for
Conservative. He made America patriotic again. While in the beginning people
would sneer at his standing up and leading the singing for America the
Beautiful, or pledging allegiance, to the people it was refreshing and
believed. Then he made good on his prosperity pledge. He lowered the upper tax
rate from 70% to 28%. He did not jump
into war as was predicted. He taught the country “peace through strength”. In
short, he did what he said he was going to do. Turn the people loose to make
lives for themselves with as little hindrance from the government as he could
possibly cajole out of the Democrats in Congress. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reagan’s policies and deals with the Democrat Congress brought
this country out of the deepest recession since the depression. It was swift,
it was forceful, as if someone had reached their hand into a swimming pool and
yanked a man out before he could drown. The economy grew and we were out of the
recession in short order. Even his wife, Nancy, created a policy that saved
lives. A young girl asked Mrs. Reagan what she should do when a group of her
friends were pressuring her to join them in using drugs. Mrs. Reagan looked at
her and said “Just say No!”. So simple, but very effective. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reagan was rewarded with a second term and won it in a landslide
winning 49 out of 50 states. His Vice President, George H. W. Bush, was also rewarded at the end of Reagan’s
second term with his own election victory over Michael Dukakis. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is where I believe that the people of this country began to
pay more attention. As the country was sliding into another recession, the
first since 1981 that Reagan dragged us out of, Bush, who said in his campaign,
“read my lips, no new taxes” then raised taxes pushing the recession a bit
deeper. It was small, but it was noticeable. This brought on Bill Clinton. The
scandals. The lies. The problems. Due to Clinton’s first two years, the
Republicans behind Newt Gingrich created the Contract with America invoking
Reagans name and policies and they ended up taking control of the House in
1995. Due to that election we had a balanced budget a few years later. The people
were more involved. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The attacks on September 11, 2001 brought the people closer to
what their government was doing to protect us. Then in 2008, Barrack Hussein
Obama was elected. Two days after Presidents day, barely a month after his
election, he signed the stimulus bill, passed by the Congress by nearly all
Democrats and only one Republican. This caused the creation of the Tea Party. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 2010, the Republicans took control of the House, but not before
Obama got his socialized health care plan through the Congress, after some
shenanigans by Democrats, and without even one Republican vote. Then the Senate
went Republican and despite a government shut down, the Republicans added to
their majority in record numbers in the House and now had the Senate, although
not a filibuster proof majority. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Republicans did not do as they said in defunding planned
parenthood and obamacare which brings us to this election. This brings us to
this election. The people did not want another career politician. We’ve had it
with career politicians. So the bright spots in this election were among the 17
Republican candidates. Donald Trump, a businessman, Ben Carson a retired
surgeon. Carly Fiorina, a businesswoman but also with experience in government
both here and abroad, and Ted Cruz, a politician who has bucked the
establishment politicians from within the Senate. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The field was whittled down to two. There is a third who has no
mathematical chance. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So now we get to the primaries and caucuses. To be honest, I
thought, as I think most Americans did, that you vote in your caucus or primary
and you’re allotted delegates based on the number of votes you get in each
state. Not so fast. Each state has their own rules and the way they operate. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Michigan for example. To get any delegates you must first get
at least 15% of the vote. If you don’t, you get zero delegates. If you get
14.99% of the vote, you come away with nothing. All that finish with 15% or
more of the vote get the number of delegates based on your percentage of the
vote in Michigan. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So the results in Michigan were Donald Trump 42.644% of the vote
got him 25 delegates. Cruz got 29.048% or 17 delegates and Kasich 28.308% or 17
delegates. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Had anyone gotten 50% of the vote, they’d have gotten all of the
delegates regardless of what the others received. These delegates are bound to
their candidates through the first vote at the convention. If a candidate drops
out or suspends his campaign, those delegates are free to go where they choose.
Nobody can claim them, and their candidate cannot dictate to them where they
must vote once they’ve dropped out. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Contrast Michigans primary with Colorado and Wyoming. They do not
have an election in Colorado or Wyoming for President in those states. They
have caucuses to select delegates. Those delegates are not tied to any
Presidential Candidate. So when their caucus comes up for selecting a
President, it’s not the people voting for the President. It’s the delegates.
You may say that the people chose the delegates in their election, and you’d be
right. But they chose without knowing how that delegate would vote for
President. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pennsylvania is different still. They have 71 delegates up for
vote. Only 17 are committed to a particular candidate and they are only bound
to that candidate for the first vote at the convention. 54 delegates are at
large. They are not bound to anyone. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you believe that all of the states have different rules? When the people are left out of the voting for their own
representation, is it any wonder that the people are upset at what’s happening
in the political arena this year? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So what happens at the convention? If a candidate doesn’t reach
1,237 delegates from the primaries and caucuses, the convention holds a vote.
If nobody gets the 1,237, they vote again. And again. And they keep voting
until they get their number. However, the delegates are only committed (based
on the states rules) for the first ballot. The second ballot and beyond they
may choose as they wish. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What could entice them to choose a different candidate? Perhaps
they didn’t want to choose the guy they were forced to choose but once it gets
to the second ballot, it doesn’t matter any longer, they can now choose as they
see fit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Candidates can come in and give them all sorts of gifts. Hotel
rooms, dinners, baseball tickets, money, etc. This is in effect buying the
election. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Donald Trump is right. The system is corrupt. Maybe it should be
more uniform similar to the electoral college for the general election. At
least then the people get a say. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brett<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">With the way this campaign is going and the most recent turn of
events, it’s looking more and more likely that we’ll see a President Hillary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Here’s what seems to have happened. In Utah, a superpac put out an
ad for Senator Ted Cruz. Utah is a very religious state. It is the home of the
Mormons. It’s considered one of the most prominent states when it comes to
religious beliefs and it’s solidly Republican. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Leading up to the Primary vote in Utah yesterday, an ad was put
out by a Super Pac for Senator Ted Cruz. That ad showed a photo of Donald Trump’s
wife, Melania, posing for GQ magazine fifteen
years ago. She was not married to Trump at the time. She was undressed and provocatively
positioned. This is naturally designed for the voters of Utah so they’d choose
Senator Cruz in the primary, which he won with 69% of the vote. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Today, Donald Trump, upon hearing of this ad, tweeted out threatening
to “spill the beans” on Heidi Cruz, wife of Ted Cruz. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">There are two types of people in this world that I consider
despicable. They are wasting oxygen as far as I’m concerned. Those people are
those that would abuse children and those that would abuse women. If you’re
going to exert power over a child or a woman just because you can, you deserve
to be shunned. Banned from society. You’re a worthless being and I purposely
left out “human” before being. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Before you get the idea that I’m going to defend one of these
candidates over the other, you’re wrong. Both of them, Trump and Cruz, are dead
wrong and severely lacking in character in this drama. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Once that ad came out, Ted Cruz should have </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">grabbed every
microphone and camera he could get his hands on and denounced the ad and
demanded that the ad be pulled, destroyed and never again shown with the Super
Pac issuing a profound apology. He should have harped on them until they did as
he required! But he didn’t. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Now, I understand that candidates are not supposed to be in
contact with the Super Pac’s. The name of the Super Pac is “Make America
Awesome”. It’s a violation of the law for them to have any control over Super
Pac’s. If Cruz standing up and demanding that they pull that ad and hammering
home that message until it’s pulled, is against the law, then he should have
violated the law and paid the fine. To do anything less than to stand up for
what’s right is the same as giving your okay for this ad. YOU DO NOT ATTACK
WOMEN!! It was done in Cruz’s name and he should have stood up against that ad
because it was done for his benefit. To do anything less makes him just as
guilty of attacking a woman as the Super Pac. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Donald Trump did try to defend his wife, but the way he chose to
do it was just as wrong as Cruz. He threatened to attack Cruz’s wife Heidi. If
abusing a woman is wrong, isn’t abusing a woman in retaliation just as wrong? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">These women are not the candidates. They are the wives of the
candidates. They may be campaigning with them but they are not the candidate.
They are their wives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">In 1824, Andrew Jackson ran against John Quincy Adams for the
Presidency. He lost. He ran again in 1828. The first time was a hard fought
battle. The second was worse. Jackson’s wife was short and fat. Jackson was
older for that time in history. Life expectancy was less than his age at the
time. He was losing his teeth. He had a rough past. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">When he met his wife he fell in love. They got married. His wife
had been married before to an abusive husband. It wasn’t like today where you
can get a divorce at the drop of a hat. She tried to get a divorce and her
husband wouldn’t give it to her. Finally she left him for the last time and he
filed for divorce. She met and married Andrew Jackson thinking she was divorced
but her first husband had failed to finalize the divorce. When this was
discovered, she had the divorce finalized and then remarried Jackson in 1794.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">In 1806 a man named Charles Dickinson claimed that Jackson had
reneged on a bet and then called Jackson’s wife, Rachel, a bigamist. Jackson
challenge him to a duel for his wife’s honor. Jackson was shot in the chest but
still managed to shoot and kill his opponent. For his wife’s honor! Jackson had
problems the rest of his life from that gunshot wound, but he survived. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">During the election of 1828, Rachel campaigned with and for her
husband. Adams and his people brought up the bigamy and used it in the campaign
calling Rachel a bigamist. It was
grueling and when the election was finally won, Rachel had a heart attack and died.
Jackson was distraught and held on to his wife after she died. He had to be
pulled away from her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">She was buried on Christmas eve and at the burial Jackson said, “May
God Almighty forgive her murders. I never can.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Jackson didn’t stop there. You can read about the Petticoat affair
and find another example of his standing up for a woman’s honor. This time a
member of his cabinet’s wife. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">During the Clinton years, the nation was told to leave Chelsea Clinton
out of any stories. She was not to be attacked. Hillary was involved and put in
charge of the travel office, and of course health care both of which were
debacles. She’s now close to being indicted for her actions with the E-mail and
possibly for her actions as Secretary of State and using that position to raise
money for the Clinton Foundation. Those are possibly illegal acts that she
committed. She’s to be held accountable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">But what has Melania Trump done? Posed for a picture fifteen years
ago before she even knew Trump? What has Heidi Cruz done other than marry Ted
Cruz? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">To go after these women, either yourself or using surrogates is
just plan despicable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We are in danger of losing our country and our freedoms and our way
of life in this election. Yet we have three candidates on the Republican side
that are acting like anything but a decent human being. They are almost making
Hillary Clinton look like a normal person and we all know that she’s nowhere
near being anything a President should be. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We have terrorists attacking around the world including in this
country with the promise of more. We have a southern border where any terrorist
or even criminal can walk across the border like it was hopping a hopscotch
line. Do you really think Hillary will have a strategy to combat ISIS? Her plan is to have them as happy immigrants that vote for Democrats! We have a health care system that is already creating joblessness and
poverty. We have veterans that served this country to protect us and keep us
free being treated worse than dogs in a kennel by our Veterans Administration. We
have a Democrat party that is using race baiting to drum up votes at the
expense of not just the white Americans but the black Americans and Hispanic Americans
as well. And these two clowns, Cruz and Trump are attacking each others wives? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Ronald Reagan created an 11<sup>th</sup> commandment. That
commandment is “Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican.” Are we really so bad off that we need a
twelfth commandment to keep the men from attacking women? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Let me be clear if I haven’t already been. If you’re abusing your
wife, you’re worthless. If you’re abusing women, you’re worthless. If you’re
abusing another’s wife, you’re worthless. If you don’t stand up for a woman
when she’s being attacked, you’re a coward! That’s not presidential material
and that will only get Hillary elected President. If you like being dictated to
by the government, then you’re on the right track because if Hillary wins, that’s
exactly what will happen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">You’re welcome to comment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Brett<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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