Press praises Hillary's facile deceit

       That the press is in the tank for Democrats is undeniable.  A case in point is Saturday’s Associated Press summation of the Benghazi hearings (Yuma Sun, October 23, 2015).  Hillary Clinton “closed the book on the worst episode of her tenure.”  She “firmly defended” her actions…The probe cost the American Taxpayer 4.6 million.” The hearing was “political theater…   It gave her a high profile platform to show her self-control and command of foreign policy.  Clinton made no gaffs and the hearing “revealed little new about the attack.”

      I learned a lot from the hearings and learned there’s a lot more to learn.   I learned there were 600 separate and unanswered requests for increased security at the compound.  I did not learn why they went unanswered.  Did they want the ambassador dead?  Just saying.

I learned that Hillary didn’t see any of those emails, but she did see and respond to hundreds of emails from Sidney Blumenthal that dealt with the Libyan situation, although Blumenthal had never been to Libya and was not a member of her staff.

I saw a stack more than a foot-tall of emails that Hillary received with regard to a disturbance at the embassy in the previous year, but no emails regarding the disturbances that led up to the fatal attack.  Can’t figure that one out.

               I learned that, although Ambassador Stevens was a “close personal friend,” he had no way to contact her personally, did not have her email address or her phone number.  Hillary had no communications with Ambassador Stevens and had little knowledge of the situation in Libya.

I learned that she lied when she blamed the attack on the video.  I learned that she had sent cables out that night and the following morning asserting that it was a terrorist attack, not related to the video.  But they lied to the American People and they repeated that lie over and over again.  We always knew that, but now we know it’s undeniable.

She says she takes full responsibility and then she says tending and responding to pleas for extra security was “Not my job.”

 I learned that her lack of funding excuse did not hold water.  Congress had significantly increased her funding in 2009.

Commentators of the leftist ilk say that the committee’s revelations were “old news.”  I suppose Hillary’s credibility problem is indeed old news. 

What we didn’t learn was why Stevens was in Benghazi.  We know that a lot of military assistance was within easy striking distance, but no help was sent.  Why not?  Hillary gave a masterful performance, but it was the empty filibustering performance of “not my department" excuses we've come to expect from Her. 

The Unsinkable Hillary

       That the press is in the tank for Democrats is undeniable.  A case in point is Saturday’s Associated Press summation of the Benghazi hearings (Yuma Sun, October 23, 2015).  Hillary Clinton “closed the book on the worst episode of her tenure.”  She “firmly defended” her actions…The probe cost the American Taxpayer 4.6 million.” The hearing was “political theater…   It gave her a high profile platform to show her self-control and command of foreign policy.  Clinton made no gaffs and the hearing “revealed little new about the attack.”

      I learned a lot from the hearings and learned there’s a lot more to learn.   I learned there were 600 separate and unanswered requests for increased security at the compound.  I did not learn why they went unanswered.  Did they want the ambassador dead?  Just saying.

I learned that Hillary didn’t see any of those emails, but she did see and respond to hundreds of emails from Sidney Blumenthal that dealt with the Libyan situation, although Blumenthal had never been to Libya and was not a member of her staff.

I saw a stack more than a foot-tall of emails that Hillary received with regard to a disturbance at the embassy in the previous year, but no emails regarding the disturbances that led up to the fatal attack.  Can’t figure that one out.

               I learned that, although Ambassador Stevens was a “close personal friend,” he had no way to contact her personally, did not have her email address or her phone number.  Hillary had no communications with Ambassador Stevens and had little knowledge of the situation in Libya.

I learned that she lied when she blamed the attack on the video.  I learned that she had sent cables out that night and the following morning asserting that it was a terrorist attack, not related to the video.  But they lied to the American People and they repeated that lie over and over again.  We always knew that, but now we know it’s undeniable.

She says she takes full responsibility and then she says tending and responding to pleas for extra security was “Not my job.”

 I learned that her lack of funding excuse did not hold water.  Congress had significantly increased her funding in 2009.

Commentators of the leftist ilk say that the committee’s revelations were “old news.”  I suppose Hillary’s credibility problem is indeed old news. 

What we didn’t learn was why Stevens was in Benghazi.  We know that a lot of military assistance was within easy striking distance, but no help was sent.  Why not?  Hillary gave a masterful performance, but it was the empty filibustering performance of  "not my department" excuses we've come to expect from Her. 

Trump the Tea Party Favorite? Say it isn't so!

       Glenn Beck expressed disappointment in the Tea Party because of their support of Donald Trump.  Say it isn’t so!  He cannot be a Tea Party favorite.  I have never heard him speak about the constitution.  I have never heard him speak about limiting the power of the central government in the way the founders envisioned. 

       He is an advocate of the government’s using eminent domain to seize private property.  He has supported late term abortions and single payer health care.  He says the Democrats do a much better job with economic issues. Apparently he, like all Democrats, credits Clinton with the budget surpluses.  The rest of us remember the Gingrich/Kasich dynamo.

          We believe the government is the problem.  He believes the government is the answer if it is properly run.  That’s a totally progressive idea.  He is a progressive.  He expresses admiration for Democratic politicians and disdain for conservatives.  Have you ever heard him disavow any of these former progressive stances?

       The Donald plays on our emotions, stokes the xenophobic impulses, feeds off our frustrations, but he lays out no solutions.  He says he’ll make America great again, but he provides no rational blueprint on any issue. He rails against imports.  Does he remember that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff drove the country into the great depression?  He supports a flat tax, a fair tax and he supports maintaining the current progressive tax system. 

His name calling illustrates that he plays by the playbook written for the left, Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals.  Those who disagree with him are dogs or losers or stupid. morons, lightweights, or zeroes. 

      Donald Trump is not a man of principles.  He is a megalomaniac, an arrogant blowhard.  He brags about how he screwed over other businessmen. President Obama abused executive privilege.  Trump would ride rough shod over everyone.

     Liberals are having a heyday because Trump is helping them discredit conservative principles.

            Will I vote for Trump if he becomes the nominee?  Of course.  Democrats drive us over the debt cliff full speed ahead.  Even the Donald is less of a death threat.