What Bernie And The Donald Portend
Submitted by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org,
Three weeks out from the Iowa caucuses, and clarity emerges.
Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee, is in trouble.
Polls show her slightly ahead of socialist Bernie Sanders in Iowa, but narrowly behind in New Hampshire. And the weekend brought new revelations about yet more classified and secret documents sent over her private email server when she was secretary of state.
Between now and November, she will be traversing a minefield, with detonations to be decided upon by FBI investigators who may not cherish Clinton and might like to appear in the history books.
Clinton’s charge about Donald Trump’s alleged “penchant for sexism” brought a counterstrike – her being the “enabler” of Bill Clinton’s long career as a sexual predator – that rendered her mute.
But with Hillary Clinton having raised the subject, it is almost certain to be reintroduced in the fall, if she is the nominee.
Then there is the newly recognized reality that Clinton, who ran a terrific comeback race against Barack Obama in 2008, is not the candidate she was. Nor is Bill the imposing surrogate he once was.
Both are eight years older, and show it. “Low energy” nails it.
Lastly, Hillary Clinton now has a record to defend as secretary of state, a four-year term in which it is hard to see, looking back, a success.
Moreover, a defeat by Sanders in Iowa or New Hampshire could prove unraveling, with the press herd tapping out early obits.
New Hampshire has consequences.
A Granite State defeat by Sen. Estes Kefauver ended Harry Truman’s bid for re-election in 1952. Lyndon Johnson’s narrow write-in victory over Sen. Eugene McCarthy, 49-42, brought Bobby Kennedy into the race – and LBJ’s withdrawal two weeks later.
George H. W. Bush’s unimpressive New Hampshire win in 1992 brought Ross Perot in as a third-party candidate two days later, and Bob Dole’s loss in 1996 portended defeat in the general election.
But if a cloud is forming over the Clinton campaign, the sun continues to shine on The Donald.
Last July, in a column, “Could Trump Win?” this writer argued that if Trump held his then 20 percent share, he would make the final four and almost surely be in the finals in the GOP nomination race.
Now, in every national and state poll save Iowa, Trump runs first with more than 30 percent, sometimes touching 40. And, save in New Hampshire, Sen. Ted Cruz runs second to Trump.
What does the surge for socialist Sanders and the Republican base’s backing of the outsiders Trump and Cruz and collective recoil from the Republican establishment candidates tell us?
“The times they are a changing,” sang Bob Dylan in 1964.
Dylan was right about the social, cultural and moral revolution that would hit with Category 5 force when the boomers arrived on campuses that same year.
A concomitant conservative revolution would dethrone the GOP establishment of Govs. Nelson Rockefeller, George Romney and William Scranton in 1964, and nominate Barry Goldwater.
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Something like that is afoot again. Only, this time, the GOP has a far better shot of capturing the White House than in 1964 or, indeed, than it appeared to have at this point in 1980, The Year of Reagan.
In June 1964, Goldwater, about to be nominated, was 59 points behind LBJ, 77-18, in the Gallup Poll. On Sept. 1, he was still 36 points behind, 65-29. In mid-October, Barry was still 36 points behind, when some of us concluded that Mr. Conservative just might not make it.
Yet, in January and February of 1980, Ronald Reagan, during the Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire Primary, never got closer than 25 points behind President Jimmy Carter, who led Reagan, on March 1, 58-33. Yet, that November, 1980, Reagan won a 44-state landslide.
Today, according to a new Fox Poll, Trump would beat Clinton by 3 points in the general election, if held now. Another poll shows Trump pulling 20 percent of the Democratic vote.
What this suggests is that nominating Trump is by no means a guarantee of GOP defeat. But beyond politics, what do the successes of Sanders, Trump and Cruz portend?
Well, Sanders and Trump both opposed the war in Iraq that the Bush Republicans and Clinton Democrats supported.
Both Sanders and Trump oppose NAFTA and MFN for China and the free-trade deals that Clinton Democrats and Bush Republicans backed, which have cost us thousands of lost factories, millions of lost jobs and four decades of lost wage increases for Middle America.
Trump has taken the toughest line on the invasion across the U.S.-Mexican border and against Muslim refugees entering unvetted.
Immigration, securing the border, fair trade – Trump’s issues are the issues of 2016.
If a Trump-Clinton race came down to the Keystone State of Pennsylvania, and Trump was for backing our men in blue, gun rights, securing America’s borders, no more NAFTAs and a foreign policy that defends America first, who would you bet on?
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What does Trump say about the FED and the BANKERS? Yup, Bernie is the one taking them on.
In what meaningful way is Col. Sanders taking on the banks, other than rhetoric of course?
Breaking up the banks? LOL sure that solves everything. Not to mention zero political will to actually make that happen. The banks are pretty much immune from this.
Taxing everyone making over 1 million dollars at 30%? Another sick joke. On the surface seems reasonable. If I'm making that much you can bet I'll use all the legal shelters at my disposal and will not be paying effective rate of 30%. The Donald is the only candidate that to my knowledge has mentioned carried interest (investment income vs income) that Hedge Funds use to avoid paying income tax.
Free education for all! LOL yes, lets devalue higher education even more (difference between cost and real value). Gov is the very reason for sky rocketing tuition to begin with. And where will all those future grads work? LOL Another really sick joke played on the ignorant.
What's the difference between the Bernie and the Donald? Rhetoric only. The above examples equate to the Donald promising to build a fence and making Mexico pay for it. Populace rhetoric.
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January 12, 2016, 03:12 pm
Senate rejects Paul’s push to audit the FedBy Jordain Carney
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Greg NashThe Senate on Tuesday rejected Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) controversial proposal to audit the Federal Reserve, turning aside a bill that has drawn the ire of the business community and the White House.
The Senate voted 53-44 on taking up the presidential hopeful’s measure. Sixty votes were needed to move forward.
Paul won some bipartisan support for the legislation, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), another presidential candidate, voting in favor. Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.) backed the bill as well.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who is also running for president, supported moving forward with Paul’s legislation, while White House rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) missed the vote. Sen. Bob Corker (Tenn.) was the only Republican to vote against the bill.
Paul had pressured Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to back his proposal, portraying it as a test of their commitment to taking on Wall Street.
“We’ve had a lot of Democrats who claim that they’re concerned about big banks and big banks controlling things and a revolving door between Wall Street and big banks and the Federal Reserve,” Paul told reporters during a conference call Monday. “We’ll see if any of those loud voices — Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren — are they loud voices that really are for more oversight of the banking system?”
Warren voted against the bill.
Sanders, who in the past worked with Paul’s father, former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), on similar “Audit the Fed” legislation, said the new bill would help build on his 2010 push to require an audit of the central bank’s emergency lending.
Paul’s legislation, which would increase congressional oversight of the Fed and require it to undergo an audit by the Government Accountability Office, faced an uphill battle. Ahead of the vote, only 26 Republicans had signed on as co-sponsors.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told The Hill while he expected the vote would be close, “at this point I think it’s going to be difficult for the Republicans to get 60 votes.”
Democrats suggested that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who supported the bill, was wasting floor time by making Paul’s legislation the first bill of 2016. McConnell backs Paul’s presidential run.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) dismissed Paul’s proposal as a “sham.”
“Republicans have been trying to undermine the Federal Reserve mandate to strive toward full employment,” he added on Tuesday morning.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the ranking member of the Banking Committee, added ahead of the vote that the legislation “really solves nothing but to politicize the Fed.”
For Paul, the vote in the Senate was a chance to grab the spotlight ahead of a weekend trip to New Hampshire, the second contest in the Republican primary.
After a promising start, he has struggled to break out in the field and is now coming in near the bottom of the polls.
Fox Business Network announced that the Kentucky Republican didn’t qualify for the main-stage debate on Thursday night, and Paul has refused to participate in the earlier undercard bout.
Republicans broadly argue that recent policy decisions by the Federal Reserve — including its handling of the 2008 financial crisis — underscore the need for more oversight of the powerful central bank.
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), who is up for reelection in November, said that while he had been skeptical of Paul’s legislation, “the dangerous behavior that the Fed has engaged in for years now means they have squandered the right to be independent.”
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, had previously voiced opposition to Paul’s proposal, but voted Tuesday to move forward with it.
“I think we ought to debate it,” he told reporters on Monday evening. “I’m interested in oversight and that might be what he’s interested in.”
Federal Reserve officials have fought fiercely against Paul’s legislation, suggesting that it would allow Congress to weigh in on financial policy “in real time.”
Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen sent a letter to Senate leadership late last week saying that she opposes the bill and warning, if signed into law, it could damage the economy.
The White House last year called Paul’s proposal “dangerous.”
“What that bill is about is about Congress supplanting its judgment as to what monetary policy should be,” said Jason Furman, chairman of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. “Congress shouldn’t be telling the Fed what to do with monetary policy.”
Business groups had also expressed strong opposition to the bill.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the most powerful industry lobby in Washington, issued an open letter urging senators to vote against the legislation, calling it “unnecessary.”
“Creating outside pressures that could politicize monetary policy decisions would likely harm the market foundations needed to fuel the free enterprise system,” wrote Bruce Josten, the Chamber’s executive vice president of government affairs.
Tuesdays’ vote was the first time Paul’s legislation was allowed to come up.
Conservative groups rallied behind the measure, with FreedomWorks legislative affairs manager Josh Withrow saying late last week that if central banks “have nothing to hide from the American people, they shouldn’t fear transparency.”
This story was updated at 7:45 p.m.
You need to quit inhaling.
Fuck the fucking fucks that fucked up this fucking country. Damn them to hell!
Sanders: You look marvelous.
Trump: No, you look marvelous.
BIDEN. not Hillary.
BIDEN WILL STEP IN AT LAST MINUTE TO FACE OFF TRUMP.
Cruz has a girl muppet voice, and therefore cannot be elected president.
Biden will step up at the last minute to replace Hillary
In front of the firing squad.
https://www.change.org/p/fox-news-put-rand-paul-on-the-main-debate?recru...
It's the Sesame Street and Disneyland part of the whole show. Doubt the elites would allow these Muppets to become their next puppet.
Is Obama trying to fuck Hillary?
What's with all these FBI investigations?
Who knows? Some guys have no standards.
Thanks for that visual. Now I'm kinda queasy.
https://youtu.be/mbf0UMv1Lrw
Trump and Bernie are the only ones running on the platform of "I will make TPTB kill me."
If either wins, he will either toe the line or be JFK'd immediately, so pay close attention to who is running for vice prez.
Niether of them speak out against Israel, so what do they have to worry about?
Dissent on Israel Not Permitted at Bernie Sanders Eventhttps://theintercept.com/2015/10/05/dissent-on-israel-not-permitted-at-b...
Donald Trump Calls Obama Israel's Greatest Enemy
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.624269
As much as I hate the bitch, Hillary is a lock. Don't believe in the NWO/Illuminati/Rothschild/Rockefeller bullshit? Then you try explaining it.
Because TPTB - whoever they are - run this shit.
Now back to your regularly scheduled liberal bashing, gun loving, shiny worshipping programming.
People are noticing 'Slick Hilly' - if Bernie can hammer home the same points the author made, then Hillary is done. Don't expect the MSM to bash Slick Hilly until she falls.
All I can say is stop the BS.
You understand the differenceiTrump and the rest of the field.
It's just too easy to see your a died in the wool Demoncrap with a capital D.
Try to paint Trump like the rest in hopes of throwing doubt.... give it up....
If there is hope - Trump is it !!
The only thing more terrifying than that hypocritical, racist, sexist asshole are the people that think he's the real deal.
Get a fucking grip on reality. You really think he's going to turn his back on the racketeers that helped him build his empire? He hires illegals at his hotels while saying he's going to build a wall to keep them out. How's he going to banish Muslims? Asking people if they are Muslim or not??
Seriously. You have to be a special kind of stupid to believe the shit that's coming out of his mouth.
Racist sexist? You talking about Clinton, or Whitebread Sanders there bubba?
Or the entire lilly white liberal ivy league east coast limousine liberal antiwhite people who live in white neighborhoods.
Please clarify.
You sould like Ghost of Diogenese, only worse. Parroting what you heard some paid shill say about Trump, rather than actually listening to him speak.
How is wanting to defend the borders of this country racist? Tell us homeboy.
When did Donald ever mention nigger crime? I don't recall it but once. Even he can't touch the dindus. The shitlibs aren't ready for realtalk yet, at least with regard to their favorite victim class. But they are coming around - evidenced by some supporting a ban on mohameddans coming here and sending the illegals home.
If that's racist, then we should all be racists. In fact, anybody criticizing another person using that term is dumb as fuck. Racism is really a communist inspried term to describe and belittle whta is a natural and completely normal human survival instinct that goes back to the time when were coming down from trees and becoming a bipedal predator.
Denying that is suicidal. So you can take my downvote. Call me whatever you want. I simply don't give a fuck. And remember:
A nation without borders is not a nation.
Obama is determined to eliminate Trump.
http://beforeitsnews.com/power-elite/2016/01/trump-clinton-lawrence-krau...
Pacemakers for election illusion.
Grifters, meet marks.
Hellary has MS. She might win the Presidency but will step down after 2 years in office
"Will the Clintons ever be held accountable?" Likewise, will president Obama ever be held accountable?!