October 8, 2016

Mike Pence statement regarding the actions of Donald Trump

https://twitter.com/mike_pence

October 8, 2016

This tweet says it all.

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Edwards-LevyVerified account
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I'm calling for a total and complete shutdown of Donald Trump interacting with women until we can figure out what is going on

https://twitter.com/aedwardslevy/status/784504443047911424

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Robin Thede Verified account
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When the Republican Party elects a nominee, they're not sending their best. They're criminals, they're rapists...


https://twitter.com/robinthede/status/784560418895368193

September 27, 2016

Cable News Debate Ratings

Debate (9 p.m. – 10:45 p.m.) | Total Viewers / A25-54 demo
FNC – 11,359,000 / 3,525,000
CNN – 9,805,000 / 4,435,000
MSNBC – 4,895,000 / 1,576,000


Post-debate (10:45 p.m. – 1 a.m.) | Total Viewers / A25-54 demo

CNN – 5,149,000 / 2,167,000
FNC – 4,617,000 / 1,464,000
MSNBC – 3,251,000 / 1,066,000

Prime time (8 p.m. – 11 p.m.) | Total Viewers / A25-54 demo

FNC – 9,041,000 / 2,704,000
CNN – 7,649,000 / 3,392,000
MSNBC – 3,947,000 / 1,241,000

Full story: http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/fox-news-is-most-watched-cable-net-for-clinton-trump-debate-cnn-wins-post-debate-coverage/305921

September 13, 2016

GOP Lawmaker who voted to repeal state's motorcycle helmet law... dies in motorcycle crash.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/13/health/lawmaker-dies-in-motorcycle-crash-trnd/index.html



A Michigan state lawmaker who voted to repeal universal helmet laws has died in a motorcycle crash, according to Michigan State Police.

Rep. Peter Pettalia was riding southbound on M-33 in northern Michigan late Monday afternoon when a pickup truck turned left into his lane. His motorcycle broadsided the pickup. Pettalia was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, police said. The driver of the truck, a 59-year-old woman, was not injured, police said.

Pettalia, 61, a Republican from Presque Isle, was an advocate for motorcyclists' rights and had served the state's District 106 since he was elected in 2010.

In 2012, he voted to repeal universal helmet laws for all motorcycle riders over the age of 20. Michigan is one of 28 states that do not have laws requiring all motorcyclists to wear helmets, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

House Speaker Kevin Cotter called his death shocking.


Full story at link.

At least he was smart enough to wear a helmet.

August 1, 2016

CNN New Poll: Hillary Clinton leads by 9

Hillary Clinton 52
Donald Trump 43


Before Democratic Convention

Hillary Clinton 45
Donald Trump 48


CNN/OR Poll
July 29th-31st.

Clinton Voters:
58% are voting to support Clinton
41% are voting against Trump

Trump Voters:
47% are voting to support Trump
50% are voting against Clinton

Clinton:
Right Experience 67%
In touch with ordinary people 50%
Unite the country 48%
Honest and trustworthy 34%
35% of people think Trump is honest and trustworthy

Is Clinton honest?
Pre GOP Convention 34%
After GOP Convention 30%
Post Dem Convention 34%

Will Clinton's policies move USA in right direction?
48% yes
Will Trump's policies move USA in right direction?
38% yes

http://fox6now.com/2016/08/01/post-convention-poll-hillary-clinton-retakes-lead-over-donald-trump/

March 12, 2016

I can't believe there has been no statement from Hillary

I have been watching MSNBC all night. TRMS has been fantastic.

I have heard from:

Trump (live phone in interview)
Sanders (addressed Trump riot during campaign speech)
Cruz (Press Conference)
Rubio (Press Conference/interview)

Where's Hillary? I am very surprised there has been nothing from her. To my knowledge there hasn't even been an official statement from the campaign regarding the situation.

March 3, 2016

MSNBC reporter Katy Tur happily poses for a picture with known white racist at Trump Rally

This is a picture of MSNBC's Katy Tur posing for a picture with James Edwards. Edwards is a white supremacists who touts Nazism and domestic terrorism on his blog and radio show. He is closely affiliated with Stormfront and other related hate sites.

James Edwards has an internet radio show called "The Political Cesspool." This white supremacists was given an all access media pass to a recent Donald Trump campaign event. He was even granted a radio interview with the Trump Campaign. An interview the Trump campaign later denied took place, although James Edwards claims the interview will be broadcast this Saturday.

For those of us who keep even a minimal interest in terroristic, right wing, conservative political activism, James Edwards is very well known. In my view, given the undercurrent of this issue with the Trump campaign, Katy Tur should know who he is. She is the primary Donald Trump beat reporter for MSNBC.



Right Wing Nazi James Edwards proudly displays his media badge at a recent Trump event.


MSNBC's Katy Tur sits down for an interview with Donald Trump during her campaign coverage


http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org/jamesedwards/

I think for an MSNBC reporter to be posing for pictures with a person like this is just awful.

February 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton flips the script

In South Carolina, she's the candidate she always wanted to be. And Bernie Sanders is the one with the rocky path forward.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/hillary-clinton-south-carolina-favorables-219894#ixzz41NqYl2Qm



Excerpts:

HARLESTON, South Carolina — In South Carolina, Hillary Clinton is finally the candidate she always wanted to be.
Gone are questions about her authenticity. Here, black voters say Clinton’s history as a civil rights stalwart -- she first visited the state as a college grad investigating the problem of youths incarcerated in adult jails for the Children’s Defense Fund -- trumps any trust issues that dog her elsewhere.
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The script has been flipped, for the first time, in her favor.
Her stories about her own mother’s abused and abandoned childhood resonate deeply with African-American women -- and there are about 100,000 more black women than men of voting age in the state. And to them, it is Bernie Sanders who is viewed as an unknown quantity, whose big ideas of free college and healthcare are greeted with skepticism.

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Here, older African-American voters who have struggled with racism and poverty are pragmatic, and believe in the incremental change Clinton espouses. “They don’t have the luxury of an Iowa college student” to vote for ideals, Hodges added.
Many voters say they would have been happy to support her eight years ago if it wasn’t for the historic nature of Barack Obama’s candidacy. Clinton’s support for Obama since then has only increased their desire to help her this time.
“The feeling among voters here is they have a job to do and that’s to nominate Hillary,” said Boyd Brown, a DNC executive committee member and super-delegate who is supporting Clinton after originally backing Martin O’Malley. “They see it as a duty. They’ve got a proven candidate and she might not be the greatest candidate in the world, or the most enthusiastic candidate, but you know what? She’d be a good president and they realize that.”


SNIP

But the calendar doesn’t get easier for Sanders on Super Tuesday, which is March 1. A recent Monmouth University poll has Clinton up by 34 points in Texas; in Georgia, polls have her leading between 28 and 52 points; Clinton is up by double digits in Virginia and leading in Florida by 26 points. Devine said they have opportunities to post big wins in Kansas, Nebraska and Maine, caucus states which vote in mid-March.
By the time the race gets to the Michigan primary on March 8, Democratic operatives expect it to act as Clinton’s final firewall -- or Sanders’ last stand -- depending on the results of Super Tuesday.


Full article here:http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/hillary-clinton-south-carolina-favorables-219894

A great read without the double standard media thresholds that often impact her campaign.

February 25, 2016

New Florida GOP Poll: Trump 44% Rubio 28%

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/270709-poll-trump-dominating-in-florida

Excerpt

A Quinnipiac University survey released Thursday found Trump with 44 percent support.

Marco Rubio, who represents Florida in the Senate, follows with 28 percent. Rounding out the field are Ted Cruz at 12 percent, John Kasich at 7 percent and Ben Carson at 4 percent.

End of excerpt


If these numbers hold true this is the end of the Marco Rubio campaign. Of the 3 remaining GOP front runners he poses the biggest risk for us this fall. Trump and/or Cruz is a much easier opponent for the democrats to defeat in a GE.

February 22, 2016

LGBT voters favor Hillary over Bernie

Poll: LGBT people split 48% for Clinton, 41% for Sanders





Excerpt:

A new poll has found LGBT people in the United States favor Hillary Clinton for president over Bernard Sanders by a margin of 48 percent to 41 percent.

The poll, made public Tuesday by the San Francisco-based Community Marketing & Insights, was conducted between Feb. 7-10 among 563 LGBT citizens of the United States. Participants were from 46 states.

SNIP

In response to a question on which candidate respondents would vote for today, Clinton received 48 percent of the vote, followed by Sanders at 41 percent. The next candidate down was Donald Trump at 2 percent, followed by John Kasich and Marco Rubio each at 1 percent. The remaining candidates each received less than one percent of the vote. Four percent of respondents were undecided.
The results are not too far off from polls of Democrats nationwide. A Quinnipiac University poll made public on Feb. 5 found Clinton has support from 44 percent of Democrats, followed by Sanders with 42 percent and 11 percent undecided. But Community Marketing & Insights’ poll wasn’t party-specific. All LGBT people were able to comment on all candidates regardless of whether the participant was a Democrat, Republican or independent, according to the firm.


Full Report:
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/02/16/poll-lgbt-people-split-48-for-clinton-41-for-sanders/