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Today’s items present examples that cause one to wonder if those in politics ever truly think about what they say. Or are they simply a group comprised of the dumbest folks on earth.

 

Patrick Healy and Maggie Haberman Friday @nytimes.com, wrote about presidential candidate Martin O’Malley. Their article claimed that “he had one clear chance to make waves within the Democratic National Committee, and he seized it, delivering a fiery speech on Friday.”

 

In his speech, “He urged Democrats to draw a sharp contrast with the discourse among the Republican presidential candidates. “Silence and complacency in the face of hate is not an honorable option,” he said, alluding to Donald J. Trump’s divisive remarks about immigration and women. “We must stand before the American people and show them we have a better way.”

 

Reading O'Malley's rhetoric, the first question that comes to mind is “a better way” to what? Because, after the Democrats destroyed the last two years of “W” Bush’s two years in office with their congressional majority in both houses, the next six years under a Democrat president have been a total disaster in every aspect of governance. From the economy to foreign policy, to health care, employment, environmental overbearance, and without doubt, immigration the nation is its worst shape since the Carter administration of the ‘70’s.

 

Therefore, it’s suggested that Mr. O'Malley either find a better speech writer, or if he prepares his own material, do some homework first before he talks.  

 

Along the same lines, reacting without thinking, yesterday after a column @politico.com disclosed that three top fundraisers left Jeb Bush’s campaign, a reader posted the following comment. 

 

Adam Sinclair, Retail Solar Advisor at Sungevity, wrote: “Jeb is a horrible candidate. He has no chance. He is already doomed bc he literally has the exact same dumb people that his father and brother had advising them! 17 of 21 foreign policy advisors are bush 43 advisors! These are the same people who brought us two wars!

 

Reading what reader Sinclair thinks, one has to ask what he expects of a fundraiser whereas, Bush senior was elected once, and “W” twice. In “W’s” case, the maximum allowed by law. If Sinclair believes that three presidential wins out of four are the result of “dumb” advisors, he’s either tougher than Jeb’s campaign management. Or more likely, dumber than a tree-stump himself. 

 

On another matter, obviously the POTUS believes that if something works, don’t fix it. That became apparent when in defending his nuclear deal: “President Barack Obama on Friday compared tensions between the U.S. and Israel over the Iranian nuclear deal to a family feud and said he expects quick improvements in ties between the longtime allies once the accord is implemented.” 

 

Which is exactly the same way Nancy Pelosi sold the failing health care tax when it was in trouble. By suggesting that to really find out what was in it, Congress first had to pass it. And now, we all know how that disastrous tax turned out. 

 

As far as today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife is concerned, a story @washingtonpost.com by Dan Balz and Philip Rucker also illustrates how political types ignore, or alter, undeniable evidence establishing falsity regarding their comments and/or claims. 

 

The article’s authors write in regard to Joe Biden that: “People love him,” Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper said. “But I think it would take one incredible sales pitch to convince the people right now who are energized about Bernie Sanders to move away from him or the people who are gung-ho about ­Hillary to move away from her.”

 

Then, in the very next paragraph, it’s written that, “A new poll released Saturday night showed Clinton on a dangerously downward trajectory in Iowa, whose caucuses will kick off the nominating contest. She leads Sanders there 37 percent to 30 percent, according to the Des Moines Register-Bloomberg Politics poll, with Biden in third with 14 percent.”

 

So, not only aren’t those “people who are gung-ho about ­Hillary” willing to move away from her, they’re obviously doing that right now. While her “dangerously downward trajectory” indicates that her slide gets worse with every passing day. Which means that, in keeping with today’s subject, the next time Party Chairman Pepper mentions Bill Clinton’s wife’s staying power with her supporters, he ought to look the numbers up first before shooting off half-cocked.

 

It also leads to the ongoing question: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you reading this? 

 

That's it for today folks. 

 

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