BloggeRhythms

It’s truly astonishing that major media outlets, such as Bloomberg, who should certainly know far better, allow unaware amateurs to publish articles that are totally inane and completely inaccurate.   

One such unskilled author Sahil Kapur @bloomberg.com headlined his piece today: "Republican Elites Land in South Carolina With No Plan to Stop Trump"

Kapur wrote: “Republican elites are 0-for-2 in presidential nominating contests this year, a rare and panic-inducing outcome for the party's leadership. Yet their preferred candidates continue to fight each other, and have begun the march to the next battlefield in South Carolina without a plan to stop Donald Trump. 

“Not only did the billionaire's 20-point blowout in the New Hampshire primary fail to cull the field enough to present a clear mainstream alternative, the three remaining establishment candidates—U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, Ohio Governor John Kasich and Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor—spent Wednesday going after one another, as they have throughout the nomination fight. 

“Enormous pressure is on the establishment wing to consolidate around one candidate soon or else it will hand the Republican nomination over to Trump,” said Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist and former senior congressional aide. 

“They're running out of time. With plenty of campaign cash to spare, Trump is pushing the kind of nationalistic message on immigration and foreign policy that resonates in South Carolina, a state that flew the Confederate flag on its capitol grounds until last year. The primaries beyond are just as southern and just as friendly to Trump's message. And he remains an extremely difficult candidate to beat in a war of words and media attention.  

Now, let’s look at three key phrases in Kapur’s purported analysis. First: “Republican elites are 0-for-2 in presidential nominating contests this year, a rare and panic-inducing outcome for the party's leadership. 

Although this might come as a surprise to Kapur, there have only been two primary’s so far, thus the race hasn't t even started. What’s more, before those two events took place, “establishment” candidates had been written off completely as unelectable. But, now, two governors are alive and doing fine at this point. And, perhaps, if he buys a calendar he’ll figure out there are nine months left until election day in November. 

As far as Kapur’s questioning their “going after one another, as they have throughout the nomination fight,” is concerned, how else do they clear the field of competition? In case he doesn’t know it, there’s only one POTUS elected at a time. 

His last issue is ridiculous as well, concerning: “Enormous pressure is on the establishment wing to consolidate around one candidate soon or else it will hand the Republican nomination over to Trump.” 

This is nothing more than another iteration of the same vapid point. Because, as recently as a month ago there were nine candidates in the race, and it’s only been two days since the smoke began clearing. 

Thus, as a practical matter, it’s certainly understandable that outlets like Bloomberg have huge space to fill, and must do it daily. But even so, they really ought to try harder to find writer’s with IQ’s higher than their shoe size and having at least a smidgen of understanding of that which they opine about. 

Then, there are two self-explanatory headlines in the news this morning, both of which speak volumes and don’t need additional commentary.

Jim Hoft @thegatewaypundit.com titled his article, “OUTRAGE! Iran Mocks Captured US Sailors at Revolution Day Parade.”

 

Then, Clara Denina  @finance.yahoo.com headed her story: “Gold surges to one-year high on fears of financial uncertainty,” which is certainly clear, but she also included a quote from James Butterfill, head of research at ETF Securities, who  said in a note: “Investors are returning to gold as a core diversifier and safe haven investment. Given the increasingly challenging investment and economic environment, we expect this trend to continue."

Meaning that after seven years of Democrat policy led by the POTUS, the American economy is still going backwards and is expected to continue to do so by knowing investors.  

Which leads right into a clip posted by a Facebook friend this morning.

Bringing us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.

Julian Hattem @thehill.com, writes: “The State Department will release 550 emails from Hillary Clinton’s private sever this weekend, under pressure from a federal judge who earlier this week appeared visibly annoyed at its delayed efforts. 

“In a court filing late on Wednesday night, State Department official Eric Stein told the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that department staffers have made “significant progress” on preparing the emails for release.  

“As a result, the department will now be able to release the roughly 550 emails — which represent roughly 14 percent of the 3,700 remaining Clinton emails — on Saturday, in the middle of the three-day Presidents Day weekend. The department had previously said that it could not release the emails until late next week.” 

So, here we have another example of why Bill’s wife performed so miserably in the opening primary’s. And that’s because, no matter the subject, the Clinton’s will find a way to either perform dishonestly, or appear to. Which by now the voting public has caught on to and clearly doesn’t like. 

What’s more, is that in the past they’ve been able to squirm their way out of suspicious behavior by glibly evading the issues. However, in most of those cases, it was Bill that was caught and he was viewed upon quite favorably, no matter. 

But today, it’s his wife in the hot seat, and as the polls indicate, likability and trust just aren't in her DNA, never were, and never will be. 

Leading to the continuing question: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you guys reading this?     

That’s it for today folks.       

Adios