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Trump’s odds for election just increased significantly.

 

According to Fox News Latino, in the Central American nation of Guatemala, a former comedian and television personality named Jimmy Morales is poised to become the country’s next president.

 

“Morales – a self-proclaimed centrist with a strong conservative streak – holds a commanding lead in the polls over his challenger, former first lady Sandra Torres, going into Sunday's run-off election.

 

“Morales has painted himself as an anti-politician, frequently starting his stump speeches with a rowdy, and comedian-like shout of “How are you doing, Guatemala?” Which makes sense, given that his biggest claim to fame before being on the cusp of the presidency was a skit television show called “Moralejas” (“The Moral of the Story”) that he starred in with his brother Sammy.”

 

Therefore, as far as Trump’s concerned, if the nation of Guatemala can elect a comedian president, why can’t Americans elect a bad joke?

 

Staying with the subject of jokes, here’s another one that’s not funny either. Hollie McKay @foxnews.com, reports: “The federal government awarded over $5 billion to help states set up ObamaCare exchanges, with the vast majority – $4.6 billion – going to 16 states and Washington, D.C. 

 

“But, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, much of that money has not been accounted for – and yet not returned, either.

 

“So where did those taxpayer dollars go? That’s the billion-dollar question.”

 

About $4.6 billion was given to 17 recipients, including California, New York, Washington state and Kentucky. But the GAO found that so far, just $1.4 billion of that has been spent on IT projects, and a total of $3 billion has been “spent or drawn down,” though not all the spending is detailed.

 

“That, then, leaves at least $1.6 billion unaccounted for. Yet only three states returned any portion of the money – a total of just over $1 million was given back.”

 

As a practical matter, the missing funds won’t be as serious a problem as might have been. Because with enrollment numbers down significantly and continuing to decrease, far less money will be available to government to mismanage or steal. But, in the meanwhile, it looks like the POTUS's health care tax is another huge joke on the American people.

 

On the same day, yesterday, Alexander Hendrie @atr.org/watchdog, reported that: “Obamacare Exchanges Fail to Detect Counterfeit Documents”

 

According to the article: “As part of its review, GAO tested application and enrollment controls on the federal exchange and two state exchanges (California and Kentucky). Ten fictitious applicants were created to test whether verification steps including validating an applicant’s Social Security number, verifying citizenship, and verifying household income were completed properly.

 

“In order to test these controls, GAO’s test applications provided fraudulent documentation:

 

“For each of the 10 undercover applications where we obtained qualified health-plan coverage, the respective marketplace directed that our applicants submit supplementary documentation… we provided counterfeit follow-up documentation, such as fictitious Social Security cards with impossible Social Security numbers, for all 10 undercover applications.”

 

The report noted that all ten applications remained enrolled on Obamacare even though fraudulent or insufficient documentation was provided. While, “[f]or all 10 of these undercover applications, we maintained subsidized coverage beyond the period during which applicants may file supporting documentation to resolve inconsistencies.”

 

As a result, each applicant received the Obamacare premium tax credit and cost-sharing reduction subsidies, without being properly verified. The ten applicants received a total of $2,300 in tax credits per month.

 

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.

 

Yesterday’s update included the thought from Rudy Giuliani, that Bill’s wife is either totally incompetent and unfit for office, or she’s simply a liar, take your pick. However, after giving Rudy’s opinion some further consideration, he should have concluded that she's actually both.  

 

As far as the mainstream-media’s reaction to Bill’s wife congressional testimony is concerned, she seems to be getting a pass. Certainly no surprise. Even though Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, caught her in a flat out lie regarding her telling her family, along with diplomats, that Benghazi was an Al Qaeda affiliated attack. 

 

Aside from that, there also wasn’t very much made of her obvious fabrication of the truth by other Republicans either. Which, after some additional thought, leads to the conclusion that perhaps their strategy is to let the situation simmer a while. Whereas in time, further damaging evidence will likely arise. 

 

Since that’s the probable case, by waiting until closer to the election to use the ammunition she provided them with her now proven lies about Benghazi, it will be too late to replace her with a viable candidate. Paving the way to a Republican presidential landslide in November 2016. 

 

Which 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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