BloggeRhythms

Today’s top news items confirm two ongoing, indisputable happenings, regardless of mainstream media efforts to subvert the truth. 

First, the presidential race is still neck and neck. And then, those voting Democrat must have some hidden need being satisfied by their party’s performance. Because what’s displayed to the public is gross administrative incapability compounded by truth distortions and outright malfeasance. 

As far as the race is concerned, Joseph Weber headlined his column this morning @FoxNews.com: “Early voting suggests tight race in key states despite Clinton camp boast.” 

“Hillary Clinton’s campaign is touting some “eye-popping” advantages in early voting, in an apparent effort to energize Democratic voters, but preliminary figures suggest the race remains tighter than her aides acknowledge. 

“The preliminary numbers appear to show Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, with an edge in several of the roughly 10 battleground states that will decide the 2016 White House race. 

“In Arizona and North Carolina, for example, more registered Democrats than Republicans have indeed cast early ballots. 

“But such numbers are open to interpretation, including how many Democrats in those two states voted for Clinton.  

“Meanwhile, early data shows Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump with potential advantages of his own in battleground states Florida, Ohio and elsewhere.” 

All of which means that with two weeks still to go, it’s still anyone’s ballgame. 

Aside from the polls, however, there are other more subtle evidences of voter preferences. 

Jim Hoft @thegatewaypundit.com, wrote: “WOW! Tim Kaine Holds Rally and ONLY 30 PEOPLE Show Up! 

“There were literally like 30 people there — in West Palm Beach, Florida.” 

At the very same time Bryan Anderson tweeted: “Few hundred people in attendance at @CatawbaCollege for @mike_pence rally in Salisbury scheduled to start at 4 p.m.”

Although surely not scientific analysis, it’s probably far more reliable than blind pap distributed by biased media outlets.   

A further indication of why the race is far closer than Democrats hoped, can be found in a story by Amy Goldstein @washingtonpost.com, about the health care tax. 

“Insurers are raising the 2017 premiums for a popular and significant group of health plans sold through HealthCare.gov by an average of 25 percent, more than triple the increase for this year, according to new government figures. 

“The spike in average rates for the 38 states that rely on the federal marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act was announced by federal health officials on Monday. The figures serve broadly to confirm what has become evident piecemeal in recent months: Prompted by a burden of unexpectedly sick ACA customers, some insurers are dropping out while many remaining companies are struggling to cover their costs.” 

Officials played down the impact of higher prices, saying that “more than eight in 10 consumers will qualify for ACA subsidies that will cushion them from sticker shock. And they noted that as premiums go up, more Americans will be eligible for the tax credits.” 

Trying to assuage the financial disaster: “As in previous years, the officials stressed that, if current customers shop around, many will find coverage that is less expensive than what they have. With subsidies, more than three-quarters of customers will be able to find a health plan next year for which they pay $100 or less in monthly premiums, according to the new data. People who have ACA coverage tend to qualify for relatively large tax credits because their incomes tend to skew low.” 

All of which means that since it’s still taxpayers who foot the bill in a socialized system, a major step toward self-protection income wise is a vote for Trump. 

Two readers provided a general sense of voter sentiment. 

Jack Davis commented: "The average family, will save $2500 a year"

"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor - PERIOD" 

John Douglas followed with: “My monthly Premium will be equal to my mortgage.

”Before obamacare it was $550 per month for a family of 4. Now it will be $1800.00 

Bringing us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife, this one confirming her politically motivated double-standard when preparing to “sell” virtually anything of importance to the voting public.  

FoxNews.com reports on emails released by WikiLeaks from a top Clinton campaign official revealing “senior staff members were discussing diversity in the top ranks a couple of months before formally announcing her bid for presidency.” 

“In February 2015, a list of potential employees was sent to campaign chairman John Podesta, with suggestions such as "Political Director-Hispanic Woman." 

“The email breaks it down: "four 'POC,' or people of color, four women 'assuming COO is a white woman' and six white men." So, the email says, that is "33% diverse, 33% women, 50% white men." 

The reason for suggested diversity within the Clinton campaign allegedly was “in response to a consultants concern over collected data from the Clinton foundation showing a lack of gender diversity. Data revealed only three of the foundation's 11 highest paid employees were women.” 

“According to the emails, the median salary of the highest paid men at the foundation was $346,106, while the median salary of the highest paid women was $185,386 — roughly a $160,000 difference. 

"There are huge discrepancies, and it wouldn't surprise me if they (the media) went here next," Ian Mandel, a Democratic consultant, wrote.” 

Thus, the truth is a far cry from Bill’s wife‘s mentioning that if she wins the election that half of her Cabinet will be women. Another break from her historical performance. 

While Podesta and other Clinton supporters say the emails may have been altered by hackers, they haven't pointed to any such cases. And what’s outlandishly ridiculous is that: “The Clinton campaign blamed Donald Trump for not condemning the hack and declining to blame it on Russia. 

"It is bizarre and disqualifying that he continues to cheer on this attack on our democracy," said campaign spokesman Glen Caplin. 

Which is like a professional sports team when caught using steroids complaining that the stadium police should be chastised for letting an undercover reporter into the locker room.    

It also calls for the asking of the ongoing question once again, with only two weeks left to go: Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Jerry Brown, and Starbucks chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you guys are reading this?     

That's it for today folks.    

Adios