BloggeRhythms

Today’s items combine to illustrate the significant changes taking place regarding politicians while in the case of leading Democrats, hypocrisy and exposure of self-serving intentions surface quite visibly.  
   
The first article comes from Cameron Easley @morningconsult.com who writes about a new Morning Consult poll that’s likely to make many in the media “cringe.”

“In the new poll, roughly half (51 percent) of Americans said the national political media “is out of touch with everyday Americans,” compared with 28 percent who said it “understand the issues everyday Americans are facing.” 

However, what’s even more problematical for the MSM is that “Donald Trump, a frequent public antagonist of the press, is also slightly more trusted than the national political media. Thirty-seven percent of Americans said they trusted Trump’s White House to tell the truth, while 29 percent opted for the media.” 

And then, aside from learning that the new POTUS is seen as more honest then they are, MSM members also have to deal with the fact that their most cherished idol is proving to be more of a greed-driven capitalist than most of the Republicans they find continual fault with.    

Claire Atkinson wrote @nypost.com yesterday: “Even as President Obama faced criticism for getting $400,000 for a speech to a Wall Street bank, he pocketed the same amount of money for a second speech, The Post has learned.

“Obama made another $400,000 on Thursday when he appeared at the A&E Networks advertising upfront at The Pierre Hotel. He was interviewed over 90 minutes at the Midtown Manhattan event by presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin in front of the cable network’s advertisers. 

“Out of office just 98 days, Obama caught some flack earlier this week when it was learned that he had agreed to speak in September at a health care event sponsored by Wall Street bank Cantor Fitzgerald.” 

Obama, though, isn’t the only leftist doing exactly the opposite of what he preaches when money is involved.   

According to Morgan True @vtdigger.org via Drudge: “The Justice Department was investigating the activities of the now-defunct Burlington College as recently as February, according to emails obtained through a public records request. 

“The emails show the U.S. attorney for Vermont and an FBI agent reviewed Burlington College records in the state’s possession earlier this year pursuant to an investigation. Both enforcement agencies declined to comment on the substance of that probe or whether it has been completed.” 

Kraig LaPorte, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office along with an  FBI spokeswoman cited similar policies, the spokeswoman saying: “It’s typical for us not to comment or to confirm whether or not there’s a current investigation. We would not comment on any active investigation.” 

Nonetheless, another source, the chair of the Burlington College board of trustees “said Thursday that the FBI investigation has been going for more than a year, and at least one former school employee was subpoenaed as part of the probe.” 

Back in January 2016, “after reporting by VTDigger showing former Burlington College President Jane Sanders overstated pledged donations in applying for a loan so the school could purchase its former North Avenue campus, Republican lawyer Brady Toensing made a formal request to the U.S. attorney for a fraud investigation.” 

“The Vermont Agency of Education took possession of records left at the college in the wake of its sudden closure in May. When a college closes, state law requires the school or the state to keep academic records so students can obtain transcripts and graduate certificates. 

“These records are of significant public interest because they are relevant to an improper loan that led directly to the college’s demise,” Toensing said. 

Although Burlington College board Chair, Yves Bradley, said he has no information about what the FBI is investigating, he still speculated that the probe indeed relates to the school’s purchase of its former North Avenue campus. 

“At the end of the day, it’s got to relate back to the purchase of the land by the college,” Bradley said. 

While his wife Jane’s embroiled in a questionable loan arranged while she was president of Burlington College, Bernie Sanders himself is having a difficult time with his latest tweet assailing the wealthy, writes Daniel Chaitin @washingtonexaminer.com. 

Bernie, who ran a progressive presidential campaign criticizing Wall Street and the rich, tweeted out a message Thursday evening telling billionaires: "You can’t have it all."

The tweet asked: “How many yachts do billionaires need? How many cars do they need? Give us a break. You can't have it all.” 

In response, “Sanders was mercilessly mocked for questioning how yachts and cars billionaires need when he and his wife bought their third house — a $600,000 beachfront residence — in August.” 

So, what can be seen in today’s items regarding the loudest proponents against the evils of money and wealth, those at the top of the Democrat party, is that their concerns apply to everyone else but themselves. 

Which is why Trump is such an anathema to them. Whereas he not only makes no bones about attaining financial success, he does his best to help everyone else achieve it too. 

That’s it  for today folks. 

Adios