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Friday Reads

Posted: August 7, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: morning reads |31 Comments

Good Morning!

It’s the day after !  Here’s the best guide to last night’s debacle!GOP or Taliban

“HELL IS EMPTY AND ALL
THE DEVILS ARE HERE”:
A SHAKESPEAREAN GUIDE
TO THE 2016 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

Here are some of my personal favorites:

Mike Huckabee

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

George Pataki

[Enter Ghost]

Chris Christie

In the corrupted currents of this world
Offence’s gilded hand may shove by justice,

And oft ‘tis seen the wicked prize itself
Buys out the law.

and0701j_590_444For a more mundane take on the Cleveland Cape I’m going to turn to The Guardian.

Summary

  • The 10 leading Republican candidates for their party’s nomination for president bickered and bantered but avoided any clear humiliations at the first debate of the 2016 race. With Donald Trump center stage, the candidates fought for airtime and occasionally with each other, especially over immigration and surveillance.
  • Senator Marco Rubio may have had the strongest performance, hammering out talking points while avoiding squabbles or getting mired in moderators’ questions.
  • Senator Rand Paul and governor Chris Christie were the most combative candidates, fighting at length over foreign aid and NSA surveillance powers – Paul to limit them, Christie to expand them. Paul also battled with Trump, accusing the billionaire of “buying politicians”.
  • Trump defended some of his controversial ideas, including the theory that Mexico actively sends criminals across the border to the United States because our leaders are “stupid” and take care of the illegal immigrants. He proposed a wall “with a beautiful door”.
  • The billionaire also refused to say he would not run as a third-party candidate should the Republican party not nominate him for president. He lived up to his brash reputation at times, but was also civil toward some rivals, calling Bush a “gentleman” and mostly making broad comments about how America “can’t win anymore”.
  • Bush spoke at length and with energy about immigration, education and energy reform, but occasionally faltered and struggled to distinguish himself. Scott Walker also gave a relatively lackluster performance, mostly reciting memorized lines and a handful of quips.
  • Ohio governor John Kasich managed from to edge into Jeb Bush’s spotlight as the candidate for moderate Republicans. He argued in favor of support programs for “people in the shadows”.
  • Former governor Mike Huckabee and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson gave meandering performances, alternately railing about transgender people in the military, the dangers of a nuclear Iran, and the evils of abortion.
  • Nearly all the candidates avoided confrontation with the mercurial Trump, who did not shy from lashing out at Paul or the moderators. Kasich played the diplomat when asked about with Trump’s inflammatory remarks about immigration, saying the billionaire had “tapped a nerve” – most of the other candidates seemed to agree.

43294581e53388ef476cfd5de7ee09dfChuck Schumer will be ratfucking the President, The Democratic Party, the American People and World Peace for the Israel lobby.  Does this man represent anyone but Wall Street and AIPAC ever?

If Iran’s true intent is to get a nuclear weapon, under this agreement, it must simply exercise patience. After ten years, it can be very close to achieving that goal, and, unlike its current unsanctioned pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Iran’s nuclear program will be codified in an agreement signed by the United States and other nations. To me, after ten years, if Iran is the same nation as it is today, we will be worse off with this agreement than without it.

Yes. Yes.  Having them go after it in 10 years instead of 10 months is just plain stupid, isn’t it?

Kristen Gillibrand is taking a more practical approach.

By including China, Russia, and our European partners, this crushing economic pressure, combined with diplomacy, has produced an unprecedented combination of ways to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Just as important, inspectors will have unprecedented access to Iran’s facilities, so that we can better understand Iran’s capabilities, stop a program currently designed to produce a nuclear weapon, and be better prepared to detect any covert activity. This deal does not take any military options off the table for the next president if Iran fails to live up to its end of the agreement. In fact, we will have better intelligence as a result of this deal should military action become unavoidable. But rejecting it and leaving only U.S. sanctions in place without the essential support of the international community will move us closer to military confrontation. Sanctions worked when the world community came together, choking off the Iranian economy. In a meeting earlier this week when I questioned the ambassadors of our P5+1 allies, it also became clear that if we reject this deal, going back to the negotiation table is not an option.

So, I’m making this short today.  Please fill in with some links below. My friend arrived late last night and is safely here.

Voters will spend the next year trying to figure out the different shades of the GOP presidential candidates.

Unfortunately, she backed into my car and took off the front bumper and headlights so besides trying to finish my grades for the term, I have a lot of stuff to deal with today.

What’s on your reading and blogging list today?

31 Comments on “Friday Reads”

  1. janicen's avatar janicen says:
    August 7, 2015 at 7:30 am

    Regarding the debate, I was surprised when Christie went full Giuliani and carried on about how he led during 9/11, that nobody punched him hard about how he led during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and how to this day people have not been able to rebuild homes and businesses. And nobody mentioned the bridge scandal.

    I watched some of the post game show on Fox News and Luntz’s group of watchers thought Huckabee and Carson impressed them the most so I think we don’t have too much to worry about. 🙂

    • ANonOMouse's avatar ANonOMouse says:
      August 7, 2015 at 8:01 am

      It was a spectacle. Trump won the post-debate Drudge poll

      Here is a breakdown of the poll results from Newsmax:

      Donald Trump: 38 percent
      Ted Cruz: 15.5 percent
      Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson: 10.2 percent
      Florida Sen. Marco Rubio: 9.7 percent
      Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul: 9.3 percent
      Ohio Gov. John Kasich: 4.9 percent
      Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: 4.5 percent
      Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: 3.5 percent
      Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush: 2.5 percent
      New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie: 1.4 percent

      • dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:
        August 7, 2015 at 9:41 am

        I thought they all look nonplussed. Like wow, is any one even watching me?9+
        ((

        Ben Carson was bugfuck crazy. Who compares taxes to tithing and talk’s about gawd’s “special purpose” in front of an audience? Nut job!

      • janicen's avatar janicen says:
        August 7, 2015 at 10:13 am

        38% thought Trump won?!?!?! Jesus, these freakin’ people are nuts.

    • List of X's avatar List of X says:
      August 7, 2015 at 8:40 am

      Someone did bring up the Obama hug, because that’s what mattered most to the audience.

  2. Pat Johnson's avatar Pat Johnson says:
    August 7, 2015 at 8:31 am

    After watching this “debate” I think it is fair to say that this gaggle of fools is far worse than the “Seven Dwarfs” of 2012.

    Though Fox felt compelled to question Trump regarding his egregious comments toward women but no questions to Christie about his outrageous comportment in Bridgegate. Nor calling out Huckabee about sending the militia to close Planned Parenthood is a “good idea”. Rand Paul and plagiarism? Nope!

    Cruz is just flat out crazy. Scott Walker a Koch puppet. And Trump? He looked like a performer from SNL. Was Jeb even there? Somehow his candidacy got lost along the road.

    But this morning’s analysis made me question what these guys were watching. The truth resides in Charlie Pierce’s version.

    These 17 people are just plain nuts.

  3. Ron4Hills's avatar Ron4Hills says:
    August 7, 2015 at 9:14 am

    The crowd reaction to Trump’s unprovoked attack of Rosie O’Donnell tells you everything you need to know about the current state of the GOP.

    If you are an enemy, you are not even afforded the basest common decency.

    They claim that it is an issue of political correctness, but really it is just rudeness and general lack of respect.

    Trump revels in his misogyny and bad manners and the Republican base loves it.

  4. bostonboomer's avatar bostonboomer says:
    August 7, 2015 at 9:46 am

    Peter Jennings died.

  5. bostonboomer's avatar bostonboomer says:
    August 7, 2015 at 10:09 am

    I hope your car will be OK, Dak. You might see if the parts can be gotten from a junkyard instead of new.

  6. bostonboomer's avatar bostonboomer says:
    August 7, 2015 at 1:38 pm

    WaPo:

    Donald Trump late-night angry-tweets Megyn Kelly, and it is epic

  7. bostonboomer's avatar bostonboomer says:
    August 7, 2015 at 1:40 pm

    Frank Luntz:

    I saw “destruction” of Trump’s candidacy

    “Trump was the number one person walking into that debate. Almost all of his supporters (of the focus group) abandoned him because of what he said,” Luntz said Friday on “CBS This Morning.”

    Trump’s stand-out remarks included his response to Fox News host and debate moderator Megyn Kelly about comments he’s made in reference to women as “fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals,” and his instance to not necessarily support another GOP nominee.

    “When you’re talking about a Republican presidential nomination, when these people want to defeat Hillary Clinton. That’s not the language, that’s not the strategy, that’s just not what they want to hear,” Luntz said.

    Luntz gathered a group of Ohioans to watch the debate and use dials to register whether they liked or disliked what they were hearing.

  8. bostonboomer's avatar bostonboomer says:
    August 7, 2015 at 1:48 pm

    Megyn Kelly’s children are named Yates, Yardley, and Thatcher.

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