THIS & THAT #23

WHAT’S WHITE AND WHITE?

WITH NO COLOR IN SIGHT?

If you watched the self-congratulatory ceremony in the White House Rose Garden today after the GOP narrowly passed their version of a health care reform bill, you may have noticed that many of those applauding themselves were white-skinned, white-haired males, and few were wearing visible female attire.

That’s not to say that some of the male majority attending weren’t wearing fishnet stockings or garter belts beneath their manly attire. All politicians know that it’s best to project a front that their constituents will feel good about. All the GOP representatives who were there, clapping, singing and taking selfies, had best enjoy the moment.

A SEVEN-YEAR ITCH

It took the GOP only seven years to pass their flawed health care bill, and when the voters in their districts read the fine print and discover that Trump-care or Ryan-care, is nothing to brag about, they might think a bit longer and stronger as to whom to vote for in 2018. That’s when 435 congressional seats are up for election, and Republicans currently occupy 246 of those seats.

MAKE AMERICA GRATEFUL, AGAIN

The GOP should be grateful that they would once again be dealing with an equally inept Democratic National Committee at election time, just as they had to do during the last self-imposed failure in 2016. Look at THIS & THAT #22 for more insight on that subject.

It should be noted that only seven of the 216 GOP representatives who voted for the new health plan, had enough guts to hold town hall meetings in the immediate future. The rest will wisely rest.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ELECTED OFFICIALS RUNNING YOUR COUNTRY?

Fifty-one percent of the U.S. population is female, and 19.4% of the 114th House of Representatives are women, which include 21 Republicans and 62 Democrats. The Senate’s 100 seats have 21 women, with 16 being Democrats and five are Republicans.

The Junior Senator from Illinois, Democrat Tammy Duckworth is an Iraqi War Veteran, who served as an Army helicopter pilot, and lost both of her legs and damaged her right arm in combat. She retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2014.

State of the Senate Quiz:

What three states are each represented by two women in the U.S. Senate? In one state, the Senators last names are Hassan and Shaheen. In another state, the Senators first names are Maria and Patty, and they are not members of either the Andrew Sisters or the Osmond family. The third state is California, where Zora dislikes the elder Senator who has been in office since 1992.

THIS & THAT #16

THERE’S MORE BLAME, JUST

CHANGE THE PARTY'S NAME

PART TWO — THE DEMOCRATS

Former President Clinton was quoted in a weekly newspaper near to where he and Hillary live, that President-elect Donald Trump “doesn’t know much,” but “one thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him.”

Bill is now an angry white man, and probably laments the fact that he didn’t do quite enough to earn the title “First Man.” The same goes for the Democratic National Committee and Hillary’s inept advisors, but let’s start with the DNC — aka, “the Crooked DNC.”

DISTORTED VIEW FROM ABOVE 

The Democrats were in a “d” mode by being devious, deceptive, deceitful, duplicitous, and dishonest. Let’s look and try and determine who and or what were to blame for their election loss?

DEMOCRATS

DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz was forced to resign in July, after WikiLeaks e-mails revealed that top DNC staff members had plotted to sabotage Bernie Sanders.

Using all of her years of accumulated political wisdom, Hillary immediately tried to placate Sanders’ people by first lauding Debbie for her contributions, and then appointing her as Hillary’s honorary campaign chair.

JEW AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO

The DNC’s CFO Brad Marshall suggested in a leaked email that Sanders’ Jewish ethnicity and his atheist beliefs could be exposed to Southern Democratic voters, who would then turn to Hillary in the primaries.

The DNC also briefly shut off Sanders’ access to the part’s key list of likely Democratic voters.

HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

Longtime Democratic strategist Donna Brazile took over as interim chair, and keeping with the DNC’s policy of screwing up whenever possible, she was accused of feeding Hillary debate questions before her CNN-sponsored debate in Flint. Donna was later dropped as a CNN contributor.

Donald you were absolutely right, the election was rigged.

NOW THE FUND BEGINS

How did Hillary lose college-educated white women, and more importantly, how did she lose the non-college-educated white male vote? In the third quarter, Trump’s average campaign contribution was $50.46, so sayeth the campaign, with checks as small as $10.

MAKING AMERICA GREAT

ONE HUGE RALLY AT A TIME

From November 6 through the 8th, Donald J. rode a wave of enthusiasm at eleven rallies in ten states, from one in Sioux City, Iowa to a final one in New York City. His campaign events excited voters wherever they took place — in convention centers, college student unions, arenas, airport hangers, or fairgrounds.

YOU HAVE GOT TO

HAND IT TO HILLARY

Hillary held one public rally in August in Reno, Nevada, for that wasn’t where the rich Mother Lode existed. She held seven fund raising soirees in California in August in just three days, five more in affluent homes in Martha’s Vineyards, and nine in wealthy East Hampton. She did mine northern California once again in September, where donors paid up to $50,000 to schmooze with the first woman who wouldn’t be nominated once again to be President. At one such event, guests who purchased the priciest tickets or raised $100,000, could not only attend a reception, but also receive a “commemorative keepsake.”

THE SOUTH WILL RAISE AGAIN

One August night, she attended two fundraisers in Beverly Hills, California, with a limited, invited audience at each. One was at the home of NBA legend Magic Johnson, and the other at the home of billionaire Haim Saban, where each guests had to contribute or raise $27,000.

YOU CAN BANK ON HILLARY

While Donald held rallies where people were enthusiastically rooting for him, Hillary was giving speeches at financial firms such as Goldman Sachs and being paid $225,000 for each of them. Was Hillary trying to influence Goldman Sachs, or were they buying influence with her? As with the content of Donald’s income taxes, no one really knows what magical words were woven into Hillary’s talks.

COME ON, HILLARY

Her campaign didn’t seem to have a cohesive plan, and whoever was in charge decided that it was more important to stay isolated away from the common people.

Those were the ones in the red states that helped determine that the Clinton Dynasty is over, as is the Bush Dynasty, and you can’t blame those neglected voters for Hillary’s loss.

THIS & THAT #8

What Is Democracy In America?

Both the Republican National Committee and its counterpart, the Democratic National Committee, appear to be acting against the precepts of a democracy.

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “democracy” is defined as “a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting.”

The RNC Does Not Believe

Apparently the RNC’s leader Reince Priebus and his committee as well as the DNC’s leader Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her committee, are unaware of the latter part of that definition — “in which people choose leaders by voting.”

The RNC is furiously trying to come up with a campaign to deny Donald Trump the chance of being their nominee for President of the United States. This is despite the fact that he has the most delegates to date based on people’s votes, and they will try to deny him, even if he has the 1,237 delegates needed for the nomination.

Neither Does the DNC

The Democrats seem to be even more adamant in trying to eliminate any pretense that their race for the nomination is anything more than a giant sham, with the odds stacked against anyone not named Clinton.

The Democrat nominee has to garner 2,383 delegate votes, and as of today, Hillary has 1,243 pledged delegates, and Bernie Sanders has 980. But the Democratic Party also has made sure that Clinton has 469 “superdelegates,” while Sanders has only 31.

This gives Clinton a total of 1,712 delegates, while Sanders has 1,011. Even with the conniving DNC working overtime to make her the nominee, there are still  2.042 delegates available.

Why “conniving,” you may ask. The DNC knew that both Billary and Hillary had worked the Black scene during the years, so they were quite pleased that many early primaries took place in Southern states, or states with heavily Black populations.  Hillary took an early lead when she won more delegates in South Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. 

It is estimated that the 712 “superdelegates” represent 15 percent of the total. They include President Obama, Joe Biden, 239 Democratic members of the House and Senate, 21 sitting governors,  437 DNC members, and a questionable category known as “distinguished party leaders.”

The voters in primaries or caucuses do not choose these delegates, but “superdelegates” have an opportunity to elect the party’s nominee only because they are members of the elite upper echelon of Democrats.

The RNC and DNC Together

Finally, with all of the acrimony shown now and will be shown during the general election campaign, there is a movement that both parties are working on in obtuse harmony. Sadly, that is to obliterate Webster’s definition of “democracy.”

The Voices of the People

One woman said that although she doesn’t like Trump’s attitude towards women and minorities, she will vote for him because he was a good businessman.

Another voter told a television reporter that she’s voting for Hillary because Bill called her, not understanding that it was a Robocall. Another woman echoed her choice of Hillary, because she remembers what good Bill did while in office.

A Site To Make Eyes Sore

Picture President Hillary sleeping with Bill as he whispers policy in her ears, but only on nights when he isn’t sleeping with a female or male intern.