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The Option Play
by Cal Thomas
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Dems Ignoring Their Menendez Problem
by Political Editors: As Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery and fraud trial gets under way, the New Jersey Democrat’s colleagues are quietly distancing themselves from the issue and seemingly pretending that he doesn’t even exist. Much of the mainstream media has also been rather quiet on the story, with some news outlets declining to even mention the fact that Menendez is a Democrat.
{dailycaller.com} ~ The already-divided Republican Party won’t survive if party leaders continue to betray their voters on immigration... Fox News host and Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson warned Thursday night. President Trump is throwing away his only good bargaining chip by caving to Democratic demands on the liar-nObama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) amnesty program without securing anything in return, Carlson said. Trump said Thursday that a border wall — the signature policy of his presidential campaign — will have to wait until after Congress passes amnesty for DACA recipients, a position Trump opposed during the campaign. If Trump doesn’t get funding for the wall now, Carlson said, it will never happen... http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/14/tucker-sounds-the-alarm-gop-in-danger-of-collapsing-over-immigration-betrayals/?utm_medium=email
It's football season again, so let's call this deal the "option play." It isn't used much by today's professional players, but the play is designed to give a quarterback the option of running the ball, or, if he sees he can't make it through the defensive line, toss it to a player trailing behind him in an effort to gain yards.
President Trump might consider these options in an effort to push through his agenda.
Apparently having grown tired of Republican ineptitude for failing to repeal and replace liar-nObamacare, or do much else with their majorities in the House and Senate, other than to think up new excuses for their failures, the debt ceiling deal might give the president wiggle room to demand concessions from Democrats. The danger is that Democrats may not feel the need to compromise if they believe they can win concessions from a president who does not have an ideological core.
The second option might be to embarrass Republicans sufficiently to force them to unify and pass a true Republican agenda. That used to include lower taxes, smaller government and reducing the debt through less spending and economic growth. I'm not betting on this option.
Option three would be to put incumbent Republicans in such a bind that primary challengers next year could defeat "moderates" and others who failed to live up to their campaign promises. How many Republicans could successfully campaign on a platform of "re-elect me, because I accomplished nothing and opposed the president"?
There's also an option the Republican majority hasn't tried. Rush Limbaugh mentioned it on his radio program: "If just at any time in the past six months, or anytime in the next six, if for just three months Ryan and McConnell would work with Trump to advance his agenda, they would own everything for who knows how long. If they would have repealed and replaced liar-nObamacare, if they would have then moved on to tax cuts and ... real tax reform, and if they had built the wall. ... If those three things had serious action with an appearance of unity within the Republican Party on those issues, the Democrats wouldn't stand a prayer for 25 years."
Too many Republicans remain embarrassed that Trump won. He would never be allowed to join their inner circle whose mantra appears to be "when the going gets tough, the weak surrender without a fight." For these Republicans, principles have been replaced by pragmatism.
Trump's deal with Democrats excluded the children of "undocumented" immigrants. Perhaps the president could allow DACA kids to remain in the country in exchange for money to build the wall. But why should Democrats compromise when they get what they want anyway?
Democrats have a problem of their own after doing a deal with a president they have reviled and ridiculed since he announced his candidacy. If the president is giving them what they want, how do Democrats run against him in next year's congressional elections?
The deal Trump made with Democrats expires in 90 days. Will Chuck clown-Schumer and Nancy Pulosi use an option they have successfully employed in the past to win more concessions from the president? It's called the Christmas option, and it is designed to smear Republicans as "heartless" politicians who would harm children by not giving in to Democrats' demands.
President Trump has broken a legislative logjam. The question now is what happens next? That question goes not so much to Democrats as to the Republican leadership. It's their option now.
by Political Editors: As Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery and fraud trial gets under way, the New Jersey Democrat’s colleagues are quietly distancing themselves from the issue and seemingly pretending that he doesn’t even exist. Much of the mainstream media has also been rather quiet on the story, with some news outlets declining to even mention the fact that Menendez is a Democrat. Menendez and his wealthy friend, Dr. Salomon Melgen, have been charged with 18 counts of bribery and fraud. Both have maintained their innocence, but Melgen was already convicted of Medicaid fraud earlier this year. Needless to say its not looking good for either defendant, and Democrats know this. It certainly is not helpful for the Democrat Party brand, though it is at least consistent.
If the story was about a Democrat House representative, then the situation might not be as damaging to Democrats, but Menendez is a senator from New Jersey. And should he be found guilty and removed from office it would fall to New Jersey’s Republican governor, Chris Christie, to choose someone to fill the vacancy. And Christie is well within his rights to choose a fellow Republican, further strengthening the GOP’s slim Senate majority.
The reality is that the Democrats have a problem, and ignoring it won’t make it go away. ~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/51299
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Mark Levin – Trump Amnesty
is Political, Economic and Cultural Suicide
by rickwells.us
{rickwells.us} ~ Mark Levin utilizes the information contained in a couple of articles on the subject of the “Dreamers” to heighten his audience’s awareness of some stark realities... From an article in the Washington Post, he notes that the claims that the DACA protectees were brought to the US as children by their parents are not accurate in all cases. Many were but it’s not required, they just had to be illegals in the US before the age of 16 in some manner. They could have been drug mules who ran away from home. It’s good enough, don’t ask, don’t tell. He also points out the exaggeration of claims they’re all college-bound high school grads or military personnel. All that’s actually required is that the person enroll in a high school course or an alternative, including online courses and ESL classes. Under 900 active military are “Dreamers.”... https://rickwells.us/mark-levin-trump-amnesty/.
Watch What Happened When
Ben Shapiro Spoke at UC Berkeley
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by Peter Trinko / Christopher Piquette
{dailysignal.com} ~ Peter Trinko and Christopher Piquette went to University of California, Berkeley to check out the protests ahead of conservative commentator Ben Shapiro’s speech on Thursday... Here’s what they saw and what some on the scene had to say (please be aware some protesters used curse words): http://dailysignal.com/2017/09/15/watch-what-happened-when-ben-shapiro-spoke-at-uc-berkeley/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTTJRek1HRmhZMlpsTVRKaCIsInQiOiJyYlo1VXdFSkVXZlA4NE92ZldMQjZ0dTFyajI1Q3ZQQ29BNlNsenlQd3k3cXB1RU1jM3NVRG1nMkZXRDI1dFl5MDNMQklMdUV5c3d1bFBhQXVhRG9JekVuY1YwMFFORUpcL1VaWWdEOEhtcWlWMWlqbmdTczRlUjNNR09FT0ZDblcifQ%3D%3D.
Tucker Sounds The Alarm:
GOP In Danger Of Collapsing
by Peter Hasson
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Chuck clown-Schumer’s Claims
About Price Of Gas Are Low-Octane
by Jeff Dunetz
{lidblog.com} ~ Senate Minority Leader Chuck clown-Schumer evidently hasn’t visited a gas station this year. If he had, he’d realize that his recent diatribe against the oil industry is based on a complete fiction... During a recent television appearance, Sen. clown-Schumer lamented that “gas prices are sticky. You know when the price for oil goes up on the markets, it goes right up, but it never goes down.” New York’s senior senator further claimed that big energy companies are stifling competition to keep prices high. These assertions are patently false, as anyone who has refueled his vehicle or paid a utility bill lately can attest. Our domestic energy boom has resulted in some of the lowest gasoline and electricity prices Americans have seen in decades... http://lidblog.com/chuck-schumer-price-gas/.
North Korea About To Launch
Long Range Missile That Can Reach New York
by Jeff Dunetz
{idblog.com} ~ “North Korea is ready to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 8,000 miles, Japanese military sources have claimed... “Maniac despot Kim Jong-un has begun moving the rockets into position according to several military sources. “One of the sources says that movement of one of the launch pads was first noticed yesterday morning – and according to its size it is large enough to fire a carry an ICBM class Hwasong-14 ballistic missile with a range of 13,000km (8,000 miles)... http://lidblog.com/north-korea-missile-reach-new-york/
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The Option Play
by Cal Thomas
{townhall.com} ~ What just happened? President Trump cut a deal with Democrats to pay for hurricane damage relief and raise the debt ceiling without getting anything in return, except the temporary avoidance of a government shutdown. How to describe this? Was it a sellout, or a pragmatic act?It's football season again, so let's call this deal the "option play." It isn't used much by today's professional players, but the play is designed to give a quarterback the option of running the ball, or, if he sees he can't make it through the defensive line, toss it to a player trailing behind him in an effort to gain yards.
President Trump might consider these options in an effort to push through his agenda.
Apparently having grown tired of Republican ineptitude for failing to repeal and replace liar-nObamacare, or do much else with their majorities in the House and Senate, other than to think up new excuses for their failures, the debt ceiling deal might give the president wiggle room to demand concessions from Democrats. The danger is that Democrats may not feel the need to compromise if they believe they can win concessions from a president who does not have an ideological core.
The second option might be to embarrass Republicans sufficiently to force them to unify and pass a true Republican agenda. That used to include lower taxes, smaller government and reducing the debt through less spending and economic growth. I'm not betting on this option.
Option three would be to put incumbent Republicans in such a bind that primary challengers next year could defeat "moderates" and others who failed to live up to their campaign promises. How many Republicans could successfully campaign on a platform of "re-elect me, because I accomplished nothing and opposed the president"?
There's also an option the Republican majority hasn't tried. Rush Limbaugh mentioned it on his radio program: "If just at any time in the past six months, or anytime in the next six, if for just three months Ryan and McConnell would work with Trump to advance his agenda, they would own everything for who knows how long. If they would have repealed and replaced liar-nObamacare, if they would have then moved on to tax cuts and ... real tax reform, and if they had built the wall. ... If those three things had serious action with an appearance of unity within the Republican Party on those issues, the Democrats wouldn't stand a prayer for 25 years."
Too many Republicans remain embarrassed that Trump won. He would never be allowed to join their inner circle whose mantra appears to be "when the going gets tough, the weak surrender without a fight." For these Republicans, principles have been replaced by pragmatism.
Trump's deal with Democrats excluded the children of "undocumented" immigrants. Perhaps the president could allow DACA kids to remain in the country in exchange for money to build the wall. But why should Democrats compromise when they get what they want anyway?
Democrats have a problem of their own after doing a deal with a president they have reviled and ridiculed since he announced his candidacy. If the president is giving them what they want, how do Democrats run against him in next year's congressional elections?
The deal Trump made with Democrats expires in 90 days. Will Chuck clown-Schumer and Nancy Pulosi use an option they have successfully employed in the past to win more concessions from the president? It's called the Christmas option, and it is designed to smear Republicans as "heartless" politicians who would harm children by not giving in to Democrats' demands.
President Trump has broken a legislative logjam. The question now is what happens next? That question goes not so much to Democrats as to the Republican leadership. It's their option now.
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