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• Voting time and locations available at Scott County Auditor website
• Candidate contact information is available on the SC Auditor website
• Below are municipal and school board races and candidates with party registration indicated — along with our voting recommendations
• Another integrity issue resurfaces regarding mayor candidate Matson
• Davenport School Board race of concern

As we have advocated for some time,  because of the dearth of information from candidates in this officially  “non-partisan”  election, and regrettably in some races the dearth of candidates, all we have to go on is party affiliation.  Accordingly that is our voting recommendation to you — vote Republican and consider writing in one from the district when there is not one on the ballot.  See our additional explanation here.

We have listed the candidates on the ballot with party affiliation next to their name and indicated whether or not they have opposition on the ballot (more candidates than positions).   When there is an insufficient number of Republicans running for the open positions the choice is to “bullet vote” for only the Republicans or vote for them and write in a Republican for the additional position(s) to be filled. In general we do not recommend bullet voting for only one Republican this election when others are on the ballot and positions need to be filled.

Davenport Mayor

We will be writing in Dean Weber for Davenport Mayor as both candidates appearing on the ballot  — Rita Rawson and Mike Matson — are Democrats. For reasons we have articulated being a Democrat is a disqualifying matter for this organization.

For those insistent on picking between the ballot appearing candidates even if they are Democrats — Rawson does not seem to have Matson’s integrity problems.  Matson is the recipient of pointed opposition by both Tom Hart a former Democrat Mayor and Democrat County Chairman  AND  former Mayor and West Point graduate Ed Winborn.– Both questioned Matson’s integrity as an alderman in the matter referred to in this QCTimes article.

When you are a Democrat as Matson is and you have a former Democrat county chair call you out on an integrity issue, that is something to take note of.  Former Mayor Winborn who was a registered Republican and West Point graduate with a Distinguished Flying Cross to his name opposes Matson for related reasons. Winborn entering into the fray is of significance because Matson has made much of his military experience as if that makes he and his politics unquestionable, and that somehow he is immune from political chicanery.

As we have pointed out previously Matson has another integrity issue.

Democrat Mike Matson, as leader of the Davenport American Legion Post put the kibosh to a request through channels to RENT the facility for a local rally in support of President Trump in the Spring of 2017 as being too political for the venue. Never mind that political candidates of both parties have rented the facility. But Matson then used Legion facilities (we presume by renting them) to further his own candidacy for the Democrat nomination for Iowa Governor (alderman to governor shows the megalomania of the guy). It was not merely partisan it was dishonorable treatment of Republican veterans and Legion members. It also says a lot about what Matson thinks about Trump voters in this area.

Comparing Rawson and  Matson,  if we were (we are not) inclined to vote for any Democrat in this local “non-partisan” election we would hold our nose and vote for Rawson, not that her policies are any more what Davenport needs than Matson’s, but why reward a demonstrated lack of integrity in Matson.

DAVENPORT CITY COUNCIL

Alderman at Large  —  vote for two — there are two candidates

Kyle Grip is a registered Republican and  JJ Condon is a registered Democrat

Vote the Republican and perhaps write-in another Republican

1st Ward  — vote for one — there is only one candidate on the ballot

Rick Dunn is a Democrat

Perhaps write-in a Republican or don’t vote the race

2nd Ward – vote for one — there is only one candidate on the ballot

Maria Dickman is a Democrat

Perhaps write-in a Republican or don’t vote the race

3rd Ward – vote for one — there are two candidates on the ballot

Phil Armer is registered no-party;  Marlon Meginnis is a registered Democrat

Don’t vote for the Democrat

4th Ward  vote for one — there are two candidates on the ballot

Ray Ambrose is a registered Republican; Jeffrey Bass is a registered Democrat

Vote the Republican Ray Ambrose  ( our high-lighted race)

5th Ward  – vote for one — there are two candidates on the ballot

Matthew Dohrmann is a registered Republican; Kristi Miller is registered no-party

Vote for the registered Republican

6th Ward — – vote for one — there are two candidates on the ballot

Benjamin Jobgen is a registered Republican; Richard Clewell is a registered Democrat

Vote for the registered Republican

7th Ward — – vote for one — there are two candidates on the ballot

Both are registered Democrats

Perhaps write-in a Republican or don’t vote the race. Picking between Democrats is usually a fool’s errand.

8th Ward vote for one — there are two candidates on the ballot

Both are registered Democrats

Perhaps write-in a Republican or don’t vote the race. Picking between Democrats is usually a fool’s errand.

CITY OF BETTENDORF  –

Mayor – vote for one — there is only one candidate on the ballot

Bob Gallagher is a registered Republican

Alderman at Large – vote for one — there is only one candidate on the ballot

Frank Baden is a registered Republican

1st Ward –  vote for one — there is only one candidate on the ballot

Jerry Sechser is a registered Republican

3rd ward –  vote for one — there is only one candidate on the ballot

Bill Connors is a registered Democrat

Perhaps write-in a Republican or don’t vote the race

5th Ward – vote for one — there is only one candidate on the ballot

Scott Webster is registered no-party

Perhaps write-in a Republican or don’t vote the race

Park Board – vote for no more than three – there are four candidates on the ballot

Timothy Carroll and Don Wells are registered Republicans ; Thomas Dryg and Elliott Rogers are registered Democrats. Vote for the registered Republicans. Perhaps write in a registered Republican or leave the third position blank

Scroll down for area school board elections. For the remaining municipal races we are consolidating the format to reduce space on this post. Vote Republicans. Write-in Republicans where appropriate.

CITY OF BLUE GRASS

Mayor – Larry Guy is registered no-party and the only ballot candidate

City Council – vote for no more than three

Brad Schutte, Michael Barnes and Chad Brus are registered Republicans. The other candidates are Democrat or no-party

CITY OF BUFFALO

Mayor – only candidate on the ballot and is a registered Democrat

City Council vote for no more than two

Joe Buffington and Ted Teel are registered Republicans – cannot find a listing for 3rd candidate Austin Miller

CITY OF DONAHUE

Mayor – no Republican on ballot

City Council – no Republican on ballot

CITY OF DIXON

City Council – no Republican on ballot

CITY OF ELDRIDGE

City Council – vote for three  — Bruce Cheek is the only candidate on ballot who is a registered Republican

CITY OF LECLAIRE

City Council – vote for no more than two. There are three candidates on the ballot and all are registered Republicans

CITY OF LONG GROVE

City Council – Regular election – vote for no more than three – Brandon Cronise and Nancy Herrin are registered Republicans.  Vacancy election – Cindy Blinkinsop is a registered Republican

CITY OF MAYSVILLE

City Council – vote for no more than two.  Matthew Andrews and Keri Meinert are registered Republicans

CITY OF MCCAUSLAND

Mayor – only candidate on ballot is Damien Koehn a registered Republican

City Council – vote for no more than three.  Only two candidates are on the ballot. Only William Gillespie is a registered Republican

CITY OF NEW LIBERTY

Mayor – No candidate appears on the ballot — write in

City Council – vote for no more than two – Only two candidates are on the ballot but neither are registered Republicans. Shallane Krenz is registered no-party; Mike Zogg is registered Democrat

CITY OF PANORAMA PARK

Mayor – One candidate on ballot – Ronald Rice is a registered Republican

City Council – vote for no more than five — candidates David White, Steven Perry and Shawn Rice are registered Republicans. For incumbent David Smith we could not find a  registration listing.  Write in

CITY OF PRINCETON

Mayor – No Republican on ballot.  Kevin Kernan is registered no-party

City Council – vote for no more than three – Christina McDonough and Jami Stutting are registered Republicans. Other candidates on ballot are other or registration not found

CITY OF RIVERDALE

Mayor – vote for one – two names on ballot both registered Republicans – our recommendation is Beth Anne Halsey

City Council –  vote for no more than three.  There are three names on the ballot but only Douglas Littrel is a registered Republican. Kevin Adams is registered no-party.

CITY OF WALCOTT

City Council – vote for no more than three – There are only three candidates on the ballot but only Lisa Mengler and Jacob Puck are registered Republicans. In a situation like this there is no downside to writing in a Republican.

DAVENPORT SCHOOL BOARD   see update here as result of breaking information from QC Times –

There are fourteen candidates running for the four open seats. The amount of interest is no doubt due to what some have referred to as malfeasance by a majority of the current Board in voting to practically give away the Lincoln School property for $30,000 in spite of having received purchase bids far exceeding the approved bid.  The specter of conflicts of interest has been raised as well.  QCTimes articles reported on the controversy and are available  here ,  here,   here,    here ,   here,   and  here.

Not all current board members are up for reelection as the terms are staggered however two of the individuals who sat on the board at the time of the give-away sale in question are. One voted in support of the sale and that member is Daniel Gosa a registered Democrat. The other is Linda Hayes, another Democrat and current Vice President of the Board who recused herself on the sale vote as she is a member of the church that was practically given the property.  In our view that does not exonerate her without a record of opposition short of the vote.

Two current Board members decided not to seek reelection. One voted with the majority to sell the property for so little. To our dismay he was a registered Republican. We have never maintained voting Republican always gives perfect results but we would bet a Democrat in his place would have predictably voted the same. The other retiring candidate voted against the give-away sale.

The Davenport Teachers Union has endorsed both incumbents running along with candidates Jenner Kealey a registered Democrat, and Karen Kline-Jerome who is registered no-party. A teachers union endorsement in this area is generally another disqualifying mark in our judgement.

There are three registered Republicans running to fill the four open seats. They are Gene Guy,  Kent Paustian and Mark Holloway.  We strongly encourage district residents to show up and vote for those individuals and definitely not vote for the incumbents and the two other teacher union endorsed candidates identified above.

BETTENDORF SCHOOL BOARD

There are six people running for four open positions. Of the six there are three registered Republicans.  They are Rebecca Eastman – Paul Castro and Michael Pyevich. The latter two are also incumbents.

NORTH SCOTT SCHOOL BOARD

There are six people running for four open positions. Of the six there are FIVE registered Republicans running.  They are:  Nick Hansel  –  Brett Van Deventer  – Joni Dittmer  – John Maxwell  –  Glen Keppy.  That latter three are also incumbents.

PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICTS (vote for one in the district of your residence)

District 1 — Jenel Nels is only person on the ballot and is a registered Republican

District 3 — Nikhil Wagle is only person on the ballot and is a registered Republican

District 4 — No registered Republican on ballot

District 5 — Jodi Hoskins is only person on the ballot and is a registered Republican

District 6 — Christina Anderson is only person on the ballot and is a registered Republican

EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS (vote for one in the district of your residence)

District III — No registered Republican on ballot

District IV —  Robert H. Gallagher is only person on the ballot and is a registered Republican

Districts VII and IX have out of county addresses so party registration information is not available at this writing.  Each has only one candidate for one open position.

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• (or maybe just evil duplicity)
• More of the button logic of libs below

I love how local progs have tried to frame their narrative. Instead of saying, “Keep our troops fighting in Syria,” they say, “We must protect the Kurds.” It’s like saying “I’m not shooting cats, I’m saving songbirds.”

It’s said the Good Lord turned water into wine. Hatred for President Trump turns peace-makers into war-mongers. “It’s a miracle!”

What got me looking into the archives was Caryn Unsicker’s recent letter in The Dispatch https://qconline.com/opinion/letters/letter-country-crumbles-under-trump-presidency/article_7ab30273-bd51-593b-bcca-3897c6118d7d.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-siderail-latest.

Her topic sentence was a perfect example of an insult looking for a subject.

“Of all the destructive things our thin-skinned, narcissistic, racist, corrupt, morally bankrupt president has ever done, none has been more egregious than… (insert outrage du jour)”

I was aware Ms. Unsicker’s been a long-time anti-war activist. I figured her deceptively worded call for war was nothing more than rationalizing her hypocrisy to herself.

Gene Mattecheck, Jr.

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• Seems pretty much like mission accomplished for what Obama started and couldn’t get done

Associate Editor Gene M sends the reminder set forth below about the Progressive Action for the Common Good “back in the day”.  They are one of the organizers of the  “keep us in Syria” vigil to be held today (see previous posts). The little preening even* is also co-sponsored by the Bishop of  Davenport.  The prog group opposed intervention in Syria in 2013 during the Obama administration. Now they are holding a vigil in opposition to a draw down from the area – go figure.

One might presume that they were being consistent in their opposition to our military involvement in the Middle East but we are not so sure they were ever consistent when it came to Obama.  We can only surmise that some-how they got shamed into that little protest back then.**  QC Online article.

Q-C protesters say UN should handle Syria’s Assad, not US

About 35 protesters with the Progressive Action for the Common Good gathered along West Central Park Avenue at VanderVeer Park in Davenport, Sunday, in hopes to convince legislators on both sides of the river to keep the U.S. from taking military action in Syria.

Bill Sherwood said the majority of people passing by were in favor of keeping the U.S. out of involvement in Syria.

Mr. Sherwood said Progressive Action for the Common Good has been organizing similar peace protests for the past eight years and rarely has seen the majority of the traffic supporting the action.

“The support’s been outstanding,” Mr. Sherwood said. “I think it’s easy to say people in the middle of America isn’t interested in getting involved in another middle east war. I think people are sick of war.”

Mr. Sherwood said even limited action, like drone strikes or a missile attack, would be “starting down a path” that leads to more involvement in Syria.

In August, rebels in Syria’s civil war accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad forces of using chemical weapons in an attack that killed more than 300 people near Damascus. President Barack Obama called for a limited strike to degrade Assad’s chemical weapons capability.Congress will be meeting to discuss what the U.S. should do in Syria.

Mr. Sherwood wants the UN to deal with Assad and try him as a war criminal in a world court.

Caryn Unsicker, Silvis, said military intervention in Syria could extend the economic problems the country faces.

“I think people are tired of war, tired of this economic mess we’ve been in,” she said.

Davenport Mayor Bill Gluba said Assad is a war criminal but he presents no direct threat to the people of the U.S.

“What the U.S. should do is a lead a worldwide effort to bring Assad before the International Criminal Court of Justice where he could be dealt with as a criminal with appropriate action to follow.” Mr. Gluba said.

* these folks are usually short on candle power (in more ways than one). A vigil in our mind brings up the specter of an ongoing presence at a place chosen to commemorate something and which is not ended until the goal is achieved or the goal made impossible. They must expect a lot to happen in the hour or two they will be there before moving on.

**not even close to this long ago . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXtR-CaK6p4

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Kurd tribes in Syrian region participated willingly in Armenian (Christian) slaughter during WWI.

NOT ALL KURDS PARTICIPATED – OTHER TRIBES PROTECTED ARMENIANS

We found these commentaries on the history of conflict there interesting because the left here and about have been practicing virtual hagiography about the Kurds in Syria and decrying Trump’s policy to get our foot soldiers out of the sector. (Orange man bad).  Experienced military analysis we have excerpted and linked to in a previous post maintain that we owe today’s Kurds there nothing as it has been even-steven – and that the Syrian Kurds /PKK loyalty is to opportunism.

Historically that appears to be the MO in that region. The early Kurd PKK (Marxist political party) oriented tribes there were willing participants in the Armenian (Christian) genocide according to these articles.

From an article in Antiwar.com by Morgan E. Hunter                                                         Kurdish Participation in the Armenian Genocide    (excerpt)

Not widely known in the United States, but very well known in the region, is that among the most enthusiastic participants in the Armenian massacres of 1915 were Kurdish Muslim tribesmen, who largely inhabited the same regions of Anatolia as Armenian Christian peasants. This fact also goes unmentioned in the New York Times piece, but can be found by a casual perusal of Wikipedia, and the associated footnotes.

The Ottoman government of World War I (whose most important leaders, such as Kemal Pasha and Enver Pasha, were actually Albanians by ethnicity) considered Armenians, Greeks, and Assyrians as a potential fifth column for the Russians, and made every effort to encourage Muslim attacks on them. The best parallel is with anti-Jewish pogroms in Czarist Russia of that same era, which were encouraged by government officials but mostly carried out by local Polish and Ukrainian peasants.

In the context of the House resolution, it is ironically appropriate that the only Kurdish political party that has actually acknowledged that Kurds participated willingly in the Armenian massacres, and were not just ordered to do so by the Ottoman government – namely the PKK – is the only Kurdish party that is condemned by the US Government as a terrorist organization. I will discuss the PKK and its Syrian offshoot, the PYD in a subsequent article.

Related reading: Kurdish recognition of the Armenian Genocide

So not only are the the Syrian/Turkey area Kurds Marxists with that philosophy’s affinity for terrorism (notwithstanding any overlapping jihadist tendencies that might aggravate some Kurds) they are very tribal oriented and opportunistic. Its a mess that the religion of peace needs to work out. The UN, or better other agencies, can perform any refugee support effort to take place in that area of the world — with orderly emigration focused in that area.

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A least he didn’t stomp on the American flag…or take a knee …

WHAT A TERRIBLE LOSS TO THE NATION !: SEAN DOOLITTLE, A REALLY WONDERFUL, COMPASSIONATE, PIOUS, ALMOST SAINTLY RELIEF PITCHER WILL NOT ACCEPT AN INVITATION TO THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE !
WOE IS US, AMERICA. IF WE’VE LOST DOOLITTLE, WHAT HOPE IS THERE?
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Liberal Washington Nationals Player Won’t Visit White House Due To Trump’s ‘Divisive Rhetoric’

“There’s a lot of things, policies that I disagree with, but at the end of the day, it has more to do with the divisive rhetoric and the enabling of conspiracy theories and widening the divide in this country*,” Doolittle told the Post.”

It is unclear whether Doolittle would decline an invite from a Democratic president, who could just as easily be accused of “widening the divide in this country.” * **

And, just to prove what a really good guy he is, Mr. Doolittle added:“My wife and I stand for inclusion and acceptance, and we’ve done work with refugees, people that come from, you know, the ‘s—hole countries,’”.
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*Note: Mr. Doolittle just cannot imagine ANYBODY “widening the divide in this country” !!!!!!!
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We do, however, wish to extend our appreciation to Mr. Doolittle for the restraint he showed in his comments, though we’re guessing he feels much the same as another championship team’s athlete, Women’s soccer star, Megan Rappinoe (remember her? No?…well, you got lots’a company) :

U.S. Women’s Soccer star and outspoken Trump critic Megan Rapinoe preemptively rejected any invite to go to the “f***ing White House. (And she didn’t even add, “at the end of the day”.)      dlh

** The full Daily Wire article offers context to Doolittle’s charges being divisive and inflammatory in their speciousness.

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The group is unfortunately handicapped by its opposition to civilian ownership of guns of any effective sort and advocacy of huge reductions to the US military out of social justice concerns. Its long established battle cry of “not our sons and daughters” probably is still operative however. It is expected that in case they cannot quite get up to brigade strength a Che Guevera Memorial Commando Squad formed from the leadership of the sponsoring organizations will embark with all deliberate speed.

Folks, the satire practically writes itself on this matter. Here is the story apparently from a press release issued by the usual leftist cells operating in the Quad Cities and their scribe, the QC Times. (excerpt)

A prayer vigil will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 2400 Middle Road, Bettendorf, to show solidarity with the Kurdish people who — after years of fighting alongside American troops to combat ISIS in the Middle East — have been left to fend for themselves in the recent pullout of American forces.

Representatives of the Catholic Diocese of Davenport, One Human Family QCA, Progressive Action for the Common Good and Quad-Cities Interfaith invite every concerned citizen to “A Prayer and Reflection Vigil: Standing with the Kurds in Crisis.”    . . .

“We call upon our government to honor its alliance with the Kurds, defend them in their time of need and demonstrate the humanitarian values which are the hallmarks of America,” Karp said. “There is power in numbers, so we ask everyone to join us for this important vigil.”

The Kurds fought alongside American forces, resulting in the deaths of thousands of Kurdish soldiers.

In October, American forces were ordered out of the area of Syria that the jihadist organization once controlled, leaving the Kurdish people there alone to defend themselves against forces from neighboring Turkey whose government views them as terrorists.

The Kurds are faced with a massive humanitarian crisis and a battle for their very survival, Karp said. The Kurdish people are an ethnic group totaling millions of people who mainly inhabit a mountainous region along the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia.

The idea for a holding a community response to this crisis arose during a One Human Family members meeting last week.

“Wanting whatever we did to be a cooperative effort with the other Quad-Cities social justice organizations, we brought it to the Quad-Cities Interfaith Faith Leaders Caucus,” Karp said.

“All felt that we needed to do a vigil and do it soon, considering how quickly events are taking place. A planning committee was formed with representatives of each of the sponsoring organizations and the vigil was set for this Sunday,” he said.

Of course the Kurds in Syria, the group that the group comfortably here is concerned about, is as we have commented on previously a Marxist lot associated with a Kurdish Marxist terrorist organization operating in Turkey. Forgive us if the Marxist aspect does not inspire the QC social justice warriors as the article fails to mention. The QC group’s hurry to get in the news, (facilitated by the QCT of course) has regrettably been eclipsed by events including a cease fire that Trump has held the Turk’s to, appreciated by the Syrian Kurds in question, and oh yes, the elimination of key leadership of ISIS, the reason our small contingent of troops was there.

Our illustrious senior editor writes in red:

The stunning hypocrisy of the religious left in the QC is laid bare for all to see.

a) Using their own words, a case can be made that the US “fought alongside the” Kurds to rid the Kurdish territory of ISIS, rather than the way the way Rabbi Karp puts it: “After years of fighting alongside American troops to combat ISIS in the Middle East…”, adding, “American troops have left the area of Syria that the jihadist organization once controlled, leaving the Kurdish people there alone to defend themselves against forces from neighboring Turkey…”.

In other words, President Trump sent troops to Syria in order to fight with the Kurds and rid their territory of ISIS, as well as destroy ISIS presence in the Middle East. Having done that, is it not appropriate to thus leave Syria and allow it to return to whatever the status quo before ISIS entered the picture?

The joint effort by US forces and Kurdish fighters was one of mutual benefit. Kurds wanted ISIS out of their territory. US wanted ISIS destroyed. Whatever the status in the Middle East was before ISIS, one in fairness must ask what responsibility does that place on the US? I see none!

b) It is the religious left who, as a general principle, opposes US involvement in wars and in use of American troops in fighting anywhere in the world.

What exactly are they “praying and reflecting” in favor of? Returning troops to Syria, “to fight alongside Kurdish fighters” to oppose the Turkish invasion? And to do this because the US helped the Kurds get ISIS out of their ‘territory’?

c) Perhaps the “vigil”, instead hopes to inject US forces into every land where people are oppressed and persecuted and their claimed territory is invaded?

If that’s it, it’s going to take a whole lot of ‘prayer and reflection’ and the plucky social justice ‘warriors’ had better ‘suit up’ to join with the US forces they wish to deploy to wherever they see ‘injustice’, oppression, and ‘humanitarian crisis’.

That One Human Family’s “Planning Committee” better get to work, ’cause “praying and reflection”” alone isn’t going to get it done!

There are some questions that come to mind that we would like the organizers and attendees to respond to out of their concern for world-wide social justice and all:  How many troops should we send – and pray tell what should our force projection take the form of tanks, airstrikes? And, in pacifying villages, do we knock first in rooting out ISIS?  By the way, since the group is on a stop-the-oppression-world-wide binge — when do we liberate Hong Kong, not to mention China, Iran, Venezuela, conservatives in California?

Besides the auto-desire to help Marxists, we see what is going on here, the aggravating condition:  Trump derangement syndrome is in evidence

• Often associated with hyper-hypocriticalism
• It is a disease definitively progressive – symptoms include:
• Knees jerk at every announced Trump policy
• Glazed eyes and mutterings . . . Orange Man policies bad . . . must resist . . . must resist

V’PAC

Related reading here and here

PS: A delicious counter protest to their meeting might include singing our revision to the  anti-Vietnam-war song we highlighted here.

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• Back of the bus unless you follow his line

It just occurred to me that few have mentioned how many times Obama offered ‘quid pro quo’s” to foreign goats.

One that so far no one seems to have mentioned is, Obama went to the UK and told the citizens of that nation that if they did not vote against Brexit they would go to the “end of the queue for trade!

Apparently that was not ‘impeachable’ then. No interference in an election or anything    DLH

See and hear Obama’s swagger and threat in the first video then in the second an interesting analysis picked up by British observers but not so much here.

In other words ~ want our quid on the best terms? – then nix Brexit~

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• So, what’s a little “…indicia of an arguable political bias…”; ain’t no ‘lack of candor’ goin’ on here

WHISTLEBLOWER EXPOSED; CLOSE TO BIDEN, BRENNAN, ETC

The “Whistleblower” has now been exposed!

“RealClearInvestigations is disclosing the name because of the public’s interest in learning details of an effort to remove a sitting president from office. Further, the official’s status as a “whistleblower” is complicated by his being a hearsay reporter of accusations against the president, one who has “some indicia of an arguable political bias … in favor of a rival political candidate” — as the Intelligence Community Inspector General phrased it circumspectly in originally fielding his complaint.”

Federal documents reveal that the 33-year-old Ciaramella, a registered Democrat held over from the Obama White House, previously worked with former Vice President Joe Biden and former CIA Director John Brennan, a vocal critic of Trump who helped initiate the Russia “collusion” investigation of the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.
Joe Biden: Invited Ciaramella to state luncheon with Italian premier. Also invited: Brennan, Comey, Clapper.
AP Photo/Matt Rourke

Further, Ciaramella (pronounced char-a-MEL-ah) left his National Security Council posting in the White House’s West Wing in mid-2017 amid concerns about negative leaks to the media. He has since returned to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

“He was accused of working against Trump and leaking against Trump,” said a former NSC official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters.

—Inspector Generals seem to “phrase” extreme wrongdoing “circumspectly” a lot (see “Whistle blower exposed”):

Strzok and Page exchanged some emails suggesting maybe Trump ought be stopped from assuming the presidency, but there ‘really wasn’t any political bias’ the IG could find.

Andrew McCabe didn’t “lie”…but the Inspector General noted that he “lacked a little candor”…

Now, this latest guy, the “whistleblower”,  he has “some indicia of an arguable political bias … in favor of a rival political candidate”

Now that’s  what I call  “circumspect phrasing”…!       dlh
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*Did Ciaramella likely get his info from Lt Col. Vindman? – more on Vindman’s honorableness in another post

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• Drudge has been dredging up the worst for Trump (and conservatism)
  
• Plenty of good news for Trump and negative news about leftists out there
• Liberty Daily is helpful**

Typical Drudge headlines…heavily negative toward Trump; what has happened with Drudge?*

As in where the hell is he coming from. We don”t really need an aggregator of leftist talking points. We can turn on the TV or walk past a typical news rack

This is a random list of Drudge ‘headlines’ in recent days. It’s a list replete with dire news for Trump and the GOP. Much or most is merely “click bait” and the story itself behind many of these headlines details a lot that turns out to be not so threatening to the president or Republicans. Clearly though, Drudge is trying to do something that aims to advance the Democrat agenda, knowing that few of his readers actually go to the story behind a headline but instead take away only the most superficial interpretation of what appears to be “the days trending news”. Review this list and answer the question, who does the “trending news” look really bad for?

Finally, we must admit that up until only recently when it became apparent to us that whatever Drudge was up to was not well-intentioned from a conservative point of view or even from sound journalist motivation. We had stubbornly resisted growing criticism of Drudge by maintaining a position that he was attempting to alert GOP and conservatives to ‘what was out there” in the liberal press…thereby exposing its malevolent biases and progressive partisanship.

We no longer hold to that position.

Readers can make up their own minds.      dlh

Transcript gaps… 
Top diplomat willing to go public…
Russia Director Leaving White House…
House Dems closing ranks…
REPORT: ‘Whistleblower’ Exposed…
Lawyers receive death threats…
Impeachment on collision course with possible shutdown…
Specter of Nixon looming over Republican Party…
Colonel testifies he raised concerns about Ukraine, Trump…
Transcript gaps…
Top diplomat willing to go public…
Russia Director Leaving White House…
House Dems closing ranks…
REPORT: ‘Whistleblower’ Exposed…
Close to Biden, Brennan, Schiff’s Staff, and DNC Operative…
Lawyers receive death threats…
Schumer worried Trump will force shutdown to impede impeachment…
GDP: 1.9%…
China Trolls…
Trump on 1.9% GDP in 2012: ‘Economy is in deep trouble’…
Fed Takes a Quarter…
Treasury Exploring 50-YEAR BOND…
Steel tariffs were supposed to save industry. They made things worse…
Manufacturings Now Smallest Share of Economy in 72 Years…
Texas Hit Hard By Shale Slowdown…

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Vote Opens Intense Public Phase of Inquiry...
Senate Republicans shift tone...
Russia Director to Corroborate Quid Pro Quo...
Dems closing ranks...
HOUSE DIVIDED ON PARTY LINES...
REPORT: 'Whistleblower' Exposed...
BOLTON SET TO TESTIFY...
MAG: How Rudy May Cost President Dearly...
Impeachment on collision course with possible shutdown...
Trump Campaign Holds 'Witch Hunt' Halloween Party... 

**For those who like the iconic Drudge format but sure as hell do not need to be told what the left is saying as much as what they are not saying — this site serves very well:  https://thelibertydaily.com/   Be sure and bookmark it. The ironic thing is we first became aware of Liberty Daily at the time of its start-up as a very pro-Cruz site back in the caucus and primary days of 2016 because Drudge seemed so skewed toward Trump. The question becomes was Drudge just an agent provocateur in those days or authentically pro-Trump? … and what happened since?

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