We are the drain the swamp people

Mayor Emanuel blasts prosecutors’ decision to drop charges against ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett: ‘This is not on the level’ 

Oh, come now Rahm. This is just Chicago’s “First Step’Program”!

A little different, maybe from the recently signed federal program but substantially similar.

The bi-partisan federal law is aimed at:

– addressing the issue of ‘ballooning’ prison populations; Chicago’s program certainly does that…in this case, the potential prison population is reduced by one!

– allows judges to bypass minimum sentences. Chicago allows corrupt prosecutors to bypass sentences AND laws.

– the federal program provides for compassionate release for the elderly, the terminally ill, and, in Chicago’s program, highly paid black actors also.

– Finally, the federal program allows inmates to “earn credits’ for early release by completing ‘programs’ to reduce recidivism. Apparently ‘Jussie’ completed his program early (before becoming an ‘inmate’)!

The federal “First Step” program has been hailed for both ‘saving money’ and ‘making our streets safer’ . The Chicago program has now made the city’s streets safer for Jussie and the cops will be much more alert to scary dudes wearing red hats and yelling ” this is MAGA country!”

DLH

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It is the sort of thing you hear from Peggy Noonan and her path-finder / mentor David Gergen who advises Trump to forgive and forget about the Swamp’s attempt to destroy him and his voters. In Gergen’s use it is dressed up as a Churchillian virtue, — as in let Democrats off the hook so that they can regroup and do it again.  We see a lot of politicians, Democrats and Republicans, and media personalities with the paddles and the enthusiasm for membership in the unity party —  AKA the Swamp. For them it is everything.  Not so Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=bIZoVO8ZyyQ

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Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke once placed a piece of their child’s poop in a bowl and told his wife that it was an avocado. 

Beto O’Rourke put turd in a bowl and told his wife it was an avocado, friend says, 

Is this “Beto” a ‘fun guy’, or what?

After losing his senate race to incumbent Ted Cruz, O’Rourke took off for New Mexico to gobble some dirt (yes, real ‘dirt’…presumably the kind his Party spreads around Washington to attack their political opponents).

Our prediction is that every Hollywood party through 2020 will offer genuine ‘avocado’ and dirt scraped from the soles of Beto’s barnyard clodhoppers…”reinvigorating” for hip folks like Alyssa Milano!

Democrat logic: “Beto lost (to Ted Cruz)? That’s OK. Now he can run for President,”     DLH

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Gene Mattecheck: My apologies to E.L. Thayer.

The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Hillary that day:
The score stood 306 to 227, with but one inning more to play,
And then Wisconsin died at first, and Pennsylvania did the same,
A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game.
 
A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The “Resistance”
Clung to the hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
They thought, “If only Mueller could but get a whack at that—
We’d put up even money now, with Mueller at the bat.”
 
But Sessions preceded Mueller, as did also Rosenstein,
And the former was a hoodoo, while the latter wasn’t fine;
So upon that stricken “Resistance” grim melancholy sat,
For there seemed but little chance of Mueller getting to the bat.
 
But Sessions chose recusal, to the wonderment of all,
And Rosenstein, the much despised, tore the cover off the ball;
And when the dust had lifted, and men saw what had occurred,
There’s Rod safe at second and Jeff’s a-hugging third.
 
Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lusty yell;
It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
It pounded on the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,
For Mueller, mighty Mueller, was advancing to the bat.
 
There was ease in Mueller’s manner as he stepped into his place;
There was pride in Mueller’s bearing and a smile lit Mueller’s face.
And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat,
No stranger in the “Resistance” could doubt ‘twas Mueller at the bat.
 
Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt;
Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt;
Then while the pitcher, Donald Trump, ground the ball into his hip,
Defiance flashed in Mueller’s eye, a sneer curled Mueller’s lip.
 
And now the leather-covered sphere came hurtling through the air,
And Mueller stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there.
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped—
“That ain’t my style,” said Mueller. “Strike one!” the umpire said.
 
From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore;
““Impeach him! Impeach 45!” shouted Maxine Watters on the stand;
And it’s likely they’d have gone insane had not Mueller raised his hand.
 
With a smile of Christian charity great Mueller’s visage shone;
He stilled the rising tumult; he bade the game go on;
He signaled to “The Donald,” and once more the dun sphere flew;
But Mueller still ignored it and the umpire said, “Strike two!”
 
“Fake News!” cried the maddened “Resistance,” and echo answered
“Fake News!”
But one scornful look from Mueller and the audience was awed.
They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain,
And they knew that Mueller wouldn’t let that ball go by again.
 
The sneer is gone from Mueller’s lip, his teeth are clenched in hate,
He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate;
And now the Trumpster holds the ball, and now he lets it go,
And now the air is shattered by the force of Mueller’s blow.
 
Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Resistanceville—mighty Mueller has struck out.

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Peggy Noonanisms: verbosity characterized by an incredible disregard for history

Never mind Democrat devotion to Saul Alinsky . . . isolate . . . attack . . .

DEEP THOUGHTS FROM MISS PEGGY…

“Congress’s Mean Girls Are Trump’s Offspring”   (WSJ pay wall)

“In comparison no one seems to be talking about Elizabeth Warren. What I see there, for all the Pocahontas and DNA gaffes, is earnestness and seriousness of purpose. She was a progressive before progressivism was cool. She is absorbed by policy. She is an undervalued stock.”
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“Mr. (Bernie) Sanders had something else, an unseen asset. In 2016 voters who wanted major change, who wanted greater economic equality or more-expansive programs, knew that if they hired Bernie Sanders he’d come in and push things in the direction they desired.

“They also knew Republicans in Congress would push back. And because of that pushback nothing insane would happen. Things would tilt left but a Sanders administration would likely not be extreme because it would not be allowed to be.”

Our observation:

“…KNEW REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS WOULD PUSH BACK!!!?? ” Oh, come now, Peggy. You cannot possibly be serious! Or are you something else?

Republicans would ‘push back’???!!…like they did with Obamacare? Like they did in support of the ‘wall’ and border security? How they fear “setting precedents”?
How, even when controlling all three government branches, they couldn’t even “push back” against Planned Parenthood!

Peggy, you haven’t noticed how dominant in opposing or neutralizing ‘moderately conservative’ policy the left has been, though controlling just one half of one third of our government’s three branches?

Miss Peggy continues:

“They (the 3 radical House freshpersons) believe that to be enraged is to demonstrate seriousness. It is to show that you understand the urgency of the moment, even if others don’t. To behave in a way that shows respect for the humanity of others is to concede too much. After all, if they were truly human they’d be just as enraged as you are.

You must be crude to show the authenticity of your contempt for injustice. A gentle word is a useless word. But in reality you can’t have justice without mercy, it doesn’t work.”

“I think we all know where this started, the political brutishness, the ignoring of traditions and norms. Donald Trump is both origin and rationale. “

Our observation:

Oh really, Peggy! Are you familiar with the name, “Teddy Kennedy’.  He was known , worldwide, as the “Liberal Lion” of the Senate. He was also known, worldwide, for a couple of other things. Putting aside (very reluctantly, the “Mary Jo Kopechne” side of this Democrat Party’s “eternal icon”, we will try to remind you of his ‘tour de force’ performance in 1987, which “(like your version of Donald Trump, was “brutish”, and behavior in a way that shows disrespect for the “humanity of others’).

Recall Peggy, *Senator Kennedy’s speech before Congress and the world in which he viciously sought to and succeeded in, destroying the career and integrity, and reputation of a man far more virtuous than himself??  And you claim that Donald Trump doesn’t show “respect for the humanity of others…”??!!?

“Robert Bork’s America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens’ doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists would be censored at the whim of government, and the doors of the federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions of citizens for whom the judiciary is often the only protector of the individual rights that are the heart of our democracy.” Edward “Ted” Kennedy, Oct. 23, 1987

“Integrity, respect for humanity”… which anybody but Trump person might you be referring to Miss Peggy?

It wasn’t Donald Trump who promised the voters he would work tirelessly to rid the nation of a dangerous and wildly unpopular legislation rammed through by a “brutish” opposition party… but then went before Congress and, while grinning broadly turned thumbs down in casting the deciding vote to repudiate his and his Party’s commitment to the voters. That was John McCain, the guy to whom the song “Stand by Me” wasn’t dedicated by his first wife, Carol, who seemed to lack the money and connections that man needed to fulfill his ambitions.

Still she continues:

 “In less than three months in office they (the 3 freshman radical lefty “ladies”) have established a new mood, an approach to national politics that is combative, angry, polarizing. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota surely meant to oppose U.S. policy toward Israel but somehow couldn’t quite manage to do it without being obviously anti-Semitic—“Israel has hypnotized the world,” “It’s all about the Benjamins baby.” It caused an uproar, she apologized, but it seems never to have occurred to her that you can’t talk about your fellow Americans that way. Or that she is a public figure and has to actually model admirable behavior.”

“I think we all know where this started, the political brutishness, the ignoring of traditions and norms. Donald Trump is both origin and rationale.

“The mean girls of Congress have learned at his knee. They have taken their tactics from him. They claim to be his reluctant imitators but I think they admire his ferocity. They have a taste for it, and a talent.

“They are good at being the thing they supposedly despise. They are not the antidote to the current brutality but an iteration of it.

“They are his natural children.”

Our observation:

NO Peggy! “We don’t all know ” that this started with Donald Trump…and neither do you! It did not even start with Chuck Schumer, or Nancy Pelosi, or even the revolting Harry Reid. Not even with the horny Bill Clinton or the vulgar Lyndon Johnson, or JFK whose very disgusting escapades have only come to light in recent years.

But each of those acted ‘brutishly’, willfully ignored ‘traditions and norms’, none of which, though, were accurately and widely reported by a biased media or commented on by bitter, self-absorbed columnists.

Each of them and many others, celebrated and admired by an un-informed and mis-informed public, by an ill-educated press and by malicious ‘educators’…. Tlaib, Cortez, and Omar have many ‘natural fathers’! and Donald Trump was not in the picture)

DLH

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McCain’s Key Role in Fueling Post-Election Trump-Russia Hysteria 

By Julie Kelly at American Greatness

“In his 2018 book, The Restless Wave, the late Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) wondered aloud why he was sought out and given the infamous Steele dossier shortly after the 2016 presidential election.

After suggesting that anyone who questioned his role in handling the political document was indulging in “conspiracy theories,” McCain offered his explanation: “The answer is too obvious for the paranoid to credit. I am known internationally to be a persistent critic of Vladimir Putin’s regime and I have been a long while.”

We are not of those who “wonder why ” Senator McCain was “sought out” and given the phony attack ‘dossier’ on Trump”. While the late senator fashioned himself as a ‘persistent critic’ of Vladimir Putin, John McCain was a major enemy, not just a “persistent critic” of Donald Trump…and anything else…preservation of America’s democratic system, national security, success of an Administration to benefit the nation’s citizenry, anything else ..be damned!

John McCain’s “loyalty” to the nation can be rightfully questioned, just as his “loyalty” to his first wife after she endured his captivity…a terrible ordeal for her as well as the senator’s. McCain’s story is compelling and widely disseminated and unquestioned because it is an American story we all want desperately to believe…and if not completely accurate, we don’t want to hear about it.     DLH

Continuing the American Greatness article:

“Many people now insist that it is somehow unfair or disrespectful to examine McCain’s role in the biggest political scandal in American history because he is gone. Although the president has a valid reason to be angry about McCain’s role in this scandal, Trump’s impetuous remarks only obscure the more serious charges about the late senator’s complicity in fomenting the destructive post-election Russia hysteria.

“The American people deserve a full accounting of all the players involved, even if the facts are unsettling for some to reconcile. The unwarranted and yet unproven Russia collusion hoax will forever taint the Trump presidency and has resulted in real life consequences for innocent people, not to mention the upheaval of our political system. No one should be shielded from responsibility.”

Amen.

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Via HP

First up, this one mentioned on Rush, a scene from the next Democrat primary debate including BO (Beto O’Rourke) (yes he is another BO) doing his stand-on-the-table thing.  Now the guy is 6’4″ so it is really weird but then they all are. Also shown — Bernie “why nut”  and The Groper (definitely not the Gipper).

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I was one of the 32 -37% who still Supported “The W” at the end of his 2nd term.

The media that loves John McCain so dearly today, didn’t love him in 2008. They loved his opponent.

It’s my recollection that McCain spoke more highly of Barack Obama during the campaign than he did of the outgoing President Bush.

McCain basically threw Bush under the bus. He ran a negative campaign all right, against his own sitting President. McCain said bupkis bad about Barry O.

His treatment of the only positive in his 2008 run, Sarah Palin, was, to be kind, shabby.

McCain was the final NO vote, sinking Obamacare’s repeal.

At his passing, I had zero respect for that bitter old man.

Donald Trump dissed McCain in 2016. The media said that statement would kill Trump’s candidacy. They were wrong. Trump was elected.

That same media has now deified McCain, not because they like him, but because they hate Trump.

Once again they say Trump’s speaking “ill of the dead” will sink him. I think not.

Gene Mattechek

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This Just Facts Daily feature fleshes out a long-standing truth about campaign finance reform the old McCain Feingold convolutions — and gives context to the constitutional necessity of the Citizens United decision.  Mitch McConnell has sat on his hands, shaved or been ineffective about many important cultural and governmental matters important to conservatism. We can give him credit for being stalwart in support of protecting against big-media monopoly of political speech.  Unfortunately for us, and his key legacy at this point, the lack of a wall in various political ways works to undermine what can be sustained of conservatism and our constitutional republic.   R Mall

The Real “Big Money” in Politics

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John Walker Lindh, American ex-Taliban fighter, to be released in May, hasn’t denounced Islamism https://www.foxnews.com/us/american-ex-taliban-fighter-to-be-released-in-may-seek-to-move-to-ireland-despite-authorities-warning-he-hasnt-denounced-islamism
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– John Walker Lynch (aka Abu Sulayman al-Irlandi ) is set to be freed after serving about 18 of 20 years sentence: Remember him?

– Was America’s ‘Gift’ to the Taliban; Young Johnny ‘Went Marching off to Fight For the Taliban’ But Probably Won’t ‘Come Marching Home Again’: Plans to Settle in Ireland Where He’s gained Citizenship even though he’s Spoken Fondly of ISIS to Media

– Convicted for “supporting Taliban”, Lindh was Involved in the Death of CIA Agent John Spann During Uprising in Afghan Prison; Spann Became First US Casualty in Afghan war

– Dubbed “Shit Head” by US Marines Who Recaptured and Held Lindh

– Media Reporting that “hardliners”…You know the Kind… most Former GI’s and/or Trump Voters…”urged authorities to consider treason charges that could have resulted in the death penalty”.

– Still Remains an Islamic Radical

– In line for the “Bowe Bergdahl Duty, Honor, & Distinction” Award? Will be presented to Lindh by Ilhan Omar if Democrat Wins Presidency in 2020?

– Nation Anxiously Awaits Comment by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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But, don’t feel too badly for “Johnny”. Google his name and you’ll find 9 out of 10 or so links to stories lamenting how poor Johnny was just a kid when he became radicalized, was confused and often didn’t know how he got in so much trouble. And, on top of that, he was mistreated by our military and intelligence service, and even wrongly convicted in some folks’ learned opinions. (For a heavily sympathetic portrayal of “Abu”, one can get the “real lowdown” at Wikipedia. Your heart will go out to the now-38 year old ‘happy warrior’)     DLH

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