Disrupting the Narrative of the New Left, its allies in Academia, Hollywood and the Establishment Media, and examining with honesty the goals of cultural Marxism and the dangers of reactionary and abusive political correctness.
THE NARRATIVE AND POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
“Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.”-George Orwell
Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post wrote that former President Bill Clinton's "exclusive" interview with NBC's Cynthia McFadden was classic Bill Clinton. When the former president was asked if he would still be taking high dollar speaking fees because he has to "pay the bills."
Marcus went on to say that the interview from Bill and Hillary's point of view was ill-advised. Marcus described what viewers saw as a "toxic combination" of tone-deafness and being out of touch with the concerns of everyday Americans.
During Bill Clinton's interview with McFadden, he mentioned that he takes 10 percent of his income every year to give back to the foundation. He also justified taking the speaking fees because for the past 15 years, he has taken almost no capital gains. Echoes similar to Hillary's comment that when the Clinton's left the White House they were "dead broke."
In her column Marcus wrote that Bill came off as if he stopped taking money for his paid speeches that the Clintons would be worried about actually paying the bills.
"The rest of us with a few $500,000 speeches could manage to pay our bills for quite a while," said Marcus.
The prince, whose other titles are Duke of York and, more colloquially, "Randy Andy," has vehemently denied the accusations.
But the accuser, Virginia Roberts, insisted in an interview published Saturday by the Enquirer that her tryst with the prince was paid for by her purported pimp, billionaire financier-turned convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who she said hired her as his "sex slave."
She claimed in the interview that the fancy footwork happened in the London home of socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.
"Ghislaine played one of her favorite guessing games," Roberts told the tabloid.
"She asked Andrew how old he thought I was. He guessed 17.
"They all kind of laughed about it, and Ghislaine made a joke that I was getting 'too old' for Jeffrey."
Authorities in the United States apparently tried to protect the prince from scandal back in 2008, by giving Epstein a sweetheart plea deal according to a second report, in the Sunday Times of London.
"Please do whatever you can to keep this from becoming public," a former senior counsel to then-President George W. Bush wrote in an e-mail to the US Attorney prosecuting Epstein...
I am very entertained today by the incredible amount of commentary about my date to the @nyknicks Game Last Night..
— Lisa Ann (@thereallisaann) October 24, 2014
I am a women NOT held back by my age, lucky for me, because the writers seem to make me out to be a dinosaur. 42 is NOT old, It is amazing!
— Lisa Ann (@thereallisaann) October 24, 2014
The irony here is successful, older men have had beautiful young women on their arms in the past... Now it is MY turn to mix it up!
— Lisa Ann (@thereallisaann) October 24, 2014
Heres the bed time selfie with Notre Dame WR and Lisa Ann. Somewhere, Manti Teo is wondering why he had to make it up pic.twitter.com/4KzvfnrI0m
— Sports Mancave (@SportsManCave) October 24, 2014
Ruemmler would have brought no shortage of baggage to the confirmation battle if nominated, but reportedly was still on short list.
— Scott Cohn (@ScottCohnTV) October 24, 2014
@IngrahamAngle Jeb Bush, NOT the candidate for Conservatives or Libertarians. DNC maybe.
— burkej4 (@burkej4) October 24, 2014
@IngrahamAngle Good! He's too much of a negative for this country! No more #Bushes no more #Clintons no more 'royal families' Need new blood
— Kris Anderson (@Chipperfan81) October 24, 2014
Other things Jeb has in common with Barack Obama? Both take pot shots at Fox & prefer left-leaning ESPN.
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) October 24, 2014
@IngrahamAngle Jeb Bush is simply trolling at this point. He knows he is unacceptable to even the GOP squishes. Huntsman of 2016.
— Delta Smelt (@Delta_Smelt) October 24, 2014
@IngrahamAngle I only hope we don't get left with the choice between Jeb Bush and Chris Christie.
— Joe Cool (@RockinJoe1) October 24, 2014
This young man was executed by a terrorist - watch ON THE RECORD SPECIAL tonight at 7pm (or DVR) pic.twitter.com/XLYQrxhiDB
— Greta Van Susteren (@gretawire) October 24, 2014
You can mute me or block me if you want @joshtpm. I’m sure you will. Easier than facing the fact that you find assault funny.
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) October 24, 2014
I have 3 daughters. I hear about a woman getting assaulted and then see guys like @JoshTPM thinking it’s funny, my dander gets up.
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) October 24, 2014
.@TPM Your obsession with Sarah Palin is almost as disturbing as the joy you get when women are assaulted. @joshtpm
— Matthew (@Matthops82) October 24, 2014
.@joshtpm is definitive proof that as long as you support Democrats, you are allowed to say anything you want and your career won't suffer.
— AG (@AG_Conservative) October 25, 2014
Don’t worry, guys. Once @joshtpm is through flogging Palin, he and his cohort will return to attacking “anti-women” Catholic charities.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) October 25, 2014
Shorter Josh Marshall: I'm going to condone violence against women then retweet everything the right says to me like they're persecuting me.
— J.R. Salzman (@jrsalzman) October 25, 2014
No, no, no. Hitting women: wrong, every time. RT @joshtpm: not really violence against women if the woman attacks someone. But keep trying.
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) October 25, 2014
@RealDeanCain Are these the women that want equal rights? Liberals, 2 tongues, 1 mouth.
— Jenn Cohen (@jennisahotie) October 25, 2014
@RealDeanCain@CarolCNN A woman is attacked and this "journalist" is HAPPY?? How can women get justice when media does this?
— Deirdre St.Luke (@dstluke) October 25, 2014
@RealDeanCain@CarolCNN It's disgusting and she needs to be fired. I guess being a professional isn't required at CNN.
— catie lord (@tudsgrl) October 25, 2014
Hillary strikes again in Massachusetts. Tells people businesses & corporations DO NOT CREATE JOBS. I'd like to know what planet she's on
— n0 Saunders (@n00000048) October 24, 2014
Sometimes you have to wonder if Hillary really believes in anything, except appealing to whatever is current. Iraq war? Yes. Business? No.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) October 24, 2014
I think we're going to have to sit down with Hillary and have the conversation about where jobs come from. pic.twitter.com/vZ5dkV1FuB
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) October 24, 2014
It's important in times like these to step back and get clarity. The truest thing to say is this: We are living in an amazingly fortunate time. But we also happen to be living during a leadership crisis, and a time when few people have faith in elites to govern from the top. We live in a vibrant society that is not being led.
We don't suffer from an abuse of power as much as a nonuse of power. It's been years since a major piece of legislation was passed, and there's little prospect that one will get passed in the next two.
This leadership crisis is eminently solvable. First, we need to get over the childish notion that we don't need a responsible leadership class, that power can be wielded directly by the people. America was governed best when it was governed by a porous, self-conscious and responsible elite — during the American revolution, for example, or during and after World War II. Karl Marx and Ted Cruz may believe that power can be wielded directly by the masses, but this has almost never happened historically.
David knows what's best for us.
@jimgeraghty He forgot to add, "like myself" at the end of the sentence.
— John P. Squibob (@JohnPSquibob) September 23, 2014
@jimgeraghty "America was governed best when it was governed by a self-conscious, responsible elite. Preferably with rimless glasses."
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 23, 2014
.@benshapiro "America was governed best when it was governed by a self-conscious elite with perfect pant creases."
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) September 23, 2014
Remember back in March when John McCain and Lindsey Graham crapped all over Rand Paul's epic 13-hour filibuster against John Brennan's confirmation as CIA director? McCain called Rand and those who stood with him "wacko birds." Graham actually switched from opposing Brennan to voting for him, admittedly to spite Rand Paul.
"I was going to vote against him until the filibuster, so he picked
up one vote," Graham said, laughing to reporters in the Capitol.
"I thought Brennan was arrogant, a bit shifty," he said, but added
that he was going to vote for Brennan because the vote had become a
"referendum on the drone program."
So it comes as no big surprise to read this from Politico:
Yet during one of Obama's toughest times as president, there was McCain, sitting down last week with him in the Oval Office for a private strategy session. At the urging of new White House chief of staff Denis McDonough, who has sought better ties with Republicans, Obama has had more substantive discussions with McCain in the past five months than he did in his first four years in office, according to associates of both men. Suddenly, the two are working together on issues ranging from immigration to the deficit.
"I'm getting nervous," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), McCain's closest friend in the Senate. "I told Denis McDonough, 'I don't know what you've done: You've hijacked him.'"
"Ever since the election, we've had conversations and phone calls," McCain told POLITICO in an interview. "And I think we share many agenda items that we can work on together, ranging from immigration reform, the prison in Guantánamo, to working perhaps on a grand bargain, security of our embassies and consulates. There are a bunch of issues that we share."
Last month, McCain was one of just four Republicans to vote for the failed bill to expand gun background checks, a centerpiece of Obama's agenda. McCain is a chief architect of the Senate immigration bill supported strongly by the White House. He's expressed deep reservations about GOP threats to filibuster Obama’s Cabinet-level nominees. He's slammed his fellow Republican senators for blocking Senate Democratic efforts to begin bicameral budget negotiations with the House. And he’s even suggested new tax revenues could be part of a grand bargain.
Lindsey Graham isn't getting nervous...he's getting jealous.
Click here to read Michael Walsh's comprehensive demolition of Maverick's legacy. Awesome.
