Clinton Forces Trump to Admit Obama Born in the USA

September 15, 2016 by Steve Stoft

CANTON, Ohio — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said in an interview here that he remains unwilling to say that President Obama was born in the United States. —Washington Post, September 15 at 7:34 PM EDT.

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton on Thursday night denounced her rival Donald Trump for his continuing refusal to admit President Barack Obama was born in the United States.

“He was asked one more time, ‘Where was President Obama born?’” Clinton said to the audience at a black tie affair at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 39th awards gala. “And he still wouldn’t say Hawaii. He still wouldn’t say America. This man wants to be our next president? When will he stop this ugliness, this bigotry?” —Politico, 09/15/16 10:04 PM EDT

Then from ABC News: In what appears to be a major reversal, Donald Trump, [Read more…]

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Trumpty Dumpty Paid for a Wall, Trumpty Dumpty had a …

August 31, 2016 by Steve Stoft

“When Mexico sends its people,” said Trumpty, “They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.”

‘I don’t know what you mean by “rapists”,’ Alice said.

Dumpty Trumpty smiled contemptuously. ‘Of course you don’t — till I tell you. I meant “they’re amazing, spectacular, hardworking people.” ′

“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”

—Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll

“We did discus the wall,” said Trumpty. “We didn’t discuss payment of the wall.” That was his story after meeting with Mexican President Peña Nieto. When Nieto heard that, he tweeted: “At the start of the conversation with Dumpty Trumpty I made it clear Mexico will not pay for the wall.”

So Trumpty got beat and lied about it. But of course Trumpty never [Read more…]

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Trump Is Alt-Right — You Need to Know Who they Are

August 26, 2016 by Steve Stoft

Bannon vs Republicans — Daily Beast

The alt-right is a huge mishmash of conspiracy theorists with a lot in common. Now that includes Donald Trump. The problem is, Trump is not just an awful theory, like the idea that Sandy Hook was a left/government plot (1M pgs) similar to human-animal hybrids (5M pgs). His chance of taking the presidency is better than your chance of losing at Russian roulette (Nate Silver). And you probably don’t want to take that chance. So you need to know what the heck you’re up against. First, who are they?

One simple test will identify most of them. Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Americans think Obama is a Muslim. Virtually all of these will be Trump supporters. That’s about 70% of his supporters. But some of his alt-right supporters don’t believe this nonsense, so perhaps 75% to 80% of Trump’s support is alt-right.

Trump has just picked alt-right superstar Stephen Bannon, “The Most Dangerous Political Operative in America,” (Bloomberg) to be his campaign CEO. Bloomberg is [Read more…]

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Trump and the Alt-Right: Bigotry Goes Mainstream

August 25, 2016 by Steve Stoft

Alt-right enabler Bannon now heads Trump’s campaign

TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN

Whatever else emerges from this year’s presidential campaign, one thing is certain: Donald Trump is mainstreaming bigotry.

How could I seriously suggest this, given the widespread outcry against his repeated bigoted belches, and given the political harm they have caused him?

Here’s how: The Republican Party nominee has voiced and validated many voters’ worst instincts, to much tut-tutting but no disavowals of him by his party’s leaders. What’s worse, he recently doubled down by bringing on the far right’s [Read more…]

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Benghazi: CIA took an hour to go a mile. Amb. Stevens died

August 21, 2016 by Steve Stoft

John Tiegen and Mark Geist (right) speaking at Trump’s Convention

CIA agent Geist at Trump’s convention:

“CIA Bob told us to wait, to stand down.”

It was “Bob,” the chief of the nearby CIA base, who gave the order that Trump & Geist blame on Clinton. The CIA’s so-called “Quick Reaction Force,” less than a mile away, was supposed to protect Amb. Stevens. But Bob made them wait, and wait some more. Click here to watch Tiegen say this at Trump’s convention (it takes only half a minute).

Bob caused such a delay that when his “Quick” Reaction Force finally arrived at the State Dept Mission, Ambassador Stevens and Sean Smith were dead. And had probably been dead for half an hour. Clinton and the State Dept were not contacted by Bob or the CIA while he delayed. This was a 100% pure CIA operatoin. But here’s the real kicker … [Read more…]

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Dan Rather on Trump-Backing Hypocrites

August 18, 2016 by Steve Stoft

What did Trump really mean? The media plays that guessing game every day. Then Trump changes his tune, and they guess again. Dan Rather is telling you how to see through Trump and avoid this trap. To understand Trump, understand Dan Rather’s punch line.

The rhetoric is the candidate.

There are two parts to a normal candidate: policy positions and [Read more…]

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Trump: I Was the Mastermind Behind ISIS

August 17, 2016 by Steve Stoft

Clip from ISIS recruitment video featuring Trump and the Belgium attack

Trump invented ISIS. Sound ridiculous? Then you haven’t mastered Trump-think. Until you understand him, he can con you. So let me walk you through this.

In 2007, Trump said Bush should “Declare victory and leave.”
In 2008 Bush signed the agreement to get out of Iraq by Dec. 31, 2011.
In Dec 2008, Trump said: “I’d get out of Iraq right now.”
In Feb 2011, Trump said: “I’d get them [US troops] out real fast.”

So Trump was the visionary behind “get out now.” And as he now claims, getting out created ISIS. Yes, he wanted to get out much quicker than we did. But he can still claim credit as the ISIS mastermind, because his plan worked. ISIS is here. Get it? Now you understand Trump-think. Or maybe not. There’s method in his madness, and we will get to it shortly. [Read more…]

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Trump’s Benghazi Lie — You have no idea how wrong

August 12, 2016 by Steve Stoft

John Tiegen and Mark Geist speaking at Trump’s Convention

New Overview, Aug 21: Why the Left is Backing the CIA at Clinton’s Expense

The book, “13 Hours: What Really Happened in Benghazi,“ now a “major motion picture” and DVD, has gone viral with Trump’s base. Trump hired the two CIA-agent heroes of 13 Hours for his main act on Day-1 of his convention. You might think the book involves Rambo-style heroes fighting off evil attackers despite a spineless government official who tries to hold them back. You’d be right on target.

You might think that spineless official was Hillary Clinton—especially when CIA agent Geist, standing on Trump’s stage, wraps up their performance with this:

The Trump Lie: “Had she done her job that night, [dramatic pause] had she done her job that night, … Ty, Glen, Sean, and Ambassador Stevens would be alive today.” — Spoken by Geist

You would be dead wrong. [Read more…]

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50 GOP Officials: Trump Puts Nation’s Security ‘at Risk’

August 11, 2016 by Steve Stoft

On Aug 8, 2016, 50 prominent Republican foreign policy and national security experts who have signed a letter denouncing Trump’s run for President and pledging not to vote for him. They have served under Nixon, Reagan, G. H. W. Bush and G. W. Bush.

“None of us will vote for Donald Trump.”

Their letter includes the following points. Donald Trump: [Read more…]

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Patriotism—that is the job!

August 6, 2016 by Steve Stoft

It should go without saying that patriotism—a love of country—is the essential requirement for someone seeking its highest office. If you are not committed to serving your countrymen, what basis can you have for leading them? Of course, anyone can claim they want to make America great; how you have demonstrated patriotism is the real measure of your words.

Donald Trump has virtually no record of public service.

He avoided serving during the Vietnam War, joking instead that [Read more…]

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