If he wins they will be a big reason why. In 2012 blacks surpassed the participation of whites for the first
time since 1968, when the bureau first began publishing data on voting and race. About 14 percent of whites,
for example, said they didn't vote because of the candidates. Compare that with only 3 percent of
blacks who felt that way. Obama isn't on the ballot this time & Romney isn't either, so those percentages
should reverse.
Christie embracing Obama at the Jersey Shore after Hurricane Sandy's devastation only a few days before
the election was probably the final nail in the coffin of Romney's bid & Candy Crowley aiding Obama over Bengazi
in the debates was a blow to Romney's chances also. These types of unexpected situations are unlikely to re-occur.
Robert Jeffress, in 2012 warned against voting for Romney because “Mormonism is not Christianity,” claiming the decision for
evangelical Christians is whether “we prefer someone who is truly a believer in Jesus Christ or someone … who
is part of a cult.” after the outburst by Jeffress, the shots on Romney's faith never stopped.
This time around Jeffress has done a complete 180 turnaround. On the other hand Donald Trump reached
evangelical vote through Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress. They won't stay home again!
[h=6]- JUNE 28, 2016 -[/h][h=1]TRUMP PROMISES TO END ‘ECONOMIC SURRENDER’ OF CLINTON TRADE DEALS[/h]The Washington Times
While delivering a speech titled “Declaring American Economic Independence,” Donald Trump pledged to rewrite trade deals to bring jobs back to the U.S. and reverse the decades of economic decline.
Mr. Trump then warned that “Hillary Clinton, and her campaign of fear, will try to spread the lie that these actions will start a trade war.” However, “Clinton unleashed a trade war against the American worker when she supported one terrible trade deal after another.”
While delivering a speech titled “Declaring American Economic Independence,” Donald Trump pledged to rewrite trade deals to bring jobs back to the U.S. and reverse the decades of economic decline.
Mr. Trump then warned that “Hillary Clinton, and her campaign of fear, will try to spread the lie that these actions will start a trade war.” However, “Clinton unleashed a trade war against the American worker when she supported one terrible trade deal after another.”
[h=6]- JUNE 28, 2016 -[/h][h=1]TRUMP MAY WIN, AS SUPPORTERS MAY BE UNDERREPRESENTED IN POLLS, UK’S FARAGE SAYS[/h]CNBC
Nigel Farage, leader of the U.K. Independence Party, said he sees New York businessman Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidential election this November.
Farage believes Mr. Trump can win because he can motivate the voters who haven’t voted in years. Farage acknowledges the differences between the U.S. and U.K. but asserts that Trump supporters “may be underrepresented by pollsters in the same way that they failed to capture the scale of the Leave campaign.”
Nigel Farage, leader of the U.K. Independence Party, said he sees New York businessman Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidential election this November.
Farage believes Mr. Trump can win because he can motivate the voters who haven’t voted in years. Farage acknowledges the differences between the U.S. and U.K. but asserts that Trump supporters “may be underrepresented by pollsters in the same way that they failed to capture the scale of the Leave campaign.”
[h=6]- JUNE 28, 2016 -[/h][h=1]TRUMP CAMPAIGN STATEMENT ON RECENT ISTANBUL ATTACK[/h]Our prayers are with the families of those killed and injured in Istanbul. The whole world is stunned and horrified.
The terrorist threat has never been greater. Our enemies are brutal and ruthless and will do anything to murder those who do not bend to their will. We must take steps now to protect America from terrorists, and do everything in our power to improve our security to keep America safe.
The terrorist threat has never been greater. Our enemies are brutal and ruthless and will do anything to murder those who do not bend to their will. We must take steps now to protect America from terrorists, and do everything in our power to improve our security to keep America safe.
[h=6]- JUNE 29, 2016 -[/h][h=1]TRUMP GETS IT RIGHT ON JERUSALEM[/h]CNN
Donald Trump will not be like previous presidential candidates who pledge to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and then sidestep the issue once in office. Mr. Trump believes the selection of a capital city should be up to the people of the country.
As president, he would recognize the right of the Israeli people to choose their capital city (a choice, incidentally, that has remained unchanged throughout 3,500 years of uninterrupted Jewish presence in Israel). That choice is Jerusalem.
Since ancient times, nations have recognized each other's authority to designate their own capitals. Yet somehow, modern Israel is held to a different standard.
Mr. Trump believes that, as the crossroads of the world's religions, a unified Jerusalem must remain open to all worshipers…Recognizing Israel's authority to designate Jerusalem as its capital is the surest way to ensure harmony and that the holy sites in the city remain open to all who wish to visit them.
What is Hillary Clinton's view? That depends on who is doing the asking.
We need a president who means what he says, one whose word can be counted on at home and abroad. Donald Trump believes in the right of the Israeli people to choose their capital, and his actions as president will show that he is a man of his word.
In addition, Mr. Trump will eliminate the Israel-bashing that has been a regular item on the agenda of the current administration, an ugly trend that would likely continue under an administration led by Hillary Clinton. Just two years ago, Clinton boasted to CNN that she was often the Obama administration's "designated yeller" at Israel's leaders.
Enough is enough.
A Trump administration will be a true friend to Israel. Jerusalem is Israel's capital, and the undivided city is essential to the security of its all its citizens regardless of their religious faith.
Israel -- and its allies here in America -- need Donald Trump as the next president of the United States.
Donald Trump will not be like previous presidential candidates who pledge to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and then sidestep the issue once in office. Mr. Trump believes the selection of a capital city should be up to the people of the country.
As president, he would recognize the right of the Israeli people to choose their capital city (a choice, incidentally, that has remained unchanged throughout 3,500 years of uninterrupted Jewish presence in Israel). That choice is Jerusalem.
Since ancient times, nations have recognized each other's authority to designate their own capitals. Yet somehow, modern Israel is held to a different standard.
Mr. Trump believes that, as the crossroads of the world's religions, a unified Jerusalem must remain open to all worshipers…Recognizing Israel's authority to designate Jerusalem as its capital is the surest way to ensure harmony and that the holy sites in the city remain open to all who wish to visit them.
What is Hillary Clinton's view? That depends on who is doing the asking.
We need a president who means what he says, one whose word can be counted on at home and abroad. Donald Trump believes in the right of the Israeli people to choose their capital, and his actions as president will show that he is a man of his word.
In addition, Mr. Trump will eliminate the Israel-bashing that has been a regular item on the agenda of the current administration, an ugly trend that would likely continue under an administration led by Hillary Clinton. Just two years ago, Clinton boasted to CNN that she was often the Obama administration's "designated yeller" at Israel's leaders.
Enough is enough.
A Trump administration will be a true friend to Israel. Jerusalem is Israel's capital, and the undivided city is essential to the security of its all its citizens regardless of their religious faith.
Israel -- and its allies here in America -- need Donald Trump as the next president of the United States.
[h=6]- JUNE 29, 2016 -[/h][h=1]SUMMARY OF TRUMP’S ECONOMIC REMARKS IN BANGOR, MAINE[/h]· As Mr. Trump continues to argue for change in our rigged system, many who have benefited from these imbalanced trade deals are lashing out to maintain the status quo.
· Mr. Trump takes their attacks as a compliment, and proof that his challenge to the system is shaking D.C. Mr. Trump wants trade deals, but he wants trade deals that are fair, balanced and benefit American workers. Ones that will produce jobs and wealth for our country and our workers.
· America has lost nearly a third of our manufacturing jobs in the last 20 years. This comes as our population has increased by over 50 million in the same time. Since 2000, American household income is down $4,000, and the percentage of those outside the labor force has reached its highest level since the 1970's.
· Imbalanced trade deals have negatively impacted the American economy. We are no longer the world's dominant producer and our economy has weakened as a result.
· Clinton has been on the other side of this fight, as an extreme globalist who fights only for the D.C. special interests. America will suffer under her presidency.
· Mr. Trump will continue to fight to put America First, and will make sure that any trade deals are in the best interests of the country, and not established D.C. special interests.
· Mr. Trump takes their attacks as a compliment, and proof that his challenge to the system is shaking D.C. Mr. Trump wants trade deals, but he wants trade deals that are fair, balanced and benefit American workers. Ones that will produce jobs and wealth for our country and our workers.
· America has lost nearly a third of our manufacturing jobs in the last 20 years. This comes as our population has increased by over 50 million in the same time. Since 2000, American household income is down $4,000, and the percentage of those outside the labor force has reached its highest level since the 1970's.
· Imbalanced trade deals have negatively impacted the American economy. We are no longer the world's dominant producer and our economy has weakened as a result.
· Clinton has been on the other side of this fight, as an extreme globalist who fights only for the D.C. special interests. America will suffer under her presidency.
· Mr. Trump will continue to fight to put America First, and will make sure that any trade deals are in the best interests of the country, and not established D.C. special interests.
It appears Rasmussen will continue their shoddy polling work in this election season, as they did in the last one. Can you say Outlier?
[h=3]Polling Data[/h]
[h=3]Polling Data[/h]
| Poll | Date | Sample | MoE | Clinton (D) | Trump (R) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 6/16 - 6/29 | -- | -- | 44.6 | 39.8 | Clinton +4.8 |
| IBD/TIPP | 6/24 - 6/29 | 837 RV | 3.5 | 44 | 40 | Clinton +4 |
| FOX News | 6/26 - 6/28 | 1017 RV | 3.0 | 44 | 38 | Clinton +6 |
| Rasmussen Reports | 6/28 - 6/29 | 1000 LV | 3.0 | 39 | 43 | Trump +4 |
| PPP (D) | 6/27 - 6/28 | 947 RV | 3.2 | 48 | 44 | Clinton +4 |
| Reuters/Ipsos | 6/25 - 6/29 | 1247 RV | 2.8 | 42 | 32 | Clinton +10 |
| Quinnipiac | 6/21 - 6/27 | 1610 RV | 2.4 | 42 | 40 | Clinton +2 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 6/20 - 6/23 | 836 RV | 4.0 | 51 | 39 | Clinton +12 |
| NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl | 6/19 - 6/23 | 1000 RV | 3.1 | 46 | 41 | Clinton +5 |
| Economist/YouGov | 6/18 - 6/20 | 1011 RV | 4.1 | 43 | 39 | Clinton +4 |
| CNN/ORC | 6/16 - 6/19 | 891 RV | 3.5 | 47 | 42 | Clinton +5 |
With apologies to Eddie Murphy in the old "Mr. Roger's neighborhood" sketches on SNL, I knew you could, lol. Good to see his new hire has such a high opinion of Rump:
Donald Trump's new communications director has already said how he feels about #SleazyDonald
By Mark Sumner
Wednesday Jun 29, 2016 · 12:54 AM PDT
For the longest time, Circus Trump has been operating without a ringmaster. Sure, it’s not the largest operation—just a single ring for its featured hyena—and maybe they felt as if no one needed to wear the top hat. But the operation to this point, which involved a small squadron of surrogates trotting around to various newsy outlets to provide their own interpretation of the latest howls from the boss, wasn’t exactly working like aces.
So Trump has hired a former aide from the Cruz campaign as national communications director.
Donald Trump has landed a Republican operative to be his new senior adviser for communications, a move meant to further professionalize his unconventional campaign.
Jason Miller, who was the senior communications adviser for Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign, will take the lead role over the Trump campaign’s message and interactions with the news media.
Professional is good—and quite a change from the way things have been run at Trump HQ. But there is one minor problem: Since Miller did already work in a similar role for the Cruz campaign, he’s had something of an opportunity to express his thoughts on the new boss before now. And he didn't pass on that opportunity.Jason Miller, who was the senior communications adviser for Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign, will take the lead role over the Trump campaign’s message and interactions with the news media.
Miller deleted dozens of harshly anti-Trump tweets from his Twitter account, many of them authored just a few weeks ago.
Miller’s tweets called Trump “despicable” and he used the hashtag #SleazyDonald multiple times. He called Trump the “The Carl Lewis of flip-floppers,” called him out on his birtherism, laughed over Trump U, and accused him of basing policy on requests from foreign lobbyists.
But hey, Trump hired him. Surely they did a great job, the best job, vetting him in advance.
It’s unclear if the Trump campaign knew about these tweets before hiring Miller. The Trump campaign did not immediately return a request for comment.
(Yeah, I'll BET they weren't in a hurry to comment, ROTLFMAO!!!!)
Senator Mike Lee Unloads on Why He Can’t Embrace Donald Trump
By ALAN RAPPEPORTJUNE 30, 2016
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Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, on Capitol Hill in February. CreditDrew Angerer for The New York TimesDonald J. Trump has asked Republicans who do not have anything nice to say about him to not say anything at all.
But Senator Mike Lee, the Republican from Utah, could not help himself.
Mr. Lee, a close friend of Mr. Trump’s former primary opponent, Senator Ted Cruz, let his true feelings be known on Wednesday night in an interview with Newsmax when he was asked why he had not endorsed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Faced with the prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency, how could he not?
“Well, we can get into that if you want,” Mr. Lee said. “I mean we can get into the fact that he accused my best friend’s father of conspiring to kill J.F.K.”
The comment was a reference to Mr. Trump’s insinuation that Mr. Cruz’s father was involved with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Not finished, Mr. Lee went on to express concern about things that Mr. Trump has said about Muslims and how that turns off voters in his state, which has a large Mormon population.
“We can go through the fact that he has made some statements that some have identified correctly as religiously intolerant,” Mr. Lee said.
He added: “We can get into the fact that he is so unpopular because my state consists of members who were a religious minority church — a people who were ordered exterminated by the governor of Missouri in 1839, and statements like that make them nervous.”
The remarks from Mr. Lee reflect the raw feelings among some Republicans toward Mr. Trump that are lingering after a primary race that devolved into ugly personal attacks and conspiracy theories dished out by the Manhattan businessman. That, combined with Mr. Trump’s vague and shifting mix of positions on issues that are held dear by conservatives, have left many Republicans in a tough spot.
Mr. Lee said that he was still open to backing Mr. Trump and that he would not vote for Hillary Clinton. But he remains concerned about Mr. Trump’s faith in facts and uncertain about where he stands.
“I would like some assurances that he is going to be a vigorous defender of the U.S. Constitution, that he is not going to be an autocrat, that he is not going to be an authoritarian,” Mr. Lee said. “That is not an unreasonable demand.”
Sadly, when push comes to shove, I expect Lee to endorse Drumpf, like the rest of the hypocrites. But it's nice to have his words to fall back on, when he's actually honest about Drumpf.
By ALAN RAPPEPORTJUNE 30, 2016
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Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, on Capitol Hill in February. CreditDrew Angerer for The New York TimesDonald J. Trump has asked Republicans who do not have anything nice to say about him to not say anything at all.
But Senator Mike Lee, the Republican from Utah, could not help himself.
Mr. Lee, a close friend of Mr. Trump’s former primary opponent, Senator Ted Cruz, let his true feelings be known on Wednesday night in an interview with Newsmax when he was asked why he had not endorsed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Faced with the prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency, how could he not?
“Well, we can get into that if you want,” Mr. Lee said. “I mean we can get into the fact that he accused my best friend’s father of conspiring to kill J.F.K.”
The comment was a reference to Mr. Trump’s insinuation that Mr. Cruz’s father was involved with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Not finished, Mr. Lee went on to express concern about things that Mr. Trump has said about Muslims and how that turns off voters in his state, which has a large Mormon population.
“We can go through the fact that he has made some statements that some have identified correctly as religiously intolerant,” Mr. Lee said.
He added: “We can get into the fact that he is so unpopular because my state consists of members who were a religious minority church — a people who were ordered exterminated by the governor of Missouri in 1839, and statements like that make them nervous.”
The remarks from Mr. Lee reflect the raw feelings among some Republicans toward Mr. Trump that are lingering after a primary race that devolved into ugly personal attacks and conspiracy theories dished out by the Manhattan businessman. That, combined with Mr. Trump’s vague and shifting mix of positions on issues that are held dear by conservatives, have left many Republicans in a tough spot.
Mr. Lee said that he was still open to backing Mr. Trump and that he would not vote for Hillary Clinton. But he remains concerned about Mr. Trump’s faith in facts and uncertain about where he stands.
“I would like some assurances that he is going to be a vigorous defender of the U.S. Constitution, that he is not going to be an autocrat, that he is not going to be an authoritarian,” Mr. Lee said. “That is not an unreasonable demand.”
Sadly, when push comes to shove, I expect Lee to endorse Drumpf, like the rest of the hypocrites. But it's nice to have his words to fall back on, when he's actually honest about Drumpf.
