- Did Conor Lamb sound more like Donald Trump, or Hillary Clinton?
- Would Conor Lamb have won a Democratic primary, if forced to run in one?
The two questions are interrelated, and equally important. The fact is that Conor Lamb was not the sort of anti-Trump, progressive idealists that many Democrats will likely be hoping for in November. While he certainly has obvious philosophical differences with Donald Trump, it wasn't what he highlighted. While he probably agrees with Clinton on issues, he certainly didn't run his race anything like she ran hers.
He also was not required (because it was a special election) to win the nomination through a primary election. The Party chose Lamb, very specifically because they felt he could win.
This begs the question: if Conor Lamb is the sort of Candidate that the Democrats need to take back the House, will the rank and file Democrats who vote in the primary understand and go along with that? Or will the Coner Lambs of the Party lose their primary bids to the more ideological (and less electable) Democrats?
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Apparently Democrats are going to let the local parties recruit the candidates in each district on the theory they are closest to the district.
It's a no brainer that they will nominate leftist candidates in districts Hillary Clinton won.
If they nominate leftist candidates in Trump districts, then you know the left has completely taken control of the party.
Either way the GOP strategy needs to tie these nominees to the #resist movement.
I suspect the country as a whole is getting tired of impeachment and 25th amendment talk in Washington and wants the business of the country conducted.
RIP Rep. Louise Slaughter. This opens up NY25. (Possible GOP pickup?)
The district is in upstate New York.
Yep. Republican win.
People are going back to work. Replacing soul killing welfare with paychecks. Labor Partisipation Rate rising. The fantastic drop in food stamp usage.
"The number of food stamp dependent Americans hit a six-year low in President Donald Trump’s first year in office, reflecting an improving economy and falling unemployment, according to a U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) report.
An average of 42.2 million Americans participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program in 2017, which is an 11 percent decrease from 2013, when a record number of people used food stamps, according to USDA.
“Federal spending for SNAP totaled $68.0 billion or 4 percent less than in the previous fiscal year,” USDA reported. “This was also 15 percent less than the historical high of $79.9 billion set in FY 2013.”
Reversing the damage of the Lost Years.
Curious thing about slaughter. She fell last week, received a concussion. But it went unreported. I'm in her district and i knew nothing about it.
Gotta love this dem supporting media.
March madness in the White House and you want to Lock Her Up.
Stage four
On topic. We may have been seeing the first tremors of repeat of the 2006 electoral earthquake.
I'm seeing that Nancy has been losing support within the party. I think that the Democrats will try to find candidates who fit the voters beliefs in the the district.
Defeating Isis
NK to the negotiation table
Low unemployment
Manufacturing up
Economic recovery
I'll take that March madness any day
Bottled Trump bathwater is available on Amazon prime for my balls
This less ideological Democrat is just fine with me .
Blogger Roger Amick said...
Bottled Trump bathwater is available on Amazon prime for my balls
says the assclown who has 0linsky's man gravy on an IV drip.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
This less ideological Democrat is just fine with me.
perhaps, but a centrist democrat will never pass muster with who controls your party -
the socialist, marxist, LGTBQWERTY, 57 genders, free shit for all, open borders, gun grabbing, trump hating crowd.
they tolerated lamb because they were desperate for a win. but if you think the whacko left will tolerate a swarm of lamb's in the mid terms you're fucking delusional.
there was a time, back in the old DLC days when your party was sane. those days ain't coming back.
Headbaked's nonresponse to my list of trump successes in favor of some dumbass bathwater post is noted.
Is it any wonder no one takes him seriously anymore?
This opens up NY25. (Possible GOP pickup?)
doubtful.
Upstate NY is deep red except for the major cities (ALB, SYR, ROC, BUF) which are teeming with parasites, welfare queens and various other scumbags..
I have been occupied with real life.
When I have time to look, it's always about putting a dress on a pig. This is a prime example of how he tries to find excuses for the failure of the President to influence the outcome of the string of elections in heavily red districts across the country.
The Democrats are behind this movement, to a large extent. This is a possible return to the era where despite the differences between the two parties, accomplished improvements to the quality of life for all Americans.
Just going back to the Reagan administration, despite deep difference, they got things done. Even farther back the civil right act and the voting rights act passed with bipartisan support. The Dixycrats who controlled a significant percentage of the vote in the Democratic caucus. Moderate Republicans, despised by the President and the alt-right Republicans could work with the Democrats like Lamb and get shit done.
This is a prime example of how messed up the Republican party is today.
"parasites, welfare queens and various other scumbags.."
By the way Jimmy, don't waste you time on Google. I wrote that
Defeating Isis Obama had almost completed the defeat finished by Trump
NK to the negotiation table Will probably discard the Iranian nuclear weapons program suspension program without any support from the UK
Low unemployment he continued 88 months of improving economic growth in history
Manufacturing up. He gets some credit, even including the "lazy union thugs"
Economic recovery See above
Next?
This is a prime example of how messed up the alt Left Liberal Dem party is today.
Balls , we know what HomelessBaked will say.
He will credit Obama.
Bullshit.
You're posting absolute bullshit.
HomelessBaked is a simple low IQ boy.
He has cow eyes for Obama, never saying a negative word about the Leader of The Lost Years.
HuffPost
HUFFPOST LIVE
01/15/2016 11:08 am ET
Tavis Smiley: Black Americans Have ‘Lost Ground’ Under Obama
“Black folk, in the era of Obama, have lost ground in every major economic category.”
Even farther back the civil right act and the voting rights act passed with bipartisan support.
only after klan democrats, led by grand kleagle robert byrd, filibustered them for hours on end.
you always leave out the best part alky.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
By the way Jimmy, don't waste you time on Google. I wrote that
i can tell. it's barely legible, barely coherent, and it's basically a rerun of something you've posted dozens of times before.
He posts it dozens of times, rip with so many errors.
Be proud alky
Two Million Americans Got Off Food Stamps In Trump’s First Year
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/15/food-stamps-president-trump-drops/
0linsky didn't build that alky.
HomelessBaked is sure Lamb will vote in line with what he got elected on. Republican plank, pro Trump. Anti-Polosi.
We shall see.
Ette, heads up. T-Storms 9ver the next few hours, w/Hail.
0linsky didn't build that alky.
He didn't beat ISIS either.
And his only contribution to the economy is that he left office.
U.S. Capitol Police have arrested a male Democratic operative for assaulting a female Interior Department communications official following a House budget hearing Thursday.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/16/dc-capitol-police-american-bridge/
And his only contribution to the economy is that he left office.
skeets contributed more to the Iranian economy than to ours.
MO. Has a lockstep Liberal in DC and conservative on the campaign trail.
"Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri called the benefits of tax reform “scraps".
The federal judge who recused himself from the Michael Flynn case is personal friends with Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who conducted the White House interview in which the former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to lying.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/16/judge-friends-with-peter-strzok/
Jimmy can't read any better than he can write English.
only after klan democrats, led by grand kleagle robert byrd, filibustered them for hours on end.
you always leave out the best part alky.
When I have time to look, it's always about putting a dress on a pig. This is a prime example of how he tries to find excuses for the failure of the President to influence the outcome of the string of elections in heavily red districts across the country.
The Democrats are behind this movement, to a large extent. This is a possible return to the era where despite the differences between the two parties, accomplished improvements to the quality of life for all Americans.
Just going back to the Reagan administration, despite deep difference, they got things done. Even farther back the civil right act and the voting rights act passed with bipartisan support. The Dixycrats who controlled a significant percentage of the vote in the Democratic caucus. .Moderate Republicans, despised by the President and the alt-right Republicans could work with the Democrats like Lamb and get shit done.
I never posted it before.
It's coherent. But this is what you wrote.
only after klan democrats, led by grand kleagle robert byrd, filibustered them for hours on end.
you always leave out the best part alky.
It was a lie. You would have been supporting Senator Byrd, because the welfare queens shouldn't be able to vote and get themselves government money
Trump lawyers up and is hiring a hit man to take out porn star, like hero Putin, who gassed to death ex spies.
AR -15 Lamb Has his sights on NannystateNancy, his crosshaired score is spot on.
"As speculation grows that Nancy Pelosi will not lead House Democrats after the fall election, it’s not hard to see why her colleagues want to replace her.
While addressing reporters on Thursday, Pelosi lost her breath during several short sentences, suffered more brain freezes and could be seen staring blankly at reporters, while also frequently repeating words."
The Florida students pure punk ass pawns.
" Women’s March website the “partners” for the March are listed, including the two “premier” sponsors, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the National Resources Defense Council — two organizations that paradoxically kill unborn babies while protecting the planet.
Some of the other “partners” are Services Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, ACLU, Occupy Wall Street, Pussy Hat Project, United We Dream, moveon.org (funded by George Soros) Center for American Progress, CODEPINK, Communist Party USA, Emily’s List, Human Rights Campaign, and the National Abortion Federation.".
Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired outgoing FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Friday even though he was on the doorstep of retirement and receiving his pension after two decades of service to the bureau.
The attorney general accepted an internal FBI recommendation that "concluded that Mr. McCabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor − including under oath − on multiple occasions," Sessions said in a statement.
The internal FBI investigation recommended dismissal over McCabe's alleged "lack of candor" about contacts he had with a former Wall Street Journal reporter in 2016.
"[B]ased on the report of the Inspector General, the findings of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility, and the recommendation of the Department's senior career official, I have terminated the employment of Andrew McCabe effective immediately," Sessions said.
"The FBI expects every employee to adhere to the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and accountability. As the OPR proposal stated, 'all FBI employees know that lacking candor under oath results in dismissal and that our integrity is our brand,' " Sessions also said in explaining his decision.
In a statement issued immediately after his termination was announced, McCabe said the decision was politically motivated. "The big picture is a tale of what can happen when law enforcement is politicized, public servants are attacked, and people who are supposed to cherish and protect our institutions become instruments for damaging those institutions and people," McCabe said.
"Here is the reality:," he added, "I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey. The release of this report was accelerated only after my testimony to the House Intelligence Committee revealed that I would corroborate former Director Comey's accounts of his discussions with the President. The OIG's focus on me and this report became a part of an unprecedented effort by the Administration, driven by the President himself, to remove me from my position, destroy my reputation, and possibly strip me of a pension that I worked 21 years to earn. The accelerated release of the report, and the punitive actions taken in response, make sense only when viewed through this lens."
McCabe announced his retirement from the bureau abruptly in January and it was to take effect this Sunday.
His dismissal, just days before he was set to retire, puts his full pension and benefits package in jeopardy and is an inglorious end to career of almost 22 years with the bureau.
Just another day in Trumpistan.
Trump had nothing to do with it, but don't let facts get in the way of a great TDS moment.
Rosenstein should be next
Nothing to do with it. Nothing gets done without his directions.
Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!
9:08 PM · Mar 16, 2018
Mr Lamb vs zombies,
Trump is a revolutionary figure not because he changed the G.O.P.’s position on trade or international engagement. He’s morally revolutionary.
In the decades before Trump, the Republican Party stood for an idea: character before policy. To Mitt Romney, John McCain, the Bushes and Ronald Reagan, personal character and moral integrity were paramount. They stood for the idea that you can’t be a good leader or a good nation unless you are a good person and a good people.
Trump asked the G.O.P. to reverse those priorities. He asked the Republican Party to accept the proposition that it doesn’t matter if your leader is a liar, a philanderer and a narcissist. It doesn’t matter if he is cruel to the weak and bigoted toward the outsider. What matters, when you’re in a death match in which the survival of your nation and culture is at stake, is having a bastard in charge who understands and is tough enough to win..
Truthfulness has signed on to the Trumplantation. Brooks shows the blatant disregard of morality is the foundation of the reckless Donald Trump. His supporters are exhibited the same behavior ever since he won the election and defeated Crooked Hillary.
He ran on a pro labor, minimum wage increase, opposition to the President tax cuts.
He opposes both Nancy and Ryan leadership positions. Connor Lamb is wrong on some issues, but if he represents the Democratic strategy in November, this blog will have a tough time polishing a pig.
The link will be below.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/opinion/conor-lamb-democrats-pennsylvania.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region
No one cares.
"Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!"
Exactly.
I have been an FBI Special Agent for over 21 years. I spent half of that time investigating Russian Organized Crime as a street agent and Supervisor in New York City. I have spent the second half of my career focusing on national security issues and protecting this country from terrorism. I served in some of the most challenging, demanding investigative and leadership roles in the FBI. And I was privileged to serve as Deputy Director during a particularly tough time.
For the last year and a half, my family and I have been the targets of an unrelenting assault on our reputation and my service to this country. Articles too numerous to count have leveled every sort of false, defamatory and degrading allegation against us. The president’s tweets have amplified and exacerbated it all. He called for my firing. He called for me to be stripped of my pension after more than 20 years of service. And all along we have said nothing, never wanting to distract from the mission of the FBI by addressing the lies told and repeated about it.
No more.
The investigation by the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has to be understood in the context of the attacks on my credibility. The investigation flows from my attempt to explain the FBI’s involvement and my supervision of investigations involving Hillary Clinton. I was being portrayed in the media over and over as a political partisan, accused of closing down investigations under political pressure. The FBI was portrayed as caving under that pressure, and making decisions for political rather than law enforcement purposes. Nothing was further from the truth. In fact, this entire investigation stems from my efforts, fully authorized under FBI rules, to set the record straight on behalf of the Bureau and to make it clear that we were continuing an investigation that people in DOJ opposed.
The OIG investigation has focused on information I chose to share with a reporter through my public affairs officer and a legal counselor. As Deputy Director, I was one of only a few people who had the authority to do that. It was not a secret, it took place over several days, and others, including the Director, were aware of the interaction with the reporter. It was the same type of exchange with the media that the Deputy Director oversees several times per week. In fact it was the same type of work that I continued to do under Director Wray, at his request. The investigation subsequently focused on who I talked to, when I talked to them, and so forth. During these inquiries, I answered questions truthfully and as accurately as I could amidst the chaos that surrounded me. And when I thought my answers were misunderstood, I contacted investigators to correct them.
But looking at that in isolation completely misses the big picture. The big picture is a tale of what can happen when law enforcement is politicized, public servants are attacked, and people who are supposed to cherish and protect our institutions become instruments for damaging those institutions and people.
Here is the reality: I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey. The release of this report was accelerated only after my testimony to the House Intelligence Committee revealed that I would corroborate former Director Comey’s accounts of his discussions with the President. The OIG’s focus on me and this report became a part of an unprecedented effort by the Administration, driven by the President himself, to remove me from my position, destroy my reputation, and possibly strip me of a pension that I worked 21 years to earn. The accelerated release of the report, and the punitive actions taken in response, make sense only when viewed through this lens. Thursday’s comments from the White House are just the latest example of this.
This attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals more generally. It is part of this Administration’s ongoing war on the FBI and the efforts of the Special Counsel investigation, which continue to this day. Their persistence in this campaign only highlights the importance of the Special Counsel’s work.
I have always prided myself on serving my country with distinction and integrity, and I have always encouraged those around me to do the same. Just ask them. To have my career end in this way, and to be accused of lacking candor when at worst I was distracted in the misty fo chaotic events, is incredibly disappointing and unfair. But it will not erase the important work I was prevailed to be a part of, the results of which will in the end be revealed for the country to see.
I have unfailing faith in the men and women of the FBI and I am confident that their efforts to seek justice will not be deterred.
He told the Coldheartedtruth. And just like with the firing of Sessions, the "President" didn't have the moral courage to stand up and fire him face to face, because bone spurs deferment is a fucking coward.
He was fired 24 hours before he qualified for his pension.
Trump is fucking coward.
McCabe could face prison. He's not the victim here.
There are 5 or 6 more who should already be fired. Their corruption make Nixon look like an amateur.
Bye bye Andy.
He was fired 24 hours before he qualified for his pension." HomelessBaked
That was required.any more need to be treated the same . Start with the chief of police and 4 of his cowards in Florida.
Jane. My bible teaches me not to have "enemies".
Yours teaches what?
McCabe's firing was by the book and no one can say he doesn't deserve it after lying to the IG investigators.
That was the recommendation of the non-partisan OPR and the recommendation was accepted.
And Roger Trump doesn't need the personally fire every bad employee in the federal government.
There is such a thing as a chain of command.
Depending on the IG report, McCabe's troubles are just beginning.
Already, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee Chuck Grassley and senior member Lindsey Graham have called for the appointment of a special prosecutor.
Unfortunately, a special prosecutor may be necessary because they are investigating the prosecutors.
I'm sure you'll be a happy "catcher" up at your "cabin"
And you could develop a working brain....both improbable events....
non-partisan OPR
sure menstral...big wave a coming.....!!!
Federal law states that government employees can lose their pension and benefits if convicted of a federal crime – there is no indication McCabe could face any charges for his actions.
Nevertheless, even some of those who have been convicted of lying to federal authorities or other offenses were able to retain their pensions.
Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to lying to authorities about his contacts with a Russian official, has been able to retain the pension he accrued from 33 years of military service.
Similarly, in 2015, after former CIA director Gen. David Petraeus admitted to giving his mistress classified information and then lying to FBI agents about it, Petraeus was able to retain his pension, which reportedly pays him $208,000 a year.
Seems trump vindictiveness won't cost McCabe his pension....Good, maybe junior won't be taken to the cleaners either...LOL
"McCabe's firing was by the book and no one can say he doesn't deserve it after lying to the IG investigators.
That was the recommendation of the non-partisan OPR and the recommendation was accepted."
Only a fool would believe Trump himself fired little Andy.
Only a fool would believe Trump himself fired little Andy.
And only you and cramps would think trump did not order it...LOLOLOL
He's a vindictive child who seeks revenge....
Boo hoo.
Bye bye Andy, dirty cop.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
He was fired 24 hours before he qualified for his pension.
relax alky. the little shitweasel is still going to get his beloved pension. he shouldn't, he doesn't deserve it, but he will.
what he deserves is to be gang raped in prison every day for the next 30 years.
rat the flaming jag off posted
what he deserves is to be gang raped in prison every day for the next 30 years.
Now there is some riveting stupidity posed by our dear rat....I'm sure in your line of work, a pension is not in your future, but SS security will be your life line...Hope you can live on 20k a year with help from snap.....LOL
Lamb was more conservative than the hyper-liberal big government Trumpist he was running against.
The Democrat candidate was more conservative than the Republican candidate. And he won in a red district.
Get used to it. After the Republican Party's sharp left turn under Trump, this is going to keep happening.
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