Archive for 2020
February 20, 2020
THE ONLY SAFE CONCLUSION IS THAT IT WAS MORE SERIOUS THAN HE LET ON: What about Bernie Sanders’ heart attack? At 78, he says you know enough.
Quietly, amid all the attempted primary vote-counting, the nationally-televised debating and the political charges flying back and forth, Sanders just made a confession unintentionally. Under polite but firm questioning from NBC’s Chuck Todd, Sanders admitted he’s broken a promise to release his full medical records. But he claims on the basis of no authority whatsoever that’s OK.
Last fall, you may recall, Sanders was stricken with a heart attack that knocked him out of campaigning. Taking the oath of office at 79, if successful, Sanders would be older than any other U.S. president, entering or leaving the White House. Today, he’s already 13 years past the average lifespan of a man born before Pearl Harbor in 1941.
“The American people,” Sanders said in September, “have the right to know whether the person they’re going to be voting for for president is healthy. And we will certainly release our medical records before the primaries. It will certainly be before the first votes are cast.”
That’s different because shut up, comrade.
WEIRD. NOTHING ABOUT BLOOMBERG’S DEMOCRATIC DEBATE PERFORMANCE HERE. I wonder why?
TO BE FAIR, NEARLY EVERYONE ON THAT STAGE SEEMED CRAZILY ANGRY: How Biden Went From Uncle Joe To Angry Old Man.
THE HINDEN-BLOOMBERG! NYC mayor goes up in flames at Vegas debate.
Or does he? As John Podhoretz writes in the New York Post, “The thing is, even if the entire night had been the epic disaster the first hour suggested it would be, Bloomberg isn’t going anywhere — and he is likely only to increase his insane level of spending to do what he can to erase memories of his performance.”
In the meantime though, the Post is, not surprisingly as brutal as the beating Bloomberg took last night:
WILL THEY EVER? Democrats Still Haven’t Come to Terms with 2016. “It takes some chutzpah to claim Comey doomed Clinton by revealing that story when he had previously intervened in the campaign to save her from becoming the first major-party presidential candidate to have to run under an indictment. The mass of evidence in the broader Clinton email scandal showed, at the very least, that her staff had engaged in lawlessness and obstructed justice in ways that make the actions of George Papadopoulos and Michael Flynn look piddling in contrast.”
Much more from David Harsanyi at the link.
ANALYSIS: TRUE. The Billionaire And The ‘Moderates’ Are Socialists Too.
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Coronavirus live updates: Drop in new cases reported in China after change in diagnostic criteria.
‘Like a zombie apocalypse’: Residents on edge as coronavirus cases surge in South Korea.
2 cruise ship passengers in Japan die from novel coronavirus.
Iran announces 3 new cases of coronavirus after 2 deaths.
Coronavirus may be detectable before symptoms start.
Japanese data on cruise ship coronavirus infections backs quarantine strategy.
Why the Stock Market Isn’t Too Worried About Coronavirus.
Investor Anxiety Rises as Coronavirus Spreads Outside China.
HARSH BUT FAIR: Michael Bloomberg: Smirking Id of America’s Elites.
OUT: FAKE NEWS. IN: FAKE SCIENCE. A Major Study That Fueled National Vape Panic Has Been Retracted.
JOE BATTENFELD: Democrats’ circular firing squad must have made Trump smile.
The crowd visibly gasped at the answer while Elizabeth Warren — who just days ago put herself out as the great unifier of the party — launched the strongest attacks on Bloomberg of anyone on stage.
“Democrats take a huge risk if we just substitute one arrogant billionaire for another,” Warren said in one of several roundhouse blows aimed at Bloomberg.
Warren didn’t stop there — going after Pete Buttigieg and even Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s health care plans, referring to Buttigieg’s plan as a “PowerPoint presentation” and Klobuchar’s plan a “Post-it note.”
Slumping in the polls and trying to recover from her disastrous fourth-place showing in New Hampshire, Warren took wild swings at her opponents all night. . . .
It was an ugly night all around for Democrats, and Trump had to be smiling if he was watching.
Democrats have a long way to go to unify their party and defeat Trump, and that was the real takeaway from this debate.
Related: “In what can only be described as a demolition derby—with a bunch of amped-up Yugos crashing into each, other over and over again, until engine fires forced the drivers out onto their roofs while sirens blared—Democrats took to the stage to eviscerate one another and pave the way for Trump’s reelection. . . . Not only did Dems unselfconsciously brag about their Marxist/socialist plans, but they displayed their utter contempt for capitalism. When Bloomberg tried to defend the economic system that has raised more people out of poverty than any system in the history of the world, the other candidates on the stage groaned—and many in the audience booed.”
Meanwhile, Trump’s rally in Arizona last night was filled with love.
WORTH AT LEAST A SILVER MEDAL IN THE SMARM OLYMPICS: Backing Trump lacks ‘compatibility’ with Scripture, Buttigieg claims, after saying God is apolitical.
February 19, 2020
ELIZABETH WARREN TAKES IT STRAIGHT TO THE BILLIONAIRE WHO CALLS WOMEN FAT BROADS (VIDEO).
Or to put it another way: Bloomberg got scalped.
HARSH, BUT FAIR:
WEIRD, AND THE SAME DAY BLAGOJEVICH WAS PARDONED. Speaker Madigan, top allies named in new federal subpoena served on southwest suburb.
COMPARE AND CONTRAST: Trump praises 100-year-old World War II veteran carried to seat at his Phoenix rally. “The video, posted by Rafael Gutierrez and shared with The Arizona Republic, showed people taking pictures and videos and applauding as the men walked by.”
Love trumps hate.
AMERICA’S PAPER OF RECORD: Democratic Candidates Clash Over Most Effective Plan To Destroy Economy.