tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post8558986843966720514..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: The GOP DebateAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-56384695852113709992015-08-13T19:03:51.552-05:002015-08-13T19:03:51.552-05:00AOW,
I had to laugh at Trump the other night. He...AOW,<br /><br />I had to laugh at Trump the other night. He proclaimed that his second favorite book was one he had written. And then he claimed that his favorite book was the Bible. Doubt the man has a Bible. But I think he was playing to the crowd and they understood the underlying message. The usual politicians tell us what we want to hear. They will tell us they read their Bibles, say their prayers, yada, yada.... whatever we want to hear. <br /><br />Donald Trump? He is enjoying stirring things up, making the other candidates uncomfortable, and bringing a fresh breath of air to politics.<br /><br />Again - I just cannot vote for Jeb Bush. We need fresh blood.... coming out of the eyes, coming out of wherever..... wink <br /><br />*For the non-medical, blood can come out of wherever. Think Ebola, brain trauma and blood in the ears, etc. I agree with Trump. He called the press corps "deviants" for trying to make the issue one of menses.<br /><br />TammyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-43940573381614435452015-08-10T07:26:11.007-05:002015-08-10T07:26:11.007-05:00Tammy,
Friend, I know that you don't vote mind...Tammy,<br />Friend, I know that you don't vote mindlessly.<br /><br />Love your comment about how the GOP lacks ideas! There are a few exceptions in that field of candidates, however,Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-65769182956120868392015-08-09T16:43:29.765-05:002015-08-09T16:43:29.765-05:00BTW AOW,
I do not walk mindlessly into the poll...BTW AOW, <br /><br />I do not walk mindlessly into the polls and pull a straight ticket. I was an alternate delegate for the GOP state convention once, and attended the same.<br /><br />But at this point, I find the GOP about as fascinating as Sarah Palin and her witless daughter, Bristol. No original ideas, plenty of bravado, little change.<br /><br />TammyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-64387996486355737382015-08-09T14:07:19.005-05:002015-08-09T14:07:19.005-05:00Tammy,
BTW, I have never been registered as GOP --...Tammy,<br />BTW, I have never been registered as GOP -- for good reason. I'm registered as an Independent.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-44568901753522481122015-08-09T14:06:35.359-05:002015-08-09T14:06:35.359-05:00Tammy,
Hell, I thought our forefathers came over o...Tammy,<br /><i>Hell, I thought our forefathers came over on wooden ships to be done with political royalty. </i><br /><br />No kidding!<br /><br />I know that the current political "wisdom" declared that a 3rd party candidate will put the Dem candidate into the White House. But, IMO, so will Jeb Bush as the GOP POTUS candidate. He's a real turn-off!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-75703630452957524872015-08-09T13:31:52.315-05:002015-08-09T13:31:52.315-05:00If Trump remains miles ahead of Bush and the GOP a...If Trump remains miles ahead of Bush and the GOP announces Jeb as the candidate, I will vote for Trump on a third party ticket. Right now though, the GOP is working hard to smear the man who may be the actual only hope for the party.<br /><br />I think Trump knows how to drive a hard bargain. He will invigorate foreign policy and be a great Commander in Chief. Jeb is just an extension of a dynastic family. The Clintons are a dynastic family.<br /><br />Hell, I thought our forefathers came over on wooden ships to be done with political royalty.<br /><br />TammyThe Last English Princehttp://thelastenglishprince.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-77649101990567138222015-08-09T07:14:28.113-05:002015-08-09T07:14:28.113-05:00FYI...
RUPERT MURDOCH TWEETS "MISSION ACCOMP...FYI...<br /><br /><a href="http://ibloga.blogspot.com/2015/08/rupert-murdoch-and-his-besties-jeb-bush.html" rel="nofollow">RUPERT MURDOCH TWEETS "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" TO MEGYN KELLY</a>Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-25564846383796995212015-08-08T18:32:28.674-05:002015-08-08T18:32:28.674-05:00I hear you! I hear you, AOW!! :-)
lots of praye...<b>I hear you! I hear you, AOW!! :-)</b><br /><br />lots of prayer needed!!<br /><br /><br />Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-80917047201475801862015-08-08T16:53:51.587-05:002015-08-08T16:53:51.587-05:00Z,
I must state my view one more time:
IF THE GOP...Z,<br />I must state my view one more time:<br /><br /><b>IF THE GOP RUNS JEB BUSH IN 2016, THE GOP WILL LOSE THE ELECTION!</b><br /><br />Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-28416956989990832662015-08-08T16:53:04.285-05:002015-08-08T16:53:04.285-05:00Z,
I think you'll agree from our blog comment...Z,<br /><i> I think you'll agree from our blog comments in the last election that Conservatives STAY HOME if the candidate isn't 'conservative enough'...which I think is outrageously stupid</i><br /><br />I understand both sides of that matter.<br /><br />But I tell you this: <br /><br /><b>I AM SICK AND TIRED OF HOLDING MY NOSE TO VOTE "FOR" SOMEONE WHEN WHAT I'M ACTUALLY DOING IS VOTING AGAINST SOMEONE!</b><br /><br />If the GOP doesn't pull itself together (I absolutely think that <i>the reason we lost presidential elections is because we go for milquetoast candidates who are 'more centrist so they can get elected' </i>), the party is finished -- and should be finished.<br /><br />I strongly agree with this statement you made:<br /><br /><b><i>We need a candidate who hammers conservative viewpoints </i></b>.<br /><br />If the nation has changed so much that conservatism is no longer viable, well, so be it.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-69824783882673568652015-08-08T16:48:40.636-05:002015-08-08T16:48:40.636-05:00Z,
.I suppose if Ailes is of exactly the same mind...Z,<br /><i>.I suppose if Ailes is of exactly the same mind as Rove's..? that's what you think, too?</i><br /><br />Yes, the cronyistic establishment of media and the political party.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-42558217739846285242015-08-08T16:47:25.428-05:002015-08-08T16:47:25.428-05:00Z,
We do have an amazing number of good people......Z,<br /><i> We do have an amazing number of good people.......and look at the Dem side. Notsogood.</i><br /><br />Along those lines, please see <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-debate-performance-gives-democrats-reason-to-worry/2015/08/07/f87905c0-3d1c-11e5-a312-1a6452ac77d2_story.html" rel="nofollow">GOP debate contenders give Democrats reason to worry</a> in the WaPo:<br /><br /><i>Donald Trump may top the polls in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination, but this week’s debate was a reminder that the party has able rivals who eventually could take him down — and who also <b>could mount a stiff challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton in the general election.</b><br /><br />[...]<br /><br />For months, Republican leaders have talked about the breadth, depth and potential strength of their candidates. As a group, the aspiring nominees are certainly more experienced and seemingly more ready for a national campaign than the collection of politicians who sought to deny Mitt Romney the GOP nomination in 2012.<br /><br />Democrats have enjoyed the summer of Trump and hope it lasts long enough to inflict serious damage on the Republican brand. But they no doubt saw enough Thursday night to begin to worry about what a general election pitting a vulnerable Clinton against one of the non-Trumps could portend. </i>Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-32697562875535301872015-08-08T16:12:16.392-05:002015-08-08T16:12:16.392-05:00Z,
Will get back to you on this. Bit of a crisis ...Z,<br />Will get back to you on this. Bit of a crisis going on here at the moment.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-50675262093897953002015-08-08T15:30:22.551-05:002015-08-08T15:30:22.551-05:00AOW...terrific comments/info...thanks SO much. My...AOW...terrific comments/info...thanks SO much. My question is how Rove holds that power over FOX.....Ailes certainly doesn't need money, their ratings are beating everybody and growing........I suppose if Ailes is of exactly the same mind as Rove's..? that's what you think, too?<br /><br />I think it was Cruz who said the other day that the reason we lost presidential elections is because we go for milquetoast candidates who are 'more centrist so they can get elected'.... They're afraid of the leftwing media....<br />There's good reason to be afraid when they stoop to going through Palin's trash (as only one example), they dig up the slightest, oldest information on any Republican, they expect much more from Reps than Dems (like what Democrat gets asked questions about the Balkans!?)...<br />But, I think you'll agree from our blog comments in the last election that Conservatives STAY HOME if the candidate isn't 'conservative enough'...which I think is outrageously stupid but they're entitled, of course. Then there was the group who wouldn't vote for Romney because he was Mormon.. <br /><br />We need a candidate who hammers conservative viewpoints because we know they're getting a BIG second look since I believe people are really doubting Obama now...big time. Even libs I know, and their lib parents, etc. "climate change is more a threat than terrorism?" was their 'favorite'....I have Conservative friends with lib parents who aren't voting liberal anymore after this president's exec orders and treatment of Israel and the new nuke deal, etc. Health care affected them badly, too.<br /><br />I think if someone truly articulate...Fiorina? Cruz? Rubio?... Kasich? really grabs on tight and let's the left sling their crap against them, people will turn off to the crap and LISTEN.<br /><br />Think that could happen!? We do have an amazing number of good people.......and look at the Dem side. Notsogood.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-77568849019252235232015-08-08T06:13:38.202-05:002015-08-08T06:13:38.202-05:00Also see Robert Novak's The Reagan Revolution....Also see Robert Novak's <i>The Reagan Revolution</i>.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-57568508798390641592015-08-08T06:10:42.506-05:002015-08-08T06:10:42.506-05:00In fact, I believe that an endorsement from Karl R...In fact, I believe that an endorsement from Karl Rove will severely damage any GOP candidate on Election Day 2016.<br /><br />BTW, Karl Rove is no John Carbaugh, who was, back in the day, a mastermind political strategist. It was Carbaugh who decided in late 1979 that 1980 was Ronald Reagan's time to achieve victory in 1980. <br /><br />Carbaugh trained Rove, but later decided that Rove didn't learn what he needed to learn to be an effective political strategist. See Robert Novak's book <i>The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting</i>.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-69977687928022691912015-08-08T05:33:42.565-05:002015-08-08T05:33:42.565-05:00(continued from above)
Like John Carbaugh before ...(continued from above)<br /><br />Like John Carbaugh before him, Rove is a political-party strategist. But a political strategist -- and there are <b>always</b> strategists behind the scenes pulling the strings -- cannot and should not be a man in front of the camera.<br /><br />If Rove endorses Jeb Bush (and I think that <a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/04/barf-alert-karl-rove-says-jeb-bush-is-the-biggest-thinker-on-our-side-video/" rel="nofollow">likely</a>), that endorsement will lead to defeat for the GOP in November 2016.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-37144481887851421632015-08-08T05:30:48.272-05:002015-08-08T05:30:48.272-05:00Z,
do you think, like others do, apparently, that ...Z,<br /><i>do you think, like others do, apparently, that he tells Ailes what to do, or the journalists?</i><br /><br />Yes, I think exactly that. Rove was able to do so during the GWB years, the period of Rove's greatest credibility and political clout.<br /><br />In what principles of political philosophy does Rove believe? All that I see from him is the principle of electability, which is, in essence, the principle of expediency and is one reason that the GOP's principles of conservatism are so watered down today: <br /><br /><i>In 2013 Rove and the PAC American Crossroads created the Conservative Victory Project for the purpose of supporting electable conservative candidates. These efforts have attracted criticism, and even personal attacks, from elements within the Tea Party movement. </i><br /><br />Look <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rove#Activities_since_leaving_the_White_House" rel="nofollow">how wrong</a>> Karl Rove has been since 2008. Megyn Kelly challenged him in 2012:<br /><br /><i>On November 7, 2012, Rove protested Fox News' call of the 2012 presidential election for Barack Obama, prompting host Megyn Kelly to ask him, "Is this just math that you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better? Or is this real?"</i><br /><br />I rather imagine that Rove was furious about that challenge, don't you?<br /><br />Many Millennial Conservatives want Rove to go away. Just a week ago, a Millennial, the future of the GOP, said to me: "Rove's usefulness is over." The other Millennial present at the dinner table heartily agreed.<br /><br />Yet, somehow, FNC acts as if Karl Rove is an expert to whom to listen. I don't see any on FNC challenging him very often.<br /><br />Of all the candidates in the GOP field, Rove has the most to gain if Jeb Bush is the candidate.<br /><br />(continued below)Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-27618307171679803302015-08-07T22:42:14.535-05:002015-08-07T22:42:14.535-05:00which connections do you mean? ....that he's ...which connections do you mean? ....that he's ON FOX from time to time? Or do you think, like others do, apparently, that he tells Ailes what to do, or the journalists? And how could he be able to do that?<br />Not challenging you, just really curious what you think this connection is....I'm completely open because I'm SO not a Rove fan.<br /><br />I know Rove's GOP incredible loyalty...the 'good ol' boys club'....because I remember blogging about some guy named Ted Cruz I'd hardly heard of and wondering why Rove was SO anti Cruz ... this was a year or so ago. And Rove hasn't changed. But I look at him more as one voice at FOX like Sharpton at msnbc, or whatever..<br />you think there's a real 'connection'?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-655547649102095542015-08-07T17:49:29.142-05:002015-08-07T17:49:29.142-05:00Z,
I strongly agree with your last paragraph. But...Z,<br />I strongly agree with your last paragraph. But I am uneasy about Karl Rove's connections with FNC, and I have to wonder if Rove didn't give orders to take out Trump.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-65373507077609350912015-08-07T17:23:49.176-05:002015-08-07T17:23:49.176-05:00I think covering stories we don't usually hear...I think covering stories we don't usually hear is a good thing...but I look there from time to time and it's really unreliable. There's a headline about Blackwater changing its name to something else so they could get another contract in Afghanistan...as if nobody'd know that? Silly.<br />But, in general, it's worth checking in from time to time, I think.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-73020283899365277942015-08-07T17:21:19.947-05:002015-08-07T17:21:19.947-05:00What cheers me up today is how Republicans on the ...What cheers me up today is how Republicans on the blogs are disagreeing so much ; it's something you really only see on Republican blogs and it's a healthy, good thing. <br />As for the apparent Republican uproar against Megyn Kelly, I'll bet they'd love her if she interviewed Hillary or Sanders. BIG TIME.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-70861462968621811232015-08-07T17:19:04.184-05:002015-08-07T17:19:04.184-05:00I have to agree with Ducky. I don't find commo...I have to agree with Ducky. I don't find common cause with their approach, but they cover stories nobody else does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-61338452248931721622015-08-07T16:58:31.591-05:002015-08-07T16:58:31.591-05:00Well, they've been broadcasting for 30 years a...Well, they've been broadcasting for 30 years and cover events that would otherwise be ignored.<br /><br />Now maybe in your world that's a bad thing.<br /><br />I'd enjoy your reading your list of preferred media outlets.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-41213999040808428762015-08-07T16:23:24.887-05:002015-08-07T16:23:24.887-05:00Democracy Now? It is a media organization for indi...Democracy Now? It is a media organization for individuals who cannot find a perch to land on with viable media organizations. Probably just a rung below Huffington Post. I doubt either organization engages a peer review process for their articles because the shimmer and fallacies are easy enough to spot.<br /><br />Tammy SwoffordThe Last English Princehttp://thelastenglishprince.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com