Just Imagine Podesta As White House Chief Of Staff--The Destruction Of Bernie Sanders--Where Would You Stick The Knife In?

The Podesta Quote Of The Day: Where would you stick the knife in?

HT to John Ruberry at Marathon Pundit.

• Underling writes to Podesta--Bernie needs to be ground to a pulp.
• Podesta replies--I agree with that in principle. Where would you stick the knife in?

That's an....interesting...choice of words, no?

Where would you stick the knife in?

Where would you stick the knife in?


For comparison, let us consider a remark by John Erlichman, President Nixon's right-hand man:

• Well, I think we ought to let him hang there. Let him twist slowly, slowly in the wind.

Hmmm...

OS lived through Watergate as he came of age. He still remembers that sick feeling in the pit of his stomach, day after day.

On the present trajectory, we are headed down a much longer and darker tunnel. 

For anyone still considering a vote for Miss Hillary, consider that John 'Stick The Knife In' Podesta is her Most Trusted Advisor. As you stand in line to vote, and enter that booth, let his words echo in your ears: Where would you stick the knife in?

Second Thoughts, Buyer Regret--Call It What You Will--Google Trends Displays Number of 'Change Vote' Inquiries

This is not looking good for Miss Hillary.

There appears to be a lot of buyer's remorse out there...and in some states, voters can actually return and change their votes.  Like Pennsylvania.

And, back in Florida, Miss Hillary is appearing with Miss Machado--the Miss Universe who put on sixty pounds after winning, in violation of her contract. She then went on to hang with drug dealers and appear on the Spanish equivalent of 'Big Brother', shagging one of the other residents of the house on camera...

It seems fitting.



   

Les Mis "Do You Hear The People Sing" Time For All Deplorables To Go Vote

A post from earlier days--repeated in light of more recent days...


Some days, the clouds part, the light pours down from Heaven, and the
angels sing. These days occur only rarely, and arrive unbidden,
unexpected, and OS receives each one with renewed gratitude.

Such occurred earlier this year, when Miss Hillary announced that she considers OS, and millions like him, deplorable.

It's flattering, really, to think that Herself took the time and energy to deliver such a compliment. Just to be reassured that OS's lifelong embrace of faith, tradition, family, heterosexual normalcy, monogamous marriage between one man and one woman, capitalism, literacy, the rule of law under the Constitution, the use of English for the conducting of the business of the culture, religious tolerance, defined borders and sane immigration policy...the list extends on and on...is the peculiar
target of her disdain. It's reassuring to have someone of The Great And Good lend her endorsement.

Let's not forget that detail about the need to point out, gently of course, that Islam and
Christianity make diametrically opposed claims about the ultimate nature of deity. They can't both be correct.

And OS has yet to see a Methodist walk into a nightclub, theatre, bar, coffee shop or church and murder multitudes of innocents for the cause of John Wesley.

She finds these beliefs, and those who espouse them--deplorable.

OS gladly accepts the label, pleads guilty as charged, considering the source of the accusation.

Now on to November, and the opportunity to respond at the ballot box to Herself, and all her minions, from local dog-catcher to Senator. As one of her comrades-in-arms has declared, "Never let an opportunity go to waste.'

OS agrees. Now THAT truly would be ...deplorable.

QOTD from Huma: 'How Is This Not Classified?' President Obama Emailing Hillary's Private Server Under A Pseudonym

Speechless, just speechless.

And simultaneously, not at all surprised.

From John Lott, PhD (UCLA)--here's his CV, btw.

(No, he's not a nutter living in Mama's basement, ya'll. But he does have guns!)

And the bizarre tale goes like this--

President Obama used a pseudonym when sending or receiving emails through the private server system Hillary Clinton used as secretary of state, according to nearly 200 pages of documents released Friday by the FBI. 

Included in the documents are notes from an April 2016 interview with long-time Clinton aide Huma Abedin, conducted in connection with the FBI’s two-year investigation into Clinton’s use of the private server for official correspondence. 

One note was about the FBI showing Abedin an email address “believed to be a pseudonym used by the President,” as reported by Politico and other news-gathering agencies. 

Abedin said she didn’t recognize the name and “expressed her amazement” that Obama apparently used a pseudonym. 

She also exclaimed, “How is this not classified?” according to the documents. . . .

One almost feels sorry for Huma, for a few seconds at least. She was Hillary's intern as a young woman during the 1990's, and let herself get drawn in to the black hole that is TheClintons.  She's the latest life destroyed. The fact that she is actively working for the Muslim Brotherhood while at Mrs. Clinton's side does give one a certain sense of satisfaction, that and thought of what life must have been like married to Carlos Danger, aka Congressman Anthony Weiner.

The four-year old child of that marriage truly is a victim of this horrible episode. Here's hoping he gets to grow up in the care of sane and loving family members while his parents serve out their long prison sentences.

 

Since We're Fascinated With Mid-2000's Audio Of Candidates, Let's Hear From Miss Hillary

A tape has emerged of her 2006 interview with Jewish Press.

Hmm... she's chattering about fixing foreign elections, treats the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier by Hamas as just another day at the office, chatters about 'Islamic Extremism' as 'a global threat', chatters about keeping the conversation  going with the Russians....

She was running for Senate back in that day, willing to say anything to get elected.

Yep.The Donald should never have said those things he said to sleazy Billy Bush.

But compare that to the peril we face with his opponent in office, complete with her cast of characters--Podesta, Mills, Human Abedin...

BTW, about Huma... even if she's not officially on staff, she'll remain embedded in Miss Hillary's world. She knows too much. And since she and Creepy Anthony Weiner share a child, he's in the picture as well.

Oh, joy.

BTW, Huma's family founded the terrorist organization Muslim Brotherhood, and she definitely has remained faithful to family. She was on the inside circle in Hillary's world in 2006. Meditate on this a bit... Hillary chattering about Islamic Terrorism, Human as her closest confidante...

The Donald was (and can still be) offensive. Hillary and Huma will hang Israel out to dry, only this time the Israelis will go down fighting. Millions of lives could be lost, and Hillary will find Someone Else To Blame.

Can we afford this?

As ObamaCare (Hillary claims it as Hillarycare!) Implodes, A Walk Down Twitter Memory Lane from Marathon Pundit

John Ruberry does a great job on his blogs--this is one of his best ever. OS suggests you go there, and keep a pdf of this page, as those tweets will likely disappear--soon.

The richest one of course, from Hillary's lips to your ear--from 16 February 2016:

"You know, before it was called Obamacare, it was called Hillarycare." #DemDebate

Rigging the Election - Video IV: $20K Wire Transfer From Belize Returned Over 495,000 Views In One Day

Dont'cha just love the term 'conflict engagement'--as in violent disruption of GOP candidate rallies.

Ron Fournier: Clinton Used Secret Server To Protect “Circle Of Enrichment” MSNBC Interview with Morning Joe

Even the Clinton campaign team knew that Hillary and Bill were using the secret server to enable the shakedown of donors for their own enrichment.

This interview is from MSNBC!! Fournier is not right-wing kook, rather a life-long Democrat.

This is not The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.

The final ten seconds of the video are particularly damning...

The MSM may be waking to the notion that they have been (willingly) hustled by the Clintons, the Obamas, the DNC. et al., who of course will not be around to clear up the wreckage when their customers--their viewers--simply stop believing a word they way, and cease to consume their product. It's happened to the large liberal daily papers already. The broadcast networks are next.

Let's not bother to shed a tear for any of them. They have poisoned the culture, and deserve to go out of business.

Who I Voted For

OS voted early this year, on the second day the polling place up in Mayberry County's county seat was open. The place was packed--parking at a premium, about thirty folks cheerfully waiting in line in the tiny building.

With rare exception OS has not missed an Election Day at any level since he turned eighteen. In the contest between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, OS voted for the third party--the whole trauma of Watergate and the loss of the Vietnam War (which featured the death of the son of the family's closest friends) had left its mark. No to both was the verdict that year.

Four years later, OS voted for Reagan, and recalls a mild sense of nausea at the moment--from fear that Carter might actually be given a second term, or that Reagan might turn out to be worse. The Iran debacle, and the economy nearly completely unwinding, and 20% mortgage rates did not earn Mr. Carter a second bite at the apple. Better a plain-speaking actor than an incompetent Sunday School teacher.

The years have marched on since 1980, have they not? And here we are, facing chaos, with an audacious criminal within reach of the Oval Office, succeeding another like her, with only The Donald stepping into the line of fire to dare challenge Herself, barely surviving the onslaught of those who are desperate to keep Things As They Are.

So OS voted, this time with a calm heart and sense of moral clarity, with this reasoning:

The Donald will not achieve everything he lists in his stump speech. If he gets even 25% of it done, we are in much better shape. Miss Hillary, upon achieving 25% of her list, will create havoc.

But for whom, really, OS's legions of readers ask, did he vote?

1. OS voted for the families in his world who have children in military service, in the hopes that they will have a Commander-in-Chief who will not sacrifice their lives for the sake of their own political ambitions. The memory of the funeral of that young man lost in Vietnam, and the tragedies that befell his family in the decades that followed, are still fresh in the mind. OS does not wish to attend the funerals of those bright young kids.

2. OS voted for his friend the police officer in Mayberry, who works to prevent crime by teaching the law-abiding how to protect themselves. He is a kind soul, and is on any given day these days, a target. OS doesn't wish to attend his funeral either, or see him persecuted for simply doing his job.

3. OS voted the men of Mayberry--the ones who used to have great modest careers pouring concrete, framing houses, working as plumbers on large projects. Now, they compete with illegal Mexican labor, work longer hours (when work exists) for less money than they did fifteen years ago. A lot of them now mow lawns and do handyman work, and OS hires them. They are beaten down by it all, and some are very angry. Marriages crumble under the weight.

4. OS voted for a choir of young people who sang for him at an urban high school. They sang like angels when he visited the classroom, bringing tears to his eyes. The teacher explained that it was the choir that kept most of them in school at all. All but one were black (and the white kid spoke black street patois), and they were eager bright kids. Some really had voices that could develop into something special in the wider world. OS conducted a quick survey--

Who was Beethoven? (A composer)
When did he live? (Blank stares)

Who was Scott Joplin? (Blank stares)

Who was Duke Ellington? Dizzy Gillespie? Count Basie? (A few had heard the names)

OK, closer to home--Who is Quincy Jones? (Blank stares) Who was Michael Jackson? (Some recognition there) Did you know Quincy was a classically trained black composer who was Michael Jackson's producer? (Blank stares)

OK, closer to home, who is Ice Tea? (The white kid knew the old-school hip hop artists...)
Tupac? (a few could answer 'Shakur')
Song titles they knew -- Blame It On (The Alchol! they chimed in)
Tryin' to catch me(Ridin' Dirty! they chimed in)

The teacher's pained look said so much. He was doing heroic work, and these kids were doing better than most of their peers. I asked for a show of hands of the seniors--about 15 kids. Two sort of had some sort of further education plan. Most had not even taken an ACT.

The teacher introduced me to the principal--we walked to the office in the company of a police officer. Nice lady, who broke up three fights in the course of our twenty minutes together.

The city in which this school is located has been in the hands of the Democrats since the days of Andrew Jackson. This is abject inexcusable failure. 

5. OS voted for his friends with enormously talented kids who struggle to run their modest businesses and send their kids to college without seeing them incur mountains of debt. It is a daily struggle--no wealth is being built, they are grateful the doors stay open and some sort of future is possible. They both work other jobs, by the way.

6. OS voted for friends, who like him, lost their health insurance last year, after struggling to maintain some decent amount of coverage for ever-spiraling prices.  To no avail--the insurance pools vaporized, and that which was available was priced at twice the monthly mortgage, for inferior coverage. Mrs. OS refuses to go to the doctor, and she should, because the costs are so high. The 'pool' coverage most bought will likely vaporize again, or double in price. Thanks, Obama!! This is your creation!

7.  OS voted for his hometown, which is rapidly becoming too dangerous to enjoy. After the random murder of a tourist three weeks ago, two blocks from the Symphony Hall, the orchestra is handing out tickets gratis for this weekend's concert, which will be wonderful. Mrs. OS has put her foot down--not a chance of venturing down there on a Friday or Saturday evening. The city in which this orchestra is located has been in the hands of the Democrats since the days of Andrew Jackson. This is abject inexcusable failure. 

8. OS voted for his daughter, doing the work of the Lord in a hospital in one of the worst cities of the East Coast. Only a matter of time until some BabyDaddy decides to shoot up the ER, and OS prays daily for the safety of all the souls who work there. She and her husband work full-time, are raising a child, and have no prayer of home ownership in their part of the world. The state in which they live, and cities where they work, have been in the hands of the Democrats for the past fifty years. They will have to leave to have a future.

9. OS voted for his son, a brilliant young artist and scholar. He will need an economy in his lifetime that actually produces wealth in order for the institutions in which he will work to survive. He is also a young man of his own well-formed opinions, and OS sees the darkness close in over the traditions of free speech and thought that used to rule in academia. Academia is eroding quickly, the emperor has noooo clothes, and Academia has been under the control of The Left since the at least the 1960's, and in the case of the Ivy League, well before that. OS's son swims in perilous waters.

10. OS voted for his his extended world of families and friends. A number of his favorite people, near and dear, are naturalized citizens who arrived here legally, and followed every rule. They waited in line, paid the fees, took the exams, contribute to the culture. One student in particular naturalized from a country south of the Rio Grande. He speaks perfect unaccented English. He looks totally Mexican. If there ever is a general backlash by enraged rednecks, this kid is in danger. The immigration crisis is just that, and it endangers everyone, especially those who obey the law.

11. And, OS voted for his extended family. For his wife, who works way too hard for way too little, doing world-class work in a world that is shrinking. For his departed father who drove a landing craft onto a beach in the Pacific in the mid 1940's and saw his friends die around him. Those like him who survived came back wounded in body and soul. For his father-in-law who served in the Korean era, blessedly never saw combat, but learned how to be a doctor to all manner of people in all manner of circumstances thereby,and quietly gave away a fortune in his working years. For the family friends who lost their son to Lyndon Johnson's mad scheme in Vietnam. For OS's grandchildren and nieces and nephews, the kids at his church, the kids of his friends.

The list could stretch on and on. All of these good people, living and departed, deserve a future better than what Hillary and Bill, Barack and Michelle, Huma Abedin, John Podesta, John Kerry, Tim Kaine, Janet Yellen, and all the other assorted criminals and fraudsters offer.

So, that's how OS voted.

Go vote, ya'll, Compile your own list. Take your friends to the polls with you.

It Really Matters: Peter Van Buren Says It Well

OS always thinks of his vast legion of readers, hoping they will glean value from his wise suggestions.

One such suggestion is author Peter Van Buren, whose bio is inserted below. Notice, this gent is no flaming conservative living in his mom's basement playing video games....

Peter Van Buren, a 24-year veteran of the State Department, spent a year in Iraq. Following his book, We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, the Department of State began proceedings against him. Through the efforts of the Government Accountability Project and the ACLU, Van Buren instead retired from the State Department on his own terms.

Peter’s commentary has been featured in The New York Times, Reuters, Salon, NPR, Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, The Nation, TomDispatch, Antiwar.com, American Conservative Magazine, Mother Jones, Michael Moore.com, Le Monde, Japan Times, Asia Times, The Guardian (UK), Daily Kos, Middle East Online, Guernica and others. He has appeared on the BBC World Service, NPR’s All Things Considered and Fresh Air, CurrentTV, HuffPo Live, RT, ITV, Britain’s Channel 4 Viewpoint, Dutch Television, CCTV, Voice of America, and more.

Peter Van Buren is pleading with anyone who will hear that Hillary Clinton is a danger to the world.

The article is at the link, for the legion of readers. A few choice quotes, to encourage the faithful along:

The arguments of “everybody does it” and “well, it wasn’t illegal” in regards to the email server, the Clinton Foundation, pay-for-play, donor access, dirty tricks against Sanders, the many well-timed coincidences of Trump revelations, and more, are strawman logic.

Leaving aside the idea that people usually say “everybody does it” and “well, it wasn’t illegal” only when their own candidate gets caught doing something, what was done matters.

It really does.

....

To expose to the world even the appearance of such impropriety is a disgrace. The president has as one of her roles setting the example for the federal workforce. Is the example that as long as it skirts the edge of legality it is fine behavior? If I was a contracts officer in the Social Security Administration and allowed a vendor to donate crazy amounts of money to my spouse’s non-profit as I was considering a contract award, would that too be OK? What about if I was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a speech to that organization? What if I would not let anyone know what I said? All OK? Does everyone really do that?

Dear Legions of Readers: Do YOU do that at your place of business or service? Really? Is it OK for your colleagues and supervisors to do that? Really?

OS sent two children to the local elementary school out here in Mayberry, back in the halcyon days of Bill Clinton's regime. The school principal was a kindly gent, let's call him Mr. Lester. He was tall, spoke with a lovely drawl, could name every kid in the school, and in many cases has taught their parents and grandparents. He had taught and mentored several of the teachers in his school, from first grade onward. He was One Of Those Guys, trusted and beloved, and still is.

As the extent of Bill's behavior with and about Miss Lewinsky became known, OS encountered Mr. Lester in the halls of the school, and asked a simple question:

If you behaved toward a student teacher like the President has behaved toward Ms. Lewinsky, what would happen to you? 

He chuckled, and in that broad drawl said: Why, they'd put me UNDER the jail!

That was twenty years ago, dear readers. How much ethical sewage has flowed under the historical bridge in the United States since that day?

Vote ya'll. For Trump and down the GOP ticket, ya'll.

And, while you still can, send dollars in The Donald's direction.

Whoodathunk any of us would be at the place where we now find ourselves? What if just a few more senators had voted to impeach Bill back in the day? How many tens of thousands (at least!!) of lives would have been saved around the world?

It matters who wins.