By
William L. Garvin
By
the time this is published, the citizens of Iowa will have established the
first party primary presidential pecking order of the season. They will have also answered a number of
questions. Did the enthusiasm of the
Donald’s trumpeteers carry over to the arduous task of the Iowa caucus? Did Ted Cruz’ organization and ground game
overcome the gap opened up by the frontrunner?
Did Marco survive the negative advertising onslaught of “Right to Rise”
and Jeb? Did the latest email
revelations have any effect on Hillary or was she “burnt toast” from
enthusiastic youth who “feel the Bern”?
Political pundits were all over the map on this one.
It
certainly was an interesting week leading up to the Monday vote. Did Donald skipping the last debate help or
hurt? Is your glass half empty or half
full? Fox News points out that the
Trumpless-debate received their second highest rating ever. Then again, the rating was the second lowest in
viewership of the seven debates. At the
same time, the Donald threw together and pulled off an event that raised $6
million for veterans in one day. Not bad
for such short notice.
An
important element to note in the Trump-Fox contretemps was the liberal media
attempting to elevate Megyn Kelley to journalistic sainthood. How they must have anguished over giving any
sort of credibility to their hated rivals!
Then again, any humiliation is worth suffering if it will further the
cause of Hillary. And there’s the
rub…they have a dog in this fight. There
is no longer any pretense of journalistic neutrality. They are now the second in the corner of the
ring. They no longer moderate; they
agitate and instigate. Rather than moderating
an actual debate, they do their worst to turn the exchanges into an internecine
food fight. If the candidates won’t
oblige, they assume the role of antagonist or protector (remember Candy
Crowley?) depending on personal bias and preference. What a shame.
When Chris Wallace stepped all over the punchline to Cruz’s feeble joke attempt
with “after all it is a debate,” nothing could have been further from the truth
or more ironic!
Another
refrain during the week was the oft-repeated refrain that if Trump didn’t have
the courage to face Kelley, how could he stand up to Putin or other
adversaries. This choreographed
criticism came from the Democrat National Committee and was bleated far and
wide by their sheeple in both traditional and non-traditional media. Remember, this is the DNC that would have
preferred no debates at all and those they did allow were buried on Friday and
Saturday nights. Under duress, they were
forced to ad lib a last minute town hall. There at least the candidates had an
opportunity to answer questions without a sixty-second bell or “moderator” chiming
in. Unfortunately, the questions asked
were nothing more than an infomercial for progressive beliefs that “you can
spend your way into prosperity.” Needless
to say, the DNC will never allow a Democrat debate to be hosted by Fox or the
Heritage Foundation! There Bernie might
be asked why he thinks a 90 percent tax rate is fair and why he also wants to
tax “speculation.” By speculation he
means any time you (or your IRA) buy or sell a stock, bond, or derivative, you
must give him some of your money so he can give it to someone else! By the way, Bernie, Prime Minister Rasmussen
of Finland says they have a “market economy” and are “…far from a socialist
planned economy.” Meanwhile, Sweden may
deport up to 80,000 immigrants for not meeting the criteria for asylum. Unfortunately, Sweden has also become known
as the “rape capital of the world” and many countries in Europe are
experiencing similar difficulties.
Coincidence or cause and effect, you be the judge but all is not the
socialist paradise in Scandinavia that Bernie adores.
A
final curious anomaly: a weekend snowstorm has resulted in the State Department
missing the deadline for releasing another 7,000 of Hillary’s emails. Apparently, they need another THIRTY
days. Naturally this will be after the
Iowa and New Hampshire primary votes!
Nonetheless, the State Department has added another 22 classified emails
to the 1,600 classified already found on Hillary’s server. Only these are so sensitive that they and
numerous emails between Hillary and the president will NEVER be released. Incidentally, the woman who handled the Lois
Lerner emails was transferred from Treasury to State where she is now handling
the Hillary emails. If Hillary “crashes
and Berns,” Joe Biden, Al Gore, and Michael Bloomberg are waiting in the
wings. This monochromatic cast of
Democrat characters is even less diverse than the Oscars…will a boycott
ensue? It should!
