Posted on 06/11/2014 10:16:11 AM PDT by Art in Idaho
WEST CHESTER, Pa—Expecting House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to win his GOP primary in Virginia, I spent Election Day in Pennsylvania—interviewing angry Republicans, Democrats, and independents about the rise of political populism.
I was in the wrong state, but I had the right topic. Cantor's defeat has less to do with immigration reform than it does with an uneven movement that should frighten conservative and liberal political elites to their shallow cores.
Americans see a grim future for themselves, their children and their country. They believe their political leaders are selfish, greedy, and short-sighted—unable and/or unwilling to shield most people from wrenching economic and social change. For many, the Republican Party is becoming too extreme, while the Democratic Party—specifically, President Obama—raised and dashed their hopes for true reform.
Worse of all, the typical American doesn't know how to channel his or her anger. Heaven help Washington if they do.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationaljournal.com ...
Yes, indeed. Unless they are from Maryland or Virginia, they don't live in their districts anymore, they live in Washington. They come home infrequently and tuck themselves away in some by invitation only gathering. They sell their vote to the highest bidder as Bill and Hillary Clinton taught them how to do. Until last night, they thought that all you needed to do to win elections was to raise lots of money.
Obama overplayed his hand here, if only constituional conservatives get on this issue quickly and demand the children be sent home. What's going on is child abuse and if the US encouraged it and/or doesn't return them, kidnapping.
Corrected for grammar and punctuation.
“For many, the Republican Party is becoming too extreme, while the Democratic Party—specifically, President Obama—raised and dashed their hopes for true reform.”
Those still left in the Republican Party couldn’t tell you what the difference between the two parties is. If Republicans continue to behave like Democrats, why do we need two parties?
Fed up!
I think the politician that wants a longer career will be running as fast as possible to get in front of this crowd and claim that they knew this was coming all along. They will be lying of course but that’s what they will say to keep that gravy position they have lied their way into. There are very few leaders up there, most of them are “me too types” who don’t know whats going on in peoples heads, don’t understand the real fears Americans have about their country at the moment.
The uppity people!
Check out America's Party: http://www.selfgovernment.us
Yeah...I'm gonna go with "I Doubt That" for $1000, Alex.
I couldn't be happier to hear this news today. Just brilliant work in Virginia. congrats.
"There are very few leaders up there, most of them are “me too types” who don’t know whats going on in peoples heads, don’t understand the real fears Americans have about their country at the moment."
Washington D.C. is like one big bubble. Getting more and more cut off from the American people every year.
That is Ron Fournier’s opinion. He has been in Washington too long as well.
Fournier began his journalism career in 1985 at The Sentinel-Record in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Two years later, he moved to the Arkansas Democrat in Little Rock, Arkansas. He stayed there for another two years before joining the Little Rock bureau of the AP in 1989. While there, he covered Bill Clinton during his final term as Governor. When Clinton was elected President, Fournier moved to the AP’s Washington bureau.
The 1985 State of the Union address was given by President Ronald Reagan to a joint session of the 99th United States Congress on February 6, 1985. The speech was the first State of the Union address of President Reagan’s second term.
The Democratic Party response was delivered by Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas, Governor Bob Graham of Florida and House Speaker Tip O’Neill
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Ron Fournier was a ‘reporter’ in Arkansas when all of this happened, yet he still kisses their a**es!
1985 - APRIL
Bill Clinton asked McDougal to host a fund-raiser to pay off
a $50,000 personal loan that Clinton had borrowed to help
finance his 1984 campaign. The event raised $35,000. ( An
article in the USA today states that most of this money came
in the form of cashier checks from Madison Guaranty under
the names of prominent depositors. Those named on the checks
have been contacted and have stated that they never
contributed money to Clinton. This has investigators
examining the possibility the money from Madison was
illegally diverted to Clinton campaign. If true - that
Madison gave money in the name of a depositor without that
person’s knowledge - that would be improper diversion of
depositor funds, a felony.)
http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/CALENDAR.html
4-4-85: Senator William Fullbright gives a $3,000
contribution - money he just received from McDougal - to
Bill Clinton at a fund raiser at Madison’s Little Rock HQ.
This event was used to retire a $30,000 debt Clinton had
from a loan taken out during his ‘84 campaign. So Hillary
had signed a loan where a portion of the money had been
diverted to others and then given to Bill to retire his
loan. As the Flowerwood account was overdrawn by 4-19, this
is an example of diverting S&L money to Bill while
contributing to the default of Madison.
4-30-85: Hillary Clinton, who represents Madison, proposes
an unusual stock sale to shore up the troubled S&L. This was
described as a “precedent-setting” stock reissue plan to
state regulators to save Madison (Washington Post, 1-24-94).
Madison’s attorneys included a Frost & Co. audit of Madison
to demonstrate its solvency as part of their petition to
state regulators (Los Angeles Times, 1-16-94).
Schaffer approves the deal over the objections of the
banking commission ( and Federal regulators). (Madison was
represented before Schaffer by Hillary Clinton, on retainer
by McDougal at $2,000 a month. McDougal says he hired
Hillary because Bill Clinton begged him to. Schaffer, in a
“Dear Hillary” letter, approved the Stock sale. Federal
regulators complained to Schaffer about McDougals business
practices, but she did nothing.)
December ‘85 -January ‘86 - needing capital to correct the
books for the double pledging (as well as other deals),
McDougal gets in bed with David Hale, Jim Guy Tucker, and
Bill Clinton. They plan a scheme where money from Hale’s
Capital Management Services Inc. will flow to McDougal, Jim
Guy Tucker, and Stephen Smith (once Clinton’s chief of
staff). By January the money begins flowing to these
people. Hale is later placed under indictment for
fraudulently getting federal backing for Capital Management
Services Inc..
1986 - FEBRUARY
David Hale, a local judge ( appointed by Clinton ) and a
federally sponsored tending-company operator, was asked by
Clinton and McDougal to arrange a loan of $300,000 to clean
up dubious loans at Madison S&L. Hale approves the loan for
that amount to McDougal’s wife, claiming one of her
companies qualified as a disadvantaged small business (
minority owned firm.) ( Also, Hale is later indicted on
charges of defrauding the Small Business Administration.)
additional checks from the 300K totaling $36,000 went to
International Paper Realty Co for another land deal. At the
same time, Gov. Clinton gives International Paper Realty Co
a large tax break.
[July, 1986 - At this point, we know that the Flowerwood
Farms note has not been paid because the check won’t be
cashed for 2 more months. Thus, Hillary is still on the
hook for the Flowerwood note (as well as the possibility
that she was a willing participant in the fraudulent double
pledge of the lots). The paper trail still points to
Hillary. Clinton runs into Hale in Little Rock’s University
Plaza Mall and says “Have you heard what that fucking whore
Susan has done?” Hale claimed he did not, and Clinton
rushed off without explaining. Bill is agitated about the
paper trail on Flowerwood as well as the possible sweetheart
deal given International Paper Realty Co and the fact that
both he and Hillary could be in big trouble.]
I've said it before, REVOLTS AREN'T WON BY VOTES.
We should be surrounding their buildings and houses with torches and pitchforks. These lowlife scumbag parasites have destroyed this country.
The real message of Cantor’s defeat is that in this era when a duplicitous sack of politician gets a capable, realistic opponent, then the incumbent is going to get tossed out.
I call bullshit on Ron Fournier.
Did you notice NONE of these self-appointed genius analysts EVER think THEY, THE MEDIA ELITISTS are also part of the problem?
Suddenly Ron is an EXPERT on what the voters think?
And....get this.....Ron wants us to believe *BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM ARE TO BLAME*!!
This is the DEFAULT MODE the media goes into WHENEVER A LIBERAL IS DEFEATED BY A CONSERVATIVE. When a liberal loses, the hyper-drive hits the “This really is a message to everyone.......”
When a CONSERVATIVE is on the losing end, we don’t hear that...we get “The right wing ideology is dead.”
Fournier is searching to be relevant. This ain’t it.
Interesting that we see republicans as being to much like democrats. But the democrat voters actually believe that liberal republicans are Nazis.
Populism means supporting we the sovereign people of the USA instead of globalist corporate interests that will support any country if it makes them more money. I’d vote for a populist, as in making America powerful and sovereign a priority before voting for any establishment politician.
We conservatives were hoodwinked into believing big global business and banks are on our side. Those establishment interests own both Parties. Establishment politicians have drug us into wars, keep us divided as a people, provided bailouts for crooked bankers and want cheap labor and open borders.
They are directly or indirectly responsible for destroying the prosperous USA that represented my youth.
BTW: Long time family in Canyon and Ada
America has been run into the ground by a club of elitists with a Harvard degree and NYC pedigree. They run our government and not for the USA. Their plan is to turn us into media pied piper led urban puppets instead of promoting a culture that made the USA independent and self sufficient.
’ the voting out of Rep. Eric Cantor.’
Does this portend the end of the lie-beral party??
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