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Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 4m4 minutes ago Marco Rubio is totally weak on illegal immigration & in favor of easy amnesty. A lightweight choker - bad for #USA! Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 6m6 minutes ago Marco Rubio couldn't even respond properly to President Obama's State of the Union Speech without pouring sweat & chugging water. He choked! Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 8m8 minutes ago Marco Rubio is a total lightweight who I wouldn’t hire to run one of my smaller companies - a highly overrated politician!

What Should be Done about Media Inequalities? A mere 7 percent of journalists identify as Republicans, and when they do give money to political campaigns they usually donate to Democrats, lending evidence to Republican presidential candidates’ claims that they are facing a hostile audience when they deal with the press. The movement toward equality in all things exists in the political forums. Bias is the word applied to inequalities in the media. The media is the primary source of various reports of inequality and the attempts to make unequal things equal. Inequalities of outcome exist because of inequalities of EFFORT....

I really hope Trump isn't making a tactical error by kicking Carson when he is down. My view is that Carson is a kook with crazy 7th day adventist theories (grain in the pyramids) as well as terrible democratic positions on key issues (2nd amend, amnesty, TPP Obamatrade). He will implode on his own schedule and doesn't need Trump to help him along. He is in the campaign to sell books and build his brand. But Carson is very effective as a vote splitter to block Cruz from winning Iowa and gaining traction. There will always be a sizable percentage...

Today on FNC Special Report George Will said Dr. Carson acted inappropriately to “Lecture” the President about Obamacare. This is typical of an establishment pundit. Has Will not heard of Constitutional rights of free speech and petition for redress of grievances? Let’s remember some things about Obamacare. It is legislation of the purest partisan sort. There were no Republicans who agreed with it. The procedure of its’ passage was tortured. CSPAN and Republicans locked out of the committee room. Deemed by the SCOTUS to be a tax bill, it nevertheless originated in the Senate ignoring the Constitutional requirement that revenue...

The question is Who is going through the fifty year old daily schedule of the US Army Chief of Staff? Who is going through the files of applicants to West Point of fifty years ago? How does Politico get this information? Both of these are US Government controlled files. Who is providing access to the files of a former Chief of Staff for the purpose of partisan political smear? This stinks of corruption and abuse of power. Maybe even illegal.

. 2015-11-06 Forcing Dr. Ben Carson to EXIT the GOP Presidential race is "exactly" what Donald Trump wants ... I'm sure that Donald's guys offered Dr. Ben Carson a juicy Cabinet position, if he would drop-out of the race .. Quid Pro Quo. But Ben Carson refused, and the "invisible hand" picked-up the "political sword". Why ? Donald Trumps WANTS Ted Cruz in the Number Two slot ... just as Obama wanted Joe Biden as VP. Why ? Any GOPe-RINO type can "tolerate" Donald Trump as president, but they're bat$hit crazy terrified of a Ted Cruz presidency. Hence, if Ted...

I never thought I'd see the day when Freepers let the lying leftist media lead them around by the nose. I am a Cruz supporter. I also like Trump and Carson. Politico is doing a massive distortion smear on Carson, typical of the leftist media machine. They are very sophisticated at using lies and distortion and making it seem based on truth and objective analysis. If one wants to accept the leftist narrative and run with the leftist pack because it feels god, so be it. Yet don't cry when the same is done to Donald Trump and Ted Cruz,...

Link is to the debate. Go to 13:15 in. Anderson Cooper asks a complicated question listing Hillary's political flip flops, including a bit of a zinger at the end of the question. Without taking even a half second to react to the question or zinger, much less ponder a response, she launches into a prepared mini-speech. Cooper was part of the Clinton foundation. Anyone doubt he slipped her questions ahead of the debate?

My daughter, who is her junior year in high school, is in the second year of the two-year course in American History. Her teacher, who has been out of college for maybe 4-years, is a typical college indoctrinated leftist, who literally spent time in his youth personally hanging around with Howard Zinn. I have been very successful in helping my daughter counter his teachings about Progressivism at the turn of the 20th century, and his presentation of the "Robber Barons" and the evils of capitalism. To his credit, although he has disagreed with her positions and counter arguments, he has...

In days of yore the Lie was 'No one is talking about Confiscation', but something has changed as of late. Such talk is now common amongst the national Socialist elite despite the lack of a shooting being prevalent in the media. It is axiomatic that one does not call for confiscation until its foundational steps are in place: Intergalactic Background Checks and Registration. The reason should be clear to everyone, people need to be fooled into registering their firearms with the solemn promise that it won't lead to confiscation. This was the case in the UK for example, were the...

Trump 24. Carson 23. Rubio 14. Cruz 13. Bush 4. Christie, Fiorina, Kasich 3. Carson over Clinton by 10; Rubio by 5; Cruz by 3; Christie by 6. Trump loses by 3. Republicans insanely excited to win. Details at source. It's time for the RNC to step in and say, "enough 10 or 11-person circuses. Let's have a real debate." There are 4 candidates who got statistically significant leads over me, a random freeper. (Bush 4, Me 0 is certainly a valid lead, but not significant!)

Good Morning, Fellow FReepers: Today is Election Day in Kentucky - polls are open until 6 PM local time (Eastern for part of the state, Central for the other). This is projected to be a very low turnout election, therefore, boosting the conservative turnout just slightly can help. It's very difficult to get through to national talk shows, but if someone today could happen to get through to shows like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Mike Gallagher, etc. and include in your call with a message similar to the below: "...before I go, I wanted to remind everyone it...

"This is what I mean when I say being an effective opposition party. I think being an effective opposition party means being honest with people upfront about what it is we can and cannot achieve." - Speaker Paul "Squish" Ryan Where would we be if our forebears had Ryan's fighting spirit? Great "Ryan" moments in history: "Give me Liberty, or give me whatever you want!" - Patrick "Ryan" Henry "It's too cold here and the outcome is doubtful anyway, so we should all just go home and cozy up to the fire. To hell with the revolution." - General George...

SNL is live TV. Most forget that, including NBC. Where Trump could break it open and essentially break it off in his opponents is to go on SNL and give the monologue of his life. Something to the effect of: "Good evening!" Applause "Thank you!" Applause "I'm happy to be here on SNL. I'm a New Yorker, and SNL is a New York institution. SNL came up big after the 9/11 attacks. I love it because its the last bastion of dangerous TV there is. It's live. Now, I'm not going to Charles Rocket my way to glory here, but...

Six rather relatively well known dystopian themed movies. Excerpts taken from IMDB. If you like dystopian themed movies you've probably seen all 6. My favorite is Rollerball. Which one do you think the world is striving for? --- THX1138 -- Set in the 25th century, the story centers around a man and a woman who rebel against their rigidly controlled society. Director George Lucas. Logan's Run -- An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at 30. Director Michael Anderson Roller Ball (1975) -- In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world,...

We All Have Our Choice We all as conservatives made up our mind who we want for our nominee/president. That's why I stay here, year after year. I hear your input of why and sometimes put mine out there. Ultimately We ALL Want the Same Person. Conservative, with family values, honor and less government control over our lives. Simply just give US our Country Back. I fly my own flag on my house year round. I'm proud to be an American but I'm not proud of the people that I call slackers allow a two term Obama. I want US...

October 30, 2015 Does Hillary Clinton Have PBA (Psuedo Bulbar Affect) By smoothsailing I've always wondered what makes Hillary Clinton laugh so weirdly and at such odd times. It seems to be more prevalent since her head injury and extended hospitalization preceding her first Benghazi hearing appearance. At her second appearance recently her seemingly uncontrollable laughter was on full display. At times she seemed downright gleeful.So what is PBA? It affects alot of people, imcluding combat veterans, football players, and drunks who fall down alot. Here's a partial description from Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.:PseudoBulbar Affect (PBA) symptoms are frequent, uncontrollable outbursts...

At least for this Presidential election cycle, and also for the last two, the GOP has agreed to debates hosted by unfair moderators who masquerade as "journalists". From Candy "get the transcript" Crowley, to the CNBC debacle October 28, the GOP seems complicit in setting up an unfair playing field. Basicly, the hard, snarky questions are asked the Republicans while the Democrat candidates are served softball questions. Could it be the GOP is in cahoots the mainstream media and the democrats, and is using the unfair format to decimate the conservatives within their ranks, leading less formidable ( McCain, Romney)...

I wanted to post this so everyone who wanted to could see just how bad things are in the Republican Party and in Washington . As Representative Thomas Massie said last week only five were willing to oppose Boehner on January 6th and yesterday only he and eight others were willing to oppose Paul Ryan. The nine voted for Daniel Webster of Florida, who actually told his supporters not to vote for him and Webster ended up supporting Ryan. More proof of the phony baloney nature of the "House Freedom Caucus". The nine are: Thomas Massie-Kentucky Dave Brat-Virginia Louie Gohmert-Texas...