The Simpsons: The Debateful Eight

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MEME REPORT:
ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE PANT SUIT

Donald Trump Thinks He's Bernie Sanders -- But there's clearly no difference

LOLOLOLOL @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/U4P51J35ay

— Justin Green (@JGreenDC) February 18, 2016

Cheap Seat Report: Democrat Debate Edition

[c]Zorek Richards

"I want to tackle those barriers that stand in the way of too many Americans right now." - Hillary.
 If it wasn't for Obama she would have no opening statement. Not so sure I understand why there's so many problems that she needs to fix when her personal hero, Barack Obama, has been President for over 7 years now.

Hmm, always wondered what a real "clash" would look like.

Then there's Bernie Sanders , who has been in the US Senate since Woodrow Wilson and is considered  the "anti-establishment" candidate?

 "We should not let "the Trumps of the world divide us" " --Sanders.
Nightmares are made of there being another Trump somewhere.

 Before it was called Obamacare, it was called Hillarycare." -Hillary
So even the two of them together couldn't do it right. And Trump wants to call it Trumpcare.

"Every proposal that I have introduced has been paid for." -Bernie Sanders, still living in denial. National debt is $18,991,325,677,268.42. But Bernie thinks everything he's introduced is paid for

 Hillary said she has spent her whole life fighting for women. And fighting against all of Bill's women. And there have been many.

Hillary still thinks Planned Parenthood is a "women's health organization." But so does Donald Trump.

 Hillary says she is concerned about criminal justice reform. I'll believe Hillary is concerned about criminal justice reform when she turns herself in to authorities.

Hillary has only blamed the Republican politicians in Michigan for Flint water crisis.. But there really are plenty of Democrats there

 PBS moderators asked  asked about white people. Do Democrats even believe in white people?

 "....women are empowered to make their own choices, even if that choice is not to vote for me." --Hillary. There's a clip for a Sanders ad. Madeleine Albright said this week that there is a place in hell for women who don't vote for Hillary.

Democrats make it clear they  don't want to seal the border. They want to decorate it with welcome & "Free Healthcare" signs. At some point they need to be asked if the free unicorns and rainbows will be given to immigrants also.

When Bernie Sanders  brings out the finger, you know he's really, really, really,, a little bit kind of serious. For the record, Bernie's suit was given to him by Franklin D Roosevelt in person :-)

Meanwhile, Hillary keeps her eye on the pointy fingered old guy...

It's hard for Hillary to diss Wall Street when they've been so financially profitable for her

 "Let's not insult the intelligence of the American people."--Sanders
Great idea!!! So they are going to both suspend their campaigns??

 Then there's always a segment in a Democrat Debate about the free stuff. When it comes to giving free stuff, Bernie's free stuff is much more free then Hillary's free stuff

Then it's time to get tough on the issue of  ISIS:
 "We have to take on ISIS online." -Hillary.
Hear that ISIS? you're about to be hashtagged.
Well, not tough, but Democrat tough. (which is basically "not tough")  "We could overthrow Assad tomorrow if we wanted to" (Sanders)  except we don't know what their Twitter ID is.

When I try to compare them, they just look like this

Hillary is bothered by Donald Trump's call to ban Muslims. I'm not so concerned about Trumps Muslim comments as I am about him telling CNN that China should "take out" Kim Jong-un. (Chinese take out?)

 Hillary says shes qualified to be President because Obama trusted her to be Secretary of State.
Ahhhhh, how sweet that she thinks someone trusts her...
.Hillary's only accomplishments seem to be that she is proud of what Obama did. The R for Hillary's middle name actually stands for RPanderer. The R is silent because it goes without saying that Hillary are a panderer. Hillary's safe word is "Obama." When she feels pressured she says the word and it takes her to a place of rainbows & unicorns.

 Suddenly Bernie erupted: "Madame Secretary, that is a low blow."
That pretty much describes everything Hillary has ever done in politics.

I'll take "One of us ran against Barack Obama" for $100, Alec

Sanders says he'd be better on race relations than Obama . Yeah, well, Obama has not set that bar very high.

They ended the debate without voting anyone off. And in the Next hour, CNN will show Dem Debate highlights. Don't know what they'll do for the other 59 minutes

 Great moment at the ‪#‎DemDebate‬ was when Bernie said "Woodrow Wilson was a friend of mine. You, Hillary, are no Woodrow Wilson."

Scott Walker tweeted a response to an answer Hillary made in the debate

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MEME REPORT:
HILLARY THE PANDERER

Cheap Seat Report: Iowa Caucus Edition

An unexpected and icy cold front moved into New Hampshire overnight. Meteorologists had no explanation until they were informed that Hillary Clinton had arrived. With Bernie Sanders arrival bringing hot air and mixing with the cold front it is expected to create a very volatile mix. It's expected to last through February 9.

 With a close finish in Iowa, Hillary will have to step up her game and will likely start promising that her free stuff is even more free than Sanders free stuff.

 Hillary gave Iowans a farewell speech last night  while keeping an eye out for Feds coming her way with hand cuffs. The race had not been called yet as it was still too close to call. There was concern that if Clinton & Sanders tied, Martin O'Malley's voter would have to decide it. Clinton Voter Fraud was reported in one county. But, really,  she's always been so honest!????


 Martin O'Malley suspended his campaign and if Jim Gilmore quits his campaign they may  announce they will  become a folk singing duo. Jim Gilmore took  a terrible beating by "Other" in last results.  At one point, Gilmore had only two votes. Write in votes for Happy Gilmore were beating him by 6 votes.

Yesterday  the Trump team texted to reporters that "we've almost reached 50,000 Iowans." It would be 50,002 but they never  found those two Corinthians. In the end there were two things to be happy about: Cruz won and Trump didn't. You have to wonder if Donald Trump will remember this:

Most polls before the caucus showed Trump would win. Just goes to show it ain't over til it's over. Today, however, Donald Trump saw his shadow, so six more weeks of Trumpees screaming Iowa was rigged. Actually,  Trump saw his shadow and it looked liked Ted Cruz. And an added six more weeks of Twitter flames by Donald Trump.

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MEME REPORT:
TRUMP WANTS A REDO IN IOWA

Cheap Seat Report: Dump Donald Trump Edition

At a church visit this weekend Donald Trump confused the communion plate with the offering plate. Apparently neither of the two Corinthians were there to help him out. During the sermon the pastor stated that he knew the presence of God was with them. Trump immediately stood up and waved to everyone.

 Trump Taj Mahal is going to have an Open Strip Club. Maybe Jerry Falwell Jr will run it

 "Unless I win, I would consider this a big, fat, beautiful—and, by the way, a very expensive—waste of time." -- Donald Trump about Iowa this weekend which if you are an Iowan isn't flattering. SO if he loses he will go on twitter and call Iowa all kinds of insults, tell his Trumpees to boycott the state, and then tell everybody that Iowa tried to borrow money from him once.

On Face The Nation today, Donald Trump said he agrees with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on trade. He just said the difference between him and Sanders is that he will make better deals.
And then added: "I will appeal to Bernie Sanders supporters." <<---Smart people already knew how appealing he would be to a Democrat.

 Do not take Bob Dole serious if you have a history of heart problems. If Bob Dole trends on social media for more than four hours consult your doctor

 Donald Trump is picking the Broncos to win over the Panthers in the Super Bowl. What this means is that if the Broncos lose he will call them losers and idiots, tell all his Trumpees to boycott them and claim they once came to him for a donation.

 There are many reasons for conservatives to reject Trump's candidacy. Chief among them is to affirm that the Constitution should never be seen as in impediment to effective democratic governance but rather as the source from which it flows. Trump condemned Pam Gellar's "Draw Mohammed" event in Texas saying it provoked the ISIS wannabe attackers, instead of standing on her freedom in the first amendment.  Trump has also stated that he could get a lot more  things done  if it weren't for the Constitution.

 Many Iowa papers are endorsing Hillary as the Democrat nominee but even though I'm not a Democrat I think they're overlooking the guy who has been a long proponent of liberal causes, who has helped fund Hillary's campaigns, and would likely do the best to further the DNC's agenda: Donald Trump.

 “A fool and his money are soon elected.” ― Will Rogers

 About that debate Ronald Reagan skipped: 

That debate was the first Republican primary debate since 1948. .It was sponsored by the Des Moines Register and was untelevised. Reagan was not in a petty feud with the Des Moines Register at the time. His campaign manager simply believed that as the front runner, Reagan was above the debate. Reagan didn't skip it because he thought someone was going to ask him a tough question. Reagan never ran away from a challenge.and certainly would not have been afraid of Megyn Kelly. We wont know for sure, but I suspect that if he was in a feud with the Des Moines Register,  it would have been all the more reason for him to go. Also...only 5 of the 9 Republicans in the primary showed up at that debate. Trump is no Reagan.

Trump wins the debate he didn't attend is a politically stupid statement. You don't win things you don't participate in. Any first grader will tell you that. 

Donations made to the vets at his rally in Iowa had to be given to the Trump Foundation. A possible reason that it is called the "Donald J Trump Foundation" and not the "Donald Trump for Vets Foundation," beyond the political expediency that the latter offers, is that the Donald J. Trump Foundation hasn't given a lot to veterans or veterans groups. The Trump Foundation has, however, donated lots of money to the Clinton Foundation, which is right now helping to fund Hillary's campaign. Nothing like funding your own campaign and your rivals at the same time. The Trump Foundation's $57,000 in donations to veterans groups from 2009 to 2013 amounted to far less than Trump's donations to the Clinton Foundation. "Trump is listed on the Clinton Foundation's donor page as having given somewhere between $100,001 and $250,000," the Daily Caller reported last year.

Anyone who thinks Trump is an outsider needs to check his long history of funding and supporting liberal causes...including the Clinton Foundation. But a vote for Trump is a vote for Hillary. I'm not a partisan. I'm not a member of any party. But I would be OK with several of the Republican candidates if it came down to it. Trump is not one of them.  Trump says one thing one day and then in his long rambling speeches about himself and his polls says something else. Hes a very angry people and attracts angry mobs. Low information mobs, but angry.  Trump lives in a perpetual state of "I said this" and "I deny this" depending on who he is talking to at the time

 CNN has a codependency problem. Trump beats them daily..but they still fawn all over him.

 A vote for Trump IS a vote for Hillary. They are just the same. Out of touch rich people trying to pretend they are "for the people" when bot of them are for themselves. The Trump Foundation which is taking the donations for the "vets" has donated a LOT of money to the Clinton Foundation which is helping to fund Hillary. If Trump would win the nomination. Not voting might give it to Hillary, but voting for Trump is giving it to Hillary light. Hopefully it won't come to that.

 Trumpees just want to "stick it to the establishment." If you criticize them then you become one of the "establishment" according to them. Facts are irrelevant at that point. Trump is their Messiah


 For the record, I sat on the fence about Trump for awhile now. But then a few issues (like eminent domain, Planned Parenthood, etc) made me look a little closer. When he started going after Ted Cruz he crossed the line. Even if I did not like Cruz, the fact that he would play nice with him for months and then stab him in the back was the tipping point. He used Cruz as leverage to gain conservative trust and interest and then knifed him when he became a liability. That is what I think is going to happen to the voters (or just fans--I can't tell what they are) who are pushing for Trump. If he gets elected Trump will knife them in the back. He has a long long history of doing that and he calls it just "doing business" at his rallies and the crowds applaud him. So, weighing all the candidates, Cruz became my choice. And if you're into birther nonsense I am not interested. The choice for who you vote for is yours. I have made mine and it will never be Trump.

Other Voices:


 Nearly 70 percent of Americans said a Trump presidency would make them "anxious." And 30 percent said a Trump presidency would make them "Canadian." -- Conan O'Brien

 Remember the kid whose parents said he floated away in a balloon as a hoax in 2009? Well, Balloon Boy has officially endorsed Donald Trump for president. He was like, "What can I say, I'm prone to getting carried away by hot air." --Jimmy Fallon

 Donald Trump admitted Friday he did not expect Sarah Palin to talk so long when he stood by her at a podium in Iowa Tuesday and received Sarah's endorsement for president. For fifteen minutes he had to stand onstage without talking. Trump calls it the most painful experience of his life. --Argus Hamilton

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MEME REPORT:
TRUMPEES

Cheap Seat Report: Bernie Sanders Goes to a Townhall Edition

Bernie Sanders said last night that we need to take the cap off of taxable income.
In other words, if YOU want free stuff YOU have to pay for it. It's the perpetual contradiction that is the foundation of liberal economic policy.

 Last night Bernie Sanders said that "something is wrong when the rich keep getting richer and everyone else gets poorer."
In other words, it's a silly notion if YOU make more money that YOU should make more money.
His economic plan is simple: If YOU make more money YOU should make less money.
Apparently, in order to become a Democrat you have to prove that you don't know how to do simple math.

 This may answer the question "what will liberals do when they run out of free stuff?" Apparently they will simply put up a sign that says "We don't have any more." Problem solved.:

When asked about people he admired, Bernie Sanders said two of them were Franklin D Roosevelt and Martin Luther King.
Shorter pandering Sanders: I was a poor black man during the great depression....

 "No one who works 40 hours week should be living in poverty." -Bernie Sanders
Unless you work 40 hours a week and make too much money. Under the Sanders plan you have earned poverty. Under the Sanders plan you no longer have to choose your economic status...the Fed will.

 CNN's Townhall moderators asked Bernie Sanders what his parents think of him now. That had to have been one shining glowing moment for CNN to ask a presidential candidate such an important question.
Surely what Sanders' parents would think of him will stop ISIS and fix the economy. The 12 or 13 viewers that actually tuned in to the CNN townhall must have slept very well last night.

 At one point in the townhall last night, after being asked a question, Bernie Sanders said "This calls for a standing up response." Then he actually stood up.
CNN actually was able to film the move live and is without a doubt likely the most substantive move Sanders has made since he began his Whitehouse bid.

Snark Retort: The Democrat Debate in Charleston, South Carolina

The Democrats had a a debate last Sunday night in Charleston, South Carolina. Just after the Whitehouse thanked South Carolina GOP Governor Nikki Haley for offering such a great State of the Union response. Also in the state where the Senator (Lindsey Graham) couldn't even poll in the top percentage in his own state in his failed presidential run. Also in the city where the tragic shooting occurred at the church where the NAACP decided to further the agenda of the shooter Dylan Rooff. Rooff wanted to start a race war. The NAACP started the ball rolling by declaring a war on flags and white southern culture. And, of course, the Democrats LOVE that kind of racist action. Anyway, without offering a pledge to America or a tune...the debate began:

Martin O'Malley says that the Democratic side of the aisle actually believes in science.
Math, however...not so much

 Hillary will be selling her husbands used cigars on E-Bay to fund her legal defense

 Hillary says a handful of economists endorsed her plans.
Isn't that special?? Undisclosed endorsements that dont mean anything.

 O'Malley slammed Clinton aboutt her "cozy relationship with Wall Street"... He's the only one up there with any real convictions. As few as that may be, anyway

 Democrats don't use the word "Constitution" very much..if at all. It seems to be anathema to them

 "The real issue is that congress is owned by big money" --Bernie, the congressman who did nothing about it as long as he has been in Congress.

 "Whenever anybody in this county is killed in police custody, it should automatically trigger" a DOJ investigation. -- Sanders
Shorter Sanders: Welcome to the United Police State of Sanders

 "90 people a day die from gun violence in our country." -Hillary
And about 90% from cities run by Democrats and ruled by gun control.

LaValle: Common Core is not the reform of education

Anne LaValle writes in the Poughkeepsie Journal:

Supporters of the alleged education reform commonly referred to as Common Core tell us that it is an endeavor to raise the education bar for all students — an effort to ensure that students have the skills they need to succeed in the 21st century global economy.

• The answer is very simply that Common Core is not the reform of education; it is the fundamental conversion of the education system to a workforce development program by investors (stakeholders) who stand to make fortunes from it.
  What was once an authentic system of education designed to inform and encourage individual intellectual and artistic growth has been hijacked by political and financial pirates and reduced to an oversized training center for the future labor force. Thanks to this "reform" agenda, what used to be our children's education system is now a "workforce development" program controlled by the business community and their political beneficiaries who have positioned themselves to maximize their profits off of the backs of the next generation.
  Education is no longer oriented to students' individual aspirations and abilities, but to where the financial interests who are driving this process see our children as best suiting their needs.

Entire article HERE:  

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MEME REPORT:
FAILURE ROAD

 

Cheap Seat Report: Watching The Media do Media Stuff

Columnist HA Goodman makes it clear that the key to winning a presidential debate are not the issues, but whetheror not you are a Democrat with his latest column being titled "Bernie Sanders Won the Debate. Hillary Clinton Evoked 9/11 and Sounded Like A Republican."

“Why is it that no one within the Muslim community there in France knew what these guys were up to? Because it seems to me that this was a pretty big plan. Surely someone beyond the seven guys who’ve been killed over the last 48 hours would have to have known something and that was probably within the Muslim community but yet no one said anything.”  --John Vause [CNN] 11.15.15

The wage for race baiting is apparently pretty good: Sharpton got a 70 percent raise from his nonprofit last year, bringing his compensation above $412,000. It maybe classified as a "non-profit" but that's a matter of perspective. Sharpton is personally making a profit 

CNN reporters standing near where a raid is actively going on in France. The OMG responses every time they hear a gun shot is rather dramatic. Thats what you get when you take a microphone to a gun fight.

The CNN promo for the next Republican debate makes it looks like a cage match. Maybe that's what they have in mind

Frank Corder is a writer at "Yall Politics" here in Mississippi and  is pretending to be "peacemaker" while making charges against anyone who dares criticize what he thinks the MSGOP is:
"There is a small but vocal faction of voters who desire Republicans to be ruled more by emotion than results, not unlike Democrats or the backers of Initiative 42 this very year. Hype is used to grift. Personal gratification and raising their own name ID are valued over the good of the whole. Accusatory press releases are sent out to try and maintain some semblance of relevancy. " It's clear he is aiming at Chris Mcdaniels and people his circles. Corder's candidate Thad Cochran is doing a bag-up job adding to the national debt. Something Corder doesn't understand that his kids will have to pay for.

Univision chairman Haim Saban, said that he believes the government needs to increase its scrutiny of Muslims in the wake of recent terrorist threats to the United States.
I presume it's so there is more room for unscrutinized Mexiacns.

People magazine has announced that David Beckham is the sexiest man alive. Write in votes included Kanye West, Brad Pitt and Hillary Clinton.

 "Media Matters" is claiming that Ben Stein said outright that Obama hates America because he is black. Stein qualified that he didn't know:

Country Music Star Travis Tritt: We Must fight evil if we want to preserve our way of life #ParisAttacks

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MEME REPORT:
SATURDAY NIGHT LIES

Cheap Seat Report: Saturday Night Live from Iowa Democrat Debate

The Democrat response to last weeks Saturday Night Live will be the Democrat Debate this evening in Des Moines. The humorous scripted skits will be given in the form of debate answers from questions given by the mock journalists at CBS news. Bernie Sanders will double as the musical guest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Z01US5tyg

 CBS News made some debate changes and are going to address more foreign policy issues in tonight's debate because of the attacks in Paris last night. The Bernie Sanders campaign is throwing a fit because it cuts down his time to talk about giving free stuff.

Question we won't hear:
To Hillary: WHY should YOU be treated differently than any other Criminal? Because you're a woman?

Boy: "Dad! There's an old man named Bernie walking around the neighborhood asking all of us to "Feel the Bern" and offering free candy. Should we all just run away?"
Dad: "Yes......Yes you should.....we all should!."

 Shorter Clinton: It's not our fight. The USA will not lead against ISIS. We'll just help anyone who does.
O'Malley says it IS America's fight.

 Sanders says the worlds biggest threat is Climate Change and climate change causes terrorism. ‪#‎Doh‬ No wonder he didnt want to talk about terrorism tonight.

Fact check: Clinton has never apologized for Iraq. She said it was a mistake, but never said “I’m sorry.

 I wasnt sure at first, but Bernie Sanders is saying "mooslim."

NOW, Hillary is wanting to know if other countries will stand with US in Syria. Five minutes in and she already changed her position.

 Hillary doesn't understand why terrorists act like terrorists.

 They're throwing around the words "muslim," "Islam," "jihadist," "radical Muslim" like they're interchangable, until the moderator points it out, then they back off. They may mean the same to some, but not to Democrats, yet they apply them as the same until someone points it out to them. Then its backpeddling time.

 Good grief. NOW Hillary wants to screen refugees for our safety.
Unless they're Mexican..then it must be OK

 Hillary is all over the board on her positions with foreign policy. Does she even listen to herself??? How can anyone for that matter.

Hillary is Ok if you have to pay $250 a month for prescriptions. That should make you sick.

The candidates suddenly got lively and animated because they are talking about free stuff

 Hillary needs to clarify whether she is speaking with her right-brain or left-brain before answering any questions

 When Democrats use the term "middle class" it's a red herring. It's never meant anything to them

 Bernie says no one can live off $12 an hour. But his web site says he pays his interns $12 an hour.

A Catfight between Hillary and Bernie could liven this up

 "Don't impugn my integrity" declared Hillary Clinton, the only one of the three candidates who may be facing indictment on federal charges,.

 Here comes the gun control segment...........................It's always amusing that they decry current issues because of the failure of political leadership......but none of them will say Obama or mention that he has been president for 7 years now,..

This love-hate thing between Bernie and Hillary is sickening. Get a room already.

 Moderators  need to ask Hillary  about her Marine record.

"What do you tell a young African-American looking for "hope"?
  Hillary's long list didn't mention why she as a white person can do what Obama as a black person couldn't do.

 "I don't think taxpayers should be paying to send Donald Trump's kids to college" --Hillary Clinton
Leave it to Hillary to make up an issue that is not an issue.

What I have learned so far from tonight's debate:
If you watch it really really close you actually can see paint dry.

 Hillary's line about not wanting anyone in Iowa administering her Health Care is another red herring. She wants the Federal Government to do it and always has.

 The moderator just started them on final statements. It's like sitting through a long dry 3 hour sermon and hearing the pastor say "And in conclusion.." Life starts to return

 We're not at war with Islam…we’re at war with violent extremism." —Hillary Clinton
But..............Extremists who happen to be Islamic.

 A Democrat Debate is a passionate Fact Checkers Dream Come true.

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Chalk Board Observations 11.07.15