Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, spoke to a group of 10,000 people in Tucson Arizona. Saunders, who has been criticized by some as being weak on gun control, spoke in favor of background checks and other measures that can possibly cut down on the frequency of mass shootings in this country.
“We are tired of condolences and we are tired of just prayers. We are tired and we are embarrassed in picking up the paper or turning on the TV and seeing children in elementary schools slaughtered and young people on college campuses shot.
I think the vast majority of the American people want us to move forward in sensible ways that keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them and cut down on these senseless murders that we see every week.”
In his statements at a rally in Georgia on Saturday, the Republican leader, Donald Trump, implied that if Hillary Clinton was a Republican, she would be in jail.
“I mean, honestly, she shouldn’t be allowed to run. No, she shouldn’t be.”
Clinton is currently being investigated by the FBI for using a private email server during her tenure as secretary of State, and questions surrounding it continue to dog her on the campaign trail.
Trump said if Clinton were a Republican, she would have already been in jail for the offense.
“I can tell you this, if that were a Republican that did what she did with the emails, they would have been in jail 12 months ago,” the businessman said. “They would have been in jail. It’s a very unfair system. It is a very, very unfair system. But I’m telling you, if that were a Republican, it’s called jail time.”
Clinton maintains that she never knowingly sent classified information over the server and has not broken the law.
There have been a lot of questions and inquiries into Ben Carson’s claim of being held up at gunpoint at a Popeyes in Baltimore. So many inquiries in fact, that the Baltimore police felt the need to explain in a tweet that they couldn’t find any information about the incident.
Based on the information that #BenCarson mentioned, there was not enough info to identify a police report in reference to the incident.
The tweet referencing the #BenCarson report is in reference to multiple media request. Date and location would assist in locating report. — Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) October 8, 2015
So if the police have no information regarding a gun-point robbery, then Carson, the man who claimed he was personally witnessed the robbery, is the best person to get more info from.
In another interview, Carson was asked about his story and whether he would provide more information on his story.
“I don’t know,” Carson said. “To me it wasn’t that big of deal, to be honest with you.”
He then explained that he is a Christian man and wouldn’t lie about what happened.
Personally, I don’t believe him. But that’s just me.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 13: Seth Rogen attends the premiere of 50/50 at the 55th BFI London Film Festival at Odeon Leicester Square on October 13, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart Wilson/Getty images For The BFI)
The actor took to twitter with his very special message for the Republican presidential candidate. What caused Rogen to send such a message to Carson? I can’t say I know for sure, but there is a litany of dumb Ben Carson statements Rogen that could have pissed Rogen off. Whichever statement it was, Rogen apparently got to the point where he just couldn’t take it anymore!
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that for the Republican party, the way to move forward is only accomplished in reverse.
Since Boehner jumped ship on the Republican speakership of the House and McCarthy’s candidacy for the same position ended in a belly flop, eyes turned to the only other logical party insider to fill the post, Paul Ryan. Ryan however, has been adamant that he does not want the job.
But this group of misfits in the House of Representatives need a leader, and word on the street is, Newton Gingrich is serious about the gig… again!
“If you were to say to me 218 have called you up and given you their pledge, obviously no citizen could ever turn down that kind of challenge,” Gingrich told radio and Fox host Sean Hannity. “This is why George Washington came out of retirement — because there are moments you can’t avoid.”
“Moments you can’t avoid” would be putting on a blindfold and going for a stroll along the edges of the Grand Canyon. Okay, so you can avoid doing that by choosing not to put on that blindfold or walking along the edges of the Grand Canyon. But if Republicans choose Gingrich as Speaker of the House, then like the blindfolded fool walking along the edge… well, somebody should call the Coroner.
In his address to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, president Obama took on some of the Republican presidential candidates and their backward stance on immigration. And although he did not mentioned names, allow me to say Donald Trump!
“There’s nowhere they want to go further backwards than on immigration,” said the president, who noted his administration’s progress on reducing the Latino unemployment rate and providing more health care to the minority group.
Although he did not address him by name, Obama appeared to direct some of his comments at Republican front-runner Donald Trump, who has taken one of the toughest stances of any presidential candidate on illegal immigration.
“You’ve got to realize that America’s greatness doesn’t come from building walls, our greatness comes from opportunity,” Obama said.
Trump, whose campaign slogan is “Make America Great Again,” has vowed to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico to stop illegal border crossings. He has also been criticized for making a series of disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants.
Besides the fact that he is a Republican, Kevin McCarthy has some other issues. One very big issue is, he cannot formulate a coherent sentence. How can you be Speaker of the House of Representatives when you can’t even… speak?
After doing some soul searching, Kevin McCarthy must have realized the irony of his ambition to be Speaker and decided against it. And he spoke his decision in this statement:
Ben Carson. That’s all you really have to say to convey the idea of a man who has mastered the art of putting his foot in his mouth.
Since announcing his intentions to run for President, the Republican candidate has been caught time and again trying to clarify his statements. From his religious test for Muslims being president to his well documented ideas about abortions and contraception, to his drones on the border statement, Carson is constantly trying to explain what he meant to say.
His most recent flare-up happened last week when he implied that the victims of the mass shooting in Oregon stood by waiting to be killed. If he was there, Carson said, he would kindly ask everyone to attack the shooter.
Carson went on Fox and was asked if he has a problem saying things that are more easily accepted.
The convo went something like this;
“It sounds — I understand what you are trying to say underneath — but the problem is the way it sometimes comes across,” Fox host MacCallum said. “It is something you run into time and time again with the comment on Muslims being President and, you know, some other things. So how do you deal with that part of the equation? Because you have to keep cleaning up these comments?”
“I don’t deal with it to be honest with you,” adding, “we’re living” in a divisive culture.
“But does it bother you that you spend time — you’re doing it again here right now — sort of saying here is what I meant to say,” MacCallum continued. “As a candidate, do you need to get better at saying what you mean?”
Carson replied;
“I don’t think so, actually. I think people know exactly what I am saying, and they know exactly what the media is trying to do. And I think they are smarter than that and they’re not going to be manipulated.”
“So, I’m not gonna change and become a — you know — a vanilla (sic) envelope that they can accept,” Carson continued. “They’re never going to accept me because I don’t believe in political correctness. I can twist myself in pretzels trying to fit into their box or be who I am. And we need people to stand up and talk what’s logical right now.”
No one is talking about Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Since announcing that he is running for president, Bobby Jindal has been left out of every single conversation about the presidency. So in an effort to be relevant, bobby Jindal is blaming the shooting in Oregon on abortion and single mothers.
In the post (which we saw via ThinkProgress), titled “We Fill Our Culture With Garbage, And We Reap The Result,” Jindal “speak[s] the truth” about our “cultural rot.” A cultural rot apparently wrought on us, not by the easy availability of deadly weapons, but by violent television, video games, abortion, and single mothers. It’s like Republican Bingo and Jindal just hit the jackpot.
Jindal writes:
“We devalue human life, we have no regard for the sanctity of human life in any regard, from the unborn, to the old, and to every single person in between, we devalue it and act as if we have almost no regard for humanity.”…
In the next polls, expect to see Jindal’s numbers right where they are now – between 1 and 2%. Although Republicans love to talk about abortions and love blaming single mothers for everything wrong with society, Bobby Jindal is clearly not
their messenger.
I also expect he’ll drop out of the race before December.
Natural disasters don’t care who you are or where you live. And when they happen, we should all come together and help each other.
But back in 2013 when hurricane Sandy crippled the east coast, South Carolina Senator and current Republican presidential candidate, Lindsey Graham, voted to deny federal help for those in need.
My oh my how times have changed. In an interview on CNN, Graham was asked about his apparent hypocrisy and why federal help is necessary for South Carolina and not New Jersey.
He had no answer but knew 100 percent that his state needed all the federal help they can get no matter the cost.
“Let’s just get through this thing, and whatever it costs, it costs,” Graham told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on The Situation Room.
Then the amnesia set in when he was asked about his vote to not help the people of New Jersey.
“I’m all for helping the people in New Jersey. I don’t really remember me voting that way,” Graham said.
Pressed further, he said: “Anyway, I don’t really recall that, but I’d be glad to look and tell you why I did vote no, if I did.”
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 16: (FILE PHOTO) Television personality Keith Olbermann visits "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" at Rockefeller Center on June 16, 2011 in New York City. According to reports March 30, 2012, Spitzer will be replacing Keith Olbermann as the host of Current TV's ''Viewpoint.'' (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Mediaite is reporting the possible return of Keith Olbermann to MSNBC, jump starting his “Countdown” program and using the 8pm time slot currently occupied by Chris Hayes. In an exclusive posting, Joe Concha at Mediaite states;
A well-placed source now informs me that a meeting has been set between Olbermann and Lack to discuss his return to the network and his old 8:00 PM slot. This arrangement was something that Mediaite’s Andrew Kirell first wrote about as a rumor in July; when asked for comment, a network executive with knowledge close to the situation tells me, “It is patently untrue.”
Said source indicates the impetus for the conversation is to jumpstart sagging ratings under Hayes, which despite an Emmy win this year has been a consistent drag on the rest of primetime since launching on April Fools Day in 2013. At one point this year in May, the show averaged only 74k in the demo, making it the worst performing MSNBC program at 8:00 PM since 2005. And given Olbermann is now a free agent after leaving ESPN again in July (Note: on good terms if the company’s farewell statement is any indication), he appears to be the only remedy for Lack.
MANCHESTER, NH - OCTOBER 5: Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a town hall event at Manchester Community College October 5, 2015 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Clinton discussed proposals to address gun violence in the United States. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
When the Republican House Majority Leader opened his mouth last week and admitted the only reason for the Benghazi Committee was to bring down Hillary Clinton’s approval numbers, he had no idea he was staring in an ad in support of Hillary Clinton.
In an interview on Fox News, Kevin McCarthy proclaimed, “Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her [poll] numbers today?”
And today, Clinton thanked the Republican, Kevin McCarthy, with this brand spanking new ad. I’m wondering how much Kevin got paid for this.
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