DNC Last Day and More False Information

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PHILADELPHIA — On the night Hillary Clinton accepted her party’s nomination for president, Clinton and other Democrats played loose with some facts:

• Clinton misrepresented Donald Trump’s “I alone can fix it” line, suggesting he said he could fix everything by himself. Trump was referring to a “rigged” system, and went on to talk about working with others.
• Clinton said that “we’re going to pay for every single one” of the initiatives she has proposed. We can’t predict the future, but a nonpartisan analysis found her proposals would add to the national debt.
• Clinton said “90 percent” of income gains “have gone to the top 1 percent.” But that is an outdated figure. It’s now 52 percent.
• Clinton said 15 million private-sector jobs have been created since President Obama took office. The actual number is 10.5 million, and it’s less — 10.1 million — when accounting for the loss of 460,000 public jobs.
• Clinton rejected Trump’s border security proposal, saying, “We will not build a wall.” As a senator, however, Clinton voted for and supported legislation to add more fencing along the southern border.
• House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi cited the “91 Americans who are killed by gun violence each day,” urging Congress to “keep guns out of the hands of criminals and terrorists.” However, nearly 58 of those daily gun deaths are suicides — not criminal homicides.
• Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney twisted Pay Pal co-founder Peter Thiel’s words, claiming Thiel at the GOP convention had called “equality” a “distraction.” Thiel was talking about the debate over bathroom access, not equality in general.
• Rep. Joaquin Castro said Trump “defended” World War II internment camps. Trump cited the camps as a legal precedent for his proposal to ban all Muslim travel to the U.S. But he stopped short of defending internment camps.

Democrats Fight Voter ID - Need ID for Delegates?

The Democrats have been fighting Voter ID.  Saying it is discriminatory and violates Civil Rights.

Well look at the sign at their very own Convention!  Are They Discriminatory and violating Civil Rights!

Hillary and Tim Kaine? Hmmmm

Another Day at the DNC and More False Facts

MSN again Fact Checked the Speakers from last nights convention and made a list of things that weren't quite how the speakers said they were.

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PHILADELPHIA — The president headlined the night’s speeches, and a few of his boasts of his record headline our fact-checking report:

• President Barack Obama claimed that under his administration, “we finally began to wean ourselves off foreign oil,” but dependency on imported oil had begun to drop years before he took office.
• The president repeated a frequent boast that the U.S. “doubled our production of clean energy” during his tenure. Monthly renewable energy production has gone up 40 percent.
• Obama said deficits have “come down” under his administration. That’s true, but they are expected to rise again soon under his proposed budget.
• Vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine falsely referred to economist Mark Zandi as “John McCain’s chief economic adviser during the ’08 race,” in touting an estimate of job loss under Donald Trump’s proposals. In fact, Zandi is a Democrat.
• Rev. Jesse Jackson wrongly said “we have not lost a single job, a single month” since Obama became president, and he was also off in saying the U.S. trades “more with Mexico than we do with China.”
• Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta falsely claimed that Trump “says he gets his foreign policy experience from … running the Miss Universe pageant.” Trump didn’t say that was his foreign policy experience.
• Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid claimed that the GOP ticket wanted to “gamble” Social Security “in the stock market.” But Trump’s campaign has called for making no changes to Social Security.
• Kaine claimed that Trump said he “wants to abandon” our NATO allies. Trump has said that he doesn’t want the U.S. to leave NATO, but has suggested he would not automatically defend NATO allies that do not pay their share of defense costs.

Obamacare Collapse Happening Now

The Obama and the DNC may have more troubled waters ahead as this election kicks into high gear.

Not only do they have a Candidate that is in trouble legally, morally and ethically, they have the promised fallout of yet to be released emails about the Clinton Foundation.  They also have the complete collapse of Obamacare.

The last remaining Obamacare Exchanges are on the verge of complete collapse. 

Everyone knew that Obamacare was not going to work.  Nobody!  Yet the Democrats decided that they would ignore everyone and pass it anyway.  They did it completely on a party line vote.

Now Billions of Dollars later and we have a system that has only made insurance more expensive and is on the verge of total collapse.  It will cost more and more and more money from us taxpayers to keep it going.  Not only will they have to raise our taxes to keep it going, it is going to cost us more for insurance.  So we are going to be paying twice.  Nice system they have!!!  Leave it to Politicians and no brain supporters to think this was a good idea.

Another Day at the DNC and More Mis-Information

MSN again Fact Checked the information being put forth at the DNC and here is what they said:

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PHILADELPHIA — On a night headlined by President Bill Clinton’s admiration for his wife — the now official Democratic nominee — there was a less-than-glowing treatment of some facts.

• Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean claimed that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s “whole” health care plan was to replace the Affordable Care Act with “quote, ‘Something so much better.'” In fact, Trump has released a seven-point health care plan
• Bill Clinton said that the United States’ approval rating soared 20 percentage points during the time that Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. But analyses of the U.S.’s global ratings don’t support such a claim.
• Former Attorney General Eric Holder said “1 in 3 black men will be incarcerated in their lifetimes,” an outdated projection based on the incarceration rate for black males as of 2001. That rate has declined since then.
• Bill Clinton said that Arkansas schools went from “worst” when he started as governor to one of two “most improved,” and he gave Hillary Clinton much of the credit. The record is mixed: An expert did say in 1992 that the state had made progress, but the New York Times reported then that the state was “still near the bottom in most national ratings.”
• Sen. Barbara Boxer repeated a convention talking point, claiming that Trump said that “wages are too high.” He was talking about a $15 minimum wage being too high.
• Dean said that GOP vice presidential candidate Mike Pence “voted to end Medicare as we know it.” Pence did vote for a budget plan that called for a major change to Medicare, but it would have retained a health insurance system for seniors.

Bernie Sanders Statement about Hillary/Supreme Court Very Scary

Sen. Bernie Sanders said last night during his speech that if Hillary Wins she will put up Supreme Court Justices that will overturn Citizens United.

This would be a very dangerous thing for any Supreme Court to do.  It has always been the practice of the Court to abide by the decisions of the previous Supreme Court.  If you set a precedent of overturning those decisions the Country will be sent into Chaos.

Sure the Democrats might think it is a good idea as may many citizens, however you better be thinking of the big picture before you support this.

Why do you think Roe v Wade has been the law of the land for so long?  The court has been Conservative for quite some time and that decision has never been overturned.  Actually the court has used that decision to uphold attempts by conservatives to clamp down on abortion rights.  The exact same can be said for Gay Rights.  If the court sets precedent by overturning a previous decision then that opens the door for every court going forward.  Gay Marriage can be legal today and the next time the court turns over it is illegal, Abortion is legal today, but the court changes and it is illegal.  Our laws would be chaos and ever changing based on the makeup of the court.

This would be a very bad precedent for them to set.  Lets hope the short sighted politicians don't get their way.

Bernie Sanders and the Dems Got their Facts Wrong

I love watching these Conventions.  I love to hear the rhetoric and the false information that the speakers give out.  MSN.com has some Fact Checking on last nights DNC.

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• Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey said Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “would cut taxes for the richest Americans at the expense of the middle class.” But all income levels would get some tax relief under Trump’s plan.
• Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy wrongly claimed that Mike Pence, the GOP vice presidential nominee, “signed a law that would have forced women to hold funerals for fetuses.” The law said aborted or miscarried fetuses “must be cremated or interred” by the hospital or abortion facility.
• Sen. Bernie Sanders said Hillary Clinton “will guarantee” free tuition at public colleges or universities for families with annual incomes of $125,000 or less. But free tuition is not guaranteed. States must put up matching funds for the students to receive free tuition.
• Sens. Casey and Kirsten Gillibrand both claimed that Trump had said that wages are “too high.” Trump was specifically talking about a $15 minimum wage when he made that comment, not wages overall.
• Sanders said the “top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent,” a statistic that has been questioned by economists at the Federal Reserve Board.
• Sanders also said the “top 1 percent in recent years has earned 85 percent of all new income,” but economists whose work Sanders has cited put the figure at 52 percent for 1993 to 2015.
• Rep. Joe Kennedy III said Americans’ wages “have not budged in 40 years,” and Sen. Elizabeth Warren said wages were “flat.” Wages plunged in the 1970s and 1980s, and more recently have showed strong growth.

American People are Fed Up with Politics

I think the Political Revolution that you see going on in this Country is amazing.  The sad thing is that some people just don't seem to get it.

The RNC just had their Convention and the longtime leaders and talking heads of the party were finally put in their place by the smarter leaders coming out and putting their foot down.  For months at the beginning of the Primary Season everyone laughed at Trump.  With names like Bush, Kasich, Rubio, Carson, Christie, Fiorina, Santorum, Paul, Huckabee, Walker, Graham, Jindal, Perry and Cruz.  Walker, Christie, Bush, Rubio and Kasich were the Republican Big Hitters.  Cruz had caused so many problems in the party they weren't supporting him.  Trump, well, ha ha ha, what is he doing running.  They didn't understand that the Country is fed up with the system, fed up with the old beliefs and fed up with them telling us who needs to lead the Country.  Quickly it became clear that the American People would have a say in this election.  Trump started winning as did Cruz.  The old face of the party was changing.  They even through their support behind Cruz figuring he was better than Trump.  The American People again said No.  Trump won decisively in the Primary.  Yet the Good ol boys weren't done.  They wanted a contested convention.  They bashed the Nominee and pushed for the Party to over rule the American People.  Trump doesn't have our values they said.  Trump isn't against the LGBTQ community.  Trump isn't against Abortion.  Trump isn't us.  They were right of course, and that is why he won.  The American People agree with Trump.  The smart Republican Leadership have recognized this.  Paul Ryan, Newt Gingrich, Chris Christie, Ben Carson, Allen West, Scott Walker, Reince Priebus and many others have stepped in and said support the Nominee.  No contested Convention.  There have been bumps in the road, but they seem to get it and the GOP will be stronger because of it.

The DNC on the other hand has yet to get it.  They saw Hillary Clinton become the choice of the establishment.  They were ready to hand her the Nomination without any Primaries.  They scoffed that someone like Bernie Sanders was going to challenge her.  Not only did Bernie Challenge her, but he showed the glaring issues within the Democratic Nominating system.  How the system basically handed the nomination to Hillary before the voting ever started.  States that Bernie won gave more delegates to Clinton.  Super Delegates that could vote for whomever already pledged to Clinton.  Emails leaked that show the National Committee was backing Clinton and going against Sanders.  There has been multiple reports of vote rigging and votes not being counted.  The Establishment hasn't gotten it yet.  They still think they no better than the American Voters what is best for them. 

This Revolution is the best thing that can happen for the Country.  Lets hope that it continues through the November Elections and we start seeing real change in the Political Landscape on Both Sides and in Washington.

Still Believe the DNC Primary Wasn't Rigged?

With the big release of emails by Wikileaks, I think it clearly shows a pattern by the DNC and the Chair of the party to work behind the scenes to make Hillary Clinton the Nominee.

The emails clearly show the attempt to damage Bernie Sanders while building up Hillary Clinton.

Now let's see how this all plays out at the Convention and come November.  For all the stuff I read about the GOP and it's mess, I have to say that the DNC is a much bigger mess.  Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump both were 100% correct when they called the system rigged.