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The Patriot Post Digest 7-3-2017
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Two of these congressional races must be noted. First, in Montana, the GOP candidate to replace Ryan Zinke was charged with misdemeanor assault of a reporter the evening before voters went to the polls. Despite his popular folksy Democrat rival looking to benefit from a nationwide flurry of horrible press for manhandling a member of the “fake media,” Greg Gianforte won — maybe because he manhandled the media. Not only did Trump not cost Republicans a seat, but the accepted belief that media is the problem worked in favor of a fed-up Gianforte, who was pressed with a hail of questions about the GOP health care proposal. Montanans chose that over the whole state being represented by Nancy Pelosi’s values.
In Georgia’s 6th congressional district, a peach of a race shaped up with historic fundraising. Democrat nominee Jon Ossoff, who hadn’t found it necessary to yet live in the district he sought to represent, couldn’t vote for himself, nor could most of his California donors and big money coming from Planned Parenthood. When records show that of the almost $24 million raised by the Democrat, nine times more contributions came from California than within Georgia, Karen Handel, the GOP candidate was accurately able to state, “He’s raised millions outside of Georgia from Nancy Pelosi and outsiders who just don’t share our priorities. My opponent doesn’t live here [and] doesn’t share our values.” Ossoff and Pelosi lost to Handel23.
In short, Pelosi’s unabashed hard-left stances based on sensationalized information are rejected, as were Barack Obama’s. But Nancy gets a little extra help in her public disapproval due to some of her antics. Let’s walk down memory lane.
Who can forget the oldie but goodie during the cram-down-our-throats passage of the insultingly name “Affordable” Care Act? Then-House Speaker Pelosi declared24, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” Or what about her later declaration that “I believe the [Republican-controlled] House of Representatives, at this time, is an unsafe place for children and other living things”? In December 2016, the California congresswoman whose worth is estimated at $100 million avowed, “I don’t think people want a new direction. Our values unify us and our values are about supporting America’s working families.”
Another favorite videoed moment of Pelosi was in January 2017, just days after Trump’s inauguration. Democrats marched in protest of Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban,” which merely called for a temporary pause in travel from nations Barack Obama identified as being of risk. Oh, the theatrics as the anti-Trump crowd watched Rep. Andre Carson of Indiana trotted out to the microphone to challenge Trump’s move. The hot mic picked up Pelosi feeding lines to him: “Tell them you’re a Muslim. Tell them you’re a Muslim.”
So, as Pelosi provides reliable ammunition for Republicans — and no, the use of this metaphor is not a call to arms or violence — why does she remain as the face of the Democrats?
It’s simple, really. The 77-year-old, first elected to Congress in 1993, is a fundraising powerhouse on the Left. Since rising to House leadership for Democrats in 2002, she is credited with raising almost $568 million for leftist candidates. Perhaps it’s no wonder the Democrat Caucus has moved so hard-left. Furthermore, as noted in the June 27 CNN analysis declaring “Nancy Pelosi Can’t Be Beaten,” you can’t beat anybody with nobody. The shallow pool of candidates who might oppose Pelosi’s leadership are not viewed as credible — there are no young guns in the wings who pose a threat.
Pelosi’s unpopularity is no recent development. Back in 2013, Gallup showed she earned the distinction of being the most unpopular congressional leader. Just over the last eight weeks in 11 House districts that are targeted by Democrats for 2018, Pelosi’s job favorability didn’t surpass 37.2%.
Democrats may want a new face of their party, but their blindness to the authentic issues facing working Americans has been exposed. Republicans have much work to do in the House (and Senate) to capitalize on what’s become a gaping hole in Democrat armor — the obstinacy of the hard-Left. Thank you, Madame Pelosi.
MORE ANALYSIS FROM THE PATRIOT POST
A Death Panel by Any Other Name…25 — An infant in England is suffering and socialized medicine won’t fix it. In fact, doctors want him to die.
Judge Blocks New California Gun-Control Law26 — A temporary injunction on a law that unconstitutionally limits and criminalizes standard-capacity firearm magazines.
‘The Resistance’ Tries to Foil Voter Fraud Probe27 — Despite growing concern over the rampancy of voter fraud, some states won’t partake of the investigation.
BEST OF RIGHT OPINION
Jeff Jacoby: When I Ride the T, I Miss My Auto-nomy28
George Will: The Scars of Our Nation’s Violent Birth29
Michael Goodwin: The 2016 Election and the Demise of Journalistic Standards30
For more, visit Right Opinion31.
OPINION IN BRIEF
Jeff Jacoby: “The festival of American independence is a good moment to give thanks for the immense changes wrought in our society by mass car ownership. Starting with cleanliness: At the turn of the 20th century, when people mostly relied on horses to get around, American cities were vast equine cesspools. ‘In New York City alone,’ the historian David Kyvig wrote in his history of the years between the world wars, ‘15,000 horses dropped dead on the streets, while those that lived deposited 2.5 million pounds of manure and 60,000 gallons of urine on the streets every day.’ Automobiles made Americans far freer and wealthier than they would have been without them. They brought knowledge, experience, and natural beauty within reach of innumerable men and women of modest means. They ended the desperate isolation and loneliness of rural life, gave rise to the consumer paradise of modern retailing, and made it possible for upward strivers to escape tenement life and own a home of their own in the suburbs. One last word before this Fourth of July, courtesy of a splendid 2010 Dodge Challenger commercial: ‘There’s a couple of things America got right: cars and freedom.’ George Washington couldn’t have said it better.”
SHORT CUTS
The Gipper: “Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15.”
The BIG Lie: “Oh come on. Jesus would have made the cake.” —Joy Behar lecturing Jack Phillips, a baker in Colorado whose religious liberty case the Supreme Court is going to review
Missing the forest for the trees: “Republicans talk a lot about freedom and choice. But you cannot truly be free if you can’t afford health care or food or medicine.” —Bernie Sanders
Braying Jackass: “If we don’t stand up for tolerance and moderation and respect for others, if we begin to doubt ourselves and all that we have accomplished, then much of the progress that we have made will not continue. What we will see is more and more people arguing against democracy. We will see more and more people who are looking to restrict freedom of the press, and we’ll see more intolerance, more tribal divisions, more ethnic divisions, and religious divisions and more violence.” —Barack Obama, who fomented all of the divisions he decries
Does “American leadership” include circumventing Congress? “In Paris, we came together around the most ambitious agreement in history to fight climate change. … An agreement that even with the temporary absence of American leadership will still give our children a fighting chance.” —Barack Obama
Braying Jenny: “Women are outraged and fed up with this President. Impeachment isn’t enough. Should we explore exile?” —Maxine Waters
Non Compos Mentis: “The 25th Amendment is utilized when a president is perceived to be incompetent or unable to do his or her job.” —Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
And last… “The Dems are going to somehow stumble into repealing the 22nd Amendment and Trump is going to be president forever.” —Frank Fleming
Semper Vigilans Fortis Paratus et Fidelis
Managing Editor Nate Jackson
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