The Patriot Post Digest 11-2-2018

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The Patriot Post Digest 11-2-2018
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The Patriot Post® · Mid-Day Digest

Nov. 2, 2018 · https://patriotpost.us/digests/59254-mid-day-digest

THE FOUNDATION

“To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients, by which the wealth of a nation may be promoted.” —Alexander Hamilton (1791)

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IN TODAY’S EDITION

Republicans have their closing argument: A roaring economy.
Trump is actually very “warm and consoling” in person, says rabbi.
Marsha Blackburn serves a model opposition ad in Tennessee.
If Democrats win, expect a renewed push for “free” college tuition.
Deregulation worked in 1978 for airlines, as we can still see today.
Ben & Jerry team up with anti-Semitic, anti-Trump resistance.
Daily Features: Top Headlines, Memes, Cartoons, Columnists, and Short Cuts.

IN BRIEF
Roaring Economy Is GOP’s Best Election Pitch1

Nate Jackson

If Republicans focus their closing argument this weekend on the roaring American economy, they’ll strengthen their chances of holding Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Today’s jobs report is a particularly strong one — 250,000 jobs added and a headline unemployment rate of 3.7%, the lowest since 1969. The fuller U-6 measure of unemployment dropped to a historically low 7.4%. MarketWatch reports2, “The increase in hiring last month was broad based — not a single major industry shed jobs.” And Investor’s Business Daily notes3, “Among blacks, the unemployment rate dropped from 8.3% [two years ago] to 6%, and among Hispanics it’s now 4.5%. It was 5.7% two years ago.”

There are more than seven million job openings, which is more than there are people looking for jobs. “Thirty-eight percent of all owners reported job openings they could not fill in the current period, equal to last month’s record high,” reports National Federation of Independent Business Chief Economist William Dunkelberg. That has put upward pressure on wages, which increased at a 3.1% annual rate — the best since 2009.

As President Donald Trump observed, “It’s the best unemployment numbers we have in 50 years. And that’s wonderful, but we actually need workers now. That’s a good thing to be saying because that hasn’t been said for many, many decades. And we want people to come in. You’ve all been reading about the immigration situation with the caravans and all, but the fact is, we want people coming into the country. We want them to come in legally.”

On a final note, consumer confidence once again hit an 18-year high4 this week. And what is the economy but a monetary measure of consumer confidence? When people perceive that things are good, that perception becomes reality.

How good is it? “Pretty much everything you could want in a monthly jobs report,” says … Joe Biden’s economic adviser, Jared Bernstein. Granted, he refuses to credit Trump, but still.

The bottom line: The extraordinary midterm record5 for Trump and congressional Republicans has the nation better off than we were two years go. Will voters reward the GOP with holding both houses, or has Democrats’ divisive rhetoric really made voters “tired of winning”?

https://patriotpost.us/articles/59251-roaring-economy-is-gops-best-election-pitch

Rabbi Debunks Leftmedia Anti-Trump Narrative6

Thomas Gallatin

Following the anti-Semitic attack7 on the Tree of Life synagogue last Saturday, which left 11 people dead, the Leftmedia worked to create a narrative that blamed President Donald Trump’s rhetoric for fostering the hatred that motivated the atrocity. In an interview8 with CNN’s Alisyn Camerota prior to Trump’s visiting the synagogue, Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Myers refused to badmouth the president, insisting, “The president of the United States is always welcome. I’m a citizen; he is my president. He is certainly welcome.”

On Tuesday, amid a crowd of protesters, Trump and his family visited9 the Tree of Life synagogue, where he spoke privately with Rabbi Myers and offered his condolences. Following Trump’s visit, Myers was again interviewed by CNN’s Camerota, who renewed her negative narrative against the president. But once again the good rabbi refused, saying that he was “pleasantly surprised” by Trump’s warmth.

Myer further related, “I was privileged to have a private 15 or 20 minutes with the [Trump] family. The president was very warm, very consoling. He put his hand on my shoulder and the first question he asked me was, ‘Rabbi, tell me — how are you doing?’ And I must say throughout the time we spent together, I was pleasantly surprised by a warm and personal side to the president that I don’t think America has ever seen.”

Actually, the rabbi’s personal experience with Trump has been affirmed by many others. As Mark Alexander noted in 201610, “[Trump] is an interesting case study. On a personal level, those we know who are closest to him say that he is very personable and fair, that he demonstrates integrity and humility, and that he treats people with dignity and respect.” In a conversation Alexander had with a longtime friend who managed Trump’s personal security team prior to his nomination, he was told that, despite all of Trump’s brazen, brash bravado in public — his “New Yorker” side — he was universally admired by those on his staff as generous, kind, and fair to those around him, and that his personal interactions with guests were warm and accommodating. Yes, that is the polar opposite of his brawling public persona, but it’s still vintage Trump.

Even exiting Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), who often bumped heads with Trump, confirmed this week that when visiting with Trump at the White House or other venues, he was very personal and hospitable. It’s too bad more of that Trump doesn’t come through in his public comments and interactions.

https://patriotpost.us/articles/59250-rabbi-debunks-leftmedia-anti-trump-narrative

Blackburn’s Best Opposition Ad Yet11

Mark Alexander

One U.S. Senate race receiving a lot of national attention is that of Rep. Marsha Blackburn12, who is seeking the seat being vacated by Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN). That is because, according to the Leftmedia13 pollaganda machine, she has been trailing her opponent, the aging and infirm former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, in a state Donald Trump14 carried by 25 points.

Though Bredesen was originally considered a sacrificial lamb, a placeholder but not competitive, that shifted earlier this year for several reasons.

First would be that the Democrats’15 national strategy is “HATE TRUMP16,” and Bredesen has received enormous support from out-of-state leftists, including $3.5 million in ad support from Demo Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and big-dollar support from New York leftist Michael Bloomberg. Second, opposition from some wealthy establishment Republican elitists who don’t like Blackburn’s alignment with Trump (or more likely have problems with strong women) has helped turn Bredesen into a viable competitor. Last, even retiring Sen. Corker, who last year got into a distasteful spat with Trump17, has offered tepid support for Blackburn, saying only that he will vote for her and has maxed out his donations to her campaign.