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Hillary Clinton in a new interview appeared to float a conspiracy theory that the Russians are “grooming” Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard to be a third-party candidate in 2020, while claiming 2016 Green Party nominee Jill Stein is "also" a Russian asset.

I'm sorry, what HAVEN'T they blamed the Russians for lately?

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“I'm not making any predictions but I think they've got their eye on somebody who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate,” Clinton said, in apparent reference to Gabbard. “She's the favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far.”

She then accused Stein, who ran against her and Donald Trump in 2016, of also being an asset of Russia: "That’s assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not because she’s also a Russian asset."

Wow. And their proof is...

Tulsi Gabbard is an antiwar Democrat, aaand

Jill Stein had the effrontery to run against Hill the Pill for the Presidential nomination.

Hell, Bernie Sanders is a self-avowed Socialist who ran against Hillary for the nomination. What is he, Josef Stalin's love child and the original Manchurian Candidate?

These people are just whaaaacked out.

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Tulsi responds:

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Great! Thank you @HillaryClinton. You, the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long, have finally come out from behind the curtain. From the day I announced my candidacy, there has been a ...

... concerted campaign to destroy my reputation. We wondered who was behind it and why. Now we know — it was always you, through your proxies and ...

... powerful allies in the corporate media and war machine, afraid of the threat I pose.

It’s now clear that this primary is between you and me. Don’t cowardly hide behind your proxies. Join the race directly.

LMAO - and the catfight is on!!

Remember how proud E Warren was about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ?

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...ity-of-cfpb-n2555013

The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider whether the creation of the watchdog Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by Congress in 2010 was unconstitutional, something the Trump administration and even the bureau’s director say they now believe.

Conservatives have long contended that the authority given to the bureau’s director violates the separation of powers. The CFPB, created in part by consumer advocates such as now-Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Congress have defended its independence.

But Solicitor General Noel J. Francisco, representing the Trump administration, told the Supreme Court in a brief last month that new director Kathleen Kraninger “has reconsidered that position.”

That view could find a receptive audience at the Supreme Court. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh took such a position in a similar case when he was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

The issue is that in creating the CFPB, Congress said it was protecting the bureau’s autonomy by giving the director a five-year term and allowing removal only for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” But the Constitution gives the president the power to remove top executive branch officials for any reason or no reason at all, the challengers say.

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that old pesky constitution again

And after all five debates, after all the headlines, after all the hooplah there is, as far as anyone can tell - no change.

http://www.yahoo.com/news/bide...ratic-221219227.html

No, I don't put much, if any, stock in polls, but Dems live and die by those things and will move heaven and earth to try to influence what the pollsters see. After all of that, not one of them managed to make the needle bounce to any significant degree or catch fire in any significant way.

Well, that's not strictly true. Tulsi Gabbard is winning the weekend headline war. I wonder if that'll boost her chances, Hill? After all, she not only gets to run against Trump like everyone else does, now she gets to run against you.

http://www.yahoo.com/news/hill...oming-100507555.html

And if no one is getting traction on their own, you what's going to happen, right? The same thing that's been happening from the beginning of the Dem primary election cycle - momentum goes to whoever gets the most attention for running against someone else!

No, Gabbard can't win that way. But Hill sure seems to have given Gabbard the keys to the kingdom when it comes to sucking up all of what little oxygen there is in the Democrat Party's room - and weakening whoever runs against Trump in the process.

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Originally posted by sdy:
Remember how proud E Warren was about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ?

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...ity-of-cfpb-n2555013

The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider whether the creation of the watchdog Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by Congress in 2010 was unconstitutional, something the Trump administration and even the bureau’s director say they now believe.

You mean the Democrat Shakedown Protection Bureau?

I hope they do shut that crap down and quick.

It's time once again for my favorite leftist, Jimmy Dore. Yes, Donald Trump is called a racist in this clip, and Joy Reid's face shows up, but fortunately, she doesn't say a word. Just watch. This is funny.

Ah, yes, if the social worker would just show them how to stack those records up on top and then move that little plastic swingarm into place so that when one record finishes another drops down on top of it.

You can hear so many incomplete thoughts come out of that guy's mouth that he can't help but be funny - in a truly sad, Seth MacFarlane sort of way.

But there's more here than the hilarity of a space cadet relying on the fact that he's got really nice capped teeth. I've finally figured out his secret weapon, besides all the back-room bosses' being so heavily invested in him. He starts an answer, goes just far enough to get into trouble, realizes he's in trouble, and starts in on a different answer - only to repeat the process all over again. By the time he's done that four or five times, no one can remember exactly what he said, so he figures he's both elided past and answered the question. At that point he seems to think he's earned the luxury of just shutting up and letting someone else get into trouble.

I hope he never gets out of the race. Hell, I hope he demands a recount whether he loses or not. The fact that he has been, and remains, the front runner is the most promising sign of a truly apocalyptic civil war in the Democrat Party that we could possibly hope for.

I heard where the RNC has decided to fund 10 more debates...

should be interesting

From the "Don't Throw Me In That Briar Patch" files -

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Julian Castro Threatens To Drop Out Of The Presidential Primary Over Lackluster Fundraising.
Lissandra Villa, TIME Magazine, Oct. 21, 2019

"If I can't raise $800,000 in the next 10 days - I will have no choice but to end my race for President," Castro said in an email to supporters. "The truth is, for our campaign, these debates have offered our only guaranteed opportunity to share my vision with the American people. If I can't make the next debate stage, we cannot sustain a campaign that can make it to Iowa in February."

full text at http://time.com/5706272/julian...ro-2020-fundraising/

IOW, the measure of whether or not someone qualifies for the next debate is how much money they manage to raise between debates. One sugar daddy can make someone a relevant donkey - funny how that works, isn't it?

On the other hand, the Castro twins are each perennial not-quite-qualifiers for any office that requires votes from outside San Antonio/Bexar County, Texas, so there was always going to be a "well, bye!" in Julian's future. Now if O'Rourke would just join him...

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Now if O'Rourke would just join him...

Oh no, we need Beto to stand strong; he needs to keep jabbering about taking everyone’s black rifles away and exposing the lefts agenda to disarm the country.

https://www.foxnews.com/politi...f_gCWfgEcRdbQ-uFTNNc

Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke drops out of 2020 presidential race

Well, I'm one for one. Now is Julian Castro would just join Beto...

He will, Castro’s brother”exposed” local donors to Trumps campaign in SA, unfortunately for him some of those same donors also donated to his campaign too, oooppss. One was a BBQ restaurant, after he “exposed” them , lines went around the block to get in there. You would think after the chick fil a episode they would figure it out.

Thank goodness Betos 15 minutes is finally over.

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Originally posted by kramden:
Thank goodness Betos 15 minutes is finally over.

Yeah, now maybe we Texans can forget that he's from here.

flashguy

A new entrant today! Yay!

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick Announces White House Run

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is making a late run for the Democratic presidential nomination, he announced Thursday in a video on his official website.

Patrick, a close friend and ally of former President Barack Obama, ruled out a presidential bid earlier this year but has since been talking with Democratic operatives and donors about launching a campaign.

His step into a crowded ring makes Patrick the 18th candidate in the 2020 Democratic race. It comes as some Democrats express uncertainty about the party’s current crop of contenders.

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...ces-white-house-run/

"....that old pesky constitution again. "

That is it in a nutshell! Thanks!

I am waiting for the moment in an interview, when the Democratic candidate is talking about all the taxes they are going to levy upon the rich, where the interviewer pauses and asks if they as an individual are willing to give up that significant amount of their income due to the taxes that they're proposing, given their financial status and income.

That is an answer I'd love to hear. I'm guessing they'll state their income is average, and I hope the interviewer would dig into their net worth, multiple homes, vehicles, etc.

Guess they knew they couldn't fund a long running campaign so they will try a Campaign Light by jumping in the last minute. Many of the major candidates are showing signs of financial collapse at this point.