Normal Tendencies

Earthbound
Much of the early campaign was about allowing Mrs. Clinton to exist in a safe political space, bringing one of the world’s most famous political faces back down to earth from her days as secretary of state so that voters could forge a bond with her. But over the weekend, a half-dozen protesters created an unpredictable environment for Mrs. Clinton as she marched in a parade in northern New Hampshire. At the same time, her aides sought to give her a buffer so that voters could see her, separating journalists with a rope, creating a series of viral photos that ricocheted through Twitter. (New York Times, 7/7/2015)

Apparently the most powerful woman in the world is really a battered girl-child who needs safe spaces and a calm environment. How is that going to work out for America and the world when Putin starts threatening Poland?


Clearly
Mr. Obama’s daybook is clear as far as the eye can see, save for a briefing Monday afternoon with military commanders at the Pentagon and a meeting on Tuesday with the head of Vietnam’s Communist Party. (New York Times, 7/7/2015)

We're betting that he'll find the time to squeeze in a quick eighteen holes.


Lowdown
The Obama administration on Tuesday will announce an initiative to help low- and middle-income Americans gain access to solar energy, part of a series of steps President Obama is taking to tackle climate change, according to administration officials. (New York Times, 7/7/2015)

Because what the poor want more than anything else in the world are solar panels. No doubt you hear it all the time. Give us solar panels! How come only the rich get solar panels?


Lawyers in Love
Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was sentenced to death for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing, filed a preliminary motion Monday for a new trial.

The filing in Federal District Court was a procedural motion, described by the lawyers as merely a “place holder,” but it was a prelude to an appellate process that is expected to drag on for years.

“A new trial is required in the interests of justice,” wrote Mr. Tsarnaev’s lawyers, who include the death penalty expert Judy Clarke. (New York Times, 7/7/2015)

"Drag on..." "Interests of justice..." Where to begin?

Stephanopoulos: "I did it...for the children"

Richly
Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband made at least $30 million over the last 16 months, mainly from giving paid speeches to corporations, banks and other organizations, according to financial disclosure forms filed with federal elections officials on Friday. (New York Times, 5/16/2015)

This will pose absolutely no problem for Hillary Clinton. Rich Democrats are just fine. John Kerry can run for president and the Liberal Media will never discuss his wealth - not even the fact that he married into it. But Mitt Romney's wealth was THE story of the last election. By the way, we note that Romney's former employer, Bain Capital, hired former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, President Obama's bestest buddy. Now why didn't we hear more about that?


Bagged
Across the country, law enforcement agencies long accustomed to seizures of bagged, smokable marijuana are now wrestling with a surge in marijuana-infused snacks and confections transported illegally across state lines for resale.

Pot edibles, as they are called, can be much easier to smuggle than marijuana buds: They may resemble candy or home-baked goodies, and often have no telltale smell. And few police officers are trained to think of gummy bears, mints or neon-colored drinks as potential dope.

Some experts worry that smuggled pot edibles will appeal to many consumers, particularly adolescents, who are ill prepared for the deceptively slow high. Impatient novices can easily eat too much too fast, suffering anxiety attacks and symptoms resembling psychosis. Already, young children have eaten laced sweets left within reach. (New York Times, 5/17/2015)

Coming soon to Vermont!

Progressives here are now thinking to themselves: just think of the revenue we can raise via taxes on edible marijuana!


Person of the Day
Peggy Fahey, a lifelong Bostonian who was sipping coffee on a park bench in South Boston early Saturday, said she believed that Mr. Tsarnaev had been treated too gently since his arrest and that death was what he irrefutably deserved.

“Oh, please, let him die. Enough is enough,” said Ms. Fahey, 78, her blue eyes blazing. “Why send him to a fancy prison out there in Colorado and let him be coddled again and let him be interviewed by Diane Sawyer — you know what I mean? Just be done with it.” (New York Times, 5/17/2015)

Peggy Fahey is our Person of the Day. She receives a free one year subscription to RedStateVT!


Great Moments in Liberal Journalism
In 2007, in public, he ( George Stephanopoulos)  asked Clinton if he might someday be remembered as “a philanthropist who happened to be president. You OK with that?”

Well, I suppose it’s better than being remembered as an accused rapist who happened to be president. (Howie Carr, Bostonherald.com, 517/2015)

Heartfelt thanks to the wonderful Howie Carr for reminding us of this moment of pure obsequiousness from ABC's unbiased and impartial newsman. 

Clinton Crime Family Foundation Claims Another Victim!

George Stephanopoulos’s Gifts to Clinton Foundation Reinforce G.O.P. Doubts 
Even after more than a decade as an analyst, anchor and public face for ABC News, George Stephanopoulos has never been able to shake the image that many Republicans have of him: Clinton hatchet man. (New York Times, 5/15/2015)

Only Liberals and the New York Times can turn a story about blatant journalistic bias into a story about Republicans. Stephanopoulos admits his error in giving $25,000 a year for three years to the Clinton Crime Family Foundation.*

That sounds like three mistakes to us not one!

ABC News and the Mainstream Liberal Media are standing by Georgie. 

Why? 

Well Brian Williams has already been disgraced and sent out to pasture. If objectivity were the rule of law, Georgie would have to go also; his crime is worse. But Liberals simply cannot have another Liberal journalist fall. It would lend truth to what conservatives have been saying for years about the media. Can't have that. 

Georgie stays. 

* credit to Rush Limbaugh


School Daze
A federal jury on Friday condemned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a failed college student, to death for setting off bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured hundreds more in the worst terrorist attack on American soil since Sept. 11, 2001. (New York Times, 5/15/2015)

"A failed college student?"

Are we the only ones scratching our head over this characterization? What is the New York Socialist Times trying to convey to us? Probably something like...."Tsarnaev is a product of our dysfunctional education system. If only Republicans would agree to increase education spending." 

This is beyond ludicrous. The New York Times has lost its marbles. 


Risky Business
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been spending at least $6 billion a year in violation of federal contracting rules to pay for medical care and supplies, wasting taxpayer money and putting veterans at risk, according to an internal memo written by the agency’s senior official for procurement. (Washington Post, 5/14/2015)

And who was in charge of Senate oversight of the VA until just recently? Why it was Colonel Bernie Sanders, the Left's socialist hero and now presidential candidate. Maybe George Stephanopoulos will ask him about that. 

Just kidding! 

George Stephanopoulos will not ask him about it. George Stephanopolous will, however, ask Ted Cruz about his position on contraceptives. 

Sanders to run for president! America to get another crackpot candidate from Vermont

Outed
Ian Reisner, one of the two gay hoteliers facing boycott calls for hosting an event for Senator Ted Cruz, who is adamantly opposed to same-sex marriage, apologized to the gay community for showing “poor judgment.”

Mr. Reisner put the apology on Facebook, where a page calling for a boycott of his properties, the gay-friendly OUT NYC hotel and his Fire Island Pines holdings, had gotten more than 8,200 “likes” by Sunday evening. (New York Times, 4/27/2015)

Gay Rules:
--A flower shop run by conservative Christians cannot refuse to service a gay wedding. 
--A gay couple cannot host a Republican presidential candidate. 

The Gay Mafia strikes again!


Worse Than
These include Mr. Tsarnaev’s youth, since he was 19 at the time of the bombings; his rootless family and the powerful influence of Tamerlan, who was killed during a shootout with the police; and the idea that a lifetime spent at the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colo., which is known as ADX and is the nation’s toughest federal prison, would be hellish and perhaps worse than death. (New York Times, 4/27/2015)

Let's see, in prison Tsarnaev would get access to the library, Muslim cuisine, television, GED courses, etc. 

No, we think death is worse. Let's go with death.


Harmful
Months after President Obama formally declared that the United States’ long war against the Taliban was over in Afghanistan, the American military is regularly conducting airstrikes against low-level insurgent forces and sending Special Operations troops directly into harm’s way under the guise of “training and advising.” (New York Times, 4/29/2015)

This is the way it is with Obama and other Liberals. They will slander Bush and Cheney, secretly adopt the same policies and then lie about it. 

Hillary Clinton: Vote for me for president because I am a woman

Disrepair
In response, President Obama is calling for an end to such therapies aimed at “repairing” gay, lesbian and transgender youth. His decision on the issue is the latest example of his continuing embrace of gay rights. (New York Times, 4/9/2015)

Obama continues to focus on the issues that a majority of Americans agree are the most important ones facing the country. Gays, lesbians and transgendered people (is that the one where guys dress up in ladies clothes?) now make up 48% of the population. Experts predict that within five years they will be a majority.


Detour
The federal investigation into the lane closings at the George Washington Bridge appears to be coming to a head, with an announcement of indictments as early as next week.
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Mr. Christie’s political ambitions wait on Mr. Fishman. As the investigation has dragged on, the governor has pushed past the dates he set for a decision on whether to run for president in 2016. (New York Times, 4/9/2015)

Fortunately for Hillary Clinton, no investigations will impede her upcoming run for president. Not Benghazi. Not shady donations to the Clinton foundation. Not deleted e-mails. Not Bill's sleazy pedophilia friend. It's clear sailing.


Reality Show
But the reality of modern Democrat foreign policy is—Speak softly and claim to carry a big stick, which you have no intention of ever using. (Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal, 4/9/2015)

The real Obama Doctrine.


Lifeless
Confessed murderer Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will now be the one pleading for his life after a federal jury took just 11 hours to find him guilty of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and aftermath that left four dead and 260 maimed and injured.

In a silent courtroom, a clerk read aloud the verdict finding Tsarnaev, 21, guilty of all 30 counts including conspiracy, use of a weapon of mass destruction and the murders of restaurant manager Krystle Marie Campbell, 29, Boston University graduate student Lingzi Lu, 23, and Martin Richard, 8 at the marathon finish line, as well as MIT Police Officer Sean Collier three days later. (BostonHerald.com, 4/8/2015)

Are we the only ones who recall that Dzhokhar ran over his wounded brother, killing him, while trying to escape from the police? Why wasn't he charged with THAT murder also? And when will this Muslim on Muslim violence stop?