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Home Front: Politix
Unwell Hillary Clinton Needs HELP Up Stairs (PHOTO)
[FireAndreaMitchell] Now I know why Hillary Clinton picked creepy Tim Kaine. She needs him help her get up a few stairs. This is how unwell Hillary Clinton is. She can't even walk up two or three steps on her own anymore.

Not only is Hillary Clinton mentally unstable to serve as president, she's apprently also falling apart in physical health too. She can't climb up a few stairs, she has that herpes thing on her tongue, she "short circuits" and has seizures and forgets who her husband is. Hillary Clinton is more suited for the retirement home than the White House. All that boozing has really crippled old bag Hillary.

Even the 74 year old Communist who Clinton had to beat with a rigged primary is in better physical shape than unwell Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 08/07/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I like the fact that she dresses like one of those alien VIPs that the Star Ship Enterprise had to take to meaningless Federation conferences.
Posted by: lord garth || 08/07/2016 0:09 Comments || Top||

#2  "If you can't say anything nice, come over and sit by me."
Kind of like possum with a corn cop jammed up its ass.
Posted by: Chaith Oppressor of the Lutherans1517 || 08/07/2016 0:13 Comments || Top||

#3  "and forgets who her husband is"

You can't really blame her for this...
Posted by: European Conservative || 08/07/2016 1:46 Comments || Top||

#4  Good video on her health issues
Posted by: phil_b || 08/07/2016 1:54 Comments || Top||

#5  I recommend buying a dog, visiting Warm Springs often. She'll probably be re-elected several times.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/07/2016 3:11 Comments || Top||

#6  To be fair, Bill forgets who his wife is too.
Posted by: Pliny Glons2836 || 08/07/2016 5:31 Comments || Top||

#7  She is a pathological liar. She does seem to be in a Donk protective bubble that insulates her from people. The Donks don't seem to want to run the risk of exposing voters to the real Hillary. When was the last time she gave a real press conference? Moreover, she is just not a nice person--hateful (and perhaps dangerous to) of anyone she perceives to cross her.
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/07/2016 7:27 Comments || Top||

#8  hateful (and perhaps dangerous to) of anyone she perceives to cross her.

"In fact, 46 people who were close to the Clintons have died during their 3 decades of political power. That number should give us all pause. If Hillary Clinton was a Republican, that number would be the question asked by reporters every day."

"Now, the latest to be added to the list, maintained by WhatReallyHappened.com, is Walter Scheib. He was hired by the Clinton White House to work as a Chef, and continued to serve the Bush administration. Interestingly, he was reported missing during a hike, and his body was found almost 2 miles away at the bottom of a river. No cause of death has ever been made, but the death date is listed as June 13, 2015.


Posted by: Besoeker || 08/07/2016 7:34 Comments || Top||

#9  Shawn Lucas, John Ashe, and Seth Rich should maybe be added to the list.
Posted by: Thor Lumumba3940 || 08/07/2016 14:59 Comments || Top||

#10  Justice. The very secret service she used to give hell, she has to have them help her walk now.
Posted by: Percy McCoy7690 || 08/07/2016 16:47 Comments || Top||

#11  A friend just gave me Gary J. Byrne's new book 'Crisis of Character.'

I'll probably start reading it tonight.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/07/2016 16:50 Comments || Top||

#12  PG2836, gonna have to put a reflector belt on, dang good.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/07/2016 17:27 Comments || Top||

#13  Will Hillary be doing the remake of this commercial?
Posted by: Raj || 08/07/2016 18:25 Comments || Top||

#14  Good stuff Raj.
Posted by: regular joe || 08/07/2016 19:59 Comments || Top||

#15  No Raj, but I'm afraid America will collectively make it for real...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 08/07/2016 20:31 Comments || Top||

#16  Mr. B. Nice dawg and large, note his position, I think that settee had wheels. The press wasn't that much different then, they were pretty much in the tank for FDR
Posted by: Shipman || 08/07/2016 22:45 Comments || Top||


Clinton’s lead over Trump narrows to less than three points
[Dhaka Tribune] Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as The Heroine of Tuzla and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Bainbridge Colby ...
’s lead over Republican rival Donald Trump narrowed to less than 3 percentage points, according to a Rooters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday, down from nearly eight points on Monday.

About 42% of likely voters favored Clinton, to Trump’s 39%, according to the July 31-August 4 online poll of 1,154 likely voters.

The poll had a credibility interval of plus or minus 3 percentage points, meaning that the results suggest the race is roughly even.

Among registered voters over the same period, Clinton held a lead of five percentage points, down from eight percentage points on Monday, according to the poll.

The reasons behind the shift were unclear.

Clinton had pulled well ahead of Trump on the heels of the Democratic National Convention last week, where she became the first woman to accept the US presidential nomination from a major political party.
Posted by: Fred || 08/07/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "The reasons behind the shift were unclear."

Bad polling. People don't change their opinions like that. I think most polls at this point are bogus. This is a totally unpredictable race and phoning up 500 people for the next "poll" won't change that.
Posted by: European Conservative || 08/07/2016 1:53 Comments || Top||

#2  Whenever anybody calls my home asking me to participate in a survey or a poll or anything like that I hang up on them. The only poll that counts is the one in November. A lot can happen between now and then.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/07/2016 10:51 Comments || Top||


Police union: Clinton snubbed us
[THEHILL] Top officials at the biggest police union in the country are upset with Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as For a good time at 3 a.m. call Hillary and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Daniel Webster ...
, saying she snubbed them.

The leader of the National Fraternal Order of Police told The Hill that the Democrat sent a signal through her staff that she wouldn’t be seeking the union’s endorsement.

"It sends a powerful message. To be honest with you, I was disappointed and shocked," said Chuck Canterbury, the president of the National Fraternal Order of Police.
"You would think with law enforcement issues so much in the news that even if she had disagreements with our positions, that she would’ve been willing to say that."

Clinton’s opponent, Donald Trump, is now actively seeking the union’s support as he trumpets a "law and order" message on the campaign tail.

Canterbury spoke to The Hill in a telephone interview Friday, shortly after he left Trump Tower in Manhattan.

He and other leaders of the police union -- which says it represents 335,000 members -- visited with Trump on Friday morning to sound out the Republican nominee about his positions on issues of importance to law enforcement officers. Politico first reported the meeting.

The union will not be meeting with Clinton because her campaign decided not to fill out a questionnaire that is required for seeking the police union's endorsement.

"We were talking to the highest levels of the campaign, and we had all indications that she was going to return the questionnaire," Canterbury said.

Posted by: Fred || 08/07/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  But they will still vote for her.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 08/07/2016 16:11 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Telemundo Reporter Claims It’s Not Crime To Be An Illegal Immigrant
[DAILYCALLER] Telemundo national correspondent Lori Montenegro complained on Friday to an understanding Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as America's Blond Eminence and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Henry Kissinger ...
that people who are illegal immigrants colonists are "not criminals" that are deported.

At the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Montenegro said, "Madam Secretary, you spoke about the deportations, President B.O., some call the ’Deporter-in-Chief,’ you have eluded already your priority will be criminals, how do you walk back the deportations?"

"There are people not criminals that are deported daily from this country," Montenegro said. "How do you walk back the deportations, comply with the law and not inherit the title of ’Deporter-in-Chief,’ and at the same time, all these steps to help mobilize the Latino community to the polls, many who still believe that their vote was taken for granted in 2008 and 2012, and then we have the e-mails from Wikileaks that say that they are the loyalty brand of the party."
Posted by: Fred || 08/07/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Except in Mexico being an illegal alien will cost you about 15 years of your life. But that's okay.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 08/07/2016 1:44 Comments || Top||


Government
Cotton says cash to Iran sends 'dangerous' message to bad guys worldwide
[Fox] Sen. Tom Cotton suggested Sunday that he’ll accept President Obama’s explanation that the roughly $400 million in cash to Iran amid the country holding several Americans captive was part of a decades-old settlement, but said the move sends a "dangerous" message to terrorists and others around the world.

"He said this payment was not a ransom," Cotton, R-Ark., a top critic of Obama’s recent Iran nuclear deal, said on "Fox News Sunday."

"It doesn't really matter though what President Obama says. It matters what the Iranians think and it matters what dictators and terrorists and gangsters all around the world think. And they clearly think that this was a ransom payment ... That's why it's so dangerous."

The freshman senator also accused administration officials of stonewalling Congress and the American public about the specifics of the deal and the cash delivery roughly six months ago, continuing his criticism last week of the deal.

"We didn't know the cash payment, for instance," Cotton said. "We didn't know that it was paid for with bills that could be easily laundered or used for terrorism or support for Iran's allies throughout the region. And we didn't know that the Department of Justice opposed it. ... There are still a lot of questions left to be answered. And the Obama administration continues to stonewall on this."

The first-term senator also used a litany of strong words to describe the money delivery, in Euro notes, and how the administration behaved, including acting like a "third world gun runner" and a "drug cartel to the world's most dangerous terror state."
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/07/2016 16:53 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  American and Australian professors just kidnapped in Afghanistan, Kabul.
Posted by: Unelet Protector of the Sith2424 || 08/07/2016 21:27 Comments || Top||


Dem Rep. Meeks: ‘I Doubt' Iran Hostages Held Till Money Arrived
[LI] Got to give Gregory Meeks credit. The Dem congressman managed to keep a straight face on MSNBC this morning while telling a string of whoppers about the Iran hostage deal.

Among Meeks’ laugh lines: 1. the Obama administration did not pay ransom for the release of American hostages held in Iran; 2. the way the deal was handled shows the "efficiency" of the Obama administration; 3. the goal was to "save the American people hundreds of millions of dollars;" 4. "No. I doubt" and "am not going to say" that the hostages were not released until a plane carrying money from the US arrived--this despite the first-hand account of a hostage indicating that is what happened.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/07/2016 03:33 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Fair enough. Iran can trust Champ to come through for them.
Posted by: Iblis || 08/07/2016 12:34 Comments || Top||



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