Candidate's Priorities more messed up than we thought
From the March 6th edition of the Las Vegas Penny Press
The presumptive Republican nominee for president continues to make a total mess of his relationship with the conservative right.
You heard, no doubt, how he repudiated another talk radio host who was invited to open a rally in Ohio.
WLW talker Bill Cunningham said a number of things in his opening remarks that he's said on his show, which apparently some members of the presumptive Republican nominee's camp had never heard.
To wit:
Oh, and he claims that he never met Cunningham, a charge Cunningham himself repudiated to CNN's John Roberts. From the transcript:
One can't say that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee isn't sensitive to matters of race in this campaign.
Or is he?
It seems he accepted the endorsement of televangelist John Hagee, a man frequently accused of being anti-Catholic in his sermons.
Media reports say Hagee has referred to the Roman Catholic Church as "the great whore" and called it a "false cult system" and "the apostate church"; the word "apostate" means someone who has forsaken his religion.
Hagee also implies that the Catholic Church helped shape Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitism.
"In no way did I intend for his endorsement to suggest that I in turn agree with all of Pastor Hagee's views, which I obviously do not," is about all the presumptive Republican nominee will say about Hagee. "It's simply not accurate to say that because someone endorses me that I therefore embrace their views."
To his credit, the presumptive Democratic nominee has repudiated and rejected the endorsement of Louis Farrakhan, despite the glowing comments made by the virulent racist and anti-Semite at the Founders Day event in Chicago, all but proclaiming the presumptive Democratic Nominee the second coming of Mohammed.
I guess the political machine behind the presumptive Democratic nominee is a bit more adept in handling this sort of crisis than the presumptive Republican nominee.
But at least the Republican actually had a hand in writing his legislation.
Stephen Dinan's column in the Washington Times on Tuesday cites their Fox 5/Washington Times/Rasmussen Reports poll as saying the presumptive Democratic nominee is the most “likable” candidate for president.
The presumptive Democratic nominee, according to the poll, is liked by Republicans nearly as much as the presumptive Republican nominee, and among all those polled, liked more than the presumptive Republican nominee and Hillary Clinton combined!
The presumptive Republican nominee has a long hard row to how, and his trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue becomes rockier and more impassable by the day...
But as the presumptive Democratic nominee could say, quoting Sally Field, they like him, they really like him.
For now.
Wyatt Cox doesn't have to write too much these days. The candidates provide most of the humor. Write to him at rant.wyattcox.net
The presumptive Republican nominee for president continues to make a total mess of his relationship with the conservative right.
You heard, no doubt, how he repudiated another talk radio host who was invited to open a rally in Ohio.
WLW talker Bill Cunningham said a number of things in his opening remarks that he's said on his show, which apparently some members of the presumptive Republican nominee's camp had never heard.
To wit:
- Referring to the presumptive Democratic nominee by his full given name, Barack Hussein Obama
- Characterizing the presumptive Democratic nominee as a Chicago machine politician in the mold of the late Mayor Daley
- Characterizing the extremely doveish presumptive Democratic nominee as being prepared to sit down with a number of the extreme terroristic element of the world around a campfire singing Kumbayah and making nice.
- Proclaiming that Obama has some sort of media immunity, quoting, "At some point in the near future, the media -- the stooges from The New York Times; CBS, the Clinton Broadcasting System; NBC, the Nobody But Clinton network; the All Bill Clinton channel, ABC; and the Clinton News Network at some point is going to peel the bark off Barack Hussein Obama. That day will come. At some point, the media will quit taking sides in this thing and maybe start covering Barack Hussein Obama the same way they cover Bush, the same way they cover Cheney, and the same way they cover every Republican. I'll look forward to that day when truth comes. I look forward to that."
Oh, and he claims that he never met Cunningham, a charge Cunningham himself repudiated to CNN's John Roberts. From the transcript:
ROBERTS: He said he's never met you.
CUNNINGHAM: He's got a bad memory.
ROBERTS: When did you meet him?
CUNNINGHAM: I met him at the home of Bob Ryan, who is a friend of mine in Cincinnati, and I met him at the Kentwood Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the presence of [former] Senator Mike DeWine. I met him twice. His people called me specifically. His people said, "You're the guy we want because you've met John." But I'm not going to meet him again. I've had it up to here with McCain. He's off the list. I'm joining Ann Coulter in supporting Hillary Rodham Clinton.
CUNNINGHAM: He's got a bad memory.
ROBERTS: When did you meet him?
CUNNINGHAM: I met him at the home of Bob Ryan, who is a friend of mine in Cincinnati, and I met him at the Kentwood Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the presence of [former] Senator Mike DeWine. I met him twice. His people called me specifically. His people said, "You're the guy we want because you've met John." But I'm not going to meet him again. I've had it up to here with McCain. He's off the list. I'm joining Ann Coulter in supporting Hillary Rodham Clinton.
One can't say that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee isn't sensitive to matters of race in this campaign.
Or is he?
It seems he accepted the endorsement of televangelist John Hagee, a man frequently accused of being anti-Catholic in his sermons.
Media reports say Hagee has referred to the Roman Catholic Church as "the great whore" and called it a "false cult system" and "the apostate church"; the word "apostate" means someone who has forsaken his religion.
Hagee also implies that the Catholic Church helped shape Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitism.
"In no way did I intend for his endorsement to suggest that I in turn agree with all of Pastor Hagee's views, which I obviously do not," is about all the presumptive Republican nominee will say about Hagee. "It's simply not accurate to say that because someone endorses me that I therefore embrace their views."
To his credit, the presumptive Democratic nominee has repudiated and rejected the endorsement of Louis Farrakhan, despite the glowing comments made by the virulent racist and anti-Semite at the Founders Day event in Chicago, all but proclaiming the presumptive Democratic Nominee the second coming of Mohammed.
I guess the political machine behind the presumptive Democratic nominee is a bit more adept in handling this sort of crisis than the presumptive Republican nominee.
But at least the Republican actually had a hand in writing his legislation.
Stephen Dinan's column in the Washington Times on Tuesday cites their Fox 5/Washington Times/Rasmussen Reports poll as saying the presumptive Democratic nominee is the most “likable” candidate for president.
The presumptive Democratic nominee, according to the poll, is liked by Republicans nearly as much as the presumptive Republican nominee, and among all those polled, liked more than the presumptive Republican nominee and Hillary Clinton combined!
The presumptive Republican nominee has a long hard row to how, and his trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue becomes rockier and more impassable by the day...
But as the presumptive Democratic nominee could say, quoting Sally Field, they like him, they really like him.
For now.
Wyatt Cox doesn't have to write too much these days. The candidates provide most of the humor. Write to him at rant.wyattcox.net
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