There is a world of difference between someone who thinks that she can lead and someone who has demonstrated it by his accomplishments.
{2020 SOTU Speech breakdown and mediocre democratic response (I’m feeling generous tonight) below.}
(9)Nuh Uh.
(1)2020 SOTS.
This was more predictable than watching the 2020 DNC Presidential Debates. Just without the part where everyone tries to one-up each other by seeing who can give away the most stuff that doesn’t belong to them.
{Your first Right Michigan breakdown of tonight’s speech below}
(7)Nuh Uh.(1)Coming when you least expect it!
So, what do you get when you add a ton of special interest groups who feel that they are even more entitled to your money than you are (and their hopes that you’re not paying any attention to them whatsoever)?
You get the makings for a very interesting (series?) of elections in 2020…that’s what!
{More below the fold}
(9)Nuh Uh.(3)Did Rashida Tlaib convert campaign funds for personal use?
Did you know you can be paid to be a candidate?
Rashida (MOFO) Tlaib, former Michigan Sate Representative from the 13th district and now congress critter sensua de-luxe was on the payroll of her own campaign. As if she was a staffer, the guttural grandstander received wages to be a candidate.
And it was completely legit. To a point. As explained in a fairly recent ethics probe candidates need to eat too:
The Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) explained that “payment of a salary to a candidate is not a prohibited personal use as defined under Commission regulations since, but for the candidacy, the candidate would be paid a salary in exchange for services rendered to an employer.” See Using Contributions to Pay Salaries to Candidates, 67 Fed. Reg. 76961, 76971-73 (Dec. 13, 2002). In reaching this conclusion, the FEC explained: “[B]ecause many candidates must forego salary in order to conduct the business of the campaign, a candidate who is dependent on an income is put at a severe disadvantage compared to an incumbent who is free to campaign at all times without any reduction in compensation or to an affluent challenger, who can afford to campaign without receiving any compensation.” Id. at 76971. Put differently, “candidates without significant resources might not be able to forgo salary payments in order to run for Federal office.”
Thus a social worker who couldn’t work her regular job was introduced to an overflowing campaign kitty.
(12)Nuh Uh.(0)Vintage 2016
Gift bottles for all my favorite #DTS sufferers.
I’ve heard there was a version for Hillary supporters, but I would have to think they only wanted sour grapes. No thanks!
2016 was sweet, and red. Hoping the 2020 Vintage is just the same!
Have a great weekend!
(11)Nuh Uh.(0)Super PAC fires first shots on GND.
AOC and her ‘crew’ has friends in the Senate, right?
Restoration PAC today announced a new statewide TV ad buy in Michigan asking incumbent liberal Senator Gary Peters to clarify his position on the Green New Deal.
Peters told the Detroit News he supports “many aspects” of the radical plan, but has been cagey about specifics.
“Considering the Green New Deal is the most radical, far-reaching planned destruction of the American economy in our lifetime, the least Gary Peters can do is spell out what he likes and what he dislikes about the plan,” said Restoration PAC founder Doug Truax.
The :30 ad airs across Michigan starting today and costs $879,294.
Restoration PAC was formed in 2015 and since has become one of the most effective conservative SuperPACs in America. It has focused primarily on U.S. Senate races but has also launched TV and digital advertising in the 2016 presidential race and several House races.
It’s ad will be one of the first salvos aiding the removal of Peters and hopefully adding another R to the Senate roster in 2020.
(15)Nuh Uh.(0)Buried in the headlines this week between yet another fake news story regarding the pending impeachment of Pres. Trump, fixing Gov Whitmer’s line item frenzy (contrary to the media buzz, there is serious talk behind the scenes pertaining to fixing Gov. Whitmer’s not-so little temper tantrum screw-up) and the comedy of errors with the GM-UAW Strike, this story from Lansing surprising got very little attention.
Which gets even more interesting once you are made aware of what the topic of discussion was all about.
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(7)Nuh Uh.(0)For the next three years?
Biggest liars in political history.
“I did not have sex with that woman” – Pres B.J. Clinton
“If you like your plan you can keep it.” Pres. B.O.
“That’s ridiculous. It’s nonsense and you know it.” – Then Gubernatorial Candidate Gretchen Whitmer responding to a comment that she will raises taxes if elected governor during the Grand Rapids WOOD debate last year.
Oh, this is getting better…
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(7)Nuh Uh.(0)When something is SO bad it cannot be ignored.
J
ocelyn Benson and Dana Nessel are probably less than enthused.
Less enthused about their prosecutorial discretion, given the fact they must actually dress down one of their own. However, the fact that Southfield Clerk Sherikia L. Hawkins could possibly have been reached at her office, is a testament to the real justice in an election fraud case that these two ‘guardians’ of our vote are willing to pursue. Nessel’s grand opening:
” “Voting is fundamental to the very essence of our democracy,” Nessel said during a Monday news conference. “It is incumbent upon state governments to safeguard the electoral process and ensure that every voter’s right to cast a ballot is protected.” “
Trust us to make this right.
Follow
ed by Benson’s:
Hawkins’ alleged actions, did not alter the outcome of any election, Benson stressed, and “there were no voters that were disenfranchised.”
“All valid votes in the election were ultimately counted and the final official vote total was accurate,” Benson said.
Uh huh.
Downplay the potential damage, right? In other words, “don’t worry, this is a one off, and all the Democrats won where Democrats win.” ‘Writing a letter,’ Benson clearly sent a message however:
Benson said she sent a letter to Hawkins on Monday, saying that the pending charges compromise her ability to administer the upcoming Nov. 5 city election. In the interim, she said, the state’s Bureau of Elections with work with staff in the Southfield clerk’s office to handle all administration of elections in the city.
“My office will remain actively involved” to ensure elections in Southfield run smoothly, Benson said. “Our response is careful, measured, swift and the consequences are severe.”
Benson: “leave the ballot fraud to the pros.”
Sending the unmistakable message “Call me next time before you further embarrass us you rank amateur.”
(15)Nuh Uh.(0)Anytime one sees a person aligned with Mitt Romney, they really should have strong reservations about voting for said person.
Michigan Republican Senate candidate John James described expanding background checks in an interview as among the “reasonable things to consider.”
Wrong!
(12)Nuh Uh.(0)
