She Has Become What She Beheld

On the trail with Hillarity!

BREAKING: Hillary Clinton actually takes questions from reporters, after 87 days

...

Something has changed since then [1992]. Emails from her tenure as secretary of state, released in batches by the State Department under a court order, reveal a person who is deeply suspicious of the media. Clinton seems to no longer trust that journalists will cover a controversy fairly and then go forward to something else.

Her misgivings might be justified — in some cases, at least — but it’s hard to know because she seldom gives the press a chance these days. As she casts a perpetually wary eye on the media, journalists do the same to her, wondering what she might be trying to hide by not talking, or talking only on her own terms.

C'mon, Hillary's The One! What earlier candidate was respected for a vast resume yet unloved for lacking the personal touch; was paranoid, secretive, loathed the press which loathed him right back, and was widely (and correctly!) viewed as ethically malleable? 
 
Too Tricky? Let's flash back to 1968:

"He entered every primary and assembled a team of media consultants who helped him create the image of a "New Nixon," more statesmanlike, less combative, more mature and presidential, an effort chronicled in "The Selling of the President 1968" by Joe McGinnis. The centerpiece of this self-recreation was a series of carefully managed television interview programs packaged by the Nixon campaign. These programs showed Nixon at his best, answering questions posed by ordinary Americans, and shielded him from questions by reporters, who sometimes brought out his worst."

The young woman who investigated Nixon has become the old war horse emulating him. Greek tragedies don't get better.

SERIOUSLY? What, you want to know what she was asked, and even how she answered? The only clue we get is... wait for it... Trump.

@HillaryClinton talks to traveling press for 1st time in 87 days says very disappointed about @realDonaldTrump & David Duke

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) March 1, 2016

Bold positioning! As to whether anyone was disappointed about her failure to release the Goldman Sachs transcripts, who knows?

Comments

[lyle]

Early

[Neo]

And Mr. Immelt is wary of the tense relations between business and government around the world, charging that “most government policy is anti-growth”. But the unit will be able to retrench and grow stronger through the downturn, he says, thanks to the diversification provided by GE’s structure, and because GE is better positioned to weather a storm. “In the USA, we want exports but seem to hate trade and exporters; globally, governments love small businesses but then regulate them to death”, he writes in the 19-page letter. Immelt criticized the relationship between business and government, calling it “the worst I have ever seen”.

... and this guy, General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt, is Obama’s jobs czar.

I guess we won't see too many "growth" polices from Hillary either.

LUN

[Porchlight]

Some nerve from rent-seeker Immelt.

[Buckeye]

Under Immelt's watch GE has become a hollow shell of its former self. No Jack Welch.

[Frau Zubrowka]

Anyone ask Hillary! about her buddy "Sheets" Byrd? Or about all the "FJBs" she has verbally abused during her lifetime? More hate and castrate in the future? Look what she did to David Brock

who is now ready for his close-up, Mr. DeMille.

My husband looked at the latest about the Perpetual Child and remarked, "That's a sexual encounter gone wrong." How can she call all Republicans racists, homophobes and sexists?

[NK]

If CH is not here, I will say it. Andrea Mitchell should die in a house fire.

[henry]

I don't care if Hilligula answers questions from a fawning Andrea Mitchell (or agent and press all in one), or from Congress. She needs to answer questions (or plead the 5th) at "People vs HRC" before a life in an orange jumpsuit.

[NK]

Hilligula orange jumpsuit = umpaloumpah

[henry]

"pr agent"

NK, I think you mean dumpster fire.

[NK]

that works henry.

[Rick Ballard]

NK,

I wouldn't mind every Clinton stenographer in the MFM being trapped in burning buildings but Mitchell was just performing her task as a propagandist. Am I missing something special about this one?

[daddy]

Time Zone Question. It's about to turn 6 PM in New York.

Anyone know in how many hours we will have the results of Super Tuesday Voting?

[Neo]

Got my vote

[rse]

Ga polls close in an hour daddy.

At seven est.

[daddy]

Thanks, RSE.

[Porchlight]

Josh KraushaarVerified account
‏@HotlineJosh
GOP exit poll: 32% of GOP voters decided in last week. That shd be good news for Rubio and Cruz.

Hmmm...I think that refers to 32% of *today's* GOP voters. Early voting has been going on for awhile. Georgia's early vote this year broke its own early vote record, which was previously set in....drum roll....2008.

[daddy]

Drudge links to Rush's monolog today: The Elites Won't Figure Out the Trump Phenomenon Until They're Honest with Themselves About What They've Done

Rush:

... Schumer kept talking to me about the future of the Republican Party was over if they didn't join the momentum for the Gang of Eight, if they didn't try to secure the Hispanic population vote by supporting amnesty and the Gang of Eight bill.

And I remember saying to Senator Schumer, "Do you really care that the Republican Party wins the White House? I mean, that's not what you want. You'd be happy if they never won the White House. So what is this?" And in this whole campaign now we've got people, both parties, but they all -- this is the key -- they all happen to be members of the establishment. They're all professing to be paranoid to one degree or another over what will become of the GOP if Trump gets the nomination.

And the original question still holds. Why are all these liberals in the news media, the Democrat Party, in the pop culture, wherever you find them, why are they so concerned that the GOP might fail to exist? Why are they so concerned that the GOP might be destroyed? And, of course, the answer is, given the current structure, the Democrat Party loves the GOP as it's currently constituted and as it currently operates.

The GOP has practically conceded to being a second-tier party...
if the GOP dwindles and fades away, the Democrat Party's got a little bit of a problem. Look, it's not something they'd lose any sleep over, but one of the primary ways they survive is by pitting their opposition as evil and Satanic. They need villains and if the Republican Party fades away to nonexistence, where's the villain? And in this the two parties are almost complicit in this establishment arrangement. They both feed off of each other and as long as the Republican Party knows its place, and that is for the most part, loser.

[henry]

Daddy, here is a WSJ map of poll closing times, via their tweet of it.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--She Has Become What She Beheld--

We will have progressed as a country when she has become what we behead.

[Rick Ballard]

"As to whether anyone was disappointed about her failure to release the Goldman Sachs transcripts, who knows?"

TM,

It takes time to put the Vaseline on the lens, dim the lighting and get the gauze curtains set. You're really asking too much of her stenographers and setting yourself up for a lot of disappointment over the next eight months.

[Captain Hate]

The Repukes might be able to refute Rush if they didn't attend a meeting with 404 only to have some popeyed asthmatic dunce wheezingly mischaracterize their Constitutional responsibilities to a bunch of clapping seals.

[daddy]

Captain,

Just woke up. What did Mitch McConnell have to say after the Obama meeting? Something bad, I take it?

[daddy]

Thanks, Henry.

[anonamom]

Just found this on someone I birthed's FB post. He must be losing sleep like his momma did last night:

I think that I'm Facebook friends with approximately zero Trump supporters, but I am Facebook friends with plenty of liberals. To them I say this: if you can do so in your state, please, please consider crossing over to vote for some non-Trump Republican in the Republican primary.
Your race is over. Hillary is at 98% in the prediction markets to be the Democratic nominee. I'm not making a joke when I say that's basically the price point for her dying before making it to Election Day.
I understand that you, Bernie Sanders voter, think there is something important about being heard and effecting real progressive change, or you, Hillary voter, want to vote for the first female president.
I would ask you to reconsider. Trump is a new kind of dangerous, for reasons obvious and perhaps not so obvious (see, e.g., the link). And, importantly, he hasn't quite won yet. The odds are low, but there is still a chance. So, please, consider doing what you can.
Thanks for indulging my rant. I'll be back to snark soon enough.

and this link:

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2016/03/the-presidency-and-the-regulatory-state.html

[Captain Hate]

Tarhole, unsurprisingly the MFM gives the Turtle minimum coverage and just has a "Republicans say no vote before the election" banner while the Searchlight pederast and Vermont's dumbest Senator make fools of themselves behind a podium.

[lyle]

PJM has a post on the McTurtle/Assley/Precious tete-a-tete today. Can't link from my phone. If you're feeling a murderous rage towards Reid, I suggest not going to the site and reading the post.

[daddy]

I'm afraid to google and find out if there's anything left in the store that McConnell hasn't given away to Obama.

Rush's monolog I posted above sure seemed to be right on the money re: the GOPe. McConnell is the reincarnation of Minority Leader Bob Michaels.

[daddy]

What a strange country this Japan is. I can't for the life of me understand why they don't fling their doors wide open and welcome all these Syrian refugees.

I guess It's just not who we they are.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Here's let's embed the poll closing image here:

[daddy]

Rolling Ticker on the CNN Channel in the Hotel Run says Paul Ryan calls out Donald Trump on the KKK.

Thanks Paul. Great job. An outstanding meme to have posted on the WorldWide network on Super Tuesday. The rest of the world may not know squat about America but now thanks to you they know Trump is a Sheet wearing member of the KKK. Go Clan!

[Threadkiller]

Arkansas is taking a cheap shot at daylight savings.

[Threadkiller]

Ann Coulter ‏@AnnCoulter

Yes, GOP is horribly split! 65 million Americans on one side & 500 pundits, consultants & lobbyists on the other! https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/704810715270377472 …

[pagar a bacon, country ham and sausage supporter]

This PMJ link is not the one lyle was talking about @ 06:38.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/03/01/will-hillary-clinton-really-be-the-democrat-nominee/

[squaredance]

Did you really think that the GOP was going to stand up to Obama over SCOTUS?

And they whinge about Trump costing them the Senate.

If they cave on SCOTUS, it will be the end of them (and the rest of us too, unfortunately).

These people are beyond belief. If it is true that the Dems are blackmailing them or threatening them, then the manly thing to do would be to take one for the Nation.

Fat chance of that.

This is really open collusion at this point, not just opportunistic fecklessness.

[squaredance]

This KKK thing is the most bogus bit of Electioneering slander I have seen since Goldwater ran.

They should be ashamed of themselves. It is just childish and vile, particularly out of a GOP Senator.

Ryan is showing his true colors--what vile pettiness. Completely uncalled for.

The GOP has lost whatever political instinct it ever had.

[Rick Ballard]

WSJ GOP Senate Leaders Tell Obama They Won’t Consider His Supreme Court Pick

McConnell is just kidding us.

[squaredance]

MCConnell, what a card the guy is. BEt he wears lampshades at parties.

[Sue]

I despise Trump. I wish he would go down in flames tonight. Having said that, the RNC made him sign a pledge. He signed. It's time to support Trump.

[Captain Hate]

If you're feeling a murderous rage towards Reid,

A day ending in "y". I really have an unhealthy hatred of that pinworm. If they had a video of him getting tuned up by that "exercise band" on pay per view, I'd spend way too much money watching it multiple times.

[Jeff Dobbs]

C'mon don't go getting my hopes up. This isn't true. I refuse to buy in...

Kevin McCullough
51 mins ·
Based on exit polling that I'm seeing:
Cruz is sailing in Texas - may win 100+ delegates
Cruz is performing well in Arkansas
Rubio is outperforming in Virginia

[Jeff Dobbs]

squaredance:
It is just childish and vile, particularly out of a GOP Senator.

Senator Paul Ryan?

[DebinNC]

McConnell managed to keep all R fingerprints off BOzocare and Porkulus I-II. Iirc he didn't take over from Dingy until a year ago. I guess he could have made a lot of noise that wouldn't be reported, but when you have a malignant narcissist with a veto pen eager for a foil he could demonize by name 24-7, I think Reid laying low was generally a wise thing to do.

[Captain Hate]

[Redacted for Lent] straight, Sue. For those who don't like it, welcome to my post 1984 world.

[Comanche Voter]

So the Hildebeest is the GynoAmerican version of Ol Milhouse. Except Milhouse was better looking than Hillary.

[henry]

Paul Ryan is no senator, he is simply my local representative to DC. Oh right, and the Speaker there. He listens to the Chamber more than to me or my neighbors though.

[Dave (in MA)]

Well, I took a blue ballot.

[Jeff Dobbs]

#FeelTheBern, huh?

[Jeff Dobbs]

20% is the minimum threshhold to get delegates in GA. If you're at 19.9%, you get 0, you get to 20.0%, you get that proportion of the delegates.

Shane GoldmacherVerified account
‏@ShaneGoldmacher
Important: Georgia exits have both Cruz and Rubio above the 20% delegate threshold
6:08 PM - 1 Mar 2016

[Stephanie]

From the last thread:

Four words: wet foot, dry foot.

And the Caribbean - Cuba, Haiti, etc.

We frequently send back political and other refugees. And still do. It is the law. Some animals are more equal than others.

[Dave (in MA)]

#Nope

[Porchlight]

Guys, don't go too far out on the Ledge just yet. At least not over SCOTUS. Grassley statement indicates zero change after talking to Zero:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/grassley-blames-obama-liberal-courts-for-gop-stance/article/2584619

[squaredance]

congressman, sorry

[Jeff Dobbs]

Heh, Dave. Good one.

[Porchlight]

The Ryan thing is a major POS move.

[DebinNC]

Ryan had no business trying to affect today's voting. That's unforgivable.

[anonamom]

Trump wins in GA, per Drudge and my Twitter feed.

[James D.]

Super Tuesday update! Dream Doctor is leading 45-28-27. The Australian voters must be coming in shift now.

http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=56d261bae4b01668ec061dbf

[Miss Marple]

Porchlight,

Bet it was engineered by Willard.

That guy needs to shut the heck up and go home.

[Jim Miller]

It's sad to see how people Trump is taking down with him.

At one time, for instance, I thought talk show host Magoo was making, net, a positive contribution to this country. But for some years he's been a drag, and now has pretty much permanently discredited himself.

[Porchlight]

It's almost as if they want to lose, DebinNC.

Say what you will about Nixon, but he wanted to win. He sure as [redacted] enjoyed beating the figurative [redacted] out of Democrats.

[Onda Phince]

"It's sad to see how people Trump is taking down with him."

At this point in time, I both agree and disagree with that statement.

[squaredance]

Well I always thought that Ryan was some sort of sleeper agent anyway. Something deeply insincere about the man.

[anonamom]

from my Twitter feed:

DC suburbs in exit polls:

Rubio 40
Kasich 24
Trump 18
Cruz 13

IS VA winner take all?

[DebinNC]

Ryan is from WI and his second McCarthy is from CA. Boehner was from OH. Why are the R "leaders" so often from states Rs seldom if ever win? I don't think they understand the base except theoretically.

[henry]

Ryan shares a character flaw with most politicians... he is in government "to make it work better" when at this point "we need less of this government shit" is a better mindset.

[Onda Phince]

"IS VA winner take all?"

No.

Candidate
Percentage
Votes
Votes Behind
Donald Trump
36.5%
110475
--
Marco Rubio
31.6%
95667
-14,808
Ted Cruz
16.6%
50211
-60,264
John Kasich
8.2%
24694
-85,781
Ben Carson
6.0%
18144
-92,331
All Others
1.1%
3,339
-107,136
Precincts Reporting
23.0%
Total Votes
219,548

[Jeff Dobbs]

No states are winner take all tonight. VA...

How it works: Thirteen at-large delegates and three delegates from each of the 11 congressional districts will be awarded to all candidates proportionally. A final three delegates are the elected state party leaders.

[Threadkiller]

I thought Texas was winner take all if one candidate gets over 50%?

[Jeff Dobbs]

Michael G. Miller
‏@millerpolsci
Minimum threshold to win GOP delegates:
AL, GA, TN, TX, VT: 20%
AR, OK: 15%
AK: 13%
MN: 10%
MA, VA: 5%
6:24 PM - 1 Mar 2016

[Threadkiller]

Newt called Ryan out as sleeze in 2012.

Maybe he threatened to KKK him and that is why Newt shut up.

On the other hand, Ryan could be playing the long game to overturn the consent decree next time it goes to court. Last go around, Priebus told the court that the GOP is no longer racist because Powell, Rice, Gonzales, Obama, Holder, etc.

Now they can add racist profiling to their resume.

Big Tent Bobby Jindal must be proud.

[Jeff Dobbs]

That's true, TK. I guess I'd given up hope Cruz can get there.

[Stephanie]

The hill has a delegate tracker you can follow.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/271307-whos-got-the-most-delegates

[Big Dan]

Cruz is already celebrating a Texas victory

https://i.imgur.com/6gnpNYx.png

[Porchlight]

Jim Miller, by Magoo do you mean Limbaugh? He is deaf, not blind.

[Eric in Boise]

What a strange country this Japan is

IIRC,Japan admitted fifteen refugees in 2015. Not fifteen thousand. Not fifteen hundred. Fifteen.

The usual suspects are having the vapors over it, but the Japanese themselves don't seem to be among the usual suspects.

BTW, how do you like the vending machines with alcohol in them? Can you imagine one of those in, say, Times Square?

[anonamom]

TK, that's true in TX. Also a candidate has to get 20% to be awarded any delegates.
So even if Cruz doesn't break 50%, he could get all the delegates if no one else hits 20%

[Big Dan]

CNN Projects

Trump wins ARK, MA, TN

[clarice]

drudge
CLINTON: AL, GA, TN, VA
SANDERS: VT
TRUMP: AL, GA, MA, TN

[Miss Marple]

CNN has called Alabama, Massachusetts and Tennessee for Trump.

[Threadkiller]

I have missed having direct conversations with you, Jeff.

It appears a couple other states use the "winner-take-most" allocation, as well.

[Stephanie]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ivy-league-mulls-banning-tackles-football-practices-210525489--nfl.html

AYSM?

[squaredance]

1) Ryan playing a "long game" due to "consent degree strategy"? Doubtful, to say the least. He is just being a little sh!t.

2) If Cruz could not win in Texas, then his whole campaign was one big fraud. If he wins big, maybe he can stay in the Game.

3) MA? Wow. I would not have guessed that.

4) a Good showing in VA by Rubio makes sense.

[Jeff Dobbs]

So everyone's saying that NOVA will come in last - so whatever lead Trump's carrying now will narrow as the more establishment inhabited areas around DC come in potentially big for establishment Rubio.

[Another Bob]

EiB, I always had more of an issue with the Pocari Sweat vending machines.

[Big Dan]

VA
51.15% reporting:
Trump 36.67
Rubio 30.39
Cruz 16.78

[Stephanie]

The vending machines at GaTech had beer in them at all the frat houses in the 70s. Miss the 70s. I'll even take disco if we could go back to 70s.

[henry]

Stephanie, robotic tackling dummies sound fun though. I think Rush is correct that it will be all flag football in short order the way the lawyers are lining up (with help from the usual suspects in Hollywood).

[Stephanie]

I predict a rise in interest in that female flag league if the NFL goes flag football.

[anonamom]

Man, I am all about backing the loser this year.
First Walker, then Carly, now Ted. Hope he gets TX.

[Sue]

Cruz will win Texas and is leading in OK.

[henry]

Lol Steph, that league will be all tranny by then.

[Stephanie]

We had a concern for bad weather this evening and about 5 o'clock the local weather guy posted this:

The NWS just notified us in its latest discussion the threat for any strong or severe storms has now greatly diminished. The storms in Alabama have out-raced the cold front and therefore, there are much lower dynamics in place to create strong or severe storms. Still cannot rule out an isolated strong storm with gusty winds to 40 mph but odds are much much lower for this evening. No severe weather has been reported in Alabama.

Now we have a major squall line and severe weather alerts. Thunderstorms headed this way.

Government FTW!

[anonamom]

Alan Greensburg being pessimistic.

"So many huge unknowns. In my experience, I've never seen so many unknowns."
"There's nothing in Dodd Frank that addresses too big to fail."

I'm not optimistic, I won't be til somebody addresses the entitlement programs.."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-03-01/greenspan-i-haven-t-been-optimistic-in-quite-a-while

[Miss Marple]

Fox News Verified account
‏@FoxNews

Ex-Gitmo detainee nabbed in Spain latest on growing list of terrorists returning to battle http://fxn.ws/1T6E2bV

[Miss Marple]

I am leaving to go pick up my granddaughter at the high school. Will listen on the radio.

[henry]

So Greenspan wants a spot on The Ledge?

[Miss Marple]

I don['t mind if Greenspan joins us on the ledge, but Andrea Mitchell has to go elsewhere.

BBL.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Fox calling VA for Trump.

[Phalangechallenged Enormuswang]

FBN calls Virginia for Trump!

[Threadkiller]

Hugh Hewitt has been full KKK all day.

Does not see how Trump recovers.

He started off calling quite a few losses for Trump. Now he says that if Trump wins only 8 or 9 races it is a good indicator that Trump has lost any momentum he ever had.

I see.