President 'All About Me' Makes It All About Him

Via Politico, President Selfie rallies support for Hillary:

An angry Obama puts himself on the ballot

The president delivers a rip-roaring speech to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation dinner.

The NY Times puts it differently:

Obama Sees ‘Personal Insult’ if Blacks Don’t Rally for Hillary Clinton

By Amy Chozick and Julie Jirschfeld Davis   Sept 18  2016

With Democratic leaders increasingly worried about a lack of passion for Hillary Clinton among young black voters, President Obama is rolling out a new and more personal campaign message: “It’s about me.”

The president told African-Americans this weekend he would consider it a “personal insult” if they did not vote for Mrs. Clinton, implicitly putting his name on the line as his former secretary of state struggles to replicate the coalition that delivered him victories in 2008 and 2012.

Isn't suggesting that Hillarity! can't get this done without a man's help like, sexist, or mansplaining, or something? Libs! Who can keep up?

Donna Brazile, no mansplainer she, conforms to gender stereotypes by botching a sports metaphor:

“That speech went beyond the room. It went beyond the moment,” said Donna Brazile, the interim chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. “That was the president essentially saying, ‘Don’t leave it on the field.’”

Say what? "Don't leave it on the field" might be advice you give to an absent-minded eight year old who is constantly losing his (or her!) baseball mitt. In the heat of athletic competition the conventional exhortation is to deliver a maximum effort by leaving everything on the field. Sort of like, well, a manager telling a pitcher to give the team one more inning and empty the tank (a car and gasoline metaphor, for the Uber-addicted among us).

Now to be fair, a less common meaning of "leave it on the field" is to leave the past in the past - you lost, the refs were dreadful, your opponents cheated, the field was muddy, but it's over so move on. Tomorrow is another day!

So maybe Ms. Brazile meant that Obama's supporters should not leave "it" (The election? Obama's legacy?) on the field because the game is not over. That is a pretty subtle reminder.

Comments

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

I'll admit the vitriol runs both ways, for ill sadly, because it keeps us from focusing on the main target, the red queen dreadnought,

the progressives understand that the maintenance of political power, is not an end in itself, but the
key to a fundamental transformation of society, too many on our side, seem to miss that,

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

I resent the idea that I am anti-gay. My nephew is gay and in a long-time partnership with a wonderful guy. Because they realize there are Catholics in the family they were considerate enough to be married in California, and then had a reception here, which I attended.

My granddaughter, whom I took in at her mother's request, is gay, which was the cause of friction with her mother.

I rarely talk about this personal stuff, but I am posting this to demonstrate that the judgements people make about Trump supporters is without merit.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

of those insufferable paparazzi seekers, I have little consideration, but those six adopted kids they collected like ikea furniture, did they think of them?

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

some of the carp aimed at cruz, during the campaign, both coming from wayne madsen, who's 'out there where the trains don't run' really was hard to take.

[Beasts of England]

The vitriol runs both ways, but it sure as [redacted] wasn't the Trump voters who started it. There's a damned big difference between an action and a reaction.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

No you had williamson, who had displayed jackalope tendencies before not as pronounced, rick wilson who removed all doubt so readily, yet still gets gigs, and promptly augurs in, on every single one,

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

Another new Trump TV ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSpPEWrEQ4A

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

it seems to me, they weren't bothering to look, further than they need to,

http://www.vocativ.com/360697/how-bombing-suspect-ahmad-rahami-stayed-off-the-fbis-radar/

[Janet]

Politics isn't religious faith.

[Stephanie]

The anti Trump was so loud and noxious that I, who was originally on board the Cruz Missile, and who flipped to Trump when I voted, came out only to Beasts that I voted Trump in the spring; because, I dared not disclose it here.

Ponder that.

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

Stephanie,

I sympathize. I caught a lot of flack for saying I supported Trump.

I am over it, because I think I made the right decision.

I think he will win this thing. He's smarter than the NRO people give him credit for, and he truly loves this country.

His policies for the most part I can support, and the few I am iffy about are not deal-breakers.

If he loses, it will be because the GOP didn't present a united front. I am hopeful that the Reagan democrats help us out.

[DebinNC]

MM, is that a DT rally in NC? It's not an ad, or if it is it's wordless and I'm not getting the intended message.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

on twitter, obtuseness rises like froth,

http://twitchy.com/sd-3133/2016/09/20/what-was-he-thinking-this-is-how-trumps-reaching-out-to-black-voters/

can they realistically say it's not as bad one can see in recent times,

[Beasts of England]

Your secret is safe with me, Steph!! Oh, wait... :)

[henry the deplorable]

The family quarrel here got ugly quick. I understand not liking Trump, and not trusting Trump. He is putting out reasonable policies for all but reining in government (welfare stuff, the child care entitlement is a big problem here), provided we believe he'll follow through instead of negotiating who knows where. Hillary is a corrupt disaster on steroids. Never Trump means Hillary-- simple math in our two party system. I don't get the personal insults flying around about it.

[Deplorable Momto2]

I have put the NeverTrumpers into categories, moving from least to most *deplorable!*

1 - Those who for some reason will not vote at all or will vote 3rd party but don't talk politics.
2 - Those who will quietly vote for Clinton but don't tell anyone.
3 - Those who are average, everyday citizens who spout off on SM posting disparaging stories, lies about Trump, etc. and will vote 3rd party or for HRC.
4 - Elected GOP officials who don't say anything publically but do not support Trump. (I had Bush 41 in this category - I don't think he expected Kathleen Kennedy to make headlines for him)
5 - Elected GOP officials who are publically stating they won't vote for Trump, making statements which are used in HRC's campaign ads, who use any real or imagined circumstance to rush to a microphone to denounce Trump.
BUT THE WORST BY FAR:
6 - The GOP presidential candidates who took $ from the GOP and signed a pledge to support the nominee and now have broken that pledge and publically made a spectacle of themselves which the MSM gleefully reports ad nauseum.

Those are my .02 about the whole gang of them!

[Miss Marple 2, Deplorable and Proud of it]

DebinNC,

Wrong link.

Now it's not able to be played.

I wonder if it was not supposed to break yet. Poster was from a group which supports Trump but isn't the Trump campaign site.

[Deplorable Momto2]

Please re-post if you find it MM. I really like to see the Trump ads. I don't watch TV so I only see them if someone posts a link. Thanks!

[clarice]

In response to where Omar Mateen's wife is now:Lisa Schiffren "She was last in Jordan, or the part of the West Bank under the control of the Palestinians. When you see this happen, you know for sure that Mateen and/or his wife were FBI or CIA assets gone wrong."

Might explain why Lynch won't answer.

[DebinNC]

Wow, Stephanie. I don't remember a climate of fear re supporting Trump here in the Spring. Maybe it was because I was dodging so much incoming at the time for pointing out red flags I saw with Cruz that imo spelled defeat in Nov. Apparently, there was a National Review kerfuffle here that didn't even register with me.

[Beasts of England]

You're a fair and wise person, henry - are the people defending against the NeverTrump insults directed at them wrong? Or do you think there weren't said insults?

(feel free to not be put on the spot...)

[Matt - deplore me if you must]

One must remember that the Bushes are good friends with the Clintons. Bill is everyone in DC's favorite party boy.

GHWB and Bill both headed up that relief effort in Haiti. I'm not sure how much of that dough ended up benefiting the Haitians. Funny how that always happens around Bill.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

well perhaps like albalawi, the jordanian triple agent, who blew up ft chapman, but the fingerprints are indeed odd, since there was almost as flags as with this case,

[Beasts of England]

Amen, Momto2!! Woot!

[clarice]

I remember the first column I wrote marveling at Trump's campaign skills--the comment section was full of insults even though at that point I was just poitning out the obvious.

I have a friend on FB who is persuaded he is unChristian and, therefore, refuses to vote for him, no matter how often I had urged her to weigh the alternative.

Politicians often do not like to mingle with voters. I can see why and sympathize.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

regarding the question of debatable things, and quintessential truths, the heads of many denominations seem confused,

http://www.cfnews.org/page88/files/a39c2320d5a000af50a90f8ab2bfdfba-633.html

[lurkersusie]

Good News

Donald Trump Seizes Control of Ohio Ground Game from John Kasich - Breitbart

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/09/20/donald-trump-seizes-control-of-ohio-ground-game-from-john-kasich/

[Porchlight]

Iggy, those are good points. Maybe I'm too hung up about it.

But here's how I see it. Trump is Jack Aubrey, and those who wish he was Stephen Maturin are missing a great deal. Aubrey has his faults, but his virtues are not limited to those he shares with Maturin, and vice versa.

After all, Stephen was a down and out failed revolutionary until Jack found him and put him to work defeating Napoleon. Absent the Jacks of the world, there is no victory. Absent the Stephens of the world, there is still a chance of it.

Lamenting the unStephenness of Jack doesn't get us very far. Decius gets this, but he really would have a greater understanding if he would open his eyes and heart to Jack in full.

[Jack is Deplorable! (And Irredeemable)]

Hillary/s latest TV ads are devastating for Trump. It could turn a lot of people off. She needs to get sicker and more immobile, quickly. Or Trump needs to start spending money. Her numbers are going up not down.

[DebinNC]

Or is Kasich angling for a Clinton victory so he can position himself for another run in 2020, during which he would presumably rally the Republican Establishment against the memory of Trump?

Even I don't think Pearly Gates is that deranged.

[Deplorable Momto2]

One must remember that the Bushes are good friends with the Clintons. Bill is everyone in DC's favorite party boy.

Yes, Matt, I realize that and I also understand Bush's feelings about his Jeb!'s dismal showing. Those feelings are hard for any parent to overcome. I think he was squarely a 2 on my scale until he was "outed" by a Kennedy.

What an embarrassment that Haiti effort must be to the Bushes! I do not put them in the category of the Clintons by any means. I do not believe he would willingly participate in a scam that took advantage of the Haitian people.

I wonder if he has ever privately commented on Obama's presidency? If so, those remarks aren't likely to be trumpeted by a Kennedy or any other D.

[henry the deplorable]

Tit for tat can be suboptimal in a family quarrel Beasts.

I can't judge "fightin' words" in either directing. Might have tossed a few myself. My preference in these matters is to remember the common ground usually exceeds the dispute, and worry about grievances later if at all. remove egos, the two sides are closer than they admit.

Plus we learned the real difference is the globalist agenda vs American Exceptionalism and individual initiative. Whichever side you end up on that, it is helpful to know the players.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

poppy's men, were scowcroft, baker, and company, heavily arabist in orientation, w's people on balance, leaned more than average toward israel, except at state, and corners of the company like pillar's desk, and grenier,

[Beasts of England]

Wise and diplomatic, henry. :)

[Beasts of England]

Do you have a link, JiB? I haven't seen any of hers recently.

[DebinNC]

WaPo compares HC v. DT ad spending ... Have to hope there's method to Team Trump's madness.

[boris]

As per Stephanie there were periods here when Trump bashing was the norm and other periods when they were outnumbered by defenders.

Nobody was "attacking" Jeff, or Cecil, or Rick.

If they found the eventual shift pro-Trump unpleasant maybe it seemed like expressing their opinion was drawing Trump defendings.

Like Stephanie and others here I was for Cruz/Fiorina but the Trump defenders always made more sense than the bashers.

[Captain Hate]

What an embarrassment that Haiti effort must be to the Bushes!

So embarrassing that Poppy's voting for Curb Dive. Fuck the Bushes; they've gotten by on people cutting them slack for the dumb things they do. Maybe it's time to realize they're just not as good as we needed them to be.

[MaryD]

deb, 'm really starting to believe MM's theory that Trump has this thing all mapped out.

[Porchlight]

Hillary started obscene ad spending very early. Where has it gotten her? The swing staters are already tuning her out, and that doesn't even account for the inexplicable spending in blue states. When Trump begins his full ad assault it will be new to voters' eyes and much closer to the election when it really counts.

[Neo]

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan tore into President Barack Obama over the weekend, saying the outgoing commander in chief has favored Israel and the gay community while sidelining African-Americans.

[Beasts of England]

I attacked Rick Ballard one time, but only after he had referred to Trump's supporters - including my daughters, as I pointed out to him - as 'rubes' and much worse, several dozen times. He's nothing but a pussy, and I let him off easy...

[Captain Hate]

Admittedly I'm biased but Short Circuit's ads are repetitive and boring; I can't imagine them persuading anybody on the fence.

[DebinNC]

Zero Hedge site on HC's NC fundraiser cancellation

"The Clinton event was billed as “lunch with Hillary Rodham Clinton” and had four donation levels to attend. Those contribution levels were described as $100,000, which featured “chair reception with Hillary,” $33,000, which included a “host reception with Hillary,” $5,000, which included “preferred seating” and $2,700. ... No reason was given for postponement of the Clinton event, which was planned to take place at the home of Betty Craven and Michael Warner."

Presumbly no cameras; i.e. no recording, in a private home. Hmm?

[MaryD]

Note to self: never, ever diss Beast's daughters. :-)

[Beasts of England]

For a hundred grand, I hope you get to keep the chair...

[Dave (in MA)]

Well, this could get good. On FB:

Jeanne
50 mins

Oh NOoooo the chump did it again x 4. Flipping shame he just can't keep his hand out of the cookie jar. Will he give up his secrets on how his majesty will win the war on terrorism? Stay tuned, break out the chips. Yikes, I can hear the beer cans popping now

Dave
30 mins

What are the moonbats worked up about now?

[Beasts of England]

You're a sweetheart, MaryD! And way too kind to ever behave like that. Plus, you send me cookies. :)

[clarice]

I still love and miss Rick from whom I stole so much good stuff over the years.

[clarice]

I think campaign ads generally are less worth than they cost--rallies where thousands pay to attend seem to me a great log rolling idea.

[Jack is Deplorable! (And Irredeemable)]

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, may be the worst movie ever made. Lucas must have been drunk or sailing in the pacific when they made it.

But here we are watching it. Why?

[MaryD]

Aww, she blushed.

Hint taken on the cookies -- the heat in northern New Hampshire has finally broken and it's time to flex the baking muscles. When do Clemson and Alabama play? ;-D

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

it showed why he needed kasdan and marquand, left to his own devices, he can't write characters worth a farthing,

[Free James D!]

Dave @ 8:47

Could you translate that?

[Porchlight]

Mr Porch saw it five times in the theater, JiB. When I asked him why he said he just had to.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

major dagett can't buy a clue,

https://twitter.com/DebraBurlingame/status/778380772172529664

[Porchlight]

What kind of cookies? I'm bored of all my recipes. Anyone else love hermits?

[anonamom; formerly adorable, now deplorable]

Happy Birthday, James D!!

What did you have for your birthday dinner??

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

but at the time, I didn't realize that, maybe natalie portman had something to do with it?

[Beasts of England]

It would have to be in the playoffs or a bowl game, MaryD. Too soon to tell! :)

[Free James D!]

Leftovers tonight, anonamom (my wife had a meeting at our church tonight). But melting pot Friday night to celebrate (Friday is actually her birthday)

[Dave (in MA)]

Free James D! | September 20, 2016 at 08:59 PM, I wish I could. The last time I had a back & forth with her, the thread ran long, so Facebook collapsed the list of posts, and she accused me of "hacking Facebook" so that she couldn't respond to what I had said.

[daddy]

here's how I see it. Trump is Jack Aubrey, and those who wish he was Stephen Maturin are missing a great deal. Aubrey has his faults, but his virtues are not limited to those he shares with Maturin, and vice versa.

Beautiful, Porch.

1st Republican President: That dummy. Didn't have a college degree, had a nutty as hell wife, had been a member of another Political party beforehand, and was so ugly some little girl had to tell him to grow a beard.

2nd Republican President: That dummy. Guy went bankrupt a bunch of times, was a habitual drunk, couldn't even use his own real name, and was a war monger.

3rd Republican president: Dummy, guy got his ass impeached for corruption, etc...

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

so if you wonder what are taylor's future projects,

http://libertyunyielding.com/2016/09/20/megyn-kelly-named-producer-new-go90-comedy-series-journos-campaign-trail/

talk about a more selective audience,

[peter]

Was Mark Levin knocking VDH's piece in the National Review?

[GUS]

I'm sure glad they didn't use the term APE to describe Obama. That would be wrong.
Besides, Opie looks more like Curious George. Note the ears.

[RattlerGator]

WaPo compares HC v. DT ad spending ... Have to hope there's method to Team Trump's madness.

Posted by: DebinNC | September 20, 2016 at 08:31 PM

Regarding that Washington Post article on ad spending, this is all you really need to know:

Over the past month -- the first month that Donald Trump has run any ads at all -- Hillary Clinton and PACs supporting her have run 70 percent of the ads that ran in the most popular markets. Trump, and groups supporting him, have run 30 percent.

And what's happened over the past month in polling? Trump has gained ground in the polls.

Cancel Christmas, Democrats.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

speaking of those audiences,

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2602382/

[Beasts of England]

I think you need some television ads to bolster your message, but we're way past that as a dominant medium.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

see the force awakened used some of the same set pieces, the desert of jakku vs. tatooine, the jungle of whatever was the yavin like planet, but
more effectively, a deathstar on steroids,

[Rocco]

Unless and until these NT's come around, It's HATE for me! When I hold my 15 month old granddaughter in my arms, I cringe when I think about her future with a president Clinton. THEY are the Benedict Arnolds of our time!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--I still love and miss Rick from whom I stole so much good stuff over the years.--

I do too, but I was surprised and disappointed in what he said about Trump, in that it was over the top, and even more so what he said about Trump supporters.

[Captain Hate]

If Trump could win this election with spending a minimal amount on tv ads, the lefties would love that, right? They're the ones always complaining about campaigns costing too much. Plus Dr Evil and Norma's close relationship with the alphabets would be as needed as Lotus 123.

[Janet]

Amen, Rocco.

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

strikingly, it turns out that's not what they meant either captain, as they supported the candidate who outspent their opposition from 5/1 in 2008 and 2/1 last time:

https://medium.com/@nntaleb/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577#.jlbkqt376

[Free James D!]

CH @ 9:30

Yeah, funny how that works. Trump wins the GOP nomination despite raising and spending 1/10 of what his competitors do (and being outspent 2-1 or more by several of them individually), and he's right there with Hillary despite have no spent a it y fraction of what she's spent.

Isn't that precisely what the progs have been demanding? Yet they're silent on this for some odd reason. It's almost as if they're utterly dishonest, amoral hypocrites or something. But that's unpossible, isn't it?

[Captain Hate]

Speaking of Aubrey/Maturin, I'm sailing through The Nutmeg of Consolation. I'll be sorry to reach the end.

[GUS]

Here, let Uncle Gus make it simple.
Dear NeverTrumpers.

a CONSERVATIVE is NOT GOING TO WIN.

You can have a Trump Salad or a RODHAM SHIT SANDWICH.

You get ONE or the other. Now you HEAVY HEAVY THINKING TRUE CONSERVATIVES don't want a SHIT SANDWICH. Do you???

[Rocco]

Does the sandwich come with a pickle?

[Another Bob]

Ignatz Ratzkywatzky | September 20, 2016 at 09:30 PM

Totally agree. I appreciated RickB's take, and how he put it. Was also taken aback by the intensity of his never-Trumpism. Didn't get it, he was normally very level-headed

[Buckeye]

I will take bombastic populist over criminal commie any day.

Can I have some crumpled blue cheese on my salad?

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

ah so the plot thickens,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3798707/Marion-Cotillard-absolutely-devastated-dragged-Angelina-Jolie-Brad-Pitt-s-split-starring-sexually-charged-spy-thriller-actor.html

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

>>>Might explain why Lynch won't answer.

Posted by: clarice | September 20, 2016 at 08:08 PM<<<

who coulda guessed that?

[the deplorable buccaneer morgan]

mind you, his performance might make the jayvees not willingly to take credit for him:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/20/new-york-bombing-suspect-ahmad-khan-rahami-said-he-received-inst/

[Beasts of England]

A granddaughter is quite the blessing, Rocco. I hope I'm that fortunate one day...

[JohnH]

Porch,
I for one love hermits. I. Grew up in MA. Small town, local bakery shop. Wood floor with ruts worn into it from age. They had the most wonderful hermit bars. I've tried many recipes found online hoping to recreate that childhood memory. All come up short or my palate has changed as I've aged.

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

>>>Politicians often do not like to mingle with voters. I can see why and sympathize.

Posted by: clarice | September 20, 2016 at 08:14 PM<<<

YIKES.

[Threadkiller]

Welcome back, Jane!

[Dave (in MA)]

My wife's friend makes me a batch of hermits whenever I bail her out of whatever computer and/or electronics difficulties she gets herself into, at least a few times per year.

[Deplorable Kat]

Oh Porch,
I love your Aubrey/Maturin comparison.
Ditto, daddy.

[Dave (in MA)]

Make Skittles™ great again

[Beasts of England]

Okay, tell this Southern boy what the heck a hermit bar is, please. :)

[Threadkiller]

He said that the #NeverTrumper's were now in the position of being stuck where they are because of emotions and feelings, not because of thoughtful argument.

Sounds like the position the #NeverBirthers put themselves in when they argued for dual citizens to be Commander in Chief of The United States Armed Forces.

[clarice]

gtr, what I mean is so many who accost pols are irrational and adamant and if you see this hundreds of times a week, you grow to dislike crowds of them.

[Deplorable Kat]

"I will take bombastic populist over criminal commie any day"

Word

[MAM]

I love hermits but as I get older, I can't eat raisins without a stomach ache. My husband and I are blessed with two granddaughters and two grandsons - and another grandchild due in May. All of the little ones are under the age of five. Like Rocco, I pray for their future and wonder why so many are willing to place their trust in a dishonest and untrustworthy person like Hillary. What will the future hold for my grandchildren if we don't stop the madness now??

[Porchlight]

Thanks daddy and Kat.

JohnH and Dave (in MA) - I knew our New England peeps would love hermits.

Beasts, they are a spice cookie, usually bar form, with raisins and/or nuts. A bit chewy and very old-fashioned.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Is Something Wrong With Hillary Clinton's Eyes?!?
Her frickin left eye goes 'boing' every time she looks to the left.
How's she gonna catch the nuclear football if she sees two of them?

[Dave (in MA)]

I was not aware they were a regional thing.

They're better when they're made as individual cookies and not cut from a sheet.

[Rocco]

Thanks beasts...Hermit bars are chewy molasses bars or cookies and I can remember my grandmother giving my sister and I a hermit bar with half a glass of ginger ale way back when. Then we got the I raised 5 kids during the depression speech, heh.