If Money Talks...

If money talks, Beto runs, not walks. On to 2020!

For Democratic strategists eager to advance a younger nominee contrasting with President Donald Trump, O’Rourke’s appeal rests on his perceived ability to bridge a gulf within the party — between Democratic contenders who are older but come with pre-existing donor networks, and Democrats who are younger but have not yet developed a substantial fundraising base. O’Rourke, at 46, has both.

I've said many times that Republicans want to nominate Ike or Reagan. hence the preference for elder statesmen such as Bush 41, Bob Dole, McCain '08 (but not the 2000 insurgent!), Romney '12, etc.

Democrats, on the other hand, are desperate to nominate a young, energetic, telegenic John Kennedy. Or Robert. But definitely young, in part because older normally means Positions Taken and Factions Alienated - Bill Clinton and Barack Obama had the blank slate thing working for them. John Kerry was a bit of an exception but since he had been a stealth Senator he was virtually free of legacy barnacles. Hillary of course was the Establishment "We Owe You One" pick and we saw how that worked out (She won the popular vote!).

Beto should be perfect for the Dems in 2020. Go, go Beto!

Comments

[Porchlight]

Can't wait. He is such a tool.

[Neo]

Democrats now the Party of the Rich ...

At the conclusion of the election, Democrats control all 20 of wealthiest congressional districts in the country (They won the top 10 by an average vote of 65-34 percent).

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/417304-midterms-show-dems-the-party-of-the-elite-not-the-middle-class

[henry]

They picked a Ted

[Porchlight]

The Hillary oppo on him will be amusing.

[Captain Hate]

Arkancide or Schlonging, Blotto?

[Captain Hate]

hence the preference for elder statesmen such as Bush 41, Bob Dole, McCain '08 (but not the 200 insurgent!), Romney '12, etc.

Preference by the GOPe.

[GUS]

Davidson. So there were "NEO" Nazi tweets??
How about sharing those with us Davidson??
Do you have a policy on WHICH THOUGHTS are APPROVED??
PIGS IN A BLANKET FRY-EM LIKE BACON. Is that APPROVED??? Is BLACK LIVES MATTER...ok...for DAVIDSON??

[Neo]

Carlos Ghosn, who's widely credited with saving Nissan from failure and bringing it together with Renault and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., was detained Monday over a suspected breach of Japanese financial laws, according to Nissan Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa. Ghosn and Director Greg Kelly have been under investigation at Nissan for several months after a whistleblower complaint, and the board is set to meet Thursday to remove them both.

[boatbuilder]

...the charge that diverse thought on certain topics are counterproductive for the overall health of Black America.

Was that really posited as a legitimate position, RG? It is hard to think of a context in which that would not rightly be considered condescending and insulting--whatever group it is applied to (other than, say, a labor union or a political group). Applied to an entire race of people it is simply--well, racist.

[Narciso79]

You spent 75 million dollars and still lost, how is that a thing

Clearly neo its anti argentinians prejudice.

[Porchlight]

He raised 75 million - I don't know if he spent it all. I think some of it was banked for 2020.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

And this from AT is a wake-up call, or a head for the hills call:

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/11/americant_from_midterms_to_end_times.html

Flat out scary.

[Jane]

We are now beginning to see how important Trump's appointment of Judges is. Kelley gives back Acosta's press pass, and opens the door for the WH to take complete control. The dems BS about Whitaker will go no where. The attempts to pretend that the law has no ramifications are coming to an end.

It's great!

[GUS]

Ahhhh yes, the RICHNESS of DIVERSITY......except when it applies to black people.

It's worse than ORWELLIAN.

[Jim Eagle]

Isn't Davidson where Steph Curry went to school?

I guess the new big race controversy is why the Redskins aren't bringing Kaepernick in for a tryout since Alex Smith broke his leg. I understand it was 33 years to the day when LT did the same number on Joe Thiesman.

[GUS]

Obama is and was a complete tool, and he won twice.

THE FULL COMMIE is marching in lock step/goose step.

[GUS]

The under 35 crowd has NO FEAR of COMMUNISM. They have been BRAIN WASHED and PROPAGANDIZED by both the EDUCATION SYSTEM and of course the MFM.

It's cool to be COMMIE. Until YOU YOURSELF are subjected to it. OBAMA is an obvious example. He's a useless piece of crap, who has ZERO accomplishments in his life. COMMUNISM seemed really really cool and became his IDEOLOGY.
Until he could get his hands on REAL CASH.
Now COMMUNISM is for YOU, not him.

[boatbuilder]

Kaepernick was warming the bench on the then-pathetic Niners, having been benched in favor of the legendary Blaine Gabbert, when he started the kneeling schtick. The idea that he could be a starter on any team but for his political notoriety is a fantasy.

[GUS]

Notice Bart Kaeperdink didn't kneel, until AFTER he was SHITCANNED????

Hmmmmmmmmmm. Sounds like a great big pussy to me.

[Pinandpuller]

Racist?

[Pinandpuller]

She rehydrates quickly

[Dave (in MA)]

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[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

So if Mexicans tell Hondurans to get out of Tijuana that's racism?
Guess racism is like climate change; there is no situation it can't cover.

[Old Lurker]

Gus, how many <35 do you think could state within ten million people how many have been killed by Communism since 1917, or how many cities in communist countries they would find better than any city in the US?

Oh. But DC wants to let 16 year olds vote in 2020.

[henry]

Capital letters scare students... at a journalism school.

Course leaders say capitalising a word could emphasise "the difficulty or high-stakes nature of the task".

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1046977/university-lecturers-not-to-use-cap-letters-student-failure

[johns]

No fat-shaming Susana Gonzalez. She walked all the way from Honduras to the US.

[Jim Eagle]

henry,

e.e cummings would ace that course:)

OL,

Oh I don't know. I think Detroit came pretty close to 3rd world or commie type cities. Portland is moving there faster than Caracas.

[Extraneus]

Clinton, Abrams, Democrats Don’t Accept Outcome of Georgia Governor’s Race

"If she had a fair election, she already would have won," Clinton said Tuesday night at the University of Texas.

"I think that Stacey Abrams’ election is being stolen from her, using what I think are insidious measures to disenfranchise certain groups of people," Booker said at Yahoo Finance's All Markets Summit on Tuesday.

"If Stacey Abrams doesn't win in Georgia, they stole it," Brown said Wednesday at the National Action Network. "It's clear. I say that publicly. It's clear."

Yet Clinton herself ripped 2016 opponent Donald Trump when he infamously remarked at their third presidential debate that he wouldn't necessarily accept the results of their race.

"I'll keep you in suspense," he quipped, leading Clinton to respond that such rhetoric was "horrifying."

"Every time Donald thinks things are not going in his direction, he claims whatever it is is rigged against him," she said.

"We've had hot, contested elections going back to the very beginning, but one of our hallmarks has always been that we accept the outcomes of our elections," she told reporters after the debate.

At a Florida rally after that debate, she condemned Trump's comments again and said, "we have free and fair elections and the peaceful transfer of power. That is one thing that makes America great."

They have oversized hypocrisy glands.

[MissMarple2]

John Roberts
‏Verified account @johnrobertsFox
12m12 minutes ago

We can scratch off one possible cabinet replacement. @realDonaldTrump sent Commerece's Wilbur @SecretaryRoss a letter this morning asking him to stay.

[Jim Eagle]

Ex,

I refer you to that AT piece at 2:09. That is why the Dems can talk like that.

[henry]

Rhodes Scholarship to DACA dude... plus athletics written out of the qualifications. Another participation trophy.

https://news.yale.edu/2018/11/19/three-seniors-awarded-prestigious-rhodes-scholarships?utm_source=YNemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=yn-11-19-18

[Jim Eagle]

Well, if you take the 2:09 scenario and add henry's 3:05, we are moving left at warp speed. You think those 3 "scholars" would have voted for a MAGA agenda. LOL.

[Old Lurker]

Good point, Jack. I should have said "any city in the US not already under communist control".

[Extraneus]

And yet, Trump is President, Kavanaugh is on the Supreme Court, Ginsberg is 85, and the Senate is in Republican hands.

It ain't over yet.

[anonamom]

One of the Rhodes Scholars from the the class of 2014 is a paraplegic in a wheelchair, so maybe the athletics thing got dropped a while ago.

[jimmyk]

They have oversized hypocrisy glands.

Is that anything like the hippocampus?

Seriously, though, they have the luxury of knowing they won't be challenged on this by the MSM. Yesterday Chuck Todd *almost* challenged Brown, but really just gave him a soapbox to obfuscate on how when Democrats do it's really different, mumbling something about "false equivalence."

[Extraneus]

16 House 'Never Nancy' Dems oppose Pelosi for speaker, demand ‘new leadership’

Fox News previously reported the existence of this letter, though one name was left off the final version: Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, who has said she is considering a run against Pelosi and plans to announce her decision after Thanksgiving.

“People are asking me to do it, and I’ am thinking about it,” Fudge told a local news outlet last week. “I need to give it some thought and see if I have an interest. I am at the very beginning of this process. It is just in discussion at this point.”

Well at least she can check off the proven liar prerequisite.

[henry]

anonamom, athletics were getting ignored in the 70s... "tried intramurals once" or "played ping pong in the dorm basement" seemed to be enough lip service to cover the grant terms. Not sure when the lawyers just flat ignored Rhodes grant.

[MissMarple2]

The Fake News is showing old footage of people climbing over our Ocean Area Fence. This is what it really looks like - no climbers anymore under our Administration! pic.twitter.com/CD4ltRePML

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2018

Photo at the link.

[Jim Eagle]

Here is two more Yalie's we can add to demographic scenario. No MAGA voters here.

https://news.yale.edu/2018/11/19/yale-senior-and-recent-graduate-will-study-ireland-mitchell-scholars?utm_source=YNemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=yn-11-19-18

[Jim Eagle]

One reason I think Trump likes to tweet is to suck in the left/prog/Dem commenters. If you go to that 3:25 link all the comments are from that side of the fence. What we are truly dealing with and in one single tweet.

God Bless America, None of those assholes will.

[rse]

Ralph-I got that email from davidson as well and was horrified by the position that we are all about building a community and these people had unacceptable thoughts. I wouldn't be surprised to learn through the grapevine they are legacies and this is why that aid up has to go.

Have I ever told you that when she was an admin at rice and chairing a diversity conference she had angela davis come be the keynoter?

Several years ago they had a speaker I has heard in person and I asked about watching a video of his presentation and the alumni office insisted no video had been made. Red laughed at the idea it had not been recorded. They just didn't want an inquiring alum realizing just how transformational she actually was.

For the record about two years ago they proudly asserted they would never allow the hateful CFA on campus.

[daddy]

Good Morning.

Jim nj linked this fairly decent USA Today story last night Biased federal judges — not Trump's agenda — are the real threat to our constitutional order, but Jim adds I agree with him that judges are obstructing Trump, but did he really need to add some snark on Trump at the end?

Here's the snark comment in the column:

The American people elected Donald Trump president. The Trump presidency grows more tiresome every day.

That is the dig he has to get in at the expense of the President. It has no place in the column whatever.

I would submit that nothing grows more "tiresome" during the Trump Presidency than the requisite sentence or soundbite the Reporter is required to make dumping on President Trump. Hell, Trump in effect hasn't even yet had the opportunity to fully be President, what with this 2 year old Mueller investigation hanging over his head 24/7 and Sessions the idiot recusing himself.

No Mr Reporter, the "tiresome" bit of Trump's Presidency is entirely generated by you guys through your daily dishonesty and your daily cowardice. What the hell is "tiresome," is your continual daily need to tell us how morally superior you are to a President who deserves so much better from the likes of you.

[MissMarple2]

daddy,

I am convinced more and more that the press and cable news are receiving pay-offs from Soros, Steyer and whoever.

It has become obvious that the Washington Post is going after the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Who is paying them - the mullahs of Iran?

Why is CMM still operating with the same CEO and staff, when their ratings are in the toilet?

It's an organized propaganda operation, and I want to know who is funding it.

[MissMarple2]

Of course I mean CNN.

Although CMM could mean Clinton Mouthpiece Media.

[MissMarple2]

President Trump and the First Lady Participate in the White House Christmas Tree Delivery https://t.co/O6Nr8k1mnu

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 19, 2018

5-mnute video at link.

Interesting yo note: Body language between Melania and the President, which seems afectionate. President Trump pats the horse. President and Melania greet onlookers and pose for pictures. NO interaction with the press.

[James D.]

I got that email from davidson as well and was horrified by the position that we are all about building a community and these people had unacceptable thoughts.

There is a simple solution.

Turn off the money spigot. End all federal student loans. End all other federal student aid. Cut off federal research funding to these universities.

If parents want their kids indoctrinated, they can petition their state governments to jack up their local taxes to fund it, or they can co-sign on private student loans at 19% interest and no generous repayment terms.

[Thomas Collins]

CH and maryrose, what's happening with Cleveland's politicians? They are now killing exes? Oh for the good old days of corrupt but non-violent pols such as George Forbes!

http://www.cleveland19.com/2018/11/19/cleveland-mayor-defends-hiring-convicted-felon-lance-mason-says-death-former-judges-ex-wife-could-not-have-been-foreseen/

[Thomas Collins]

More on the ex-judge and current (or has he been fired) Cleveland city employee.

https://fox8.com/2018/11/19/shaker-heights-police-charges-will-be-brought-against-lance-mason-in-death-of-ex-wife/

[MissMarple2]

https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/18/45-minutes-trump-interview/

What it's like to get called to come in for an interview with the President.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/11/19/brown-jump-boots-a-leather-bomber-jacket-more-all-the-details-on-the-new-army-greens/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=Socialflow+MIL

[daddy]

I see on the previous thread there is a discussion of racism. 2 threads back I came across that column from the women hitting the same topic Clarice "Pieced" about over the weekend, Stop Shaming White Women For Voting Republican

In this latest column the author defines the newspeak term Here's the definition:

Intersectionality is the idea that a person’s moral authority, his or her value and legitimacy in society, is determined by how oppressed he or she is. You are judged by your victim status. Straight white men (a.k.a. the patriarchy) are the oppressors and have no moral authority in determining America’s national identity or its future.

"Intersectionality" sure sounds to me like a license to practice Racism without it being called "Racism."

[Pinandpuller]

More White People than White People

[boatbuilder]

I seriously doubt that any woman who votes Republican in today's toxic climate is going to be "shamed" into changing her mind. More like the opposite--"Don't try to peddle that nonsense with me, I've heard it all before."

[Pinandpuller]

So intersectionality is like when a skating or diving technique gets a degree of difficulty?

[daddy]

Anne Colter on with Howie Carr reserves a table at OL's Ledge:

Annie: ...3 out of 4 Hispanics in Texas are under the age of 18. We got about 5 more years of Texas being a Red State. Once Texas goes, once Florida goes...Trump will be one term and he'll be the last Republican President we'll ever have, then you can kiss your Gun Right's goodbye, you can kiss Free Speech goodbye, you can kiss everything goodbye.

Howie: Well you're in a gloomy mood today, Anne.

Annie: I am in a gloomy [email protected]#$%

[jimmyk]

What has Beto actually accomplished in his life, other than getting elected to the House? Yes, I know such questions of Dems are impertinent, but I’m wondering anyway.

[James D.]

It’s hard to disagree with Coulter, when there are plenty of people who are supposedly Republican who will happily eliminate the Bill of Rights in order to keep their spot at the trough and lord it over the rest of us.

This is Christmastime and I want peace and goodwill.

But if there must be a war, then I want our side to wage total war with no quarter and no restriction and no gradual escalation or proportional response. I want the people who hate us and want to remove our rights and steal everything we’ve ever earned or built, to be destroyed. Savagely and without mercy or a second thoughts.

[Pinandpuller]

John Brown was not a cross tie spike driving man

[Old Lurker]

What did the WH gain by telling Acosta this morning that his new pass was only temporary until the TRO expires...then by 5pm saying "nevermind" you can keep it permanently.

Seems like a silly back down which CNN can say they won. Because they did.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-shooting-mercy-hospital-chicago-20181119-story.html

[Old Lurker]

Coulter is not my idea of a good roommate on the Ledge, but her warnings about (those) Demographics = (our) Destiny is dead on and earns her a room if she wants it.

[MissMarple2]

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/11/19/breaking-cnn-jim-acosta-drop-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-heres-why-n2536221

[Pinandpuller]

I meant John Henry

[daddy]

From the Daily Caller link on replacing that goon of a comedianne at the White House Correspondents Dinner with Historian Ron Chernow:

But a longtime journalist anticipates possible boredom.

“Changes had to be made to the dinner because last year’s event was offensive,” an anonymous Washington journalist confided to The Mirror. “But you also don’t want to be boring.

Coward.

[daddy]

Howie Carr: We live in a country that is thinking about banning, outlawing, Menthol Cigarettes. And if Menthol Cigarettes are outlawed only Outlaws will have Menthol Cigarettes. And I live in a State where, as of tomorrow, Marijuana is going to be sold for recreational purposes. So Menthol Cigarettes may be outlawed soon if the FDA gets it's way, but Marijuana will be readily available wherever you want to get it.

[Old Lurker]

Great MM. So in effect the WH agrees that Acosta has the right to be there under the 1st and 5th Amendments of the Constitution. And don't be telling me "yes, but now we have rules..." They could have had rules anytime they wanted, now they have vested screamers with new Constitutional Rights.

We will rue this day.

Trump should not have picked this fight if he did not intend to win it.

[Pinandpuller]

So Feudalism is back?

Like Norm Macdonald said, you're paying [$100k] for the worst sex of your life.

[daddy]

Have these new White House Press Rules been posted yet?

(1) A journalist called upon to ask a question will ask a single question and then will yield the floor to other journalists;

(2) At the discretion of the President or other White House official taking questions, a follow-up question or questions may be permitted; and where a follow up has been allowed and asked, the questioner will yield the floor;

(3) ‘Yielding the floor’ includes, when applicable, physically surrendering the microphone to White House staff for use by the next questioner;

(4) Failure to abide by any of these rules (1)-(3) may result in suspension or revocation of the journalist’s hard pass.

[GUS]

A WAR is coming.

[Old Lurker]

Daddy, how's that pig look with that new lipstick, huh?

[daddy]

"the Senate hasn’t consented to Whitaker “serving in any office within the federal government, let alone the highest office at the DOJ.”"

How come during every Presidency fo the last 20-30 years every Administration Official has been referred to as Czar, (ie: Drug Czar, Education Czar, Aides Czar, Climate Czar, etc)

How come I don't recall Trump having any Czars?

BTW, Researching my question I came upon this: from Wiki List of U.S. executive branch czars

Scroll down a few inches to the first graph and see how many appointees not confirmed by the Senate are in the Administrations of FDR, W Bush, and the guy who leads everyone in appointees not confirmed by the Senate, Barrack Obama.

[Jane]

OL,

You have rooms on the Ledge? Do they include bathrooms?

[MissMarple2]

Old Lurker,

I don't know why the decision was made, or why CNN has dropped the lawsuit,

I only reported the story.

I will wait and see.

[henry]

I’ve seen press whining about the rules. “A smart person could evade answering questions” eleventy!!!!

As if the dumbass before Trump answered anything.

[Old Lurker]

The issue is whether POTUS can appoint an "acting" cabinet official who does not get Senate confirmation.

The answer has to be that POTUS HAS to have such authority. Without that, an incoming POTUS of a party different from the Senate Control could be told (by Schumer or Harry Reid, say) "Nope. We are not going to approve ANY of your nominees, ever; you can either shut down those departments of leave the former POTUS' cabinet secretaries in place." That can't work.

[Old Lurker]

My post was before you posted yours, MM. What matters (to me) is how it looks (to me). And I say it stinks. And it was self inflicted.

[daddy]

Howie Carr and caller Johnny join Captain Hate in criticizing Chris Wallace for his dishonest smear of a predicate in his question to president Trump last night:

Howie: Johnny, didn't Chris Wallace also say, "Mr President, you're a Symbol of Repression." What the hell was that all about? How is he a symbol of Repression? I go back to what Dan Crenshaw said, the Congressman Elect from Texas, "Who has he been repressing?" Who has Donald Trymp put in jail? Obama put a lot more political prisoners in Jail than Trump has. Trump has put in Zero. (aferwhich Howie holds up his hand to make a Zero, which inadvertently is also the White Power signal:)

[MissMarple2]

Old Lurker,

I know. I just am not wiling to get into an argument about it, because there is all sorts of stuff going on, and I don't understand the decisions.

Like I said, I will wait and see. I don't like to borrow trouble.

[Old Lurker]

I agree it is not worth arguing about, MM. It is just a passing summer shower for the most part. But it revealed a leak in Trump's roof which I wish it hadn't.

[Old Lurker]

Wonder how the House Rs want to play the Pelosi for Speaker card? Obviously the R's can get her elected regardless how many D's don't want her.

[Extraneus]

I think the WH has won this round on the Acosta thing. The judge found a requirement that they put a code of conduct in place, with a process for punishing violators. Surely they'll comply.

No idea why they threatened to revoke his pass again and then backed down, but there will be no more grandstanding by this piss-ant without consequences, which was the whole point.

Anyone know when the new rules come out? Do the press people need to quietly raise their hands in order to be recognized?

[daddy]

Caller Maryrose to Howie:

Maryrose: A little advice for Anne Colter---turtlenecks.

Howie: Ewww. That's very catty Maryrose, C'mon, Mee Yow! I couldn't get away with saying stuff like that.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.dailywire.com/news/38520/gov-jerry-brown-quietly-admits-trump-was-right-emily-zanotti

[henry]

Ext, the new rules are out. See daddy, 5:22

[daddy]

DeBlasio: Walmart bad, Amazon good.

[MissMarple2]

The Mayor of Tijuana is a savage ! 😂😭😭😭😭 President Trump is changing the world and I love it. pic.twitter.com/YBjlY5yqZ1

— Oaktown ☢ Unfiltered (@hrtablaze) November 19, 2018

Photo at link.

[Porchlight]

CNN said they dropped the lawsuit because it was no longer necessary now that Acosta's pass was restored.

The rules are now publicly codified for all, and Acosta will either break them and get booted, or he will abide by them. And maybe he won't get any questions at all for awhile, or ever. So, the WH wins.

[Extraneus]

Ext, the new rules are out. See daddy, 5:22

Oh, I thought he made those up.

Well, I suppose the rules can be amended at any time. Did the WH create them unilaterally or in cooperation with the Correspondent's Association?

(I'll be pissed if it was the latter.)

[Extraneus]

From MM's link:

(Click to open pic.)

[Porchlight]

Unilaterally, Ext.

[Extraneus]

Ok, here it is. Same rules as daddy posted, with the option of tightening if necessary.

"Today the @WhiteHouse fully restored @Acosta's press pass. As a result, our lawsuit is no longer necessary. We look forward to continuing to cover the White House," CNN tweeted.

But the White House also instituted new rules for journalists at press conferences, claiming it has the right to suspend or revoke a journalist's credentials if they fail to follow any of the rules. Those three rules include: a journalist called upon to ask a question will ask a single question and then yield the floor; a follow-up question will be permitted at the discretion of the president or the White House and then the journalist must yield the floor; and "yielding the floor" includes if necessary physically surrendering the microphone, according to White House press secretary Sarah Sanders.

Sanders said the White House may initiate further rules of decorum, if necessary.

"The White House's interaction with the press is, and generally should be, subject to a natural give-and-take," Sanders said. "President Trump believes strongly in the First Amendment, and a free press and is the most accessible President in modern history. It would be a great loss for all if, instead of relying on the professionalism of White House journalists, we were compelled to devise a lengthy and detailed code of conduct for White House events."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-restores-jim-acosta-press-pass-access/

[MissMarple2]

https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article221868895.html

The mayor of Paradise was impressed.

[daddy]

Typed just went ape=shit on me up here.

My Pop picked up a Nazi flag I believe when his unit rolled into Nurnberg. He was not a Nazi of course, and we also have his Nazi Lugar and his Nazi short dress sword.
It was one of these types though not as long:
I recall taking the Nazi Flag to college one semester in the early 1970's and I hung it in our dorm room. No biggie. I wasn't a Nazi either, but in today's world that would be perceived as being a full fledged Nazi and I suppose I'd have been expelled

If Dad had brought home a "Rising Sun" flag of the Nips from the pacific theater I suppose I'd have hung that in the Dorm instead of the Nazi one. Whatever.

Something else he brought home when we left Germany after his tour there in the early 50's, was a young German Orphan teenage girl who was my Nanny. Wonderful gal and we all loved her.

[daddy]

I wish they had included a 5th rule for the White House Correspondents, something like this:

5) If you violate the prior 4 rules and are being escorted out by Security, any resistance on your part to the security forces doing their assigned jobs will be grounds for Prosecution to the full extent under the law, and any bodily harm that comes to you as a consequence of your resistance is justified because of this advance notice.

[henry]

Daddy, the press might call that “too Saudi”. Let some time pass.

[MissMarple2]

daddy,

My dad had stuff from Mussolini. He was in North Africa and then up through Sicily and then Italy.

I don['t know what happened to all of that stuff. Perhaps my brother has it.

[sbwaters]

daddy: I suppose I'd have hung that in the Dorm

In my four person freshman dorm, over the fireplace I hung a nude my grandfather had painted.

Since I was only a freshman, I had to choose a painting that showed only her backside.

[daddy]

I guess we're gonna forget about the underground railroad.

She probably heard that thru the grapevine, and...oops, Hold on a sec, I hear my grapevine ringing. Hello? Hello? Speak up, I can't hear you.

Telephone, Telegraph and Telagirl.

[Captain Hate]

The elevator is still going down:

https://mobile.twitter.com/julie_kelly2/status/1064658272895098880?s=21