The Pennsylvania Senate debate
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DAILY BIBLE VERSE
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 5:20
Soros: worse than you imagined
We often refer to billionaire George Soros, the source of funding for so much that’s destroying America. That’s not by accident. If you’ve only heard his name invoked in place of swear words, check out this article that quotes his actual words about himself, his worldview and his goals, and you’ll see that it’s actually worse than you imagined.
https://www.wnd.com/2022/10/billionaire-thinks-god/
Although I do have to admit that when I saw the headline, “The Billionaire Who Thinks He’s God,” my first response was, “Which one?”
Late-stage Trump Derangement Syndrome
MSNBC “legal analyst” Barbara McQuade floated the idea of charging former President Trump with manslaughter for his responsibility for “the deaths that occurred” on January 6th.
Even Factcheck.org had to admit that the only death that occurred on January 6th as part of the riot was the point-blank woman-slaughter of unarmed pro-Trump protester Ashli Babbitt by a Capitol cop. The Democrats not only didn’t investigate him or charge him with anything, they treated him like a hero and a celebrity. All the other deaths cited were from natural causes such as heart attacks or strokes, or suicides, with some occurring days or even weeks later.
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/how-many-died-as-a-result-of-capitol-riot/
I suggest that MSNBC be charged with murdering journalism.
RIP Leslie Jordan
By “Huckabee” pop culture guru Pat Reeder (http://www.hollywoodhifi.com)
I am sad to have to report that Emmy-winning comic actor and writer Leslie Jordan, 67, died Monday in Los Angeles when his car struck the side of a building after he reportedly had a medical emergency while driving.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/leslie-jordan-dead-67
Jordan’s lengthy IMDB resume includes appearances on just about every TV show for decades, from “The Fall Guy” in 1986 through two iterations of “Will & Grace” up through the current sitcom, “Call Me Kat” -- plus movies like “The Help” and cartoon voice overs. He also wrote and starred in several autobiographical stage plays, such as “Hysterical Blindness and Other Southern Tragedies That Have Plagued My Life Thus Far.”
With his soft voice, thick Tennessee drawl and 4’11” height, he was an unlikely celebrity, but he could make any line hilarious. His contradictory traits included being openly gay, but also a proud Southern Baptist who recorded a gospel album. While something of an icon to the LGBTQ crowd, he didn’t engage in Hollywood’s divisive politics, even appearing as a guest on “Gutfeld!” and posing with Fox News stars for photos.
Jordan liked bringing people together and making them laugh. He helped a lot of Americans get through the pandemic with regular social media posts telling funny inside stories from his show biz career that gained him nearly 6 million followers, all of whom he called “friends.” Many of these stories can be found in his 2021 memoir, “How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived.”
His final social media post read, “Make sure you find a military service member and thank them for their service – or, support @theuso and their vital mission. God Bless the USA."
Fellow celebrities are filling social media with tributes to him.
RIP to a very funny, and by all accounts, extremely nice man.
Fetterman shock
Before I get into the details of last night’s shocking Pennsylvania Senate debate between John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz, I want to say something that needs to be said and repeated far and wide:
What we saw last night was not merely a sad display of someone struggling to do something he was clearly not capable of, it was also a live televised expose of a major conspiracy to commit election fraud on the voters of Pennsylvania.
I don’t blame Fetterman himself. It’s possible that he’s not even aware of how impaired he really is. Maybe in his mind, what he’s saying seems perfectly lucid. But the people around him, his wife and campaign team, obviously knew better. This is why they tried to lower expectations the day before the debate. It’s also why they tried to avoid a debate at all until they were pressured into it by even the liberal media outlets.
Even then, they delayed it as long as possible in hopes of racking up the maximum number of early votes before the public discovered the truth.
As one commentator pointed out, that was Fetterman at his absolute best. That was him after months of therapy and recuperation, with weeks of debate prep, the questions written out for him on a 70-inch monitor, and the chance to rehearse with the monitor. Even with every possible advantage, that was the best he could do. Imagine what he must be like when it isn’t all teed up for him and he hasn’t had weeks of rehearsal.
And the people closest to him KNEW that. They knew this man was incapable of doing the job, but they tried to hide that fact from voters. If you voted early for Fetterman based on their false assurances that he was completely fine except for a tiny auditory processing problem, wouldn’t you be furious at being hoodwinked? Maybe you’d like your ballot back so you could change it. Tough luck, sucker! It’s too late now.
I never again want to hear some Democrat pushing the ridiculous notion that there’s no such thing as election fraud (or that it exists only when a Democrat loses an election.) The next time someone says that to me, I’ll dare them to go to YouTube and watch this entire debate all over again. I can’t think of better evidence of naked election fraud, or a more painful punishment to have to endure.
The Pennsylvania Senate debate
Now, let’s get into last night’s debates, because there were several that made news, even if only one was the political equivalent of the Hindenburg disaster. That was the Pennsylvania Senate debate between Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Right off the bat, let me state something that’s getting buried: Dr. Oz did very well. He came across as serious, well-prepared, articulate and sincere in both his conservative principles and his desire to serve the voters and help get America back on the right course. And he kept his cool and his patience when dealing with a very trying opponent, which is a key aspect of the job. He should make a fine Senator for Pennsylvania. And judging from the huge post-debate surge in his direction on the electoral betting markets, that just became the most likely outcome.
As for Fetterman, where to start? His campaign tried desperately to lower expectations before the debate, but the universal consensus is that they didn’t lower them nearly enough. His very first words to the audience were, “Hi. Good night, everybody.” And unlike Groucho Marx singing, “Hello, I must be going,” it wasn’t a joke. In fact, it was all downhill from there.
His answers were so incoherent that after the moderator asked why Fetterman hadn’t released his medical records, his follow-up question was to simply repeat the original question, in hopes that a second stab at it might actually produce an answer.
Twice during the debate, Fetterman burst out with interruptions of Oz, including shouting, “You want to cut Social Security!” during Oz’s closing statement, a major breach of debate rules. This implies that he’s not only suffering cognitive and communications problems, but also a lack of self-control.
I’m not even going to try typing out all the baffling word salad answers (the ZeroHedge blog compiled a lot of clips in the link above), but suffice to say that Fetterman doesn’t merely have a minor auditory problem. He cannot communicate coherently, and apparently isn’t even aware that what he’s saying is gibberish.
I’m not criticizing him for that. The man had a stroke and is obviously not well. I sincerely pray for him to make a full recovery, but it’s obvious now that he’s far from that point. He should be concentrating on recuperation and therapy. The people around him should be making that a priority instead of pressing him into a stressful political campaign for a demanding job like United States Senator that he’s clearly not capable of handling.
Even many liberal commentators had to admit they were shocked by how badly Fetterman did, calling it sad, painful and embarrassing to watch, and saying that people who criticized NBC reporter Dasha Burns for mentioning his problems during their interview owe her an apology.
Despite that televised disaster, Fetterman’s supporters are trying desperately to spin it as a win. His campaign claims he did “remarkably well,” better than he did during the primary, and they’re “thrilled” with his performance (bear in mind, these people have had a LOT of experience lying in recent months.) Some are accusing those who expressed shock at his condition of being “ableist,” since calling someone an “-ist” of some sort is their go-to response when they’ve got nothing else.
For the record: it’s not “ableist” to reject someone for a job who is obviously unable to do that job. It would be ableist to deny someone a desk job because he’s in a wheelchair. It would be insane to hire that person as an NFL running back.
Fetterman tried to blame his poor performance on the giant monitor showing him the questions, claiming it had typos, errors and glitches. But the questions weren't the problem; it was his answers that were full of typos, errors and glitches. Besides, the moderator rejected that claim, saying that the monitors (which were installed to help Fetterman) performed as planned, and that Fetterman was given two chances to rehearse with them, but took only one.
In the end, no amount of spinning, denials or appeals for sympathy can overcome the now glaringly obvious fact that Fetterman cannot serve in the US Senate. And shame on the people who are pressuring and exploiting him and trying to bamboozle Pennsylvania voters just because they’re so hungry for power.