HALF-FULL REPORT 04/15/16

I love this guy.  So do the 6,000 people he was talking to, who stood up and cheered when he said, “I’m deeply committed to taking Hillary Clinton from a pantsuit and putting her into a bright orange jumpsuit.”  It was one of many standing ovations.

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This speech of Darryl Green enabled him to win going away being on the GOP ballot in June to run for the US Senate.  Those 6,000 people wildly cheering for him are the ones Trump viciously condemned for “rigging” the delegate vote against him in Colorado – who are getting death threats from Trumpistas.

I strongly urge you to read this editorial in the Colorado Springs Gazette about the convention:  It’s Not Your Grandpa’s GOP.   Note it was written on April 10, well before Trump launched his sore-loser tirade.  An excerpt:

“The convention was a showcase of diversity among candidates and a long parade of white, black, Indian, straight, gay, male and female speakers in positions of power. Nothing resembled the party’s old established white male image.  (They) spoke with eloquence about liberating individuals to ascend culturally, professionally and economically.

Republicans have seldom sounded so connected with, or concerned about, middle-class and low-income Americans… Republicans are breaking their outdated mold, as seen Friday and Saturday in Colorado Springs. Democrats should take heed. They aren’t facing grandpa’s old GOP this year.”

These are the people Trump is maniacally directing his hate towards.  They are the future of the Republican Party.  Not Crybully Donald.

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You did see Cruz take a call from Trump on the Tonight Show last night, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU7LmmyQHRc

And how he cracked Jimmy Fallon up with his answer to Fallon’s question on if he decided to become a “master debater” in high school:

Busy night for TC – he also bamboozled Chuck Todd on MSNBC.  His answer on why he refuses to apologize for calling Mitch McConnell a liar on the Senate floor got the audience to cheer and applaud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESBp3WXAeY

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Can we take a break?  We’ll get back into the weeds of the week, but I think we all need a break from the weirdness engulfing America that’s beyond Franz Kafka’s wildest imagination.  I also think that all these late night show hosts like Fallon and Kimmel and whoever the rest of them are, they’re just bush league compared to Johnny Carson.

So here’s something completely out of the blue to make you laugh like you haven’t in a long, long time.  Take a break from the whole rest of the world and watch Rodney Dangerfield and Johnny Carson:

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Feel better now?  Okay, into the weeds.

Evidently, Michael Gerson, Steve Deace, and Derek Hunter have been reading TTP – i.e., When Will Trump Quit last week (4/08).

On Monday (4/11), Deace asked:  Is Trump Preparing His Exit Strategy?  Yesterday (4/14) Gerson asked: Is Trump Sabotaging Himself (On Purpose?).   And also yesterday, Derek Hunter chimed in with The Trump Disorganization (or The Mouse That Whined).

They all make the case for the amazing incompetence of the Trump campaign.  Nonetheless, his impending victory in New York next Tuesday (4/19) will distract most everyone (except TTPers).  The libtard media will trumpet any alleged delegate gain of his all the way through Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island the following week (4/26).

Meanwhile, Cruz will be focusing on the process of delegate selection.  The guy who’s running that is Ken Cuccinelli.  I’ve known Ken for over twenty years.  He’s seriously smart and knows what he’s doing – unlike Trump.  Which is why Trump is going to be greased at the July convention, if he hasn’t quit by then.

Now, to be clear, I’m not speaking for Ken nor have I in any way discussed his delegate strategy with him.  I just know how good he is.  So what follows is my assessment only.

Yesterday’s Crybully Trump discussed the possibility of “a delegate revolt against Trump on the convention floor preventing his name being placed as a candidate for nomination.”  Late yesterday after I wrote that, Liam Donovan at NRO issued a very interesting analysis not just of Rule 40b but of Rule 16, “which governs the terms of a bound delegate’s obligation.”

My read of Liam reinforces my contention that what Trump calls “Trojan delegates” – those bound to him in primaries but are pro-Cruz – will ensure Cruz’s nomination.  Specifically, they will be a majority on both the Rules Committee and of the total delegation on the floor which must approve the rules.

Thus the final rules governing the July convention will enable delegates bound for Trump to withdraw their support for him even on the first ballot, thus ensuring Cruz being nominated on the second ballot with ease.  Trumpista delegates may yell, scream, and have Trumpertantrums to no avail.  They will walk out in a huff with everyone else saying adios, arrivederci, and good riddance.

That’s my call.  Remember it – and feel free to lampoon me if I’m wrong.

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OK, are you ready for Congressman TT?   Ever hear of a guy named Ander Crenshaw?  Neither have I until he announced ereyesterday (4/13) he would not run for reelection.  He’s been a Pub Congressman from Florida’s 4^th District (Jacksonville) since 2001.  Who knew?

Well, guess who lives in Jacksonville?  Guess who won the Heisman Trophy in 2007 playing for the University of Florida in nearby Gainesville, who’s a hero to most Floridians, who’s a true-blue Christian Conservative admired by millions?

Yep, none other than Tim Tebow being urged now to run for Congress. “If he runs he’ll be a shoe-in,” is the word.  He will and he will be.

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Was there some sort of loud shouting match between some old geezer guy and an old geezer shrew yelling at each other from their apartment windows on a fifth floor walkup in Brooklyn last night?

I wasn’t listening and I’m sure you weren’t either.  They were arguing over who could shout the most 19^th century socialist bromides the loudest.  How anyone non-moronic could care or bear to listen is an utter mystery.

Here’s what isn’t a mystery.  The shrew’s campaign slogan is – wait for it – “Fighting for us.”  Isn’t it about time to identify the “us” she’s fighting for?  It sure isn’t you and me.  It’s her and Bill.

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You’ve probably noticed the DrudgeReport has become the TrumpReport.

For those of you that would like an honest and genuinely news aggregator, bookmark the NotDrudgeReport.  Infinitely more informative.

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If you want to know why I’m for Cruz, Politico explains it:  Cruz Would Be The Most Conservative Nominee In Generations.  More than Reagan, more than Goldwater, more than anyone in our or our parents’ lifetimes.  That’s why.

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Plus Cruz is smarter than anyone else in politics today.  Compare his smarts to this 70 year-old suffering from onset senile dementia who wants to “bring back Joe Paterno” and thinks he’s a hero instead of a disgusting disgrace.

No wonder the Dock Street Brewery in Philly is now offering its Short-Fingered Stout.

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Sorry I hinted too strongly in Crybully Donald yesterday who the HFR Hero of the Week is.  He’s Ohio State Vice President Jay Kasey.  To reiterate:

A collection of snowflake morons took over Bricker Hall, OSU’s admin building, proclaiming they would stay until the school capitulated to their “demands.”  They began camping out for the night in the foyer of OSU President Michael Drake’s office. OSU VP Kasey then delivered a message to the protestors:

“Dr. Drake will never receive a list of demands and he will not negotiate with you. If you refuse to leave, then you will be charged with a student code of conduct violation. If you are here at 5:00 a.m. we will clear the building and you will be arrested… Our police officers will physically pick you up and take you to a paddy wagon. We will give you the opportunity to go to jail for your beliefs.”

Kasey dismissed their objections.  After reiterating they would be arrested if found in the building after 5am, he dropped the E-word: “You will be discharged from school also.”  A student asked, “Discharged as in…?”  Kelly answered:  “Expelled.”

That one word was all it took.  Every snowflake moron vacated the premises quickly.  That’s the way to deal with crybullies, and that’s why Jay Kasey is the Hero of the Week.

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We close with news from Russia.

Putin showed his contempt for Zero yet again this week by having a Sukhoi fighter buzz a US Navy warship for 90 minutes in the Black Sea on Saturday (4/09).

All over Russia, people are joining in the fun of ridiculing Zero.  The most fun is being had at the Putin Café in the southern Siberia city of Krasnoyarsk.  After a bowl of borscht and a few beers, patrons may retire to the restroom to relieve and cleanse themselves with Zero Paper:

Seems only appropriate, don’t you think?  Could be a best seller here in the US too.