Venezuela CRISIS - Trump Era

BBC News: Reports " US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has also alleged the president had been prepared to leave the country on Tuesday and fly to Cuba but was talked down by Russia.  "

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The above story was also covered by CNN, the US has to take FIRM action, the Russians and the Cuban with their financial interest and wanting to upset the US is making the CRISIS worse in Venezuela, there are reports that there are over twenty thousand Cubans in Country, their aim to keep the Maduro Government in power at all costs.  The US has to consider taking military action or even harsher economic sanctions on Venezuela and the Cubans.   The people of Venezuela have the right to freedom and democracy, the Maduro Regime has shown it is a tyranny, its sole concern is the small leadership in Government, one hopes the Army will smell the coffee and remove the Maduro Regime.   Otherwise the neighbours of Venezuela and the US might have to take some kind of preventive action, to defend the rights of the Venezuelan people. 

The Democrats want TAX HIKES - Trump Era

The Hill: Reports " Dems want climate change, tax hikes in infrastructure deal "

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Thus we have VP Biden calling for tax hikes, and NOW the House Dems want tax hikes and the removal of some of Trump's tax cuts.   Any meeting between POTUS and the Democrats is pointless, the Democrats just want to show to the Dem base that the leadership has moved LEFT.   If President Trump thinks he can deal with the Dems then he is WRONG.   The Democratic leadership wants to give political ammunation to the Democratic candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in 2020, one of the main demands of the base is tax hikes on the rich.   The rich never pay, they have good tax lawyers, it is always the MIDDLE CLASS who get shafted.  The Democrats are the WELFARE PARTY, the need people to be poor and angry, who else would vote for them otherwise.  This is a pointless meeting, POTUS should just walk out if the Dems start on about tax hikes. 

President Trump vs. Former VP Biden - Election 2020

CNN - Politics: Reports " President Donald Trump appeared unnerved as Joe Biden secured the endorsement of the top firefighters' union, issuing Monday a string of four tweets targeting the Democratic presidential candidate and union leaders.  "

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By the way the uber liberal CNN would say the above!!

I hate to say this, but President Trump could be RIGHT, Biden has to move to the  extreme LEFT to win the Democratic nomination, and by calling him out Trump could make the Democratic voters think that Trump sees Biden as a threat, thus vote for him.   The problem is that the Biden sorry tour is still going on, he is trying to clean up his mess over Anita Hill and he has promised to revoke the Trump tax cuts, thus tax hikes, it seems good old Joe has forgotten, well he is 76, that a former VP, Walter Mondale promised tax hikes at the 1984 Democratic Convention, President Reagan beat Walter Mondale by 49 States, 59% of the vote and 525 electoral college votes, thus tax hikes not a good idea to run on.   The more Senators Sanders and Warren move to the Dems to the LEFT, the more ordinary voters will see that the the Democratic nominee is the captive of the LEFT, thus Trump could have a landslide, a big landslide if the nominee is the Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders. Let's recall folks it still April 2019, a long road before Iowa. 

Biden and Anita Hill - Election 2020

Guardian - Live Blog: Reports in its 8.46pm post the following, " Biden: 'I take responsibility' for treatment of Anita Hill....Joe Biden said he has apologized to Anita Hill and said he takes “responsibility” for her treatment when she testified during Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearing.  "

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Thus former VP Biden has fallen to pressure and stated he is sorry to Anita Hill, this might make extreme liberals happy, but will cause more moderate voters to think that Biden is a empty suite, who will be pushed around by whatever pressure group.   As stated yesterday Biden is WEAK on national security, the Trump Campaign will use this apology to show that Biden is a empty suite who will NOT STAND up for himself, at this rate Biden will have to say sorry for his whole political career, and it has been a very long political career, first in the US Senate and then Vice President under President Barack Obama.   The more the Democratic Party GOES LEFT, the more it will lose the FLY OVER STATES.  The Trump Campaign must be thanking its lucky stars that the Democrats is a gift that keeps giving.  In the latest news, Biden has stated he would get rid of the Republican tax cuts, that will help with the very liberal base of the Party but will cause concern that he is a TAX AND SPEND LIBERAL.   Do the Democrats EVER LEARN, recall Walter Mondale's pledge to increase taxes, he lost 49 STATES. 

AG Barr vs. House Democrats - Trump Era

Daily Mail: Reports " Attorney General Bill Barr might not show up Thursday for Mueller report hearing after House Democrats say they want their LAWYERS to grill him  "

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The House Democrats are playing POLITICAL GAMES, they do not watch to impeach as this could backfire on them, thus we have this political harassment by the Democrats on the Hill.  The AG should refuse to meet them if they do not treat him as his rank would expect, he is after all the Attorney General of the United States, the Democrats are playing to their very liberal base, the base wants to impeach, not because they will win, it is just to make a point.  They hate POTUS so much, they would rather face the political blowback of impeachment, than allow Trump to get away it from their view after the Mueller Report.   The Trump White House is RIGHT to fight back when it comes to Democratic House Committees, the Dem members do not want to face a primary fight in two years time, thus the US does not matter, this is pure politics on their part.  I take the word of the AG over partisan Democrats. 

Why BIDEN could be the WRONG President for 2020 - Election 2020

MSN: Reports the following on VP Biden and the Obama Administration, " He was also the in-house skeptic on the use of force, arguing against a troop surge to Afghanistan, military intervention in Libya and the raid that killed Osama bin Laden....Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who in his memoir called the vice president “wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.”  "

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The West does not need another President in the OVAL OFFICE who will not use force, it is good sometimes to go through someone's record who has had decades in the political arena.   As the above notes as VP, Biden did not support the raid in Pakistan to take out Osama Bin Laden, he was concerned about the political ramifications.   The major foreign policy of the Obama Administration was the failure to use force in Syria against the Assad Regime after it is used WMD on its own people, Barack Obama allowed his Secretary of State, John Kerry to use rhetoric to take the troops up the hill and then decide because the UK House of Commons did not support military action to take the troops down.  Barack Obama had stated that the use of WMD in Syria was a red line for him, and he allowed Assad to cross it numerous times.   Also he allowed Russia to increase its presence in Syria.   Biden in the first 24 hours of his campaign raked in 6.3 million dollars, but that was from the rich, most of the other candidates are not taking big money from the rich, they are getting along on small donations.  This might work in the Primary fight, how are they going to match Trump when it comes to the general election.   The extreme liberals are opposed to Biden from the domestic front to his vote to support the Iraq War when it was in the US Senate.  Of course the interesting time will come with the DEBATES, who will shine, who will crash and burn, can Biden avoid getting in to gaffes.  Is the Biden time passed, that must be the opinion of Mayor Pete and Beto, the Party on the whole supports younger candidates, Biden would be 78 if he is sworn in January 2021. 

Biden and the MONEY PROBLEM!! - Election 2020

CNN - Politics: Reports on what former VP, Joe Biden considers the first test of his campaign, the article notes the following, " "The money's important. We're going to be judged by what we can do in the first 24 hours, the first week," said Biden on the call,....."People think Iowa and New Hampshire are the first test. It's not. The first 24 hours. That's the first test."  "

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In the New York Times it was reported that VP Biden started with ZERO in the bank, and was looking to get half million dollars in to the bank in the first 24 hours, this explains his trip to Democratic State of California, he is going to get the big money from Hollywood liberals, then hit the battleground States.  As noted in the above article the former VP does not like asking for money, well better get used to it and fast, if he wants to be competitive he has to set up a political operation in Iowa and New Hampshire, it can be taken as FACT that the other candidates have people on the ground already, it might even be argued that Biden has waited too LONG to get in the race, the Democrats who are nice to face will look for ways to get his poll numbers down, also the LEFT WING Democrats will want to make sure that Biden does not get the nomination, they want someone like Sanders or Warren, at a pinch Senator Kamala Harris, one does wish she would STOP saying sorry for her role as a prosecutor, there is an old lesson, never explain and never say sorry, it looks WEAK.  Also she wants get rid of private health care insurance, that will not go down well with voters after Obama's if you like your Doctor you can keep him or her.  This blog does like Mayor Pete ( still getting used his surname, ) but will the fly over States vote for a gay married President, this blog has its DOUBTS, even if the candidate has served in Afghanistan and does not want prisoners to have the vote.   The new polls with Biden in the race will be interesting, will his polls numbers go up, Beto was the golden boy when he entered the race, after that he polls have gone down, then it was Mayor Pete, he has increased his support, he tends to be third in most polls from Iowa and NH.   As stated it is a long way to go, there will be hundreds of polls before Iowa, perfect if you love politics.