"If
it were me, I would have been out the door and probably in jail," said
Flynn, who decried what he said was a "lack of accountability, frankly,
in a person who should have been much more responsible in her actions as
the secretary of state of the United States of America."
-- Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former Defense Intelligence Agency Chief, to Jake Tapper on CNN's THE LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER.
Monday, February 15, 2016
Truest statement of the week II
Hillary Clinton has an honesty problem.
That point is driven home hard in the exit poll following Clinton's 22-point drubbing at the hands of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. More than one in three (34 percent) of all New Hampshire Democratic primary voters said that honesty was the most important trait in their decision on which candidate to support. Of that bloc, Sanders won 92 percent of their votes as compared to just 6 percent for Clinton.
Ninety-two to six. That is absolutely unbelievable — even given the size of Sanders's overall victory in the state. And it should be deeply concerning to a Clinton campaign that has been resistant to acknowledging the idea that the ongoing controversy over Clinton's private email server while at the State Department is a problem for her.
-- Chris Cillizza, "Hillary Clinton Has A Major Honesty Problem After New Hampshire" (WASHINGTON POST).
That point is driven home hard in the exit poll following Clinton's 22-point drubbing at the hands of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. More than one in three (34 percent) of all New Hampshire Democratic primary voters said that honesty was the most important trait in their decision on which candidate to support. Of that bloc, Sanders won 92 percent of their votes as compared to just 6 percent for Clinton.
Ninety-two to six. That is absolutely unbelievable — even given the size of Sanders's overall victory in the state. And it should be deeply concerning to a Clinton campaign that has been resistant to acknowledging the idea that the ongoing controversy over Clinton's private email server while at the State Department is a problem for her.
-- Chris Cillizza, "Hillary Clinton Has A Major Honesty Problem After New Hampshire" (WASHINGTON POST).
A note to our readers
Hey --
A Monday.
First, we thank all who participated this edition which includes Dallas and the following:
The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess and Ava,
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude,
Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man,
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills),
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz),
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
Ruth of Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Trina of Trina's Kitchen,
Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ,
Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends,
Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts,
and Ann of Ann's Mega Dub.
And what did we come up with:
Peace.
-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.
A Monday.
First, we thank all who participated this edition which includes Dallas and the following:
The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess and Ava,
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude,
Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man,
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills),
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz),
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
Ruth of Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Trina of Trina's Kitchen,
Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ,
Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends,
Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts,
and Ann of Ann's Mega Dub.
And what did we come up with:
A truest via THE LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER.
A truest via THE WASHINGTON POST.
War Hawk Brad Sherman.
Ava and C.I. continue to chart the demise of Shonda and SCANDAL.
They both need a dresser.
Ava and C.I. take a look at who should be nominated (and who should win). Next week, they'll do best supporting actress in a comedy series.
A Tweet most will enjoy.
A moment at the White House.
Press release from US Senator Johnny Isakson's office.
Press release from US House Rep Jeff Miller's office.
IAVA repost.Peace.
-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.
Editorial: Congress has a plan for Mosul
Or at least US House Rep. Brad Sherman does.
Mosul was seized by the Islamic State in June 2014.
The Iraqi government has been unable/unwilling to liberate it.
So all this time later, Mosul remains in the hands of the Islamic State.
But rest assured, Brad Sherman is on the job.
Last Wednesday, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Sherman felt the need to pontificate to Barack Obama's Special Envoy Brett McGurk.
About?
Mosul.
Brad's bothered, you understand, by the electricity.
Why, he wanted to know, was the Iraqi government supplying civilians in Mosul with electricity?
Brad would just cut it off.
They've been occupied for almost two years.
Could be for two more years more as far as anyone knows.
But it don't bother Brad.
He also didn't understand why more bombs were not being dropped by the US and why, specifically, Mosul wasn't being bombed.
"Civilians!" the world collectively screams back.
Oh, Brad didn't forget about them.
He just doesn't give a damn about them.
Why when France was occupied, he insisted, the allies killed at least 90,000 civilians while they bombed.
Brad Sherman is deeply disturbed.
TV: Shonda Wasteland
Last Thursday, SCANDAL finally returned to ABC with new episodes and the big question: Why?
The contempt for the viewers?
They sense it.
That's why they've increasingly stopped watching.
Last week, Chris Rock had a lame commercial where he said the Academy Awards were the only thing Shonda Rhimes didn't control . . . yet.
Shonda's moment has come and gone.
She's is yesterday's flavor, as wanted as the avocado green kitchen appliances from the seventies.
"It's Hard Out Here for a General" managed to do something no one would have expected: Get the lowest rating for an episode since season two when the show was still emerging.
It's no longer debatable: SCANDAL has faded.
It started last season but no one wanted to address that reality -- certainly not ABC which was hoping to serve up another Shonda series.
Like CBS' THE GOOD WIFE, SCANDAL has simply run out of stories.
It has jumped and re-jumped the shark so many times that the characters no longer have any consistency and are largely unrecognizable to the audience that once like them.
At the start, SCANDAL was about fixer Oliva Pope (Kerry Washington) and her team of gladiators/white hats (Huck, Abby, Quinn, Harrison and Stephen) who solved problems when Olivia wasn't being romanced by President Fitzgerald "Fitz" Grant much to the dismay of First Lady Mellie Grant.
Oh, how things change.
The original gladiators are now reduced to Huck and Quinn.
And the president?
He's now divorced.
He left Mellie for Olivia.
He finally left Mellie for Olivia.
After she told the world that they were having an affair.
And then?
She didn't want him.
She didn't want him.
Or, as viewers learned in the November 18, 2015 winter finale, his baby.
For some time now, fans have been asking, "What does Olivia want?"
The chorus just keeps growing louder.
And finding Olivia back in bed with Jake last Thursday probably didn't help.
Nor did Jake killing the boyfriend of Olivia's latest client or being back in business with her father or they're asking/expecting Olivia to keep their secret.
As this nonsense continues and Olivia looks like the most indecisive fool in the world, it becomes very clear that Shonda Rhimes does not know what she's doing from one episode to the next.
She's also not too concerned with pleasing the viewers.
Olivia could have had an abortion in a way that moved the fans.
There might have been a problem with her health or the health of the fetus.
Instead, Shonda wanted to be 'political' and do a story about how a woman could just decide to have an abortion.
And, yes, a woman can.
But when that woman's the object of a million fantasies as part of a super couple (Olivia & Fitz), lots of lucks getting viewers to go along with the decision.
The contempt for the viewers?
They sense it.
That's why they've increasingly stopped watching.
Last week, Chris Rock had a lame commercial where he said the Academy Awards were the only thing Shonda Rhimes didn't control . . . yet.
Shonda's moment has come and gone.
She's is yesterday's flavor, as wanted as the avocado green kitchen appliances from the seventies.
Fashion backfires
He may be the President of the United States, but Monday the 15th at Rancho Mirage, presiding over the US - ASEAN Summit, Barack Obama was all island tropic.
Tie?
For a summit?
For a US president?
Puh-lease.
And then the one driven to be president . . .
Hillary Diane Clinton.
In yellow, bright yellow.
Did that canary die in the coal mine?
Is this her idea of business professional?
Who the hell would wear that to a professional debate?
Hey, Hillary, the Gordon Fisherman called, he wants his slicker back.
Tie?
For a summit?
For a US president?
Puh-lease.
And then the one driven to be president . . .
Hillary Diane Clinton.
In yellow, bright yellow.
Did that canary die in the coal mine?
Is this her idea of business professional?
Who the hell would wear that to a professional debate?
Hey, Hillary, the Gordon Fisherman called, he wants his slicker back.
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Ava and C.I.)
We've avoided doing a yearly piece on who should get what award, blah, blah, blah.
But with the emphasis on the Academy Awards (after the fact), we think some time needs to be focused on the Emmys.
1) Patricia Heaton
The two-time Emmy winner has never been nominated for her work on THE MIDDLE. Seven nominations in her career and not one for her long running comedy hit? As we noted some time ago, she more than deserves a nomination, she's doing her best work ever. We will never agree with Patricia's politics but this award is supposed to be for acting and she's more than earned a nomination.
2) America Ferrera
Proving UGLY BETTY wasn't a fluke, America's back in SUPERSTORE. Back and delightful in the sitcom.
3) Anna Farris
Playing the lead in MOM is no easy feat. The show can get very intense and then hilarity can come out of that. This is not cookie-cutter comedy. And Farris is outstanding.
4) Lily Tomlin/Jane Fonda
Let's be real, it's going to be hard for both women to be nominated. They both deserve it but The Emmys are so horny for HBO, they seldom note the worthy elsewhere. Lily was nominated last go round and would have been a worthy winner. Jane was good in season one but, in season two, she's not coming to play, she's bringing it. Either actress is a solid nominee.
5) Tracee Ellis Ross
How did they manage to rob her of the Emmy last year?
Who knows, but they did.
And the winner is . . .
Tracee Ellis Ross for BLACKISH.
Remember we were talking about the snobbery involved in chasing after HBO? It's that snobbery that allowed Tracee to carry UPN's GIRLFRIENDS for eight seasons but, since the show aired on UPN, the Emmys never felt the need to even nominate her.
Now her (critically acclaimed) series airs on ABC.
And she damn well deserves the Emmy.
Who doesn't?
Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
No way in the world did one actress deserve the award four years running.
But with the emphasis on the Academy Awards (after the fact), we think some time needs to be focused on the Emmys.
1) Patricia Heaton
The two-time Emmy winner has never been nominated for her work on THE MIDDLE. Seven nominations in her career and not one for her long running comedy hit? As we noted some time ago, she more than deserves a nomination, she's doing her best work ever. We will never agree with Patricia's politics but this award is supposed to be for acting and she's more than earned a nomination.
2) America Ferrera
Proving UGLY BETTY wasn't a fluke, America's back in SUPERSTORE. Back and delightful in the sitcom.
3) Anna Farris
Playing the lead in MOM is no easy feat. The show can get very intense and then hilarity can come out of that. This is not cookie-cutter comedy. And Farris is outstanding.
4) Lily Tomlin/Jane Fonda
Let's be real, it's going to be hard for both women to be nominated. They both deserve it but The Emmys are so horny for HBO, they seldom note the worthy elsewhere. Lily was nominated last go round and would have been a worthy winner. Jane was good in season one but, in season two, she's not coming to play, she's bringing it. Either actress is a solid nominee.
5) Tracee Ellis Ross
How did they manage to rob her of the Emmy last year?
Who knows, but they did.
And the winner is . . .
Tracee Ellis Ross for BLACKISH.
Remember we were talking about the snobbery involved in chasing after HBO? It's that snobbery that allowed Tracee to carry UPN's GIRLFRIENDS for eight seasons but, since the show aired on UPN, the Emmys never felt the need to even nominate her.
Now her (critically acclaimed) series airs on ABC.
And she damn well deserves the Emmy.
Who doesn't?
Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
No way in the world did one actress deserve the award four years running.
Tweet of the week
Everyone's saying @HillaryClinton's #NHPrimary concession speech was great. Can't wait to hear the one when she concedes the nomination.
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