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It appears that way to me after this morning’s headline story:

++ Republican donors, operative fueling new anti-Trump ad blitz

I don’t care if you like Donald Trump or not, this reported “move” by the GOP is more revealing about THEM than about him.

Further, the super PAC supporting fellow GOP candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich is planning to air attack ads against Trump in New Hampshire. And, in a sign of the project’s appeal among donors, it is starting to get funding from donors backing candidates other than Kasich.

Fox News has learned that, as of Sunday, 10 new donors pledged money to the group, New Day for America, since a report Thursday on the super PAC’s plans.

Kasich? Really?? Most polls show Governor Kasich’s numbers around 2 or 3%. Trump’s numbers are at 20% plus or minus. Does this seem a smart thing to do if you want Republican voters to actually VOTE in November 2016?

The group confirmed most of those donors are supporting other candidates, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Among them, California donor Jeffrey Le Sage told Reuters, which first reported on the new donations, that he wants to help “stand up to Donald Trump.”

Le Sage, a Bush donor, confirmed to Fox News that he donated to the pro-Kasich group.

Some in the so-called Republican establishment and GOP “donor class” fear the party will lose the general election if Trump wins the nomination, arguing his comments and views are alienating Hispanic and black voters.

Hey – guess what? Hispanics and blacks already vote Democrat – because Democrats promise to give them what they want. Free stuff. Republicans MUST pull their heads out of the sand on this notion or lose, BIG TIME! Just following along the same path as the last two elections is to guarantee a loss. You’re worried about courting voters who will not, do not, and never will vote for a Republican – and you are already initiating plans to LOSE your Republican voters as well.

Instead of trying to jump into the “free stuff” game, why don’t you do something different and tell people how you are going to return jobs to this country? People are less worried about getting stuff for free if they actually have employment! Maybe a Republican can redirect these moronic college students who are whining about their hurt feelings by asking them what JOB they will be able to find when they graduate. Because guess what? THERE AREN’T ANY! Get them focused on that and remind them of who it was who set up a jobs council he never attended and then disbanded with NO signs of success.

Obama – the Democrat!

Let’s not forget that Republican voters made a big stand in November 2014 and pushed out a LOT of Democrats from the political process. These were some close and hard-won campaigns for Republicans and guess what? We haven’t seen ANY of the changes they promised.

Obama still runs over and around Congress like a runaway train. The illegals are still here. Keystone was scrapped. The Trans Pacific Trade disaster passed. The Benghazi hearings were a joke. The VA is STILL ignoring veterans while those who are supposed to serve those who serve, keep receiving big bonuses. The IRS has paid no penalty for going after conservative groups. ISIS is ruining the world. And now Obama is now planning to flood the country with “refugees” who will further drain our resources and put our national security at risk. And where’s our Republican influence? Where is the “checks and balances” process that is supposed to stop a US President from acting like a tyrant and a dictator?

That’s a good question.

So you take voters you’ve already disappointed and discounted, and now this. You plan to attack one of your own who, whether you like it or not, exposes much of what Republican voters want exposed.

So GOP listen up and pay attention – NOW, before it’s too late.

Republican voters are telling you loud and clear that we agree with much of what Trump says – whether we like the man or not. Focus on THAT if you want to win – and stop listening to these Super PACs with their private interests. You will LOSE if you don’t change and you will lose if you don’t listen to your voting base.

Ask Romney supporters…

I was only a little surprised to wake up this morning and see NOTHING about the anniversary of the death of this US President.

++ Death of a President

Our world seems to be run now more by people who are only interested in what happened yesterday and what might happen tomorrow.

To be fair, I was only in the third grade when this happened and I barely remember the day. But I am still young enough now to be disappointed that so many seem to forget that on November 22, 1963 in Dallas Texas, a US President was shot and killed on US soil. In anyone’s estimation, a shocking and tragic event.

You can say what you want about Kennedy’s politics and you can believe or not believe any or all of the various conspiracy theories about his assassination. But what it comes down to is the death of a president, who had a wife, who had children, and who was by all accounts, doing his best to be a positive influence for the country.

That shouldn’t be forgotten.

++ Obama threatens to veto House GOP bill on Syrian refugee screening

“President Obama threatened late Wednesday to veto legislation aimed at improving screening for Syrian refugees, potentially putting the White House and Congress on a collision course in a matter of days.

Read this again. Obama threatened to STOP legislation that would improve our ability to know who these Syrian refugees are, who they hang out with, and where they really come from. Who does this? A US President? You can’t just call Syria and ask – there is no one home except ISIS!!!

The veto threat came as the House was preparing the bill — which sets high hurdles for refugee admission including FBI background checks and sign-offs by top officials — for floor action as early as Thursday. In a committee meeting, Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, accused the president of confusing the public about the intentions of the legislation.

The processes described in the legislation do not STOP Syrian refugees from entering the US – no matter how Obama spins it.

Moments later, the White House issued a statement defending the current screening process and claiming the changes called for under the bill would create “significant delays and obstacles” for the existing vetting program.

Well guess what? WE DON’T CARE if additional screening creates delays!! Because to those supporting additional scrutiny, national security IS THE PRIORITY! And if you have a slipshod process, terrorists WILL slip in among the “refugees” and American citizens will die.

Anyone who does not support doing everything possible to ensure the safety of US citizens is certainly suspect in my opinion. As a matter of fact, some have sworn an oath to protect and defend the United States from all enemies. That would be you Mr. President.

Obama has spent a large portion of his two terms in office granting preferential treatment to illegal aliens. Now this. Does he not remember that the Tsarnaev brothers who killed and maimed US citizens during the Boston Marathon entered the US on tourist visas, suddenly decided they needed “political asylum” and were VETTED BY THE CURRENT PROCESS so were basically “refugees???”

I don’t know what drives Obama but he sure seems to discount this country and its citizens. Maybe he should have picked some other country to lead – one that aligns more with his rather warped view of the world. He certainly, although he states it often enough, does not know “who we are.” And we don’t know who he is.

You’d think a US President in the current situation would be applauding the fact that citizens and their elected representatives are greatly concerned about this national security issue. But no. It’s Obama. He’s only concerned about getting his way, his legacy, and his apparent belief that the US is not allowed to border its own country or protect its own citizens.

Call your representatives and if your state’s governor, like mine, has not requested a halt to ANY refugees without more investigation, email them, call them, stay on their backs. Remember, once these people get into our country, our officials LOSE THEM – just like they have the illegals who are on the front page of web sites protesting us while security can’t seem to find them.

And refugees aren’t all women and children as Obama wrongly stated. Even if they were, a woman suicide bomber blew herself up in France today – hoping to cause as much damage and death as possible. Some of these people have and will strap bombs to children. Ask any soldier who has served in the Middle East.

At minimum, Obama is a fool. He can afford to be. He and his family live behind gates with 24/7 security. The rest of us don’t. And we will be the ones his foolish and thoughtless policies injure and kill.

I’m not afraid Mr. President – I’m pissed.

Every day you wake up and hope today will be either as good as yesterday or better. If you have things going on that need “fixin,” as they say down south, a normal person makes some effort for improvement and unless they are a procrastinator, they fix things ASAP. This is, to me, a common-sense approach to life and what “adults” are supposed to do.

So WHAT is the excuse of world leaders for the state of constant calamity they’ve created for us?

The answer is – there IS NO EXCUSE – and boy do we deserve better! They don’t even offer us an excuse. They collect their big salaries, ride around in their chauffeur-driven limousines, eating 5-Star food – on our dime, spending our tax dollars on phony or ineffective projects, pad pockets of either themselves or their constituents (or both) – and they do nothing good for us! The more they spend, the worse shape we’re in!

We have bloated, ineffective, expensive governments that do not listen to the people. Countries that drive themselves into bankruptcy – and what’s the first thing they think to do? Close the banks and restrict their citizen’s access to their own funds. Citizens who, by the way, have little input into the often ridiculous decisions made by their country’s leaders.

I read an article the other day where someone was praising Vladimir Putin of Russia as a pro-active and aggressive leader. Really? Had that person ever been to Russia? I doubt it. It’s not a happy place and the people have little impact on their daily lives or the decisions made for them by those in charge. Ask the people of the former Crimea about Vladimir Putin. He just “absorbed” Crimea when he felt he could get away with it and has created constant havoc in Ukraine trying to do the same. And the world – even those who swore to protect these regions – just stood by, condemning his actions – but doing NOTHING! Putin was right – no one – and I mean you Obama – backed up Crimea as we, as a country, had promised to do.

Which brings me to the US – which is just a huge question mark at the moment…

I am thoroughly disgusted by leaders who have all but buried the US in debt. And they don’t stop. In addition to the damage the Obama administration has done that impacts the world, he’s ruined our economy, made people feel hopeless, more than doubled our debt, and is again in the process of making us less safe. 11 million illegal aliens are not enough burden for us to bear – now we are supposed to welcome undocumented Syrians as “refugees” to the tune of more billions per year – and we don’t know who these refugees really are! Apparently at least one of those responsible for the tragedy in Paris got where he was by coming in as a REFUGEE!!! Obama seems to not care that he’s taking our tax dollars and potentially flooding the country with terrorists. I can’t wrap my head around this one.

We already have no protected and defined border, our president is importing those who hate us, who do not align with US culture, and who will immediately cost us billions.

Do we still HAVE a country?

We have one year left of Obama and hopefully his policies will NOT continue under another Democrat president. No matter what screw-ups were going on in the rest of the world, the US at one time felt like a safe and relatively sane place to be. I’m not saying Obama is 100% responsible for that no longer being the case, but he’s the catalyst for our downfall. And a downfall we are having.

It feels like we need what they do during a fight when both fighters are sent back to their respective corners. But it’s not so easy to return to sanity when world leaders make insane decisions and leave us to pick up the pieces.

Not with this president still in office:

If you want to be the poster child for terrorists, say this – the day before those specific terrorists attack!!

The irony for me is that I’ve been conducting a marathon watching of “Homeland.” If you’ve never watched it, you should.

I was just thinking, mid-way through Season Four of the show – which I was watching just yesterday afternoon, how much time and money the US is spending on Islamic terrorists and the Middle East. Main characters in the show fly back and forth from the US to the Middle East like I go to the grocery store. They’re shown driving around in big black Range Rovers which aren’t cheap to begin with. These are even more expensive because they’ve been reinforced to withstand everything short of a RPG attack.

While they are in Pakistan or Afghanistan or any other “stan” we pay for their work spaces, their phones and other equipment, any additional travel, and their living accommodations. We also pay millions and millions to “informants” who are supposed to tell our “experts” what the heck is going on and when.

Well guess what? Most of it is not working. We just received another notification.

But is it the fault of our people “on the ground” – the experts, the analysts, etc.? I don’t think so. You can provide copious facts to someone above you in rank as to what is going on or what might happen in response, but if THEY don’t respond, all your efforts are in vain.

Think Benghazi….

We have a president and an administration in the US that does just that – little to nothing. They often just refuse to react. Taxpayers are having billions of our dollars spent to protect THIS country AND those of our allies and we’ve just had proof – we’re not really safe. Obama’s comment yesterday shows either he IS completely ignorant or, he ignores everything he is being told about ISIS. I wonder if in his mind he still thinks of them as inconsequential or, the “JV.” Beheading a US citizen and filming it for the world to see did not seem to educate our president. I’m not sure anything can.

I’m not saying here that the US is either capable or responsible for the world’s safety. But if we’re spending all these tax dollars in effort to stop this group of psychopath terrorists, we need to get more for our dollar and a 6-location, obviously well-planned terrorist attack in Paris should not be possible.

The Associated Press stated that at least one of those who blew up a suicide belt outside the soccer stadium in France had a Syrian passport. Obama is in the process of flooding the US with Syrian “refugees” – most of whom the head of the FBI has already claimed we won’t be able to ID. Where they really came from, who they associate with, etc. As if that isn’t slack enough, our border remains porous – allowing pretty much ANYONE in who has the money and the will.

While we sympathize with and pray for the people of France, we’d better be on our Congressmen and Senators to get OFF their a**es and STOP this infiltration of our country, promoted by someone (Obama) who obviously does NOT KNOW WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT!