Bobby Jindal never ceases to amaze. His comments about a potential running mate for Donald Trump is beyond comprehension. Of course if you are a closer watcher of US politics, what you are about to read may include a breathe of fresh air. Maybe one of Rience Priebus's clown show has groveled and accepted he will not win the GOP nomination.
Of course, a cocaine addict! https://t.co/coH0lAL6hP— The Pardu (@ThePardu) September 9, 2015
So, do you still feel there is sanity in the GOP nomination process?
Let's move to another "will not win the nomination" candidate.
When a candidate is as a fringe prospect for the GOP nomination, the candidate must to great lengths to secure attention among 16 rivals. If one candidate is a consummate showman reality show WWE carnival barker, some of the 16 who also seek the nomination must go ballistic insane with attention garnering nonsense. Mike Huckabee has taken his brand of evangelicalism to new heights with the uncloaked on Kim Davis as an anti-same sex marriage bigot.
The following is a two-fold offering of Mika Brzezinski taking Huckabee's bigotry apart. If you prefer verbiage with the video, click the red link below. If you, like me, do not need the verbiage, the video link and embed are posted below.
Watch Mike Huckabee’s ‘Biblical’ support for Kim Davis get dismantled on live television - http://t.co/JalQC8QL9Q pic.twitter.com/6YkM1MKAXS— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) September 9, 2015
https://youtu.be/GE8eew80XJk
Conservative bigotry is so very superficial and dangerous to the greater society.
The per general election admonishment from noted Rock Music bands when GOP candidates blast their songs as a campaign prop. As far back as I can recall ad with each general election a GOP candidate has been warned to "cease and desist."
A few days ago as Mike Huckabee sauntered up on stage for a campaign boost via Kim Davis and her brand of religious bigotry the show was highlighted with a 1982 popular rock anthem: Survivor's 1982 hit "Eye of the Tiger." The first 41 seconds of the spectacle here. The song's co-writer and co-founder of the 80s band responded to Rolling Stone Magazine in this manner.
The per general election admonishment from noted Rock Music bands when GOP candidates blast their songs as a campaign prop. As far back as I can recall ad with each general election a GOP candidate has been warned to "cease and desist."
A few days ago as Mike Huckabee sauntered up on stage for a campaign boost via Kim Davis and her brand of religious bigotry the show was highlighted with a 1982 popular rock anthem: Survivor's 1982 hit "Eye of the Tiger." The first 41 seconds of the spectacle here. The song's co-writer and co-founder of the 80s band responded to Rolling Stone Magazine in this manner.
"I do not like mixing rock and roll with politics; they do not go hand in hand," Sullivan says. "What upset me most was that, once again, my song was being used to further a political agenda – and no one even bothered to ask for permission."Sullivan also told Rolling Stone that Newt Gingrich's 2012 campaign was sued for their unauthorized use of "Eye of the Tiger." At last report, Sullivan indicated he hoped his request to stop with the prop would end the charade. Band member Jim Peterik also adroitly avoided a CNN hosts attempt to corner him on whether or not he supported Davis's position regarding same sex marriage.
"I have not authorized the use of Eye of the Tiger for use by Kim Davis and my publisher will issue a C&D (cease and desist order). This does not reflect my views," Peterik wrote on Twitter.
I have not authorized the use of Eye of the Tiger for use by Kim Davis and my publisher will issue a C&D. This does not reflect my views.9:29 PM - 8 Sep 2015
Peterik told CNN that the use of the song caught him by surprise.
"I was gobsmacked," he said. "We were not asked about this at all. The first time we saw it was on national TV."
As the adage goes, "low and behold" within days another Republican campaign team reached into the annuals of Rock Music and absconded an R.E.M. tune: “It’s the End of the World.” Band Member Mike Mill quickly responded to Trump's unauthorized use of the song: Mediaite.
R.E.M. to Donald J. Trump: "Cease and desist."Michael Stipe, frontman for R.E.M was a bit more emphatic in his response to Trumps use of the song:
Posted by Mediaite on Wednesday, September 9, 2015
One more...Trump apparently also grabbed "Rockin in the Free World." (1989 Neil Young song). Well, Young doesn't approve: The National Memo."Go fuck yourselves, the lot of you—you sad, attention grabbing, power hungry little men," Stipe said via Twitter. "Do not use our music or my voice for your moronic charade of a campaign."
Two questions about the tendency for regressive people grabbing progressive music as political anthems. First, why does the GOP feel a musical genre born of social unrest in the late 50s through today (with major formation during the mid to late 1960s) best suits their stage shows? Can the party simply accept it is not cool in the minds of million upon millions outside of its core constituency. Second, why not simply seek permission? One last point. I find it intriguing The Rolling Stones haven't come forth with any level of chagrin regarding Donald Trump's use of "You Can't Always Get What You Want" during his fly-over the Mobile Alabama stadium a few weeks back. Maybe, Trumps life style and over all aura suits the Stones.
In fairness both Charlies Crist campaigns (One half a Democrat) and the Obama team were asked to refrain from use of their songs. However, according to The Daily Kos neither use of songs by Crist and Obama met resistance based in ideology differences.
In fairness both Charlies Crist campaigns (One half a Democrat) and the Obama team were asked to refrain from use of their songs. However, according to The Daily Kos neither use of songs by Crist and Obama met resistance based in ideology differences.
Trumpism! How about a bit of perspective that will not surprise some, will totally surprise others, and for most will make no difference in their reverence for the candidate. Trump may have lineage that is disturbing.
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A newly surfaced report from a 1927 edition of the New York Times suggests Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's late father may have had a connection to the Ku Klux Klan.
A man named Fred Trump was among those arrested in a massive brawl between KKK members and police at a 1927 Memorial Day parade in New York City, according to a contemporaneous Times article surfaced Wednesday by the blog Boing Boing.
The Times article listed the arrestee's address as 175-24 Devonshire Road in Jamaica Estates, Queens. Past local news reports noted that the Republican presidential frontrunner's father (pictured above, third from the left) lived at that address. Donald Trump's German immigrant grandfather, who anglicized his own name to Fred Trump, died nine years before the incident occurred.
While six other men arrested in the brawl faced charges, the Times report noted that Fred Trump was discharged. All seven of the men who were arrested were represented by the same team of two lawyers, according to the Times report.
The Times reported that police said the brawl broke out because the Klan reneged on an agreement not to wear any of their symbols to the parade. The Klan members, for their part, accused the police of exceeding their authority in trying to keep them out of the parade, according to the report.
By Matt Blum at 9:26 am Wed, Sep 9, 2015
ccording to a New York Times article published in June 1927, a man with the name and address of Donald Trump's father was arraigned after Klan members attacked cops in Queens, N.Y.
In an article subtitled "Klan assails policeman", Fred Trump is named in among those taken in during a late May "battle" in which "1,000 Klansmen and 100 policemen staged a free-for-all." At least two officers were hurt during the event, after which the Klan's activities were denounced by the city's Police Commissioner, Joseph A. Warren.
“The Klan not only wore gowns, but had hoods over their faces almost completely hiding their identity,” Warren was quoted as saying in the article, which goes on to identify seven men “arrested in the near-riot of the parade.”
Named alongside Trump are John E Kapp and John Marcy (charged with felonious assault in the attack on Patrolman William O'Neill and Sgt. William Lockyear), Fred Lyons, Thomas Caroll, Thomas Erwin, and Harry J Free. They were arraigned in Jamaica, N.Y. All seven were represented by the same lawyers, according to the article.
The final entry on the list reads: “Fred Trump of 175-24 Devonshire Road, Jamaica, was discharged.”
