(and kill the Commies).  Bernie is certainly is someone that doesn’t trust the free market and the freedom it brings (note: his disparaging remark of having the ability to choose from among 23 types of deoderants).  At this point, it should be clear that Progressives / incremental Socialists / Commies NEVER trust the markets – they have the hubris to believe that they know what is best for (in this country) for 320 million people who have their own interests.  But that doesn’t seem to matter; they KNOW they are right and that they can “FIX it”.

One thing about Socialists is that they are incapable of learning from history.

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When I first started blogging, I discovered Paul Rahe and began to try to read everything I could that he wrote (and then add my pittance to it).  Alas, someone else thought much of him and behind paywalls he went (ah yes, folks like Bernie Sanders would judge this to be a failure of the free market – heh!).  But this writing is not, so go read the whole thing.  That said, this well sums up the attraction that the “little people” may have for him – the Republican Party have failed them (emphasis mine):

Then, in 2014, this disaffected electorate propelled the Republicans to a victory even more dramatic than the one that they had won in 2010, and they gained control of the Senate. But with this victory they did nothing. They had long before surrendered the law-making power to the executive agencies that Obama was employing to reshape American life, and they had also given up the power of the purse. All that the president had to do was to threaten a veto and threaten to shut down a variety of government functions, and they cowered. Never mind the fact that the Constitution gave Congress the power of the purse and that the shut-down would be the president’s work. They were too timid to fight the battle to the bitter end that would restore to them their constitutional prerogatives.

And certainly, my Senator Kelly Ayotte is part of that “they cowered” clan – I just don’t understand why she’s running for re-election for if you give up your Constitutional responsibility to legislate, why bother (Obama’s CPP, anyone for just one thing)?

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Donald Trump’s delegate lead sits at 99 as he wins three more states on March 8th. Ted Cruz took second in those contests, winning Idaho by 17 points over Trump. Rubio and Kasich took turns being in last place, splitting third and fourth among all four contests. Kasich came close to Cruz in Michigan (Cruz 25%, Kasich 24%) but other than that this continues to be a two-man race.

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“Last Tuesday, Virginia had a primary—and even though my own name was on the ballot, I checked the box for Ted Cruz.”

Email announcement.

Last Tuesday, Virginia had a primary—and even though my own name was on the ballot, I checked the box for Ted Cruz.

When Republicans lost the last Presidential election, the Republican establishment thought it knew just what to do. Pass comprehensive immigration reform. Stop talking about “social issues.” Go along and get along. Don’t rock the boat. Rather than fight for real change, stand by as government grows increasingly incompetent and corrupt.But they didn’t count on Ted Cruz.

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He was quoted on WMUR’s NewsNine on a piece on Medicaid Expansion and the money it will cost:

“It makes no sense to me to have us send our money back to Washington”.

I do wonder what that was bracketed by, as the quote WMUR settled for seems to be both disjointed and unfinished.  I do believe that it was on the line of “hey, we should do this simply to get our money back from Washington takes from our NH taxpayers.”

OH!  CAT OUT OF THE BAG???

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Methinks that Ryan Williams (to whom I am still not the Second Coming of thereof) ought to tell the lead tongued one he needs to change his patter when speaking about his speech, the perception that the grassroots has of him, and certainly the perception that he is solid rock core Establishment.  On the Sunday talking head shows, he just sounded clueless.  Example: with Chris Wallace interviewing him on Fox News Sunday, Mitt was just plain tone-deaf to both the question and with his answer (emphasis mine):

Wallace:

Here’s the criticism I’ve heard from some people; I guess that would include Rush Limbaugh about your speech. You certainly have a right, you know, First Amendment is there, to criticize Donald Trump and say why he’d be a bad President, but some people say that your speech was, their words, condescending and even undemocratic in the sense, in effect, what you’re saying is folks who are voting for Trump don’t understand what they are doing.

And did Mitt back down?  Did he say, even a little, “oopsies” or a

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They just don’t understand that losing the OTHER way is just a huge a possibility as what they fear will happen if Trump is the nominee:

As Trump cements his front-runner status, senior party figures are moving away from the idea of defeating him outright. At this point, they hope to deny him enough delegates to clinch the nomination, which would give them the chance to choose a compromise candidate at their July convention in Cleveland.

The last time that happened at a Republican convention was in 1948 when Thomas Dewey was nominated. Cruz said that scenario was unacceptable this year.  “If the Washington dealmakers try to steal the nomination from the people, I think it would be a disaster. It would cause a revolt,” the senator from Texas told reporters in Maine.

The GOPe is COUNTING on the fact that their time old tactic will be in force again:

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At present, some Buford T. Justice can refuse to give you a New Hampshire pistol revolver license if, for example, you opposed their budget increase at a town meeting, testified against civil asset forfeiture, or spoke out about this or that or whatever. They won’t say that is why, they’ll just decide you are not a suitable person when you apply for the license. Existing state law provides the opportunity for decisions both arbitrary and capricious.

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Liberals in Fear of Clinton

Susan Sarandon says some famous Bernie Sanders fans are nervous to voice their support for the presidential hopeful because they fear backlash from their Hollywood pals – or from Hillary.

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