$400M To Iran More Proof The Iran Deal Was Pure Deception

DOJ recommended Iran payment. Worried it'd look like a what it is: a ransom payment ...Snitfit  Tweet
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In July 2015, I declared the Iran Deal was the Obama administration's biggest clusterf#ck  next to releasing five hardened Taliban terrorists.  It was well known that Iran was (is) a terrorist state. They've been funding global terrorism for years.  In fact, a year later, the left-leaning NY Times  reported on the deception. The media were simply regurgitating talking points given to them by the Obama administration regarding the deal with Iran according to The NY Times report.

This week we have yet another scandal surrounding the Iran Deal.  The administration wants Americans to believe that an unmarked plane landing in Switzerland at the dead of night carrying $400M (not in American dollars) to  Iran was not a ransom payment for freeing four Americans held hostage. According to the administration, it was simply a "coincidence." In addition, there are laws in place denying Iran access to U.S. financial systems (as well as others). So, by using cash, our own government circumvented those laws and its own sanctions against Iran.

One of the major reasons we have a policy against using ransom is quite clear: Ransom payments encourage scumbags to kidnap others. Since this payment, two more Americans have been held hostage.

Even more disturbing, this $400M in ransom was hidden from Congress.  Senior officials at the Justice Department conveyed their objections to sending the money to Iran but they were overruled by the State Department. So on top of negotiating an insane deal with a state sponsor of terrorism who wants to develop nuclear weapons,  our government sends them hundreds of millions in cash on an unmarked aircraft in the middle of the night in a foreign country.

What was that about a duck? 

The Leaning Tower Of Trump

Unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has sacrificed. Like when she sacrificed Ambassador Stevens in Benghazi to help POTUS win the election ...Josh Earnst Tweet (parody)
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Not too long ago, I wrote a piece stating Trump can only take down Trump.  Since that time, his strategy has been defying many in the political class and those in the media.  After all, Hillary Clinton is more than just a flawed presidential candidate, she's also corrupt to the core. The evidence is now overwhelming.  But just as Trump's base gives him pass after pass, the same can be said for those supporting Clinton.  The big difference is that Clinton is a pathological liar.  Trump, on the other hand, makes offensive and stupid statements much too often.  His most recent tit-for-tat with the parents of one of our fallen warriors is certainly evidence of that conspicuous brainlessness. It's the first time any of his statements had legs when it comes to a media, a media that hovers over him like a crow ready to feed upon a decaying carcass.

And that's his problem (among several).  The more mistakes he makes like this one, the more the media and many dissatisfied Republicans will try to drum up support against him. We're witnessing that occurring already this week with more defections from Trump's camp. Some actually stated they will now support Clinton (one has to question whether they were Republicans in the first place. We do know some have been Republicans in name only). Nevertheless, the polls show he's taking some slight hits---his taking on the parents of the fallen warrior and Clinton's post-convention bounce probably account for those poll numbers (keep in mind---national polls are meaningless. It's all about electoral votes and it's more of a regional election. That's why states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida are so important).

Then there's another theory. Are the wounds inflicted by Trump---self-inflicted on purpose? Is he really serious about beating Hillary Clinton?  The more he trips over his own rhetoric, the more it appears he's not sincere about this campaign. At this point, I don't know but his actions raise my suspicions.

Last month, I suggested a  road-map for Trump to beat Hillary Clinton. It included, but was not limited to,  honing in on the failed economy (as last week's weak GDP proved),  focusing on Hillary Clinton placing our national security at risk (as reinforced by the Benghazi Report and Comey's report) and fixating on obliterating Islamists terrorism.

Long ago and often, I've said beating Hillary Clinton is like picking low-hanging fruit.  The problem with that metaphor is that the last two Republican presidential candidates faced the same----and lost.  Nevertheless,  Hillary Clinton is not only flawed, she corrupt and untrustworthy as most polls illustrate.

So my suggestion to Trump. If you're serious and sincere about beating Hillary Clinton---focus, focus, focus ---on her.  Don't waste your time with garbage---for the crows continue to hover.

Hillary Clinton Wants To Embrace Obamanomics: The Recovery Myth

If Hillary becomes president, the Oval Office can again display the sign: "The Buck Stops Here---before it's deposited." WH Press Secretary Tweet (parody)
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Two years ago, John Crudele of The NY Post  wrote: "The U.S. economy is a lot weaker than Washington has been pretending it is."  Not much has changed since he made that claim. The GDP numbers were released last week for the second quarter. The economy grew by a dismal 1.2%. Just as disturbing, the Obama administration might be the first administration never to have a GDP reach a growth rate of 3%---considered a relatively healthy economy.  To place this pathetic growth rate in perspective,  Ronald Reagan brought forth an annual growth rate of 3.5%.

And now Hillary Clinton wants to embrace this failed economy strategy.  Her plan? --

• To raise taxes on individual companies, stock trading, capital gains and companies that move their business overseas.
• She also plans on adding more payroll taxes as well as a tax on guns of at least 25%.

As she plans on doing that---she intends to INCREASE government spending (that's in the DNA of most democrats so it's no surprise).  As Lawrence Kudlow at Real Clear Politics noted: "Hillary is a combination of Barack Obama 3.0 and Bernie Sanders 2.0. This is not change." I might add if only Obama could reach a GDP growth rate of 2%.

Obamanomics has always been a threat to the growth of our economy.  The last 8 years of evidence of that. But what is utterly nefarious is the proclamation that emanates from inside the beltway that everything is fine when most Americas know that is not the case.

Hillary Clinton's first impulse is not only to reach for a lie (as she did again on Fox News Sunday when confronted by host Chris Wallace about the FBI findings---that she was "careless" and "reckless," she actually said: "That's not what I heard Director Comey say."), she actually manages to lie about lying.

Trump's certainly made some disturbing and stupid statements. Hillary, on the other hand, can't open her mouth without uttering bold-faced lies.