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https://www.wsj.com/articles/kamala-harriss-debate-victory-proves-pyrrhic-11562799747

Memories of the first Democratic debates recede, though echoes remain of one bizarrely magnified event—Sen. Kamala Harris’s sustained assault on front-runner Joe Biden. Over the weekend Mr. Biden issued an apology to those who had been pained when he recalled his amicable relations with archsegregationists early in his Senate days. Ms. Harris’s response made it clear that she had no intention of allowing that night of glory on the debate stage to fade—a moment that changed the world and her place in it, according to a fevered commentariat.

It was good that Mr. Biden recognized the impact of his words, she said. But “we cannot rewrite history.”

Neither can she undo the impact of her own comments during the debate—a histrionic performance likely to cost her more than the donations and improved poll numbers that she gained. She had mounted her offensive against Mr. Biden days after Sen. Cory Booker delivered a lengthy harangue focused on his pain at hearing the former vice president speak of his ability to get on with the likes of Mississippi Sen. James Eastland, who retired in 1978.

No reasonable person could have doubted Mr. Biden’s meaning—that he had in mind a time when politicians understood the value of working with everyone to achieve results. That idea Lyndon B. Johnson understood so well—that had enabled him, as Senate majority leader and president, to flatter, arm-twist and otherwise seduce opponents of civil-rights legislation into allowing it to pass.

No one considering Mr. Booker’s abysmal standing in the polls would have much doubt, either, about the impetus that had driven his operatic display, which became increasingly vague even as the senator added detail. It wasn’t that Mr. Biden was a racist. Mr. Booker hadn’t meant that at all, he insisted. He merely wanted an apology for all the pain Mr. Biden had caused.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/comrade_ocasiocortez_enforces_party_discipline.html

The most important thing to understand about socialism is not its offers of free stuff, but its coerciveness.  Toe the party line.  Or else.

Enter Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who, up until now, has sugarcoated her socialism in a miasma of lipstick, tweets, dancing in college, fancy fashion choices, and stylish apartments.  We know all about that crap.

Here’s her real story:

The left-wing activist group that spearheaded the political rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is now working to take down several incumbent Democrats who have defied the party’s freshman progressive wing, leaving some of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s loyalists on Capitol Hill anxiously wondering if they might soon fall in the crosshairs themselves.

Justice Democrats, which was co-founded by Ocasio-Cortez chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti, has already announced it is looking to unseat seven-term pro-life Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, who represents a conservative district and has boasted about his endorsement from the National Rifle Association. Also on the list: New York Rep. Eliot Engel, the House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman who’s currently in his 16th term.

Really — Eliot Engel?  The House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman who let Ocasio-Cortez’s top ally, Rep. Ilhan Omar, off easy in the House on the anti-Semitism rap?  As thanks for that, he’s now getting primaried.

Some of these moderate Democrats must now realize that they no longer have Republican rivals to worry about; they’ve got the socialist crazies after them, vindictively pushing them left, forcing them to spend money to fight off their challenges, looking to take them down.

Their own side.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/beto-orourke-explains-why-you-shouldnt-vote-for-him/

Remember when Beto O’Rourke ran for president? Here’s something you might not know: He still is! But nobody cares about him anymore because he isn’t running against Ted Cruz. Pete Buttigieg has taken his place because he’s younger, smarter, and gayer. These days Beto is polling slightly better than Cory Booker, and good luck finding anybody who’s excited about Cory Booker. So at this point, what does Beto have to lose? He might as well explain to America why we shouldn’t vote for him.

He makes a compelling case:

“Democrat presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke: “This country was founded on white supremacy and every single institution and structure that we have in this country still reflects the legacy of slavery and segregation and Jim Crow and suppression even in our democracy”

Now there’s a winning campaign message: “White people are evil. America is the worst place ever. Vote for the white guy!” No wonder he adopted a Hispanic nickname. Robert O’Rourke wouldn’t have gotten even this far.

If America is so racist, if we were “founded on white supremacy,” why doesn’t Beto stop wasting everyone’s time with his futile efforts to lead us? Why doesn’t he drop out and endorse Kamala Harris, a woman of color who actually has a chance of winning? Does he think that the more he flagellates himself for his privilege, the more likable he’ll become? The only thing that makes people like Beto is not seeing or hearing Beto.

I wouldn’t have thought it was possible, but this guy is even more useless than Biden. If even Beto doesn’t know why he should be president, why should anybody else care?

https://pjmedia.com/trending/americas-first-black-billionaire-gives-trump-an-a-says-dems-are-moving-too-far-left/

Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and America’s first black billionaire, praised President Donald Trump for the roaring economy and criticized Democrats for moving “too far left.”

“The party in my opinion, for me personally, has moved too far to the left,” Johnson told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble. “And for that reason, I don’t have a particular candidate (I’m supporting) in the party at this time. I think at the end of the day, if a Democrat is going to beat Trump, then that person, he or she, will have to move to the center and you can’t wait too long to do that.”

A self-described centrist and Democrat, Johnson supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, but he has expressed admiration for many of Trump’s policies after that election.

“I think the economy is doing great, and it’s reaching populations that heretofore had very bad problems in terms of jobs and employments and the opportunities that come with employment … so African-American unemployment is at its lowest level,” Johnson explained.

In June, the black unemployment rate stood at 6.0 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, merely 0.1 percent above its lowest point last year. Sadly, Democrats refused to applaud for the historic lows in black unemployment during Trump’s State of the Union speech in February.

“I give the president a lot of credit for moving the economy in a positive direction that’s benefiting a large amount of Americans,” Johnson added. “I think the tax cuts clearly helped stimulate the economy. I think business people have more confidence in the way the economy is going.”

“Overall, if you look at the U.S. economy … you got to give the president an A+ for that.”

Last December, Johnson joined Trump for a ceremony involving the signing of an executive order establishing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council.

Johnson also warned that America’s increasingly bitter political partisanship is bad for business.