Tag Archives: Donald Trump

Once Rabbi Lookstein was listed as a speaker at the GOP convention, “the whole matter turned from rabbinic to political”

NEW YORK SUN A Prayer for America Editorial Board July 16, 2016 …Those are the opening words of an invocation that was to have been offered Monday at the Republican National Convention by Rabbi Haskel Lookstein. One of America’s most … Continue reading

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“Dold has said forthrightly and repeatedly that he would not support Trump and would likely write in a candidate for president in November. He’s not alone”

CHICAGO TRIBUNE How Democratic operatives exploit Trump’s defects in other Illinois races Editorial Board July 15, 2016 …Yes, Trump casts a long shadow. But the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] ads are a stretch, especially in Dold’s case. Dold has said … Continue reading

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Trump, Pence & The Jews

ISRAEL HAYOM Will Pence help Trump with Jewish voters? by Richard Baehr July 15, 2016 Indiana Governor Mike Pence will reportedly run [he has declared since this column was posted] with Donald Trump as his vice presidential nominee… Prior to … Continue reading

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“Both Never Trumpers and those who expect to hold their nose and vote for the less disastrous Trump over the specter of a 16-year Obama–Clinton continuum face challenges in the upcoming months”

NATIONAL REVIEW A Long Trump Summer: When have voters faced a choice between two such unpalatable, unprincipled candidates? by Victor Davis Hanson June 28, 2016 …Those who may reluctantly vote for Trump over Hillary always have to deal with the … Continue reading

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Paying Bill Clinton $16.5 million for 4 yrs as “honorary chancellor” of Laureate International Universities sounds perfectly reasonable

NEW YORK POST The Clinton university scandal Editorial Board June 12, 2016 Kudos to George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley for asking why the media aren’t asking about the $16.5 million paid to Bill Clinton by Laureate International Universities. For all … Continue reading

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On the matter of Trump & The Mexican Judge, “It is rich — truly rich — to see the same people who have turned the country into a festival of divisive identity politics shocked, shocked to see their arguments used against them”

REAL CLEAR POLITICS Four Thoughts on Trump’s “Mexican” Judge Remarks by Charles Lipson June 8, 2016 …It is perfectly legitimate to criticize a judge for bias, based on his prior rulings, public statements, or membership in civic organizations, particularly those that … Continue reading

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#AntiSemitism is on the left AND right with plenty to go around

ISRAEL HAYOM Trump, Clinton, Sanders and the anti-Semites by Richard Baehr June 6, 2016 In the past few weeks, there have been a series of stories by Jewish writers about ‎what happened to them when they seemingly unleashed the fury … Continue reading

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“#Trump may have moved the #RepublicanParty to the center, but #Clinton moved the #DemocraticParty much farther from the center—and to the left”

HOOVER INSTITUTION Why Republicans Will Vote For Trump by Victor Davis Hanson May 25, 2016 …Many conservatives tune out Trump’s adolescent solutions, but not necessarily the haywire issues he has raised. Most believe that he will back down from his … Continue reading

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Petraeus warning of #IslamoPhobia, gives us recipe for “setting the world on fire even more than it is now”

JIHAD WATCH Petraeus calls for self-censorship to avoid offending Muslims by Robert Spencer May 14, 2016 [Referring to this Washington Post column by David Petraeus] the lesson of all this is one that no less a figure than General Petraeus … Continue reading

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President #BarackObama Trump’s greatest enabler?

PJMEDIA Obama’s Gift of Immunity to Trump by Victor Davis Hanson May 8, 2016 …Last week, in sober and judicious tones Obama all but warned Americans that they cannot seriously support Trump, who, he implied, is little more than a … Continue reading

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