Steve's Blog Spot

Ah, Susan Rice is back in the news again. When the poo is flying, she seems to pop up. I agree with Eli Lake  that there are two stories here: - Was Susan Rice justified in unmasking? (She's already admitted to the crime.) - Did the Russians actually interfere with the election? I don't believe for minute Susan Rice was justified. As Security Adviser, it was not her job to perform investigations on her own. It smells political, but we need more facts. Assuming the Russians did indeed perform all sorts of interfering, why would they want Hillary Clinton to lose? She was a known quantity, especially compared to Trump. And speaking of Hillary - how is it that her basement server was never hacked, but the Russians were able to hack the 2016 election? And how do we really know it was those evil Russians? WikiLeaks has reported that the CIA can launch cyber attacks and make them look like anybody did it. And if the Trump administration was in such cahoots with the Rus...

Oh, I thought Obama was talking to Bill Clinton ! HAHA!

Last night during the 3,453rd Democratic debate, both Clinton and Obama stated they would not raise taxes on individuals whose incomes were under $200,000. (And that group would include me by a pretty fair margin!) But does that mean they would still allow Pres. Bush's tax cuts to expire in 2010? Technically, they could let the cuts expire and still claim they did not raise taxes. Which, to me, would be a tax increase , purely from the standpoint that I would pay more taxes when the cuts expire. So, what did they really mean? I think McCain won this debate...

No news there, as there are many who have already made this prediction. But here's my 10 cents worth. No matter your thoughts on Ms Clinton or Mr. Obama, I think it has boiled down to a matter of money, and she is losing that race. Some of her bills are not getting paid, but I think that's statistically quite small compared to the bills that have been paid. At the end of the day, though, the most money wins. Unfortunately. There's something inherently wrong when you can buy/spend your way to a candidacy. But that's not my point. According to their filings with the Federal Election Commission, Hillary's campaign has $24 million in the bank, after debts, and after spending $135 million to date. She is lagging behind Barack , who is sitting at around $38 million after debt, and after having spent a whopping $158 million so far! They have a combined expenditure of almost $300 million, and that's only for the primaries. The winner still has to compete for the golde...

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