Wednesday's show: Memo wars, More FBI text messages, 2018 election update & The Beatles 1964

We will look the at latest in the mo wars, more text messages within the FBI, a shocker in Missouri, The Beatles landed in New York 1964 and a few other stories...........

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Wednesday's video: More text messages between Peter & Lisa

Over the last month, we’ve heard about Peter & Lisa texting regarding President Trump, voters and now President Obama. Add to this the memo and other issues.....this is going to get very intriguing!!

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Treason no — stupid for sure

President Trump has a sure way of getting a reaction from many in the media. He reminds me of my son’s cat who knows how to make me mad by simply walking into my home office every time I need a few quiet moments.

Yesterday, President Trump said that the Democrats who did not cheer or applaud during the SOTU were this and that:   

“They would rather see Trump do badly, OK, than our country do well… it’s very selfish… even on positive news, really positive news like that, they were like death and Un-American. Un-American. Somebody said ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? [laughter] Can we call that treason? Why not. [laughter] I mean, they certainly didn’t seem to love our country very much. But you look at that and it’s really very, very sad.”

My first reaction was to laugh and assume that President Trump was just having a little fun with the crowd. Didn’t President Obama play with the crowd, too?  

My second reaction was that President Trump should have reminded the Democrats that they looked silly and childish. It’s not treasonous, it’s stupid! They hate Trump so much that they lose their self-control. 

This is what Cas Mudde wrote, and I agree:   

The Democratic party, on the other hand, showed it had learned nothing from the 2016 defeat and still has no idea how to deal with Trump and the Republican hegemony. Not only did their members of Congress sit there defeated and moping, often not even applauding policies that were, or should be, in their own platform. They chose the personification of the east coast liberal political dynasty, Joe Kennedy III, to give the Democratic response to the State of the Union. From Massachusetts, of all places!

Kennedy’s speech was heralded by the Democratic punditry as inspiring and truly American. But as with Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, it was low on substance, particularly in terms of socioeconomic policies. And, seriously, who chooses a trust-fund kid, who is the 22nd richest member of Congress, to speak to “the thousands of American communities whose roads aren’t paved with power or privilege”?

And so Kennedy did what the Democratic party has been doing for over a year now, reach out to Hispanics, including the by now obligatory few sentences in (surprisingly good) Spanish, and women — the type of “identity politics” the party has been criticized for since the 2016 defeat.

So let me suggest this to President Trump. Don’t joke about treason. Instead, call them tone deaf and out of touch with the people in Ohio that you are speaking to.

The Democrats are now the stupid party and all you have to do is watch a video of their SOTU performance.

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More FBI texts between Peter & Lisa

More FBI texts between Peter & Lisa.....one makes a reference to President BO wanting to know what was going on......this is getting very interesting......

— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) February 7, 2018

Roger Simon and the Russian comics

This is great from Roger Simon:  

"Not since the days of Belushi and Aykroyd has there been a Saturday Night Livesketch as funny as the one performed by Russian comics Vladimir "Vovan" Kuznetsov, 30, and Alexei "Lexus" Stolyarov, 28."

It's hilarious and Rep. Schiff fell for it.

2006: Speaking of allies by Dr. Charles Krauthammer

For three years, we've heard the Democrats' line that President Bush is not working with our allies! 

I wonder how many are saying it this week after what we saw from France and others in putting together a force for Lebanon.

In a perfect world, I would love to see a multilateral approach. In theory, it is better to have a multinational force rather than a US force.

In the real world, our allies cannot provide much military assistance. We can count on the UK, Australia and Japan. Who else?

Check out The Perils Of Using 'The Allies' By Charles Krauthammer:

"Even the most ardent unilateralist always prefers multilateral support under one of two conditions:
(1) There is something the allies will actually help accomplish or
(2) there is nothing to be done anyway, so multilateralism gives you the cover of appearing to do something."

Speaking of our allies, don't expect a lot of help in dealing with Iran. Most allies can't help militarily. Worse than that, most do not have the political will to make the difficult decisions. Thank God for the US. Otherwise, who would stand up to the bad guys?

Trump derangement syndrome. episode Schiff

This is the title of tonight's "Trump derangement syndrome" episode: "Schiff apparently pranked by Russian radio hosts who promised 'naked Trump' photos"......

— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) February 7, 2018

Good move by the Rangers

The Rangers added right-hander Seung Hwan Oh.    He brings another arm to the bullpen.    Oh can be a set up man or close a few games.   Oh has done both in his career.

It's a smart low risk move by the Rangers.   We are still waiting for the Rangers to sign a front line starter but time is running out.