Guest: George Rodriguez, South Texas conservative.......We remember Senator McCain and his political legacy........Beto takes a position on NFL players kneeling............and other stories......
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Monday, August 27, 2018
Monday's show: Remembering Senator McCain plus a look at Texas politics with George Rodriguez
Guest: George Rodriguez, South Texas conservative.......We remember Senator McCain and his political legacy........Beto takes a position on NFL players kneeling............and other stories......
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Monday's video: The media and Senator McCain
Monday's video:
The media and Senator McCain
The media and Senator MvCain: https://t.co/dFvDs6NrpZ via @YouTube— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) August 27, 2018
Checking too many "identity politics" boxes?
What do you know? Another up and coming young socialist Democrat has a little biography problem:
A Democratic Socialist candidate for New York Senate faces questions after reports emerged that she falsified her biography, including claims about being an immigrant and Jewish, while her previous work shows she was a Christian conservative advocate.Julia Salazar, a progressive Democrat affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, has been touted as the next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a young and hip socialist who would move the party further to the left. She also received an endorsement from the New York governor candidate Cynthia Nixon.But Salazar came under fire last week after an expose in Tablet magazine, which examined Salazar’s claims about her biography.The candidate for state office previously told multiple outlets that she’s an immigrant from Colombia and noted that her family immigrated to the U.S. when she was young. Her father, she said, was Jewish but the family had little contact with the American Jewish community after they arrived to the country. (Fox)
We've now reached a point where Democrats need to embellish their resumes with "ethnics" or clicking every box in the census.
It would make more sense if they would tell us the truth about their ethnic background and then explain how they are going to pay for "Medicare for All".
A new US-Mexico free trade agreement?
The US and Mexico have reached an agreement, according to news reports:
"President Donald Trump said the deal would be called The United States-Mexico Trade agreement, leaving behind the 24-year-old NAFTA name.It'd be interesting to see how specifically the new deal is better for farmers and manufacturers.
"The name NAFTA has a bad connotation because the United States was hurt very badly by NAFTA," he said. Trump added that the deal with Mexico is also very special for farmers and manufacturers."
My impression was that NAFTA was good for US farmers but not for their Mexican counterparts. At least, that's what they used to tell in Mexico.
As for manufacturers, will it encourage companies to stay in the US?
Where is Canada? We're still talking and apparently they will join the agreement later.
At the same time, doing a separate deal with Mexico and another with Canada may be the best way to go.
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November 2008: Vote McCain on Tuesday!
A post from November 2008
Today, we formally endorse Sen. McCain for president. We hope that you will vote for Sen. McCain on Tuesday. (I did vote early in Texas!)
You can read a long list of endorsements for McCain and Obama. As expected, The NY Times endorsed Obama and The Dallas Morning News endorsed McCain (We recommend John McCain for president).
I like what Charles Krauthammer said in his McCain endorsement:
"Who do you want answering that phone at 3 a.m.?
A man who's been cramming on these issues for the last year, who's never had to make an executive decision affecting so much as a city, let alone the world?
A foreign policy novice instinctively inclined to the flabbiest, most vaporous multilateralism (e.g., the Berlin Wall came down because of "a world that stands as one"), and who refers to the most deliberate act of war since Pearl Harbor as "the tragedy of 9/11," a term more appropriate for a bus accident?
Or do you want a man who is the most prepared, most knowledgeable, most serious foreign policy thinker in the United States Senate?
A man who not only has the best instincts, but has the honor and the courage to, yes, put country first, as when he carried the lonely fight for the surge that turned Iraq from catastrophic defeat into achievable strategic victory?" (McCain for President)
January 2008: Sen McCain and the surge
A post from January 2008
A year ago, Sen. McCain supported Pres. Bush's strategy change in Iraq. It was a bold move by Bush and McCain. They went against conventional wisdom. They took all of the partisan hits.
Today, McCain looks like a statesman and Iraq is a lot better. In fact, no one is talking about Iraq anymore. It's like old news!
The Surge Worked By JOHN MCCAIN and JOE LIEBERMAN looks back:
"The war for Iraq is not over. The gains we have made can be lost.
But thanks to the courage of our troops, the skill and intellect of their battlefield commander, and the steadfastness of our commander in chief, we have at last begun to see the contours of what must remain our objective in this long, hard and absolutely necessary war -- victory."
We need more bipartisan efforts like this. It's in every one's interests to succeed in Iraq. It's a shame that Lieberman is but a handful of Dems who look beyond the next election.
No matter what happens, or where McCain ends up, he was right about Iraq and understands the stakes over there.
PS: You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow me on Twitter.
PS: You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow me on Twitter.
February 2008: We joined the McCain campaign today!
A post from February 2008
The nomination process is over. It's time to rally around and go to work for the election of John McCain as president.
Say hello to President McCain!
Russia puts "the 3am phone call" back in our politics!
Remember the Clinton 3 am phone call commercial? In the end, it helped McCain because he is more qualified than Clinton or Obama to deal with such problems.
The Georgia-Russia crisis reminds us that we live in a very dangerous world. It demonstrates how important it is to have a president who understands these dangers.
Fred Thompson has a great post today:
"While this crisis plays out we should also note that these events give evidence of a larger reality: the next American President is going to face an international landscape that is more difficult and treacherous than we have ever faced."
Yes, Obama wants to focus on college loans and universal health care.
McCain understands that there is a lot more to the presidency than telling college students what they want to hear.
In other words, BO wants to be your pal. McCain wants to be your president!
PS: You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow me on Twitter.
PS: You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow me on Twitter.
February 2008: The NY Times smears Sen. McCain!
A post from February 2008
The bad news is that The NY Times is running a hit piece on Sen. McCain.
The good news is that it reflects liberal panic that McCain will defeat Clinton or Obama.
Captain Ed nails The NY Times:
"It turns out that they talked to two anonymous former staffers -- neither of whom allege that the relationship actually became romantic -- and who describe themselves as disgruntled.
Great sourcing there, guys. Way to corroborate a non-story. I guess Lucy Ramirez must have been hard to find this time around." (Slimes At The Times)
The NY Times is our left wing newspaper. It promotes left wing causes and candidates.
I hope that McCain hits them very hard.
Politics is a tough business. Is it too much to ask for The NY Times to be honest? I guess not! Michael Goodwin is not impressed with the evidence! (Tale's tall on innuendo, short on proof)I hope that McCain hits them very hard.
Tuesday's show: Free trade and Colombia
Nate Muncaster is a local businessman. He is doing business in Latin America. He supports free trade because it means jobs and exports.
Nate joined us today to talk about free trade.
McCain has been consistent on free trade. McCain understands free trade. McCain also understands how free trade is of mutual benefit to the US and Latin American allies.
I'm glad that McCain is heading down and remind our friends that someone cares about Mexico and Colombia:
November 2008: One last salute to Sen McCain
A post from November 2008
Over the last 25 years, John McCain has been in the middle of just about federal issue. He has been a voice of reason. He has stood up to everybody, including his own party whenever necessary.
Last night, Sen. McCain gave a wonderful concession speech.
It was very sad to watch such a career end in defeat. However, it did. I guess timing is important in politics.
Why did McCain lose? I think that it's tough to win 3 in a row. Just ask Nixon '60, Humphrey '68, Ford '76 and Gore '00.
Reagan is the only president who was succeeded by his own party. It happened in 1988 when VP Bush defeated Dukakis.
We say thank you to McCain.
Of course, McCain will be around until 2012 when his term expires. My guess is that he will be a key player in the US Senate again, specially as we rebuild the party along taxes and spending.
March 2008 show: A chat with Rick Moran
Rick Moran joined us today to review the politics of March 2008! We reviewed the month of Obama's Rev, the big Obama speech, Hillary Clinton's Bosnia recollections and McCain's strong polls.
Rick just posted More Obama Lies about Rev. Wright (Updated)! Also, see It's Obama That Doesn't Get It by Jennifer Rubin.
It was a crazy month!
Click here for the show!
2008: A McCain endorsement from Krauthammer
A post from November 2008
Over the next 10 days, we will see a lot of presidential endorsements.
"The case for McCain is straightforward.
The financial crisis has made us forget, or just blindly deny, how dangerous the world out there is.
We have a generations-long struggle with Islamic jihadism.
An apocalyptic soon-to-be-nuclear Iran.
A nuclear-armed Pakistan in danger of fragmentation.
A rising Russia pushing the limits of revanchism.
Plus the sure-to-come Falklands-like surprise popping out of nowhere.
Who do you want answering that phone at 3 a.m.?
A man who's been cramming on these issues for the last year, who's never had to make an executive decision affecting so much as a city, let alone the world?
A foreign policy novice instinctively inclined to the flabbiest, most vaporous multilateralism (e.g., the Berlin Wall came down because of "a world that stands as one"), and who refers to the most deliberate act of war since Pearl Harbor as "the tragedy of 9/11," a term more appropriate for a bus accident?"
Right on. We will regret that no one is talking about foreign policy. From FDR to GW Bush, every presidency has been consumed with foreign policy issues.
Again, who is more prepared for those foreign policy issues, known and unknown?
The answer is John McCain not "hope and change".
PS: You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow me on Twitter.
PS: You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow me on Twitter.
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