Friday Open Thread [11.13.2015]

Friday Open Thread [11.13.2015]

It's starting to get nasty! Trump also went after Carson yesterday for being a pathological liar, which is correct. Fiorina, also a pathological liar, defending her fellow pathological liar by saying on Facebook:
“Donald, sorry, I’ve got to interrupt again. You would know something about pathological. How was that meeting with Putin? Or Wharton? Or your self funded campaign? Anyone can turn a multi-million dollar inheritance into more money, but all the money in the world won’t make you as smart as Ben Carson.”
And she is also right. Donald does lie as well, creating meetings with world leaders out of whole cloth, lying about self funding his campaign. He was born with a silver spoon. The only thing Carly gets wrong is this: Ben Carson is not smart.
Conspiracy Christine.

Conspiracy Christine.

Here at Delaware Liberal, we will always have a soft spot in our hearts for Christine O'Donnell. Her primary victory over Mike Castle not only delivered a Senate seat to the blue team when it was going to go red, but it also gave DL our highest traffic numbers ever for a few months. So we continue to keep tabs on Ms. O'Donnell. And as you know, she is currently being sued by the FEC for using her campaign donations to pay her personal rent at her Greenville townhouse during the campaign. She hired a lawyer to defend her, but then stop paying that lawyer. Lawyers like to get paid for the work they do, and when they don't get paid, we stop doing work. Of course, as a Republican, Christine looked upon her lawyer as a servant/employee that was indentured to her, no matter if she paid him or not. So she was surprised when said lawyer moved to withdraw from representing her, and further surprised when the motion was granted. But somehow, she received an email between her former counsel and opposing counsel for the FEC, and now she thinks there is some huge conspiracy against her.
(Former Blogger) Dave Burris Now Senate GOP Chief of Staff

(Former Blogger) Dave Burris Now Senate GOP Chief of Staff

I don't know what a Chief of Staff does. (Gives out raises to insiders?) I know Dave from the early days of blogging, and I will say this much - I like him. He is a nice guy. Good family man, upright citizen who wants the best for his community. A throw back. Of course he has a head full of nonsense regarding "right to work" and eliminating the estate tax being beneficial for society - but I could chalk that up to his being raised by people with heads full of nonsense. My point is that this feels like a step in the right direction for the DE GOP. Burris doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would put defunding Planned Parenthood on a list of priorities.

MOT’s Emu hits the big time

Before the internet only a handful of neighbors would have known about Eddie (since captured).   Now with Facebook, the exploits of Middeltown's rogue Emu can be enjoyed by the world. …
The DEGOP stands ready to do its part to help “fix” Wilmington

The DEGOP stands ready to do its part to help “fix” Wilmington

Get a load of Copeland's response to the recent NJ editorial in the city of Wilmington. It would be funny if the stakes were not so high.
GOP Reaction to News Journal Editorial
Newark, DE -- The Chairman of the Delaware Republican Party, Charlie Copeland, released the following statement this afternoon after reading today's News Journal editorial "Wilmington, our broken city, must be saved": "The News Journal has hit the nail on the head, and I commend them for their editorial this morning. I was particularly struck by the line, 'We must work to improve access to high-quality education in the city. We must work to ensure our young people have employment opportunities and the resources to succeed. We must stem the tide of guns flowing onto our streets'. "Republicans have not held a significant seat at the table in the City of Wilmington in over 40 years, and we have not controlled the Governor's Office in 24 years. This has left the City in the hands of one party control, and the results of that have been devastating. Our Party is well aware of this fact, and we have begun to reengage in the City to offer residents a real choice when they go to the ballot box. "Republicans feel strongly that our party has real solutions to the very real problems that face the City of Wilmington. We are prepared to meet with the Mayor, and others who have an interest in saving Wilmington, to work in a bi-partisan way to make things better.
So...What are they, these solutions? Why the secrecy? Can it be because the GOP's "solutions" amount to a handful of tax cuts for the businesses and individuals that are already getting a pretty good deal? Maybe we've taken tax cuts as far as they can go, and now Charlie is going to propose direct subsidies to our wealthiest businesses and individuals. I wouldn't put it past him.
The Clowning of Wilmington

The Clowning of Wilmington

The ABC network is going to take up the label that Newsweek slapped Wilmington with to create a new TV show called "Murder Town". It will be set in Wilmington, and be a legal drama. You can read about all of that in the NJ article. Hollywoodizing Wilmington and its troubles won't help those here that actually need some help and add to that a bunch of people who don't live here getting ready to profit from Wilmington's issues who probably won't be investing here. Still. The most appalling part of this article is this: