She has loaned herself an additional $225,000 on top of the $178,900 she already loaned herself. Just how rich is Ms. Blunt Rochester?
In her latest FEC fundraising filing (which is a separate report filed on Thursday, with the new loans not being included in that report), she raised $171,646.94 since July 1, and she has $107,225.10 cash on hand. Well, now she has $332,225 cash on hand. Sean Barney raised $217,624.61 during the same pre-primary period, and has $353,580.61 cash on hand. Bryan Townsend raised $116,980.80, and has $199,252.34 cash on hand.
Don Peterson and Pete Schwartzkopf on the death penalty
The Cape Gazette asked the candidates a series of questions including this one on the death penalty.
6. GOP lawmakers plan to introduce legislation keeping the death penalty in Delaware. Will you support it?
DL Fantasy Football for Normal People
Are looking for a fantasy football league for people like you, who don't know or care much about football? Your search is over.
Friday Open Thread [9.2.2016]
LOL. The best outreach is scripted insincere outreach.
“Instead of speaking to the congregation at Great Faith Ministries International, Mr. Trump will be interviewed by its pastor in a session that will be closed to the public and news media, with questions submitted in advance. And instead of letting Mr. Trump be his freewheeling self, his campaign has prepared lengthy answers for the submitted questions, consulting black Republicans to make sure he says the right things.”
“An eight-page draft script obtained by the New York Times shows 12 questions that Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, the church’s pastor, intends to ask Mr. Trump during the taped question-and-answer session, as well as the responses Mr. Trump is being advised to give. The proposed answers were devised by aides working for the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee.”
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: August, 2016
Frank Ocean's adventurous 'NIKEs' would have appeared here, but...Apple Music. 'Nuff said. You say you like the Beach Boys? Here's some great non-Beach Boys Beach Boys: Love this lounge lizard…
Clinton is bad at running for President
Sorry about the headline fellow DLers. I'm just being fact based. That sick feeling in the pit of your stomach is your unconscious mind telling you that you know it too. Hillary will be a good President, but she sucks at running for President. Luckily she is running against Trump. And luckily Trump overshadowed her horrible speech on "American Exceptionalism" last night. If she was running against any other Republican (with the possible exception of Ted Cruz), she'd be ten points behind right now.
If there’s one core belief that has guided and inspired me every step of the way, it is this. The United States is an exceptional nation. I believe we are still Lincoln’s last, best hope of Earth. We’re still Reagan’s shining city on a hill. We’re still Robert Kennedy’s great, unselfish, compassionate country.Who can say all of that and make it sound like she is hitting Lincoln, Reagan, and Robert Kennedy in the head with a hammer? Only HRC, that's who.
Thursday Open Thread [9.1.2016]
So, the media, and the American people, got played. All this talk of softening, of a pivot, was pure grade A horseshit, from only the best and most beautiful horses.
Trump did three things yesterday. He wilted like a coward in front of an adversary who told him in no uncertain terms that he can stick his demand that Mexico pay for his wall up where the sun don't shine. And then he lied about being coward to the American people, because, bullies who are revealed as cowards don't like to admit it. And then he doubled down on mass deportation gestapo force in a crazed racist speech in Phoenix last night.
Donald Trump “made his immigration policies clear: Mexico will fund an impenetrable, beautiful border wall, and the Republican presidential nominee’s administration will begin its construction on the first day of his presidency,” Politico reports.
Said Trump: “On Day One, we will begin working on an impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful southern border wall. We will use the best technology, including above and below ground sensors. That’s the tunnels. Remember that. Above and below. Above and below ground sensors. Towers. Aerial surveillance and manpower to supplement the wall. Find and dislocate tunnels and keep out criminal cartels and Mexico will work with us. I really believe it. Mexico will work with us. I absolutely believe it.”
“Trump outlined other planks of his policy position, including a promise to return all detained undocumented people to their home countries and zero tolerance for immigrants who commit crimes. It amounted to a massive deportation program.”
He noted: “You can call it deported if you want. The press doesn’t like that term. You can call it whatever the hell you want. They’re gone.”
It’s 14 Days Until the Primary — Can You Help Support Progressive Candidates in Delaware?
Long time readers of this blog know that I ask folks here pretty often what have they done to try to make progressive change. Lots of readers of this blog *are* committed to progressive change and have rolled up their sleeves for candidates and issues. If you are looking at the sprint towards this primary and are looking for a way to get involved in a cycle that has plenty of excellent progressive choices, here are some options for you:
‘Bulo To Appear On WHYY-TV
Yes, I'm trying a new medium. Or, to be accurate, they're trying me. I sure know how to secure non-monetized gigs. Even went out and bought two shirts and two ties and, for the first time ever, had my shirts TAILORED. In order, of course, to highlight my 42-inch biceps. Sorry, ladies, I'm taken.
We taped a segment on the Lieutenant Governor's race. About seven minutes long, although who knows how much usable tape they'll be able to salvage. It will first appear this Friday at 5:30 p.m. on WHYY TV, and will then also be shown over the weekend. In addition, you will be able to find it at whyy.org. once it airs. And who knows, maybe we'll even post it here.
Gotta say it was a fun segment. They took away my cheat sheet so I had to do it all from memory, but I generally survived and actually enjoyed it. Even threw in a few laugh lines. They can take me off the radio, but they can't take the radio out of me.
BTW, no makeup. You can't improve on perfection.
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