SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET:

WE JUST CANNOT WAIT! – FROM DAILY CALLER:   WASHINGTON — California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, a favorite among liberal progressives, told The Daily Caller Thursday that this weekend’s scheduled appearance in New Hampshire has nothing to do with potentially running for president in 2020.  But she said that she would run for president if millennials want her to.  “I’m just going up to do a county Democratic thing. That’s all,” she said.  When TheDC pressed further, Waters, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, said laughing, “I’m not running for anything but my own seat. I don’t have any presidential aspirations. If the millennials want me to do it, I’d do it, though.”  I'm sure the letters of encouragement will come pouring in.  Run Maxine run!  You'll run so well in those working-class sections of the Midwest!

WHAT A JERK – FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES:   Bill Nye “the Science Guy” said Wednesday that significant action on climate change will be possible once the climate skeptics and deniers of older generations die off.  Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, the 61-year-old TV host was asked to comment on a recent Pew survey that revealed 58 percent of Republicans and right-leaning Independents believe higher education has a negative effect on the country, a number that spiked significantly during President Trump’s rise to power.  Mr. Nye said people are just scared of the truth.  “It just sounds like people are afraid,” he said. “And the people who are afraid in general — with due respect, and I am now one of them — are older. Climate change deniers, by way of example, are older. It’s generational. So we’re just going to have to wait for those people to ‘age out,’ as they say. ‘Age out’ is a euphemism for ‘die.’ But it’ll happen, I guarantee you — that’ll happen.”  Thanks for your enthusiasm, science guy.  Did it ever occur to you that many of these people whose death you'll welcome are actually the wisest, most experienced citizens we have?  That they've learned through experience to be skeptical, to ask questions?  Who needs people like that, right?

THE EXCITEMENT BUILDS – FROM DAILYWIRE.COM:   In an attempt to destroy themselves ahead of the 2018 election cycle, Democrats have come up with yet another slogan guaranteed to fail dramatically: “Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Wages” – which sounds more like an advertisement for a temp agency than an actual Congressional campaign slogan...As several commentators have pointed out, this slogan is also a rip-off of Papa John’s: “Better ingredients. Better pizza. Papa John’s.”  I'd rather vote for Papa John. 

July 20, 2017