Hillary's sort of solid support
If "over 50 African-American mayors from across the country" endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, as an email her campaign recently sent out alleged, who would dispute it? It would be a bigger shock if 50 African-American mayors did not support the far-left Democrat's campaign. But someone did check.
It turns out, she hadn't been supported by all of the city leaders, present and past, who were named.
One mayor, Dennis Williams of Wilmington, Del., who was prominently listed in the campaign release, immediately pounced. "Incorrect info about an endorsement," he tweeted. "I've known @VP Biden since I was 12 yrs old, if he chooses to run, He will receive my support."
Two others, Bexar County (Texas) County Commissioner Tommy Calvert and San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor, said they had made no endorsements. Calvert said he appreciates "her service and her candidacy," but he had not said he would support her. Taylor, who reportedly met with Clinton but also with Republican Carly Fiorina, said she didn't plan to endorse anyone.
"I am honored to have earned the endorsement of more than 50 African-American mayors across the country," the candidate's spin read. "Mayors are on the front lines of many of our country's toughest battles."
They're just not necessarily on her front line.
Hillary's practiced lie, uh, line
People took away what they wanted from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's testimony last week before the U.S. House special committee on the 2012 terrorist attacks on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, but one thing was very apparent - the video protest excuse she and others gave for the tragedy was known not to be the cause.
So, it continues to be fascinating where and why she gave the same untruth, as she did to Kate Quigley, the sister of slain U.S. operative Glen Doherty.
Quigley told CNN's Anderson Cooper she believes in retrospect that the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate chose to "perpetuate what she knew was not true."
Clinton, she said, told her family how "sad" they should feel for the Libyan people because they are "uneducated" and that "breeds fear, which breeds violence and leads to a protest."
"I remember thinking at the time, 'Wow, how selfish of me. I never really thought about the Libyan people, I've been consumed with my own grief, and loss, and concern,'" Quigley said. "And when I think back now to that day and what she knew, it shows me a lot about her character that she would choose in that moment to basically perpetuate what she knew was untrue."
Cooper said it seemed "unusual" Clinton would make those comments while the victims' families were grieving.
"It was very strange," Quigley said.
Bernie dodges the God question
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., brushed aside Jimmy Kimmel's question last week about whether he believes in God and spewed a mouthful of gobbledygook about a belief in a collective existence in which people help the less fortunate and not simply "worship billionaires."
"You say you're culturally Jewish - you don't feel religious," the host of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" said. "Do you believe in God, and do you think that's important to the people of the United States?"
Sanders, of course, has a right to believe in - or not believe in - whatever he wants, but a presidential candidate reputed to speak his mind shouldn't need to beat around the bush.
"I am who I am and what I believe in and what my spirituality is about is that we're all in this together," he said. "That I think it is not a good thing to believe that as human beings we can turn our backs on the suffering of other people. This is not Judaism - this is what Pope Francis is talking about - that we cannot worship just billionaires and the making of more and more money. Life is more than that."
Sanders, according to the Christian Post, does not actively practice his Jewish faith and has said members of any religion should help the less fortunate and fight income inequality.
Knives may be out
Actor Jon Voight may need to watch his back in the lefty paradise that is Hollywood after his comments in the issue of Cigar Aficionado that is expected to hit newstands tomorrow.
"There are a lot of conservatives in Hollywood, and they're not very welcome," he said, according to Fox News. "It's a big surprise that we've come to this juncture where people with patriotic thoughts could not find a home in Hollywood."
Voight, who co-stars on the Showtime program "Ray Donovan," also took issue with the "progressive" label Democrats have assigned themselves since the "liberal" label does not go over very well with a majority of Americans.
"I think the word 'progressive' is a very devious term," said the 76-year-old father of actress Angelina Jolie. "It was created as a substitute for 'communist.' What they propose is the reverse of progress. It's something that does taste of communism and Karl Marx's pernicious philosophy."