More on Mueller,Russians N.Korea, Guns and Pelosi …..

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We made a point about the hysteria over the Mueller indictments and our (U.S.) involvement in foreign elections.  Here’s an interview with ex CIA Director James Woolsey on that question:

“Have we ever tried to meddle in other countries’ elections?” Laura Ingraham asked former CIA Director James Woolsey.

With a grin, Woolsey replied, “Oh, probably.”

“We don’t do that anymore though?” Ingraham interrupted. “We don’t mess around in other people’s elections, Jim?”

“Well,” Woolsey said with a smile. “Only for a very good cause.”

Remember this old phrase.
One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.

The Russians think they are doing a “good cause” and the media is playing into their hands.

Want more proof? Here’s an LA Times story report:

The U.S. has a long history of attempting to influence presidential elections in other countries – it’s done so as many as 81 times between 1946 and 2000, according to a database amassed by political scientist Dov Levin of Carnegie Mellon University.

That number doesn’t include military coups and regime change efforts following the election of candidates the U.S. didn’t like, notably those in Iran, Guatemala and Chile. Nor does it include general assistance with the electoral process, such as election monitoring.

Levin defines intervention as “a costly act which is designed to determine the election results [in favor of] one of the two sides.” These acts, carried out in secret two-thirds of the time, include funding the election campaigns of specific parties, disseminating misinformation or propaganda, training locals of only one side in various campaigning or get-out-the-vote techniques, helping one side design their campaign materials, making public pronouncements or threats in favor of or against a candidate, and providing or withdrawing foreign aid.

In 59% of these cases, the side that received assistance came to power, although Levin estimates the average effect of “partisan electoral interventions” to be only about a 3% increase in vote share.

The U.S. hasn’t been the only one trying to interfere in other countries’ elections, according to Levin’s data. Russia attempted to sway 36 foreign elections from the end of World War II to the turn of the century – meaning that, in total, at least one of the two great powers of the 20th century intervened in about 1 of every 9 competitive, national-level executive elections in that time period.

Now to again point out the folly of the media hysteria that this may have swung the election look at these numbers from Byron York yesterday:

“The Russians spent $46,000 on Facebook prior to the election. Hillary and Trump spent $81 million.  We should punish Russia because the right amount they should spend is zero. But a little perspective is helpful. Russia influenced the election the same way a drop influences an ocean”.

Let’s put this Trump collusion story to bed and see if the MSM can possibly just mention that the Clinton campaign may have had collusion with the Steele Dossier. Not a single mention.
Plus did Obama officials lie before congress that they didn’t know who paid for the dossier. Hard to believe they didn’t.

As for the President his tweet “Obama was President up to, and beyond, the 2016 Election. So why didn’t he do something about Russian meddling?” is ridiculous.
If we wanted Obama three we would have elected Hillary. We voted for you. You’ve been elected for 16 months and  President for 13. Stop with the Obama and do something here.

The Vice President in Korea:

Speaking of the MSM don’t you think they owe Vice President Pence an apology for the negative coverage of his actions in Korea for the Olympics?

Today we hear that two hours before the public opening ceremony that they criticized him for not acknowledging the sister of Kim Jong-un,  the N. Koreans cancelled a private meeting that was set. So they snubbed us.

The media led by CNN certainly made her the hero and him the goat. Do you think they will report this and eat some humble pie?

Guns:

Good to see the President taking some actions and getting in front of this issue. The fact that some of the actions we discussed earlier this week makes us even happier.
It’s time for gun action, mental health (we think this is next in his agenda) and school safety. Take the lead Mr President.

Speaker Pelosi?

The chances of a Speaker Pelosi with the November elections got even better yesterday. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court (4-3 decision with Democratic appointments voting in favor) imposed a new congressional map for the state that will give Democrats a big boost in their effort to retake the U.S. House of Representatives in November’s midterm elections. It looks a minimum three seat pick up, possibly six.
That would be 25% of what the Dems need in one state alone!

 
The Ratings

Below are Friday and weekend ratings plus the impact of the Olympics on the morning and evening newscasts.

Total Viewers FRIDAY. A close race as Florida shooting dominates.

  • Total day: FNC: 1.708 | CNN: 826 | MSNBC: 1.427 | HLN: 191
  • Primetime: FNC: 2.641 | CNN: 960 | MSNBC: 2.382 | HLN: 276
4p: 5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:
FNC Cavuto:
1.652		 Five:
2.387		 Baier:
2.230		 MacCallum:
2.034		 Carlson:
2.821		 Hannity:
2.858		 Ingraham:
2.243		 Bream:
1.359
CNN Tapper:
1.046		 Blitzer:
1.015		 Blitzer:
945		 Burnett:
983		 Cooper:
1.170		 Cooper:
941		 Lemon:
762		 Lemon:
653
MSNBC Wallace:
1.670		 MTPDaily:
1.595		 Melber:
1.605		 Matthews:
1.937		 Hayes:
2.054		 Maddow:
2.960		 O’Donnell:
2.132		 Wlms:
1.504
HLN Michaela:
92		 RadStory:
73		 RadStory:
86		 Files:
131		 Files:
268		 Files:
256		 Files:
304		 Files:
341

Total Viewers SATURDAY. The usual Fox dominance on a weekend day. 

  • Total day: FNC: 1.197 | CNN: 621 |  MSNBC: 695 | HLN: 277
  • Prime time: FNC: 1.690 | CNN: 470 | MSNBC: 676 | HLN: 352
4p: 5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:
FNC NwsHQ:
807		 NwsHQ:
860		 NwsHQ:
1.032		 Report:
1.097		 Watters:
1.652		 Pirro:
1.958		 Gutfeld:
1.460		 Watters:
1.026
CNN Nwsrm:
614		 Nwsrm:
657		 Smerc:
697		 Nwsrm:
770		 Spcl:
560		 PttyHrst:
417		 PttyHrst:
432		 80s:
353
MSNBC News:
692		 News:
717		 Hayes:
742		 Maddow:
790		 O’Donnell:
710		 11thHour:
715		 Wallace:
601		 Matthews:
589
HLN Files:
230		 Files:
239		 Files:
290		 Files:
312		 Files:
338		 Files:
352		 Files:
365		 Files:
408

Total Viewers SUNDAY. The same on Sunday.

  • Total day: FNC: 1.096 | CNN: 677 | MSNBC: 665 | HLN: 266
  • Prime time: FNC: 1.321 | CNN: 588 | MSNBC: 673 | HLN: 309
4p: 5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:
FNC NewsHQ:
639		 Gutfeld:
770		 Report:
889		 Scndlous:
1.159		 Scndlous:
1.759		 Hilton:
1.150		 FNSunday:
1.054		 Scndlous:
665
CNN Nwsrm:
545		 Nwsrm:
696		 Nwsrm:
703		 Nwsrm:
660		 PattyHearst:
488		 Cont.:
613		 PttyHrst:
661		 PttyHrst:
386
MSNBC News:
679		 News:
777		 MTP:
802		 KasieDC:
861		 KasieDC:
907		 DtlineXtra:
556		 DtlineXtra:
557		 Lockup:
332
HLN Files:
267		 Files:
256		 Files:
204		 Files:
189		 Files:
248		 Files:
329		 Files:
351		 Files:
436
Morning News averages for the week of Feb. 12, 2018:
Olympics drive NBC Today to big win
  • Total Viewers: ABC: 4.160M / NBC: 4.618M / CBS: 3.402M
  • A25-54 viewers: ABC: 1.391M / NBC: 1.720M / CBS: 934k
Evening News Numbers for the week of Feb. 12, 2018:
But news time changes at night lead to ABC win 
ABC NBC CBS
• Total Viewers: 9,009,000 8,447,000 6,666,000
• A25-54: 1,995,000 2,139,000 1,424,000

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