Hometown Guy Makes Good

Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Harrington Park, New Jersey, Cory Anthony Booker is the 50-year old junior Senator from New Jersey. He attended Stanford University, on a football scholarship, where he earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He attended the University of Oxford on a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, before getting his degree from Yale Law School. Impressive.

Trump’s Democrat voters were not driven by economic anxiety.

Booker served on the Municipal Council of Newark, New Jersey from 1998 to 2002 and was Newark’s Mayor from 2006 to 2013. The first African-American U.S. Senator from New Jersey, his voting record was deemed the third most liberal. In New York Magazine he said, “Of course the presidency will be something I consider. It would be irresponsible not to.” In early 2019 he announced his campaign for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Ego much?

Cory Booker: Equal Opportunity Irritator

“This is the closest I’ll get to an ‘I am Spartacus’ moment,” Booker proudly proclaimed. His courage dripping, he added, “I understand the penalty comes with potential ousting from the Senate.” No matter, he would release classified documents exposing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s support of racial profiling. Many were stunned. Others were confused since they knew what Spartie knew; the emails in question were declassified prior to his “moment.” Oh boy.

Freed from pretend peril Booker continued to blather until Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, exacerbated to near stutter, said, “Can I ask you — can I ask you — can I ask you, how long you’re going to say the same thing three or four times?” Booker irritates those on the Left as well. The Atlantic ran a headline, “Why Do Liberals Hate Cory Booker?” and quoted Salon, calling Booker “A camera hog.” The New Republic accused him of “agitating for the cause of himself.” Yikes.

More B.S. Artist Than Rap Artist

The rap on Cory Booker is he cares more about his celebrity than his job. As Mayor of Newark, for example, The New York Times’ ripped Booker for being out of town every fourth day between January 2011 and June 2012. Adding that, during his tenure, Newark had dubious metrics. Specifically, taxes rose 20% while the city laid off over 1,100 workers, including 160 police officers. Crime went up and so did unemployment. No wonder Booker jumped into the Senate race.

Booker published a column in college because he felt guilty and was “basking in hypocrisy.” He recalled that, “On New Year’s Eve in 1984,” he, “grabbed a friend’s breast…without her permission.” Booker, just 15-years-old at grab-time said he committed the act, “with the ‘Top Gun’ slogan (theme song?) ringing in my head.” So in addition to pretend bravery, apparently Booker has real clairvoyance. Top Gun was released in May, 1986, over two years after the teenager’s indiscretion.

Microstamping Handguns

Booker’s policies and proposals mirror those of his fellow Democrats; free healthcare, the Green New Deal and reparations, to name three. Booker largely follows the party line on gun control but also supports handgun microstamping. Similar to vehicle identification numbers (VIN), handgun makers would be required to give each gun a unique microscopic number on its firing pin. Each time the gun is fired that number would be stamped on the cartridge.

The goal is to help the police identify the specific handgun and gun-owner used during a crime. That sounds fine, but it’s not. The costs would be exorbitant; managing all that data would be a nightmare and the microstamp can be easily circumvented, just file it off. California passed a microstamping law and, in response, gun manufacturers stopped introducing new models. A Maryland “ballistic fingerprint” law was abandoned after 15-years, $5 million spent and no crimes solved.

Expecting $100 Billion to Buy Iranian Friendship

Cory Booker will not be the Democrat’s nominee. First, his policies are not distinctive, as noted, so Democrat voters will favor more familiar names like Biden, Sanders and Warren. Second, Booker lacks party backing. Adam Green, former communications director for the Democratic Party for Booker’s own home state of New Jersey, said dismissively, “There’s a healthy skepticism.” And third, he incensed the Jewish community by supporting Obama’s loopy $100 billion Iran Deal.

Trump will be re-elected. His supporters are grateful he’s fulfilling his promises and the economy is roaring. The biased media has lost all credibility so won’t sway any votes. A Public Religion Research Institute poll shows that Trump’s Democrat voters were not driven by economic anxiety but by cultural alienation. These voters care little about social justice issues. They care deeply about law and order, as well as illegal immigration. They dislike identity politics that insult innocent people.