Will Indiana Choose to Nominate the Man with Stupid Conspiracy Theories?
Indiana votes today, but Allahpundit is already writing about the primary in past tense: I think the biggest bummer about Indiana is just how ignominiously it's ended for Cruz. Every day seems to bring some new mishap or insult that leaves Drudge cackling in 40-point letters -- Carly Fiorina falls off the stage, Cruz gets heckled by a kid, his wife has to answer a stupid question about the Zodiac killer, and Trump fans keep barking at him about the wall while he tries, futilely, to engage them in rational discussion. The worst was Pence's half-hearted endorsement of Cruz on Friday, for which he's tried to atone (a little) today. Cruz's frustration with that is palpable; watch at 9:10 of the second clip below as he scolds a reporter for asking Pence about Trump rather than about why he's backing him. It'll all be over soon, mercifully. Heavy turnout is expected. When a state gets a chance to effectively choose the nominee or let the contest continue further, you would hope turnout would be high. Behold, ladies and gentlemen, the Republican-party front-runner: Donald Trump on Tuesday alleged that Ted Cruz's father was with John F. Kennedy's assassin shortly before he murdered the president, parroting a National Enquirer story claiming that Rafael Cruz was pictured with Lee Harvey Oswald handing out pro-Fidel Castro pamphlets in New Orleans in 1963. A Cruz campaign spokesperson told the Miami Herald, which pointed out numerous flaws in the Enquirer story, that it was "another garbage story in a tabloid full of garbage." "His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's being -- you know, shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous," Trump said Tuesday during a phone interview with Fox News. "What is this, right prior to his being shot, and nobody even brings it up. They don't even talk about that. That was reported, and nobody talks about it." "I mean, what was he doing — what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death? Before the shooting?" Trump continued. "It's horrible." The Miami Herald notes, with almost comical understatement, "The explosive suggestion that Cruz's father would have had any affiliation with Oswald is not corroborated in any other way. Where are the Republican elected officials willing to say, "This is stupid"? This is a stupid argument from a stupid man, too stupid to support, too stupid to serve as commander-in-chief and the leader of the free world. And if you believe that Ted Cruz's father was tied to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, in the absence of any corroborating evidence, you're stupid, too. Our Jay Nordlinger points out that if today does not turn out the way Cruz and his supporters hope, it doesn't mean they must hang their heads in shame. I believe a Cruz-Fiorina administration would be curative. I believe we would see quick and marked improvement in the economy, foreign policy, the courts -- everywhere. People say they will lose. That may be. Good and meritorious people have lost before. But I hope they win. I know they would be excellent in office, as I've said. Wouldn't it be something to see it tested? Confirmed? As regular readers know, I regard Trump and Hillary as unfit. Equally unfit, in different ways. But I regard Ted 'n' Carly as marvelously fit. I hope Indiana voters will pull the lever for them. And that Nebraskans, West Virginians, and others will later. I know that many disagree. They can write their own blogposts. I'm with you, Ted 'n' Carly, and I'm grateful for you. Wish I were in Indiana to express it through a ballot. I Meant He Was the Good Kind of Evil I know Cruz said he would support the Republican nominee, no matter what, but this would mean urging Americans to elect the guy who attacked his wife. And now, this: "I believe in the people of the Hoosier state. I believe that the men and women gathered here and the goodness of the American people, that we will not give into evil but we will remember who we are and we will stand for our values," Cruz said at a rally in La Porte, Indiana. What exactly is Cruz going to say if Trump's the nominee? "America, vote for the lesser evil"? Hillary: 'We're Going to Put a Lot of Coal Miners Out of Business!' Here's what Hillary Clinton said about the coal industry, back on March 13: So for example, I'm the only candidate which has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity using clean renewable energy as the key into coal country. Because we're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business, right, Tim (ph)? And we're going to make it clear that we don't want to forget those people. Those people labored in those mines for generations, losing their health, often losing their lives to turn on our lights and power our factories. Now we've got to move away from coal and all the other fossil fuels, but I don't want to move away from the people who did the best they could to produce the energy that we relied on. This is the sort of comment that makes it harder to run in West Virginia later. The West Virginia Republican party certainly thought her comment – and smile! – was worth spotlighting at the time. And now it's caught up with her: Clinton was attending a panel discussion with residents and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin in Williamson, W. Va. when she was asked a question by Bo Copley, who told her he was a laid off worker in the coal industry. "I just want to know how you can say you're going to put a lot of coal miners out of, out of jobs, and then come in here and tell us how you're going to be our friend, because those people out there don't see you as a friend," Copley said, sometimes breaking into tears, as the chants of the protesters were heard outside. Clinton however said her comments in March were a "misstatement," and that she has been talking about helping out coal country "for a very long time." "What I was saying is that the way things are going now, we will continue to lose jobs," Clinton said Monday. "That's what I meant to say, and I think that that seems to be supported by the facts. I didn't mean that we were going to do it, what I said was, that is going to happen unless we take action to try to and help and prevent it." Except . . . you can read the context above. Watch the video of her comments. It wasn't a lament. She's cheering on the disappearance of coal industry and coal mining jobs. She's pushing for it: "Now we've got to move away from coal and all the other fossil fuels." ADDENDA: Psst. Mother's Day is Sunday. If you haven't ordered flowers yet or arranged for some gift, brunch, or other gesture of love, don't forget!  | 
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