A Tale of Two Presidents
The President was faced with the knowledge that a country hostile to the United States was deploying weapons of mass destruction that would have been a direct threat to the nation. The President in...
View ArticleStanding up to "Dixie"
I grew up in a small town in north Florida (think Deepest South) in the 1950s and 60s, which of course was when the civil rights movement attained its first big gains. Those advances were not well...
View ArticleIs Bernie Sanders the New George McGovern
My heart is with Bernie Sanders. His passion for the common person, opposition to neo-cons’ love of war, and acceptance of science with the concomitant need to act on it represent my views better than...
View ArticleThe elephant in the room - Sanders'"Socialism"
I’m basing this note on two assumptions, not based on polling, but formed as a result of watching American politics for over 50 years. First, Bernie Sanders can win the Democratic nomination for...
View ArticleCruz's Long Game
The winner of the Republican Trumpstakes may likely be Ted Cruz. Cruz understands the sentiment of rank-and-file Republicans, which of course is anti-immigrant, minority, women, LGBT, and...
View ArticleDisproving Low Energy fail
If you want to dispel the idea that you have low energy, it is probably better not to put your supporters to sleep. Or, at least spring for some coffee:http://www.politico.com/...
View ArticleThe weirdness that is Trump
While I am the first to admit that all of us have our quirks, the weirdness of Donald Trump truly boggles the mind. This article in the New York Post gives further evidence that he is just not quite...
View ArticleI'm giving to the Clinton Foundation
Yesterday, I heard one commentator say that the Clintons should shut down the foundation. It sounded reasonable until I learned what the foundation does.The following is from its web-site:“Because of...
View ArticleFor the first time, I am voting early
I guess I am a traditionalist in many ways, and one of those ways has been to always vote on the official Election Day. There is an element of civic pride, along with a throwback to American history,...
View ArticleWhen you have lost Governor LePage.....
Paul LePage suggesting you dial it back may be a little clue that you have gone too far.www.huffingtonpost.com/...
View ArticleTrump walks into another one
Over at the Daily Beast, they report that Trump has decided to go after Michelle Obama:“Just as First Lady Michelle Obama tore into Donald Trump this past week without once mentioning his name, the GOP...
View ArticleWe have seen a President with an enemies list before
Donald Trump has made it clear. This headline on Breitbart says it all: “Trump: If Someone Hits Me, I Have to Hit Them Back Harder —‘That’s What We Want to Lead’”www.breitbart.com/...There you have it....
View ArticleHas a President Gotten Us Into a War before He Was Inaugurated?
While we have had presidents that were more bellicose than others, I cannot recall a time where a president may cause a war before he actually takes power. President-elect Trump’s lack of diplomatic...
View ArticleForeign Policy by Twitter
It was distressing enough to learn that many of the senior State Department staff are fleeing the upcoming foreign policy disaster. Now, it appears that an undisciplined, inexperienced, and quite...
View ArticleWho Will Primary Trump in 2020
Normally, an incumbent president gets a free pass from his own party for his re-election campaign. The elections in recent memory when that did not hold true occurred when the sitting president had low...
View ArticleRemoving Confederate Monuments is Not "Changing History"
I speak as a white man who grew up in the segregated South. Memories of the Civil War were still strong, and log-dead Confederate soldiers and leaders were still lionized. People stood up at high...
View ArticleAnother Republican Criticizes Trump
From the Daily Beast, another Republican senator, another Southerner, criticizes Trump.Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) delivered a stinging rebuke of President Trump on Thursday, telling reporters in his home...
View ArticleBoo Hoo Bolton
Politico reports that war monger John Bolton has lost his access to the President, and he seems to throwing a fit. www.politico.com/...Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton once enjoyed regular access to...
View ArticleSoldier Appears to Protest Something
I wonder what the soldier behind Pence is protesting.
View ArticleOur Genius Energy Secretary Has Method to Prevent Sexual Assault - Fossil Fuels
In the continuing saga of Energy Secretary Rick Perry proving he may be the dumbest Cabinet Secretary in history (sorry Ben Carson), he has found a way to prevent sexual assault — using fossil fuels to...
View ArticleRubio trolling?
Marco Rubio on Twitter:One more thing about KJU. While I know @potus is trying to butter him up to get a good deal, #KJU is NOT a talented guy. He inherited the family business from his dad &...
View ArticleA Photo Op for Putin?
After Germany invaded France and captured Paris, the German leader went to Paris and posed in several locations gloating over the accomplishment. Russia has launched an invasion against this country...
View ArticleThe Continuing Relevance of "Cabaret"
I saw a stage production of “Cabaret” over the weekend. As most everyone knows, this is a story set in Berlin in the early 1930s as the Nazis were coming to power. It shows how the poison of that...
View ArticleTrump Has Only the BestFriends
The Miami Herald has been doing some fantastic work on Trump’s relationship with the spa owner/Presidential friend whose chain of “day spas” has been the subject of prostitution, sex trafficking, and...
View ArticlePat Robertson says Alabama’s abortion law is extreme and has “gone too far”
From CNN: Televangelist Pat Robertson said he thinks Alabama went "too far" with a controversial abortion bill that could punish doctors who perform abortions with life in prison."I think Alabama has...
View ArticleMaybe Not a Hopeless Cause - Sen. Doug Jones
Sen. Doug Jones special election victory in Alabama has largely been written off as a fluke since he won against an alleged child abuser, and then it was still too close for comfort. Obviously, the...
View ArticleFlorida Bans Transgender Athletes in 11th Hour Move
Near the end of the legislative session, the Republicans in the Florida Legislature snuck a ban on transgender female athletes into a bill dealing with charter schools. While the Democrats cried foul,...
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