Election Views #13
People vote their fears. It’s not always a fact but for a lot of people it is definitely true. There was a recent discussion about John Kennedy creating a missile crisis with Russia that just didn’t exist but that got him
Category: Politics
A Clear and Present Danger
Trump made his economy speech the other day and added nothing to the discussion. He will basically reduce taxes on the rich, keep them in the same place on the poor and middle class and add ten trillion to the national
Out of the Park!
Wednesday night was dominated by the appearance of Former President Bill Clinton who came out on the convention stage and told us the story of the lives of two people who have been icons in American politics for almost 50 years. In
Philly- Day 1
The hot speeches started early on the first night of the Democratic convention, when Al Franken gave us a few laughs tempered with truth and then Sara Silverman mounted the podium and talked to the fact that she felt the Bern
Changing Conventions
Well, the GOP convention is out of the way, Hillary has picked her VP and we are about to jump into the Democratic convention. Reporter Kelly O’Donnell observed the yesterday that Tim Kaine shared a lot more of the podium with Hillary
Chaos in Cleveland- The Finale
Night 3 of “Chaos in Cleveland” started to get serious when Ivanka Trump hit the podium. She may not be as hyped up as her brothers but she is a calmer, more precise speaker. She did the one thing no ne else
Chaos in Cleveland- Day2
Just in case you have forgotten what a giant clusterf**k the GOP has created and called a convention, they reminded us again last night when the Alaska delegation stopped the entire convention to object to the fact that the candidate that they
Trump Flounders Forward
Trump has picked Mike Pence. Two old white men can now bond in their hatred of everything that isn’t them. It’s amazing to me that all the Trump backers have this penchant for grasping non-reality. I watch Trump speak and I see
Economics 101
For years the economic debate between the GOP and the Democrats has raged on unabated. For some inexplicable reason the Republicans have acquired the reputation of being the Party of finance, but when one looks at the facts, a starkly different
Views on a Violent Week
Jeh Johnson head of Homeland Security and Bill Bratten, NYC Police Commissioner were all over the tube this weekend, commenting on the shootings of Philando Castile in Minneapolis, Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge and five police officers in Dallas. These occurrences are