Tag Archives: Election 2016

Understanding the Republican Primaries – Pitchforks and Torches

I don’t like sounding like “Mr. I-Told-You-So,” but a Trump candidacy has been building for years.  I warned people back in late 2007/early 2008 that Obama was telling the truth about what he was going to do.  It wasn’t the … Continue reading

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Thoughts on the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia

I don’t think people realize just how bad this is for the country. It’s not a matter of conservative or liberal, but of how one views the Constitution. I do agree on the kind of nominee we’d get from Cruz. … Continue reading

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Cruz victory but a long month coming…

Well now.  Cruz wins Iowa after taking a political assault the likes I haven’t seen since Reagan’s day.  The only thing that *really* surprised me was Rubio finishing as close to Trump as he did. That is actually the most … Continue reading

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Trumping Conservatism?

Something good is happening in the Republican Party.  The Party Leadership, the power brokers, the “Establishment” is being forced to make a choice that they prayed they would never have to make.  One between hatred and fear. On the one … Continue reading

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We Are Sick of Paying the Price for Elitists to Feel Smug – Kurt Schlichter – Page full

A lot of us complain that our elite betters are ignoring our concerns, but nothing could be further from the truth. They have heard us all right. Source: We Are Sick of Paying the Price for Elitists to Feel Smug … Continue reading

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U.S. debt jumps half a trillion in three weeks

The national debt has surged more than half a trillion dollars in the last three weeks, as the suspension of the debt ceiling in late October has allowed the government to borrow as much as it wants. Source: U.S. debt … Continue reading

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How Will It End?

One of my favorite TV series’ is Babylon 5.  In one scene during the second season, the dying Centauri emperor asks Kosh – a mystical alien ambassador from the Vorlon Empire – how will the turmoil occurring end. Kosh replies, … Continue reading

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2016 election: Bob Dole endorses Jeb Bush – POLITICO

“I will do all I can to be helpful to Jeb’s campaign,” Dole promised. Source: 2016 election: Bob Dole endorses Jeb Bush – POLITICO Well now.  If a campaign could reach any greater depth of desperation, I really do not … Continue reading

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Don’t Take Your Guns to Town, Paul

The honor of it all aside, Rep. Paul Ryan would do well to decline the speakership of the House. For it is a poisoned chalice that is being offered to him. Source: Don’t Take Your Guns to Town, Paul Party … Continue reading

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Chaos: House Republicans in Complete Disarray, No Easy Fix in Sight – Guy Benson

Source: Chaos: House Republicans in Complete Disarray, No Easy Fix in Sight – Guy Benson Guy makes critical errors in your baseline assumption and that leads his analysis astray. 1. I sense a presumption that a government that isn’t doing something is … Continue reading

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