National Democrats
A Hard Fight to Win
Grinning Trump said he would make a deal on abortion that would make both sides happy. This week he put his deal on the table, said he’d leave limits on abortion up to the states. Both sides erupted. Angry. Unless you have faith in the wisdom of Washington politicians, leaving abortion in the hands of…
Read MoreA Simple Question
Hamas stormed into Israel, killed men, women, and children. Shocked Israelis thought, We’re no longer safe. We can’t live in the same world with Hamas. Hamas must be destroyed – invaded Gaza to crush Hamas. Biden said he was 100% behind Israel but, before Israel crushed Hamas, tap dancing, Biden told Israel, Stop. Make peace.…
Read MoreState of the Union
Hectoring Biden, angry, Republican Congressmen roared, Lies – wearing a bright red MAGA cap and a tee-shirt Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene waved both arms above her head. Combative, not Sleepy Joe that night, Biden punched back, punched again, said, ‘I know I may not look like it, but I’ve been around a while’ – then…
Read MoreYou Can’t Make This Stuff Up
Trump’s facing a stack of indictments, just had to post a $90 million bond, says since he was President he has complete and total immunity. To get herself elected, New York’s Attorney General told voters she’d nail Trump – she did, nailed him with another half a billion-dollar fine. The Georgia DA who indicted Trump…
Read MoreHistory Repeating Itself
WRAL TV polled, reported: Trump, Biden, Unpopular with North Carolina voters. One or two days later I read an article by a Politico pundit calling polls like that “illogical yammering” – he said Trump clobbered opponents in the primary and Biden didn’t even get an opponent and that proved Trump and Biden were the candidates…
Read MoreIgnore that…
Hitler rose to power; across the Atlantic Ocean in America banks shuttered, out of work fathers stood in bread lines, the Great Depression deepened. German stormtroopers marched into the Rhineland, Austria, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia – standing in bread lines people shook their heads, Hitler doesn’t matter to us. Hitler rolled tanks into Poland, Belgium, Holland, France,…
Read MoreBANGO!
President Biden’s feisty, fiery, funny State of the Union sent me back to one of the best political books ever: What It Takes by Richard Ben Cramer, about the 1988 presidential candidates, including Biden. Cramer wrote this about “Joey” Biden growing up in Scranton, PA: “You didn’t want to fight him. Most guys who got…
Read MoreTime to Choose
After Tuesday’s primaries, the choice is clear for North Carolina and the nation. It’s Democratic reason versus Republican rage. It’s real action on real problems versus revenge and retribution. It’s the difference between President Biden and Donald Trump – and between Josh Stein and Mark Robinson. Democrats want government to attack economic insecurity, ignorance, hunger,…
Read MoreA Tough Question
A reporter asked House Speaker Mike Johnson, “Do you believe Biden’s presidency is God’s will?’ Johnson said he’s a Bible believing Christian and the Bible says God’s sovereign so, yes, Biden’s election was God’s will. Steve Bannon the MAGA Trumpster erupted on his podcast, ‘Be prepared for your heads to blow up,’ played the video…
Read MoreAn Old Problem
Years ago sitting in a Republican convention I stared at a stranger standing at a microphone – I had no idea who he was but we were on opposite sides and when he finished speaking I had no doubt he’d handed us a problem. Back then Bob Orr was what I called a Mountain Republican.…
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