National Republicans

When George Washington was twelve years old his father died; he caught smallpox at nineteen, recovered; leading the Continental Army endured Valley Forge, suffered defeats, won Yorktown, after the Revolution refused to be made King. Abraham Lincoln lost his mother when he was nine; poor, as a boy he worked, handed money he earned to…

Trump read a story about Ron DeSantis, tore into the New York Post on the internet for what he called ‘a puff piece,’ took a breath, added, ‘DeSantis is a RINO…getting clobbered in the polls by me,’ took another breath, shrugged, ‘I don’t read the Post anymore. It’s fake news, just like Fox & WSJ!’…

Sitting in Washington Congressmen and Senators nod, tell lobbyists, I can do that – in the next breath say, By the way, I need a favor too, smiling, ask for contributions. After Watergate Congress, reeling, put limits on contributions to political campaigns – and outlawed corporate donations. Horse trading waned. Time Passed. Lawyers spotted loopholes…

Gary, on Talking About Politics, made a good point about Joe Biden’s State of the Union Speech: ‘Biden got the last laugh.’ Old-fashioned politeness – when you’re disagreeing with someone on the other side of the aisle – is a virtue. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s anger, jeering, offended people – and helped Biden. Political disagreements are…