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A Penny
Ambling out the door, crossing the lawn to the waiting helicopter, the President stopped as the reporters shouted questions: Did he support Roy Moore? Did he believe Roy Moore’s accusers? Is an accused child molester better than a Democrat? In a Trumpian flurry he answered, Well, he denies it. Look, he denies it…He totally denies…
Read MoreThis should do the trick
The Republican tax bill should pretty much cinch a big Democratic year in 2018. The bill does exactly what Americans suspect Republicans want to do: reward their big donors at the expense of everybody else. When you take away a tax break for teachers who pay out of their pockets for school supplies – and…
Read MorePixelated
The day after Thanksgiving President Trump tweeted “Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named ‘Man (Person) of the Year’ like last year…I said probably is no good and took a pass.” An official at Time tweeted back there wasn’t a ‘speck of truth’ in Trump’s tweet. And the internet…
Read MoreTweet defeat
Maybe Democrats should stop saying Trump should stop tweeting. He may be tweeting himself into a hole he can’t dig out of. This thought comes from Jim Messina, President Obama’s 2012 campaign manager, in Politico, “Trump’s Tweets Are Hurting Him With the Voters He Needs Most.” Messina wrote: “Progressives across the country should be driving…
Read MoreA Double Standard?
It was an odd article. About two Donald Trump tweets. First, NBC reported that after a gunman killed 26 people in Texas, President Trump tweeted: May God be with the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. Then NBC compared that tweet to another tweet by Trump after the terrorist attack in New York City – when…
Read MoreGiving thanks
During this Thanksgiving season, Democrats give thanks to the Republican Party for the gifts you’re giving us. Thanks for Trump, the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks to Trump for tweeting about Al Franken’s sexual-harassment incident – and reminding us that Trump has about 20. Thanks to Trump for scaring the bejeesus out of swing…
Read MorePretty Evil
The Facebook ad had a picture of Satan, horned and gargoyled, arm wrestling with Jesus, with Satan saying, If Hillary wins I win! and a caption that said, Today Americans are able to elect a President with godly moral principles… My vote goes for Trump! Who paid for the ad? It said the Army of…
Read MoreNot My Fault
President Trump made robo-calls and tweeted to help elect Ed Gillespie but as soon as Gillespie lost Trump made it clear who was to blame by tweeting: “Ed Gillespie… didn’t embrace me or what I stand for.” It’s a hard world. And it’s easy to understand why Trump didn’t want to be blamed. But…
Read MoreWhat Goes Around Comes Around
It’s disappointing that Democrat Ralph Northam was elected Governor of Virginia – it’s worse that he won by five points more than Hillary. It’s disappointing Democrats in Virginia swept the House of Delegates elections – it’s worse that, since they aren’t very well known, most candidates for state legislature live and die by national trends…
Read MoreFull Circle
A Democrat wrote on a Republican Congressman’s Facebook page: You Republicans cut taxes for the wealthy by screwing the middle class. But think tanks, from the Tax Policy Center on the left to the Tax Foundation on right, have said Republicans cut income taxes on all income groups – from those earnings less than $10,000…
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