Change is an Elusive Goal
I get calls from the Democratic Party asking me to become involved in this year’s campaign, and I always politely decline. I’m not as frisky as I was back in 2008 when Sandra and...
Tagged: 2016 primaries
Quit Already, Bernie!
So Bernie won the Democratic primary in Indiana. So what? He still isn’t going to be the Democratic nominee. He is just being a distraction – a damaging distraction – from the tough fight ahead....
Hillary’s Woman Card
Of course nobody should vote for Hillary just because she’s a woman. But wouldn’t it be nice to have a woman as leader of the free world at last? You may argue that...
The Job Loss Crisis
With the Indiana primaries looming just as Carrier prepares to move 1,400 jobs to Mexico, the plight of America’s manufacturing workers is again in the spotlight. We are getting a lot of hot air from some presidential candidates. They’re...
Noise from an Empty Barrel
The people who tell me they’re voting for Donald Trump always say it’s because he’s a successful businessman, not a politician. But why would they want a businessman who knows nothing about politics –...
Trump’s Silly Suggestion
Of course Donald Trump wants Bernie Sanders to run a third-party campaign. It would split the Democratic vote and put a Republican – Trump thinks it will be him – in the White House. But, ironically,...
Made for Each Other
The media are reporting that Ted Cruz is eyeing Carly Fiorina as his running mate if he wins the Republican nomination. And I am horrified by the possibility of witnessing such a union. To...
End of Two-Party Politics?
As the stop-Trump movement grows on the right and the stop-Hillary movement grows on the left, I have to wonder what on earth is going on? I suspect sabotage. It’s clearly in the interests...
Hillary’s Bad Press
If it proves nothing else, this campaign season is demonstrating beyond a reasonable doubt that the power of the media has been wildly overestimated. While the press relentlessly smears Hillary, for example, most Democrats...
The Kasich Fantasy
First, I was shocked to find out that there are Republicans in New York. Who are these people, I wonder. Do they live in some exclusive Park Avenue penthouse, insulated from reality by a...