Fiorina Puts The Petal To The Mettle Trump Will Ride Out Into The Sunset The View From The U.S. Virgin Islands By JOHN McCARTHY TMV Columnist The word going into the debate was: How is Donald Trump going to do? And nobody said it better than John Weaver: “Imagine a NASCAR driver preparing for a race knowing one of the drivers will be drunk. That’s what prepping for … [Read more...] about From One Vanity Candidate To Another
Putin Must be Laughing at Donald Trump’s Threats During GOP Presidential Debate
Russian leader Vladimir Putin must be laughing at the prospect of Donald Trump being our next POTUS. His performance at last night's presidential debate proves one thing for me -- he's a contemptible candidate who I could never support. He reduced the debate to a disgraceful reality show. The only candidates who managed to help themselves in some shape or form last night were … [Read more...] about Putin Must be Laughing at Donald Trump’s Threats During GOP Presidential Debate
Their Cheatin’ Souls: Short Circuiting Ethics in America
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he had nothing to do with having air removed from game balls. The NFL, following an investigation, says he did. It gave him a four game suspension, which he is appealing. That four game suspension could cost him somewhere between $2 million and $4 million of his $14 million 2015 salary. If he plays well with others, doesn’t get … [Read more...] about Their Cheatin’ Souls: Short Circuiting Ethics in America
Fox Out to Bash Trump and Narrow GOP Field
Ed Kilgore lays out the Fox News agenda for last nght's debates on Talking Points Memo. Here’s one thing Republicans promised themselves to do after the last cycle that’s actually been implemented: partner with conservative media so that the GOP candidates weren’t being subjected to hostile questioning from “outsiders.” So today we had the first official GOP … [Read more...] about Fox Out to Bash Trump and Narrow GOP Field
GOP 2016 debate stretches truth on some points
WASHINGTON — Ten Republican presidential candidates launched rhetorical bombs at each other Thursday night, as well as at President Barack Obama and Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton during the first nationally televised GOP debate. Sometimes they misfired with misstatements and exaggerations. From the economy to the Middle East, to their potential Democratic … [Read more...] about GOP 2016 debate stretches truth on some points
Thoughts About The Prime-Time GOP Debate of 08/06/15
The prime-time GOP debate of 08/06/15 demonstrated which candidates perform well in such a debate and which don't. That is the primary take-away from the debate. Sure, there was plenty of content that will please moderate Republicans and moderate Independents. (After all, the word moderate isn't a synonym for anti-Republican.) However, was that content enough to … [Read more...] about Thoughts About The Prime-Time GOP Debate of 08/06/15
The Republican Debate
To be honest I could only stomach about half of it but that half was informative. There were some winners and losers as one would expect. I thought the moderators did a good job and asked good questions. The participants just were not very good at answering them. The winners: Marco Rubio and John Kasich. The losers: The rest. I had heard from several people … [Read more...] about The Republican Debate
On this day in history … we tried to make the 15th amendment ring true
The cacophony coming at me from all media this week - traditional and digital - has trumpeted tonight's made-for-TV presidential debate. There are enough Republicans to field three basketball teams, with a substitute or two thrown in for good measure. But today is a somber one in the nation's history. Seventy years ago, on 6 August 1945, the Paul Tibbets, the commander of … [Read more...] about On this day in history … we tried to make the 15th amendment ring true
Carly Fiorina Runs Away With First GOP Debate
Carly Fiorina is the clear winner of the first GOP debate according to a consensus of talking heads at Fox News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Your thoughts on the first GOP … [Read more...] about Carly Fiorina Runs Away With First GOP Debate
The Zealots in the GOP
Any Republican who is pragmatic runs the risk of being labeled a RINO. That is the lesson coming from the Zealots in the GOP, who act as if they have the authority to dictate who is and isn’t a Republican. Their use of the “RINO” slur is indicative of their mentality. Right now, Democrats are feeling gleeful as they watch the Republican Party fight off the Zealots. The … [Read more...] about The Zealots in the GOP
FBI Probe Provides Further Details On Private Server In Clinton’s Chappaqua Home
The call by two Inspectors General for an investigation into the presence of classified information on Hillary Clinton's private server has led to further information being obtained now that the FBI is investigating the matter. The Washington Post reports: The inquiries are bringing to light new information about Clinton’s use of the system and the lengths to which she went to … [Read more...] about FBI Probe Provides Further Details On Private Server In Clinton’s Chappaqua Home
Hiroshima — Seventy Years On
Here it comes again, the hand-wringing, and the moralizing and the rest of it. The New Yorker reprints their 1946 piece on the 1945 bombing: I—A NOISELESS FLASH John Hersey / New Yorker At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima, Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a clerk in the … [Read more...] about Hiroshima — Seventy Years On
Rick Santorum needs a Whaaambulance.
Rick Santorum (Crybaby-Pa.) wants the RNC to apologize for his lack of popularity among Republican voters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . From TheHill.com: "Former Sen. Rick … [Read more...] about Rick Santorum needs a Whaaambulance.
Book Review: “The Colors of Eden: Memories of a Runaway Boy” by Fernando Romero
A double -- or quadruple "WOW" -- on "The Colors of Eden: Memories of a Runaway Boy," by Fernando Romero. And for several reasons: literary and personal. It's a book I couldn't put down until I finished it (I was reading it at lunch and dinner) -- and it held some shockers for me. First, a trip in a time machine: In January 1982 I joined the staff of the morning San … [Read more...] about Book Review: “The Colors of Eden: Memories of a Runaway Boy” by Fernando Romero
Cartoon: The Republican Punch Bowl
See great cartoons by all the top political cartoonists at http://cagle.com. To license this cartoon for your own site, visit http://politicalcartoons.com … [Read more...] about Cartoon: The Republican Punch Bowl
The real problem with the Republican Party
It has now become quite popular to call the Republican Party a "clown car," but in a piece in Politico, Glenn Thrush and Alex Isenstadt report that some GOPers say that misses the point of what's occurring in today's Republican Party. The Republicans they interivew note something I've pointed to now for several years: the virtual take-over of the party by the conservative … [Read more...] about The real problem with the Republican Party
(UPDATE) Breaking News: Debris Found on Réunion Island May Be From Lost Malaysia Jetliner
As originally reported, below, although Malaysia’s prime minister declared that the flaperon definitely came from the doomed MH370 aircraft, an official in Paris yesterday stopped short of making such a “definitive” assertion, saying only that there are “very strong presumptions” that the flaperon actually came from the missing Boeing 777, “after experts inspected the object.” … [Read more...] about (UPDATE) Breaking News: Debris Found on Réunion Island May Be From Lost Malaysia Jetliner
Politix Update: Empty Rhetoric From All The Candidates About Helping An American Middle Class In Crisis
If there is a single issue on which candidates for president agree regardless of party affiliation or political persuasion, it is that America's middle class is in deep doo-doo and with a wave of their magic wand they will ride to the rescue. But while that mantra has great appeal, it obscures a dirty secret: No one is going to be able to help the middle class in ways that … [Read more...] about Politix Update: Empty Rhetoric From All The Candidates About Helping An American Middle Class In Crisis
We Have A Winnah! The First And Last Annual TMV Republican Analogy Contest
AND THE WINNAH IS (DRUM ROLL, PLEASE) . . . THE OHIOAN FOR NOT ONE BUT THREE TERRIFIC ANALOGIES, OUR FAVORITE BEING: Today’s Republican Party is like the guy who trained his Doberman Pinscher to protect the family only to find the Doberman didn't understand the concept of "family". (Please email me at [email protected] with your mailing address and we'll send out your prize … [Read more...] about We Have A Winnah! The First And Last Annual TMV Republican Analogy Contest
Ornstein on the Meaning of Trump
Norm Ornstein, scholar of the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute, explains the meaning of Donald Trump's Presidential campaign in The Atlantic. We head into the first presidential debate in Cleveland with Donald Trump leading the field and confounding the confident predictions of a slew of pundits that his collapse was at hand—whether after the … [Read more...] about Ornstein on the Meaning of Trump