I didn't vote for Donald Trump in the Republican primary or in the general election. Although, as a long-time Republican, I certainly approved of some things Trump planned to do and some that many people expected he would do, I couldn't pull the lever or punch the button for Trump. Trump has always seemed to me to be immoral, loud-mouthed, exceedingly egotistical, brash, uncontrollable, etc. I just couldn't vote for him because even if I could have overlooked one or two of these several liabilities I was afraid that Trump would eventually self-destruct and that he'd do so with too much collateral damage to - not only - the Republican Party, but also to the broader conservative movement.
Today's news brings word that his former lawyer will allege that Trump committed crimes while in office and that those crimes are related to the dumb payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels. Can anyone say that the damage done by these allegations were worth getting Stormy Daniels to "stay quiet"? Trump just has a sleaze factor that's through the roof.
I know good Christian people that voted for Trump and will probably vote for him again. I'm sorry, but I just can't do that. And I won't vote for any known Democratic candidate either. I won't sell my principles out to support candidates who don't share at least a fair part of my moral and social beliefs regardless of whether they offend my principles by being sleazy right wingers or by being socialist left wingers. Neither deserve my support, my vote, or my cooperation.
If neither party will supply a candidate I can support in good conscience, I will oppose them all in good conscience.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
ONE Democrat Star Gets Slammed by Congresswoman from Her Own Party and State
AOC Slammed for Anti-Jobs Position
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is once again in the news (surprise, surprise). AOC, as she is called, played a significant role in helping run off Amazon in recent weeks. The huge corporation had awarded New York, NY the prized "2nd HQ" of the company promising many jobs, large amounts of tax revenue, and additional publicity. AOC and some others began a campaign to call attention to various benefits the city and state promised Amazon if they located at the Big Apple. AOC argued that benefits given to Amazon constituted $3 Billion of corporate welfare and money that the city and state could use to better education or mass transit in the city.
Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio and Democrat Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney were incredulous over AOC and other critics failure to understand how tax credits work. Maloney pointed out that the $3 Billion in tax credits didn't represent that amount of money already in hand that government could just not spend on Amazon. It was a tax credit against additional revenue that would be raised by creating jobs and doing business. In other words it was money that won't materialize at all for New York, now, because AOC and her allies scared off Amazon.
Maloney couldn't believe a member of Congress chased away a company offering jobs in her own city by protesting investment. "It used to be we would protest wars. Now we are protesting jobs?"
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is once again in the news (surprise, surprise). AOC, as she is called, played a significant role in helping run off Amazon in recent weeks. The huge corporation had awarded New York, NY the prized "2nd HQ" of the company promising many jobs, large amounts of tax revenue, and additional publicity. AOC and some others began a campaign to call attention to various benefits the city and state promised Amazon if they located at the Big Apple. AOC argued that benefits given to Amazon constituted $3 Billion of corporate welfare and money that the city and state could use to better education or mass transit in the city.
Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio and Democrat Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney were incredulous over AOC and other critics failure to understand how tax credits work. Maloney pointed out that the $3 Billion in tax credits didn't represent that amount of money already in hand that government could just not spend on Amazon. It was a tax credit against additional revenue that would be raised by creating jobs and doing business. In other words it was money that won't materialize at all for New York, now, because AOC and her allies scared off Amazon.
Maloney couldn't believe a member of Congress chased away a company offering jobs in her own city by protesting investment. "It used to be we would protest wars. Now we are protesting jobs?"
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
ONE Tantrum Throwing Presidential Candidate
Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar made a grand entry into the presidential race this week. No Democrat worth their salt announces for president without making sure they're surrounded by controversy. Bernie has his wife's work related scandal. Kamala Harris has her "not black enough" criminal prosecutor controversy. Elizabeth Warren has her "apology to the tribe" controversy. And now Klobuchar has her tantrum throwing boss controversy.
It seems that ever since Sen. Klobuchar grabbed her hat to toss into the ring, alleged staff members and former staff members are reporting the senator has a long history of abusing people who work for her. The alleged abuse goes from verbal abuse and humiliation all the way to throwing binders and hitting female office workers.
Even fiercely loyal Democrat Bloggers are piling on. The left wing bloggers at electoral-vote.com seem satisfied the stories are largely true. The pull no punches when saying the described behavior is not acceptable from any boss, and recount a story of Klobuchar being advised by former Minority Leader Harry Reid to make some "major changes" to her management style. And they say her behavior isn't exactly a secret in her home state.
It's going to be fun watching a crowded Democrat field aim their opposition research at each other for the next few months.
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It seems that ever since Sen. Klobuchar grabbed her hat to toss into the ring, alleged staff members and former staff members are reporting the senator has a long history of abusing people who work for her. The alleged abuse goes from verbal abuse and humiliation all the way to throwing binders and hitting female office workers.
Even fiercely loyal Democrat Bloggers are piling on. The left wing bloggers at electoral-vote.com seem satisfied the stories are largely true. The pull no punches when saying the described behavior is not acceptable from any boss, and recount a story of Klobuchar being advised by former Minority Leader Harry Reid to make some "major changes" to her management style. And they say her behavior isn't exactly a secret in her home state.
It's going to be fun watching a crowded Democrat field aim their opposition research at each other for the next few months.
If you wish to reply or respond to this or any other entry in my columns, please feel free to leave a comment or reaction. Or if you like or are entertained by anything you see here consider sharing the page with others. You can also support the page by contributing to the tip jar at PayPal.Me/drspook1302. Any contributions go to support the mobility, medical, or transportation expenses of the disabled author.
Monday, February 11, 2019
ONE Improving Poll; And ONE Idiotic Cartoonist
The latest Rasmussen presidential approval poll is looking slightly better for Donald Trump. The latest poll shows a post State of the Union bump for Trump with 52% of "likely voters" approving of his job performance and 47% disapproving. The poll also claims 39% "strongly approve" and 39% "strongly disapprove." That gives him a flat 0% difference between those two categories after being in negative territory for a while.
Democrats will try to boost the negatives again soon by purposely forcing another shut-down and then emailing and phoning every liberal journalist twice a day to whine about it. Here's the report from the Rasmussen website.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/prez_track_feb11
Also in today's news, we learned that some cartoonists enjoy planting obscenity laced panels in their strips on the comics page. One newspaper has already decided to drop the comic "Non-Sequitur" from its lineup after discovering a "Go F Yourself to Donald Trump" in one panel of the strip. The panel (which did not stop spelling the word with the F) was intended as an "Easter Egg" by the cartoonist, who I hope has no children and is never in charge of Easter Egg Hunts.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/429378-newspaper-drops-syndicated-comic-strip-after-cartoons-hidden-go-f-yourself-to
Democrats will try to boost the negatives again soon by purposely forcing another shut-down and then emailing and phoning every liberal journalist twice a day to whine about it. Here's the report from the Rasmussen website.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/prez_track_feb11
Also in today's news, we learned that some cartoonists enjoy planting obscenity laced panels in their strips on the comics page. One newspaper has already decided to drop the comic "Non-Sequitur" from its lineup after discovering a "Go F Yourself to Donald Trump" in one panel of the strip. The panel (which did not stop spelling the word with the F) was intended as an "Easter Egg" by the cartoonist, who I hope has no children and is never in charge of Easter Egg Hunts.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/429378-newspaper-drops-syndicated-comic-strip-after-cartoons-hidden-go-f-yourself-to
ONE Noisy Anti-Semitic Democrat
The Democratic Party's outspoken representative, Ilhan Omar has continued her anti-Israel rhetoric in the lead-up to 2020. The hate spewing liberal Democrat flatly accused AIPAC (American Israel Political Action Committee) of corruption and insinuated that they were paying congressional representatives to support Israel. The context of her statement suggested bribery and not normal legal electioneering.
Some Democrats must have realized these statements are politically radioactive for their own party, as a couple of New York Democrats and citizen of the world Chelsea Clinton immediately countered the Somali-American congresswoman they had celebrated the election of only 3 months ago.
To see the disgusting things she said (as well as her smiling face), see the CNN story about it or google other coverage. Here's the CNN story:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/11/politics/ilhan-omar-aipac-backlash/index.html
Some Democrats must have realized these statements are politically radioactive for their own party, as a couple of New York Democrats and citizen of the world Chelsea Clinton immediately countered the Somali-American congresswoman they had celebrated the election of only 3 months ago.
To see the disgusting things she said (as well as her smiling face), see the CNN story about it or google other coverage. Here's the CNN story:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/11/politics/ilhan-omar-aipac-backlash/index.html
Thursday, February 7, 2019
ONE Virginia Republican Refuses to Let Democrats Dominate Scandal Sheets
Virginia is for Racists
Virginia Republicans can't resist the chance to interfere in the public embarrassment festival. After three prominent Democrats made headlines with voluntary foot shooting, the Republican state Senate Majority Leader found himself reported as the managing editor of a racist yearbook from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Senator Tommy Norment doesn't want to talk about anything but the budget, but I'm thinking he won't get his wishes there.
It's too bad there are so many racists out there that don't publish their dirty laundry. Luckily, the ones in government seem to leave paper trails behind. Too bad the two Virginia parties didn't catch on before these guys got into top jobs in state government. It's time for BOTH parties to have a house cleaning.
Virginia Republicans can't resist the chance to interfere in the public embarrassment festival. After three prominent Democrats made headlines with voluntary foot shooting, the Republican state Senate Majority Leader found himself reported as the managing editor of a racist yearbook from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Senator Tommy Norment doesn't want to talk about anything but the budget, but I'm thinking he won't get his wishes there.
It's too bad there are so many racists out there that don't publish their dirty laundry. Luckily, the ones in government seem to leave paper trails behind. Too bad the two Virginia parties didn't catch on before these guys got into top jobs in state government. It's time for BOTH parties to have a house cleaning.
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
ONE More Virginia Democrat Gets in Trouble
The Virginia Democratic Party is feeling a little sick these days. The governor and lieutenant governor had already embarrassed themselves, the state, and their party when one more party and state elected official decided to upstage the two and announce his own scandal. Attorney General Mark Herring has now admitted two of the state's top Democrats (the governor and himself) had "blackface" appearances in their extra-curricular past.
You can read all the details about it here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-ag-mark-herring-admits-wearing-blackface-at-1980-college-party
Or on CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/virginia-attorney-general-blackface/index.html
You can read all the details about it here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-ag-mark-herring-admits-wearing-blackface-at-1980-college-party
Or on CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/virginia-attorney-general-blackface/index.html
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