Here We Go Again
It was about 3:00am the day after the election in 2016 when I came to the conclusion that Donald Trump would win, beating Hillary Clinton. This time, I knew it at midnight.
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Campaign of Hate
It is hard to believe we’ve gotten to the eve of the election, and we still have a toss-up. Social media, especially the mess named “X” that has evolved from Twitter since Elon Musk bought it, is full of reports claiming that Donald Trump has a commanding lead. These are fake. The posts often point to polls which have no attribution or to polls which are unknown or clearly partisan. These deceptive posts sow the seeds for what will be Trump’s end game strategy, to claim victory based on alleged “cheating”. Don’t be fooled.
Read moreLeaders Must Lead
“The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing”
Author — Edmund Burke? R. Murray Hyslop? Charles F. Aked? John Stuart Mill?
Whoever is the author of that famous quote, it is a lesson well learned. Newspapers in America have frequently taken the lead, putting themselves at risk to make sure the public is well informed on subjects essential to their intelligent exercise of their most vital role, their vote for the people who will lead the country.
The Washington Post, after decades of leadership, has decided to do nothing in this election cycle. Its silence is deafening.
Read moreMostly Republicans for Harris
The lack of support in this election for Donald Trump among the people who worked for him or with him during his first term is astounding. Their vote of no confidence and even fear for a second Trump term should make anyone still thinking of voting for him reconsider their choice.
Read moreTrump II
The closer we get to the election, the clearer a picture we get of Donald Trump’s plans for a second term as President. It is enough to scare anyone who cares about the nation. And it has proven to be enough to get people who served in the first Trump administration to come forward and express their fears. As this is being written more than a dozen people who worked for Trump endorsed Trump’s longest serving chief of staff, Marine General John Kelly’s assessment that he is a “fascist” threat to the constitutional order.
Read moreIt’s Still the Economy, Stupid
One thing the political polls agree on is the number one concern on the minds of voters. It’s the economy. It is ALWAYS the economy.
The problem, at least for Vice President Harris, is that what voters call the economy is not what economists call the economy. What voters mean when they say economy is prices as in, the price of a gallon of gasoline, the price of a bottle of milk, the price of a dozen eggs. Those prices are up. And as is usual, the incumbent gets the blame.
Read moreDebate #2
I did not rush to write after the second debate of this presidential election season, the first between vice-president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump. I, along with the majority of the debate watchers, was not going to change my voting plans as a result of the ninety-minute session. I tuned in for the spectacle. And, it appears, I had a lot of company. The debate drew an impressive audience of 67.1 million viewers. This was a big increase from the 51.3 million viewers for the first debate, the one between President Joe Biden and Trump.
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