So…the Trump abortion fiasco. I don’t want to focus on Trump himself just yet, but rather his spinning minions. Just now (about 1:15 CT) on CNN one of his supporters/surrogates insisted that Trump was referring to what would happen if you made abortion illegal. Hillary Clinton with Anderson Cooper last night said “if you make…
Month: March 2016
So Donald…Let’s Say You Get The Nomination. What Will You Do If You Lose The General?
Donald Trump has spent his career inflating his successes and ignoring his failures, and that has worked rather well for him and his bankruptcy attorneys. Whether he really is the incredibly successful business man he claims is up to the forensic accountants, and I don’t much care either way. But Donald Trump claims that everything…
All Politics is Local: An Intelligence Agency, North St. Louis and Donald Trump
I haven’t blogged much about this because it seemed uninteresting to the national events, but there’s a brouhaha over relocating a federal agency in my town. Looking at it now, it’s a bit of a microcosm for what’s going on at a national level, namely why everyone hates politicans and Donald Trump is capitalizing on that….
“Donald Trump Is For Women, He’s The Only GOP Candidate That Supports PP”
You’re the GOP frontrunner you say? This is a more or less quote from a live CNN interview with Mary Kathrine Ham and a Trump surrogate. (Time 9:10ish CT. Please remember my editorial policy on live interviews.) She did try to qualify it by going on to try and distinguish between the “horrible” things and “good…
A Basic Flaw In The West’s Counter-Terrorism Efforts: Let Them Go To Syria; Just Don’t Let Them Back In!
I am truly puzzled that at least some of the counter-terrorism efforts in Europe and, presumably here in America is to prevent radicalized Muslims from going to Syria and Iraq and wherever else they want to go. Isn’t that exactly backwards? By allowing them to leave we immediately identify them as radicals, we can notify…
Why I Am Not A Trump Supporter
It is certainly not because he has confounded the Republican establishment at every turn! That amuses me to no end, and I hope that the precedent that he has set will continue until the Republican party has been purged of the professional political class that has done so much damage to our republic (no, I’m…
Prayers For Brussels.
A moment to send my prayers to Brussels. I can only hope it doesn’t get any worse. I’m sure we’ll endlessly hear about “outreach,” “not all Muslims,” and “tolerance” when what we really need to focus on is how the Paris attacker (who I’d place bets is involved) managed to elude authorities. There is no outreach…
The Media Needs To Stop Acting Like Cuba Is “quaint” By Choice
On @CNN now, 'The Wonder List'. It's a visit to Cuba to see it before tourism takes hold again. — Niedermeyer's Dead Horse (@NDH_j_m_f) March 21, 2016 I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed this. And I only saw one 3 minute clip from this show. NPR is even worse describing the pictures…
#NeverTrump Phase II: Delegation Doctrine
Consider this a follow-up to yesterday’s post. If we’re serious about the #NeverTrump movement, then we need to consider that it may go all the way through the convention before we can succeed. Any plan does not survive first encounter with the enemy, and Cruz’s “beat him at the ballot box” is no different. Cruz…
If Trump Doesn’t Get the Nomination Did the GOP Overrule voters?
I’m seeing this thrown around a lot over the last few days. Especially by Trump surrogates insisting that if he doesn’t get the nomination “the establishment” has interfered. Let’s lay some ground work first. If Trump gets to 1237 and the GOP pulls some hijinks, then yes, I’d say they overruled voters. Sure Trump is…