Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy has never been a favorite of mine though of all the options to be elected Speaker, I thought he was the best one. Of the options, he was the least ideologically crazy. Being President of the United States or Speaker of the House can…

15 minutes I’ll never get back 5/11/2023 0 Comments I watched the forum with former President Trump for 15 minutes before I turned it off. My wife and I returned to our behavior when Trump was on TV before: yelling at the screen, calling out his lies and BS. I did read stories about his performance. …

5/9/2023 0 Comments Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, considered at the moment the strongest opponent for the Republican presidential nomination against former President Donald Trump, has about completed his agenda in the state of Florida — an agenda most consider establishing his platform and crowning achievements to position him for his…

DeSantis descending? 4/20/2023 0 Comments Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis seems to be learning what it is to be even an “almost” candidate for President. His poll numbers are falling; immediately after meeting with GOP congressmen in Washington, another Florida House member endorsed Trump. DeSantis had asked folks to hold off endorsements…

A national trial separation? 4/11/2023 0 Comments A week or so ago, Cong. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Crazytown) called for a national divorce between the country’s red (Republican) and blue (Democratic) states. Truth is, it feels like we’re going through a trial separation already. For example: Tennessee Republicans expelled two young Black Democratic state legislators…

I have what I’ll call “mixed emotions” about the Manhattan indictment against former President Donald Trump. I think, of course, that if a prosecutor has the evidence that he/she is convinced will result in a conviction, charges must be brought. I also wish that the month-long recess announced for the Grand Jury earlier in the week had happened before this indictment was brought. Why? As many have noted, the Manhattan case is likely the weakest of the potential cases against Trump because it involves, probably, charges that will be lesser than the other investigations might bring.

3/7/2023 0 Comments The more things change, the more they stay the same. Trump on the stump. Former President Trump appeared on home turf this weekend when he spoke for two hours(!) to his homies at CPAC, an organization that has morphed from conservative Republicans to crazy people. The two hours consisted of riffs we’ve all heard before and a couple of new ones. (“I am your retribution!”) But, according to CNN’s ace fact-checker Daniel Dale, Trump was up to his old tricks/lies (read for yourself: https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/03/06/exp-fact-checking-donald-trumps-cpac-speech.cnn). And he visited the site of the Ohio train derailment. While he didn’t toss bottles of Trump-branded water to the citizens, of course he promised he would send some. (Reminder: He never misses a commercial opportunity.)

Stick with me on this. We have our morning routine here. Whoever is up first prepares breakfast. For me, Cheerios with fruit. For my wife, fruit with oatmeal or granola. Then, we each have a cuppa. …

2/8/2023 0 Comments For the one or two readers who may have noticed, I haven’t posted in a while seems, every time I was about to post something Cong. George Santos (R-Never Never Land) told another lie or there’d be yet another round of voting for Speaker of the House, making whatever I was going to say Inoperative. So, as CBS News anchor Nora O’Donnell annoyingly says every night, “we’ve got a lot to cover”: