OPENING I understand that tonight’s event has been billed as a presidential debate, but based on hours of listening to Donald Trump’s past performances I don’t think there’s going to be a debate tonight. A debate is when two people argue policy based on facts and logic. The reality is that Donald Trump has not …
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Before we look at issues peculiar to the impeachment for inciting an insurrection, let’s remember some key ideas from the first impeachment. Impeachment is a political proceeding, not a criminal or civil proceeding. What must be proved is not a crime, as defined by criminal statutes, but a “high crime or misdemeanor” – basically, an …
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If you are a Trump supporter, you know that the President won re-election in a landslide, and that it is only massive voter fraud that keeps him from being declared the winner. What may not be so clear is why his lawsuits challenging the election results keep getting dismissed, and why his lawyers allege fraud …
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This Thanksgiving all Americans should join together in being thankful for the presidency of Donald John Trump. Trump supporters can be thankful that the wall has been built and the immigrant threat thereby averted, that the economy has reached new heights, and that the swamp has been drained. And for Trump supporters who don’t live …
The President clearly has a problem with premature elation, as shown by his inability to control his unwarranted triumphal twittering. It started on the first day after his inauguration when he tweeted that his crowd size was bigger than Obama’s. As if. It became more serious when we went overnight from “the slowest economic recovery …
Donald Trump to Teresa May: “I would rather follow than lead” Many business books advocate “leading from behind” or “leading from the sidelines”. But, for those who want credit without accepting any responsibility or blame, nothing beats “following from the front.” The big advantage to being in front is that you automatically get the …
With the Republican convention starting this week, we can expect to hear lots about the terrible economy that Donald Trump inherited and the tremendous job he has done creating jobs and growth. For the most part, the Republican argument will depend on lying about the state of the economy when Trump took office, and on …
What to Make of the Mueller Report: A Primer on Facts, Evidence and Proof Testimony of Attorney General Barr before the House Judiciary Committee has revived assertions about the “Russia hoax” and statements that “there was no evidence of collusion.” If Lindsay Graham follows through on his threat to have Robert Mueller before the Senate …
Does Donald Trump look about as comfortable holding a Bible as Mike Dukakis did riding in a tank?
The argument has been made, most notably by Sen. Lamar Alexander, that while President Trump did the things that the House of Representatives accused him of, he should not be removed from office because the people, not the Senate should be the judges of his conduct, and what the consequences should be. The …
Despite efforts to complicate things, the issue of whether President Trump should be impeached and removed from office boils down to the answers to four straightforward questions. These four questions frame an argument for impeachment and removal. It starts with what are hopefully agreed principles, and proceeds based on facts and logic to a …
There is a lot of handwringing in Republican circles these days. How could someone like Donald J. Trump end up as the nominee? Why is there so much tension within the party? Here is a hint: what used to be known as “the party of Lincoln” is now touted as “the party of Reagan”. Thirty …
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