Tag: Donald Trump
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The Kamala Coalition
I’m seeing reports about Kamala Harris reviving the Obama coalition and also engaging various other collections of potential voters and while all of that appears to be true (we can’t know for sure until the polls close in November) I keep thinking that there is something more going on than those reports are capturing. I…
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2020 Candidates Ranked
I’ve been meaning to share my take on the 2020 candidates for some time now. It would be a water not to do so before Super Tuesday so I’ve put it off as long as possible already. At this point in the cycle there are only 6 Democrats and one Republican with even a remote…
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The pundits who cry wolf
We should all know what it means to “cry wolf” and while pundits across the political spectrum are prone to dong so, those on the liberal end of the spectrum should be kicking themselves right about now that because of the way they demonized a very decent Mitt Romney in 2012 (as well many other…
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A Time for Contrition
Half an apology from a man who publicly declares a policy of no remorse in his life proves that he doesn’t understand the power of words and should not be entrusted with such a position of influence as he is seeking. If he is “our best option” in the election then our society has bigger…
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Real solutions require internal change
Donald Trump says he wants to “make America great again” but he proposes to do it in all the wrong ways. If we were willing to solve our actual problems rather than blaming them on others he would have no appeal as a candidate.
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Donald Trump
I could forgive a candidate for having underdeveloped policy positions and plans, I can also forgive a candidate for being prone to verbal gaffes but I find it difficult to conclude that a candidate suffering from both of those drawbacks is actually ready to hold the office of president. The fact that Donald Trump has…