Hillary’s worst optics, ever
Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been masters of optics. They’ve meticulously utilized the political strategy of positioning props, backdrops, and most importantly people in the right places...
View ArticleA vote for Trump is a vote for Hillary
Yes, yes, I know. A vote for Gary Johnson is a “vote for Hillary.” A vote for any third party is a “vote for Hillary.” Not voting is a “vote for Hillary.” In fact, we’re told, anything other than...
View ArticleAddressing the arguments against abstaining from voting for either...
For the first time in my voting life I will not cast a vote for a major party candidate. The reasons on their face are simple. I am in strong disagreement with virtually every stance the Democrats...
View ArticleThe consequences of voting FOR Trump or FOR Hillary
A vote for someone is not the same as a vote against someone. You have heard the Republican argument: A vote for anyone other than Trump is a vote for Hillary. The Democrats make the same argument...
View ArticleTrump is making his sixth or eighth pivot. Hard to keep track.
After shooting himself in the foot more than once last week, Donald Trump is planning on pivoting toward one of his strengths, his fiscal policy? Never mind the fact that Trump has had to pivot so...
View ArticleRegarding Trump’s boast of beating 16 people
“I beat sixteen people.” Is anyone else tired of hearing that? Let us pretend for a moment there were sixteen alternatives to The Donald. How viable a candidate was Bobby Jindal? Once they heard him...
View ArticleWe the People
A week ago Tuesday, August 2nd, I had the privilege of going to the polls in my home state of Michigan for our local primaries. I had a “rival” turned friend seeking re-election as a Township Trustee...
View ArticleA conservative third party is under way
When a handful of people reached out to me less than a month ago about forming a third party that focused on true Constitutional conservatism, I was skeptical. After all, there was already the...
View ArticleTrump exploits our narcissism
On Wednesday afternoon a man, reportedly referred to as “Steve From Virginia,” climbed more than one dozen floors on the outside of Manhattan’s Trump Tower before being pulled inside by New York City...
View ArticleWhat should we do on election day?
The elephant in the middle of the living room in our country’s politics is the corruption of the two parties that control our government. These two parties have devolved to the point of existing for...
View ArticleTrump and the art of interviews
Recognition of patterns is a useful tool in everything from Art to Video Games. Here is the formula for Trump supporters to interview Trump: Make sure you refer to him with the prerequisite and...
View ArticleThe right to complain
Anyone who read my earlier post on the reasons I will not vote in the upcoming presidential election (and if you are one of those few, thanks) understand that my choice was made by my inability to...
View ArticleTed Cruz, the Republicans, and a new conservative party
I just finished watching a video from Conservative Review entitled “Ted Cruz Beyond the Boos” (posted below). I’ve seen the video before. I watched Cruz’s speech live from the convention and it still...
View ArticlePolitical opposition, by the Book: An appeal to Christians
As I have previously written, the current outlook for the Presidential office is dismal. The two leading political parties in our nation elected two very left-of-center candidates to represent their...
View ArticlePolitical ballast: Now’s the time to toss it out
A couple of days ago I had an exchange of emails with a Republican National Committee person. I was urging her to dump Trump before we lose more ground in the House and Senate. She curtly informed...
View ArticleLillian Rearden… Trump
I recently began reading Atlas Shrugged for the third time. I have found when I am feeling rather beaten down by the big government advocates that re-reading this book gives me empowerment. It...
View ArticleTo Brad Thor and the “Trump gives us a chance at liberty” folks
From the beginning, I’ve been against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. I knew that Trump was specifically designed as a candidate to be able to give Hillary the only chance she’d have of beating any...
View ArticleBreitbart.com betrayed its namesake and sold out to Trump long ago
Donald Trump has hired Breitbart’s Stephen K Bannon as CEO. This will be somewhat shocking to make such a move 82 days before election day, but with the campaign tanking in the polls and campaign...
View ArticleTrump and Hillary don’t get it. The Constitution LIMITS power.
James Madison, sometimes called the Father of the Constitution, said, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on...
View ArticleColonel Jessup, we need you!
I don’t get my religion or my politics from Hollywood but, occasionally a movie line becomes part of our vocabulary. Colonel Jessup in A Few Good Men, played by Jack Nicholson, had one of the...
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