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Ron Paul’s con: Using hatred of America to get rich
Hypocrisy is the constant bedfellow of most — if not all — politicians and even afflicts Ron Paul, the so-called “savior of America” on the GOP primary ticket. Yes, the grandfatherly doctor so revered by his followers is a flagrant hypocrite who evades the truth and preaches one game while practicing another. If one is [...]
A Republican presidential quagmire
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends We’re so glad you could attend Come inside! Come inside!* From any rational point of view, the Republican party is in a mess as it stumbles towards naming a candidate to face Barack Obama in 2012. In its manic scramble to find someone — anyone [...]
Sadly, class is not a prerequisite for the presidency
A commenter on one of Capitol Hill Blue’s recent stories noted that GOP presidential contender Ron Paul has more “class” than another challenger — the constantly whiny Michelle Bachmann. That’s true — and if class had any bearing in presidential elections, Paul would be a frontrunner instead of a second tier contender who has no [...]
Herman Cain is a damn liar
Herman Cain is a liar. He is a damn liar. Forget the fact that the former Godfathers Pizza CEO is a puppet of the Koch brothers and their rabid right-wing plan to seize control of the American government. Forget the fact that he is inept and unprepared for the presidency. He’s a liar. He’s also [...]
GOP insiders feel the pain of Cain
Republican presidential insiders continue to watch former Godfathers Pizza CEO Herman Cain while waiting and hoping he will self-destruct like other flash-in-the-pan GOP presidential contenders. How, the wonder, can a man with limited political experience, an ethically-challenged campaign chairman and constantly shifting positions even be in contention for the nomination. But it has been that [...]
Government of the special interests, by the special interests and for the special interests
From 1987-1992, I ran the political programs division of The National Association of Realtors — then the largest trade association in the world and operator of the largest political action committee. As vice president for political programs administration, I had oversight of the PAC, an “independent expenditures” program that could dump millions into targeted races [...]
What happened to Ron Paul?
Ardent followers of Texas Congressman Ron Paul — a two-time contender and two-time loser in past Presidential campaigns — felt this could be his time to seek the Presidency. Buoyed by a tea party movementthat he is often questionably credited with founding and back for another run with the same populist message that brought in [...]
Even Palin’s few remaining supporters didn’t want her in the race
Sarah Palin thinks her supporters are sad she decided not to run for President. She’s wrong. Sarah’s faithful didn’t want her to run anyway. Which begs the question: Why follow her in the first place? Appearing on Fox News Thursday, Palin — who announced a day eariier that she would not seek the GOP Presidential [...]
Cain: It’s all the fault of the poor and unemployed
GOP presidential wannabe Herman Cain says Wall Street isn’t to blamefor the millions of Americans out of work. It’s not the Republicans. Nah, the blame for unemployment lies with thoese who don’t have jobs. That’s right. If you’re out of work, look in the mirror. It’s all your fault. Want to reduce unemployment? Simple. Get [...]
Remembering Steve Jobs
In 1982, 27-year-old Steve Jobs walked into a meeting of the Washington Area Computer Users group to talk about the Apple II, a “personal computer” he and Steve Wozniak created in a a garage a few years earlier as part of their new computer company. I owned an Atari 800 in those day, a rival [...]