“First came for the communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then …
Posted on February 27, 2025 by Dick .
“he who saves his country does not violate any law”
Donald Trump
His wildly inaccurate remark, “I have an Article II where I have the right to do whatever I want as president,” and embracing the label of “king” epitomizes Donald Trump’s exaggerated and narcissistic ego and disrespect for the Constitution!
Trump’s election …
Posted on July 16, 2024 by Dick .
“I believe I’m the best qualified to govern and I think I’m the best qualified to win, but there are other people who could beat Trump, too.”
Joe Biden
This week’s Republican convention witnesses the coronation of Donald Trump despite having proven he is unfit to return to the presidency.
During and since …
Posted on June 24, 2024 by Dick .
“They made up a ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’ statement. So terrible.”
Donald Trump
In today’s “Morning Shots”, William Kristol penned a timely commentary, “Trump’s Latest Lies About His Lies,” excerpting from a recent speech he made at the annual Faith and Freedom Conference.
Trump criticized a 2020 article in the Atlantic, based on multiple …
Posted on February 21, 2024 by Dick .
"The only thing for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do noting!"
Edmund Burke
Tragically, the Republican Party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Reagan, to which my parents belonged their entire lives, has for all practical purposes ceased to exist.
Today, the majority of Republicans in both the House …
Posted on August 7, 2022 by Dick .
“The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
Article II, Section 4
During his 2016 presidential campaign, then candidate Trump bragged, “I could stand in the middle of 5th …
Posted on July 4, 2022 by Dick .
"Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong."
James Bryce
It is fitting on the 246th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence to reflect on what it means to be an American patriot.
Survey any random group …