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The puppet and the puppeteer

Donald TrumpĢƵ plan to become AmericaĢƵ faith-healer appears to be in jeopardy.He only has himself to blame. Too bad heĢƵ so busy blaming everybody else.He laments that the news media, Hillary Clinton and her staff, the Democratic Party and even a selected assortment of Republicans are ...

Trump shows his true colors

“We have no democracy,” Donald Trump said a few days prior to last weekĢƵ final debate of the presidential campaign.He then told debate moderator Chris Wallace on Wednesday night that he might refuse to honor the will of the American people, as expressed by their votes, on Nov. 8.“I ...

Video has Republicans jumping ship

"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters." Donald J. Trump, at a Sioux City, Iowa rally on Jan. 23rd.Who’re They Callin’ a “Fat Pig” Now, Donald?Until recently, Donald TrumpĢƵ boast that he could pull out a gun and shoot some ...

Many politicians have had affairs

Something of a mystery has always surrounded President Calvin CoolidgeĢƵ decision a year or so out from the election of 1928, when he famously declared, “I do not choose to run not” for another four years in the White House.One juicy bit of speculation is that he was upset that his wife, ...

Kaine wins debate by stating facts

Bet you didn’t know that during this presidential election season, there’ve been nearly 50 debates, and town hall forums.I didn’t know that until I checked.Going back to Aug. 3 of last year, the Republicans have held 12 debates, and nine forums.Democrats had nine debates, and 13 ...

What will Trump do tonight?

Dick Shelby, the tall, rumpled, soft-spoken senator from Alabama, sauntered into a pack of reporters in the basement of the Capitol late on a January day in 1999.It was in the midst of the Bill Clinton Senate impeachment trial for perjury and obstruction of justice, although the real subject ...