Category Archives: GOP

Trump Does Hamlet Regarding Hillary’s Qualifications To Be President

He does the “to be or not to be”, in other words, he’s wavering all over the place (ABC News) Republican front-runner Donald Trump’s opinion of Hillary Clinton seems a bit murky, as he homes in on who may be his eventual opponent. Addressing thousands of people at the Pennsylvania Farm Expo in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, […]

Trump Pledges To Changes His Hardcore Image If He’s The Candidate

Apparently, this has all been just an act (AP) Donald Trump’s chief lieutenants told skeptical Republican leaders Thursday that the GOP front-runner has been “projecting an image” so far in the 2016 primary season and “the part that he’s been playing is now evolving” in a way that will improve his standing among general election […]

Ted Cruz On Gay Marriage: Leave It To The States

This is one of the things I love about Ted Cruz: he understands the point of American Conservatism, that one of the major foundations is based on federalism and the importance of the 10th Amendment (ABC News) Sen. Ted Cruz today invoked the protections included in the Constitution when a gay man asked the Republican presidential candidate about his […]

Trump Really Hopes Convention Doesn’t Involve Violence Or Something

One problem: he never really discourages violence (Washington Post) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday that he hopes a contested Republican convention in July “doesn’t involve violence” if he is denied the nomination during second-ballot voting. “I hope it doesn’t involve violence. I hope it doesn’t. I’m not suggesting that,” Trump told reporters on Sunday […]

Surprise: Trump Is Still Whining About Colorado Loss

Why yes, yes Donald Trump is still pitching a fit over the way Colorado chose its delegates, to the point of writing an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, in which he does make a few good points, but, really, it just seems whiny On Saturday, April 9, Colorado had an “election” without voters. Delegates […]

Glenn Beck: Trump Will Campaign With Hillary If He Loses

Let’s note first that Glenn Beck went off the rails long ago in regards to Donald Trump running for president. I do believe that I’ve mentioned before that it seems that Trump is just about all Beck talks about, and it’s not very flattering, almost every time I tune in to his show. Granted, I […]

Reince Priebus To Donald Trump: Stop Whining

Donald Trump has been losing contests as of late, and has been complaining almost non-stop about it. Reince Priebus has a message for The Donald (The Hill) Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Reince Priebus late Tuesday pushed back at criticism from GOP front-runner Donald Trump that the primary process is unfair. “Nomination process known for […]

Ted Cruz Understands Federalism: Leave Marijuana Votes To States

If you remember, I’ve written along these same lines many times, the only difference being that I couldn’t care less whether marijuana is legal or not, since I don’t use anymore, and haven’t in over 20 years. I find it rather boring, and do not enjoy the high (Reason) In two interviews on Saturday, Ted […]

Cruz Wins Big In Wisconsin, Trump Takes It As You’d Expect

In Wisconsin, Cruz took 48.3% of the vote to Trump’s 35.1%, with 99% reporting. This made The Donald very upset, and had him reacting in exactly the way that has turned many off, even pushing them into the #NeverTrump camp (I’m not one of them, I’ll still put on a gas mask and vote for […]

If Elected, Trump Says He Will Totally Be “More Presidential” Or Something

No, really, but only if elected (Breitbart ) During a town hall Sunday on Fox News Channel with GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump, Trump said that he will be “more presidential” and change his tone once he wins, but he said that does not mean he will not hit back harder if attacked first. “Tone to […]

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