Category Archives: GOP

The Rumble On Long Island Brought The Fire Between Trump And Hillary

I’ll admit, I did not see the whole thing. I was switching back and forth between football and the rumble after the first 30 minutes. How’d it go? (Fox News) Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, in a fiery opening debate where seemingly nothing was off limits, clashed sharply Monday night as the Republican nominee worked […]

The Things That Donald And Hillary Need To Do Tonight

It’s finally here, the cage match of the century. Politico notes Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will debate for 90 minutes on Monday. But the winner likely will be determined in the first half-hour. That’s when Al Gore first sighed, Mitt Romney knocked President Obama on his heels, and Marco Rubio, earlier this year, glitched […]

CNN Decides To Falsely Add “Racial” To Trump Comment

The Hill’s Joe Concha catches something interesting CNN added the word “racial” to Donald Trump’s Monday comments on terrorism and immigration, and is running headlines reporting that the GOP nominee is advocating “racial profiling”. But a review of the transcript of Trump’s comments to Fox News that CNN quoted, however, shows that Trump never put […]

Trump Releases Pro-Growth Plan

Here’s the question: do you you believe he would attempt to do what’s in the plan? For all the things that I might give him grief over, the man does know how the private business sector works. And, no, he’s not perfect. ​FACT SHEET: DONALD J. TRUMP’S PRO-GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY WILL CREATE 25 MILLION JOBS […]

Powell Email Hack: Hillary Can Barely Walk Stairs

There are quite a few revelations from the email hack that hit Colin Powell, some ugly for Trump, some ugly for Hillary. Here’s an interesting one (Mediaite) In a leaked email, Democratic megadonor Jeffrey Leeds said that a Democratic senator had told him Hillary Clinton had difficulty even climbing a podium when they did a […]

Trump Uses Obama’s Words Against Hillary’s “Baskets Of Deplorables”

Hillary tried walking back, just a tiny bit with a non-apology apology, her “baskets of deplorables” comment. And, in all fairness, some of Trump’s supporters are deplorable. But, do you know what? Many of Hillary’s supporters are also deplorable. That’s a post, perhaps, for another day. In the meantime (The Hill) Donald Trump retweeted an […]

Huh: Mark Levin States He Will Vote Trump

This seems to be more of a backhanded endorsement, more of a “dear lord, Hillary is so, so much worse” endorsement from a guy who was very much a full on #NeverTrumper (Conservative Review) Mark Levin made the big announcement Tuesday night on his radio show after methodically walking listeners through his rationale. At the […]

Republicans Offer Different Reason To Vote Trump

There are many reasons to vote Trump, either because you like the guy, because you simply want a (supposed) Republican, or because you cannot stand the though of Hillary in office. You know the reasons by now. What about something else, though? Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-Pa) is one of the Republicans tasked with offering the […]

NY Times: This Economy Needs Donald Trump

Wednesday, Donald Trump spent the day doing his whole illegal immigration schtick. First with a visit to Mexico to talk with their president, then with a big speech on illegal immigration, one which made sure people understood that he was not backsliding on deportations (until he backslides again, because he has long held the position […]

Say, How Healthy Are Hillary And Donald?

The editorial board of the USA Today thinks it would be a good idea for both candidates to release their full medical records. This is obviously aimed as a barb at Trump, of course Donald Trump has adopted the same standards for disclosing his medical records as he has for his tax returns: The less the […]

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