Politics
The national divide explained
Common ground no longer exists.
The Left no longer embraces what used to be traditional American values, but the Right does. In other words, it is the political Left that is aggressively pulling this country in a direction it doesn’t want to go. And when they lose, they simply say that their opponent, who is Donald Trump (this time), is illegitimate.
They said the same thing of George W. Bush in 2000. Some things never change.
Conservative radio talk show host and political columnist, Dennis Prager, wrote an ingenious piece today that offers a “Guide to Basic Differences Between Left and Right” in this country.
It captures the reason why it is nearly impossible for a wide swath of our country, people like me, to vote Democrat.
It helps explain why Democrats have been losing so many elections since a leftist president, Barack Obama, took office. Leftism is practically a religion, and Prager points out the differences between its rabid adherents … and the rest of us. Here are a few:
Read MoreIn praise of Barack Obama
By all accounts, Barack Obama has been an exemplary husband and father.
This deserves high praise, because he is the exception, not the rule, in the African-American community where 7 out 10 babies are born out of wedlock, and 53% are aborted.
In Barack Obama, the African-American community has a legitimate role model in many respects. Unlike profane, thuggish rap stars or prima donna Black athletes who bed one woman after another, Barack Obama has excelled where it counts: in the family.
This is rare praise coming from this blog, which has been critical of Obama governance. I am compelled to point it out in light of President Obama’s laughable assertion on Sixty Minutes that his presidency has been “scandal free.”
It HAS been free of the taint of sexual scandal which so defined Bill Clinton’s presidency.
But the list of Obama scandals is formidable, even when compared to the Clinton presidency, and especially when compared to recent Republican presidencies…
Read MoreCoincidence?
Ted Cruz puts the Attorney General hearings into perspective
By Tom Quiner This is worth watching, all twelve minutes of it.
Read MoreBlack lives matter. So does the truth.
In vintage Obama form, the outgoing president refers to himself 75 times in his farewell address
Politically incorrect talk about guns
Liberals kill far more Americans with guns than conservatives do.
This provocative statement was prompted by the meme above and the subsequent comments it evoked. I jokingly suggested that perhaps we should only ban guns from liberals. Quiner’s Diner reader, xPraetorius, had noticed the same phenomenon:
Read MoreI honestly can’t recall such a thing. Perhaps they should call for a gun ban on liberals.
The Donald could never have pulled it off without Barack
A small man says adieu
By Tom Quiner Barack Obama says goodbye tonight. Good riddance. I shan’t listen. Mr. Obama’s tenure as caretaker of the world’s greatest democracy has been a total bust. His failed presidency was built on disingenuous promises, a sneering disregard for the rule of law, and an unrelenting blame game when he didn’t get his way.…
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