It’s official: the Democratic Party gives up on the American Dream

I missed Donald Trump’s maiden State of the Union address last night.

I got home in time to hear glowing reviews from my wife and Fox News. Fox’s venerable Brit Hume said Mr. Trump “hit it out of the park.”

I also heard that for the first time ever at such a televised address, the opposition party refused to clap…

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The anatomy of class

What a breath of fresh air.

In the midst of national pain, former President George W. Bush rose to the occasion. Speaking in Dallas at a memorial service for cops assassinated by a racist sniper, Mr. Bush calmed our frayed nerves.

He validated the human dignity of each of the fallen policemen, and the dignity of each of us.

He invoked sacred scripture … from a Christian Bible!

There was no moral preening or blaming. Just words of comfort and wisdom from a man of character and stature.

And class…

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Donald Trump owes George W. Bush an apology

“He lied. He got us into the war with lies.”

Thus proclaimed Donald Trump in last night’s Republican debate in South Carolina, as he joined with Democrats who claimed that, “Bush lied and people died.”

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The “vast leftwing conspiracy” targeting Hillary Rodham Clinton

Have you noticed how Clintonian Democrats like to couch contrarian conservative thinking as something that is illegal?

They make Fidel Castro proud.

Al Gore famously characterized George W. Bush’s tax plan as a “scheme.” The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a scheme as “a clever and often dishonest plan to do or get something,” in the context in which Gore used the word.

Only a liberal like Al Gore would consider the tax cuts promoted by Bush as being “dishonest,” especially since the “scheme” called for letting people keep more of their own money…

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Taped conversations reveal Iraq had WDMs

The 1st Democratic debate is taking place as I write this.

Candidate Martin O’Malley repeated the slur that George W. Bush LIED about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. This is certainly not true.

I am rerunning a QD blogpost that addresses this issue:

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The pitch that lifted a nation’s spirits

Life is all about working, playing, and loving. The loving part connects the two and gives them meaning.

On this 14th anniversary of 9/11, I think back to a wonderful moment in the aftermath of our national tragedy…

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Let us revisit Iraq WMDs … again

For the record, here is specifically what the President said:

“Saddam Hussein has huge stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons. And some day, some way, I guarantee you, he’ll use the arsenal.”

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