“GUTLESS” GAETZ AND THE “GUNSHINE STATE”!!! Republican Florida Rep. Matt (“GUTLESS”) Gaetz issued what was seen by many observers as a cryptic warning to President Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, in advance of Cohen's high-profile public testimony Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Cohen is expected to tell the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that Mr. Trump a racist, cheat and conman, and to say then-candidate Trump knew in advance about the release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails. Gaetz, a staunch White House ally, apologized late Tuesday and deleted the controversial tweet. He was under heavy pressure. In his earlier tweet, Gaetz said: Hey @MichaelCohen212 - Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot... Following a reprimand from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Gaetz attempted to walk back on his incredible tweet, tweeting the following. Speaker, I want to get the truth too. While it is important 2 create context around the testimony of liars like Michael Cohen, it was NOT my intent to threaten, as some believe I did. I’m deleting the tweet & I should have chosen words that better showed my intent. I’m sorry. Sadly, this is the current state of politics thanks to Donald Trump and his allies in Congress. Complete and total disregard for the norms of civility or governance, blatantly and openly interfering with the ongoing Trump investigation(s) by literally threatening a Congressional witness. It’s really incomprehensible, and this clown should be censured by Pelosi and the House for it at the very least. But further to the point, this REPUBLIKAN Trumpite is everything people completely despise about this party-completely in the NRA’s pocket, Deep State hallucinations, climate change denial, opposed to the Mueller investigation and on and on. He has been arrested for a DUI in his home state. He refused to take a breathalyzer test, and the arrest was never prosecuted. He has received no fewer than SIXTEEN speeding tickets. Oh, and BTW, he’s the son of another ignorant Florida politician. I have on several occasions been critical of what I have now nicknamed THE “GUNSHINE STATE” as a result of the mass murders, bomb makers living in vans and racist politicians who seem to constitute a majority in Florida. This man and his actions, as well as his track record, do nothing but further enhance my opinion. Perhaps his idol CROOKED DONALD'S southern border wall should be constructed between Florida and Alabama to keep morons like Matt (“GUTLESS”) Goetz locked up there where they belong!!!
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OPEN LETTER TO THE LEGISLATORS IN F(RANK!)FORT
I attended a Town Hall meeting last night at the East Government Center in Middletown conducted by my Metro Council member, Markus Winkler and several other individuals from Metro government regarding the proposed tax increase on insurance premiums put forth by Mayor Greg Fisher. I would like to commend the Councilman on his straightforward presentation of the facts regarding the state pension fund crisis that landed us here in the first place, and the terrible choices that Louisville and other municipalities around the Commonwealth are faced with to deal with the budgetary shortfall. These choices are essentially a tax increase, such as the one proposed on insurance premiums and/or drastic cuts to services in order to pay the state mandated SIXTY FIVE MILLION dollar bill we have been handed over the next several years. What I took away from this meeting is that the true culprit in this absolute financial boondoggle is our state legislature in F(RANK)fort. This massive deficit in funding has been a problem for literally years, and yet it still remains unresolved. The laws governing the ability of cities like Louisville to increase taxes, for example, have been in many cases on the books since the 1800’s!!! For example, car rentals can be taxed, but the rental companies are exempt if they offer cars for sale; of course, they all do!! While our legislators in the Capitol toil with such crushing issues as denying women’s right to choose, putting God back in the public schools and refusing to raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products from eighteen to twenty one, the rest of us in the Commonwealth are left holding the bag. The REPUBLIKAN controlled governing body is more interested in promoting “MAD” Matt Bevin’s agenda than solving the REAL problems that we the people face and end up paying for. I wrote a post a few weeks back entitled” KENTUCKY-UNBRIDLED IDIOCY!!” in which I suggested a couple of options which could help alleviate this financial boondoggle. One is legalized gaming, which literally EVERY surrounding state has. The other is legalized recreational marijuana, which twelve other states have adopted. The revenue streams from either one of these options would help alleviate the pension funding crisis in relatively short order. For example, in January alone, Indiana realized nearly FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS in tax revenue from casinos in the state. The state of Colorado pulled in nearly $200 million in tax revenue last year thanks to its $1.3 billion in marijuana revenue. The Colorado Department of Revenue announced Thursday the state’s revenue had pushed past $1 billion. Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, along with Washington State, and this was its third year of regulated sales. I didn’t make up these numbers, folks. And yet here we sit, with the state presenting us with a bill for $65,000,000 over the next four years and asking the citizens of the Commonwealth to pay it when there are obvious fixes to the problem. Why? Because our state legislators are more interested in getting reelected and pandering to the vocal minorities, such as Evangelicals and special interest groups than they are in solving our problems. I urge everybody to do what I did when I got home last night-I e mailed my State Senator, Julie Raque Adams and my State Representative Maria Sorolis and urged them to DO SOMETHING for a change that actually benefits their constituents!!! Be part of the SOLUTION, not part of the PROBLEM. There are also local meet your state legislators’ events which are scheduled on a regular basis, and I would encourage participation in order to voice these same demands of our elected officials. Finally, there were approximately thirty people in attendance at the Town Hall last night. I estimate one third of them were there in order to protect their own interests from the budget axe which will likely fall on a number of their respective agencies, such as Brightside, the Library, Metro Police and others. What does this say about our citizenry?!? The very ones that will cry to the heavens about the proposed tax increases and the severe budget cuts that will undoubtedly affect all of us couldn’t be bothered to either show up at all or at least to call or e mail their respective Metro Council member to voice their opinions on the matter. These are the same individuals who fail to vote in local or state elections and then complain about their representation in local or state government. Shame on all of you who fall into this category. Our very democracy depends on a knowledgeable and engaged citizenry to determine our right of self rule. Get engaged people. You might just make a difference.!!!! In the meanwhile, let the ones who are supposed to be serving us in F(RANK)fort know that they are being held accountable for their actions, or lack thereof!!!!! DUELING YACHTS? THE HAVE and HAVE NOTS!!
Several weeks ago I wrote a post entitled “WHAT’S WRONG WITH AMERICA? JERRY JONES JUST BOUGHT A $250,000,000 YACHT!!” It was essentially a piece regarding the growing issue of income inequality in America. Today comes news that Arthur Blanks, owner of the NFL Atlanta Falcons, just purchased an $180,000,000 yacht! DUELING YACHTS?!? But wait, there’s more. The billionaire owner of the New England Patriots, Robert Kraft, has been formally charged by Jupiter, FL officials with two counts of soliciting prostitution at a local massage parlor where human trafficking was involved. While we’re in Fl, let’s not forget the case of millionaire REPUBLIKAN donor and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein who somehow managed to serve only thirteen months in jail on child sex trafficking charges after cutting a sweetheart deal with United States Attorney Alexander Acosta, who is now, BTW, Trump’s Labor Secretary!! And then we have NYC billionaire hedge fund manager (just follow the money!!) Ken Griffin who recently paid $240,000,000 for a penthouse condo overlooking Central Park!! Forgetting about Robert Kraft for the moment, my calculations tell me that the purchase of two boats and a condo cost these members of the “Billionaires Boys Club” close to three quarters of a BILLION dollars!!! Just think about what other purposes this insane amount of money could have been used for-treating drug addiction, paying healthcare premiums, combating homelessness, fighting violent crime-the list is endless. Instead, here we see these old privileged white men garishly spending their dollars so they can brag about the size of their whatever's!!!! When Bernie Sanders talks about the one percent and income inequality in our country today, these are the very people and issues he is referring to. It’s enough to make you puke, quite frankly. And now Robert Kraft. Will somebody explain to me why another member of this exclusive club feels compelled to go to a sleazy massage parlor to engage in whatever perverted activity the police have on film (all the while, of course, his spokesperson is denying any wrong doing on his part) with prostitutes who apparently are themselves victims of human trafficking?!? WTF is wrong with these people???? I’ll tell you what’s wrong with them. They believe their money entitles them, period. They are convinced that they can live by a different set of rules, whatever rules lots of money and high priced lawyers can buy (sound familiar, Mr. President?). Unfortunately, as is the case with Epstein, in many cases they’re right!!! It’s time to hold these wealthy autocrats accountable for their insanity. I don’t begrudge any man’s right to work hard and amass large sums of money. But to use these fortunes to gauge the size of their manhood is not acceptable. Jerry Jones, Arthur Blank and Robert Kraft should all be ashamed of themselves. It’s a shame that Roger “THE DODGER” Goodell, NFL Commissioner, doesn’t have the stones to bite the hands that feed him, and in all probability nothing will be said or done on any of these counts. They say the Dallas Cowboys, a team that Jones purchased for less than $200,000,000 in the 1990’s is now worth close to FIVE BILLION $’s, the most expensive franchise in all of sports. Look at the stadium he built. A glowing tribute to himself!!! The point is, as I have said before, our American infatuation with sports and guys like this translates into ticket sales for them and their franchises or hedge funds, and allow them to become billionaires. Meanwhile, the rest of us get our tax refunds sliced to nothing by the political party of which each of these guys is a member, the REPUBLIKAN party. And Jones, Blanks, Kraft, Epstein and Griffin are laughing all the way to the bank!!! (Which "RICH" Mitch McConnell has again deregulated BTW). I don’t know about you, but I’m a “HAVE NOT”, and it’s almost getting to the point where I expect to hear “let them eat cake” any day now!!!! KIM JONG-THUG TRUMP’S NEW BFF
As Donald Trump travels to Hanoi (how IRONIC is that?) to meet with his new BFF Kim Jong-un to try to revitalize his previous failed attempt to get this brutal dictator to dismantle and discontinue his nuclear weapons development program in N Korea, it is worth noting just what type of an individual he is dealing with. I know Trump considers himself to be the “master negotiator", but so far he has gotten nothing from Kim except stalling tactics which allow him to continue his program and a place on the world stage which previous U.S. administrations refused to grant him with good reason. At any rate, Trump claims he has a “great relationship” with Kim, at one point even making the bizarre comment that he “loved him”. Let’s examine how his BFF deals with his own people, shall we? Dramatic, public and brutal has become the modus operandi for executions in North Korea. If reports leaking from the secretive kingdom are to be believed, top officials have been killed by anti-aircraft weapons, mortars, and even flame throwers. Defense Minister Hyong Yong-choi was the latest casualty of North Korea’s internal war against its top brass. According to South Korean intelligence, Hyong was killed in late April after falling asleep during an event and not carrying out instructions. The method of execution chosen by North Korea’s draconian leadership? A round from anti-aircraft guns in front of hundreds of onlookers. Hyong followed in the grim fate of the deputy defense minister, who was killed in 2012, reportedly by mortar rounds shot off at close range. In late April, the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea uncovered “a ghastly sight” at a military firing range: analyzed satellite images showed six anti-aircraft gun systems being fired upon a small target at short range last October. The group assessing the bizarre scene decided it was an execution that had been watched by high-level officials who’d driven in from the capital of Pyongyang. North Korea employees a fear-mongering tactic of constant government purges. Despite hopes that this would let up under new leadership; the young Kim Jong un instead began his reign with a massacre of military officers and hasn’t slowed down a tradition of top-level killing. According to the BBC, South Korean intelligence estimates at least one senior office has been executed per week. These are just individual examples of his incredible cruelty. There are mass executions and imprisonments carried out in the country on a regular basis that are so bad that the United Nations has called it genocide-against his own people!!! Trump and his Secretary of State “POMPOUS” Mike Pompeo, former believable operative now turned total Trump sycophant cannot even agree on the validity of these negotiations in terms of pressuring Kim to give up his ace in the hole (which he will NEVER do!!!) And the fact that these negotiations are being held in Vietnam, the site of the greatest defeat in United States military history shouldn’t be lost on anybody either. Let’s hope that this time around proves to be more than just a mutual photo op, but I’m not holding my breath. And I’m certainly not sleeping any better at night as Trump promised following the last summit in Singapore. The goal all along, from the moment that it was discovered N Korea was attempting to produce nuclear weapons has been to prevent it altogether. It’s too late for that now. For Trump to claim otherwise would be just another example of the alternative universe in which he seems to dwell. His claims we might have gone to war with N Korea if not for his diplomacy also ring hollow. The fact is every President since Truman fully understands the staggering cost in human lives this would entail, and have not been willing to sacrifice tens of thousands of U.S. troops and hundreds of thousands of S. Koreans. We have to find another way, and I hope Trump is able to do so, but I’ll believe it when I see it!!!! We’re dealing with a brutal thug who blows up people with anti aircraft weapons and mortar rounds. He isn’t going to give up his one ace in the hole. MEMO TO MARKUS WINK(STINK)LER METRO COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT # 17
I just read in the local so called newspaper, the Courier Journal, (I only buy on an occasional Sunday now to follow U of L and/or U of K basketball), after communicating twice with my Metro Council member’s office regarding the odious insurance premium tax “Mayor for Life” Greg Fisher is attempting to ram thru that he, newly elected Markus Winkler, is one of five co sponsors of this proposal. In his response to my e mail to oppose this horrific attempt to pay debts we never had anything to do with, the state pension fund that has been grossly mismanaged for literally decades now, and this important fact was NEVER mentioned. Instead I got the usual lame political hack’s response regarding his obligation to help solve “our” problems. I’m sorry, it’s not OUR problem-it’s the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s problem, and now we’re being held accountable instead of the notoriously inept Frankfort legislators of both Houses, who appear more interested in trampling on women’s rights and putting God back in our public schools than seriously addressing this issue. In addition, Winkler states that “he signed up to solve major issues”; I responded that he didn’t “sign up” for anything-he was elected by his constituents in this District to do their bidding, not promote a political agenda being foisted on us by the Mayor. The other issue is Mayor Fisher’s presentation of this proposal at the eleventh hour, and his failure to even mention it in his “state of the city” address earlier this year. Was this a deliberate tactic to leave little time for debate or the discussion of meaningful options to his insidious insurance premium increase?!? I believe that is the case. The Courier Journal in both their front page headline and written coverage are attempting to promote the Mayor’s agenda, just like when they published his opinion piece on their editorial page. Don’t be fooled-there is SERIOUS opposition to this proposal both in Council but particularly by the citizenry of Metro Louisville. I can’t wait to see the size of the crowd and their attitude toward this proposal come Tuesday night at the Town Hall meeting at the East Government Center in Middletown he is holding. That will be the TRUE barometer of the support for this dastardly measure, not the scare tactics of Fisher or misguided attempts by the completely lame local publication to sway public opinion. Finally, I continue to say this is a STATE problem, which could be solved if our legislators in Frankfort would consider legalized gaming and/or legalizing recreational marijuana, like so many other states have done. The revenues from either of these proposals would solve the shortfall of the pension fund in short order. But they and our local political hacks would rather pass the buck (literally on to us, the responsible tax payers who own homes, who have life insurance, who own boats). Something STINKS Markus! TELL METRO COUNCIL TO VOTE NO!!! THE RICH WHITE GEEZERS BEHIND STOP TOP GOLF AT OXMOOR CENTER Many people who are members of the local golfing community have been following with interest the efforts of a neighborhood group in east Louisville to block the proposed Top Golf location to be located where the old Sears store used to be in the Oxmoor Mall. "As expected, the residents who filed an initial lawsuit aimed at stopping the development of Top Golf at Oxmoor Center filed a second lawsuit Wednesday afternoon in Jefferson County Circuit Court. The second lawsuit challenges Louisville Metro Council’s Nov. 29 vote to approve the Top Golf development. The initial suit specifically relates to the Planning Commission’s decision to approve the same project. Both lawsuits were filed by Hurstbourne residents Peggy and Bryan Barber, Gerald and Helen Nicolas, and Sheila and David McLaughlin. In an email to media, their attorney, Steve Porter, wrote that Metro Council’s decision violates the city’s comprehensive plan and the Land Development Code. The lighting is directed at residences and exceeds “acceptable standards,” he wrote, and the development does not mitigate adverse impacts and is not compatible with existing development, among other reasons. The new lawsuit filed Wednesday states that Metro Council’s decision was “made with insufficient and inaccurate evidence” and “with insufficient analysis, verification and circumspection by both the Planning Commission, the Planning Commission staff and the Metro Council.” Those in favor of Top Golf at Oxmoor Center have chided those in opposition for standing in the way of development and have said it will be a valuable amenity." (this information was compiled from "LOUISVILLE INSIDER") Once again, we see a group of privileged old white folks determined to have their way despite an overwhelming majority of citizens who are in favor of the development. The alternative to Top Golf will be the ultimate demise of the entire Oxmoor Mall complex, and it will become a symbol of the absolute selfish greed being demonstrated by the residents of Hurstbourne who are involved. I don’t know how many of you have seen pictures or news footage of the people involved, but it doesn’t look to me like there’s a single one of them under EIGHTY!!! Their only interest lies in protecting their precious little slice of the world-they could care less what’s good for the community at large. I hope Top Golf prevails and that the decision made by our elected officials of Metro Council to allow the development stands, and that this frivolous lawsuit, filed by greedy lawyers eager for a piece of the old geezers dough, will be thrown out of court. The community will be a better place for it. Besides, why would these people be worried about the lights-they’re all in bed by 7:00 P.M.!!!!! WHERE DOES THIS MADNESS END?!?
I’m sure by now most everybody (but apparently Donald Trump and ALL REPUBLIKANS IN CONGRESS!) is aware of the arrest of the Coast Guard Lt. who was actively plotting mass murder of politicians and journalists on a scale not previously seen. The news coverage, rightfully so, has focused on the potential targets and the deafening silence of those just mentioned. However, I would also like to bring up the REAL underlying truth of this saga, which is simply how in the name of GOD is anybody able to stockpile the number of weapons and ammunition that were seized from his Maryland home, military or otherwise?!? HOW?!? Take a careful look at the picture, folks. There are at least three assault style rifles, a sniper rifle, multiple shotguns, numerous semi automatic handguns and enough ammunition to start World War III!!!! (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-maryland-arrest-idUSKCN1QA2QF). So far in 2019, less than TWO months into the year, the statistics for documented mass shootings in the United States are as follows: sixty six DEAD and one hundred and forty two wounded. You read that correctly. And yet there has been little if any outcry from politicians calling for increased legislation regarding gun regulation other than the attempt by the House to strengthen background checks, which is always described as a “good first step” but which is in fact falls way short of the action REALLY necessary to curb this epidemic of gun violence that has haunted this nation for far too long now. I recently wrote an article entitled “THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” regarding how politicians and the NRA have long hidden behind this as their inherent right to amass a stockpile of weapons such as seen in the link above. IT IS NOT!!!! There is NO justifiable reason for ANYBODY to have the means to acquire this many weapons, many which can be considered weapons of mass destruction. How is this even possible I would ask? I blame the politicians in Congress, many of who are on the payroll of the NRA. I blame the NRA for opposing even the most basic of sane regulations which is to reinstitute the ban on assault weapons passed during the Clinton administration but shelved by the REPUBLIKAN controlled Congress. From Mitch McConnell on down the line, each and every one of these individuals bears the responsibility for every single one of these statistics, and each and every one of them has blood on their hands as a result of their gutless cowardice to doing the right thing in order to rake in donations from the gun lobby. My question today is simple: WHERE DOES THE MADNESS END AMERICA?!? YOUR VOICE IS BEING HEARD-KEEP THE HEAT ON THE METRO COUNCIL TO “JUST SAY NO” TO MAYOR FISHER’S TAX ON INSURANCE PREMIUMS!!!!!
I’ll make this one short and sweet, my fellow Louisville Metro citizens. I just watched the 10:00 P.M. news on WDRB regarding the preliminary meeting by the Metro Council to discuss “MAYOR FOR LIFE” Greg Fisher’s proposed 300% increase on the tax levied on premiums for your homeowners insurance, your life insurance, your title insurance, your boat insurance in order to pay for the budget deficit created by politicians like himself, who have deferred and delayed on taking affirmative action to solve the state pension funding crisis. It appears there has already been an OVERWHELMING backlash against this absurd proposal, with both Democratic and Republican members of the Council voicing their constituents concerns and opposition to it. KEEP UP THE HEAT ON THEM-IT”S THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID THIS TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!! There are a series of meetings planned by various council members in different locations for us to voice our concerns directly to them-my Council member informed me that for my district it would take place next week at the East Government Center in Middletown on Tuesday, February 26th-I plan on being there!! If you can’t attend one of these meetings in person, just e mail your Council member @ Louisvilleky.gov. I have already done so twice. Let your collective voices of opposition be heard!!! I have already proposed a couple of options to this ridiculous proposal, so if you have an alternative let it be known as well. Together we can win this fight!!! JUST SAY NO!!!!! REPUBLIKAN “GANG OF FOUR”-ROTTEN TO THE CORE!!!
I was curious when I heard Andrew Mccabe talking about briefing the “Gang of Eight” as to what he was referring to. According to WIKIPEDIA, this group is defined as follows, consisting of four Democrats and four Republikans: The Gang of Eight is a colloquial term for a set of eight leaders within the United States Congress who are briefed on classified intelligence matters by the executive branch. Specifically, the Gang of Eight includes the leaders of each of the two parties from both the Senate and House of Representatives, and the chairs and ranking minority members of both the Senate Committee and House Committee for intelligence . The current Democratic members are Representative Adam Shiff and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senators Mark Warner and Chuck Shumer. The Republikans include Representative Devin Nunes and Kevin McCarthy and Senator Richard Burr and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. That’s quite a list, isn’t it? Let’s focus on the Republikans. We all know about “RICH” Mitch McConnell, destroyer of democracy; Devin Nunes from California distinguished himself while chairing the House Intelligence committee by covering up information damaging to Trump, leaking classified information about ongoing investigations to the President and selectively calling forth witnesses favorable to Trump while failing to consider evidence or testimony that would be harmful to the President. Maybe Mueller should consider indicting him. Then we have Kevin McCarthy, the California Representative who has proven to be nothing but a total sycophant to Trump, carrying forth whatever false narrative that the White House directs. I didn’t know much about Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina, and the more I read about him the more I detested everything he stands for, including finance deregulation, women’s rights, the environment and all of the other typical Republikan positions that run contrary to what the vast majority of Americans want from their elected officials. Let’s call this band of FOUR “ROTTEN TO THE CORE”, because this is what they are. Their only interests lie in maintaining their grip on power (thank goodness the House is now controlled by Democrats, thereby relegating the influence of Nunes and McCarthy to the back burner) and promoting only those agendas which benefit their corporate donors like the NRA and the wealthy. These individuals are as guilty as Donald Trump of tearing down our democracy piece by piece in order to achieve these goals, and each and every one of them should be held accountable at the ballot box next election cycle. They all need to be voted out in order to restore the proper balance between the Executive and Legislative branches of our government. California, North Carolina (how about the voter fraud the Republikans perpetrated during the recent election?!?) and my home state of Kentucky need to wake up and get rid of this gang, who are far more dangerous to our nation than MS-13 EVER WAS!!!! FEEL THE BERN BABY!!!!
The news that Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has raised SIX MILLION $’s toward his announced Presidential campaign for 2020 should come as no surprise. I was myself a Bernie supporter in 2016, and I think we all know now that the entire course of our recent sorry history could have been reversed had he been able to defeat Hillary Clinton for the nomination. But that’s old news. In looking at the ever more crowded field of announced contenders for the Democratic bid, to face either CROOKED DONALD (if he’s still in office by then, which is looking more doubtful by the day as more stories of his collusion, cover up and obstruction of justice are reported) or perhaps Mike “I’M A LITTLE DENSE” Pence or some other REPUBLIKAN lackey, Bernie Sanders has the best opportunity to succeed moving forward. His liberal platform, dismissed as “the fringe left” just a few short years ago has now captured the imagination of not only his fellow Democrats but the American people as well. These are issues like universal health care, income inequality, climate change and minimum wage, issues that effect everyday people like you and I that the REPUBLIKANS completely ignore in order to continue to placate their donors from corporate Amerika and the very wealthy. Trump and McConnell can rail on all they want about the “crazy liberal left”, but these issues are no longer their sole domain. They are on the minds of every single American as they see their tax refunds shrink (if they get one at all!), income inequality reaching an all time high and the rich getting richer while they struggle from paycheck to paycheck!! The other Democratic candidates, like Senators Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar and others all have decent credentials, but none of them have the political base or the sheer drawing power of Bernie Sanders. I’ve said it in this post before and I’ll say it again-there’s only one other candidate on the Democratic side that merits serious consideration if he chooses to throw his hat in the ring, and that’s Joe Biden. His previous experience and knowledge of foreign policy, a knowledge and understanding that most of the other candidates lack on their respective resumes, as well as his experience as Vice President under Barack Obama, make him the front runner in my opinion if he chooses to run, a decision I would say he needs to make very soon. The entire process of nominating a Democratic Presidential nominee will be a long and grinding road indeed for all of these candidates, and quite frankly the cycle is out of control. Here we are a full twenty two months out and already you’d think the election was being held next month, as the political pundits from the news media just can’t get enough. I say let’s see how this all shakes out over the next year, from what happens to CROOKED DONALD to which of these candidates eventually falls by the wayside, but let’s not lose sight of the ultimate goal-to remove the criminal currently residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and his co conspirators like Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy and Lindsey Graham so that we can take back our democracy in 2020!!! |
About Mike ColeBorn in Hamilton, OH but a proud Kentuckian since age two. One brother and three sisters. Suburban, Catholic middle-class upbringing. Attended Jefferson Community College and Pasadena Community College. Proud father of four and grandfather to seven, and most of all, a concerned American citizen! Are you??? Categories |