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Rommey in 2016????
The latest Suffolk University poll in NH is out, and a cat jumped out of that bag.When 500 GOP supporters were asked for whom they would vote, they were clear:Trump lead the pack with 22%; Undecided...
View ArticleDonald Trump and Eternal (Ur) Fascism
Rush Limbaugh gave us “Feminazis”, and others even talk about “Food Fascists,” Texas Senator Ted Cruz, at the Faith and Freedom Caucus in Iowa, recently opined that “liberal fascists” have somehow hung...
View ArticleThe NRA and American Firearm Fascism. A Dirty Word for A Dirty Thing
This is an essay from August, which I felt needed re-posting. It is long, but this is not a simple topic. It is, however, always an incredibly sad topic. …….In 2001, Richard Reid attempted to light...
View ArticleWhat do Donald Trump and the commander of the 361 Volksgrenadier Division in...
They both have the same idea about how one deals with the families of “opponents” (deserters, terrorists, etc).October, 1944. The Western Front.“During the night of 29– 30 October’, the commander of...
View ArticlePolice Killings Data in the Washington Post: The Ugly Head of Race Clearly...
We are a violent society awash in deadly weapons. It is no surprise then that police are often engaged in deadly violent encounters. The Washington Post recently published a list of almost one...
View ArticleWhat I wish Hillary's Campaign Would Say
New comment by Hillary Clinton Campaign (I wish!)"I am hearing people talk a lot about a man who has been married three times, who conceived a child out of wedlock, who allegedly pulled out clumps of...
View ArticleJohn Wayne's Politics
Yes, John Wayne’s daughter is correct. “The Duke” would right up there with “The Donald.” Why do I think so? Because John Wayne was a major supporter of the earlier version of Trump. Wayne headed up...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between a Progressive Democrat and a Democratic...
Commentators (especially Matthews on MSNBC) ask this question, which almost everyone dodges in one way or another.Here is a relatively succinct and hopefully accurate response. It may not apply to all...
View ArticleDeath in Oregon: Robert Finicum and the Ballad of Pancho and Lefty
I watched the FBI taping of the Oregon shooting. It was both sad and sordid. The man killed, Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, was neither a hero nor a martyr. He was a Mormon with 11 children. His most...
View ArticleFree Advice for HRC on the Progressive vs. Moderate Issue
HRC: “Bernie, it is not what you say, but what you do that defines you as a politician. Why don't you and I, and our supporters, quit quibbling about definitions. We’ve both been in politics for a...
View ArticleThe Wereth 11 Are One Reason Why We Need Black History Month
Over the last few months I have read Anthony Beevor's Ardenne 1944, an acclaimed military historian's book on The Battle of the Bulge. The famous Malmedy Massacre of over 80 US soldiers occurred during...
View ArticleTexas A&M Students Respond to Race Hate Episode on Campus
Texas A&M students hope for 10,000 letters of apology from current students to be sent to those high school students of color who were harassed by a group of racist students during their campus...
View ArticleWhat Would a Three-Person Race in SC Have Looked Like?
Trump has cruised along this election season with around 30-35 percent of the R primary voters. In the currently divided field, that is all he has needed. In NH, Trump had 35% in a field of nine with...
View ArticleMom, Kid, Gun -- Prescription for a GunFail
Momma just loves her guns. Well, she did. Then there was this trip and her four year old was in the backseat, and then…. Just read the story below. Unfortunately, it is not a crime to be criminally...
View ArticleThe Puerile Wrath of Republican Elites
Thomas Edsall’s recent piece in the NYT documented in elaborate detail the deep disaffection of traditional Republican, conservative elites with Trump voters. Most notable, he quoted in detail from an...
View ArticleTwo Guys Just Talking Politics
This is the most recent entry in an ongoing conversation on theleftcorner.com between George and Chas about the upcoming presidential election. This discussion has been going on for weeks. This is the...
View ArticleThanks, Bernie! But now ratchet it back a few notches.
Dear Bernie and Bernie Supporters:Thanks. The dialogue in this campaign would not have taken its progressive turn without you. You have done the Democratic Party and the American people a true favor....
View ArticleGuns in God's House? What a killer of an idea!
from an AP story onlineNORTH WALES, Pa. — Authorities say a dispute between two members of a suburban Philadelphia church during a Sunday worship service ended with one person shooting and killing the...
View ArticleWill This Election Be About Whom Voters Dislike the Least?
WILL THIS ELECTION BE ABOUT WHOM DO WE DISLIKE THE LEAST?Below you will find polling data summarized by the Huffington Post on the Favorability Ratings of both HRC and Trump. Bit of analysis...
View ArticleWhat Will Hogwarts Be Like Without Voldemort?
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the setting for the Harry Potter saga. Voldemort is a villainous wizard who uses his extraordinary power for evil ends. The problem in using this metaphor...
View ArticleAlas, Hiroshima
MODERN WAR: NUKES AND NO NUKES (Alas, Hiroshima)It is a time to remember, with Obama visiting Hiroshima, what “conventional” war did to Tokyo, prior to Hiroshima. Hiroshima was momentous because it...
View ArticleFor what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain California, and cost the Ds...
Dear Senator Sanders:Are you riding the wave, or is the wave riding you? You are way busy keeping folks all hot and bothered. “The system is rigged; Kentucky reported a bad count.” All this is a drive...
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HRC, a victim? Yes, of the Cost of Information and More
The truth about Hillary. She has relatively high unfavorables. Some people think she may be untrustworthy. Others think she doesn't seem candid. More think she seems shady.Where does all this come...
View ArticleThe Politics of Guns and Fun!
My earlier post discusses the constitutional basis for gun rights. theleftcorner.com/… The important thing to remember about that is that the Second Amendment responded to a clear, historical need.In...
View ArticleTrump and The Aggrieved
This is an ongoing email conversation between myself and a knowledgeable friend as we ponder the ins-and-outs of this presidential race. You might enjoy this as much as we do. I apologize for any...
View ArticleDeath to Traitors! Make America Great Again! And the Power of One!
Donald Trump’s recklessness recently reached epic proportions when he suggested that if HRC won the election, it might be up to “the Second Amendment people” to deal with her. Trump, of course, says...
View ArticleWhy I Abhor Lying, Crooked Hugh Hewitt and Little Kellyanne Conway...
I am an an MSNBC fan. Basically, the only TV source I use for politics, but lately things have gotten a bit weird and it irks me. Hardball has brought on a commentator, Hugh Hewitt, with a great radio...
View ArticleTrump’s Words and Clinton’s Actions: A Distinction Without a Difference?
The die-hard Trumpeteers don’t really care what DJT says. As he admitted earlier in the campaign, he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue, and they would still vote for him.My response to those Trumpeteer...
View ArticleLay Down Your Bets, Folks. What will The Donald Do 11/9?
Below, you will find a poll concerning what you believe The Donald will do after he loses the election. I know that these aren’t mutually exclusive responses. So, as in Chicago, you can try to vote...
View ArticleIs It The Economy, Again, Stupid?
Depending on your perspective, there is much gloating or hand-wringing about President Trump’s approval ratings. He is seen by a majority as more poorly suited for the job than previous presidents....
View ArticleWhere do the Dems go from Here? The Pew Results
This is the latest Pew poll about the percent of respondents expressing approval of the performance of Donald Trump as President. It has some interesting implications, which are discussed below.PEW...
View ArticleA Commentary on Changing the Structure of Medicaid
In 1965, Lyndon Johnson signed the bills authorizing both the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Unlike all the hyped “signings” of executive orders by the current president, Johnson signed real bills...
View ArticleHappy July 4TH, But Don't Forget January 6th
The fourth day of July each year for the last 241 years has been the day of the year set aside for celebrating the signing of the American Declaration of Independence (not to worry that it was really...
View Article“Alt-Right” is “newspeak.” These groups are far-right hate groups. Call them...
“Alt-Right” is “newspeak.” These groups are far-right hate groups. Call them what they are.The term Alt-Right is a fiction conjured up because the Nazis, Klukkers, and White Supremacists who don’t want...
View ArticleThings I don't Believe About Electoral Politics in 2016 and My Predictions...
THINGS I DON’T BELIEVE 1. Democrats Must Dramatically Change Their Approach to Electoral Politics for 2020HRC won the popular vote by almost 3 million votes. DJT won the presidency because of the...
View ArticleFormer President Trump and His "Bully" Pulpit: A Dystopian Vision of Our Future
As terrible as it is to have this moron as President of the United States for the next three years plus change, I suspect that we will survive. Barring a war with N Korea, I am almost certain he will...
View ArticleBrutal American Nativism Redux
Largely in response to the excesses of the McCarthy era, John Higham, a historian at Johns Hopkins wrote STRANGERS IN THE LAND: PATTERNS OF AMERICAN NATIVISM, 1860-1925 and published his work in 1955....
View ArticleEmpty Shoes and The Politics of Firearm Safety
[Note: This is a dramatically expanded version of an editorial I published in the American Journal of Public Health earlier in July]Inconsolable grief recently filled ten thousand square feet of US...
View ArticleThe Petulant President in Quinnipiac’s August Poll
The latest NBC/Wall Street poll has Delusional Donald at his lowest approval rating point yet in the low 30s. It is a bizarre outlier. Our Petulant President has rocked along around 40 points, give...
View ArticleSix of one, half-dozen of another: Trump’s Campaign Announcement and a Texas...
“In 1978, The Paris News ran a flagrantly racist story on a ‘New Order’ of Mexican immigrants who came to the U.S. to ‘rape, rob, mug, burgle, pimp, whore, shoplift, and vandalize.’ [The author] …....
View ArticleFalse Equivalence and Whataboutism in Defense of Trump's Rhetoric
Hugh Hewitt, a right wing radio host and alleged pundit, is the current master of “whataboutism.” This term refers to the excuse that Trump supporters use whenever their hero yet again does something...
View ArticleTrump supporters are “10-tooth rubes?”
Rick Wilson is a Republican strategist (i.e., operative) who rails at Trump for not being a Republican or a conservative. He recently indicated that Trump’s supporters are basically a bunch of...
View ArticleBreaking News! Breaking News! My A**!
I watch MSNBC with great frequency. Okay, I watch it most of the time. Yes, it can get a bit repetitious with all the anchors chewing on the same story. But I am sick of their anchors’ fetish for...
View ArticleCRIMINALS OF A CERTAIN AGE
On Daily Kos, we track the ins and outs of political machinations like bloodhounds on a convict’s (we hope) trail. But the current political frenzy should not ignore other important, inevitable issues,...
View ArticleA Look at 2020
SURVEY OF POTENTIAL DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERSMorning Consult reported the results of a survey of approximately 13k individuals who indicated that they were likely to vote in the democratic...
View ArticleBusiness as Nasty as Usual for Florida Nursing Home Industry
From The Center for Medicare Advocacy, a reminder of why advocacy for consumers in long-term care services and supports is so much of an uphill battle.Nursing Homes, Medicaid Rates, and Campaign...
View ArticleLong-Term Care, Medicare For All, and 2020
Medicare will pay for a heart transplant, and it will be charged something like $1.3 million for that procedure. Medicare also covers treatment for end-stage renal disease that costs over $90 thousand...
View ArticleYo, Chicken Little, You are right. The sky is truly falling.
Introduction: Some blessings of the Baby Boomer generation.The current state of politics is, of course, the reason for this essay. Somewhat strangely, the horrifying crisis in today’s politics...
View ArticleDonald Trump, Trumpism, and Ur (Eternal) Fascism
Donald Trump, Trumpism, and FascismBelow is an excerpt from Umberto Eco’s essay on fascism. One must remember that Eco was a well-known medievalist, and an academic who studied philosophy, semiotics,...
View ArticleFranklin Roosevelt and Umberto Ecco’s Warning to America about Fascism
An excerpt from Ecco’s essay appears below. He uses the FDR quotation at the end of his essay. “We must keep alert, so that the sense of these words will not be forgotten again. Ur-Fascism [Eternal...
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