The Democrat Party wants to live by separate rules. And yet they wonder why Donald Trump was elected. It was their “President Obama” who said, many times over: Elections have consequences. But God forbid a non-Democrat to think the same?! Is this really where they want to take this country? If the answer is yes, I hope they are ready. ====== WSJ Feb. 8,... Read more
Archive for the ‘Democrat Party’ Category
The Non-Silence of Elizabeth Warren
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Party Politics, The LeftWho’s ‘Normalizing’ Donald Trump Now?
February 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, The LeftThe protesters’ words and actions don’t need my interpretation. =================== By WILLIAM MCGURN WSJ Updated Feb. 6, 2017 7:21 p.m. ET Quick: What do “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” US Weekly and former President Barack Obama have in common? All have been accused of the high crime of “normalizing” Donald Trump. The idea is that anyone... Read more
Sharp Left Turn Ahead
February 6 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, The LeftTalk about religious fervor. -===== By DOUGLAS E. SCHOEN WSK Feb. 5, 2017 6:11 p.m. ET Chuck Schumer practically lives in the Senate, but these days there’s a lot going on at the house. Leftist throngs have been gathering outside Mr. Schumer’s residence in Brooklyn, N.Y., demanding that the Senate minority leader “get a spine” and oppose President Trump on everything. That probably isn’t his... Read more
‘The Resistance’ vs. Trump’s Cabinet
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Party PoliticsTwo-faced, may be a good term…. ============ WSJ 12/24/2016 The progressive Donald Trump doomsday clock is still at a minute to midnight even as the President-elect has named a string of mainstream cabinet nominees, and Senate Democrats are signaling that they plan to fight nearly all of them. They’re even calling themselves “the resistance,” which does accurately capture the combination of melodrama and... Read more
Another Government Pension Scandal
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Democrat Party, LaborWhere is the outrage? ======= WSJ 12/23/2016 No, we’re not writing about the scandal (all too legal) that state and local pension funds have run up more than $1 trillion in unfunded liabilities. Today’s news concerns a single government pension official and the way he allegedly abused taxpayers and the workers who depended on him to guard their retirement savings. On Wednesday U.S. Attorney... Read more
The Senate’s Shutdown Follies
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat PartyPlease pass the tissues… ========= WSJ 12/10/2016 This has been a disappointing political year for Democrats, and those with Senate seats decided to end it with a final blaze of ineptitude. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and colleagues were threatening a partial government shutdown ahead of a midnight deadline, only to fold shortly before we went to press on Friday. On Thursday the House... Read more
