Some very good responses to Peggy Noonan’s editorial of 12/29/2018, where she tried to encourage “Trump insiders” to “speak up – on the record”. ======= Peggy Noonan asks “Trump insiders” to speak candidly about how the administration conducts the people’s business (“Trump Insiders, Come Out of the Shadows,” Declarations, Dec. 29). Two years are indeed enough time to evaluate the conduct of... Read more
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What Trump Might be doing Right – Letters
January 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Noonan, Republican(s), The Right, TrumpTrump has no Ideas??
November 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaCare, Stupidity, The RightOh how I wish Republicans would learn how to sell what they have accomplished? They are absolute _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s. ======== WSJ 11/5/2018 Americans say health care is a leading concern in Tuesday’s election, and voters say they trust Democrats over Republicans by double-digit margins. Yet the Trump Administration has put together an impressive... Read more
The GOP Entitlement Caucus
March 30 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Republican(s), Tax Issues, The RightMy respect for the Freedom Caucus has slipped in a major way. It will take a long time for Republicans to recover from the damage they have done. ===== WSJ 3/28/2017 The full dimensions of the GOP’s self-defeat on health care will emerge over time, but one immediate consequence is giving up block grants for Medicaid. This transformation would have put the... Read more
The ObamaCare Republicans
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCare, Party Politics, Republican(s), The RightThese folks have lost almost all credibility with me. ===== WSJ 3/25/2017 House Republicans pulled their healthcare bill shortly before a vote on Friday, and for once the media dirge is right about a GOP defeat. This is a major blow to the Trump Presidency, the GOP majority in Congress, and especially to the cause of reforming and limiting government. The damage is all... Read more
The Spoils of the GOP’s State Conquest
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Republican(s), The RightAt the end of the article Ms. Sharp tells of the harrassment that conservatives like her receive. Not that you would read about it in the New York Times…. =========== WSJ 12/10/2016 By Kyle Peterson In the war of ideas, a think tank is like a munitions factory, churning out the matériel to push the trench line a few miles forward. As luck... Read more
Steve Bannon on Politics as War
November 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The Right, TrumpThis article might be a misinformed as all the other stories about Mr. Bannon, or it might not be. ========== WSJ 11/19/2016 By Kimberley Strassel It’s hard to think of Steve Bannon as a low-profile guy. He has garnered about as many headlines over the past week as Donald Trump—no small feat. He is the executive chairman of the hard-right Breitbart News, among... Read more
