The impeached President introduced his $4.8 trillion fed budget for fiscal year beginning 10/1/20 which expects a budget deficit of over $1 trillion. The budget makes cuts to many domestic and other programs while increasing spending in other areas. This is Trump's fourth fiscal year budget. The budget deficit for fiscal year ending 9/30/19 was $984 billion, just shy of one trillion dollars, up 26% from Trump's 9/30/18 budget that ended with a deficit of $779 billion which was up 17% from President Obama's last fiscal year deficit of $665 billion. The CBO is expecting this fiscal year budget which ends 9/30/20 to have a deficit that exceeds one trillion dollars.
So Trump is keeping up with a republican trend of increased deficit spending that dates back to 1960, the last time a republican administration balanced the federal budget. And to make matters worse, Trump's proposed budget is at odds with his first budget and campaign promise to balance the budget in 10 years. His new budget now promises a balanced budget in the year 2035. Of course, Trump will be gone long before that. The democrats in congress said the Trump budget is DOA, in other words, Trump's budget is also impeached.
Trump and his party's irresponsible fiscal ideology of deficit spending and debt was exposed long ago in many PolitiDose commentaries over the past 9 years. Republican administrations are a fiscal disaster. The impeached President inherited an expanding economy, positive job creation, low unemployment and a reduction in deficit spending and he now says he can not balane the budget while he is in office.
President Bill Clinton not only cut deficit spending each of his first 4 years in office, he also balanced the budget in each of his last 4 years in office. A far cry from the trumpet man who claims to have created the greatest of every thing and made America great again. President Obama inherited a record single year budget deficit of $1.4 trillion from the Bush administration and left office with a budget deficit of $665 billion, cutting Bush's deficit more than half. Now Trump in his first three years in office picks up the republican baton of increased federal deficit spending.
By the way, the President's proposed budget also reneged on the agreement he made with congress months ago concerning a spending plan that kept the government open. Just think, Hillary Clinton informed the public way back in the campaign of 2016 how Trump was so unqualified to be President. The CBO said the country was looking at single year trillion dollar deficits for the next 10 years and points to Trump's tax cuts as one of the major reasons.
Truckle down economics, the tax cuts of Reagan, Bush and Trump which so many Americans still believe works, even though the middle class is left out, in baseball lingo, its "three strikes and your out." In the mean time middle class income has hardly kept up with inflation while income for the wealthy and corporate America has sky rocketed to new levels. Trump's budget cuts will hurt the middle class and those in need the most at a time when income inequality continues to grow. The Trump budget is another example of his corrupted persona.
Note 1: President Ronald Reagan presided over the very first ever trillion dollar federal spending budget. President George W. Bush presided over the very first two and three trillion dollar federal spending budgets. It took 15 years to go from a trillion budget to a two trillion dollar budget under Bush but it only took Bush 7 years to go from a two trillion dollar budget to a three trillion dollar budget. And it took President Trump 8 years to go from a three trillion dollar budget to a four trillion dollar budget. And now Trump's budget numbers tell us he will go to a five trillion dollar budget before he leaves office.
Republican Presidents just love running up federal spending budgets, deficits and the national debt.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Friday, February 14, 2020
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney: His Character and Courage Was a Patriotic Act.
Republican U.S. Senator Mitt Romney was the only republican in the U.S. Senate who voted guilty in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. The other 53 republican Senators voted to acquit. Romney displayed his character and courage with his vote, said he read all the sworn testimony of the witnesses, and that his oath of office and safeguarding the Constitution had no choice but to vote to convict.
Romney knew the backlash he would receive for his vote from the President, his own party and Trump's ditto head followers, but his character and courage ruled the day. And sure enough, after his vote Trump and his coward ditto heads attacked him personally to damage his political standing. But the people in Utah who Romney represents support his decision as Romney took the time to explain his vote. And Louisiana's republican State Central Committee, a committee of Trump's ditto heads voted to censure Senator Romney in a cowardly act. They think of themselves as elite but wallow in the gutter with the impeached President. Senator Romney is more of a man than all the republican ditto heads put together.
The republicans in congress don't think of Romney as a conservative, but he is more of a true conservative than they are because the party today is Newt Gingrich and Trump's party who represent an unAmerican extreme ideology. But in due time the impeachment of Trump and the vote to convict him will be stronger yet when other revelations come out. In fact Trump may become the only President to be impeached twice. Yes, he is that corrupted.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Romney knew the backlash he would receive for his vote from the President, his own party and Trump's ditto head followers, but his character and courage ruled the day. And sure enough, after his vote Trump and his coward ditto heads attacked him personally to damage his political standing. But the people in Utah who Romney represents support his decision as Romney took the time to explain his vote. And Louisiana's republican State Central Committee, a committee of Trump's ditto heads voted to censure Senator Romney in a cowardly act. They think of themselves as elite but wallow in the gutter with the impeached President. Senator Romney is more of a man than all the republican ditto heads put together.
The republicans in congress don't think of Romney as a conservative, but he is more of a true conservative than they are because the party today is Newt Gingrich and Trump's party who represent an unAmerican extreme ideology. But in due time the impeachment of Trump and the vote to convict him will be stronger yet when other revelations come out. In fact Trump may become the only President to be impeached twice. Yes, he is that corrupted.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Sunday, February 9, 2020
January 2020 Job Creation, The Impeached President's Failed Promises and The Labor Department's Revisions
The U.S. Labor Department reported the economy created 225,000 jobs in January and that the unemployment rate came in at 3.6%, up from 3.5% the previous month. It was the 112th straight month of positive job creation and the economy was in its 11th straight year of expansion. The Department also revised Trump's job creation in 2018 down from 2.64 million jobs to 2.3 million jobs and 2017 and 2019 to 2.1 million in each year.
Chris Isidore, CNN's business host gave a more detailed account of the Labor Departments revisions that actually went back decades concerning multiple Presidential terms in office. He reported that for the last 36 months of the Obama administration, job creation was revised down by 47,000 jobs for a total of 8.1 million jobs being created during Obama's last 36 months in office. Job creation during Trump's first 36 months in office was revised down by 354,000 jobs for a total of 6.6 million jobs created during Trump's first 36 months in office.
So President Obama's administration created 1.5 million more jobs than the Trump administration did for that 36 month period. And once again, it is more proof that destroys Trump's promise that his tax cuts would create more jobs. (he promised 25 million jobs) And PolitiDose has a record published in commentary defining how Democratic administrations are better at handling the economy and creating jobs. (see commentary dated 11/05/2010 Titled, Job Creation for Presidential Terms, 1929-2008)
Trump's state of the union speech about the economy being the greatest ever was another failed promise. Trump promised the GDP would grow at least 4% a year and could be sustained. Well after three years in office the GDP has grown at an average annual rate of 2.4%. Much, much lower than under Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan and other past Presidents. And recently, Trump's advisers have said the GDP for 2020 will average around 2.1%.
The bottom line after three years in office the economy under the impeached President continues to create jobs at a much slower pace than the previous administration and unemployment remains low. However, the cost to the tax payers has been increased with Trump's tariffs, increase in deficit spending and a national debt that continues to rise. The $1.5 trillion tax cut did not produce more jobs nor encourage corporate America to move jobs back to America from their foreign locations like Trump promised. And in the case of the Trump business empire, none of their foreign operations have been transferred back to America either. The 14% reduction in the corporate tax rate simply gave corporate America an avenue to buy more of their own stock and run up the price and is why the stock market is so over valued. But the market is coming down, make no mistake about it.
The Reagan, Bush and Trump tax cuts that favored the wealthy and corporate America and that were claimed to make America more competitive and keep their factories in the U.S. never took place because Corporate America pays little taxes any way and as business people really know, paying taxes is not the problem, greed is. And they use those tax reductions to fuel their greed. A larger percentage investment in plant and equipment by corporate America took place on President Bill Clinton's watch and he raised taxes on those making over $200,000 a year.
One can go back for the past 60 plus years and the numbers say democratic administrations perform better concerning the economy than republican administrations. And when you check it out you will see it was first reported here in PolitiDose many years ago and on a regular basis.
Note: A reminder that this writer in reporting the job numbers every month did not include any later revisions by the U.S. Labor Department. The job numbers were those announced every month by the department.
Chris Isidore, CNN's business host gave a more detailed account of the Labor Departments revisions that actually went back decades concerning multiple Presidential terms in office. He reported that for the last 36 months of the Obama administration, job creation was revised down by 47,000 jobs for a total of 8.1 million jobs being created during Obama's last 36 months in office. Job creation during Trump's first 36 months in office was revised down by 354,000 jobs for a total of 6.6 million jobs created during Trump's first 36 months in office.
So President Obama's administration created 1.5 million more jobs than the Trump administration did for that 36 month period. And once again, it is more proof that destroys Trump's promise that his tax cuts would create more jobs. (he promised 25 million jobs) And PolitiDose has a record published in commentary defining how Democratic administrations are better at handling the economy and creating jobs. (see commentary dated 11/05/2010 Titled, Job Creation for Presidential Terms, 1929-2008)
Trump's state of the union speech about the economy being the greatest ever was another failed promise. Trump promised the GDP would grow at least 4% a year and could be sustained. Well after three years in office the GDP has grown at an average annual rate of 2.4%. Much, much lower than under Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan and other past Presidents. And recently, Trump's advisers have said the GDP for 2020 will average around 2.1%.
The bottom line after three years in office the economy under the impeached President continues to create jobs at a much slower pace than the previous administration and unemployment remains low. However, the cost to the tax payers has been increased with Trump's tariffs, increase in deficit spending and a national debt that continues to rise. The $1.5 trillion tax cut did not produce more jobs nor encourage corporate America to move jobs back to America from their foreign locations like Trump promised. And in the case of the Trump business empire, none of their foreign operations have been transferred back to America either. The 14% reduction in the corporate tax rate simply gave corporate America an avenue to buy more of their own stock and run up the price and is why the stock market is so over valued. But the market is coming down, make no mistake about it.
The Reagan, Bush and Trump tax cuts that favored the wealthy and corporate America and that were claimed to make America more competitive and keep their factories in the U.S. never took place because Corporate America pays little taxes any way and as business people really know, paying taxes is not the problem, greed is. And they use those tax reductions to fuel their greed. A larger percentage investment in plant and equipment by corporate America took place on President Bill Clinton's watch and he raised taxes on those making over $200,000 a year.
One can go back for the past 60 plus years and the numbers say democratic administrations perform better concerning the economy than republican administrations. And when you check it out you will see it was first reported here in PolitiDose many years ago and on a regular basis.
Note: A reminder that this writer in reporting the job numbers every month did not include any later revisions by the U.S. Labor Department. The job numbers were those announced every month by the department.
Friday, February 7, 2020
Trump Is Acquitted, But Trump and The Republicans Traitorious Acts Will Live On
The verdict was expected because Moscow Mitch McConnell said he would not be impartial and he is the republican leader of the republican controlled Senate who were the jury in the impeachment trial. He also planned every step of the way working with the impeached President to come up with the desired results. Republican Mitt Romney was the only republican senator who voted guilty and gave his reasons why. Romney stood tall with character and courage while his republicans conspired and promoted Trump's lies.
All democrats voted guilty and like the democratic controlled U.S. House took a stand for truth, their oath of office, the rule of law and the constitution. Their character and courage out weighed the political moment. The republicans turned their backs on everything the Presidency and America stands for. Truth died that day in the Senate chamber because the republicans in congress preferred to win a political victory than serve their country honorably. And like Trump, their stained legacy and traitorious acts will live on in American history.
The actions of the republican party justify what PolitiDose wrote long ago that Trump and the republican party are one and the same and that today's republican party, the party of Newt Gingrich, so called conservatives, are the un-American party and represent the extreme. The stain of impeachment will forever define Trump's presidency and before he leaves office there will be more revelations that will define how the U.S. House carried out its responsibilities when they impeached the President. And when it takes place, you read it here first in PolitiDose, your daily dose of political commentary.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Nancy Pelosi: Best AT Being A Woman Than Trump and The Republicans Are At Being Men
Democratic Speaker of the U.S. House Nancy Pelosi is so far above Trump and his ditto head republicans in congress in leadership, performance, character and courage they have been rendered a bunch of cry babies who only have political rhetoric and personal attacks on their resumes. And those ditto head republicans who represent Louisiana in congress are a sorry lot who like Trump place their personal gain ahead of the good of the people and the country.
Some Louisiana republicans were miffed and launched personal attacks against Pelosi for tearing apart Trump's state of the union speech after it was delivered. But as Pelosi noted rightly so, the speech was a manifesto of mistruths. She also said later that she prays for Trump because he is off the rails. Pelosi has an articulate way of having her comments understood by the people concerning Trump and the republicans in congress corruptive attitude and they can not deal with it. They are both frustrated because they are incapable of intimidating Nancy Pelosi like they try to do other women.
Pelosi will not back down to Trump and his republican clowns and cowards. And Louisiana's republicans in congress will continue their regressive do nothing attitude and wallow in Trump's dirt filled world. So keep up the pressure Nancy and keep working for the American people, the country and the rule of Law.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Some Louisiana republicans were miffed and launched personal attacks against Pelosi for tearing apart Trump's state of the union speech after it was delivered. But as Pelosi noted rightly so, the speech was a manifesto of mistruths. She also said later that she prays for Trump because he is off the rails. Pelosi has an articulate way of having her comments understood by the people concerning Trump and the republicans in congress corruptive attitude and they can not deal with it. They are both frustrated because they are incapable of intimidating Nancy Pelosi like they try to do other women.
Pelosi will not back down to Trump and his republican clowns and cowards. And Louisiana's republicans in congress will continue their regressive do nothing attitude and wallow in Trump's dirt filled world. So keep up the pressure Nancy and keep working for the American people, the country and the rule of Law.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Trump's Middle East Peace Plan: Another Foreign Policy Failure Where Rhetoric Replaces Substance.
President Donald Trump announced his Middle East Peace Plan along side Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who endorsed the plan and the announcement failed big time. The Plan had no legitimacy from the beginning because no input was sought from the Palestinians, it favored Israel and violated the principals laid out in several U.N. resolutions long ago that concerned the West Bank and territory all parties agreed to follow. In other words Trump and Netanyahu were willing to ignore those agreed to U.N. resolutions much like Trump ignored the Iran nuclear agreement and then walked away.
It was another dramatic example how Trump and Netanyahu deserve each other. And so far, the Plan has been rejected by the Palestinians, the Arab world, Middle East leaders, Muslims and the European Union for the same reasons listed above. The leader of the Palestinians, Mr. Abbas described the Plan as nothing but a Trump real estate venture. And once again, President Trump's rhetoric has no substance.
People should remember the position of Netanyahu and other Israel supporters who claimed long ago there would be no peace in the middle east as long as Yasser Arafat was alive and President of the Palestinian Authority. Well, Arafat died on 11/11/2004 so Netanyahu and his supporters ran out of excuses long, long ago. Trump's middle east peace plan is a fraud like Trump University and Trump's Charitable Foundation that had to settle those two fraud suits in a court of law. And now Netanyahu is under indictment for committing fraud among other charges in the indictment.
Both leaders brought their corruptive attitude into the world of politics because they care only about themselves. And yes, they do deserve each other for presenting a failed plan that has nothing to do with peace in the middle east.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
It was another dramatic example how Trump and Netanyahu deserve each other. And so far, the Plan has been rejected by the Palestinians, the Arab world, Middle East leaders, Muslims and the European Union for the same reasons listed above. The leader of the Palestinians, Mr. Abbas described the Plan as nothing but a Trump real estate venture. And once again, President Trump's rhetoric has no substance.
People should remember the position of Netanyahu and other Israel supporters who claimed long ago there would be no peace in the middle east as long as Yasser Arafat was alive and President of the Palestinian Authority. Well, Arafat died on 11/11/2004 so Netanyahu and his supporters ran out of excuses long, long ago. Trump's middle east peace plan is a fraud like Trump University and Trump's Charitable Foundation that had to settle those two fraud suits in a court of law. And now Netanyahu is under indictment for committing fraud among other charges in the indictment.
Both leaders brought their corruptive attitude into the world of politics because they care only about themselves. And yes, they do deserve each other for presenting a failed plan that has nothing to do with peace in the middle east.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump Desreve Each Other
Both leaders get along well and support each other's policies especially concerning the Palestinian situation. And both are corrupt according to those charged with enforcing the laws. Netanyahu has been indicted and charged with fraud, breach of trust and bribery. Trump has already had to settle two fraud law suits brought against him by New York's attorney general. Trump settled the fraud law suit concerning his Trump University for $25 million and his fraud Charity Foundation law suit for over $2 million plus he dismantled the foundation. And on top of that he has been impeached by the U.S House for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Netanyahu asked Israel's parliament to vote and make him immune from prosecution and then redrew the request after seeing little chance it would take place. All the while Trump is using his fake news and Senate republicans to deny all impeachment charges. Netanyahu and Trump are also liars in kind especially when it comes to Iran. What a terrible situation Israel and the United States find themselves in with such corrupted leaders. Corruption is the magnet that band both together.
It is easy to understand why the framers of America's constitution established impeachment as a means of removing a corrupt President from office and not rely on or have to wait for the next election to do so. That is the strongest reason why the next election, which is 10 months away should not even be considered in the trial and vote.
Netanyahu and Trump are the type of leaders that will set their countries back years and in the process, the corruption continues.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Netanyahu asked Israel's parliament to vote and make him immune from prosecution and then redrew the request after seeing little chance it would take place. All the while Trump is using his fake news and Senate republicans to deny all impeachment charges. Netanyahu and Trump are also liars in kind especially when it comes to Iran. What a terrible situation Israel and the United States find themselves in with such corrupted leaders. Corruption is the magnet that band both together.
It is easy to understand why the framers of America's constitution established impeachment as a means of removing a corrupt President from office and not rely on or have to wait for the next election to do so. That is the strongest reason why the next election, which is 10 months away should not even be considered in the trial and vote.
Netanyahu and Trump are the type of leaders that will set their countries back years and in the process, the corruption continues.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Monday, January 27, 2020
Rich Lowry: Republican Opinion Writer Spreads Impeached President Trump's Fake News.
Rich Lowry loves Moscow Mitch McConnell, and like Mitch and Trump tries his best in an opinion column in the New Orleans Advocate of 1/24/20 to detract from Trump's impeachment and trial in the U.S. Senate. Lowry apes Trump's fake news and wants his readers to think the impeachment is about Mitch and Nancy Pelosi in order to detract the public from Trump's impeachable acts and the sworn testimony presented to the U.S. House.
Lowry has a long history of supporting so called conservatism and like the republicans in congress sold his soul to Trump's corruption. His nose is out of joint because the democratic controlled U.S. House has held Trump accountable for his high crimes, corruption and his alliance with Putin to damage Hillary Clinton The democrats are the constitutional party while Trump and his party are the anti American party who uses lies as policy and Lowry is the good ditto head with his fake news and his attempt to appease Trump and Moscow Mitch.
Lowry knows Trump is afraid to testify under oath in his own defense for the same reasons Trump will not allow his advisers to testify in his defense. The reason is perjury. Trump's lawyers also know it and that is why they want no witnesses to testify in defense of Trump. So all they have left is fake news, distraction, a lack of testimony from witnesses that can not undercut the sworn testimony under oath given to the U.S. House.
And of course they have Rich Lowry who has no creditability on the matter.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Lowry has a long history of supporting so called conservatism and like the republicans in congress sold his soul to Trump's corruption. His nose is out of joint because the democratic controlled U.S. House has held Trump accountable for his high crimes, corruption and his alliance with Putin to damage Hillary Clinton The democrats are the constitutional party while Trump and his party are the anti American party who uses lies as policy and Lowry is the good ditto head with his fake news and his attempt to appease Trump and Moscow Mitch.
Lowry knows Trump is afraid to testify under oath in his own defense for the same reasons Trump will not allow his advisers to testify in his defense. The reason is perjury. Trump's lawyers also know it and that is why they want no witnesses to testify in defense of Trump. So all they have left is fake news, distraction, a lack of testimony from witnesses that can not undercut the sworn testimony under oath given to the U.S. House.
And of course they have Rich Lowry who has no creditability on the matter.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Sunday, January 19, 2020
The LSU 2019 Football National Champions: Are They Really The Best College Football Team Ever???
Sports reporter for the New Orleans Advocate Scott Rabalais thinks they are and says so in commentary dated 1/19/20. This writer, a long time fan and follower of LSU sports thinks Rabalais opinion is a stretch and the usual "apple polishing story" so many sports writers engage in. Rabalais tries to back up his opinion with stats that are self serving and are not a good judgment for evaluating a team. He also takes a shot at Clemson as a "pothole" LSU ran over.
Of course Clemson fans can say Joe Burrow as a starting quarterback for LSU will never accomplish in his two years at LSU, what Clemson's quarterback Lawrence and his team accomplished in his two years at Clemson. Twenty nine straight wins and two straight national championship games participated in. And as a starting quarterback, Lawrence only lost one game Rabalais also forgot the great Oklahoma teams under Bud Wilkerson in the early to mid fifties that won 47 straight games and even the 1958 LSU national championship team that went undefeated and shut out Clemson in the Sugar Bowl.
Rabalais seemed to pay a lot of attention to LSU's offensive stats because he was so use to seeing Les Miles offensive failures. But then again, Rabalais picked Alabama to beat LSU this year. Everything is relative in life and sports. Destiny has nothing to do with it because we are only destined to die. But players, like people, can choose their own fate and LSU and its coaching staff choose their own fate with a winning attitude and a will to win. LSU had a great year, no doubt about it, but picking a greatest team ever is mythical like the national championship before the BCS playoffs began.
And the greatest college teams in the past will never have the opportunity to play each other and decide which team really was the best. So every year college football will crown a national champion, but the best college football team ever will remain mythical.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Of course Clemson fans can say Joe Burrow as a starting quarterback for LSU will never accomplish in his two years at LSU, what Clemson's quarterback Lawrence and his team accomplished in his two years at Clemson. Twenty nine straight wins and two straight national championship games participated in. And as a starting quarterback, Lawrence only lost one game Rabalais also forgot the great Oklahoma teams under Bud Wilkerson in the early to mid fifties that won 47 straight games and even the 1958 LSU national championship team that went undefeated and shut out Clemson in the Sugar Bowl.
Rabalais seemed to pay a lot of attention to LSU's offensive stats because he was so use to seeing Les Miles offensive failures. But then again, Rabalais picked Alabama to beat LSU this year. Everything is relative in life and sports. Destiny has nothing to do with it because we are only destined to die. But players, like people, can choose their own fate and LSU and its coaching staff choose their own fate with a winning attitude and a will to win. LSU had a great year, no doubt about it, but picking a greatest team ever is mythical like the national championship before the BCS playoffs began.
And the greatest college teams in the past will never have the opportunity to play each other and decide which team really was the best. So every year college football will crown a national champion, but the best college football team ever will remain mythical.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Federal Court Refuses To Rehear Mississippi's Abortion Case.
According to an Associated Press report in the New Orleans Advocate of 1/18/20 a federal appeals court ruled it would not reconsider its ruling that Mississippi's law banning most abortions after 15 weeks is unconstitutional. Mississippi will likely ask the U.S Supreme Court to step in and hear the case. The ruling means Louisiana's similar law on abortion is now on hold since it depended on the outcome of the Mississippi case.
And once again, Mississippi and Louisiana are playing politics with the abortion issue. Both states governors and state legislatures do not have the will, the character or the courage to fight for a constitutional amendment on abortion which is the best legal way and approach on the issue. They would rather grandstand on the issue, playing politics looking for votes and try to look and sound tough.
At the heart of the Mississippi legislation is the viability of whether a fetus can survive outside the woman at 15 weeks. The court said the Clinic provided evidence that viability is impossible at 15 weeks and that the state of Mississippi conceded that it had identified no medical evidence that a fetus could be viable at 15 weeks. In other words, Mississippi and Louisiana's case is based on political motivation and not abortion facts.
The governors, states and legislatures who support the politicalizing of abortion and who have abandoned the right way of supporting a constitutional amendment have failed at leadership and failed their oath of office. Louisiana's officials became ditto heads for Mississippi and had little confidence in their own bill when they tied it to Mississippi's bill. It will be interesting to see if Louisiana's officials talk about the courts decision and if they urge Mississippi to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
And once again, Mississippi and Louisiana are playing politics with the abortion issue. Both states governors and state legislatures do not have the will, the character or the courage to fight for a constitutional amendment on abortion which is the best legal way and approach on the issue. They would rather grandstand on the issue, playing politics looking for votes and try to look and sound tough.
At the heart of the Mississippi legislation is the viability of whether a fetus can survive outside the woman at 15 weeks. The court said the Clinic provided evidence that viability is impossible at 15 weeks and that the state of Mississippi conceded that it had identified no medical evidence that a fetus could be viable at 15 weeks. In other words, Mississippi and Louisiana's case is based on political motivation and not abortion facts.
The governors, states and legislatures who support the politicalizing of abortion and who have abandoned the right way of supporting a constitutional amendment have failed at leadership and failed their oath of office. Louisiana's officials became ditto heads for Mississippi and had little confidence in their own bill when they tied it to Mississippi's bill. It will be interesting to see if Louisiana's officials talk about the courts decision and if they urge Mississippi to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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