Many, many years ago when this writer was a young teenager there was a saying, "Second verse, same as the first, instead of getting better its getting worse." Saturday nights republican debate brought back memories of that saying and was a reminder how and why little progress has been made by the republican party under its conservative ideology.
The candidates answers on the economy, job creation, unemployment, foreign policy and deficit spending was the same verse we heard before that has failed big time. Trickle down economics tax cuts that favor business and the wealthy are still being pushed, the same policies that destabilized the middle east are still being proposed and Ted Cruz's attempt to give President Reagan credit for the release of the American hostages in Iran failed the test of historical facts.
Rubio made a point of saying free enterprise was the greatest economic system in the world and that government should stay out. But the fact of the matter is free enterprise has been dead in America for a long period of time. Why? Well because of corporate welfare the free enterprise system has lost its reason to compete and competition is what free enterprise is all about. Rubio and his friends in congress have destroyed the free enterprise system.
And of course the republican candidates keep repeating the same verse about corporate America being over taxed. Yet year in and year out the IRS reports that they pay an effective tax rate of between 12-13%. That is the same number that Mitt Romney reported on his tax when he was the republican nominee in the 2012 election. The ABC moderators let all that slip by like a bunch of dumb bunnies.
The other sad verse the viewers heard was the seven year old standard republican ditto head pronouncement that President Obama has ruined the country, etc, etc, etc. Saturday nights debate had the least candidates on the debate stage, a situation that should have allowed more quality questions with more quality answers, but all this writer heard was, "Second verse, same as the first, instead of getting better its getting worse."
To bad the moderators and the candidates had such little respect for the debate process and the American people.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Monday, February 8, 2016
The Nations Unemployment Rate For January Falls To 4.9%
The U.S. Labor Department reported the January unemployment rate fell to 4.9% from the 5% in December and the economy created 151,000 jobs. It was the 71st straight month of positive job growth. The job numbers was some what lower than anticipated but keeps the economic expansion moving forward. The President should continue to take what ever measures are necessary so the country can be at full employment.
The unemployment rate when President Obama took office was 7.8% a decline of 2.9% in his seven years in office so far. It was 4.2% when President George W. Bush took office and 7.8% when he left office. An increase of 3.6% in the unemployment rate on his watch. The highest sustained unemployment rate in the last 55 years took place on President Reagan's watch when it stayed above 10% for 10 straight months from September 1982 to June 1983. The republican party and its Presidential candidates still can not bring themselves to say any thing positive about the President's administration. Jealousy has a corrosive effect on the republican party and they also have a complex about their own failure to walk the conservative talk.
Understanding the past is still the key to a better future and that is why the country and its people always do best on the democratic watch.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Note: Information above on unemployment taken from U.S. Labor Departments Historic Monthly record on unemployment.
The unemployment rate when President Obama took office was 7.8% a decline of 2.9% in his seven years in office so far. It was 4.2% when President George W. Bush took office and 7.8% when he left office. An increase of 3.6% in the unemployment rate on his watch. The highest sustained unemployment rate in the last 55 years took place on President Reagan's watch when it stayed above 10% for 10 straight months from September 1982 to June 1983. The republican party and its Presidential candidates still can not bring themselves to say any thing positive about the President's administration. Jealousy has a corrosive effect on the republican party and they also have a complex about their own failure to walk the conservative talk.
Understanding the past is still the key to a better future and that is why the country and its people always do best on the democratic watch.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Note: Information above on unemployment taken from U.S. Labor Departments Historic Monthly record on unemployment.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Thursday's Night Democratic Presidential Debate
The MSNBC network moderated debate was a good one because of the two candidates, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders who are experienced in political matters. The moderators did move the debate along without any major problems. The people of New Hampshire ended up the winner and should have learned first hand just how committed the two candidates are.
This writer thought the one area of failure was too much time spent on the wall street banks and money in politics. I say that because the moderators failed to really probe those issues. The wall street banks monopoly and political contributions are two sides of the same coin and are Bernie Sander's signature lead in story. So is the Supreme Courts decision in Citizens United that said Corporations are PEOPLE and can spend unlimited amounts of money on campaigns.
Everyone knows the economical and political power the wall street banks possess and how corrupt campaign contributions are and that politicians lack the character or courage to do any thing about it. The news media just winks at the problem because they make millions of dollars off campaign ads. So any time an elected official brings up the problem as Sanders did in the debate the moderators should have put the following questions to Sanders. (Note: the same would apply to any elected official. Sanders just happened to be the one there at the debate to bring the subject up.)
A) Senator Sanders, you have served in congress over 20 years. Have you ever introduced a measure before congress urging the President or congress to break up the wall street banks? If so when and if not why not?
B) Senator Sanders, since the Supreme Court ruled Corporations are PEOPLE have you ever introduced a measure before congress to eliminate all the tax loop holes and special tax breaks corporations receive since the Court said they are PEOPLE? Since they are PEOPLE treat them like PEOPLEand eliminate all the tax loop holes and special tax treatment.
This writer is of the opinion the Supreme Court opened the door for congress to use the decision to treat Corporations as PEOPLE and there fore eliminate all the goodies they receive. Treat them like all other PEOPLE and it will automatically produce campaign finance reform and cost the government zero to enforce. Take away the corporate welfare and they will not be so willing to contribute to political campaigns. In other words stop trying to change the courts decision concerning Citizens United and use the courts ruling against them.
Thursday nights debate and the previous democratic debates tell this writer Hillary Clinton is the best qualified candidate. Her answers are the most complete and knowledgeable. On issues out side the wall street banks and campaign contributions, Sanders seems to be less informed on the issues and also less knowledgeable.
Time will tell if the Senators campaign approach will be enough to win the democratic nomination. It is starting to wear thin on this writer because too many important issues are being shoved aside and not even talked about. The debates ( REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS) also present a problem by having network journalists moderate them. Journalists do not represent the interest of the average citizen at the debates. And that is where the problem starts.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
This writer thought the one area of failure was too much time spent on the wall street banks and money in politics. I say that because the moderators failed to really probe those issues. The wall street banks monopoly and political contributions are two sides of the same coin and are Bernie Sander's signature lead in story. So is the Supreme Courts decision in Citizens United that said Corporations are PEOPLE and can spend unlimited amounts of money on campaigns.
Everyone knows the economical and political power the wall street banks possess and how corrupt campaign contributions are and that politicians lack the character or courage to do any thing about it. The news media just winks at the problem because they make millions of dollars off campaign ads. So any time an elected official brings up the problem as Sanders did in the debate the moderators should have put the following questions to Sanders. (Note: the same would apply to any elected official. Sanders just happened to be the one there at the debate to bring the subject up.)
A) Senator Sanders, you have served in congress over 20 years. Have you ever introduced a measure before congress urging the President or congress to break up the wall street banks? If so when and if not why not?
B) Senator Sanders, since the Supreme Court ruled Corporations are PEOPLE have you ever introduced a measure before congress to eliminate all the tax loop holes and special tax breaks corporations receive since the Court said they are PEOPLE? Since they are PEOPLE treat them like PEOPLEand eliminate all the tax loop holes and special tax treatment.
This writer is of the opinion the Supreme Court opened the door for congress to use the decision to treat Corporations as PEOPLE and there fore eliminate all the goodies they receive. Treat them like all other PEOPLE and it will automatically produce campaign finance reform and cost the government zero to enforce. Take away the corporate welfare and they will not be so willing to contribute to political campaigns. In other words stop trying to change the courts decision concerning Citizens United and use the courts ruling against them.
Thursday nights debate and the previous democratic debates tell this writer Hillary Clinton is the best qualified candidate. Her answers are the most complete and knowledgeable. On issues out side the wall street banks and campaign contributions, Sanders seems to be less informed on the issues and also less knowledgeable.
Time will tell if the Senators campaign approach will be enough to win the democratic nomination. It is starting to wear thin on this writer because too many important issues are being shoved aside and not even talked about. The debates ( REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS) also present a problem by having network journalists moderate them. Journalists do not represent the interest of the average citizen at the debates. And that is where the problem starts.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
The Iowa Caucus Is History And Now Its On To New Hampshire
Hillary Clinton won the Iowa democratic caucus with 49.9% and Ted Cruz won the Iowa republican caucus with 27.7%. The final poll taken the day before the vote had Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders in the lead of their respective party. The Clinton-Sanders match up could not have been any closer to a tie. Clinton won 21 delegates and Sanders 20.
The Iowa results ended four candidates campaign, three republicans, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum and U.S. Senator Rand Paul. One democrat in former Gov. Mark O'Mally who all announced they were suspending their campaign. The New Hampshire primary scheduled for next week will probably claim more once the results are in. It was estimated that about 187,000 Iowa caucus voters cast their votes which represents only 8% of Iowa's electorate. That is not a good representative number and is an example why the primaries are more important in the nominating process.
Republican Donald Trump, a non office holder came in second with 24.3% and that was a larger percentage cast for Paul, Bush, Christie, Santorum, Kasich and Huckabee combined who are all office holders or former office holders. And Trump admitted the fact that he only had a small staff of workers working Iowa.
The pundits, especially those on the Cable networks are busy telling the public what happened in Iowa and as usual are just filling up air time with the same old cliches and hype. The best news out of the Iowa caucus was the closeness in the democratic race. The democratic debates helped the caucus voters understand the positions of Clinton and Sanders because of the substance of those debates. That was lacking in the republican debates and as a result the caucus system was all over the lot.
The New Hampshire primary will be a different story because all eligible voters will be allowed to vote their choice. What happened in Iowa will not matter. The polls at the moment show Trump and Sanders with large margins ahead of their opponents but the candidates have a chance to change that because they will have an opportunity to have their base turn out at the polls to cast their ballots.
The primaries, the debates and the campaigns will be interesting to see how it all unfolds and who will be the survivors. The news media will continue to pick sides but the people still have the last word with their vote and take that responsibility as a serious challenge.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
The Iowa results ended four candidates campaign, three republicans, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum and U.S. Senator Rand Paul. One democrat in former Gov. Mark O'Mally who all announced they were suspending their campaign. The New Hampshire primary scheduled for next week will probably claim more once the results are in. It was estimated that about 187,000 Iowa caucus voters cast their votes which represents only 8% of Iowa's electorate. That is not a good representative number and is an example why the primaries are more important in the nominating process.
Republican Donald Trump, a non office holder came in second with 24.3% and that was a larger percentage cast for Paul, Bush, Christie, Santorum, Kasich and Huckabee combined who are all office holders or former office holders. And Trump admitted the fact that he only had a small staff of workers working Iowa.
The pundits, especially those on the Cable networks are busy telling the public what happened in Iowa and as usual are just filling up air time with the same old cliches and hype. The best news out of the Iowa caucus was the closeness in the democratic race. The democratic debates helped the caucus voters understand the positions of Clinton and Sanders because of the substance of those debates. That was lacking in the republican debates and as a result the caucus system was all over the lot.
The New Hampshire primary will be a different story because all eligible voters will be allowed to vote their choice. What happened in Iowa will not matter. The polls at the moment show Trump and Sanders with large margins ahead of their opponents but the candidates have a chance to change that because they will have an opportunity to have their base turn out at the polls to cast their ballots.
The primaries, the debates and the campaigns will be interesting to see how it all unfolds and who will be the survivors. The news media will continue to pick sides but the people still have the last word with their vote and take that responsibility as a serious challenge.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Donald Trump Won The Latest Republican Presidential Debate And He Was Not Even There
This past Thursday's republican debate turned out to be as this writer thought. Ted Cruz was the target and so was all the other candidates to a lesser extent and Fox's moderating crew did their best to have the candidates go after each other.
It was comical to see Rubio and others try to shore up their conservative credentials in response to Cruz's claim to be the most conservative. Does anyone wonder why the republicans have no record of accomplishments to talk about. You have to be an American first with an American attitude to understand the issues the country and its people face. Bragging about being a conservative proves nothing. As a famous actor once said, "a man needs to know his limitations."
Of course, Donald Trump is a republican but he is no conservative by any stretch. He won the debate by not being there and therefore did not participate in his opponents silly conservatism. This is one time he let his opponents beat each other up and Fox's moderators were not ready for a prime time debate.
Iowa's caucus vote will take place Monday Feb. 1 and the republican candidates will soon find out where they stand with the vote. Will the polls hold true for the Donald or will conservatism over take Trumpism. Iowa loses no matter who they choose because there are no serious republican candidates.
Did any none notice how the republicans are once again injecting President Reagan into the debates. They need some one to identify with since they are afraid to mention former President George W. Bush. It will not work and it shows how lacking they are in articulating policy to deal with the issues at hand. The circus will continue and the people will find out soon enough if the Donald continues to be a no show in the big tent.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
It was comical to see Rubio and others try to shore up their conservative credentials in response to Cruz's claim to be the most conservative. Does anyone wonder why the republicans have no record of accomplishments to talk about. You have to be an American first with an American attitude to understand the issues the country and its people face. Bragging about being a conservative proves nothing. As a famous actor once said, "a man needs to know his limitations."
Of course, Donald Trump is a republican but he is no conservative by any stretch. He won the debate by not being there and therefore did not participate in his opponents silly conservatism. This is one time he let his opponents beat each other up and Fox's moderators were not ready for a prime time debate.
Iowa's caucus vote will take place Monday Feb. 1 and the republican candidates will soon find out where they stand with the vote. Will the polls hold true for the Donald or will conservatism over take Trumpism. Iowa loses no matter who they choose because there are no serious republican candidates.
Did any none notice how the republicans are once again injecting President Reagan into the debates. They need some one to identify with since they are afraid to mention former President George W. Bush. It will not work and it shows how lacking they are in articulating policy to deal with the issues at hand. The circus will continue and the people will find out soon enough if the Donald continues to be a no show in the big tent.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Donald Trump and The Fox News Network
The higher ups at the Fox news had Bill O'Reilly pleading with Donald Trump to reconsider his decision not to appear in Thursday nights republican debate. The little 0 even brought up Trump attending church in Iowa. It was a sad sight seeing 0 plead with Trump because the network is more concerned with losing viewers and not the debate itself.
None of the Fox moderators are qualified for the position because they are highly partisan, conservative and are not issues orientated. And of course, being a network that hates the President and his successful policies lack credibility. Trump knew they and his opponents would be in an ambush mode and the problem Trump has is he can dish it out but can not take it.
If Trumps decision to skip the debate breaks the strangle hold Fox has over the republican party that would be good news for America. Trump has already participated in some good news. He has been able to convince the republican base that his republican opponents who represent the republican establishment have no record of accomplishments. The readers of "PolitiDose" found that out long ago.
Donald Trumps republican opponents are spending a lot of money on the campaign trail while the Donald receives all kinds of free publicity from the major networks, including Fox news. The republican party is the circus and the news media is their advertising vehicle.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
None of the Fox moderators are qualified for the position because they are highly partisan, conservative and are not issues orientated. And of course, being a network that hates the President and his successful policies lack credibility. Trump knew they and his opponents would be in an ambush mode and the problem Trump has is he can dish it out but can not take it.
If Trumps decision to skip the debate breaks the strangle hold Fox has over the republican party that would be good news for America. Trump has already participated in some good news. He has been able to convince the republican base that his republican opponents who represent the republican establishment have no record of accomplishments. The readers of "PolitiDose" found that out long ago.
Donald Trumps republican opponents are spending a lot of money on the campaign trail while the Donald receives all kinds of free publicity from the major networks, including Fox news. The republican party is the circus and the news media is their advertising vehicle.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Wants More Democratic Debates
Maddow on her Tuesday night show thinks the DNC should have scheduled more democratic debates than planned and offered that the republicans have more debates. (As if that matters) This writer thinks the number of democratic debates that are scheduled are sufficient because moderators ask the same questions over and over again and nothing new is offered. Its bad enough that the republican debates are a circus and sham led by Fox news.
The reason Maddow and MSNBC want more debates is their inability to fill up air time that offer a quality product. With debates they can all sit around after the debates and report what the candidates said during the debates and then put in their own silly take with silly statements.
MSNBC has become another Fox news with most of their prime time shows catering to Trump and republican guests. They do not like that the democrats had their last debate on a weekend where their crews were off and could not offer comment on the debate. And now with Trump out of the republican debate Thursday night they are devoting more time to Trump.
Trump would not make a good President but he is smarter than MSNBC, Fox and his republican opponents. By not appearing in the debates his opponents and the moderators can not dump on him successfully and the news media will give extra coverage to Trumps decision to not debate. A win-win situation for the Donald.
In the mean time Clinton and Sanders are campaigning before the people telling their story and seeking votes. That is a better deal for the voters and the political system. Fox news has made a mockery of the republican debates they moderated and the RNC is right there with them. The democrats should stick to their debate schedule as planned and pay no attention to Maddow and MSNBC.
Both NBC and MSNBC have taken a turn for the worse with Chuck Todd taking over Meet The Press and his comments on the Presidential race. Meet The Press was more informative 40 years ago and Chuck's comments at the last democratic debate was void of substance. This writer can not remember when the news media in general was as bad as it is now. What a waste in the advancements made in broadcast technology.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
The reason Maddow and MSNBC want more debates is their inability to fill up air time that offer a quality product. With debates they can all sit around after the debates and report what the candidates said during the debates and then put in their own silly take with silly statements.
MSNBC has become another Fox news with most of their prime time shows catering to Trump and republican guests. They do not like that the democrats had their last debate on a weekend where their crews were off and could not offer comment on the debate. And now with Trump out of the republican debate Thursday night they are devoting more time to Trump.
Trump would not make a good President but he is smarter than MSNBC, Fox and his republican opponents. By not appearing in the debates his opponents and the moderators can not dump on him successfully and the news media will give extra coverage to Trumps decision to not debate. A win-win situation for the Donald.
In the mean time Clinton and Sanders are campaigning before the people telling their story and seeking votes. That is a better deal for the voters and the political system. Fox news has made a mockery of the republican debates they moderated and the RNC is right there with them. The democrats should stick to their debate schedule as planned and pay no attention to Maddow and MSNBC.
Both NBC and MSNBC have taken a turn for the worse with Chuck Todd taking over Meet The Press and his comments on the Presidential race. Meet The Press was more informative 40 years ago and Chuck's comments at the last democratic debate was void of substance. This writer can not remember when the news media in general was as bad as it is now. What a waste in the advancements made in broadcast technology.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
ISIS Confirms The Decapitator Jihadi John Is Dead
Jihadi John, the ISIS leader involved in a series of hostage beheadings was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Syria several months ago that has now been acknowledged by ISIS. The Obama administration continues to make it the number one priority in bringing those people to justice and like the President said in his state of the union address recently, America has a long reach, a long memory and sooner or later the leaders of ISIS and others will pay the price.
Fox news and conservative journalists have been silent because they can not bring themselves to admit any success by the President and his administration. In fact all of their pronouncements about the President are negative in nature. The President has character. They do not and in fact lack courage. They are also burning with fever because they have nothing positive to report on any success the Bush administration had in fighting terrorists. And most of all they were Bush's big supporters of the fairy tale weapons of mass destruction of Saddam that never existed at any time during Bush's eight years in office.
The President's priority in fighting terrorists and bringing them to justice continues to be the right one and America is still the safest country in the world. President's Roosevelt and Kennedy both said, "we have nothing to fear but fear itself" in speeches to the American people during their administrations. President Obama is leading the way in carrying out the wisdom of those words.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Fox news and conservative journalists have been silent because they can not bring themselves to admit any success by the President and his administration. In fact all of their pronouncements about the President are negative in nature. The President has character. They do not and in fact lack courage. They are also burning with fever because they have nothing positive to report on any success the Bush administration had in fighting terrorists. And most of all they were Bush's big supporters of the fairy tale weapons of mass destruction of Saddam that never existed at any time during Bush's eight years in office.
The President's priority in fighting terrorists and bringing them to justice continues to be the right one and America is still the safest country in the world. President's Roosevelt and Kennedy both said, "we have nothing to fear but fear itself" in speeches to the American people during their administrations. President Obama is leading the way in carrying out the wisdom of those words.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Louisiana: The State We Are In
The news media in Louisiana, radio, TV and printed told the fairy tale that the state and its people were conservative under the administration of Bobby Jindal. The facts tell a different story to those who paid attention as to what was taking place. The news media and the pundits were so wrong and had their head in the sand.
The latest information on the state's budget that ends June 30 is out of balance to the tune of $750 million. That number will have to be accounted for before June 30 and is the same budget Jindal and the republican controlled legislature said was balanced after the last legislative session. To top it off the reports also point out that next years budget that begins July 1 is already in deficit by $1.9 billion. That is a total deficit of $2.65 billion that has been turned over to a new governor's administration that has been in office a total of only 12 days as of this date.
All of Jindal's budgets ended up the same way. They were declared balanced and then declared in deficit only a few months later. People who read "PolitiDose" were given the true story long ago but the news media and the pundits continued to brag about Jindal's budget cutting and swallowed the fairy tale, until things got so bad they had to finally respond. They are the people who are supposed to be looking out for the citizens best interest. Yeah, right.
Jindal and conservatives who say you can balance the budget by cutting spending have proved their warped ideology completely wrong. Louisiana has a revenue problem brought about by special interest tax breaks to the tune of $8 billion a year plus other breaks given to business. There are other problems in the way the state estimates revenue and the use of unsound principals of projecting revenue and expenses.
If any one thinks the $2.65 billion projected deficit can be handled by cutting spending (Jindal tried that for 8 years and failed) without raising revenues and put the state's future budgets on a sound fiscal base they need to move in with Jindal. The foundation for the states's fiscal carnage was laid by Jindal and the republican controlled legislature under a radical and false conservative idea of budget cuts and trickle down economics that favor the business community.
Of course all of the fiscal carnage now falls to governor Edwards who has to make some tough decisions. This writer will be surprised if the republicans will cooperate and work with him and only time will tell. Don't look for the news media and the pundits who gave Jindal a free ride be willing to give Edwards a fair shake. The evidence is there for all to see. Jindal, the state and the voters of Louisiana were not conservative during the Jindal administration concerning the state's fiscal health. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
The latest information on the state's budget that ends June 30 is out of balance to the tune of $750 million. That number will have to be accounted for before June 30 and is the same budget Jindal and the republican controlled legislature said was balanced after the last legislative session. To top it off the reports also point out that next years budget that begins July 1 is already in deficit by $1.9 billion. That is a total deficit of $2.65 billion that has been turned over to a new governor's administration that has been in office a total of only 12 days as of this date.
All of Jindal's budgets ended up the same way. They were declared balanced and then declared in deficit only a few months later. People who read "PolitiDose" were given the true story long ago but the news media and the pundits continued to brag about Jindal's budget cutting and swallowed the fairy tale, until things got so bad they had to finally respond. They are the people who are supposed to be looking out for the citizens best interest. Yeah, right.
Jindal and conservatives who say you can balance the budget by cutting spending have proved their warped ideology completely wrong. Louisiana has a revenue problem brought about by special interest tax breaks to the tune of $8 billion a year plus other breaks given to business. There are other problems in the way the state estimates revenue and the use of unsound principals of projecting revenue and expenses.
If any one thinks the $2.65 billion projected deficit can be handled by cutting spending (Jindal tried that for 8 years and failed) without raising revenues and put the state's future budgets on a sound fiscal base they need to move in with Jindal. The foundation for the states's fiscal carnage was laid by Jindal and the republican controlled legislature under a radical and false conservative idea of budget cuts and trickle down economics that favor the business community.
Of course all of the fiscal carnage now falls to governor Edwards who has to make some tough decisions. This writer will be surprised if the republicans will cooperate and work with him and only time will tell. Don't look for the news media and the pundits who gave Jindal a free ride be willing to give Edwards a fair shake. The evidence is there for all to see. Jindal, the state and the voters of Louisiana were not conservative during the Jindal administration concerning the state's fiscal health. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Friday, January 22, 2016
The Republican Switch Is On.
More and more reports have surfaced that the republican party is accepting the possibility of Donald Trump becoming the party's nominee for President and as such will not only support him but tone down their rhetoric against him as well. The exception seems to be a few conservative journalists and radio and TV hosts. The republican leaders in the U.S. Congress, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell who are drafting the republican platform for their convention said they would support Trump.
This confirms what "PolitiDose" has said from the very beginning, that Trump and the republican party are one and the same. The only difference is Trump is using personal attacks against his republican opponents where by in the past republicans attacked only democrats. Trump started it all by saying his republican opponents talk a good game but what have they accomplished. Conservative journalist Michael Gerson in a Times Picayune article dated 1/20/16 said, Trump and Cruz must lose for the GOP to survive. He then went on to describe what the party would look like if either Trump or Cruz would win. But guess what? The party itself actually fits the description he alluded too and has for many years.
The republican establishment will have to live with the Trump agenda even if he fails to win the party's nomination. That is what the GOP will be left to survive on. What the party really needs is a leader who will stand up and spell out how the party has been so wrong on the issues and that conservatism has not served the country or its people well even when so called conservative republicans held the Presidency.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
This confirms what "PolitiDose" has said from the very beginning, that Trump and the republican party are one and the same. The only difference is Trump is using personal attacks against his republican opponents where by in the past republicans attacked only democrats. Trump started it all by saying his republican opponents talk a good game but what have they accomplished. Conservative journalist Michael Gerson in a Times Picayune article dated 1/20/16 said, Trump and Cruz must lose for the GOP to survive. He then went on to describe what the party would look like if either Trump or Cruz would win. But guess what? The party itself actually fits the description he alluded too and has for many years.
The republican establishment will have to live with the Trump agenda even if he fails to win the party's nomination. That is what the GOP will be left to survive on. What the party really needs is a leader who will stand up and spell out how the party has been so wrong on the issues and that conservatism has not served the country or its people well even when so called conservative republicans held the Presidency.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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