Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted by
RockyTCB
—
9/14/2020 6:05:08 AM
Post Reply
The strength of America’s elections lies in people’s confidence that votes will be fairly tallied, and that the losing party will bow out gracefully and become the loyal opposition. But what if a loser refuses to acknowledge the results of a free and fair election? What if it instead takes to the streets to commit violence and mayhem? Or even attempts a coup?
We ask because there’s every sign now that the Democrats, in a panic over candidate Joe Biden’s lackluster basement campaign and growing evidence that he is suffering age-related mental impairment, will refuse to acknowledge President Donald Trump
Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted by
RockyTCB
—
9/11/2020 7:36:48 AM
Post Reply
In his op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Walter Olson defends his decision to not vote for Trump four years ago by saying he will double-dog not vote for him this year.
Like every other never-Trumper, the reason is almost entirely personal.
“No modern president has shown so little care for or grasp of how government works … his conduct fell short of what Americans should expect … the lack of impulse control, the vindictive meanness of spirit, the Niagara of lies,” Olson writes.
He hoped Trump would, once in the White House, “put away childish things … and banish
Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted by
RockyTCB
—
9/10/2020 6:30:19 AM
Post Reply
After bestowing the Nobel Peace Prize to a series of undeserving recipients in recent decades, the committee has an opportunity to return the award to its former glory. We suggest President Donald Trump for the 2021 laureate.
But we're a step behind. Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament, has already nominated Trump for the prize because the loathed-by-the-left president “has done more trying to create peace between nations than most other Peace Prize nominees.”
Tybring-Gjedde cited the president’s role in the recent peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, as well as his “key role in
Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted by
RockyTCB
—
9/8/2020 6:57:35 AM
Post Reply
A recent IBD/TIPP poll found something that appears to confirm the idea that there are lots of Trump supporters out there who won’t admit it to pollsters.
“Overall, 20% of registered voters say they’re uncomfortable revealing their preferred candidate, but that rises to 28% among independents,” it found.
That’s a shockingly high number and one that should worry anybody who expects Trump to get trounced in November.
Think about it: Which candidate are people likely to be uncomfortable revealing their preference for? The candidate who is being heralded as Mr. Empathy and the savior of the nation? Or the candidate
Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted by
RockyTCB
—
9/7/2020 8:01:57 AM
Post Reply
Rather than improve race relations, the Black Lives Matter movement has set them back a half-century. Nothing good will come of the bullying, violence and baseless accusations that are filling the news cycle.
Just before President Donald Trump was to start his fourth year in the White House, the state of race relations, according to Gallup, had increased 14 percentage points since he took office. It was an achievement “any president after three years would want to claim, particularly President Obama,” said a CBS reporter.
One would have thought that race relations would have been at their peak during the
Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted by
RockyTCB
—
9/3/2020 7:19:22 AM
Post Reply
The Democratic Party and its communications office have been telling the country for some time now that night is day and up is down. But, with the election two months away, the psychological manipulation of the American voter has accelerated.
As we’ve written the past two days, Joe Biden has condemned the riots that have been wrecking cities and killing people since the May 25 death of George Floyd. We’re glad he finally got around to it. Yet he and his party are acting as if they’ve opposed the violence all along and it’s President Donald Trump who has failed
Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted by
RockyTCB
—
8/31/2020 7:03:14 AM
Post Reply
The officer who shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has been tried and convicted by Democrats, the media, and truth-be-damned activists before the case is resolved. It’s a mirror image of the Michael Brown shooting (the officer was cleared) in Ferguson, Missouri, and the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd (the officer has yet to go to trial). The difference is this time, pro athletes, pampered and well-paid, joined the mob.
They should be ashamed of their behavior. They quit on the employers who pay their soaring salaries, and estranged themselves from their fans, who provide the dollars the owners
Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted by
RockyTCB
—
8/29/2020 8:09:20 AM
Post Reply
Even today, we often hear there are no real differences between the two parties. They’re like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, we’re told. But hearing President Donald Trump’s lengthy, and detailed, acceptance speech Thursday night, we must agree: Never in modern history has there been a greater gap between the two major parties.
“Despite all of our greatness as a nation, everything we have achieved is now endangered. This is the most important election in the history of our country. At no time before have voters faced a clearer choice between two parties, two visions, two philosophies, or two agendas,” Trump told
Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted by
RockyTCB
—
8/27/2020 6:41:42 AM
Post Reply
If Kim Klacik were a Democrat, she would be the talk of the town. An inspiring, energetic, fresh face on the political scene who has produced one of the best political ads in memory. Instead, her talk at the Republican convention was ignored by the press, which thought the biggest story coming out of the GOP meeting was that biased “fact checkers” (who were apparently on a week-long vacation during the Democrats’ convention) were able to come up with a long list of things they could complain about.
There’s a good reason for the media to ignore Klacik. Her message.
Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted by
RockyTCB
—
8/26/2020 6:46:28 AM
Post Reply
If the Democratic National Convention made anything clear, it is that Democrats are entirely invested in making the coronavirus pandemic look worse than it is in the United States.
Almost every speaker decried the response and blamed President Donald Trump for the scale of the disease in the country.
In his acceptance speech, Joe Biden said “Just judge this president on the facts. Five million Americans infected by COVID-19. More than 170,000 Americans have died. By far the worst performance of any nation on Earth.” Later he said, “We lead the world in confirmed cases. We lead the world in deaths.”
Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted by
RockyTCB
—
8/25/2020 8:38:25 AM
Post Reply
On the eve of the Republican convention, more than two dozen former GOP lawmakers endorsed Joe Biden for president. Trump Derangement Syndrome is spreading faster than COVID-19.
Retired Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake makes his case for supporting Biden by claiming Trump “is not conservative,” that Biden “will approach his constitutional role with the reverence and dignity it deserves” and “reach across the aisle.”
This is the same argument John Kasich, a former congressman and Ohio governor, made at the Democratic National Convention, when he reassured the public that Biden is “respectful” and won’t “turn sharp left” when he gets in
Issues & Insights,
by
The Editorial Board
Original Article
Posted by
RockyTCB
—
8/24/2020 6:33:14 AM
Post Reply
We argued last week that California’s blackouts offered a grim preview of the left’s energy agenda. But that’s only part of the carefully concealed truth about renewables. Those solar panels so precious to the you-must-conform greenshirts are a particularly nasty environmental menace.
“The state, once known for its plentiful, cheap and reliable energy supplies, is now dealing with rolling blackouts as its green energy infrastructure buckles under the strain of summer heat,” we said Thursday, because the wind sometimes refuses to blow and the sun isn’t always shining, not even in California.
Of course a few virtue-signaling commenters charged to