Do ya’ miss him yet? ===== By Kimberley A. Strassel WSJ March 2, 2017 6:59 p.m. ET George W. Bush gave Democrats a gift this week—which should be a reminder of the perils of demonizing political opponents. But don’t bank on the left accepting his gracious offering. Promoting his new book about veterans on NBC’s “Today” show, Mr. Bush was asked to weigh in... Read more
Archive for the ‘The Left’ Category
The Left Learns to Love Dubya
March 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, The Left, TrumpThe DeVos Apocalypse
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Education, Henninger, The LeftA bit more on this important event. It will be interesting to see the landscape 4 years hence. ================= WSJ 2/9/2017 By Daniel Henninger The extraordinary battle over Betsy De Vos’s nomination to be secretary of education is the defining event of the Trump presidency’s early days. As presented, the DeVos confirmation appeared to be a standard partisan conflict between Democrats... Read more
At the Trump Trauma Center, Nobody Comes for Treatment
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The Left, Trump====== WSJ 2/8/2017 By Joseph Epstein I live in Evanston, Ill., a city of roughly 80,000 just outside Chicago at whose center is Northwestern University. Evanston went 88% for Hillary Clinton to 7% for Donald Trump. The morning after the election, the general glum in town was palpable. At Peet’s Coffee, at Whole Foods, among students, one could everywhere see the depression... Read more
The Real Democratic Party
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Education, Party Politics, The Left, Unions===== WSJ 2/8/2017 The Senate made history Tuesday when Mike Pence became the first Vice President to cast the deciding vote for a cabinet nominee. The nominee is now Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. The vote came after an allnight Senate debate in a futile effort by Democrats to turn the third Republican vote they needed to scuttle the nomination on claims that... Read more
The Non-Silence of Elizabeth Warren
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Party Politics, The LeftThe 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
Who’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
