Campaign finance law prevents a campaign from accepting corporate contributions without limitation, but Hillary Clinton again proved that no one holds her accountable for anything as she accepted at least $31,240,000 from ABC.
I refer, of course, to the hour of “straight talk” that ABC will be broadcasting “hours before” Tuesday’s primaries. It’ll be a toasty […]

Since it’s May Day, global holiday of international Socialism, it seems a fitting occasion for me to confront what I like to call “another GOP myth.” Today’s myth: that Democrats are Socialists.
In her recent, groundbreaking, and altogether brilliant interview with Bill O’Reilly of the Fox Vomit-inducing Network, I mean, News Network, my choice for the next POTUS and the host […]

It’s clobberin’ time.
May 1: Obama +5, Clinton 4.

Bush is at it again - taking aim at everything and everyone except his own party’s flawed thinking when it comes to the environment. You may or may not have heard but for the last several years, California lawmakers and Attorney General Jerry Brown have been trying to push for higher environmental protections. They’ve made smaller changes (such […]

Clinton has made no less than $2.3 billion in earmarks for the coming year.  That is almost three times the amount of the next guy down, and over nine times that of an average year for Obama.  But who cares, when angry black people and the ‘Survivor-esque’ drama of a man betrayed by his pastor, betrying […]

Even though I am making a reputation for myself as the resident Clintonista, I’ve resisted anything that could be construed as an attack on Senator Obama’s character, because, as some of you know, though he is definitely not my choice for President, I have long been a fan of the junior Senator from Illinois. I […]

One effect of the unusualy close Democratic primary race on political coverage in the national media has been that discussion of the big prize, who will be the next President, has been put off. When we pick a candidate and get back to business, the discussion will focus on a number of things. Key factors […]

In this series of entries, I will share my innermost thoughts about the Democratic primary race. Since the beginning of this primary, I have reacted with cynicism to many developments, and the way they have been discussed in the press. I was motivated to begin a “reality check” series by a recent comment on this blog.
The […]