First Blog

All too often we hear from Republicans the resonance of past, Ronald Reagan.   There has become a purity test, not unlike a litmus test, for all contenders. Who can most resemble Reagan?   Who can take us back to Camelot?    This seems to be one fundamental critique of the candidacy of Donald Trump.   He is definitely not a reborn Reagan and doesn’t even so pretend, though the last two standing try to outbid each other for this mantle.    Like it or not, Reagan is gone, not to be reborn anytime soon.   What the “Donald” has done is energize a new base of folks, not unlike Reagan, to a new banner.   It has incensed the old guard who is trying hard to displace him.   The replacement for the displaced is someone they also don’t like, but as luck would have it, dislike less than the evil incarnate Donald.  Like him or not, Trump has brought forth new ideas mixed with a blend of the old. He has involved and energized many more people than the Republican establishment could

Here are a couple of comments you may not have heard before.  The left and the right extremes.  Each has locked him or her self into cubicles and thrown away the keys.  Nothing except highly polarized information sustaining their viewpoint can penetrate their view-ports.  Of course, there are constant visits by their clergy to keep them pure, and to review the catechism.  When you enter one of the cubicles, you have a life sentence .   Can you image one on the far right saying, “You know that idea of Obama on health care makes sense.  I could go with it.”  Or someone from the far left, saying “The surge of Bush in Iraq actually had a benefit and began to stabilize the area.” Never, never, and never. Said the lefty to the righty, “My billionaires are honest, trustworthy, and brave.  Yours are dishonest money grabbing capitalists.”  Said the righty to the lefty, “My billionaires are simply trying to preserve the best form of government that has ever been.  Yours are closet comm