DOING SAME THING, GETTING DIFFERENT RESULTS

When Clinton ended his term, with high ratings for what his administration had accomplished, because the Republican sound machine belabored Clinton's morals, Al Gore ran away from him in his election campaign and lost.

When Democrats ran away from Obama in 2014, despite a list of accomplishments rarely seen in any Presidency, because the Republicans came up with scare after evanescent scare, they lost by a rout.

We are sure that Republicans will ramp up  their attacks on Obama, once more, and because of past experience, there is danger that Democrats will, once again, demonstrate their timidity and once again will lose.  

GOVERNMENT "FOR THE PEOPLE"

Given that, as a Republican candidate so famously put it, "corporations, my friend, are people, too", no one can say that ours is not a "Government of the people, for the people'.  The fact that a corporation can be conceived and reared to maturity at a greater speed than humans should not be a impediment to full Democracy.

WHAT FURTHER USE ARE THEY?

So many leaders, in the G.O.P., such as Paul Ryan, Ben Carson and Josh Miller have reaped so many benefits from the Government programs, that form our social safety net,  yet are vociferous in attacking those same programs.  It's as if they were saying, "Now that I've been helped, what further use are they?" 

STOP THE BADGERING

If Romney runs for President,  neither his opponents,nor the public should be badgering him about his tax returns.  The Fifth Amendment provides ample protection in the matter 

BAN THE TWO "B" s

Huckabee may have a valid point in telling Michelle Obama to ban Beyonce's lyrics, but, to be fair she must absolutely forbid even so much as the opening of  the Bible, filled as it is, with rape, murder, incest  and adultery, in the presence of her minor children. 

FOREIGN POLICY PANACEA: "ISLAMIC TERRORISM"

This evening I heard right wing pundits, including Bill O'Reilly excoriate Obama because he will not use the phrase "Islamic terrorists".  Near as I can tell, they assure us that if he would only use that phrase everything would be different.  All Islam would shake in their boots; ISIS would immediately drop their weapons and leave the battlefield white with fear; Al Quaeda would abandon their posts while the Taliban would instantly dissolve.  Faced with such reasonableness, one can only wonder why Obama would not says these words instead of sending drones.  Is it  any wonder hat they dislike him so?  

FRENCH PUBLIC OPINION

French polls of Public Opinion reveal much dissatisfaction with Muslim immigrants because they do not respect French institutions and launch terror attacks on French soil.  The same polls also indicate even more dissatisfaction with their Jewish citizens for doing the opposite.