This asshole’s only strength is his ability to prey on Americans’ ignorance, in this case, failure to understand that the platforms of the Republicans and Democrats flipflopped in the early 20th Century.

Ben Carson Comes Through Again

Margaret Thatcher made this comment in the 1980s, before the Internet made it possible for most people to figure out that:

• The countries that make universal healthcare and free education available to their citizens are the happiest nations and Earth, and
• The United States offers its people a great number of free services: roads, bridges, tunnels, firefighting, national defense, embassies, air traffic control, food safety, libraries, public schools, FEMA, criminal justice and corrections, law enforcement, OSHA, auto safety, disease control, the upkeep of our local, state, and national parks and beaches, animal control, space exploration, and dozens of other items.

Bashing Socialism

I know not everyone agrees with me (e.g., my wife) but I will be surprised if Trump completes his term in office.

Congresspeople want to be re-elected, and for most of them, this is the only thing motivating their actions.  How many of them want to be thought of as someone who supported a criminal president who brought this country to its knees?

It Seems Trump Is on His Way Out