Recent Comments

1. 2 days ago on Michael Ramirez

   It is true that it is historians and the future public that will judge this period in our country. I suspect Magaism will be viewed the same way we view McCarthyism.

2. 13 days ago on Dana Summers

   All the problems mentioned are legitimate, but and Republicans are great at naming them and blaming them on Democrats. What I’d love to hear is what THEIR plan is to deal with them beyond building a wall that will magically solve the immigration problem. The Senate Republicans (and some Republicans in Congress) were able to get major concessions from the Democrats – including building a wall. Instead of taking a victory lap and talking about what they were able to accomplish – the House voted it down because it is better to complain and blame until after the election.

3. about 1 month ago on Michael Ramirez

   It is disturbing Biden and Pense government had top secret documents at their home after their term ended. However, both returned the documents as soon as they were made aware of them and allowed a search of their homes to confirm there were no more documents. What I don’t understand is why there isn’t documentation of when top secret documents are checked out and when they are returned … or not. There is clearly a procedural problem here.

4. about 1 month ago on Nick Anderson

   Some did and created a bipartisan bill that the Republican House vetoed because Trump and the House Speaker and his cabal of far right Republicans want to continue to run on nothing being done at the border, so they rejected it. The thing is the Democrats made a lot of concessions in order to get a workable bill — and if Republicans don’t get a majority in the House and Senate I suspect many of those concessions will disappear. I don’t know if they are aware they are shooting the moon on having a Republican House and Senate majority.

5. about 2 months ago on Michael Ramirez

   But the Senate and some members of the House came up with a Boarder policy and it was rejected. Even though it gave the Republicans much of what they have said they wanted on the boarder, and Republicans were instrumental in forming the bill — it was rejected because it might be perceived as a Biden victory — plus one of the main talking points for Republican candidates is the mess at the boarder so they don’t want a fix now. They are betting that not only will Trump win the White House, but Republicans will have a majority in the House and Senate. But even if Trump wins, if Republicans don’t have a congressional majority, the Democrats will have no incitive to give the concessions they gave on this bill. Both parties have failed when it comes to boarder policy — and both parties tried to fix it, and it was the far right Right Republicans who shot it down because blaming Democrats for the mess at the border is politically easier than actually coming up with policy beyond build a wall and stop ALL southern boarder immigration.

6. about 2 months ago on Gary Markstein

   That’s the main problem I have right now with Republicans. I WANT a functioning Republican party, but right now anybody who is a Reagan, Bush, or McCain Republican is totally dismissed as a RINO … or even worse, the most evil word in the English language … Democrat!

7. 2 months ago on Dana Summers

   I agree Biden shouldn’t have had classified documents in his garage (and Pence shouldn’t have had classified documents in his home). But both of them immediately returned them when they were discovered. Trump was repeatedly asked to return the documents and refused to do so. That is the difference. What it showcases is that there needs to be a process for giving out classified documents. There should be a clear log of when top secret documents are handed out – who they go to – and when it should be reviewed to either have it returned or that it should remain where it is. What I find troubling was that nobody knew Biden and Trump still had the documents.

8. 3 months ago on Michael Ramirez

   The FACT is that the national debt ROSE under Republican Presidents, including Trump (the tax cuts did NOT pay for themselves). The last time the National Debt was effectively delt with was under Bill Clinton. And during Obama’s last couple of years in office he his budget included paying down the national debt even if it didn’t remove it. Plus, we CHOSE (and continue to choose to ignore) the effects of climate change which has added a ton to the national debt. The fire in Maui, the RECORD hurricanes, tornados, flooding, and other national disasters that require FEMA funds, not to mention federal funds to rebuild federal buildings, federal highways, and help states with their state buildings, schools, roads and infrastructure damaged by disasters. At 68 for most of life major disasters were few and far between. Yes, there were always tornados and hurricanes, but Level 4 or 5 were rare, and there weren’t as many in as many areas. We are talking about record breaking storms that, even if you don’t care about the human suffering, have a cumulative cost of billions a year — and good luck trying to get home insurance in these areas, like Florida. BOTH Democrat and Republican administrations spend money. But that is what the current Republican party does (as opposed to the one I used to belong to), they simply blame everything wrong on Democrats without ever coming up with their own solution.

9. 3 months ago on Michael Ramirez

   Hunter Biden’s drug addiction and the bad/illegal things he did when he was on drugs belong to Hunter. Personally, I respect drug addicts who get clean, but if Hunter broke some laws and didn’t pay taxes back then, he should be held accountable. But Joe Biden is no more responsible for his son’s addiction than most other good parents whose children became addicted to drugs.

10. 4 months ago on Michael Ramirez

    Gas prices are down — since Biden was responsible for gas prices when they were high, is he not responsible when they go down?