Category Archives: Culture
Trump Naming Rights
Obama won’t name our enemy. Trump would probably try to sell the naming rights to radical Islam.
The Donald isn’t guilty of false humility. In a way it’s kind of refreshing to have a candidate who doesn’t claim he was born in a log cabin. Or that his dad was a bartender, or a mailman, or that he’s ashamed that he’s rich.
But the novelty could wear off fast.
Breakfast with Bernie
On his way from Vermont to South Carolina, Bernie Sanders pulled off in New York for “half a cup of coffee” with Al Sharpton.
Breakfast with Bernie
The old white guy from 90% white Vermont is trailing Hillary by 40% for the minority vote.
Special Place in Hell
Hillary carried the 65-and-over female vote in New Hampshire. And that’s it. Bernie won the overall women’s vote 53% to 46%.
As for women 30 and under, well, there’s a special place in hell for them. 82% supported Sanders.
Politico tells us why.
Heather Wilhelm explores how women earned the right to be drafted.
Republican Establishment Melt Down
In the run-up to the New Hampshire primary Byron York began asking Republican establishment types if they knew anyone who supports Trump. Here’s what he found:
“I don’t know anybody who supports him.” They’re politically active and aware, but they said they have no contact in their daily lives with even a single person who supports their party’s front-runner.
After that conversation, I began to ask everyone I met: Do you know anyone who supports Donald Trump? In more cases than not — actually, in nearly all the cases — the answer was no. I asked one woman Friday night, and she said she hadn’t thought about it. I ran into her the next morning at breakfast, and she said, “That was a good question you asked me last night, and I’ve given it some thought.” And no, she didn’t know any Trump supporters.
…”So what explains the polls?” I asked.”I don’t know.”
Republican Establishment
They never knew what hit them. NPR reports Jeb Bush spent $36 million for 30,000 votes. Trump spent $3 million for 100,000 votes.
David Frum in The Atlantic says, “The angriest and most pessimistic people in America are the people we used to call Middle Americans”.
John Nolte in Breitbart says 32% of Trump’s angry and pessimistic voters in New Hampshire were college grads.
Tucker Carlson, in Politico, sums up the Trump revolt against the Republican establishment as “shocking, vulgar, and right”.
Government War on Women
Now that women are eligible for combat, top army and marine generals said last week they must register for the draft.
Government War on Women
Later in the week the CDC piled on in the government war on women. It ordered fertile females not to drink unless they’re on birth control.
Update: Here’s a column by David French in National Review on why it would be “barbaric” to draft women into combat.
