The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

On Meet the Press  this past Sunday, former New York City Mayor and current Trump stooge Rudy Giuliani got into the following back-and-forth with host Chuck Todd: Giuliani: "And when you tell me that, you know, he (Trump) should testify because he's going to tell the truth and he shouldn't worry, well that's so silly because it's somebody's version of the truth. Not the truth. He didn't have a, a conversation --" Todd: "Truth is truth. I don't mean to go like --" Giuliani: "No, it isn't truth. Truth isn't truth. The President of the United States said, 'I didn't --'" This wasn't the first time someone affiliated with Donald Trump attempted to push such a narrative, but that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun with it. Since even before his inauguration, Donald Trump has called most mainstream media outlets, "Fake news." Kellyanne Conway has referred to lies purported by ...

I continue to be amazed by how an intelligent former neurosurgeon like Ben Carson can regularly come across as both delusional and moronic. It seems that whenever the GOP candidate gets asked about something he dislikes, he feels the need to compare it to either the Holocaust or slavery. When he was asked about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), what'd he compare it to? Slavery. When he was asked about gun control, what'd he compare it to? The Holocaust. Just this past Sunday, when Meet the Press host Chuck Todd asked Carson about abortion, here's what one of the GOP front-runners had to say: "Think about this. During slavery - and I know that one of those words you're not supposed to say - but I'm saying it. During slavery, a lot of the slave owners thought they had the right to do whatever they wanted to that slave, anything that they chose to do. And what if the abolitionists had said, 'You know, I don't believe in slavery, I think it's...

Self-described Constitutionalist Ben Carson appears to have trouble understanding the Constitution. On Sunday's Meet the Press , Carson got into the following back-and-forth with host Chuck Todd: Chuck Todd: "Should a President's faith matter?" Ben Carson: "Well, I guess it depends on what that faith is. If it's inconsistent with the values and principles of America, then of course it should matter. But if it fits within the realm of America and consistent with the Constitution, no problem." Todd: "So do you believe that Islam is consistent with the Constitution?" Carson: "No, I don't, I do not. I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that." In case Mr. Carson forgot, the First Amendment says this: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the ...

Yes, the Republican Party is talking about another government shutdown (since it worked so well that last time...), and yes, even though House Republicans prompted the first shutdown and the GOP is talking about it being a possibility yet again, they claim, like the first go-round, it will be President Obama's fault. Let's review the first shutdown, shall we? Step 1: President Obama got elected as President of the United States Step 2: The Affordable Care Act got passed by both the House and the Senate Step 3: The president signed the bill Step 4: The bill gradually got implemented Step 5: The Supreme Court ruled that the bill was Constitutional Step 6: House Republicans threatened a government shutdown if the Affordable Care Act wasn't repealed Step 7: The Affordable Care Act wasn't repealed Step 8: The government shutdown began Yes, through a democratic process, a president was elected, a bill passed, was signed, got implemented, and even survived t...

Do some politicians come across as stupid because they actually are or because they feel the people at large are? This is the very question I asked myself after reading North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory's latest quote on early voting in the state. With McCrory as North Carolina's Governor, the state has seen a number of changes when it comes to voting. These changes include: Needing a government-issued photo ID, not allowing same-day registration or pre-registration for 16- and 17-year olds whom will be 18 come election day, and reducing early voting from 17 days down to 10. When asked about these changes by Chuck Todd on MSNBC, McCrory said this: "First of all, we didn't shorten early voting, we compacted the calendar. But we're going to have the same hours in which polls are open in early voting, and we're going to have more polls available. So it's going to be almost identical. It's just the schedule has changed. The critics are kind of using...