The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Former New York City Mayor and current former lawyer posing as a stand-up comedian - Rudy Giuliani - has recently come under scrutiny for making the following comments during a speech in Tel Aviv: "Stormy Daniels? Pfft. Look at her. You have to respect on this stage every woman. Yes, I respect porn stars. Don't you respect porn stars? Or do you think porn stars desecrate women, do you think porn stars don't respect women, and therefore sell their bodies? I respect all human beings. I even have to respect criminals, but I'm sorry I don't respect a porn star the way I respect a career woman or a woman of substance or a woman who has great respect for herself as a person and isn't going to sell her body for sexual exploitation. So Stormy, you want to bring a case, let me cross-examine you. Because the business you're in entitles you to no degree of giving your credibility any weight. And secondly, explain to me how she could be damaged. I mean, she has no re...

As readers know, I've been a defender of Colin Kaepernick's sideline National Anthem protests, for whether or not I agree with the message of a protester, so long as he or she is doing so peacefully, I believe in their right to protest. Having said that, though, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback lost a lot of credibility with me over the past week. While continuing to protest police brutality at the expense of blacks and the inequalities facing minority communities, Kaepernick didn't vote this past Tuesday. The 49ers QB may not have liked a few of the things Hillary Clinton said in the past, yet she was willing to meet with Black Lives Matter activists, talked about this country needing police and prison reform, and acknowledged the issues which Kaepernick were protesting were indeed legitimate. On the other side of the aisle was Donald Trump, a man who often referred to African-Americans as "the blacks;" pointed toward such an individual at a rally by saying, ...