The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Leading up to the 2016 presidential election, when discussing the candidates with avid Trump supporters, here were their most common talking points about the individual they planned on voting for: - "He's not the typical politician. He's an outsider." - "He just tells it like it is." - "He fears nothing/nobody." - "He's not going to be bought out by lobbyists and special interest groups. He's campaigning with his own money." - "The guy's a billionaire. He knows business. America is a business. He should be given a shot to run this business." While the first talking point may be partially accurate, the middle three have been debunked time and time again. The last talking point was the most oft-used and the one I want to focus on today. As the Mueller probe continues, it's becoming increasingly less clear just how much money Donald Trump possesses or is worth. It's also becoming increasingly more ...

Fraud: "intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right; a person who is not what he or she pretends to be." The Christian right has long claimed they value: The teachings of Jesus, morality, family, etc. They've long contended that they vote the way God would vote. This is why they've tended to vote against politicians whom support women's reproductive rights and/or those that support marriage equality for the LGBT community. According to them, both abortion and homosexuality are abominations to God and of far greater importance than anything else mentioned in the book of Leviticus or the Ten Commandments. Well, dear readers, I'm here to tell you it's all a lie. The Christian right is a fraud, and whether it was intentional or not, Donald Trump ultimately proved this. Donald Trump's approval among the general public is at approximately 40%. His approval with evangelicals is a...

Virginia Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli recently spoke on WMAL radio with hosts Brian Wilson and Cheri Jacobus about voter fraud and how e-mails from listeners of theirs proved the state of Virginia and with that, the election, was stolen by one Barack Obama. Of course, no evidence was provided by the listeners. They just saw some strange things happen - like women, minorities, and young people vote. Who knew? Part of the discussion went as follows: Jacobus: "There needs to be a way for people to be able to report this stuff and have it looked into. I mean, just across the country, we're hearing so many stories. And people can talk about it, but nothing seems to be done. And, in fact in these states where voter ID is required to vote..." Wilson: "Photo ID." Jacobus: "Photo ID. Voter photo ID. Obama lost every one of those states. He can't win a state where photo ID is required. So clearly there's something going on out there and ...

Some people (mainly Casper-like white people living in gated communities) wonder why African-Americans rarely ever vote Republican. Both Al Gore and John Kerry won around 90% of the black vote in the 2000 and 2004 elections. Barack Obama won 95% in 2008 and 93% in 2012. What gives? It's situations like the one I'm about to share with you. Well after the election results became final, Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster publicly announced that there may have been some voter fraud in the state. Why did he suspect this? I'll allow him to tell you himself. Webster said, "In some parts of rural Maine, there were dozens, dozens of black people who came in and voted on Election Day." He continued with this: "Everybody has a right to vote, but nobody in [these] towns knows anyone who's black. How did that happen? I don't know. We're going to find out." For the record, President Obama beat Mitt Romney by well over 100,000 votes state...