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Tag: Donald Trump

  • Hate Haiti, if you must, but not Haitians

  • Paul Ryan refuses to debase himself, unlike certain of our acquaintances

    To borrow Ms. Vicki’s phrase-ology, Paul Ryan is living rent-free in liberal-progressive-socialist heads. The more Speaker Ryan succeeds the more carpet they chew. Charles Pierce of Esquire, a frequent guest at MSNBC,  calls Ryan a “zombie-eyed granny starver.” Comrade John Nichols resorts to more name calling. Paul Ryan at Christmas is Ebenezer Scrooge. (Why? Tax…

  • His buttons are bigger than your timidity

    Trump was right about Jerusalem despite the nervous nellies Well, what do you know? Our liberal etc. acquaintances took to the fainting couch when Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The networks dutifully posted images of Middle East rock-throwers as proof of this disruptive president’s reckless disregard for prudence and precedent. But…

  • A year in, character still matters to this conservative

    Last time on this station, we explored the fundamental decency of a great man, Ulysses S. Grant. Lincoln had just named him to square off against Robert E. Lee. Seeking a room at Washington’s Willard Hotel, Grant accepted without complaint a small room at the top floor in an age before elevators — until the…

  • Donald Trump acts presidential

    President Trump signed the tax cut bill into law this morning from his desk in the Oval Office so that it kicks in next year. He was most gracious, even to the hastily assembled news media, in a very informal signing ceremony bereft of other notable personages. This was a kinder and gentler Donald Trump…

  • Steve Bannon is the alligator in the swamp

    Now Bannon is bushwhacking electable Republicans The Squire received his first Christmas gift this season. My personal Santa is a most interesting and accomplished citizen, former U.S. Justice Department civil rights attorney and fighter pilot Bud Sather of Middleton. He was also former chief legal counsel to Gov. Warren Knowles. Bud bestowed a book: Let…