Tag Archives: Demo-Republican
Uninsured America
The above image comes from a New York Times article analyzing the number of people in each county in the United States who lack health insurance. Before the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was rolled out in 2013, nearly the entire map was dark blue because nearly 20% of all Americans lacked any kind of health […]
Read moreHealth Care Compromises
It is no secret that most people throughout our country are dissatisfied with the state of health care in America. Our health care system has been a mess for decades. We pay more for our health care system than any other country in the world, but Americans have worse health outcomes than nearly any other […]
Read moreReinvest in America
Many of the current crop of presidential hopefuls have been talking about the economy. The Democrats like to talk about how their party saved the economy, the Republicans like to talk about how the Democrats have ruined the economy for the past six years, and all of them love to talk about how they are […]
Read moreWhere is the backbone?
The 2016 presidential election season is in full swing now, with Hillary Clinton riding high as if she’s already won the Democratic nomination despite her sinking numbers and the rising support for other Democrats like Bernie Sanders. Meanwhile, more than a dozen contenders have piled into the Republican clown car, many of them blatantly and […]
Read moreClinton Won’t Commit
Things have not been going well for Hillary Clinton’s campaign. New polls are showing that Americans do not have favorable opinions about Clinton, and her numbers seem to be dropping more and more with every passing week. In a development that must be particularly distressing for her campaign staffers, voters are overwhelmingly declaring that they […]
Read moreWe Don’t Want a Dynasty
The national conventions for the Democratic and Republican parties may still be more than a year away, but the news media would have us believe that the nominees have already been selected. Pundit after pundit and columnist after columnist have declared that the 2016 Presidential election will be a titanic battle between two of America’s […]
Read moreMedia Corruption
According to the American Press Institute, the purpose of journalism is to “provide citizens with the information they need to make the best possible decisions about their lives, their communities, their societies, and their governments.” If a news organization were to take this goal seriously, it would obviously have a major impact on how they […]
Read moreBush Criticizes Obama
Last Saturday, former President George W. Bush attended a fundraising event for the presidential campaign of his brother, Jeb Bush, at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. At this meeting, former President Bush delivered a series of harsh criticisms of his successor Barack Obama’s record in the Middle East. Wealthy donors from the Republican Jewish […]
Read morePopulist or Crony?
This past Sunday, Hillary Clinton officially launched her presidential campaign with a video claiming that she wants to be America’s “champion.” She has spent the week since then in Iowa, where she has been talking to liberal and Democratic groups. She has been making headlines with her so-called “populist” positions and policy statements – this […]
Read moreClinton’s Email
There is currently only one name being spoken about as a frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for President in 2016. Hillary Clinton, former First Lady and wife of former President Bill Clinton has been the only serious contender for the Democratic nomination since campaigning started last year. The press has mentioned a few other Democrats […]
Read morePolitical Dynasties
There is a very good chance that the 2016 Presidential Election ballot will look identical to the 1992 Presidential ballot. While right now, more than a year from the election, it is too early to say for certain who the nominees of the two mainstream parties will be, it seems likely that voters on November […]
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