"A Miracle on Pennsylvania Avenue"

My Blog readers know my site has been silent for some time. On August 27th my wife Peggy had a significant stroke (the night after my last post), and my life since then has been consumed with her recovery. Stroke recovery takes patience and good therapists, and I am pleased to say she continues to improve and hopefully will be coming home in a few weeks.

After this historical election I wanted to post a Blog, but just do not have the time. But a friend of mine sent me this after I asked him to be a guest Blogger.

By Robert Catalano

A Miracle on Pennsylvania Avenue:

On this day following Donald Trump's election to President of the United States, the tone of the nation reported through the usual media outlets is shock and disbelief.  The questions being asked around the opinion tables at CNN, that bastion of liberal political opinion disguised as real news and other mainstream media outlets, are beside themselves with shock.

This was not supposed to happen with Hillary Clinton leading in the major polls by as much as ten or more points for a while.  Donald Trump seemed to be making a fool of himself during the debates against Hillary and the Clinton campaign was into a major smear campaign against him.  Some media outlets were anticipating that Trump would undoubtedly drop out of the race with all of the baggage being reported against him.  Even the Republican establishment in Washington D.C. was pulling their endorsements and making statements that Trump was not electable.

What Donald Trump's opposition failed to recognize was the American people have had enough ultra-liberalism.  Four or eight more years of the same policies expressed by Obama through Hillary Clinton were unacceptable.  That factor coupled with the revelations about Hillary Clinton's disingenuous personality, consistent pattern of lying, the Clinton family pay-to-play schemes and the email scandal that she was unable to talk her way out of, sunk the Clinton ship. So in some ways it was not how well Trump performed, but how poorly Hillary and her campaign performed.

The media outlets appear to be in a dither now with the talking heads asking questions about Trump's plans for running the nation.  They must be in such shock that they are unable to remember Trumps campaign statements.  The essence of his plan has been reported to run our government like a business with key people in important positions.  He has promised to provide national governance that benefits our nation rather than the special interests that comprise the majority of the Democratic Party.

The future of America that our children and grandchildren will face is looking brighter today and looking forward, it is now all up to President-elect Donald Trump.

"Bottom Feeders"

Everyone predicted this would be a nasty campaign between Clinton and Trump and here we are before Labor Day and the campaigns have already moved down into the sewer with false comments and accusations that have nothing to do with programs or policies that might convince Americans to vote for them.

Trump calls Hillary a 'bigot' because of the Democratic party's treatment of minorities (especially blacks), by essentially "keeping them on the plantation' and dependent on the democratic entitlement policies. Hillary accuses Trump of being a 'racist', even putting out a video with a Ku Klux Clan member saying he supports Donald Trump and by insinuation labeling all Republicans as 'racists'; if Trump could get a communist to say he supports Hillary, would that make her and all Democrats 'communists'?  It's political bottom feeding at its worse.

It's disgusting on both sides:

From day-to-day it is hard to tell what Trump's policies are and they keep changing.  He makes a good speech then falls on his sword the next day and makes a completely stupid comment. I'm sure his handlers are frustrated because how do you make the 'Tasmanian Devil' a boring, disciplined politician like Hillary. But I don't think his passionate supporters will change their opinion of him.

And from day-to-day more and more information and emails keep coming out further showing what a corrupt politician and liar Hillary Clinton is (and has been). I am sure the Clinton campaign is in a frantic attack mode to do whatever they can to deflect the daily 'email' news away from all this corruption and towards the Trump campaign. But I also don't think her passionate supporters will change their position, and a complicit liberal main stream media has been highly effective in protecting her from close scrutiny while demonizing Donald Trump.

If this election were not so serious it would be funny to watch, but unfortunately it has turned in to a reality show and I am embarrassed to be a serious American voter. How the hell did we ever wind up with these two losers?

Having called them both 'losers', I believe that no intelligent person could vote for Hillary Clinton, who is indisputably the most corrupt and dishonest person we have ever considered as a presidential candidate. But...I guess you could say no intelligent person could vote for Donald Trump. Someone said recently voting in this election is like trying to decide whether to cut off your left or right arm.

But here is how I look at it - there is a chance Trump could be a good president, a chance he could be an average president, a chance he could be a mediocre president, and a chance he could be a bad president. But I believe he would appoint conservative or moderate Supreme Court judges and at least keep the Court in balance.

I believe there is a 100% chance Hillary Clinton will be a bad, corrupt President who cares about nothing but herself and not the American people. It is fitting that she wants to follow in Obama's footsteps who has been the same kind of President. But more importantly, she will appoint far left Supreme Court judges that could change this into another socialist country, which we might never recover from.

Maybe Julian Assange of Wikileaks will drop a 'Hillary bombshell' in November and solve the problem for all of us.

"Truth - sooner or later"

Someone once said that sooner or later no matter how much effort is put into covering the truth it always rises to the surface.

This election campaign is becoming more fun as we go along.  By all rights, after all of Trump's stupid comments and the fact that the media gives him 95% of the negative attention, Hillary Clinton should be running away with this election. I read today that after Trump's comment about gun rights last night, today's media devoted 15 times more negative reporting compared to Hillary. And this is after Judicial Watch was able to secure more emails exposing the 'pay to play' Clinton crime family operation. And yet the liberal media hardly covered it.

Today Julian Assange of Wikileaks in an interview with Netherlands TV 'hinted' that Seth Rich the DNC staffer murdered last month in DC might have been one of his sources. He did not say he thought Seth was murdered because he WAS a source, but said "Some sources take great risks".  Rich was shot twice in the back and his murder was listed as a 'possible burglary' although his wallet and cell phone were not taken.  Hmm...shades of Vince Foster.

Hillary's campaign has said that all these recent 'pay to play' emails released were between her staffers and Clinton Foundation staffers and she was not involved....right. These slimy Clintons keep denying, denying but sooner or later the truth will come out.

Why would Hillary wipe her server clean of 33,000 so-called personal emails? Why not just delete them like we all do, even knowing they still stay in memory. Ask yourself that question.  She says they were all personal; organizing Chelsea's wedding; scheduling her Yoga classes, etc. I can see where a lot of the emails had to do with such a magnificent wedding, after all it was the King and Queen of American politics and the wedding of their Princess Chelsea. And I guess you can spend a lot of time on email scheduling your Yoga classes, she certainly must have spent a lot of time on the internet trying to find XXL yoga pants. But ask yourself again, why wipe the server clean?...I think we all know why.

So strap in your seat belt this could be quite an election season. No one gives Trump a chance but what if Wikileaks or some other hacker releases some or all of those 33,000 emails and exposes the truth? How exciting this election could become. But don't count on the main stream liberal media, they are in the tank and will do whatever they can to cover the truth about Hillary. But truth sooner or later...

"The Folks v the Establishment"

This is a historic election in many ways. I cannot remember a time when the Democrats, the sitting President, the liberal main stream media, and the Republican establishment have all teamed up against an outsider who broke through the system, beat 16 opponents during the Republican primary and now has the political and media establishment in full attack mode against him. Are they worried?

Donald trump brings a lot of this on himself. The Khan speech during the Democratic convention was a classic scripted presentation to bait Trump. The Khans were very believable, and how could you not sympathize with them losing their son in Iraq, a captain in the military and a bronze star hero. But unfortunately the heart breaking story they told during the convention turned into an attack on Trump by the father, which was obviously scripted; it was a classic Democratic tactic. And Trump took the bait. He should have praised the family, and then just said that he didn't think their comments about him were fair.

During the Republican convention the mother of one of the CIA agents killed in Benghazi told the story about Hillary lying to her. The father of another agent killed during the attack confirmed it during later press interviews; he even had notes made on the spot proving that Hillary said "The attack was due to the video and we are going to put the man that made it in jail", this was after she had told her daughter and the president of Egypt it was a terrorist attack. The mother's speech got almost no attention from the media, while the Khan speech and Trumps response received 50 times the coverage. The message - Trump took the bait and the liberal media jumped. Hillary was smart by only saying; "The mother and father of the slain Benghazi heroes get my full sympathy, but they just misunderstood what I said", a complete lie, but the media bought it and the story was buried.

What makes this election historic is how Trump might possibly win with these 'headwinds' from every corner of the political and media establishment. When our President gets up in a nationally televised press conference with a foreign leader, and tells the Republican establishment not to support Donald Trump, that is unprecedented for a sitting chief executive, but it is not surprising coming from a despicable, classless, narcissist who cares about nothing but protecting his legacy because he knows Trump might destroy it.

No one really gives this outsider Trump a chance, but if somehow he does win, it will be a remarkable victory for the 'folks' and a finger in the eye of the establishment across the board, and could result in profound changes in our political system and media coverage. If he does not win, he will just become a blip in history along with Bernie Sanders and proof that Washington really does control all aspects of the political and media establishment in this country.  

"Passion"

Passion....or lack of it clearly describes the attitudes of voters this election. Donald Trump has passionate followers and no one will ever change their mind. He also has a large segment of the voting public that passionately would NEVER vote for him no matter who he is running against. And that says a lot since he is running against a serial criminal, yet the experts say he will lose in November.

Hillary is also facing head winds in the November election and there is not so much passion involved with her supporters. Like Trump there is also a large segment of the voting public that would NEVER vote for Hillary Clinton and plan to hold their nose and vote for Trump or not vote. On the support side I don't see much 'passion'; ask yourself how many people you have seen that passionately want Hillary to be President, many of her supporters just don't like Trump. I have a son who hates Trump and even jokes (I think) about moving to Canada if Trump is elected. I asked him what he was going to do if Hillary is elected, his response: "So what if we have another crook in the White House, that's not unusual". How's that for a ringing endorsement of Hillary.

Hillary's advantage is the entitlement society; millions rely on government assistance in the form of food stamps, welfare, housing assistance, Obamacare subsidies, free cell phone assistance...it is endless, and these folks will never vote for a Donald Trump or any other 'pro work' President. I'm not saying there are folks that don't need assistance, of course there are, but in my opinion not in the numbers on the government dole right now.

The Republican Convention was not filled with a lot of passion, although Rudy gave it a good shot. But it was a good convention in my opinion, the Cruz dust up and the Melania accusation of plagiarism were just speed bumps, but contrary to the liberal media calling it a food fight, I liked the many speakers and the message. In my opinion the story of the convention was Trump's family, especially his kids; what an impressive group. There is an old saying; "You cannot fake good kids"; they were intelligent, great speakers, classy, and not pretentious in any way. If Trump is smart he will have them all on the road during his campaign.

Mike Pence was a safe choice for Trump and adds the political experience needed. Today Hillary announced her VP choice; Senator Tim Kaine. When it comes to 'passion' I would color Pence gray and I would color Kain gray; so we have 'gray squared' VP candidates...plan on dinner out for the VP debate.

So now we go to the Democratic Convention where as one pundit described it "They will try to tear the skin off Donald Trump", and why not, that is what this bullshit we call politics is all about.    

Madam "Bobble head"

Bernie Sanders' speech endorsing Hillary in New Hampshire yesterday was a sight to watch. It was sad to see Bernie become such a political prostitute; I lost what little respect I had for him. And watching him go on about 'income inequality' with Hillary standing behind him; yes the same Hillary that made over $21 million the past several years making speeches to Wall Street and foreign entities jostling for future favors in her administration.

If you haven't seen his endorsement speech, check it out on You Tube. She stood behind Bernie with that Clinton smirk on her face and nodding 'yes' at every far left point he made. Someone actually counted the nods and they totaled over 400 during the Crazy Uncle's speech. A "bobble head" doll would have been envious.

Watching her with that smirk on her face I could imagine what she was thinking:  "You suckers thought I would be indicted but us Clintons can always slither out of these minor criminal acts...ha ha. And now Bernie is endorsing me, so I will go along with his program just to get votes from his followers. But when I get elected I will drop this crazy old man and his followers like a cheap pantsuit. I will never abandon those Wall Street and other major donors that I owe favors". 

This election season is depressing for many of us especially watching the blatant corruption shown by Obama, Hillary, Bill, Loretta Lynch, and even FBI Director Comey who after giving Hillary a 'get out of jail card', admitted to Congress the following day that she lied under oath many times, tried to hide emails, kept an unsecured server in her home, and was guilty of gross carelessness. This whole corrupt Obama administration has proven one thing - people thought the system was rigged in Hillary's favor and they were proven to be correct. Let's hope the voters will have the final say this November and sent this serial criminal in pantsuits packing and out of our lives.

"Brexit Analysis"

Those that have nothing else to do and read this Blog know that I am an expert on just about everything...especially if I have had a martini.

So let's analyze the implications of "Brexit" which is the majority vote of citizens of Great Britain to tell the EU to "stuff it" and Britain will again become a sovereign country. They will control their own borders and immigration, decide upon their own business and trade regulations, and basically make their own decisions based on what is best for their citizens. The vote was a complete surprise since most polls showed the "remain in the EU" vote ahead.

The general consensus by the pundits today is that uncontrolled immigration and failure of immigrants to assimilate and become "British" was the deciding factor. Could this be a trend in Europe? I traveled to Europe 1-2 times a year for 30 years during my career with business in many of the industrialized countries making up of the EU. When the EU was formed I was a skeptic having seen for years how these diverse cultures viewed each other. Germans thought the French were lazy and not industrious; the French thought the Germans were "barbarians"; etc. etc. So put 27 of those diverse countries in the same pot and I always thought it was a mixture that would not work.

Obviously immigration in Europe is a big issue particularly with the Mid-East being a chaotic mess and people fleeing to seek some kind of life. The EU, one of the industrial powerhouses of the west with basically open borders is straining under the pressure of millions of poor, uneducated, and unskilled people flooding their countries and most needing government assistance.

So the future may or may not result in other countries bailing from the EU. Donald Trump predicts they will. Is this guy smart or just lucky to be in the UK when all this came down today in his favor? I doubt it will make any difference in our election, but the timing was great.

So here is my analysis of the Brexit situation: I have no idea what is going to happen, but if the stock market tanks again Monday I am buying in because I still believe nothing can stop the USA productive machine in the long run.


P.S. Readers may note that I have two very intelligent "lurkers" that follow this Blog - John (Nighthawk) and Bob Catalano.  They normally respond within minutes to my posts with their opinions so they may be able to further clear up this "Brexit" situation  :-)