Cold Hard Reality

President Donald J. Trump disobeys many of our societal norms. He is vainglorious, often petty and vindictive. His communication style is pedestrian and repetitive ... far from soaring rhetoric ... yet he gets his patriotic message across to those who care to listen. However, he is a proactive leader and has changed the strategic arc of America from eventual perdition to, once again, ascendancy. For this he will be forever remembered.

Obvious Truth

The American people have a certain tolerance for hanky-panky and misfeasance in our politicians ... just as long as such politicians first love our country and strive to do their very best for us.

So Long Eric

Eric Holder will be leaving his post as Attorney General in the Obama administration. I expect that, in his mind, he was honest, patriotic, selfless, color-blind, non-political, guileless, forthright, non-inflammatory, even-handed, unapproachable, non-controversial, a constitutionalists, and "a uniter, not a divider."

He wasn't ... not even close.

The Difference

Delta -- the Mathematical Symbol for Difference

Because of the tremendous polarity that is now prevalent in Washington, I’ve lately got to thinking about what are the fundamental differences between Democrats and Republicans … some are quite obvious and some are a little less blatant.  Here are my assessments:

Republicans                                          Democrats                      

Guided by their heads                      Guided by their hearts

Put their country first                      Put their party first

Clustered in the heartland              Clustered on both coasts

Are for less regulation                     Are for more regulation

Male dominated                                  Female dominated

Driven by policy                                 Driven by politics

Support Israel                                      Support the Arab world

Wish a strong military (hawks)     Wish a weak military (doves)

Want less social welfare                   Want more social welfare

Anti-federalists                                    Federalists

Driven by morality                            Driven by mammon

Realistic foreign policy                     Naive foreign policy

Regulate for less taxes                      Regulate for more taxes

Pro life                                                      Pro abortion

Listen to talk radio                              Listed to network news

Very much non-ethnic                      Very much ethnic

Are mostly conservative                 Are mostly liberal

More humble                                         More hubristic

Effective administrators                   Sloppy administrators

Middle class                                           Upper and lower class

Respect religion                                   Disrespect religion

Patriotic                                                   Often unpatriotic

More passive                                          More active

Believe in the Constitution               Suspect the Constitution
Don't use Botox/plastic surgery    Use Botox/plastic surgery

And so kind reader, if you want to decide with which party you should identify, print out this list and put a check mark next to your prime tenets.  Then count up the marks and see in what party you may really belong.