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Debates need to stop

In their instant analyses of Donald Trump's performance in the presidential debate, the TV pundits summoned their stock phrases for disaster. It was a "s---show," Dana Bash said on CNN. Over at NBC, Chuck Todd called it a "train wreck of the making of one person." And CNN's Jake Tapper strung a bunch together, calling the debate "a hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck." But the very best observation came from an undecided voter in a focus group led by Republican pollster Frank Luntz. Ruthie from Pennsylvania said that debating Trump was like trying to "win an argument ...

PBS: propaganda for Biden

Here's Exhibit A for how shameless PBS looks during the fall presidential election campaign. On Sept. 22, PBS "Frontline" aired a two-hour documentary on the presidential election called "The Choice," as it does every four years. The quick review: Donald Trump is a vicious "killer" and bully. Joe Biden is "Obama's trusted partner." It began with President Trump's hostile experts such as biographer Gwenda Blair, who said: "Donald's father's overall message to his children was ... compete; win; be a killer. Do what you have to to win." Narrator Will Lyman added Trump "was determined to ...

Barrett and healthcare

Democrats and their media allies are warning that putting Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court will doom the Affordable Care Act. They predict tens of millions will be thrown off Medicaid and the sick will lose their preexisting conditions protections. Don't fall for this fear-mongering. Here's a rundown of the false claims, with the facts that disprove them. Whopper No. 1: Joe Biden warns that Barrett's nomination is "an opportunity to overturn the Affordable Care Act." There's little chance of that. Barrett is a true conservative who believes judges should interfere as ...

Trump will lead to civil war

What is America really fighting over in the upcoming election? Not any particular issue. It's not even Democrats versus Republicans. The central fight is over Donald J. Trump. Before Trump, most Americans weren't especially passionate about politics. But Trump's M.O. has been to force people to become passionate about him — to take fierce sides for or against. And he considers himself president only of the former, whom he calls "my people." Trump came to office with no agenda except to feed his monstrous ego. He has never fueled his base. His base has fueled him. Its adoration ...

Supreme court: rules of the game

The United States Constitution's Article 2, Sec. 2, cl. 2, provides that the president of the United States "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States." President Donald Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett as U.S. Supreme Court justice who will replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Barrett currently serves as United States Circuit judge of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The 7th Circuit serves the Midwestern states of ...

Barrett’s strengths are many

What Amy Coney Barrett has in common with Ruth Bader Ginsburg WASHINGTON — Knives are being sharpened and armies of Democratic operatives have saddled up to try and ride Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett out of town. That's OK. She's been through the gantlet before and is up to the fight. It is easy to underestimate her, as her colleagues will attest. Her demure appearance and sweet voice belie an intellectual ferocity. When she was a clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia, her nickname was "Conenator," a play on her middle name and the Terminator, for her ability to destroy ...