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Scott Walker is leaving the race for President. I hate to say I told you so, okay I don't really. Whether he completely withdraws or suspends he is toast for 2016. He never rose to the occasion because he quite simply is not ready for the national stage. He is young in Presidential terms and he can easily return. Who's next? It really doesn't matter when they go but Huckabee, Santorum, Gilmore, Graham and Pataki are going no where good for them. They may stay through Iowa but it is highly unlikely they can financially endure passed that point. What of Chris Christie? He has a ton of problems but will probably squeeze by as long as he possibly can in the hopes the party suddenly craves some Jersey beef. Somebody put me on the payroll, would ya?

No doubt you're aware of the controversy circling Donald Trump today. I was watching the rally live because the news channels treat every Trump appearance like FDR is about to speak. Shame on the media for doing this. Trump decided to take questions from the audience. The first question came from a whackadoo who said our problem is Muslims, our current President is one and not an American. He went on to say there are Muslim training camps in our country and when can we get rid of them. Trump agreed and said "we'll be looking into that and many other things and many people are saying that." Many in the media are focusing only on that first guy. Let's be clear, no fewer than three of these conspiracy fanatics posed similar questions with one regurgitating the old fantasy of these terrorist Muslim training camps in our country that the FBI knows all about but does nothing. Trump agreed with all of this and did not challenge for proof or tell these people they are w...

Isn't that a clever post title? It really captures the energy of the event. Let's have a round of applause for our cast. No one rose or sank as a result of this debate and that's a serious problem for some of them. Before the silly season began, all of punditry said to watch Scott Walker, he's the guy fresh from hard fights and will runaway with Republican voters hearts. Hasn't happened and isn't going to. If there was a loser last night it was Walker. A lot of praise has been heaped on Carly Fiorina and she is a disciplined speaker and campaigner. However, she made a statement which will come back to haunt her or at least should. The topic was Vladimir Putin and Russia. She said she would not speak to Putin, that we've spoken to Putin enough. That's a bold and dangerous statement from someone who wants to be President of the United States. Putin is not going away and not speaking to the leader of Russia is frankly stupid. The consequences could be cat...

Pay close attention as I take you from nothing to something. I despise the ticker stream of blurbs that runs at the bottom of all news and alleged news programs. They often contain incorrect information, misspellings and misrepresentations. They're just plain annoying and I wish they'd go away. One of the current blurbs says Bashar Assad says the west is to blame for the refugee crisis facing Europe today. You of course know that Assad is the President of Syria and those refugees are mostly from Syria. His dad ran Syria for decades and then Bashar took over the family business. Do you know what Bashar was before? That's right, an optometrist. Know who else is an optometrist? That's right, Rand Paul. Coincidence? Absolutely. But don't let that stop you my little conspiracy theorists, fly with it, fly high. Assad actually has a point. We put up with the Assad family for many decades, turning the other way and ignoring any wrongdoing. They have always had strong ties...

Bless me readers for it has been eight days since my last post and I am heartily sorry for my transgression. My pennance will be to watch the three hour Republican Presidential debate on CNN tonight, yours will be to suffer my opinions on it later. Honestly the election shtick has been a tad boring. Rick Perry dropped out, but that's not news. The fact he was running as a man under criminal indictment in Texas for alleged misdeeds while Governor is news but you couldn't tell it by the media coverage or his opponents complete silence on it. Why he ran again is unfathomable. The only thing he's remembered for from his 2012 race was his inability to remember his own rhetoric. We were told he would be a juggernaut, he was a dud. Biting the dust early this time is no surprise. Bobby Jindal tried to get some traction by attacking Trump, that went no where. Governor Jindal's time, which never was and never will be, has passed. He will not be picked for V.P. so he should just...

The Huckster, old Bumble Bee Mike Huckabee himself went to Kentucky to stare down Pontius Pilate, only to be thwarted by the fact Kim Davis had been ordered to be released from jail by the same Judge that put her there early this morning. She could have quietly left the jail with the piety and modesty of, oh, what's his name? Yeah, yeah, that Jesus guy. But oh no, she exited to the theme of Rocky 3 and cried for her followers while praising the living God. The Huckster clearly hadn't anticipated her release  but didn't bother to alter his speech. It was full of demagogic nonsense about releasing her and imprisoning him in her place. I'm all for that but what a load of shit and he knows it. Davis was released because her deputies are issuing licenses. Here's an interesting factoid, the media has examined one of those licenses issued while she was in jail, it does not have her name pre-printed on it, which is what we were told last week. So what's the deal? So...

So I took a few days off from blogging and thought I wouldn't comment on this but I 've changed my mind, we all get to, go ahead and do it I 'll wait. There you go, feel better? While I was away the gaming billionaire that invented Minecraft was bitching and bemoaning how being rich isn't all it's cracked up to be. He had a girlfriend he was crazy about but she left him because of his "lifestyle", whatever that really means. Perhaps he should examine that lifestyle and determine why it drove her away. He complained that being rich takes away initiative and you become lazy. Why did you want to be rich sir? To work harder or enjoy all that life has to offer when you don't have to worry about how to buy food and pay the rent. His rants drew considerable comment in social media, with many suggesting he's depressed. He replied, in the twittosphere, as one does, that he isn't depressed. Okay, I believe you. So the problem is just you. It is true ...