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Hope Won’t Bring American Greatness. Will Fear?

Last update January 16, 2016Leave a Comment

Speaking to hope that’s always just out of reach doesn’t turn failure into accomplishment. That’s a mistake we heard more than once during Tuesday night’s State of the Union. Getting your party elected doesn’t create greatness just because you don’t like what the current administration has done, either.

Filed Under: Conservatism Tagged With: 2016 Election

Emotions That Win Votes by Tricking People

Last update November 4, 2015Leave a Comment

The man that perfected divisive “us and them” politics claimed to reject one of his favorite political weapons in a speech on policing in Chicago.1 Calling it “shocking” that candidates would resort to his own brand of divisiveness, President Obama blamed others for stirring up the same negative emotions that he is still using to bring in money and win votes by tricking people with their feelings.

Filed Under: Government Ethics Tagged With: 2016 Election

What You Believe Is Not Your Opinion, So Whose Is It?

Last update November 4, 2015Leave a Comment

Who decides what you believe about politics and current events? Is your opinion yours, or someone else’s creation? More often than not, the controversies we obsess over aren’t nearly as big as they sound. They seem important, but they don’t affect a lot of people.

Filed Under: Government Ethics Tagged With: 2016 Election

America is Great, but How Do We Make it Good?

Last update July 6, 2015Leave a Comment

No presidential candidate will claim that America isn’t great. That kind of heresy would be political suicide. No matter what party they have pledged allegiance to, anyone running for our nation’s highest office will proudly proclaim that America is great and always has been.

Filed Under: American Ideals and Values Tagged With: 2016 Election

Lead America or Enforce a Liberal Agenda?

Last update July 15, 2015Leave a Comment

If you want to know who will lead America and who has an agenda, note the reaction of Hillary Clinton to what happened in Charleston (see: Church Tragedy Will Be Dishonored by Politics). She twisted the situation to push her agenda forward and to stir up divisiveness.

Filed Under: American Ideals and Values Tagged With: 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton

Campaign Promises for 2016 You Should Never Believe

Last update May 3, 2020Leave a Comment

21st century politics does not mean the Federal Government has entered a new, high-tech era of responsiveness, transparency, and accountability. Just the opposite is true. It means our sprawling bureaucracy’s inability to keep up with the times will become more glaring.

Filed Under: Elections Tagged With: 2016 Election

Seven Issues That Hold You Hostage to Politics

Last update April 27, 2015Leave a Comment

Rubio is wrong. The problem is not that we don’t have the right people running America. The problem is that the people pulling the strings hold us hostage to politics. No matter who wins the presidency next year, if that person is savvy enough to pull off an election victory then they also know they will have to play the same game that every president plays.

Filed Under: Elections Tagged With: 2016 Election

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