Does the name Evan McMullin ring a bell with you? McMullin is the political zero who came out of nowhere in 2016 to run against President Trump as an Independent. McMullin, whose experience in government would make him a great staffer in Liz Cheney’s congressional office, but hardly presidential material, was largely funded by Democrats and was the do-boy for the Lincoln Project’s John Weaver pedophile protection cabal. McMullin’s entire strategy was not to sell himself as a

“It’s not who we are.” We’ve all heard senile president Joe Biden mumble these exact words. The incompetent and always bewildered chief executive employs the saying whenever he’s attempting to make a point highlighting some woke fantasy -- such as claiming that systemic racism exists, or that horsebound border agents shouldn’t enforce the law, or that climate change is steadily ruining the earth -- intentionally leaving undefined who the “we” is in the phrase, or bothering to

You know the establishment media must be getting bored with the status quo in Washington when they go out of their way to dredge up Liz Cheney’s name over and over again. Of course, the embattled Wyoming Republican House member is popular -- among opportunistic “bipartisan” see-I-told-you-so Democrats and the remnants of the Trump-hating establishment #NeverTrump faction -- but other than those two small, ill-defined nebulous groups of political people, Cheney is like a paria

How much Donald Trump is too much? The answer depends on who you ask, with some subjects claiming there is no limit to the quantity of bombastic anti-establishment and Democrat punching that the former president is renowned for while others have already moved on from the forty-fifth president’s controversial and never-ending in-your-face personal style. “Trump is Trump” sums up the views of the middle group, with these folks neither begging for nor outwardly hostile to the co

“You’ve forced me to do it.” It’s something every parent or on-the-job-boss has said at some point in their years overseeing their children or workers. Giving the impression, authentic as it may appear, that you don’t derive enjoyment or satisfaction from doling out punishments is the best way to ensure that the kids or employees learn the lesson you’re conveying without generating fierce resistance. After all, the rule breaking party is the one who caused the kerfuffle, righ

If you could go back to the day before Election Day (November 3rd) last year, knowing what you know now, what would you say to your #NeverTrump friends and family members? My answer: nothing. This may sound contradictory, because there are volumes and volumes worth of examples to demonstrate that Joe Biden the president is every bit as awful as the millions of enthusiastic Trump supporters, myself included, predicted. This is definitely the case, though I don’t feel a need to

Are Republicans unified, or in disarray? It depends on what you read and/or who you listen to. With domestic and world events flying by faster than a C-130 transport out of Afghanistan, elected members of the Republican Party seem to have discovered a heretofore unknown rallying point in the person of president senile Joe Biden and his awful, life-threatening policies. Condemnation by Grand Old Party faithful was universal last week as every American watched in horror at the

If Sean Spicer says it, it must be so. Speaking of the former Trump press secretary’s statement last week that his old boss was definitely planning to run for president again in 2024. Such juicy speculation has been rampant for a long time -- or at least since it was commonly accepted that Trump wouldn’t be president after the last election -- but prior to now, the gossip typically originated with someone outside the inner circle or from blowhard liberal cable news guests who

I never knew it could get this ugly. Then again, I speculated it could -- and time and events played out -- and it did get pretty darn unsightly. Speaking of the eternal internal struggle in the Republican Party between the intangible but very real Republican establishment and, well, everyone else who identifies as conservative and a supporter of the party. The average person in the hinterlands used to see the two-party system as a necessary evil and most signed up either as

If you’re alone and confined to an island, where do you go? Theoretically, the question’s already been answered in the literary world and by Hollywood over the years. The famous British novel Robinson Crusoe wasfirst published in 1719, thought to be one of the first -- if not the first -- serious work of fiction that paved the way for an entire new genre in publishing, and also made into numerous movies in the 20th century. (Note: Of course, Crusoe was not completely alone on

Isn’t it funny how establishment Republicans counsel that the party must move on from the Donald Trump era but keep invoking his tenure and shaming his leadership style -- and voters -- to make the point? It isn’t exactly news when it happens, but the establishment media makes a big deal out of it anyway. Such was the case a week ago when former Speaker Paul Ryan made a speech at the Reagan Library in California and did his darndest to disparage the former president without s

“Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.” It’s something you might hear from a friend-turned-adversary who’s unhappy about a difference of opinion that’s cropped up between you. Whereas the two of you might’ve agreed on just about everything in your formative years together, time and changing circumstances intervened to place you on opposite sides of the original cause. The phenomenon appears in sports teams, marriages, business partnerships and political parties. It’s saf

“We’re far from the shallow now.” With apologies to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, who co-wrote and sang the now famous (at least in my household) and Academy Award winning song “Shallow” from the 2018 film “A Star is Born” (which was itself a reengineered, contemporary and more effective remake of the 1976 version with the same title starring Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson as well as the 1937 and 1954 versions), the “shallow” we’re referring to here has to do with t

“If not us, who? If not now, when?” This oft-heard line was attributed to a number of politicians over the years, from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama. It takes a historian or an internet search to reveal the phrase’s true origin, so opportunistic borrowers seeking to look smart and/or to accomplish something might bank on no one making the connection. A parent could just as easily use the saying to inspire a lazy kid to take out the garbage. “If not you, who

Who asked John Boehner? We’ve all been in situations where someone contributed an opinion or statement on a topic of general interest only to be greeted with quizzical looks and a rather contemptuous, “Who asked you?” from a know-it-all companion. Well, nobody asked, but if you’re seeking input and the occasion strikes, what’s wrong with chipping in your two cents? Apparently Boehner sees no problem with it. The former Republican Speaker of the House has been talking out of t

Over two months after Donald Trump quietly (for him, at least) left the White House and Washington, DC, there appears to be no letup in the eternal struggle between conservatives and the establishment for control over the hearts and minds of the Republican Party faithful. It’s not a real battle, however, as most grassroots conservatives have about as much regard for the stodgy GOP old guard and protectors of the swampy status quo as they do for the leftist opposition Democrat

Ever since Ronald Reagan’s 70’s and 80’s campaigns we’ve heard a lot about “Reagan Democrats”. More recently, with the rapid rise of the inimitable Donald J. Trump, the term “Trump Democrats” has also been a common refrain, even among charter members of the establishment media. But is there any such thing as… “Joe Biden Republicans”? Don’t laugh. With the internal power struggle in the Republican Party today, it’s certainly possible if not likely that there’s a small but stat

Why is Joe Biden president today? It’s something millions wonder about these days. As news reports stream on the new president’s stumble or political affront of the hour, one can’t help but consider how it was that a man so blatantly incompetent and politically compromised could’ve prevailed over an opponent who exudes leadership, even if it’s packaged in the crude unrefined person of Donald Trump. The most unique commander in chief of all-time, Trump cannot and will not e

By impeaching him, Democrats paved the road back for Donald J. Trump’s reputation “Hang Mike Pence! Hang Mike Pence!” With this chant emanating from one element of the capitol building invasion crowd eight days ago, we could sense the life force of the heretofore unstoppable Make America Great Again coalition subsiding before our eyes (or is it ears?). Meanwhile, Twitter’s brains were in the process of moving forward with a lifetime ban for President Donald Trump, but the s

A Trump “destroyed” Republican Party is a fiction that doesn’t exist and won’t last long We’ve heard it a lot in recent times, that Donald Trump has “ruined the Republican Party.” Since roughly half of Americans and the world have been engaged in a gigantic game of “Let’s Pretend” over the past year, perhaps now is a good occasion to examine the question of Donald Trump’s “damage” to an entity that, at its purpose level, exists only to get candidates elected. The same med