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With Trump at the Helm: “Standby to Roll”

January 20, 2017 By steven-j-gulitti

Many years ago I was an enlisted man in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, often underway in the nearby North Atlantic, conducting fisheries patrols. When a change of course was required in rough seas the bridge would pipe the following … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #NeverTrump, #TheResistence, barack-obama, democrats, Donald Trump, hillary-clinton, Kelly-Anne Conway, mitch-mcconnell, progressives, Reince Priebus, republican-party, rush-limbaugh, tea-party-movement, Trump Inauguration, William Jefferson Clinton

Latest Budget Deal Just Another Setback For The Far Right

November 1, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti

In what is shaping up to be a year of setbacks for the Republican Party's far right, last Friday's budget deal can only be seen as yet another defeat. Senator Ted Cruz labeled the deal “a slap in the face to conservatives.” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, club-for-growth, Debt Limit, Export - Import Bank, George Will, harry-reid, Heritage Action, john-boehner, medicare, mitch-mcconnell, nancy-pelosi, new-deal, Paul Ryan, republican-party, Sequestration, social-security, tea-party, Ted Cruz

Obama More Popular Than Reagan At This Point In His Presidency

November 1, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti

Polls show that Republicans are more enthusiastic about the upcoming election than Democrats, adding urgency to the mission of motivating Democrats. Obama would be a powerful pitchman within the party: Obama’s 83 percent job approval rating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, Presidential Approval, ronald-reagan

On the Road to Political Irrelevance with Rudy Giuliani

February 22, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti

Another famous New Yorker, Yogi Berra, once said, “We may be lost but we’re making good time.” That pretty much sums up the current state of Rudy Giuliani’s political reality and doesn’t bode well for his future. When it comes to Rudy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: American Churchill, barack-obama, Barry Goldwater, chris-christie, democrats, Donald Trump, franklin-d.-roosevelt, john-mccain, meet-the-press, Michael Gerson, rand-paul, Republican Establishment, republican-party, republicans, rudy-giuliani, sarah-palin, scott-walker, Steven J. Gulitti, tea-party, Ted Cruz, Yogi Berra

Miraculously the Republicans Rediscover the Average American

February 1, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti

As if by magic, the Republican Party has rediscovered most of the rest of us. My neck is still stiff from the political whiplash I sustained when the Grand Old Party radically made its 180-degree course change back to the political middle. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: American Middle Class, American Working Class, barack-obama, Bob Corker, Chattanooga, Chuck Schummer, democratic-party, Earned Income Tax Credit, Economic Policy Institute, Family Leave Child Care Leave, Fawn Johnson, Gender Pay Gap, income-inequality, Infrastructure Spending, Iowa Freedom Summit, jeb-bush, job-creation, john-boehner, Joni Ernst, Keystone XL pipeline, Lawrence H. Summers, Lawrence Mishel, minimum-wage, mitch-mcconnell, mitt-romney, National Journal, new-deal, new-york-times, obama-administration, Occupational Training, paycheck-fairness-act, Public Employee Collective Bargaining, Public Spending, R & D Funding, Radical Republicans, Reince Priebus, republican-party, Revitalize American Manufacturing Innovation Bill, Rick Santorum, Right-toWork Laws, Robert Atkinson, ronald-reagan, Ross Douthat, scott-walker, Sequestration, tea-party, The Center for Economic and Policy Research, U.S. Department of Labor, United Auto Workers, Volkswagen, washington-post, Wealth Gap

Islamic Terror and Reckless Rhetoric on the Far Right

January 21, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti

The recent terror attacks in Paris thrust the issue of terrorism, its relation with Islam, and how to defeat it back into the forefront of national debate. At the same time, it has created a wave of reckless rhetoric on the far right. That … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: al Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Armed Forces Journal, Arthur Vandenberg, barack-obama, bill-oreilly, Boko Haram, Center for Strategic Research, Charlie Hebdo, chris-wallace, Congressman Mac Thornberry, David Lamm, Department of Defense News, Department of Homeland Security funding, Edward Snowden, eric-holder, Eugene D. Genovese, F. G. Hoffman, first-amendment, Fox News Apologies, fox-news, free-speech, General John Campbell, General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. Lt. Gen. Steve Hummer, General Martin Dempsey, House Armed Services Committee, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic Terror, James McPherson, James Woolsey, Joe Scarborough, jonah-goldberg, Joseph F. Dunford Jr., Long War Journal, M. Steven Fish, Malcolm Billings, Maria Harf, meet-the-press, michael-steele, National Defense University, National War College, neoconservatives, Osama bin Laden, Radical Conservatives, Radical Islam, Reckless Rhetoric, Reza Aslan, Richard Engle, richard-lowry, rupert-murdoch, Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Joni Ernst, Sequestration, Steven Hayes, The Budget Control Act, The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, The National Review, the-weekly-standard, Threat Matrix, William Cronon

Obama Jobs Boom Continues: Businesses Create 321,000 Jobs in November

December 5, 2014 By thegreenmiles

The private sector created 321,000 private sector jobs in November, making 2014 the best year for job creation since 1999. Businesses have now added 10.9 million jobs during the six-year Obama administration (though that number is partially … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, economy, jobs

NB Standard Times “Centrism” on Immigration: Letting GOP Gridlock Win

November 14, 2014 By thegreenmiles

If President Obama wants to make things better for undocumented immigrants, the New Bedford Standard-Times editorial board says he should ... do nothing while Republicans throw a partisan hissy fit? The president has felt the pressure to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, congress, immigration, media

Why is Steve Wynn spinning the story about George Clooney?

May 9, 2014 By noway2wynn

You may have seen the story about George Clooney getting in a fight with Steve Wynn. It appeared to be just a dust-up between two friends with differing political views. One guy goes too far and the other one gets ticked off and walks away. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, casino, massachusetts

On “Resurrecting The Liberal Project”

December 22, 2013 By markbernstein

A century ago,  a popular ex-president stood before a presidential nominating convention and concluded: We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord. And, for the following century, liberals and progressives have lived under the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, global-warming, history, progressive, reading, strategy

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