Political Junkie

With 2020 officially underway, it makes perfect sense to look back on the highs and lows of 2019.   I have already assembled a list of the Top 10 Lowlights of 2019.   I thought it made sense to begin the new year on a high note with a list of the Top 10 Highlights of 2019. The impeachment fallout: Not only did Democrats fail to convince a single Republican to support the articles of impeachment against President Trump, they managed to lose one of their own members as a result of their obsession with removing the President from office by any means necessary.   Congressman Jeff Van Drew, a “blue dog” Democrat from New Jersey’s 2 nd Congressional District, voted against proceeding with the impeachment inquiry that amounted to nothing more than a taxpayer-funded therapy session for disaffected bureaucrats; making him one of only two Democrats in the House to do so.   When it came time to vote on actual articles of impeachment, not only did Van Drew vote no o...

With 2019 almost in the history books, the time has come for me to identify the lowlights and highlights of the year.   Just like any other year, 2019 had its ups and downs.   Let’s start off with the downs: The Impeachment Debacle: Just like I did with the midterm elections when compiling my lists of highlights and lowlights of 2018, I have decided to include the impeachment debacle on both lists in 2019.   The impeachment hearings amounted to nothing more than a taxpayer-funded opposition research campaign against President Trump; with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff rolling out the red carpet for permanent bureaucrats eager to air their grievances against the President on national TV. In addition to preventing Congress from conducting more important business, the wall-to-wall coverage of the impeachment hearings robbed Americans of the ability to enjoy quality cable TV. However, the impeachment fallout; specifically, President Trump’s rising appro...

When it comes to eating meat, I love fat.  Eating the skin of the turkey is one of the parts of Thanksgiving that I look forward to the most every year.  I recognize that in order to preserve my long-term health, I can only consume fat in moderation. For this reason, I will probably rarely purchase meat at all when the time comes for me to live on my own. Regarding the government, I have the opposite philosophy.  If I had to compare the government to a piece of meat, I would want it 100 percent lean and 0 percent fat.  Unfortunately, that ratio does not even come close to accurately representing the ratio of essential to non-essential employees at the countless government agencies in Washington.  Right now, the United States of America has $23 trillion in debt.  The debt has done nothing but explode under administrations of both parties because neither party has the will to make difficult decisions, or as Hillary Clinton might say, “h...

With less than a year to go until the 2020 election, the Republicans’ path to retaking the House majority will likely require them to pick up at least 20 seats.   The Democrats had hoped that the Supreme Court would rule differently in a series of cases surrounding partisan gerrymandering.   Had the Supreme Court sided with Eric Holder and all those who have gone on a crusade against “partisan map-rigging” (but only when it’s done by the Republicans), they would have struck down Republican-drawn maps in Michigan and Ohio and completely upended the battle for the House in 2020.   The only positive development for the GOP would have come in Maryland, which has the most ridiculous-looking Congressional districts in the country as a result of the Democrats’ vast efforts to ensure that they control seven of the state’s eight seats in the House of Representatives.   While liberals struck out at the Supreme Court this year, they have successfully gotten judges at the s...