Political Junkie

As 2017 comes to a close, I wanted to end on a high note by pointing out some of the best news stories of the year.     Appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court: America really dodged a bullet by electing Donald Trump President.   Had Hillary won, she would have appointed a liberal judicial activist in the mold of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to replace originalist icon Antonin Scalia.   President Trump announced Neil Gorsuch as his choice to fill Scalia’s seat just eleven days after taking the oath of office.   In addition to Gorsuch, President Trump has also appointed twelve judges to serve on the appellate Courts and six judges to serve on the district courts.   The Federal Courts desperately need more originalist judges, as evidenced by the several liberal judicial activists who keep striking down President Trump’s travel bans.      Democrats’ failure to win special elections: Throughout the first half of 2017, Democrats sp...

A quote attributed to Rahm Emmanuel, President Obama’s former Chief of Staff who currently serves as Mayor of Chicago, perfectly explains the actions of the President’s critics over the past week.   “Never let a crisis go to waste.”   Liberals have seized the opportunity created by the unrest in Charlottesville to ramp up their attacks on the President and his supporters.   In addition, they are calling for the removal of every Confederate statue across the country.           In an interview promoting his new documentary “An Inconvenient Sequel”, Former Vice President Al Gore suggested that President Trump should resign.   Even if Trump took Gore’s advice, Republican Mike Pence would finish out the remainder of his term.   Well, maybe not.   In a recent episode of “The View”, far-left panelist Joy Behar asked Maxine Waters, a relentless advocate for the President’s impeachment, if she thought Pence would make a bet...