Month: November 2019
The Florida fiasco ends By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency After two recounts — one by machine, the other by hand — after a concession speech by Andrew Gillum, the Democratic candidate for governor, which was withdrawn and then re-delivered; after hordes of lawyers descended on the state to argue that “every vote should be…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 12, 2019 IN HER NEW BOOK, “WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,” WHICH IS BEING RELEASED TODAY, FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR AND UN AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY WRITES THAT SOME OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MOST SENIOR ADVISERS TRIED TO UNDERMINE HIM IN ORDER “SAVE THE COUNTRY.” HALEY SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON…
Read MoreReal collusion By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency If you are paying attention to the Washington circus that is the impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s handling of the much maligned Ukraine call, this is what real collusion looks like: a media largely committed to advancing the goal of Democrats to severely damage or remove him…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 11, 2019 TODAY IS VETERANS DAY. HOW MANY VETERANS DO YOU KNOW? ARE YOU ONE? FEWER PEOPLE KNOW ANYONE WHO HAS SERVED IN OUR ALL-VOLUNTEER MILITARY AND THAT’S TOO BAD. IT HAS BECOME A CLICHÉ, BUT NO LESS TRUE: FREEDOM ISN’T FREE. IT COSTS AND THE PRICE IS BLOOD AND WOUNDS…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 8, 2019 CALL IT A PREVIEW OF COMING DISTRACTIONS. NEXT WEEK’S STAGED HEARING BY CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF IS GOING TO RESEMBLE A BAD B-MOVIE. IT HAS BEEN PRECDED BY SELECTIVE LEAKS OF QUESTIONABLE TESTIMONY BY PEOPLE WHO IN SOME CASES ARE PARTISAN ANTI-TRUMPERS. HERE’S THE BOTTOM LINE. DEMOCRATS WANT TO IMPEACH…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 7, 2019TUESDAY’S ELECTIONS WERE A MIXED BAG AND A WARNING. WHILE REPUBLICANS WON THE GOVERNORSHIP IN MISSISSIPPI, THEY APPARENTLY LOST NARROWLY THE GOVERNORSHIP IN KENTUCKY. REPUBLICANS WON MANY OTHER STATEWIDE OFFICES IN KENTUCKY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY LOST THE BIG ONE. THIS, DESPITE A LATE RALLY BY PRESIDENT TRUMP IN…
Read MoreWho needs spiritual advisers? By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency As far as I can tell from a reading of history, while some presidents were friends of clergy, who sometimes advised them, to my knowledge, none hired them as staff members. Until the presidency of Richard Nixon. It was during Nixon’s administration that Charles Colson…
Read MoreThe importance of ‘no-men’ By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Shortly after Jim Bakker’s release from prison in July 1994, I invited the disgraced TV evangelist to my home. There was an important question I wanted to ask him. Some background: Bakker and his “Praise the Lord” (PTL) associates sold $1,000 “lifetime memberships” to people…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 5, 2019 THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLL SHOWS NEARLY HALF OF VOTERS WANT PRESIDENT TRUMP IMPEACHED AND REMOVED FROM OFFICE. IN ADDITION, SIX IN TEN BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT DID ASK FOREIGN LEADERS TO INVESTIGATE HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS. SEVERAL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THESE…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 4, 2019 LAST WEEK THE IDENTITY OF THE SO-CALLED WHISTEBLOWER WAS REVEALED. HE IS A 33-YEAR-OLD YALE GRADUATE AND – SURPRISE – A DEMOCRAT AND HOLDOVER FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. AND GET THIS – THE MAN, ERIC CIARAMELIA, PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, FORMER CIA DIRECTOR JOHN BRENNAN…
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