Month: August 2020
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 THE CONTINUING RIOTS IN CITIES LIKE PORTLAND CAN BE BLAMED ON MANY FACTORS. THESE INCLUDE THE SELF-PROCLAIMED MARXIST GROUP BLACK LIVES MATTER, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO OUST PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM OFFICE, THE MAJOR MEDIA, WHICH CONSTANTLY BROADCASTS PICTURES OF THE RIOTING BECAUSE IT MAKES FOR GOOD RATINGS, AND…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY August 31, 2020 IN ACCEPTING HIS PARTY’S NOMINATION FOR A SECOND TERM THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT TRUMP TRIED TO COUNTER THE NEGATIVITY OF THE DEMOCRAT CONVENTION WHEN HE SAID: “Our opponents believe that America is a depraved nation. We want our sons and daughters to know the truth.…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 28, 2020 THE TWO POLITICAL CONVENTIONS – SUCH AS THEY WERE – ARE OVER. BOTH PARTIES NOMINATED THEIR CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. SPEAKERS AT EACH PARTY’S VIRTUAL CONVENTION SLAMMED THE OTHER PARTY AND ITS LEADERS AS UNABLE TO LEAD AMERICA. NOTHING NEW THERE. THEY’VE BEEN DOING IT FOR…
Read MoreDisproving a negative By Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency Labeling another person has become a popular political pastime. The intent is to use a label that is impossible to disprove no matter the amount of contrary evidence. Perhaps the worst label one can attach to another person is “racist.” How does one disprove that? The…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 27, 2020 THERE HAVE BEEN MANY GOOD SPEAKERS AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, BUT ONE OF MY FAVORITES WAS NICK SANDMANN. THE 18-YEAR-OLD CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CAME TO WASHINGTON TO EXERCISE HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN A PRO-LIFE MARCH. HE WAS CONFRONTED BY A PROFESSIONAL DEMONSTRATOR WHO CURSED AT HIM…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 26, 2020 THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THIS WEEK’S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AND THE ONE BY DEMOCRATS COULD NOT BE MORE STARK. LAST WEEK’S DNC PRE-RECORDED CONVENTION RESEMBLED A FUNERAL. IT WAS ABOUT AN AMERICA I DON’T KNOW. PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING, THE RICH ARE EVIL AND MUST PAY EVEN MORE TAXES. IT…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 25, 2020 AND NOW IT’S THE REPUBLICANS’ TURN. THEIR VIRTUAL CONVENTION OPENED LAST NIGHT AND UNLIKE THE DEMOCRATS CONVENTION – AND THERE IS SO MUCH THAT IS UNLIKE THE DEMOCRAT CONVENTION — MANY OF THE GOP EVENTS WILL BE LIVE. THAT CONVEYS A CERTAIN SPONTANEITY THAT SHOULD WORK TO THEIR…
Read MoreCAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 24, 2020 THE DEMOCRAT VIRTUAL CONVENTION IS OVER AND TONIGHT REPUBLICANS GET THEIR TURN. IT’S BOUND TO BE A STARK CONTRAST FROM LAST WEEK’S DAILY DOSE OF GLOOM AND DOOM BY ONE DEMOCRAT AFTER ANOTHER. I DIDN’T RECOGNIZE THE COUNTRY I LIVE IN. ABOUT JOE BIDEN’S SOMEWHAT OPTIMISTIC ACCEPTANCE…
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