I’m starting to really like Steve Bannon, Trump’s pick to be Chief Strategist on the White House Staff. Sort of like what Karl Rove was for GWB. It’s not like it’s a man crush or anything. I’m still loyal to John Stockton, former point guard for the Utah Jazz, Patriots Coach Bill Belichik, and my
Author: Tom Callaghan
HANG IN THERE STEVE BANNON
TRUMP … PLUS LONG KNIVES OUT FOR BANNON
I guess I should say something about the election. Everyone else has. So, in no particular order: Trump spoke FOR his people. Hillary spoke TO hers. If you read a transcript of the three debates, Hillary won them all. Watching them, Trump survived. He lived to fight another day. He let his people know he
THE CLINTONS AGAIN: BETTER THAN POKING YOURSELF IN THE EYE WITH A SHARP STICK … BUT NOT BY MUCH
The Clintons are coming again. Like a couple of huge Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons. They’ve been around forever. They’re totally familiar, clever opportunists … ambitious, greedy, unprincipled, and lacking a quarter ounce of political courage. They’re also inevitable. They’ve accumulated $100 million without either one of them having other than a government job for
STILL CAN’T HATE TRUMP
A while back, I said I can’t hate Trump. Still can’t. On Hillary, I’m having a hard time getting to where Barack Obama got with Hillary back in 2008. Remember, that is when he said to her at a debate in NH … “You’re likable enough, Hillary.” In my opinion, Obama exaggerated. But, he’s a
HILLARY FEELING IT
I had a story title before the debate started … Mrs. Know It All Schooled By The Class Clown. That would have been a fun story to write. Especially for someone who has been amused by Trump and very reluctantly supportive of Clinton. Someone like me, for instance. But then they actually had the debate.
HILLARY AND TRUMP RACE TO THE BOTTOM
I was going to compare the Presidential race to a mud wrestling match, but that would be unfair to mud wrestlers, most of whom are solid citizens. So, I’ll have to defer to conservative commentator Chucky Krauthammer, who called it a “race to the bottom with the one finishing second winning”. Think about that. Last
I’M FOR HILLARY … RELUCTANTLY
She hasn’t made it easy for me. Her speaking style grates and she rarely is able to hold the full attention of an audience. Plus, her relationship with the truth is ambiguous at best. Consequently, I’m definitely not for her in the same way I’ve been for Obama who, in my opinion, will go down
FBI DIRECTOR COMEY DOES THE RIGHT THING
Jim Comey had the 2016 Election in his hands. He decided not to blow it up. Trump vs. Clinton can go forward. It was the right call. If Comey had ended his Press Briefing yesterday by stating that he will recommend that the Justice Department seek a federal felony indictment for Hillary's mishandling of classified
MUHAMMAD ALI AND CHUCK WEPNER: A LOVE STORY
My favorite Muhammad Ali story was told by Chuck Wepner, a journeyman heavy weight boxer from Bayonne, New Jersey who fought and lost to Ali over 40 years ago. Wepner, who is of German and Ukrainian descent, was nicknamed the Bayonne Bleeder for his tendency to cut easily and bleed profusely throughout his 14 year,
NOT READY TO HATE TRUMP
I can't quite get to that “I hate Trump” spot where all sane folks are supposed to be. After all, I'm an Obama guy and have been from day one, so hating Trump should be a piece of cake, right? It isn't, trust me. Especially if hating Trump means I have to like Hillary, and,