Clear back in 1992, while advising Bill Clinton on his ultimately successful White House run, James Carville coined the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid.” It has attained political immortality, still invoked virtually every election season more than thirty years later—and for good reason. Americans may disagree about a lot of things—most things, if I’m beingContinue reading “It’s the Economy, Stupid”
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The Trump GOP is Embracing Socialism
The defense I hear most often from Republicans who aren’t necessarily big Trump fans but believe he’s better than the alternative is this: “It’s Trump or socialism.” Unfortunately, they’re wrong. Trump is already introducing socialism to the US. It started with his trade war. The President promised to correct our “unfair” trade relationship with ChinaContinue reading “The Trump GOP is Embracing Socialism”