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D. R. ZUKERMAN, proprietor
Observations - July 2019

July 19, 2019 --

Eliciting an "illicit" reaction?

The New York Times, July 13, in a piece mentioning former Speaker Paul D. Ryan's criticism of President Trump, cited in a new book, included this --

"Mr. Ryan's comments appeared almost to be designed to illicit a rejoinder from a reactive president...."

Concerning the Presidential Debates …

The next political debates will be July 30/31 (CNN), followed by debates on September 12/13 (ABC), and, thereafter one debate each month until April 2020, LPR expects that by 2020, the anti-Trump vitriol expressed in the Democrat debates will become tiresome and indeed a turn-off to voters in fly-over country, particularly if the economy stays strong.

What about antifa …

Rush makes a good point that the left does not criticize antifa. Indeed the so-called "squad" is never asked if they agree with antifa's resort to violence. If asked, would probably call them freedom fighters.

I'd go along, too, with Rush's point that the crowd as the NC rally said the chant in a good natured, spirit of the moment way. Consider the spontaneity of it all. Leftists, as expected, would tar the Trumpeteers as nascent storm-troopers. Antifa better resembles the brawling brownshirts of Germany, 90 years ago, or so. Cf., too, Omar's claim that the president is a fascist. Because a leftists spouts nonsense doesn't make the remark credible.

July 5, 2019 --

On Interminable Campaigns?

LPR asked a friend is she was going to watch the Democrat debates, June 26 and 27. She replied, "So soon?"

Middle Class Joe?

The Washington Post reported, June 25, that Joe Biden has made millions since leaving office and is living in a house in McLean, Va., with a monthly rental of $20,000. Well, if he gets $200,000 for a talk, he should be able to afford such digs.

The Favorite Democrat?

Sen. Elizabeth Warren got VIP treatment with a cover story in the New York Times Magazine, June 23. Does this suggest that the swamp will settle on her as the Democrats' presidential choice for 2020?

Chairman Nadler: First Judge, then Investigate?

House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week," March 4, in part, "We've seen real threats to the rule of law from this White House, whether personal enrichment--the White House seems to have used its power for personal enrichment in violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution, we've seen abuses of power, obstruction of justice, threats to the Mueller investigation, threats to witnesses, all of these have to be an abuse of -- all of these have to be investigated and laid out to the American people."

LPR wonders ...

... why Sen. Bernie Sanders does not run for president as a democratic-socialist. After all, he is listed as an independent senator and has described himself to be a democratic-soclialist. LPR also wonders if the reason socialism seems to be acceptable to Millennials is, simply, because it sounds nicer than capitalism, and, indeed, considered just a form of sociability.

What if ...

... one presidential "debate" was based on "Jeopardy," with the candidates competing to answer questions about U.S. history, world history, government, political philosophy, court rulings, etc?