Month: February 2014

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White House scandals not going away

While an estimated 111 million people viewed the president’s interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly prior to the Super Bowl, it’s unfortunate if they didn’t see the extra exclusive minutes afforded O’Reilly for use later on his evening show.  They missed seeing the president at his worst.

ObamaOReilly Interview (NYDaily News photo)

O’Reilly interviews Obama (NYDailyNews photo)

O’Reilly asked the president if he thought his coverage of him and his administration was unfair. ”Absolutely,” the president answered, “we just went through an interview in which you asked about health care not working … the IRS, were we wholly corrupt (and) Benghazi.”   O’Reilly politely responded saying, “but these are unanswered questions.”  I found it hard to believe the president wasn’t prepared.  After all, he wasn’t dealing with his water carriers at the other networks or the New York Times. Continue reading →

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Addressing abortion in 2014

As the Republican Party begins its campaign to hold on to the House and retake the Senate in the up-coming mid-term elections, it is getting strong advice from  a number of quarters on a subject of which it has long been identified  – abortion.

Some argue this is a losing issue and remind the party that it lost unmarried women by 36 points in the 2012 election.  Others point to the fact that the country is fairly split on abortion now Continue reading →