Tag Archives: 2024 Election

Trump 47: Chaos is Our Friend

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Jim Blackwood Jr

I can’t look away. Trump is back and for my mental health, I would be better off digging a bunker in my backyard by hand, then crawling into it with a bottle of pinot noir. As a political normie, one … Continue reading →

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Trump? It’s the Democrats, Stupid

Posted on November 9, 2024 by Jim Blackwood Jr

Maybe the best thing for America is that Trump crushed the Democrats hopes and dreams on Tuesday. When America needed a genuine opposition party to stand against the march of populist authoritarians, the Democrats responded with… well… nothing. Oh, don’t … Continue reading →

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Now The Fun Part — An Election Night Preview

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Jim Blackwood Jr

I am a political wonk and an unabashed patriot. When everyone I know has had it with campaigns and politics, I am still digging in. I can’t help myself. National election day is Christmas and Opening Day and perfect tacos … Continue reading →

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Biden Has a Harris Problem — So Do We

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Jim Blackwood Jr

I watched the Kamala Harris interview on CNN. I tried to stay hopeful. No, really, I did. That hope lasted until she fumbled the first question in a blizzard of verbal nothingness. The interviewer then tried to help her by … Continue reading →

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Great Job Joe — Keep Your Promise and Retire Now

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Jim Blackwood Jr

“I can’t get up in the morning without one good rationalization.” Woody Allen When I consider the possibility that Joe Biden is going to run for reelection, I feel like I am watching the opening scenes of a dystopian movie. … Continue reading →

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Does America Only Have 3 Years Left?

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Jim Blackwood Jr

I was awash in hope for the great American experiment. It is a wonderful notion, this idea that a wildly diverse collection of humans would gather to commit themselves to a creed, a collection of ideas. Through the flaws at … Continue reading →

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