Monday, January 2nd, 2012
My Dear America:
It is one day after New Years and one day before the Iowa Caucuses, which will be the first real Primary Election Event in 2012.
It has been a very interesting Primary Season, thus far, as the Republican Field of Primary Candidates have had a season of bashing and crashing against one another in what seemed like an endless season of Republican Primary Debates in 2012. The result of the debates and the beginning of the Primary Season has been a whack a mole series of exploding and imploding candidacies in which the Primary Republican Poll Leaders have shifted over time like a series of earthquakes over Iowa changing poll leaders sometimes weekly and sometimes daily.
Most of the truly serious Iowa Republican Presidential Contenders seem to have had their special moment at the top pf the Polls. Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich have all had their moment at the top of the heap. Ron Paul who has had slow but steady support over time seems to have surged a bit after Hemain Cain did the honorable thing and went home to his wife after being accused of sexual harassment and having a 13 year relationship with a woman who was not his wife.
Following Hermain Cain's Campaign Implosion, in which his questionable moral judgements seemed to drive him from the race, Newt Gingrich suddenly began to surge in the Iowa polls. Newt had continued to have a steady debate performance, unlike Rick Perry who came into the Primary race like a house on fire. Perry's continuing debate flubs pretty quickly put the fire out. Michelle Bachman, despite continuing inaccurate historical fact statements that would have gotten her thrown off "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" Bachman has been rather surprising in her debate performances, which consist mainly of bashing President Barack Obama and statements appeasing the Tea Party.
Newt Gingrich probably gained more from Herman Cain's departure from the Republican Presidential Pack than anyone else. As Herman Cain's numbers went down and finally out, Newt Gingrich's poll numbers began to surge. This is particualrly difficult to explain since Iowa voters who rejected Herman Cain in the end were mainly values voters and although there have been many things that Newt Gingrich has been accused of in his political and personal life, being a man of high moral values is not one of them. As Newt's poll numbers began to surge, both media representatives and other Candidates began to take Newt more seriously and both Mitt Romney and Ron Paul began to send out their well funded Campaign's truth squads to try to straighten out the lies and distortions that Newt Gingrich had tried to pull off. Newt, who has been particularly cruel to his first two wives, as he moved forward to marry his last two mistresses has been fully exposed as a liar and a cheat on the home front, as well as on the campaign front. As a result Newt has seen his previously considerable lead dwindle to that of an also ran.
In the closing days of the Iowa Campaign as Mitt Romney and Ron Paul seem to be very close to each other in First and Second place, something else surprising has also happened in Iowa.
Rick Santorum, A man who was soundly defeated in his last Pennsylvania fight for his United States Senate Seat by present Senator Bob Casey, has touted his low rent Presidential candidacy by presenting himself as a big winner in his Pennsylvania Congressional and Senate races. Apparently he seems to have amnesia about his last Senate race trouncing. Nevertheless, as Republican candidate after candidate has bit the Iowa dust, Rick Santorum has surged in the last weeks as Newt Gingrigh has faded fast under the hot glow of the reality microscope.
Santorum for President. This, to me, is almost as bad a prospect as a Newt Gingrich Presidency.
As the Republicans have cannibalized each other's candidacies in 2011 we will finally have more than polls to tell us what is happening in the 2012 Presidential race.
The Republicans will continue to beat the living daylights out of one another and President Obama,
I have visions of President Obama, who the last time around had his candidacy taken seriously after Iowa made him a Democratic Star, sitting around the White House laughing hysterically at the Republican Presidential Primary Side Show. He, of course, is sitting pretty as the only Democrat in the Iowa Caucus voting. It is hard to conceive of how he could lose his standing in the Iowa caucus.
After tomorrow it will be done in Iowa. A Republican winner will be leaving Iowa to pursue other treasures in other American States and Iowa will just be a distant and painful memory to those who did battle there. Whoever is left after their Iowa bloodbath will be moving on to New Hampshire and South Carolina and on and on and on in this battle of the New Presidential Election Year.
As Tiny Tim would say in Dicken's A Christmas Carol, "God Bless us, Every One."
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
Monday, January 2, 2012
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Welcome To Wall Street: The Birthplace Of The New American Revolution
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
My Dear America:
As you well know by now the New American Revolution has begun and oddly enough it has begun on Wall Street, probably the least likely place for a Revolution to start.
Occupy Wall Street is a determined bunch of Americans who have had it, who are fed up and who are, Like Peter Finch in the movie "Network," "Mad as hell and are not going to take it anymore."
What are they mad at and what is it they are not going to take anymore. Well, they're mad at a lot of things.
They are mad that the 99 percent of Americans are buckling under incredible debt and financial burdens while the 1 percent of Americans, who are the Super Rich are doing well and getting the tax breaks that the 99 percent need and deserve.
They are mad at the fact that a college education has become out of reach for many deserving young people as college costs in public, as well as private schools have put those who have graduated in an economy with no jobs, no heath care and outragous debt for their college loans. Many other students have found that the prohibitive costs of College has forced them to drop out, without a college education and with a lot of debt, but no degree.
My daughter, an incredibly gifted student, who went to a great private college and just recently completed Law School understands what Occupy Wall Street is all about. She is looking at upwards of two hundred thousand dollars of debt and is unable to get credit without a co signer for a loan. She and all the other students who are Occupying Wall Street know what a crock of lies the American Dream has become for young people under the oppressive yoke of the Obstructionist Republican Congress.
We are in a period of time where we need a Revolution of epic proportions. We certainly don't want the blood of any Americans running in the streets. But we do need to show those in positions of power that the middle and lower classes in America are no longer satisfied to sit home and tolerate their destruction at the hands of the rich and powerful.
What we need is for the anger and disgust with what is happening to America to be channeled in a positive manner, namely at the ballot box. The Democratic party has, unfortunately, become as dependent on corporations as Republicans have. I have had friends talk to me recently about their disappointment with President Obama and their plans not to vote for him again.
My response to my friends is "Who are you going to vote for, then." Their answers are usually that they will not vote or will vote for an alternative candidate.
I tell my friends that now is not the time to give up on Obama. Has he been a disappointment?
Yes, he has.
But the main reason that he is a disappointment is that Republicans have done everything they could do to stand in the way of everything he has tried
to do to help the average American.
Even now, when everyone in the country knows that the main concern on every American's mind is jobs, the Republicans continue to stand in the way of Obama's Jobs Bill with some Republicans even going on record saying that the jobs bill will not be passed because the Republicans do not want to give Obama Any credit for Anything. The Republican Party has become a heartless and uncaring party, who seem to care about nothing except defeating President Obama in the next Presidential election and keeping Millionaires satisfied.
Any and every Progressive who looks at the present Republican field of candidates has to feel a cold chill go down their back as they think that any one of this field of has beens and wack jobs might actually become President of the United States.
We think that we are in rough shape now. Think about the prospect of one of these Republican "Contenders" in the oval office.
If that is not enough to get us down to Wall Street with the Revolutionaries then get ready for this country to hit the skids even harder than it has so far. I would urge everyone who has not completely given up to dust yourself off, get down to Wall Street or wherever they are protesting in your area and get on board the Revolution Train and don't lose sight of that light at the end of the tunnel on this train.
President Obama
Barack Obama may not be everybody's cup of tea but in the era of the Tea Party Takeover of the Republican Pary, it is time for the Occupy Wall Street Movement to start thinking about Occupying the Democratic Party and fighting for the ideals that John Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey believed in. We need not only to re elect Obama but to load him down with a Congress of Democrats who will not stand in the way of progress but will help Obama to make progress happen for all Americans.
Occupy Wall Street also needs to continue their Non Violent Power boosted and keep out the Anarchists who will destroy their credibility and their movement.
In my opinion:
Long Live Occupy Wall Street and Long Live the Democratic Party.
They need to work together, the sooner the better.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
My Dear America:
As you well know by now the New American Revolution has begun and oddly enough it has begun on Wall Street, probably the least likely place for a Revolution to start.
Occupy Wall Street is a determined bunch of Americans who have had it, who are fed up and who are, Like Peter Finch in the movie "Network," "Mad as hell and are not going to take it anymore."
What are they mad at and what is it they are not going to take anymore. Well, they're mad at a lot of things.
They are mad that the 99 percent of Americans are buckling under incredible debt and financial burdens while the 1 percent of Americans, who are the Super Rich are doing well and getting the tax breaks that the 99 percent need and deserve.
They are mad at the fact that a college education has become out of reach for many deserving young people as college costs in public, as well as private schools have put those who have graduated in an economy with no jobs, no heath care and outragous debt for their college loans. Many other students have found that the prohibitive costs of College has forced them to drop out, without a college education and with a lot of debt, but no degree.
My daughter, an incredibly gifted student, who went to a great private college and just recently completed Law School understands what Occupy Wall Street is all about. She is looking at upwards of two hundred thousand dollars of debt and is unable to get credit without a co signer for a loan. She and all the other students who are Occupying Wall Street know what a crock of lies the American Dream has become for young people under the oppressive yoke of the Obstructionist Republican Congress.
We are in a period of time where we need a Revolution of epic proportions. We certainly don't want the blood of any Americans running in the streets. But we do need to show those in positions of power that the middle and lower classes in America are no longer satisfied to sit home and tolerate their destruction at the hands of the rich and powerful.
What we need is for the anger and disgust with what is happening to America to be channeled in a positive manner, namely at the ballot box. The Democratic party has, unfortunately, become as dependent on corporations as Republicans have. I have had friends talk to me recently about their disappointment with President Obama and their plans not to vote for him again.
My response to my friends is "Who are you going to vote for, then." Their answers are usually that they will not vote or will vote for an alternative candidate.
I tell my friends that now is not the time to give up on Obama. Has he been a disappointment?
Yes, he has.
But the main reason that he is a disappointment is that Republicans have done everything they could do to stand in the way of everything he has tried
to do to help the average American.
Even now, when everyone in the country knows that the main concern on every American's mind is jobs, the Republicans continue to stand in the way of Obama's Jobs Bill with some Republicans even going on record saying that the jobs bill will not be passed because the Republicans do not want to give Obama Any credit for Anything. The Republican Party has become a heartless and uncaring party, who seem to care about nothing except defeating President Obama in the next Presidential election and keeping Millionaires satisfied.
Any and every Progressive who looks at the present Republican field of candidates has to feel a cold chill go down their back as they think that any one of this field of has beens and wack jobs might actually become President of the United States.
We think that we are in rough shape now. Think about the prospect of one of these Republican "Contenders" in the oval office.
If that is not enough to get us down to Wall Street with the Revolutionaries then get ready for this country to hit the skids even harder than it has so far. I would urge everyone who has not completely given up to dust yourself off, get down to Wall Street or wherever they are protesting in your area and get on board the Revolution Train and don't lose sight of that light at the end of the tunnel on this train.
President Obama
Barack Obama may not be everybody's cup of tea but in the era of the Tea Party Takeover of the Republican Pary, it is time for the Occupy Wall Street Movement to start thinking about Occupying the Democratic Party and fighting for the ideals that John Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey believed in. We need not only to re elect Obama but to load him down with a Congress of Democrats who will not stand in the way of progress but will help Obama to make progress happen for all Americans.
Occupy Wall Street also needs to continue their Non Violent Power boosted and keep out the Anarchists who will destroy their credibility and their movement.
In my opinion:
Long Live Occupy Wall Street and Long Live the Democratic Party.
They need to work together, the sooner the better.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Straw Poll On The Planet Of The Apes
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
My Dear America:
My friend, Larry, just went to see "Rise of the Planet of the Apes." He gave it a Thumbs Up and said he liked it a lot. Larry is not alone. Last Saturday, the day of the Iowa Straw Poll, the latest installment of the Planet of the Apes movie franchise was the highest grossing movie in our country for the second weekend in a row.
I still recall the first time that I saw Charlton Heston in the first "Planet of the Apes," movie toward the end of the film riding on a horse escaping from the apes and suddenly seeing the almost destroyed remains of the Statue of Liberty and realizing, along with the audience, that The Planet of the Apes was really planet Earth.
It was a very heavy scene and one that still gives me chills when I look around and realize that although we don't have a lot of apes running around the Earth, we certainly have our share of apes disguised as humans and a heck of a lot of apelike behavior by humans.
On the Planet of the Apes humans were subservient to apes and violent apes were generally in charge and very brutal. On our Planet of the Apes in 2011 we don't have to look very far to see brutish, stupid and apelike behavior.
Take the debate on the national debt, for instance. The Apes of the Republican Party and, in particular, the Tea Party, won by failing to debate and whipping what should have been a simple bipartisan political decision into a nightmare for President Obama and the Democrats, as well as the American people, by holding out for no taxing of the rich and extraordinary cuts of valuable programs. What Obama had to give up to get the Tea Party Republicans on board was too much.
In Iowa we finally had a referendum on who might be the Contenders for the Republican nomination for President. On Rise of the Planet of the Apes second weekend in the theaters some very fresh and interesting political theater was taking place in Iowa, as well as in South Carolina.
Just prior to the Straw Poll we saw a debate that took place there among the Republican Contenders. Tim Pawenty and Michelle Bachman, Minnesota's entrants in the Presidential race sliced each other up pretty well, Rick Santorum acted like a kid on the playground that wasn't picked for a game and Newt Gingrich sounded good but would not place well in the straw poll. Too many people were onto Newt's two faced, self aggrandizing brand of politics.
While Bachman stirred up her base in Iowa, like a shark circling its victims Sleezy Rider, Sarah Palin breezed into Iowa on her bus to attend the Iowa State Fair. What odd timing for her to come charging into Iowa. One would almost think that she was trying to take the spotlight away from the other Presidential Contenders. And, to some extent, It worked.
Also, in a state far away from Iowa, South Carolina, in fact, some additional political theater was taking place that was clearly designed to take the focus off the Straw Poll and put it on Texas Governor, Rick Perry. This strategy worked even better than Sarah Palin's, to draw attention to Perry's announcement that he was indeed going to be a Contender for the Republican Nomination for President.
The Straw Poll, itself, became almost an also ran. Michelle Bachman won it, Ron Paul came in second and Tim Pawlenty, third and Rick Santorum, the former Senator from Pennsylvania who had been tossed out of office by a bone chilling loss to Present PA Senator, Robert Casey, came in 4th. Pawlenty, quit the race after losing to Bachman, Ron Paul proved once again that his power in the Republican race is not with the party but with the people.
The rest of the large Republican field did not see their poor showing in Iowa in the same light that Pawlenty did. Some, like Rick Santorum, have nothing better to do, of course, but for him the 4th place showing breathes new life for his poorly financed and lackluster campaign. The rest of the Straw Poll losers left Iowa, not only discouraged by their showing the in straw poll, but also discouraged by the new look look of the Republican field of Front runners.
Michelle Bachman soaked up her victory on every Sunday Morning Television Political Talk Show that she could find. Her front runner status was quickly challenged by Rick Perry accepting a speaking engagement in Michelle's home town of Waterloo, Iowa. Although she had initially not accepted a spot on the speakers platform of this Republican Fund raising event, she quickly got herself added to the candidate spotlight show and raced home to Waterloo for the Sunday Fund Raiser.
Although the press and pundits seem to have made this race a three way race between Bachman, Perry and Romney, I think it is far too early to count out other candidates like Palin.
To tell you the truth it looks like an awful group of Republican Candidates, with the possible exception of John Huntsman and Ron Paul, but to be honest I don't think either of these candidates have a snowball's chance in hell.
What both Rick Perry and Michelle Bachman have going for them is that they both look good on Television and both can give a good speech. As long as no one is paying attention to what they are saying they are going to be good, strong candidates.
God Help Us, America. Suddenly John McCain is looking like a wonderful candidate in comparison to what is available so far in the 2011 Republican Field of Political Dreams.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
My Dear America:
My friend, Larry, just went to see "Rise of the Planet of the Apes." He gave it a Thumbs Up and said he liked it a lot. Larry is not alone. Last Saturday, the day of the Iowa Straw Poll, the latest installment of the Planet of the Apes movie franchise was the highest grossing movie in our country for the second weekend in a row.
I still recall the first time that I saw Charlton Heston in the first "Planet of the Apes," movie toward the end of the film riding on a horse escaping from the apes and suddenly seeing the almost destroyed remains of the Statue of Liberty and realizing, along with the audience, that The Planet of the Apes was really planet Earth.
It was a very heavy scene and one that still gives me chills when I look around and realize that although we don't have a lot of apes running around the Earth, we certainly have our share of apes disguised as humans and a heck of a lot of apelike behavior by humans.
On the Planet of the Apes humans were subservient to apes and violent apes were generally in charge and very brutal. On our Planet of the Apes in 2011 we don't have to look very far to see brutish, stupid and apelike behavior.
Take the debate on the national debt, for instance. The Apes of the Republican Party and, in particular, the Tea Party, won by failing to debate and whipping what should have been a simple bipartisan political decision into a nightmare for President Obama and the Democrats, as well as the American people, by holding out for no taxing of the rich and extraordinary cuts of valuable programs. What Obama had to give up to get the Tea Party Republicans on board was too much.
In Iowa we finally had a referendum on who might be the Contenders for the Republican nomination for President. On Rise of the Planet of the Apes second weekend in the theaters some very fresh and interesting political theater was taking place in Iowa, as well as in South Carolina.
Just prior to the Straw Poll we saw a debate that took place there among the Republican Contenders. Tim Pawenty and Michelle Bachman, Minnesota's entrants in the Presidential race sliced each other up pretty well, Rick Santorum acted like a kid on the playground that wasn't picked for a game and Newt Gingrich sounded good but would not place well in the straw poll. Too many people were onto Newt's two faced, self aggrandizing brand of politics.
While Bachman stirred up her base in Iowa, like a shark circling its victims Sleezy Rider, Sarah Palin breezed into Iowa on her bus to attend the Iowa State Fair. What odd timing for her to come charging into Iowa. One would almost think that she was trying to take the spotlight away from the other Presidential Contenders. And, to some extent, It worked.
Also, in a state far away from Iowa, South Carolina, in fact, some additional political theater was taking place that was clearly designed to take the focus off the Straw Poll and put it on Texas Governor, Rick Perry. This strategy worked even better than Sarah Palin's, to draw attention to Perry's announcement that he was indeed going to be a Contender for the Republican Nomination for President.
The Straw Poll, itself, became almost an also ran. Michelle Bachman won it, Ron Paul came in second and Tim Pawlenty, third and Rick Santorum, the former Senator from Pennsylvania who had been tossed out of office by a bone chilling loss to Present PA Senator, Robert Casey, came in 4th. Pawlenty, quit the race after losing to Bachman, Ron Paul proved once again that his power in the Republican race is not with the party but with the people.
The rest of the large Republican field did not see their poor showing in Iowa in the same light that Pawlenty did. Some, like Rick Santorum, have nothing better to do, of course, but for him the 4th place showing breathes new life for his poorly financed and lackluster campaign. The rest of the Straw Poll losers left Iowa, not only discouraged by their showing the in straw poll, but also discouraged by the new look look of the Republican field of Front runners.
Michelle Bachman soaked up her victory on every Sunday Morning Television Political Talk Show that she could find. Her front runner status was quickly challenged by Rick Perry accepting a speaking engagement in Michelle's home town of Waterloo, Iowa. Although she had initially not accepted a spot on the speakers platform of this Republican Fund raising event, she quickly got herself added to the candidate spotlight show and raced home to Waterloo for the Sunday Fund Raiser.
Although the press and pundits seem to have made this race a three way race between Bachman, Perry and Romney, I think it is far too early to count out other candidates like Palin.
To tell you the truth it looks like an awful group of Republican Candidates, with the possible exception of John Huntsman and Ron Paul, but to be honest I don't think either of these candidates have a snowball's chance in hell.
What both Rick Perry and Michelle Bachman have going for them is that they both look good on Television and both can give a good speech. As long as no one is paying attention to what they are saying they are going to be good, strong candidates.
God Help Us, America. Suddenly John McCain is looking like a wonderful candidate in comparison to what is available so far in the 2011 Republican Field of Political Dreams.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sarah Palin - Sleazy Rider
Monday, May 30th, 2011
Memorial Day
My Dear America:
While the swirls of Patriotism are in the wind on this special day, Memorial Day, 2011, into the hometown of the American Congress and President rides the stranger than fiction hot chick on a Harley, Sarah Palin. At a biker rally on the Washington, D.C. mall here comes Sarah dressed in biker chick clothing and wearing a military helmet. Can any sight be more patriotic than that.
She is also on the first leg of her "One Nation" bus tour and has just bought a house in Arizona, a place where they claim to understand Sarah Palin and her strange ideals.
When you think about it there is nothing short of amazement when you try to understand the transformation of Sarah Palin from the Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska to the Governor of Alaska, to Republican Vice Presidential Candidate in 2008, to Author and Fox News Analyst (Analyst - Right) to possible Republican Presidential Candidate and major obsession of the Republican and Democratic Party, as well as the American News media.
How in the world did we let this happen and allow Sarah Palin to dominate our lives for this long and allow her to progress to the point where she might end up being the 2012 Republican Candidate for President. Well, to be honest she is a step up from Donald Trump and Newt Gingrich, but not much of a step up.
Why are Americans so obsessed,, either positively or negatively, with Sarah. She apparently is just hard to forget. We seem to forget her embarassingly hokey stump speeches in 2008. We forget that John McCain's Campaign leaders were reluctant to let her talk to the media immediately after she was nominated at the Republican Convention. We seem to forget how she paraded her unmarried pregnant daughter and her future son in law, as well as her handicapped infant around the Convention and then the country. We seem to forget the embarassing answer to Katie Couric's simple (obviously Trick) question about her reading habits. We seem to forget that she was investigated in Alaska for her efforts to fire her ex Brother in Law from the Alaska Sate Police. We also seem to forget that when the pastures became greener (financially) Sarah dropped the Alaskan Governorship like a bad habit and made money hand over fist on the lecture circuit and from her first book.
Laurence O'Donnell makes a good point when he states that Fox news has fired other possible Presidential contenders like Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich but has kept on Sarah and Mike Huckabee, knowing full well that they will not run. That may well be true but oddly enough Roger Ailes, Fox News head has been quoted as calling Palin "Stupid".
The truth is that Sarah Palin, star of the Discovery Channel's enormously successful, "Sarah Palin's Alaska" series, may not be nearly as stupid as we all thought. She is an opportunist of epic proportions and as the list of Republican Presidential hopefuls dwindles, her name has suddenly risen to the top of recent Republican Primary polls and we should not make the same mistake we have made in the past, which is counting her out of the Presidential Race before she takes herself out.
The truth is also that the Republican Presidential Presidential Primary field is so riddled with awful, candidates that in a field like this Sarah Palin may once again prove that truth is stranger than fiction.
Watch out Republican Party, I don't think Sarah Palin is done with you yet nor are you done with her.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
Memorial Day
My Dear America:
While the swirls of Patriotism are in the wind on this special day, Memorial Day, 2011, into the hometown of the American Congress and President rides the stranger than fiction hot chick on a Harley, Sarah Palin. At a biker rally on the Washington, D.C. mall here comes Sarah dressed in biker chick clothing and wearing a military helmet. Can any sight be more patriotic than that.
She is also on the first leg of her "One Nation" bus tour and has just bought a house in Arizona, a place where they claim to understand Sarah Palin and her strange ideals.
When you think about it there is nothing short of amazement when you try to understand the transformation of Sarah Palin from the Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska to the Governor of Alaska, to Republican Vice Presidential Candidate in 2008, to Author and Fox News Analyst (Analyst - Right) to possible Republican Presidential Candidate and major obsession of the Republican and Democratic Party, as well as the American News media.
How in the world did we let this happen and allow Sarah Palin to dominate our lives for this long and allow her to progress to the point where she might end up being the 2012 Republican Candidate for President. Well, to be honest she is a step up from Donald Trump and Newt Gingrich, but not much of a step up.
Why are Americans so obsessed,, either positively or negatively, with Sarah. She apparently is just hard to forget. We seem to forget her embarassingly hokey stump speeches in 2008. We forget that John McCain's Campaign leaders were reluctant to let her talk to the media immediately after she was nominated at the Republican Convention. We seem to forget how she paraded her unmarried pregnant daughter and her future son in law, as well as her handicapped infant around the Convention and then the country. We seem to forget the embarassing answer to Katie Couric's simple (obviously Trick) question about her reading habits. We seem to forget that she was investigated in Alaska for her efforts to fire her ex Brother in Law from the Alaska Sate Police. We also seem to forget that when the pastures became greener (financially) Sarah dropped the Alaskan Governorship like a bad habit and made money hand over fist on the lecture circuit and from her first book.
Laurence O'Donnell makes a good point when he states that Fox news has fired other possible Presidential contenders like Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich but has kept on Sarah and Mike Huckabee, knowing full well that they will not run. That may well be true but oddly enough Roger Ailes, Fox News head has been quoted as calling Palin "Stupid".
The truth is that Sarah Palin, star of the Discovery Channel's enormously successful, "Sarah Palin's Alaska" series, may not be nearly as stupid as we all thought. She is an opportunist of epic proportions and as the list of Republican Presidential hopefuls dwindles, her name has suddenly risen to the top of recent Republican Primary polls and we should not make the same mistake we have made in the past, which is counting her out of the Presidential Race before she takes herself out.
The truth is also that the Republican Presidential Presidential Primary field is so riddled with awful, candidates that in a field like this Sarah Palin may once again prove that truth is stranger than fiction.
Watch out Republican Party, I don't think Sarah Palin is done with you yet nor are you done with her.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Newt Gingrich - Another Voice From The Bottom Of The Barrel
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
My Dear America:
If there was one person that I would not want to see capture the Presidency of the United States it is probably Donald Trump. Certainly a close second in this Nightmare Scenario of Republican Roulette is Newt Gingrich. Gingrich is one of the most incredibly immoral liars and cheaters who has ever lived, never mind lived in the public eye.
How he has the gall to run for Presidency, let alone public office, is beyond me. Newt has been responsible for, if not starting, at least stoking the animosity between Republicans and Democrats to far beyond acceptable levels when he was Speaker of the House during the 90s. Newt was responsible for pushing the process until the Government shut down and strangely enough in a weird way helped to foster the Monica Lewinsky scandal which seriously tarnished the reputation of President Bill Clinton. Gingrich then took the opportunity to push hard for the impeachment of Bill Clinton for lying about cheating on his wife with Lewinsky. At the same time that Newt was leading the charge to root out the moral corruption of "Cheatin Bill," "Cheatin Newt" was doing the same thing, namely cheating on his wife with a staffer, who later on became his wife and eventually got the same deal from Newt that his first wife got, namely Newt cheating on her with a staffer and later marrying that person.
Newt told his first wife that he was divorcing her while she was in the hopspital fighting cancer. His second wife tells the tale of asking Newt how he could justify his lying and other reprehensible behavior and him telling her
"It doesn't matter what I do, It just matters what I say."
Newt now states that he has "done some things that he is not proud of." His explanation of his cheating, lying and other despicable acts is now that his "love for his country" caused him to do what he did.
Amazingly enough, to my mind, at least, Newt, the Sunday before last said on Meet the Press in answer to a question by David Gregory, that he did not support the Paul Ryan Plan to dismantle Medicaire. Gingrich stated that he found the plan an example of "Right Wing Extremism." By this Sunday, however, the outcry by the Republican and Tea Party Extremists had pushed Newt way back over to that same Right Wing Extremism that a week before he found so reprehensible.
Who knows whether Trump or Gingrich is indeed the most dangerous Meglomaniac in America. At the moment Trump has (supposedly) taken himself out of the Presidential race. Will that be the end of it for him. Let's hope so.
Gingrich is still in it, however, so clearly he is presently maintaining his spot at the bottom of the Republican Candidate barrel and I am sure he will be putting his foot in his mouth and trying to lie his way out of it many more times during this campaign.
How could the American Electorate be stupid enough to elect this guy. Well, in America, not once but twice they elected George Bush.
That, to my mind is enough to make me worry about Newt's chances in this election.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
My Dear America:
If there was one person that I would not want to see capture the Presidency of the United States it is probably Donald Trump. Certainly a close second in this Nightmare Scenario of Republican Roulette is Newt Gingrich. Gingrich is one of the most incredibly immoral liars and cheaters who has ever lived, never mind lived in the public eye.
How he has the gall to run for Presidency, let alone public office, is beyond me. Newt has been responsible for, if not starting, at least stoking the animosity between Republicans and Democrats to far beyond acceptable levels when he was Speaker of the House during the 90s. Newt was responsible for pushing the process until the Government shut down and strangely enough in a weird way helped to foster the Monica Lewinsky scandal which seriously tarnished the reputation of President Bill Clinton. Gingrich then took the opportunity to push hard for the impeachment of Bill Clinton for lying about cheating on his wife with Lewinsky. At the same time that Newt was leading the charge to root out the moral corruption of "Cheatin Bill," "Cheatin Newt" was doing the same thing, namely cheating on his wife with a staffer, who later on became his wife and eventually got the same deal from Newt that his first wife got, namely Newt cheating on her with a staffer and later marrying that person.
Newt told his first wife that he was divorcing her while she was in the hopspital fighting cancer. His second wife tells the tale of asking Newt how he could justify his lying and other reprehensible behavior and him telling her
"It doesn't matter what I do, It just matters what I say."
Newt now states that he has "done some things that he is not proud of." His explanation of his cheating, lying and other despicable acts is now that his "love for his country" caused him to do what he did.
Amazingly enough, to my mind, at least, Newt, the Sunday before last said on Meet the Press in answer to a question by David Gregory, that he did not support the Paul Ryan Plan to dismantle Medicaire. Gingrich stated that he found the plan an example of "Right Wing Extremism." By this Sunday, however, the outcry by the Republican and Tea Party Extremists had pushed Newt way back over to that same Right Wing Extremism that a week before he found so reprehensible.
Who knows whether Trump or Gingrich is indeed the most dangerous Meglomaniac in America. At the moment Trump has (supposedly) taken himself out of the Presidential race. Will that be the end of it for him. Let's hope so.
Gingrich is still in it, however, so clearly he is presently maintaining his spot at the bottom of the Republican Candidate barrel and I am sure he will be putting his foot in his mouth and trying to lie his way out of it many more times during this campaign.
How could the American Electorate be stupid enough to elect this guy. Well, in America, not once but twice they elected George Bush.
That, to my mind is enough to make me worry about Newt's chances in this election.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Donald Trump - Voice From the Bottom of the Barrel
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
My Dear America:
Well, at least one impending Crisis of Doom has been averted.
That Crisis was the prospect of Donald Trump being elected President of the United States. I will never understand why this reckless, heartless, arrogant and clueless Egomaniac was ever allowed the airtime and media consideration that he was. Even in his statement yesterday he was allowed the gall of stating that although business is his true love, that if he had entered the race he was sure that he would have won the Republican Nomination and in the end would have also won the White House.
Throughout Trump's short Tease Campaign he spewed venom at President Obama, demanding, among other things that Obama, who had real matters of concern, like trying to get Osama bin laden, show his true birth certificate. Trump even went so far as to claim that Private Investigators Trump had hired found evidence of Great Concern about where the President was born.
To shut the Donald up Obama finally released his long form birth certificate, made a fool out of Trump at the White House Correspondent's Dinner and to top it off, engineered a mission to not only eliminate bin laden but also to haul away valuable intelligence information from bin laden's compound in Pakistan.
Certainly there were plenty of good reason's for Trump not to run. It is doubtful that, even if Obama didn't eliminate Osama, that Trump could have beaten him although the prospect of Trump even being in the race still gives me chills.
I am glad he is out of it, or at least out of it for the present, but like the Loch Ness Monster or Governor Schwartzeneger, I still fear that this opportunistic Egomaniac may still have it in his head that he will at some point say "I'll Be Back."
But for now, though, it appears as though the person who stopped Donald Trump's real or possibly false Political Ambitions was the President of NBC, the network that broadcasts Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice." When asked whether or not Donald Trump could be replaced on "Apprentice" the NBC President indicated that not only could Trump be replaced on "The Apprentice" but that he would be replaced and it would be easy to replace him.
Within hours of that statement by the NBC President, Trump had put out his statement throwing in the towel on his Presidential bid.
I wonder if one thing had any bearing on the other.
Goodbye Mr. Trump. And Good Riddance.
I guess The Donald didn't want to hear the head of NBC say to him "You're fired.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
My Dear America:
Well, at least one impending Crisis of Doom has been averted.
That Crisis was the prospect of Donald Trump being elected President of the United States. I will never understand why this reckless, heartless, arrogant and clueless Egomaniac was ever allowed the airtime and media consideration that he was. Even in his statement yesterday he was allowed the gall of stating that although business is his true love, that if he had entered the race he was sure that he would have won the Republican Nomination and in the end would have also won the White House.
Throughout Trump's short Tease Campaign he spewed venom at President Obama, demanding, among other things that Obama, who had real matters of concern, like trying to get Osama bin laden, show his true birth certificate. Trump even went so far as to claim that Private Investigators Trump had hired found evidence of Great Concern about where the President was born.
To shut the Donald up Obama finally released his long form birth certificate, made a fool out of Trump at the White House Correspondent's Dinner and to top it off, engineered a mission to not only eliminate bin laden but also to haul away valuable intelligence information from bin laden's compound in Pakistan.
Certainly there were plenty of good reason's for Trump not to run. It is doubtful that, even if Obama didn't eliminate Osama, that Trump could have beaten him although the prospect of Trump even being in the race still gives me chills.
I am glad he is out of it, or at least out of it for the present, but like the Loch Ness Monster or Governor Schwartzeneger, I still fear that this opportunistic Egomaniac may still have it in his head that he will at some point say "I'll Be Back."
But for now, though, it appears as though the person who stopped Donald Trump's real or possibly false Political Ambitions was the President of NBC, the network that broadcasts Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice." When asked whether or not Donald Trump could be replaced on "Apprentice" the NBC President indicated that not only could Trump be replaced on "The Apprentice" but that he would be replaced and it would be easy to replace him.
Within hours of that statement by the NBC President, Trump had put out his statement throwing in the towel on his Presidential bid.
I wonder if one thing had any bearing on the other.
Goodbye Mr. Trump. And Good Riddance.
I guess The Donald didn't want to hear the head of NBC say to him "You're fired.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Obama - One / Osama - Zero
May 5th, 2011
My Dear America:
Well, here we go again. The Race for the Presidency of the United States has begun once again and events in the beginning of May, 2011 are happening at Breakneck Speed and with Great Significance.
It has only been a few weeks since President Obama officially threw his hat in the ring and announced that he was, indeed, planning to be a run for a second term for President in 2012. One wonders why he would want to be a candidate with the incredible animosity he has received from his critics but I do not question his reasoning for his undertaking the race, I am simply grateful that he is doing it.
The State of the Union at the present time is, in many respects a disaster. Republicans in the House, especially Tea Pary Republicans, continue to try to dismantle the safety net for Poor and Middle Class Citizens that has been in place for many years thanks to primarily Democrats and those ancient beings that used to be known as Moderate and Progressive Republicans.
President Obama on today's date is clearly in the drivers seat heading for the 2012 Election after showing calm, deliberate and sensible leadership in the direction of a commando campaign into Pakistan which not only killed Al Quida Leader, Osama bin ladin but also took possession of bin ladin's computers and other files, which hopefully will lead to the killing or capturing of other Al Quida operatives wherever they may be.
Over last weekend President Obama did not display any signs that he was burdened by the coming operation to eliminate Osama. He sat at the main table on Saturday Night at the White House Correspondents Dinner and, along with Saturday Night Live Head Writer, Seth Meyers, skewered some of the leading Republican Candidates for President, with especially deserved ridicule aimed at Republican Poll Leader, Donald Trump. Trump was there in the audience glaring viciously at Obama and Meyers. It had been wonderful to watch Trump, who had spent a good deal of time on the campaign trail questioning Obama's place of birth earlier last week, put in his place by the President, who released his long form birth certificate and once and for all, at least for all reasonable people, put the matter to rest. Trump, classy guy that he is, did not apologize to the President but instead patted himself on the back for forcing the President to take time out from his genuinely important duties to deal with this Trumped up BS. Trump's next step was to start questioning Obama's intelligence and in so doing calling for Obama to release his college transcripts. Here again, only a stupid fool like DT would be foolish enough to question the intelligence of a man who graduated from Harvard Law School Magna Cum Laude and was the first black Editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Hey, Donald Trump, when are we going to see your college transcripts.
Tonight will be the first Republican Candidates Debate in South Carolina including only a few of the Republican Candidates for President. Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Ron Paul will be there along with a guy named Gary "Who".
I guess its never too early for Republicans to market themselves.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
My Dear America:
Well, here we go again. The Race for the Presidency of the United States has begun once again and events in the beginning of May, 2011 are happening at Breakneck Speed and with Great Significance.
It has only been a few weeks since President Obama officially threw his hat in the ring and announced that he was, indeed, planning to be a run for a second term for President in 2012. One wonders why he would want to be a candidate with the incredible animosity he has received from his critics but I do not question his reasoning for his undertaking the race, I am simply grateful that he is doing it.
The State of the Union at the present time is, in many respects a disaster. Republicans in the House, especially Tea Pary Republicans, continue to try to dismantle the safety net for Poor and Middle Class Citizens that has been in place for many years thanks to primarily Democrats and those ancient beings that used to be known as Moderate and Progressive Republicans.
President Obama on today's date is clearly in the drivers seat heading for the 2012 Election after showing calm, deliberate and sensible leadership in the direction of a commando campaign into Pakistan which not only killed Al Quida Leader, Osama bin ladin but also took possession of bin ladin's computers and other files, which hopefully will lead to the killing or capturing of other Al Quida operatives wherever they may be.
Over last weekend President Obama did not display any signs that he was burdened by the coming operation to eliminate Osama. He sat at the main table on Saturday Night at the White House Correspondents Dinner and, along with Saturday Night Live Head Writer, Seth Meyers, skewered some of the leading Republican Candidates for President, with especially deserved ridicule aimed at Republican Poll Leader, Donald Trump. Trump was there in the audience glaring viciously at Obama and Meyers. It had been wonderful to watch Trump, who had spent a good deal of time on the campaign trail questioning Obama's place of birth earlier last week, put in his place by the President, who released his long form birth certificate and once and for all, at least for all reasonable people, put the matter to rest. Trump, classy guy that he is, did not apologize to the President but instead patted himself on the back for forcing the President to take time out from his genuinely important duties to deal with this Trumped up BS. Trump's next step was to start questioning Obama's intelligence and in so doing calling for Obama to release his college transcripts. Here again, only a stupid fool like DT would be foolish enough to question the intelligence of a man who graduated from Harvard Law School Magna Cum Laude and was the first black Editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Hey, Donald Trump, when are we going to see your college transcripts.
Tonight will be the first Republican Candidates Debate in South Carolina including only a few of the Republican Candidates for President. Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Ron Paul will be there along with a guy named Gary "Who".
I guess its never too early for Republicans to market themselves.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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