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Bob Roberts: A 1992 movie that predicted Donald Trump

October 9, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Literature/Arts/Film One comment

The 1992 movie “Bob Roberts” offers an uncannily prescient, satirical look at a candidacy much like Donald Trump’s. Written, directed by and starring Tim

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Ann Wagner says “No Trump:” A day late and a dollar short

October 9, 2016 Willy Kessler 2016 Election, Republicans Leave a comment

Breaking news from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: country-club Republican, Ann Wagner, who represents Missouri’s 2nd Congressional district, has had a change of heart and

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Operatives should have let Tim Kaine be Tom Hanks

October 5, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

“Political operatives” is somewhat of a pejorative term to begin with, but there are times when they make egregious mistakes that show how removed

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Pence does Python

October 5, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Humor 2 comments

It appears that Republican Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence has been watching “Monty Python’s Flying Circus.” Not just watching, but channeling. In the Vice

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Don’t forget the path Trump took to get here

October 3, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans One comment

Ever since Hillary Clinton made her “Basket of Deplorables” comment, a number of Democrats have become more sensitive to those very people. This is

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Donald Trump is Max Bialystok

October 2, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Literature/Arts/Film Leave a comment

Donald Trump declared an eye-popping, one-year loss of $916 million on his 1995 federal tax return. Sound like something you once saw on Broadway

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Conservative newspapers pile on for Clinton

October 1, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, Media Leave a comment

It’s getting hard to keep up with the growing list of traditionally conservative newspapers that are not just dumping Trump, but are actively endorsing

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Yet another conservative newspaper endorses Clinton: Arizona Republic

September 30, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, Media Leave a comment

The Arizona Republic, which has never supported a Democratic presidential candidate in its 126-year history, has endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. In

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Vice-Presidential Debate very important as Clinton lead still must grow

September 29, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Uncategorized, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The vice-presidential debate on Tuesday, October 4 will be more important than a simple discussion between two back-benchers. First, even though it is widely

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What Hillary could say about trade agreements

September 27, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Business, Hillary Clinton 2 comments

During the first Presidential debate of 2016, the one issue that Trump “won” was trade. Clearly, Hillary Clinton needs a better answer on this

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