To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Observercast

The Blame Game

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And now it begins. America has elected a very flawed candidate. An aging, raging bully. Not the first choice of many Republican leaders. Not an acceptable alternative. Not a moderate by any standard. Not presidential by any definition. So, who’s to blame? I was on Black radio last night, and Tavis Smiley asked me if […]

What Do You Hear?

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Will angry young men who are attracted by Donald Trump’s sexist machismo and utter lack of a filter actually turn out to vote? Will latent sexism rear its ugly head, as it did in 2016, leading Trump to perform better than his poll numbers predict? Will young women, who have every reason to be angry […]

The Grift That May Cost Trump The Election

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If Kamala Harris and Tim Walz win the White House on Tuesday, the Democrats may owe their triumph to the notorious character flaw that plagues the Republican Party of Donald Trump: an irresistible urge to grift. In an election likely to be determined by a very narrow proportion of votes in a few states, the […]

The Week That Was

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It was a week that would doom most candidates for high office. It began with Donald Trump going on a riff about Arnold Palmer’s penis size, that the late golfer’s daughter understandably found offensive. Did his supporters? Apparently not. It got worse from there. If you don’t mind a president who is focused on penis […]

The Best Day Of Trump’s Life

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The simple truth about Jan. 6: The mob attack on the Capitol was the best day of Donald Trump’s life. Before you cast your ballot for president, you need to know that. And it’s my fate to tell the tale again. Trump loved every moment of the deadly riot, which is why he refused to […]